Evening star., 1897-04-17
U N I'VE ER Slt'TY NOTE S
Catholic University.

| CathOitc University.
Rev. Fathers Conaty and Garrigan, who
| spent the Easter holidays in New Eng
land are expected to return Wednesday
The last lecture in the historical course
| given by DR.. Shahan at the Cathedral in
New York city will be delivered tomorrow
On Tuesday afternoon the base ball nine
Will play the strong Lehigh College team
which defeated Georgetown this week by a
score OF to 2, and on Wednesday after
noon an exhibition game will be played
| with the Senators at National Park
John G. Ewing, professor of economics
at Notre Dame University, Indiana, visited
| the university this week Rev. DR.. Allen
bishop-elect of Mobile, Ala, was also a
| visitor.
Rev. DR.. Grammar spent the Easter holi-
| days in Pennsylvania.
The University Club has about completed
| arrangements for smoker to be held the
| last week of this month.
| The relay team, composed of Collins
eastman. kenneaiy and McBane, are run
| ming daily, and Manager Duane is much
| pleased with the showing made. &C.,"
Howard University.
| Wednesday afternoon the Theological
Literary and Debating Society installed the
following officers: ]. P. Washington, presi-
dent; ]. H. Hughes vice president; J. w.
/
chaplain, and Hughes and Lee, sergeants-
| alarms.
| The c. E. Society will meet tonight and
| discuss the regular c. Z. topic, Different
Kinds of Death and the Conquest of
| Them
| At the late session of the mock congress
the discussion Of the bill providing for
| women's suffrage was continued. 1t is
! expected, however, that vote will be
| reached at the next meeting and that the
| bill will pass.
The Agassiz Association will take an ex-
| curslon into the country Monday for the
purpose of studying natural history. The
| class Is divided into four sections-botany,
chemistry, physics and minefalogy. Each
section makes Independent Investigations
| and reports to the class, and a discussion
| and study of the report follows.
Columbian University.
| The banquet of the junior law class will
| take place at the Riggs House Friday
evening next.
The Law School Debating Society has for
discussion the question, Resolved. That
the government should have a permanent
| tariff commission" On the affirmative are
! B. r. Steuart A. W. Shuck and A. v.
| Moulton, and on the negative. A. G. Bent
| ley, r. H. Haworth and G. w. Johaunis.
The final examinations in the medical
| school will be he11 on next Monday. The
The law students are hard at work pre-
pairing for the final examinations, which
| are to occur about the last of May.
The catalogue of the university for 1897
os will probably be issued the coming
week. - =
E. c. Campbell has been elected manager
| Of the track team and Frank l.. Biscce
| captain Quite number of candidates are
| in training for the relay team, but the
| selections have nat yet been made.
Manager SeiiheuseR OF the base ball
| team. left Friday morning for southern
| trip. accompanied by the following: Stock
Beard and Farnham, pitchers; Green, first
| base; Hodge, second base; Beall, short
| stop; Dalzell, third base; Tindall, left
| field; Fugitt, center field. and Leach, right
| field. Games scheduled for Fredercks-
| burg Friday, Richmond College Saturday,
William end Mary College Monday, and
Newport News Tuesday, the team return
| ing home \ ednesday
Carroll Fugitt will manage the 1897 foot
ball team. and Graham Nichols will act
as field captain.
The Enosinian Society at the last meet
| irg discussed, Resolved, That the Dingiey
| bill. in its present form, should be adopt
ed" Messrs. Hoover and Biscoe spoke on
| the affirmative, and Beatty and Jones in
the negative.
Georgetown University.
Rt. Rev. Robert Seton, rector of st. Jo-
| seph's Church, Jersey City, will lecture the
| coming week on Travels in Northern
| Africa" t''-
| A valuable addition to the library has
recently been received as donation from
friend Of the university. 1t is the Migne
Edition of Greek and Roman Iatrology
and consists of one hundred and fifty large
handsomely bound volumes
The intercollegiate debate between the
| debating societies of the Georgetown Law
| School and the Law School Of the Univer-
| sity of New York will occur on Monday
| evening at Gonzaga Hail. On 1 street, and
| admission will be by card only. The ques-
| ton for debate is Resolved. That bellig-
serent rights should be granted the Gu
bans" New York Law School has the
affirmative of the question, and will be
| represented by Messrs. O'Connell, Stern
and Zimmerman, and Georgetown by
| Messrs. Power, Roach and Ryan The
New York Law School Society holds the
record not only for the city of New York,
but for the state. as being the strongest
| made an unrfvaled record in the public
| joint debates which have been held in
| former years, and 1t Is expected that this
will be one of the most interesting and
scholarly contests that has ever taken
place in Washington. Three judges, who
| are yet to be chosen will decide the de-
| bate upon the merits Of the arguments
| presented. The return debate will take
place in New York city about the 18th of
May. The debaters have been selected, but
the question for debate has not yet been
| decided upon.
| The Morris Literary and Debating So
ciety at its last meeting had an interesting
discussion of free trade and protection, in
which Paul Dillon, for free trade, and An
tonic s.. Smith, for protection were the
| principal speakers
| The base ball team suffered their first de-
| feat by college team from Lehigh We'd
| nesday afternoon, the score being 3 to 2
| 1t is probable that had the team not been
seriously crippled by having two or three
OF Its best men laId out of the game from
| injuries the scdte W0uld have been re-
| versed. On Thursday they ran up against
another defeat by. thsFYale team, the score
| being 8 to T. -
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