Evening star., 1898-11-12
years half-baek5 Has returned to the uni

years half-baek5 Has returned to the uni
! versity of II,
large bodt Of astudents from the uni
sity of Virginia game last Wednesday.
| The university teain was defeated by the
naval cadets 1t AHhapolis, Md, last Sat
urday. by st6re OF 81 to 5.
| The first meeting of the Society for Phil
| osophic Inquiry wac held November s. A
| paper was read fori 1the Transition From
the Pure to the Practical Reason of Kant"
si, by Dr; e, 1 parauhaE; other views on this
discuss the Exposition of Kant's ethical
theory every OF fTueSSaay at 43o until the
| holidays. 70 ;, y
The class oftsth, 5unior year at the uni
| versity held its first meeting November s,
and elected Melville Lindsay. president;
Miss Elsie Pagkins9a. vice president; C. B.
I urer; Miss Rosale Robnette, historian.
Miss Robinette. however. declined to serve,
! having held the same office last year
About Dec embsr l Professor Wiley will
begin course Of lectures agricultural
| chemical technology. covering the follow
4 ing ground: Manufacture of chemical fer
| tiizers; manufacture of sugar, starch and
| starch products, and tanning and leather
products
| The EnosiniaR Society, at it's meeting
last night, discussed the subject, Resolved,
That France is justified in demanding COM
/ d.
| Affirmative, Watson and McKalden; mega
| tive, Maynard and Beatty. The editor of
! the Bee fore this week is Mr. Maynard and
| of the Nsws, Mr.. AHschuh
| Today, at 3:3O the university team will
| meet the eleven of Swarthmore at the Co
| lunlbian field, North Capitol street.
The question to be discussed at the meet
ing of the Hamiltonian Debating Society,"
| November 10, will be, Resolved. That in
| times of depression, municipalities should
| give work to the unemployed" Affirmative
| Moulton and Hendricks; negative, Esterly
and Mattingly.
The Columbian Law School Debating So
| cety met last night and debated the sub
| ject, "R solved, That the senators of the
United States should be elected by popular
vote" Affirmative. Award. Brewer and
Cooksey; negative. Adams, Davis and Free
| man.
| The junior law class held a special meet
| ing Thursday and discussed future class
plans.
Professor Geo. P. Merrill is conducting a
| course in geology and mineralogy at the
! university.
Professor Pollard's course in Biblical lit
erature will embrace a history of ths He
| brew people, New Testament times. history
| of the Bible as a book, poets of the Bibia,
| Hebrew legal literature. New Testament
Greek.
| A typewriting class for the benefit of the
students in literary science is conducted by
| Miss Allen
| Catholic.
| The rector held a reception Wednesday
| evening at 7:30 o'clock in the university
club room. McMahon's Hall, to the faculty
| and students of the university.
| Before the departure of their party fol
| France, the Marquise de Merinville and her
sister, the Baroness Won Zedtwitz. present.
ed check for $4,000 to the rector to es-
| tablsh a fellowship in the Hall of Divinity
| in memory of their deceased parents. The
party spent last Sunday at the university.
Howard.
Prof. W. II. Richards of the university
law department presided at the meeting of
the Bethel Literary and Historical Associa-
| ton last Tuesday.
The officers of the athletic association for
| the ensuing year are: President, D. o. W.
| Holmes; secretary, r. D. Eubanks; treas
| urer, w. H. fraishead; manager base ball
team, w. T.;vNelssn; manager foot ball
team, G. H. DeRieff; custodian ]. B. Allen.
The society of the Alpha Phi met last
evening and discnsSed the subject rs the
Negro an 11Asps1sable Factor in the
United States Affirmative, Messrs. Tur-
and Fox
evening was3as foilows: Essay, w. H.
Craighead; resitation, A. S. Allen; Grafton,
j. H. s. villa MS defamation, Miss Nc
Eer; grafton, J. A., jackson; paper, c. A.
Manns A debate on the subject Resolved
ttdl SdtdllLS1AleQAINP Qaath OF nartVr
rather than thatsos>an outlaw" closed the
exercises; affirmative, A. B. CLANCY; Mega
tive,W H. JacksoH
Last wednesday theolesical lyceun
Bibfe teaches that the church should form
a part of the state;' affirmative j. S.
burke; negative, A. B. Hamm.
The number Of students at the law school
Is steadily increasing, and many more are
expected after the elections.
lne senior law students are looking for
Ward TO organizing class, and various
candidates are being doomed for the Offices
frof. Sifay Of the university seems TO be
the most popular Of the prospective presi-
dents.
Owing to press of work Prof A. A Bir-
ney was obliged to resign his position as
Judge of the moot court; his place has been
filled by Mr.. Mason N. Richardson
The Blackstone Club, of which Mr. B. F..
leighton is president, is being largely at
tended owing to the interest manifested by
the Junior class in the organization This
class takes up various cases and legal sub
Jects. reduces them to an issue and then in
debate discusses the various points of law
involved.
National.
The postgraduate class Of the National
University Law School held a meeting last
Monday evening for the purpose of organi-
zation. when the following officers were
elected: Mr.. j. J. Hill, president; Mr.. Ben
der. vice president DR.. Walker, secretary
and Mr. Perkins. treasurer
The first session Of the moot court will
De held next Friday evening, when cases
Will be assigned to the students Judge
Charles Cowles Tucker of the court has re-
quested any member who desires to do so
to hand in a case, with the idea that it
may be assigned. Quite number have
been handed in up to date. Mr.. H. A Du-
mont has been appointed clerk of the court,
and Mr.. c. w. Rider crier.
Prof. Tucker has this year prepared the
cases to be tried in the moot court, and
issued the same IN pamphlet form.
Tuesday, the 18th instant, has been set
for the first meeting of the Debating So
ciety, when a reorganization will be eff
fected and arrangements made for a pub
lie debate with the Single Tax Club of this
city.