Evening star., 1898-01-29
U N We RSI,TY NOTES
Georgetown University.

| Georgetown University.
At the Law School Wednesday evening
| Judge McComas, the newly elected United
| States senator from the state of Maryland,
| was presented with a bouquet of flowers
ty the students of the different classes,
ana the presidents of the organizations of
the Juniors, seniors and post-graduates
| each made short address, congratulating
| the Judge on his recent political success.
| In response Judge McComas thanked the
| speakers and the students in general for
their pleasant surprise to him. and, after
assuring them Of his regard for the univer-
| sity and its students, announced that his
political duties would not remove him from
the faculty, and he would still continue as
| their Instructor.
The base ball team has not yet done
| much in the way of practice on account OF
| the inclemency of the weather, but there
| Is plenty Of enthusiasm manifest. and a
| number Of candidates have made their ap-
| pearance and more are expected. Among
| the most prominent aspirants for positions
and Ready. catchers; Walsh, Bach, Dowd
! and Tracy, pitchers; Casey, Dawson and
| OConnen, first base; Fleming and K.
| Byrne, second base; Hafford. third base;
| Smith and Moran, short stops; Mccarthy,
captain, E. Cole. Lamb. Downs, Green and
Walsh, and. perhaps, others, feders. Man
| ager Head Is at work upon a schedule of
| games to take place in the city and out of
| town. No indoor practice will be had this
year, and, as a number of the old players
| have returned, it is not deemed necessary
to engage the services of a coach.
| With the exception of the candidate for
| the relay team which Is to compete at the
| indoor meet of the Boston College on the
| 18th of next month, none Of the athletes
are in training. In April a meet will be
| held at the college under the auspices OF
| the university.
The mi1-term examina tions are about
| over A new students library is being
| erected in the southeast corner of the
Healy building. directly beneath Collier
| Hail. The old library has rather poor ac-
| commodations. and the new one, which
| will be about the size of the Riggs Library,
| will be utilized as a reading room, lecture
| hall for the seniors and for the debates of
| the Philodemic and Philonomosian societies.
The present senior lecture room will be CIV
| en- over to the Coleman museum which is
| In need OF more space, and the ornitholog-
| ical exhibits placed there The old library
will be used for a shower and needle bath.
| The following are the speakers selected
| for the Merrick debate on the 22d of next
| month Kirby. '9S: Waggaman, '9S; Brady,
'9s, and O'Neill, 80. Mr. Carr, 9s, is chair
| man.
| The Philodemic Debating Society is max
| ing an effort to arrange for a contest with
| the Norris Debating Society.
| The mass ball, which until two years ago
| was held annually at the university, has
| been revived, and on the 21st of next month
| 1t will take place. The festivities will con-
| sist Of a dinner at $50. performance of
| the Dramatic Society entitled 1.-THE Critic, -
| by Richard Sheridan, at pm, and follow
ing that a grand ball.
| At the medical school Prof. Sylvester D.
| Hood is engaged in delivering a series of
| lectures on "Embryology," the object being
! the instruction of the students in the de-
| velopment Of plants. Prof. Simpson has
| commenced a series Of lectures on Mol
| luScS."
| bowling, pool and billiard tournament
| will take place in a short time, but the ex-
| act date has not yet been decided upon. 1t
| is also proposed to organize team to rep
| resent Georgetown on the bowling alleys.
National University.
Last Saturday evening the regular lee
| ture on dental histology, by DR.. H. ]. AL
! len, was illustrated by some very interest
| ing stereopticon slides, some of them origi-
| nal and prepared by Prof. Allen and some
being those of DR.. Cryer of Philadelphia
Prof. Caldwell. under whose instruction
the class in microscopy Is making marked
progress, demonstrated. at his first lecture
at the medical school, by means of a mi
croscope, the circulation Of the blood
through the body.
Dr. John L. Norris Of the faculty has
| been chosen as resident physician at the
Eastern DiSpensary.
DR.. w. Given Suter has recently become
Il u I
school, his subject being hygiene.
The senior class in dentistry, under the
direction Of DIR. Walton, is working on
specimen pieces.
Columbian University.
The Vaudeville Club will give an enter
| tainment Monday, at which burlesque,
entitled "Queen ILL.," will be presented
The performance is in three acts and will
be entirely presented by members of the
university.
The junior law class held meeting Tues
day evening in the postgraduate hall.
Prof. Josiah Pierce, jr, will deliver a
course of lectures on Map Reading" at
the university, beginning February 12
The question for debate at the meeting
Of the law school debating society this
evening is Resolved, That the Presidents
term Of office should be heightened to six
years and the President made ineligible to
reelection" and the speakers are Messrs.
D. K. Jackson and ]. B. Mcclure, aff1rma-
tive. and Messrs. Milans and Specht, mega
tive.
In the Corcoran Scientific School, in the
chemical department., a new cyanide plant
is Being constructed for the purpose Of in
structing the students in the practical
workings of the modern processes for ex
tracing gold from it's ores by the use of
potassium cyanide and the deposition of
the gold by means of the electric current.
The students in assaying, for whose espe-
cial benefit the plant is being erected, will
be permitted to operate 1t.
A new class in assaying has just been
started at the Corcoran Scientific School.
Prof. Wiley is now delivering a course Of
lectures in the school Of graduate studies
on Agricultural Chemistry"
The Washington Theological Club will
meet every other Wednesday afternoon at
the university for the remainder of the
year.
The parliamentary law class met last Sat-
urday evening.
Next Tuesday Prof. Maillet of the Cor
coran Scientific School will commence q
special course in French conversation.
The Enosinian Society, at its last meet
ing discussed the question, Resolved,
That the Mexican war was unjustifable"
The Affirmative speakers were Messrs
Stuart, Domer and Wright and Miss Nc
Keldon and the negative Messrs. Rogers,
Altschu Farfs and Haws.
Examinations in the college department
were held all during this week, the follow
ing being the subjects: Physics, German
logic, ethics, history, English, mathemat-
les, political economy, French, chemistry,
Greek, Latin, psychology and Bible. litera-
ture.
Howard UniveFsity.
The present week was poor one for base
ball ON account Of the wet and blustery