The Washington times., 1902-02-02

would be sure they were clothed with
authority.
/ The officers declined the invitation to
! display their tags. The trio, they said,
! would have to take a short walk to the
stationhouse. The actions of the officers
were such, the students claim. that they
believed them to be a couple OF slightly
I intoxicated men who were endeavoring to
perpetrate a joke upon them. The plain
clothes men persisted, however. that the
trio would have to go along to the jug"
The students demurred. The officers
would have 10 show their badges before
they could capture their victims. The Of
ficers still refused. The crowd began to
laugh and guy the cops" At last the
students decided that if they rearfy were
policemen the whole crowd would go
along with the candidates to the station.
Here they were informed that the plain
clothes men were really officers of the
law, and that II would be necessary for
each OF the trio to deposit So if they
wished TO return home that night. They
didn't have the money. so they were
locked in a cell until their friends could
go out and get the requisite amount of
cash. According to the report made by
the officers the students had committed
a serious offence and should be detained.
Half an hour later the students returned
with the SIS and rescued their comrades.
The initiation, however, was declared
complete.
On the following day the students were
arraigned in court number OF the
young men who had been in charge of the
candidates we're students at the Law
school, and they were on hand to see that
justice was done. They also brought with
them over a dozen OF the prominent law
yers OF the city, who were graduates OF
Columbia and members OF that parucu-
lar fraternity
The result of this imposing array -
prominent legal personages was tat
there was no trial. The money was re-
funded to the students and they were
discharged not however. before the off,
GERS had been reprimanded for Interfering
with the harmless pranks OF the candi-
dates and their eustodians.
Many of the Columbian students are
beginning to feel rather "shakey-" a Sc
ries of Important examinations will be
held shortly which VIII determine to a
graet extent the standing OF the pupils
in the school. An examination on Real
Property" will be held in Jurisprudence
Hall Thursday evening. February 49, from
to IL o'clock. Another on THE Classt-
fcation of Law will be held Thursday
evening. February 90. Various other tests
will be held in the other departments OF
the university at about the same time.
Hon Milton E. Allies. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury. delivered an inter
esting and Instructive lecture on The
Evolution of Bank Credit TO the schools
OF Comparative Jurisprudence and Dip
lomacy last Friday afternoon a large
number OF the students were present,
many OF them members OF other depart
ments OF the university.
Hon Stanton ]. Peelle, LII. D, judge OF
the Court OF Claims, has been appointed
TO lecture TO the second year law classes
on the subject of Contracts" He will
begin his course OF lectures at once.
Prof Walter C. Clephsne has also been
appointed to lecture to the first year law
classes on Contracts"
\ series of talks on Real Property
will be delivered to the second year
classes shortly by Prof Arthur Peter.
Owing TO serious illness, assistant Prof.
Williams will be unable to resume his
work this session. Mr.. Herbert Mcknight,
a graduate of Cornell a student and as
sistant at the State Library at Albany. N.
Y. and now at the Library of Congress,
will take charge of the classes for the
OF the session.
The Columbian University Athletic As
sociat On has been organized. II has
met with the hearty approval of every
memter of the school and promises to
be It great success. A strong baseball
nine viii be organized, and probably
track team. A large number of the stu
derts ere DESTROYS of becoming candidates
for these bodies.
An interesting and well attended public
debate was held in the large hall at the
last night. The question under
discussion was: Resolved, That an al
Iiance with Great Britain would prove
beneficial TO The United States and also
to Great Britain in a commercial sense.
The discussion was lively one. num-
Der Of the students taking part.