University Items

D. K. Cochrane, '85, spendsThanksgivng vacation in Adrián, tlie guest of his Tiend, Mr. Knapp. The Palladium editorsare getting down a business earlier tlian usual tuis year. [t will be printed at this office. The Rugby team retunied yesterday. Captain Olcott claims Uvo games, Hariard and Stevens lnstitute. The boys in the University from "wajr lown in Maine," eftected an organization )t their uuniber about two weeks siuce, ind the association held a banquet at the it. James last night. Before many week's Miss Harding who ,vas graduated from the literary dep-irtnent in 1882 and is now a missionary to jaboon niission, westcoastof África, will eceive a handsome $400 Mason nnd Hamin orgau sent her as a present by a genjrous Detroit lady. Quite ft number of students ate turkey u Ann Arbor yesterday, althongh mauy ivailed themselves of the Thanksglving racatiou to go home or to visit friends jiiL-ule of the city. Coliege opens again jn Moiuliiy, the vacation dating trom last Tuesday evening. Lawu tennis is becoming more than 2ver one of the games of Ann Arbor, and by none is it plaj-ed more than by the professors and students. a number of tennis eourts beiug laid out on the campus. Tliere are other eourts in the vicinity of several of the secret society headquarters. The two uew boilers recently added to the flve already in the central boiler house, were fired up last Friday. We learn that the new lack coal, to the purcuase of whicli sotue objectlons were made in the fall, is being used under these boilers with more satisfaction than the lump coal, and, indeed, it may be used under any of the boilere. The members of the class of '87 that conduct the freshman prayer meeting enteitained their classmates at the Baptist church last Saturday evening. About 123 of the class responded to the invitation and j;athered at the church to become acquainted with each other and to enjoy a social evening together. The reception and entertainment committees did tbeir work well, and all seemed to enjoy themselves. This is the tirst time that any of the churches have opened their doors to aid the Students' Christian Association in jtttt this way, and the memters of the association, and particularly the freshmen, feel very giateful to the Baptist people for their kindness.