Evening star., 1898-04-02
his brother made the university their head

his brother made the university their head
quarters last week.
The rector left Friday for his home in
Worcester, Mass, where he will preach on
Easter Sunday, and on the following day
will leave for Kansas City.
A number of the members of the faculty
will preach in churches here and elsewhere
Easter Sunday: DIR. Garrigan will address
congregation at Boston. Father r. H.
Sheridan will be seen at Fort Monroe;
Father Victor Ducat will be at Westmin-
ster. Nd. and Rev. ]. w. McDermott will
assist at St. Matthews Church, this city.
Fathers OMeara. Dunn and Raedy will
take a trip south during the holidays.
Rev. Fathers Higgins and Cavanaugh
will go to Philadelphia for the recess.
Howard University.
Next Wednesday the Theological Liter
airy Society will hear read a paper by G..
w. Powell, entitled ministerial Dignity"
The Eureka and Alpha Phi Literary So
cieties held meetings last evening for the
election of officers.
The c. E. Society elected officers as fol-
lows last Sunday evening: President Mr..
Hooe; secretary, Miss F. NJ. Dungee; treas
urer, Miss NJ E. Mitchell: librarian, Mr..
Douglass c. McNeal: corresponding secre-
tary, Mr.. l. T. Gillian; delegate to the Dis
trict of Columbia Union Mr.. j. H. G. Will
l1ams. This evening the regular topic,
hospitality will be discussed.
Concrete Methods in Mathematics" was
the subject of an address delivered by Prof
Kelley Miller to Prof. Morse's class IN
pedagogy last Monday.
National University.
Prof. Davis delivered his first lecture on
Evidence" to the postgraduate class We'd
nesday evening
Prof Siddons delivered his first lecture on
''Torts' to the junior class Tuesday even
ing last.
A committee, consisting of Messrs Brown
from the postgraduate class, Balderston
or the senior class and Brush of the Junior
class, have been selected to arrange for a
public debate. to be held April 16 1898.
After this debate the society will adjourn
until next year.
Judge Tucker of the moot court will as
sign no more cases. 1t is his intention to
hnish the cases now on the docket AM ad-
Journ the court until next year. The work
OF the moot court has been very successful,
each student having had five cases which
were heard and decided.
The commencement exercises of the law
department. will be held at the National
Theater June 7, 1855
Georgetown University.
Attention is centered in athletics Mt the
university. and very little of interest oc-
ours there now outside of the work of the
various athletes and teams.
At the law school last Saturday night
the following officers were elected by the
Debating Society: President, Herman r.
Schade; vice president, Carroll Purman:
treasurer. Gerald Van Casteel; secretary,
T. u. kilcullen; sergeant-at-arms, Lloyd
NJ. Tillman.
There will be public debate this evening
q. the law school between Messrs. William
A. ONeill and Claudius j. Neis, affirma-
tive. and Gerald Van CasteeI and Robert
r. Troy; negative, on the question. RE
solved, That a Constitutional Amendment
should Be Enacted Whereby United States
Senators Shall Be Elected by Direct Vote
OF the People. The judges will be Mr..
John w. Maddox. Mr.. Charles W. GfIlet
and Mr.. Rudolph Kleberg. This is the
fourth public debate of the scholastic year
Next week the question for discussion
Will be. Resolved. That the Report of ihe
Maine Board of Inquiry is of Itself SUM
Gent Cause for War" The speakers ha ye
not yet been decided upon.
The rector has been sick for some time.
but Is Low on the way to recovery, It Is
thought. however. that he may. be Obliged
to leave the city to recuperate
The Easter recess will extend from pext
"wednesday TO the 18th instant