The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17
WITH The UN|TAR|ANS,
The Berkeley Christian Bible
Seminary Will Occupy
Stiles Hall.
Another Religious Sect Is Now Es.
tablished in the University
Students Building,

BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 16.-The new
Berkeley Bible Seminary will open to-
morrow and will occupy during the first
year the upper auditorium of Stiles Hall.
The establishment of this school of the
Christian church in Stiles Hall gives the
Unitarians companion sect in possible
reopening of the fierce controversy that
has ragged with regard to the propriety of
allowing religious services of certain
creed to be held in the hall, which is a
university building. Orthodox divines OF
Berkeley have more than once vigorously
protested against the rental of the hall TO
Unitarians.
II do not know that there has been any
opposition to our occupying the hail."
said DR.. Jefferson, president OF the semi
nary. "At any rate, our contract to rent
the auditorium is closed, and so l suppose
the matter is settled
About twenty students will enter for
the first year. Regular classes will be or.
ganized tomorrow in Old Testament, his
tory and literature, and in the life of
Christ. DR.. Jefferson will deliver course
of lectures on 1.-The Importance, Princi-
pies and Methods of Biblical Study"
These lectures will be delivered on
Wednesday afternoons at o. CLOCK, unless
another hour shall be found to be more
desirable.
Ali the classes and lectures are open not
only to regular students of the seminary,
but also to all other persons who desire to
attend. No tuition or other fees are
charged by the seminary for any OF the
work, and all persons are welcome to avail
themselves of Its advantages.
The seminary is supported by an en-
dowment, and is in Berkeley for the good
it can do.
The College of Mines.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 16.-An unusu-
ally large proportion of the new class at the
State University are students III the min
ing college, which appears to be enjoying
sort of boom.
1.-The increase in the number of minin g
students is the result of the favorable loca-
ton of the university in one of the most
interesting mining regions of the world"
said Professor Senger, chairman of the
faculty committee on students creden-
tials. "The college bids fair to grew into
one of the greatest mining colleges in the
orld.
THE university class of 1900 will be
slightly larger than that of '99. In spite
of severe entrance requirements, the num-
Der of admissions to freshman standing at
present exceeds the total admission to
freshman standing during the last college
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will also be larger than during the year
1896
Tomorrow the freshmen will register,
and on Tuesday they will be addressed by
the president OF the university.
Church Services.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. 16.-Rev. f.
B ovard of the Park-street NJ. e. Church
exchanged pulpits this morning with Rev.
Alfred Hummer, DID,. of Oakland.
Professor Coe of Evanstown University
of Illinois occupied the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian CHURCH this evening. His
subject was "Christianity and Evolution"
At the Baptist Church Rev. ]. F. Moody
took as his themes, 'Gathered Jewels
and "Workers Together"
Rev. Dodson preached in the morning
at the Unitarian Church. His subject was
1.-THE Evolution of Sacrament"
At the Congregational Church Rev. Jee
Gam spoke in the morning of the work
done in California by the American Mis-
sionary Society among the Chinese.
Student Republicans.
BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 16.-The Uni
versity of California Republican Club will
hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon,
when president will be elected. Willard
d. Thompson, the present head of the or
ganization, having graduated in 1896.