Evening star., 1897-05-15
U N I'VE r SITY NOTES
COlunl bian.

| Columbian
| The Columbian Women will give an ex-
| cursion Wednesday evening, June 2 on the
Manchester, to Marshall Hall. The pro-
| ceeds are to be devoted to the improvement
OF the university gymnasium.
Wednesday evening a largely attended
| meeting of the senior class was held, and
considerable business relating to COM
mencement was transacted.
| A meeting of the Tennis Association was
! held Wednesday and plans for holding a
tennis tournament early next month were
| discussed. There are number of good
| tennis players connected with the school,
| and 1t is the desire of those interested to
| meet the players of the other universities.
The postgraduate class met Wednesday
evening and elected two members of the
executive committee to fill the vacancies
caused by the designations of Messrs.
Robinson and. Cover.
The last public debate of the Law School
Debating Society will be held June 5. At
| the same time the bust of Justice Harlan,
modelled by Rudolf Evans, which has been
| on exhibition in President Whitman's re-
| ception room for some time past, will be
| presented to the university by the law
! classes President Whitman will receive
| the bust on behalf of the university.
| The prize examination in international
| law, to be conducted by Prof. Lee Davis
i Lodge, will be held May 25
Georgetown.
| Among the athletes who are in training
| for the Mott Haven games, which occur
the last of this month. are Smith, Wefers.
| Fox. J. Walsh, NJ. Walsh. Hough Lyons
and McGirr. They are all in good form
and expect to make good showing.
The seniors were examined in physics
Monday evening, and in philosophy We'd
nesday.
This evening in CASTOR Hall will occur
the nriza debate n philonOmoSiap
batting Society. The question to be dis
cussed is Resolved. That the original ar
bitration treaty as proposed should be rati-
fed by the Senate" Speakers selected are
Mes srs. Moore and Muligan In the affirm
! ative, and Douglass and Stephens in the
negative.
The arrangements for the banquet of the
Philodemfc Society, which is to be held Just
before commencement are almost complet-
ed, the exact day only remaining to be de-
cided.
Work On the new galleries which are to
be placed in CASTOR Hall, through the gen
erosity of the Alumni Association, will
be pushed as rapidly possible as 1T is
desired to have them completed for COM
mencement June 23.
The law department examinations in all
| the classes will be held during the coming
week. An unusually large class will be
graduated and the commencement exer-
cises will be held in the National Theater
the evening Of June Z. at which time It is
expected that the committee appointed to
| arrange for a further and higher course
In law will be prepared to announce the
| result of their labors.
Wednesday afternoon the Georgetown
team crossed bats with the Catholic Uni-
versity nine. Walsh, in the box for George
town, and McTighe, for Catholic Univer-
sity, both did good work The game re-
suited in favor of Georgetown by the
score Of II to g. The fielding support
given McTighe was of the yellow order.
The debaters of the Law School Debat-
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setts, Hampton H. Magruder of Maryland
and Jean F. P. des Garennes Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, who were selected to
j represent the society In the second debate
which will take place in Carnegie Hall,
New York city. Friday evening, June 4,
are hard at work. The question for dis
cussion is Resolved. That the injunction
in the Debs case vas riShtfully granted"
Georgetown has the affirmative.
1t is expected that work or the new hos
pital building. which is to lie located at
the corner Of 35th and streets will be
commenced within a few weeks.
The Special athletic and jubilee number
of the Journal. which Mr.. Conwell, the
will contain about forty-eight pages. ard
there viii be special supplement devoted
to athletics.
The Theological Literary and Debating
Society discussed the question Resolved,
| Inal llllleTdte lILfulSIdutS SNOulQ uOt De /
admitted to this country" w. ". Barham |
was the leading speaker in the affirmative,
and ]. H. Denim in the negative. A duet |
was contributed by Messrs. Payne and |
Hughes. and several musical numbers by |
members of the Glee Club.
The meetings of the Agassiz Association,
which are held .ri-weekly and devoted to
the study and discussion Of natural history,
have created quite an interest among the |
students.
The program for the commencement exer-
cises which will occur June /, in Andrew |
Rankin Memorial Chapel, was completed at |
the faculty meeting last week. and will be |
announced shortly. Final examinations /
will be the order of the coming week.
Catholic.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Society |
of the Catholic University was held on last |
Wednesday. when the following officers |
were elected: Rev. Senior ]. Carr, presi- |
dent; Rev. Charles F. Aiken, secretary, and |
Rev. FIR. Russell OF Baltimore, treasurer /
In the evening at o'clock the banquet was |
ers were the retiring president. Rev. FIR. /
Fitzgerald. the Very Rev. DIR. Conaty. the |
rector, and the vice rector. Rev. DIR. Garri- /
gan.
DIR. Garrigan will preach the sermon at |
day at the cathedral, Baltimore.
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