Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-01
THE LAW DEPARTMENT..

ana ned It's first meeting. The purpose
OF, the society is TO discuss. or rather TO
debate, legal questions, which, OF
course, will lie in the form Of eases.
which are argued before five Supreme
Court judges selec ed from the mem
tbers. The law faculty presides.
1.-The law-lecture room is much inn
proved by the addition of new opera
seats.
The oil painting OF John r. Thomp-
son. editor of the late Southern Liter
nry Messenger" now adorns our IL
,hrary. 1t will be remembered this p0r-
tradt WAS presented to The University.
with lifting ceremcii,cs ut the finals Of
last June. Mr.. Thompson was an old
'nlumnGs Of the University and ono Of
he best of the Southern poets. Il
number of his poems being on the Uni
Nersiiy Of Virginia. He was called
mere several tines to read poems on
suspicious occariors. to which he re-
sponded in his m7stcrly style.
UNWILLING OF POE BUST.
AT recent meeting of the Poe Me-
mortal Association the following pro-
gram was arranged FOR the unvellnS of
the Pee bust, which VIII take place
October 9Th, beginning III II n. m:
Address by the President of the AS
ISOLATION, DR.. Cha rles w. Kent Of the
University. Eust will then be present
ed TO the University by a student mem
Der, not YET selected and Will be re-
ceived by Dir. Pull H. BRrrirger, chair
man of the faculty; Memorial Address
by Hamilton w. Mablc, of Kew York:
Memorial Ode, by Robert Burns VIII
son. OF Frankfort, Ky.
The evening will be devoted to n
sort Of Poe symposium, consisting of
tributes to Poe taken from letters for
this occasion; "reminiscences of Pos, by
Gabrielle Harrison. Frederick Saun-
ders, Mrs. Trumbul and others. Sew
eral shor; speeches will be delivered.
'morg thcm viii be one on IN,
Raven" by William Fearing Gill,
now OF Paris
George Julian zolnny. OF New York.
The sculptor, is expected to make an
address on his conception OF the Sonth's
Greatest literary genius. Edgar Allan
Poe.
The Poe memorial movement arose
from some lectures delivered by DR..
Cherries w. Kent to his class in Amer
lean literature. The idea was discuss
ed among the students. three Of whom
MIR. ]. w. Hunter. of Norfolk: Mr..
Dawson and Mr.. Williams conferred
with Dir. Ernt, and arranrcd the FIRST
meeting, which was followed by others.
with the present result.
FOOTBALL.
The two teams, the Varsity and
Scrubs, ere hard AT work practc!ng.
voted to good, hard work under the
SUPERVISION of the head coach. \. II.
HoNton, and of the Captain, w. II.
8Summorsgiil The teams have their
heart and soul in it and are worAins
with an unusual cmount OF vim ana
spirit. II is this that wins.
Among the candidates for the team
is Mr.. r. T.. T., Taylor, OF Norfolk. Air.
fayior was captain of the Scrubs, last
year and continues TO hold his own
ON the gridiron. The following schc-
dule for 1852 hns been adoptcd
SEPTEMBER.
30. st. Adams, at Charlottesville.
OCTOBER.
2. Washington and Lee, at Chnrlottcs
II. PENNSYLVANIA, at Philadelphia.
IA, Baltimore Medical College, nj
charlottesville.
p, Gallaudet College, at charlottes-
vile.
Is, Maryland Athletic Club. at Bald
NOVEMBER.
4. University of Michigan, at Detroit
s. II, Vanderbilt University, at LolI;s.
vile. Ky.
is. Georgetown University. az. Wash,
3ington.
%, Virginia Polytechnic Institute n.
Charlottesville.
go Lehigh University. at Richmond.
BEECT1oN OF OFFICERS.
QuiteSa stir was in the law class last
MONDAY, the occasion being the clec-
ton OF officers for this years class
The following officers were elected
President, Mr.. Samuel Il. Mrpheo.
ters, or Raleigh, N. c.; Vice Presidnn:
Mr.. Eugene =. AIsllory. Macon al
Secretary. Mr.. William a. SHIRLEY, OF
Van Burean, Ark; Historian, Air. S.
NJ. OBrien, OF Louisville, Ky.
NOTES.
The University German Club hbs
been organized. ana will hold it's Grs;
german on October 1th.
X Both the Washington and the Terrcr-
son Literary Societies were rcorsaniZsd
last Saturday night
MISS Msblc Paige md her company
nave Just finished a weeks enfrnf,cinrn,
at The jefferson Auditorium. Tier show
which was al popular prices. was N
naNance of The usual 10, 20 and soc
Prof. Charles A. Young, who for SOW.
eral years has haen Eiving i2;b,n lac.
TIRES 70 the students OF tho tiniversitv
ls now permqncntlv locatna
IN 4lharlottesvi'le. lie has been c,ertoa
instructor in Hebrew lancua~o and h,s
org ore, ni1ed two Glasses in Hebrew. ITc
VIII n,So five two cpursea or lectures
on Biblical subjects. treating ihnm
from the standpoints of history nnn
literature. One course will be on Tho
prnrhets of Israel. ny
3, F y large and handsome clock. with
a,l,tta TarioVe connections given to the
University by Hon jefferson aI. Levy.
has arrived. The work of putin II
i Hotunda and connecting itSwith
] ;ayarleuat lactlire-hallsi etc. hsaa taar
.conlnlencel. Two large faces viii ha In
nlace on the North and South fronts M
che rntunda, beside ono OF smalIer
sizes n each ore of the lecture halls
' !,3lG. be worked by electricity, ana