Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-08
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Columbian University.


new departure announced by Column
bian University this year is the establish
ment Of a veterinary department.
Columbian is among the first of the lead
Ing universities to open department of
this kind. One Of the chief features of
this new school Will be the lectures on the
control and eradication of contagious dis
eases and on meat inspection. The list of
the faculty contains the names of men
who are we'll versed in the branches they
represent. d. E. Salmon. OWN, AR. c.,
VS., will be dean of the faculty, professor
or sanitary medicine, control and eradica-
ton of contagious diseases and inspection
of meats. John Lockwood, D.V.S., pro-
lessor of theory and practice of medi line
and surgery. William p. Carr, MD, pro-
fessor Of general physiology. E. A. de
Schweinitz, AM, Ph.D., Md, professor
of chemistry. Charles F. Dawson. MD, ID.
VS., professor of physiology and pathol-
ogy A. NJ. harrington, B.Sc., B.V.S., pro-
fessor of obstetrics and zootechnics. ID. f.
buckingham, VIVID, professor of materia
medica and therapeutics. James Carroll,
Md. professor of pathology and bacteri-
clngy. Cecil French, D.V.S., professor of
canine pathology. Albert Hassall, NJ. r., C.
VS.. professor of parasitology. w. S.
Washburn, Md, professor of histology
and Charles F. Hadfield, D.V.S. demon
strator Of anatomy. c. Wardell Stiles will
lecture upon zoology. and Edwin Willis
Will lecture upon medical jurisprudence.
The assistant demonstrators will be r. H.
Hadfeld, D.V.S., b. f. Harper, D.VS., and
Z. II. Lockwood, DVS.
The school will open October l. but the
lectures will not commerce until Octo-
Der 5.
Among the important changes announced
for Columbian College is the establish
ment or chair of romance languages and
Prof. Marathon NJ Ramsey has been APP
pointed to have charge of this department.
Mr.. Felix FreyhoId, CE., has also been
elected to the chair of civil engineering in
the college department.
Catholic University.
Rev. A. j. Vinbert, S.S.A.M., has been
appointed to succeed DIR. Orban at the
university. Father Vinbert comes from St
Charles College, where he has held sue
oessfully for over twenty-five years the Of
fees of vice president and project of STU
dies. He will enter upon his duties at the
university on the opening of the scholas-
tic year.
Rev. Charles J. Aiken, who has been
studying abroad, preparing for the chair
OF apologetics, will come to the university
this year to complete his studies, and will
take his degrees in June
Rev. j. c. kerby, who has been appoint
ed to the chair of economics in the school
of social sciences, is here studying the So
cial conditions Of America. He will return
to Louvaine however. late in the fall,
where he will take his degree.
The university will open on the 23d in
slant, when the ecclesiastical students will
enter upon their spiritual retreat, TO be
given this year by Bishop Curtis of Will
mington. The retreat will asst three days
and the regular scholastic term will begin
the 29th instant.
Though few of the professors have yet
returned to the university many are eX-
pected about the middle of the month.
Bishop keane will sail for America next
week. will DR.. Bouquillon. DR.. Shahan
who has been spending the past month in
Massachusetts, will return about the 18th
instant, and DIR. Pace, who has been ex-
tremely ill in St. Paul, from the effects of
intense heat. is expected home the latter
part of next week.