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Kcgents meeting on the 25th ast. Nine days now for senior pictures. The Psi Upsilon house has a telephone. The check system ig now in usu for the library cloak rooms. Curtís & 8mith are the photographers of the senior pharmics. C. H. Black, '83, was reported in Los Angeles, Cal. last week. Lawn Tennis on the campi for the iirst time this year last week. Judge Cooley will deliver the Commencement address next week. Banquet of the senior laws at the St. James on the evening of the 21th. Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage to-night ou Lewis fc Gibson are the class photographers of the senior medical class. Some one haa stolen the March Century f rom tho University reading room. F. A. Giddings, '84, left for his home in Green Siings, Ohio, yesterday raorniiijf. H. C. Wright, '87, who has had to leave college through ill health, is in California. Duane E. Fox, lit. '81, iscorresponding secretary of the Capital Bicycle club iu Washington. The S. C. A. has just had put up for their tpeciui use in the main hall a fine bulletin board. A "tired medie" in the last Chronicle bewails the condition of things about the medical building. A Air. McRay, freshman medie, left for his home in Canada, Thursday, sick with cousumption. The Zeta Psi fraternity will next year live on Ingalls street in the house occupied by Dr. Franklin. Hon. A. Climie in Saturday's Chronicle niakes some explanation of the ventilation of the library building. The second fuli-uress hop last Thursday eveuing at State street hall had nbout sixteen couples present. j-iavr auu uuiiiïti cuiumcucuiiicui une week frora to-day. About 129 laws and 27 dents will receive diplomas. Miss Kate E. Coman, '80, has receutly received the appointment of Prof. of History In Wellesley college, Mass. C. I). Chaddock, medie '85, will represent tli9 chapter at the Clii Psi convention to be held in N. Y. City, April lOtu. Dr. A. B. Palmer delivered a specinl lecture in the medical building Saturday night last, on the subject, " Opium Habit." Seven hundred tons of coal and two hundred cord of wood In.ve been purchased by the University this year up to date. Harry Palmer and John Whelan, of Detroit, fonneily of '84, were admitted to the bar, on examination, in this city Mouday night. It is reported that the faculty hare under consideration the question of extending the diploma system to states other than Michigan. At the meeting of the Philologlcal Association to-morrow night, ''Ulassical Bangs," by Miss Huil '8i, is the title of one of the papers. The Chronicle book-grab for last semester took placo Friday night. Lots of fun: that is, the lot thit were drawn caused lots- pass ! Fred. N. Scott, '84, will occupy the editorial chair ot the Detroit Chaff until Mr. Ciiester's recovery from a recent suridral operation. Pi of. Demmon's lecture Friday night last on ís highly spoken of. The pruceeds are to be used for increasing the library of the 8. C. A. At the meeting of the Political Science Association tuis week Prof. C. K. Adams reads a paper on "TIir International Aspect of the Dynamite Plots " 'SO's Oracle, issued by this office, was placed on sale this morning, and "went 1 ke hot cakes." It is thought to be a üue issue of that publication. A senior homoeop who tried to evapórate hls hat recetitly in the laboratory says the equation for the same is as follows:- O ld hat + gas + H, 0 = Hl. Lyman B. Sperry, medie 'ti7, was in the city this week to hare the university gupply him with a new diploma, liis old one having been burned up. Mr. Sperry will practice in Chicago. For the benefit of Prof Howison's unfortunates, the last opportunity for passin- logic will be given on April 5th, at a. M., the absent professor having sent a set of question tor that purpose. H V. ll:irtwell, allopath '8:, who married'a lady formerly in the homoeopathic i dppartmeut, gradiiated last week day from the N. Y. HonKcopathic college -the influence of Mrs. H., 'tis said. The Webster and Jeffersonian literary societies of the Law department held their nnual contest last Thursday evening in the law lecture room. A large audience was present and a fine program carneU UThe senior Hts on invitation of Miw Belle Huil had a social Thursday evening last at her aunt's residence .bout five miles nortli of ike city. ïhree large loads went out and had a mort del.ghtful time. The following was posted on the bulletin board in main hall last week: "Wanted- A room-mate, a reliable male, willing to cut and naw wood, build firec, and other unmentionable duties. Anply to Box-.'1 The Athletic Association U making preparations for a big season. By tbc bye, it is thought pogsit)ie that the cadets from the Military Academy at Orchard Lake niaygivea public exhibition hereon Field Day. Dr. Menatt, the newly elected president of the Nebraska State UniTersity, was in the city several days last week to examine the working of the University. He expects to visit the leading colleges iu the east also. To-monw evening there will bo a ffeneral meeting of those in the University interested in base-ball for the purpose of deciding whether the Uniyersity club shall endeayor to re-enter the Western College Association. Married. To-day at 12 o'clock, in Greenvllle, O., Martin B. Trainor, '84, and Miss Lecklider. Mr. Trainor finished bis collegiate work last semester, and reserved the present semester for the aboveevent. How about the class cup? The university has just received from Prof. Hrrington a flne collection of microBcopical preparations, cousisting in part of sections of ferns etc, together with a large nuraber of fossil planta iletermined by a professor of the Univer sity of Lclpsic. Of 77 law students examiited at the court house, Monday nigbt, under Judge Joslyn, 74 were recoinmended for ailmission to the bar by the exmnining committee, consisting of D. Cramer, K. D.Kinne J J. o. Korito... pOUI. of tUose ex. amined were held for further examinaion. W. F. Word, '84, wbo left for his hom in Virginia City, Montuna, some weeks Slnce, went East a few days ago to sa: for Europe. After a business and pleasuresojouin in London, Will expects te spend poseibly a year in visiting various points of interest throughout France, Geimany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. A Democratie convention of University students was held in the law lecture room Saturday afternoon, and Tilden & Hendricks weie nomlnated for President and Vice-President of the United States respectively. The Republicans held meetings Saturday forenoon and eveninfr, but did not make the nominations nntil last nlght, agreeing on Bhtine and Lincoln. The University Calendar for tlie current vear. issued from this office this week shows an enrollnient in me vanuu" tl' partmenu as follows for 1883-'84: Literary, 839; medical, 332; law, 305; pharmacy, 77; homoeopathic, G7; and dental, 67. Total, 1,377. From foreign countries we note the foüowing: Ontario, 31 ; England, 3 ; Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Nora Scotia, each 2; Costa Rica. 1. It is quite probable that the annual ! convention of the Inter-collegiate Literary Association, representing societies from Hillsüale, Kalaninzoo, Lansii.g, and Ann Arbor, will be held wlth Alpha Nu in this city in May. D. J HafT, '84, has been chosen by the latter society as their representative in the public contest, and R. F. Eld.edge, 'M5, will read a paper before the executive session of the convention. W. C. Foote, '84, is president of association.