The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-20
COMING OF DR. SMITH,
The Famous Entomologist of New
Jersey Expected to Arrive
Very Shortly.
Pacific Coast Association Decides Not
to Donate Certain Fund
to Stanford.

BERKELEY, CAL, May 19.-Dr John
B. Smith, the bug-catching professor from
New Jersey whose insect-hunting expedi-
ton to this coast was announced in to-
days CALL, and who was expected to
reach Berkeley this afternoon, did not ar
| rive.
81 guess he has stopped off at Fresno or
| Tulare," said Professor Woodwork, the
Berkeley entomologist, this afternoon, ito
catch few more butterflies and moths be-
fore coming north after the San Jose Iady-
bugs He left Los Angeles yesterday and
was supposed to have reached San Fran
cisco to-day. He has been out here for
some time catching bugs for the expert
ment station in New Jersey, and l guess
by this time he has spent nearly all of the
$1,000 which his State has appropriated for
the purpose OF gathering in a quantity OF
the scaie-killers, such as the lady bugs
or birds"
Professor Woodwork describes DIR.
Smith as being a large, corpulent, good
natured German with a ruddy com plex-
ion and jolly laugh.
Berkeley's Population.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 19-The popu-
lation of the town of Berkeley, according
to the figures submitted TO the Board of
Education last night by School Census
Marshal j. L. Scotchler, stands at II, 90.
The report as submitted was a detailed
one and gave at length the hgures as to the
population of adults, boys, girls, and chill
dren under the school age. The figures
are as follows:
Town of Berkeley-Adults, 7414; boys,
1918; girls, 1907; children under five years
of age, 1881; total, II ,220. Berkeley School
District-Sohool children, 2724; 1867 boys
nd OR
schools, 2015; private schools, 1876; chill
dren under five years of age, 1898; total
number of children, 1852; adults, 1913
total population, 11,635.
Change Of Programme.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 19.-An inno-
walton will be made this year in the grad
Mating exercises of the Berkeley High
School which will be held during the early
part of June. Instead of the regular read
ing of exercises there will be debate be-
tween the "Forum" and the "Ecclesia."
the boys and girls debating societies re-
spectively.
The subject for discussion is resolu-
ton, THAT Cuba should be annexed to the
United States, provided that she has
The debaters for the Forum will be
George Brehm, Carl Parker and Charles
Parks, and those for the young ladies So
ciety will be Miss Mary Gallagher, Miss
Emma Mansfield and Miss Nj. Douty
The negative Will be upheld by the "Fo-
rum"
No Money for Stanford.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 19.-The Pacific
Coast Athletic Association executive COM
mittee decided at their meeting last night,
which was held at the Olympic Club
| rooms, not to tender any OF the proceeds
of the championship field day to Stanford
University. but to give 1t all to Berkeley,
as was at first planned. The athletes at
| the State University are much incensed
at what they claim is preposterous de-
mand made by the Stanford team for a
part of the proceeds of the meet, to be
used on their proposed Eastern tour.
Berkeley is TO have the entire $1,000 I'M
| der the proviso that they send team East
within the next three years Should they
not send team within that period, one
| half OF the sum will revert to the Athletic
Association to be used for whatever pur-
pose they desire, in the interests of ath-
| letics.
| Professor Leuschner to Wed.
| BERKELEY. CAL, May l9-The we'd
| ding of Professor o. Leuschner of the
astronomical department. at the State
| University, and Miss Denicke, daughter of
Regent Denicke, will take place tom orrow
evening at the residence of the BRIDE 8
parents in San Francisco.
| The couple will spend their honeymoon
by making short tour through Califor-
MIA. after which they will leave for Europe
for year. The popular professor will
spend most of the time while in Europe in
the study of astronomy at Berlin. Mean
while, he will travel with his bride
through France and England.
| Sufragists to Meet.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 19.-The Citi-
zens' Suffrage Society is making elab-
] crate preparations for their big public