The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
THE MORNING NEWS; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS 1897.
UNIVERSITY OPENING.
Nincty-Scventh Session Begun Under
Favorable Auspiccs


Athens, Ga, Sept. 1.-THE University of
Georgia opened It's nlnety-seventh session
this morning. and it is clearly perceived
that this year will be a. record-breaker at
this institution.
The entrance examinations were held
Monday and yesterday. and seventy-fv
young men applied for admission into the
freshman class. Such a large number was
never before known in the history of the
university.
It is impossible to tell exactly how many
students are here until they have all reg
istered. but the best estimate is that fully
275 are already here AMI that another hun
dred will enter within the next few weeks.
All the classes are fun and especially is
this true of the law class. That class will
number seventy-five men. Among that
number win be Mr.. Lester of Savannah,
who is a graduate of Yale. Several married
men are members of this years law class
The new science hall is now nearing COM
pletion. By oct. Is, il will be ready for fur
nishing and equipping and by Nov. 10, will
be ready for occupancy by the departments
of chemistry and biology
The professors are all ready for work
with the exception of Prof. Strahan, who
is in Europe, and Prof Bocock, whose
eyes are giving him much trouble. Profs
Sheffield and Orr will fill Prof. Straton's
place during his absence, and Prof. Steph-
ensOn will assist Prof. BOcock.
Prof. Joseph Lustrat, the new profess
sOr Of French and the Romance lam
guages at the university, has arrived, and
is already quite popular with the stu
dents.
Chancellor Boggs is delighted with the
opening and is confident that year of
great prosperity for the university is at
hand.
Coach Mccarthy of the foot ball team,
arrived here yesterday He is now getting
the boys In shape for a thorough course
of training. Manager Mitchell has ar
ranged games with Mercer the Tech,
Auburn. North Carolina, and a number of
South Carolina teams. He has also ar
ranged a game with Virginia, to be played
in Atlanta the latter part of October. The
foot ball eleven will also take trip north
this fall If the faculty will permit 1t.
Sanford and Doughtrey, two of the base
ball players who duped the faculty and
played in the game with Virginia last
June after having been told not to do so,
are here and will try and get back
into the university. The faculty will pass
on their cases in a few days and some OPP
position to admitting them to the univer-
sity is already arising in the faculty ranks.
The university base ball team is to be
greatly strengthened by the playing of
Mcintyre of Savannah, who is to enter the
university in a few days.
The home school opened yesterday with
a large number of young ladies' from diff
ferent sections of the state. This year
the Home school has had more prosper
Gus opening than in many years.
Dock Chandler of Conner, Ga, had his
arm torn off in a gin yesterday, but will
recover
James D. Tweedy the cotton factor of
Madison, Ga, and former resident of this
city, has entirely regained his power of
speech. after having been paralyzed for
several months.
The State Normal School enrolment has
reached 1888, President Bradweli says that
no more than fifty additional teachers can
be accommodating at the dormitories and
that he expects double that number to APP
ply for admission with the next few days