University Notes

The examination for membership ïu the Freshman Banjo Club will take place this evening. George H. Cleniennton, law '96, of Alleghany, Pa., is visiting Ann Arbor friends for a few days. The freshman editor cf the Dental Journal, will be ohosen by competition. Essays must be handed to H. D. Watson before Nov. 25. The University band is an assnred thing. There will be 22 members in he organization, of whicb Harry dePoDt is manager. Harry D. Jewell, a former well known Btadent at the U. of M., was elected judge of probate of Kent oounty at the recent election. The formation of a Uuiversity Press Club, whose object shall be to keep outside papers in tonob with the University is being agitated. Vesper services began Tnesday affcernoon at 4 o'olock in üniversity hall. They will be held regularly hereafter on Taesday and Thursday. The Delta Chi fraternity gave a house dinner Friday night in honor of James L. High, who was the gnest of the fra. ternity dnring his stay in Ann ArborThe Chicagos beat the Northwesterns Saturday, therefore the game between the ü. of M. and the Chicago elevens next Thursday will be a cbampionship one. Prof. B. A. Hinsdale went to Chicago Tuesday night where he will attend the meeting of the committee of the National Eduuational Association on rural schools. Michigan Chapter of the Delta Upsilnn fraternity held its 20th annual initiation banquet last Friday evening. Plates were laid for 45 people and many alumni members were present. Harry B. Hadden, formerly a prominent member of the 'Varsity football eleven, has been expelled f rom the Chicago Athletic club's eleven on the charge of insubordination and supposed professionalism. The University Association of Michigan Normalites is an organization that has reoently been formed. The aim of the association is to foster a kindly feeling between the university and the State Normal and to encourage Normalifes to pnrsue advanced studies in the University. Forty or flfty of the stndents taking engineering short courses at the university went to Detroit in a body Satnrday pjoruing to visit the various machine shops. Tbey were aocompanied by O. G. Taylor, superintendent of the university shops, and the special assistants in laboratory oourses. Curator Wooster and Mr. Wood are gathering a colleotion of nests and birds pf Michigan, which, when corupleted will illustrate several biological facfcs, such as the correlation of color and protection. Several are already exhibited, the most striking of wbioh is one of a pair of hawks with nest, eggs and limb of tree. The mass meeting held in the interest of the Students' Christian Assooiation, in University hall, íáunday morniug, was well attended, the first floor being comfortably filled. President Angell, Profs. Kelsfiy, Spaulding, Herdman, Beman, D'Ooge and Mr. Goddard spoke and emphasized the work that the assooiation has done and the necessity for student work through its organization. Much enthusiasin was displayed. There was plenty of exciternent at the game between the 'Varsity and Oberliu football teams Satnrday and the yelling of the excited crowd could be heard half a mile off. Absence of the regular players on the 'Varsity team made the soore a somewhat close one -10-0. The Miohigan boys were weak througb lack of leadership, none of their field captains being there, on the other hand the Ooerlins put up a very fetrone game. The aunual ball matter, which last year caused such a distúrbanos iu stndent ciroles., is apparently on the way toward peaceable settloment The junior class has appointed a oorumittee consisting of H. I. Weinstein, F. B. Hyde and T. V. Reeve to confer with the fraternities. The sentiment among the fraternity mea seems to be toward making the anuual ball a junior class affair. The '98 committee will also go before the regents to see that the use of the gymnasium is uot granted for a ball to any faotion in the class. A speoial excursión train for tbe Thanksgiving Day football game in Chioago will be run over the Michigan Central, Weduesday ,rnorning next, Nov. 25. The train will leave Ann Arbor at 9 a. in., standard time, makiug but one stop, that at Niles, where those who do not care to patronize the diner eau seonre lunoheon. Arriving in the oity limits the train will stop at the 53d st. station, one blonk frorn the Chicago Beach Hotel, where the team will stop. A special car will be reserved for ladies. If 200 can be secured the usual $5 rate will be made. Jacob Luise, of Lake Linden, brought in a buck deer that weighed 285 pounds - the heaviest killed in that seotion thin year. Peter Larbell, of Willow, recently killed a large eagle wbich rneasured seven feet froiu tip to tip. It weighed 10 pounds.