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Day
25
Month
February
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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jm ■-ff r" yyv y ff y xt'%'- y ■' vm Dr. L. K. Stewart, class of '97, is acting as house surgeon of the homeopathie hospital, vice Dr. A. J. Elliott, who is sick. An excursión was run to Battle Creek Mouday by the senior medies, who went there to inspect the workings of the sanitariuin. Miss Julia W. Suow, Ph. D., has been given the new scholarship in botany established by D. M. Ferry of Detroit. It is worth $250. Prof. G. W. Patterson has been given a year's leave of absence and Dr. Ñ. S. Hofl' a three weeks' leave to attend a meeting of dental faculties in San Francisco. Fifty students adopted aconstitution Sauiulay for a college anii-saloon league. The question of a live mile limit' vvill be agitated and the sale of liquor to studeuts prohibited if pos&ible. ïhe class oratorical contest to see who shall represent Michigan at the meeting of the Northern Oratorical League are now in f uil blast. There are abuut 40 contestants who are studiously rehearsiug for them. The '99 Junior Hop given at Waterman gymnasium Fiiday eveuing was in all respects one of the most brilliant society eveuts that Aun Arbor has ever seen. The ball was a magnificent atïair in every detail. The university hospital has become nearly self-supporting. Last year it cost only $1.25 a day per patiënt, as against $1.77 Harper, and $1.80 Grace hospital, Detroit, üf 779 patients last year, only 19 died. The board of regeuts has adopted the plans and speciücatious of Spiers & Robus, of Detroit, for the remodeling of the law building. This work together with tlie erection of the new additiou required will cost $50.000. Manager Ward Hughes lias been indeflniteiy suspended trom the law department by its faculty, tof the part he took in attempting to induce "Honey" Stuart, who was uot a member of the University, to play on the baseball team last spring. A 17-year-old member of one of the swell fraternities lias been indefinitely suspended by the faculty for drukenness. He says he has a chance to come ■ back next fall providing he drinks no more and he swears that he will reform. Tne student, with a party, celebrated the closing of the semester in Parker's saloon, got into a öght, was arrested, and he paid a line. The laws celebrated Washington's birthday as usual Tuesday afternoon. The feature of the exercises was the address of [resident E. .benjamin Andrews, of Brown university, on ''The Crisis of Political Liberalisui." He outlined the condition in whieh political liberalism tinds itself today, and suggested the Unes upon which refoms should be attempted. The freshman law class held a most enjoyable banquet at Prettytnan's Tuesday evening. The entire law faculty was present and the student attendance was over 150. Mrs. Emma i S. Tyndale, the only co-ed in the class, i had been unanimouslychosen as coastmistress, and presided in a pleasing and graceful manner, proying herself entirely equal to the occasion. The Xi Psi Phi f ratemity gave a very pretty party at Granger's academy Tuesday evening. The hall was most tastefullydecorated with potted plants palms and smilax. The chaperones booth was a bower of beauty, composed of lavender and cream bunting with the letters Xi Psi Phi across the front in smilax. It was occupied by Mesdames .1. A. Watling, of Ypsilanti, L. P. Hall, of Ann Arbor, Eichardson, of Chatham, Out., and Longwell, of Paw Paw, who received the guests. The section of the gallery occupied by tbe Chequamegons, who furnished the music, was decorated with a lattice work of lavender and cream bunting lentwined with smilax. Elegant re freshment were served at the end of thefirst half of the program. About 1 30 couples were present.

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