Evening star., 1897-04-03
U N I'VE RSHY NOTE S
Catholic University,

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| Catholic Unfversity.
| The school will close Friday. April 0.
| for the Easter recess. which will continue
until Wednesday. April p.
| Rev. DR.. Shahan delivered the fourth
of his Lenten sermons at the Cathedral
| New York city, last Sunday.
| The Very Rev. DIR. Conaty was IN Bal
| timore last Tuesday and attended the lee
tura by Mr. Ferdinand Brunetierre of the
French Academy. at Johns HOPKINS Uni
VerSity. M. BrCnatierre will be the guest
| OF the university tomorrow. On Tuesday
evening DR.. Conaty spoke before the Cath
olic Club Of Baltimore on the Ideal
American" Cardinal Gibbons was pres
| ent.
The Paulist Fathers are to add a wing
to st. Thomas College that will accom-
| modate the wants of their community.
| The mid-year examinations in the law
| department took place this week, and sew
| eral candidates were examined for de-
| greeS.
The illustrated lecture on the Ever
glades of Florida by Dr. D. s. Day of the
| United States geological survey last
| thursday concluded the public lecture
| course of the year.
. relay team is being organized by John
r. Duane, manager of athletics and will
| probably be composed of Collins, eastman
| Kennedy and McBayne The team will
| probably make its first appearance on the
track at the Georgetown field meet. Man
| ager Duane is in correspondence with the
| intercollegiate association and 1t is ex-
pected that they will soon be admitted to
membership i'll that organization
| AT the next meeting of the University
| CluD several new members will be admit
| ted Inc committee on entertainment is
| arranging for smoker to be held the last
| week in April.
| Howard University.
| Booker T. Washington. president of Tus-
keegee Industrial School, Alabama, will
address the students Tuesday morning.
| Rev. DR.. T. De Witt Talmage will de-
| liver an address In Andrew Rankin Chapel
next Thursday afternoon
| The Agassiz Association met Yesterday
| afternoon and paper on "Lobsters' was
| read by Miss Maggie Quanders Arrange
ments have been made for field meetings
| OF the class of natural history at least
| once each month.
| The debate of the Theological Literary
Society Wednesday was on the question.
Resolved. That the Romans have done
more for the advancement of civilization
than the Egyptians" G. W. West spoke
on the affirmative and ]. P Washington
| on the negative.
King of All Chapter. Brotherhood Of st.
andrew. will meet in King Hall next
| Thursday. The officers of the chapter are
Rev. William B. Tunnel, warden: f. l. A.
Behnet. director, and J. B. Brown, secre-
| tary.
| a
largely attended conservation meeting last
saturday under the direction of Prof War
| DER. regular meeting will be held to-
| night
The mock congress (Alpha PhD met last
night and debated the bill providing for
| universal suffrage.
| Columbian University.
Yesterday afternoon the Enosinian So
| ciety discussed, Resolved, That the Ding
ley tariff bill. in it's present form, should
be adopted" Messrs. Hoover and Biscoe
were the speakers on the affirmative and
Messrs. Beatty and Jones on the negative
Miss Ross edited the News for class /
and Mr.. Rogers for class 2. The Bee was
edited by Mr.. Stuart for class l and Mr.
| Beatty for class 9. .
Friday evening, April g. in the University
Hall. Mrs ]. H. Gore Of Stockholm will
give an Illustrated lecture under the aus
pices of the Columbian women
! The last lecture in the free Saturday
course. under the auspices of the Column
plan kindergarten Association, was de-
| William T. Harris, commissioner of edu-
cation, who spoke on How the Kinder
garten Prepares for the Elementary
Justice Harlan win deliver his lecture on
George Mason before the Law School De-
batlng Society by special request, tonight
The Law School Debating Society will dis
cuss Resolved, That there is an absolute
freedom Of the Will" On the affirmative
| are F. w. Brandenburg, ]. ii. Bumden
ana n. A: White; on the negative c. E.
hapoiiie, ). e. jerks and A. A Davis.
April 10 the Nicaragua canal question is
announced. and on the 18th the propriety
of establishing permanent tariff commits
sion will be discussed.
Thursday afternoon DR. Lester F. Ward
lectured on the fundamental principles of
sociology.
Mrs. Mary Jane Holmes. the novelist
lectured to the students of the Columbia n
Academy Thursday afternoon. her subject
being The Land of the Midnight Sun and
the North Capes
This afternoon Dr. Anita Newcomb Nc
Gee Will speak before the Women's An
thropological Society on THE Koreshan
Community
On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Powell will
read paper on PHILOSOPHY of Conscious
ness and Its Limitations by Material En-
Vironments' before the Society for Philo-
sophical Inquiry.
Prof w. o. Partridge yesterday delivered
his second lecture in the public art course
on the History Of Sculpture" and on
Monday afternoon will speak on Greek
and Roman Art"
The relay team is in active training and
will probably enter the field and track
meet at Georgetown the last of this month.
Georgetown University.
The first debate between the Law School
Debating Society and the New York Uni
versity Law School will take place in Gas
ton Hall Monday evening, April 10. The uues-
ton selected Is, Resolved That the United
States should recognize the belligerent
rights Of Cuba" Georgetown has the
negative side of the question. which will
be upheld by James A. Ryan of Tennessee,
Charles E. Roach of North Dakota and J.
Neal Power of California
Under the auspices of the Kohner Sci
entiic Circle Prof. Willis l.. Moore, chief
Of the weather bureau, last night lectured
on Storms and Some Of the Wonderful
Phenomena Of the Year"
Arrangements have been completed for
a concert by the Glee, Banjo. Mandolin and
Guitar Club, to be given in Philadelphia
Thursday evening, April %. 1t is probable
that concert will also be given in New
York city on the Saturday following.
| The PhilonOmoSian Society is arranging
for the annual public debate, which is to
be held about May 10.
| An entertainment will be given by the
Comedy Club In the near future for the