The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-05
YEAR AT ATHENS.
ED CATTONAL INSTITUTIONS PRE-
PAIRING TO OPEN.

Chancellor Hill Busy with a Heavy
COrrespOndence-Att Both
at the University and Lucy Cobb
Institute VIII BE Large This Year.
Football Seasons PrOsDects-out-
look for the Law SchOOI-Chancel-
Tor Hill to Make an Address.
Athens Ga. Sept. 4.-The Classic City /
is Just now making ready for the opening |
of its educational institutions, and there |
never was a brighter outlook for one and
all. Interest in their welfare and progress
has increased throughout the state, as
never before in their history.
Chancellor Hill came down to-day from !
Gainesville, bringing his family with him
He is up 10 his neck in work connected |
with the chancelor's office. His CORE |
spondence is enormous, as everybody in
Georgia seems to be taking interest in him
and his work as chancellor.
The new schedules of required recita- |
tons for the different degrees as adopted
by the last meeting Of the trustees, viii
be put into operation with the opening
Of the college The different professors |
are here and ready for their coming years
work.
The Law school Outlook.
Prof. sylvanus Morris. of the University
Law faculty. is back from his summer
vacation in Virginia He says that never
in the history Of the law school have there
been so many inquiries for Information
and requests for catalogues. He looks for
the largest attendance In the history OF
that department of the university. He is
very much pleased with the work of Chan
celOr HID and with the great interest the
new head of the university is taking in
the law school Prof. Morris will arrange
for a course of lectures to be delivered by
Chancellor Hill to the law class during
the coming year. AS the new chancellor
is one of the most eminent lawyers of the
state. these lectures will be quite an ad
dition TO the splendid course of instruc-
ton in the University Law school.
Chancellor HiII's Lecture.
The first public address to be made by
Chancellor Hin in the Classic City will
be his address before the Athenaeum Club,
which is the big business organization OF
the city. This lecture will be delivered on
the 18th inst, and the Athenaeum will
make of it quite a brilliant event Chan
cellor Hill is very much admired by the
business element here, and, in fact, by
all the citizens, and as soon as he was
elected chancellor this lecture was arrang
ed.
The Football Season.
he football season at the university
may or may not be a success. There is a
debt of about $500 to be raised before the
faculty will allow the team to play this
fail. Capt Richie is satisfied this debt
Will be raised. If the money is secured
with which to pay off this debt, the uni
versity will have a football team and
good one. Within the next few weeks it
is believed that this debt will be cancell-
ed.
The team this year will be a strong one
McCutchen, who played half back, will
return and play again. Mcintosh will
again be on the team Finnegan will
turn and will certainly make the team
Shannon will try for center. Charlie du-
Bignon will play at right end. Heidi
will go in for full back. Lindsey, a new
man, will try for right guard, and Clarke
Will go into the line. Walden will be at
left tackle and Capt. Ritchie at right
tackle. Young of New Jersey will enter
the university and will make the team.
An effort to arrange game between
| Auburn and the university, to be played
at the Macon Carnival. is being made
The Schedule of Games.
Manager McWhorter has arranged the
following schedule of games, which is pro-
visional by reason of the uncertainty of
a team being organized.
| Clemson College, about Oct. TO-
archaeological School, in October.
Vanderbilt last of October.
Sewanee, in October.
North Carolina, Thanksgiving day.
Auburn date not fixed.
University of Maryland, date not fixed.
Mercer. date not fixed.
University of Tennessee, date not fixed.
A number of other interesting games
| may also be arranged.
| The Opening Of Lucy Cobb.
Lucy Cobb Institute opens It's fail ses-
! sion Wednesday morning, and every indi-
cation points to an unprecedentedly large
! attendance. In fact, the attendance upon
the institute Is growing so rapidly that
| the building of the Lucy Cobb Annex
has become a necessity. A large portion
of the money necessary to the building
of this annex is already in bank, and the
contract may be awarded this fall.
The Home School will open on the 18th
inst. One of the associate principals
Madame Sophie Sosnowsk has died since
last commencement, but the school will be
continued by her daughter Miss Callie Sos
nowsld.
The Athens city schools open Wednes-
day with bright outlook The attendance
this year will go beyond 1900.
Daughters of the COnfederacy.
The Athens Chapter of the Daughters Of
the Confederacy has begun making prepar-
atoms for the entertainment of the state
meets here i'm October Several brilliant
receptions viii be given complimentary to
the visiting delegates,