Evening star., 1898-11-19
U N YER SlTY NOT ES
Columbian.

Columbian.
| The foot ball game with Georgetown Uni
| versity, Thanksgiving day, has been chang
| ed from Capitol Park to the Georgetown
| University campus. Each university will
have a grand stand. Mr.. Shields, the CO.
| lumbian coach, is training the team vigor-
Cusly, and they practice two hours daily q
Capitol Park.
The university team was defeated last
Saturday by Swarthmore; the score was %
! to G.
| The Columbian school of comparative
| Jurisprudence and diplomacy was opened
Tuesday, the 18th. Among those present
| at the exercises were President Wm. Nc
| kinney, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister
| of Canada; Mr.. Justice Brewer, Secretary
yman j. Gage, Mr.. John W. Foster, Mr..
Justice Harlan and President Whitman of
the university The schedule Of studies will
include courses in constitutional law by
Mr. Justice Harlan; international law, by
Mr. Justice Brewer; finance, secretary Ly-
| man j. Gage; Roman law MIR VIM W.
Howe, and other subjects by Di. Whitman
and Messrs. Van Devanter and Maury.
The foot bah team shows its improve
ment by the result of the game with the
| artillery team from the arsenal, last We'd
nesday, which was 36 to 0, IL favor of the
university eleven.
The greatest enthusiasm is manifested
over the Thanksgiving day game with
Georgetown, and many unique songs and
yells are being practiced with great vim
at the university. The students evince
much interest in the practice Of The team.
AT the meeting of the Hamlltoptan De-
| batting Society this evening tie subject for
discussion will be Resolved That in tinnes
| of depression municipalities should give
| work to the unemployed. Affirmative,
Moulton and Hendricks; negative. Esterly
ard Mattingly. The subject for December
| 3 is Resolved. That the United States gov
ernment should interfere to protect the
southern negro in the exercise Of the suf-
| frage.' Affirmative, Messrs. Frost and
| Evans; negative, Messrs. Vasney and
| Roots.
| The department of romance languages
| Will take up the subjects French, French
conversation and Spanish.
MIR. H T. NeWcombe is conducting
| class in statistics, and also a class in rail-
| read transportation.
Mr. VIM. Kissing, examiner Of the United
| States patent office, lectured last Monday
! on 'Telegraphy Without Wires.
| The junior class met Thursday evening
at o'clock.
| The dean of the university mas changed
the days which he will be at the uniVer-
| sity building. and hereafter will be there on
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, in
stead Of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days, as heretofore.
The officers of the Alpha Phi Society Lit
erary Club as follows: President, w. o.
Bundy; vice president, n. H. Thomas; sec
| retary, Geo. NJ. Cathrell; treasurer. Miss F.
| NJ. Dungee; chaplain T. w. Turner; ser
geant-at-arms, j. H. Bluford; editor, D. o.
w Holmes
The program of the Eureka Society last
evening was as follows: Essay J. E.
Smith; defamation, j. s. Smith; Grafton,
r. II. MinWeather; recitation, Miss NJ. a.
Bishop; paper, w. H. Washington. A de-
| bate on Resolved, That the United States
government should interfere In the present
crisis in North Carolina" followed; affirma-
tive. Martin r. Powell; negative, VIM. H.
Lee.
Prof. Richard Foster read a paper on
Evolution" before the Alpha Phi Society
last evening.
The monthly smoker Of the college stu
dents will take place this evening at the
university.
The Theological Lyceum discussed the
subject Resolved, That parents are re-
sponsible for the degeneration of society,""
at their regular meeting last Wednesday
evening. Affirmative, H. j. Jones; mega
tive, r. T. Smith.
At the law school last w ednesday night
an attempt was made to elect class officers
| in the senior class The opposing factions
We're arrayed for A. b. Cosey and Chas F.
| SifaX for president. Upon vote it was de-
| Cided that the officers should be elected by
roll call, and when this was done it was
| found that the Cosey faction stood one vote
Letter than that of Sifax, with one vote
reserved by a student. After much discus
sion to how this student should vote the
election was postponed until November 23
Prof. w. II. II. Hart of the law school is
away for short period
A debating society was organized Tues
day night last. w. !. Lee of the Interior
Department was elected president and j. T
Newsome secretary. A meeting will be call
ed later 10 complete the election of officers
In honor of the late dean of the school ,.le
society was named the Langston Debating
Society.
Every member of the senior college class
several juniors and one postgraduate have
elected pedagogy for the present year. The
course in pedagogy has been extended be-
yond the limits of last years course Dur
ing the present term Prof Moore lectures
one day per week on Educational ftt form
| ers aud Theories" in chronological order
and spends two days more per week with
his class in the study of School Manage
ment and SclCo Methods"
The Blackstone Club will meet as usual
this evening. Mr.. Leighton has adopted a
new course of instruction in this class:
that is, to call at random upon the stu
dents. principally juniors. to open the dis
cusSion of the cases.
Catholic.
The examination for the baccalaureate in
the divinity college were concluded last
week.
Attendance at the university has been in
creased by the registering of number of
new students within the past few days
The rector will deliver a lecture tomor-
row evening. Sunday, on the Ideals of
American citizenship" at the dedica tiop of
McCaddon Hall, in Brooklyn N Y
Last Tuesday the rector delivered a lee
ture before the alumnae of the Visitation
Academy, Baltimore Md.
/ Several of the professors and students at
tended the alumnae celebration of ST.
Marys Seminary at Baltimore last We'd
nesday.
The Right Rev. DIR. Pace will preach at
the high mass in st. Cecelia's Church.
Brooklyn, N. Y, Sunday
Rev Edmund II Shanuaba,