University Items

-V. B. Parker, pharmic, 79, was iu town lirst of the weck. He is in the timo business in Detroit. Alpha Nu is not meeting with as hearty responsos f rom her alumni in regard to the piano scheme as her members had anticipated. Alpha Nu and Adelphi Societies atljouined lastSaturdayevening toattendthe lecture on ('vil Service Oelivered by Prof. C. K. Adams to the genend lecture room in University Hal). Miss Eva Woodward was here to spcnd a few days with college friends the flrst oí Ilic week. She was a member of the litera ry dus of '81 du ring tlie freslunan and sDpliomore years. Miss Mattie E. Arnold, lit '80, spent a ooudIi' i (luys aiiKiuir fricmls in Ann Arbor ïecently. Bhe teaches matheniatios and physical geograpby in the Detroit high school and reports it very pleasant Work. It is reported that on moonüght nights a largo Maltese cat can be seen froliclng about in a certain section of the city. It is tailless and has its f ur so clipped as to leave n bold relief on its side the Greek letters K A o. Whence ciime the animal? The iChronicle Board deserves great pntiee for the spirit of enterprise that they have manifested in conducting that journal thus far this year. Great care is taken in the proof reading and its pages are more free from typographical errors than they have been during previous years. At a meeting held last Saturday theclass of '85 tilled the remaining offices as follows: Wm. E. Goddard, orator; Miss Wassel, poetess; Eugene L. Lockwood, historian; Miss Martha L. Furness, seer; Louis GasQOlgne, toastrnaster; Jtusscll M. Sceds, chaplain. Tlie class lias sent for a class acal which they expect in time to be used in the i'allaaium. The Athletic Association is discussing tlie plan of establishing a western foot-ball and a western base-ball league. The plan M-cms to be galnlng favor and, f other colleges respond, delegates will be appointed to attend a con ventiou to be held in Chicago this month for the purpose of organi.in such leagues. Keep the ball rolling and you will have a gymnasium yet. The: Chicago Educational Weekly has the following to say of one who took his A. M. degrec at Michigan University last year : "Prof. C. K. Perrine, A. M., is making his ripe scholarship and thorough discipline feit in the Menominee schools. He began last fall in a very fine new central building and under his direction, tlie schools are rapidly rising to a hijfher grade, than they ever before gained. A committee eonsistinu of Professors Frieze, Olney, C. K. Adaras, D'Ooge, and Pettee, appointed to consider the relation of the School of Political Science to the Literary Department, has made quite an extended report, embracing a scheme of próposed additions to the terms on which degrees are to be conferred in the Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and recomniend its adoption. It is too long for publication, but a copy of the same can be obtained at the Secretary's office. Prof. Wincliell has presentad the University witli i line pen drawing called tlie "Jubilee Charf" It represents tlie growtli of every department in the University frora ts foundation. At a glance can be told lic incre.ise or decrease in ittendance from yeartoyear; in fact, the entirc history of he University can be caught by the eye at once. There is room on tliis chart to conimie this history until Uie iiftieth aniini'ersary bf the foundation of tlie institution. ?hs original and beautiful wolk of art can e scen at the sccretary's oflice wherc it is on exhibition.