The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
UNIVERSITY HAPPENINGS
LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR PRIZE THE
 SES IN THE LAW SCHOOL.

The Basket Ball Team Will Have Their Last Practice To-day Before the Holiday Trip-Mr. Jepson's Organ Recital Yester- day Afternoon Largely Attended-CoI- lego Buildings Deserted. says and theses. to be written by members of the Yale law school, in competition for the University prize, were given out yesterday. This prize is worth $250. They are as follows:
 1. The English Occupation of Egypt, ?. Tennyson as a Theologian.
 8. The Radicallsm of Euripides.
 4. Student Life at Medieval UniVer- sity.
 ,. A Russian Statesman-Prince GOrtschakoff
 6. The Influence of Scenic upon Dra- matic Art.
 '. The Power of the Federal EXecu- tive Respecting Foreign Relations.
 s. The Scope of Sanitary Authority. g. Absolutism in Municipal Govern ment.
 10. Plutocracy and Democracy Il. The Relation of Right to Law. 12. Literature and the (American) | Civil War. 13. The Future of Opera.
 IA Social Selection. Types of characters, standards of be- | havior, fashions of opinion, etc, ia vored and established by the tluctua- tions of Predominant notions in liter | ature. conversation, etc.
 The graduate subjects were also an nounced. One of the theses will be SC lected to be pronounced at the ami versary exercises as the masters ora tion. The subjects are:
 l. The English Employers Liability Act of 1897.
 9 The Results of the Adoption of the Reformed Procedure.
 8. The Results of the Recent Chinese War
 4 The Constitutional Meaning of the Term Fugitive from Justice"
 5. The Capacity of the American In dian for Citizenship.
 6. Pinckney's Work in the Constitu tional Convention of 17S7.
 Also Nos [, 8, and Il of the Porter subjects.
 The senior subjects for the Townsend prize of $10O are:
 1. The Debt of Virginia to Jefferson
 ?. The True Naval Policy of the Uni 1 ted States.
 3. Paternalism in Municipal Govern l ment
 4. The Laws Delay.
 Thesis will also be written for th Munson prize of $50. The subjects fo this are:
 1. Honest Belief as a Defence to al Action for Fraudulent Representation i ?. The United States Neutrality Laws.
 3. The Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur 4. Powers of Attorney by Married Women.
 Also Nos, ', 8, and il of the Porte subjects.
 It is stated semi officially that gifts to the Yale Law school this year have amounted to $40000. the largest beins that of MT Hendrie, whose total gifts to the institution have been more the, $5O,O0O.
 The final practice of the basket bal team before the holiday trip will b' held this afternoon. The team plays il Philadelphia on Tuesday, December 2S Germantown, Thursday, December 30 in Washington, D. C., Friday, Decem Der 3t. There is a possibility that z game will be played in Philadelphia o1 New Years night with the Hancocl Athletic club team. The only night O the week left open is Wednesday, anC for this the management has received numerous offers, but as yet accepted none.
 The men who will be taken on thu trip are: w. H. Peck '9S, captain Moore '9S, Marshall '98, j. K. Clark '99 G. M. Clark 1901, Gillespie 1900, Lock wood 1900 &, and Todd '99 l.. s. Th' first game of next term will be played in Yonkers, N. Y, January 15.
 As the series of organ recitals givei bv Mir. Jepson in Battell chapel con tinues. they continue to increase il popularity and those present yesterda. afternoon completely filled the larg auditorium The programme was an unusual. , bright one. MT Jepson's rendition o the several numbers was superb. Tn next recital will be given Tuesday, Jan uary IS, at o'clock, By o'clock tonight the colleg buildings will be about deserted. Som of the students finished their examina tions yesterday afternoon, and man. left the city on the night trains.
 All examinations will be over by sun , down this afternoon and the majority O the men will spend the holidays at thei homes. Some, however, will remain il the city. THE PULLMAN ESTATE.