Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-13
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Opening Of Fall Term at University With
Unusually Large Attendance.
Young Man Shot by Accident While
Out Huntin8-General and
Personal News.

IuOTHfIlS at . ClOCh Will Tic Usual cAci
| cises in honor of the event. There was an
unusually large number of students in at
| tendance, and. from present indications, the
present year will be perhaps the most sue
cessful in the history of the time-honored
institution The total number of students
enrolled for the different departments al
ready equals that of last year, and many
| additions are expected within the next
week.
Mass of the Holy Chest was celebrated at
o'clock in the Dahlgren Memorial Chapel.
a custom observed at all Of the openings
of Catholic institutions of learning. The
celebrant of the mass was Rev. John D.
Whitney, S. j., the rector. with Rev. H. j:
Shandelle. S. J., dean of the postgraduate
course, as deacon. and Mr.. A. j. Donlon,
professor of physics, as subdeacon. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. John H.
O'Rourke. S. j.. rector of the Jesuit Novi-
tiate at Frederick. Md. The subject of the
sermon was spiritual welfare and its eff
feet on the development of true manhood.
After the services in the chapel the stu
dents assembled in the CASTOR Memorial
Hall, where the reading of the marks took
place, followed by the, assignments to class
es. Schoia brevis it is termed. came
next, permitting the students to get ac-
quainted with each other and with their in
structors. This closed the exercises for the
day. School work will commence in earnest
tomorrow morning.
Entrance Examinations.
The entrance examinations were held
Monday and lasted all day. Students from
the high schools of Ohio, Georgia. Pennsyl-
yania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
York. Maryland and West Virginia were
put through the ordeal. About $50 students
were enrolled yesterday and almost that
number today.
The post graduate course of the institu-
ton will not open until the first week in
October Special attention has been paid
to the development of this branch of the
college for several years past. with the re-
suit that the class is now equal to that of
any other institution of learning In the
country.
According to the statement of Rev. Fa-
Their Pagan, who recently appointed
vice rector of the college, the outlook for
the year Is most promising. The indica-
lions that the attendance figures of
last season will be exceeded considerably
Accidentally Shot.
Mr.. Roy Birch of 312S Dumbarton avenue
a son of Mr.. Isaac Birch is just recovering
from the effects Of an accident which hap
pened Saturday afternoon on the marsh
bordering Analostan Island. Mr.. Birch,
with companion, went to the marsh on
hunting trip He had just reached the
grounds when huntsman, hardly twenty
five yards distant from him, fired both bar
TciS Vi HIS gun at HOOK OF DlruS. Extra
large shot were in the charge, and many
of the leaden pellets struck Mr.. Birch,
some finding lodging place in his reg and
others in his face and hands. He not
seriously injured, though the wounds were
quite painful, and upon arrival in George
town the greater number of the shot were
extracted.
Death of Mrs. Simmons.
Mrs. Lizzie Simmons. the wife Of N. B.
Simmons, died yesterday afternoon at $40
O'Clock at her residence. 1916 o street, after
an Illness of nine weeks. Death was due
to combination of dropsy and heart fail
ure. The deceased was the daughter of the
late John and Mary Mooney. and a sister
to James Mooney of the seventh precinct.
She had been married for a number of
years. One child and her husband survive
her. four children having died The funeral
will take place from her late residence Fri
day morning at $50 O'Clock. A solemn
mass of requiem will be said at o'clock
at Trinity Church. The interment will be
at Holy Rood cemetery.
Charge of Embe zxlement.
Charles Scott, young colored man, who
gave his age as twenty years and his
occupation as that of laborer, was ar
rested yesterday by Policeman James Giles
of the county mounted force and held on a
charge of embezzement. The charge was
preferred by Conrad f, Arabin, who keeps
general grocery and provision store in
Tenleytown. The case was partially heard
| in the Police Court, and continuance or
dered until September 20
Personal Mention.
Mrs. J. w. Sherwood and son and Miss
| Annabelle Donaldson. who ARE on a vaca-
ton in New York, are expected to return
to their homes tomorrow.
Mr.. r. Emmett Smith of 3007 street.
accompanied by his son, Robert E. Smith,
has returned from the Grand Army en-
| campment at Philadelphia