Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15

Miss Metcan will colt the Bee for class l
ana -dr. faris for class =. while Mir. Beatty
and Mr.. Main will perform like duties for
the News. The critic OF the evening will
be Mr. Beatty.
The senior class of the college held a
business meeting on Thursday.
Examinations in the college department
Will be held as follows: January -, physics
and German; January -. junior logic and
senior ethics and history; January 20, Eng
lish. mathematics ana political economy
and French; January %, chemistry and
Greek; January -, Latin; January ~ psy-
chology; January 80, Bible literature: Janu-
Uary 81, chemistry.
The Library Association of Washington
met at the university Wednesday evening
at s o'clock.
The Washington Theological Club met
Wednesday at the university. 4 number
of the members Of this society are con-
nected with the university. The lecture
Wednesday by Prof. Thomas \. Williams
was on the subject. THE Place Which
Fungi Occupy in the Vegetable Kingdom"
National University.
II officers elected at the fourth annual
meeting of the Alumni Association, held
Tuesday at its rooms in the law depart
ment, Were as follows: President, Mr.. Chas.
Lyman; first vice president. Col. /. 5. Itch
enor; second vice president, w. p. William
son; third vice president, DIR. Thomas J.
Jones; secretary. Mr. Shelby Clarke; treas
urer, Mr.. Chas. B. Bayly; historian Mr.. R.
:. Ferguson. The executive committee in
cludes the following: Messrs. Robert II.
Hauss, Kellogg. Chas. r. RiUIdan, Donald
Mcpherson and y. X. Metcalf. The meet
ing was an interesting one, and gratifica-
ton was expressed at the growth Of the
organization. Plans for publishing a his
torical catalogue We're discussed, and par
tai arrangements made for the annual
banquet Of the association.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Odont illogical Society was held Tuesday
evening OF this week, DIR. Benson presiding.
A paper on amalgams and their manipula-
ton was read by the essayist of the even
ing. DIR. W. ID. Monroe, and discussed by
the other members present. A committee
appointed to purchase books for the
library. and four applications for member
ship Were received. The affairs of the So
ciety are in 4 fourishing condition and the
meetings well attended.
Work is progressing very satisfactorily
in the several laboratories of the dental
department. The students show their in
terest in anatomy 10y alternating as SUBJ
iects for demons tration.
The subject of debate for this evening
reads as follows: Resolved, That Repre-
sentatives in Congress Are Morally Bound
by the VIII of Their Constituents" At
fiimative A. S. Dalton f. p. Hamlin, T.. c.
Dutton negative, c. X. Allen, J. j. Hlll.
The subject last Saturday evening was.
Resolved, That All Revenues for the Sup
port of Government Shall Be Raised by
Tax on Land Values" The speakers We're
Messrs Magee Van Duzer and Moore for
the affirmative and Messrs. Browne, Land
ergren and Hill for the negative.
Prof. Carusi has gone for visit 10 Pen
sacola. Fla During his sojourn there he
will be the guest of his brother-in-law,
Commander Reisinger commandant of the
navy yard. During the absence of Prof
Carusi the junior class will be presided over
by Prof SiddonS, who Will commence this
evening lectures on bills and notes.
A chapter of a Greek letter fraternity
has been organized by some of the mcIn-
bers of the senior and postgraduate
classes, and the rooms donated by the
been handsomely fitted up. 1t is proposed
to give a banquet al the Raleigh early in
February
Prof. Davis has finished Smiths Mer-
camille Law and has comm enced lectures
on Corporations.
The jury in the murder trial having
failed to agree, the counsel on both sIdes
have agreed to a stipulation for verdict
of manslaughter, and the case will now be
argued before the court OF appeals, on law
points.
The postgraduate class, at a meeting
held Tuesday evening, decided to have a
class banquet the latter part of This month.
Mrs. Jones-"Did your husband die hap
py?'
Widow Brown-"Oh, yes; just before he
died he cried out ecstatically, L see a great
light and then added, softly, L think I'm
going where they give better gas and
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