University Items
...New books continue to be received at the library. ...The freshmen class have at last secured a olass scai. ...Football hasagain mauVits anpearance on the campus. ...Nat. Gunter, '81, has returned to college, and will resume his studies next semester. ...Severa! pieces of physical apparatus have been ordered for Prof. Wead's physical laboratory. ...The Boston Transcript lately contained a complimentary notice of Prof. Hennequin, and a review of his works. ...Prof. Oloey delivered a lecture last Tuesday evening at Jackson, before the Young People's Aid Club of that place. ...Sonie of the old bachelors in the University think the ladies are not appreciating their leap year privileges as they ought. ...Mr. W. M. Wooster, foruierly of '81, was in town this week. He is engaged in newspaper work, being editor and proprietor of the Dccateur Uepublican. ...Dr. Stowell delivered an interesting lecture on alcohol, at the meeting of the junior and senior medical lycouuis on Wednesday evening. ...Dr. Frothingham did a very neat operation Wednesday in removing a piece of lead from a boy's ear, where it had been imbedded for eight years. ...The customary day of prayer for college was observed by the Univemiy yesterday. Servioes were held in the morning at the chapel.and in the afternoon Dr. Cocker delivered an address. ...At the freshman class meeting last Saturday, the resignations of Miss Bary, class historian ; and Mr. Lyons, class seer, were accepted. Messrs. Brigham, and F. D. Weeks were elected to fill the vacancies respectively, ...A certain student in one of the professional schools was advbed by his phyician to bathe his eyos in cream once a day, he bought a pan of milk of the milkman, but only succeeded in socuring eiiouuh cream from t to monten one eje. ...Reu'ently two medii beta pound oí candy, gum drops, and after the bet was paid the winner put nto some of them Cayenne pepper, and then treated his comianion. The facial contortions and griniaces of the latter, on raing the precious drops, can be better iaairined tlan deicribed. ...A majority of ihe ladies and gentlemen in tho medical department having in wriiIng requested Prof. 0. H. Stowell f'or cnpi g of his poetical response to the toast "Our Dean," at the late reception given Prof. Palmer, he compliel with their request by furnishing printed copies of the same. ...At the regular surgicil clinic on Wednesday, a lady 73 years of age was relieved of suppuration of the upper jaw, caused by the failure to extract all of a tooth, wlim operated upon by a dentist 30 years before. The treatment consisted in reaioving the fragment which was acting as a source of irritation, and thus allowing tho cavity to heal. ...Among Dr. Frothingham's patients on Wednesday was a gentleman who had been relieved, of an affection requiring a surgical operation, at the clinic, three years before. Prior to his coming to the University at that time, the patiënt had spent upwards of $600 in doctoring, visited a number of medical institutions, and been operated upon six times without obtaining any relief. However, a simple operation at our clinic sent hiin on his way rejoicing, and on returning to be treated for another difficulty, he took occasion to teil the class that the oure of his former trouble had been complete and lasting.