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3
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June
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1885
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Mr. Bonine, theruDner, has a reception endurecí him to-morrow night. The freshman lits hold a class social at he TUI Kappa Pal house Friday evening About fifteeo university students were izing up the " ins and outs"of Ypsi., Sunday. The studente' lecture association will hold iUannual election of oflicers ncxt week Saturday. NoUiing like the placidly triumphant phiz of a student the day before " he and lis " are made " one." Tiie students who attended Scanlan, Satirday nijíht, liilariously pronounce him to be the " biss " of the season. Profs C. K. Adams, Geo. S Morris and C. M. Gayley exp.ct to brave the cholera in Europe this summer. The entire medical class will go to Port Hurón next week to attend the st ite medical society meeting- at rediiced rates. The Gamma Phi Betas had their annual spreid Saturday evening. TohSM, history, prophecy and a poeni entertained them. A much needed impiovement is being effei-ted on the west íide of the umin building by the thinning out of several rank trees. Edward Francia Duffy, '84, law, of Pittsburg, Ta., was murrled to Miss Q;iilick dauguter of .lmes Gailick, of üiis city! at the C itholicchurcli this muising. Miss üallaglier, who received the rosi from Win. J. Sciinlan, S ilurday evenii.ir as being the handsomest lady in the audience, is a ineniber of the lit. fteshman cIhss. It ia estlmated that oniy 20 per cent. o the gradUHtes from law schools ever securt n living prnctice, and the otliers, after a brief strug;le, give up the business.-Iu ter Ocean. Tlie Uw classes appointed committee lliis morning to make arrangement for a receptton to be given to Senator Jones 01 the Uth instant. The Chi Ps fraternity has purchased the vacant lot corner of N. Injralls anc Washington sts., for $1,500, and will a once coinnience the erection of an elegan $8,000 residence thereon. Applications frorn the civil service bu reau, at Washington, have been sent to Prexident Angelí, urging gtudentato uviii them3elves of an exammation, whlch wil take place soon. Vice President Hendricks' subject o address beforc tho Y:ile Law School wil be : " The Supreme Court of the Unitei States and the iiilluences that have mad It the greateat judicial tribunal in Ui world.'r Prof. M. E. Cooley with his class in me chanical cnlneeriiijr lias recently been maklnjc some interestine experiment wit li the boilers and enfrine of the Couribk office by meansof the Thompson indicator and appllances. The Universlty has issued a pamphlet glving the order of examinations for the Idghw degrees, and for the bachelor degree8. Owlng to the rain the game of baseball between the University and Caga clubs, at Detroit last Thuraday was postponed. The game vvill be played in this city on Saturday, when it is hoped the elementa will be more propitious. The elass of Prof. L. L. Van Slyke presented him with the works of Haager on Chemistry, as a slight token of their esteem for him, previous to liis departure for Honolulú, wliich were delivered by Geo. Osius & Co., to the latter place. It is noticeuble that the Japinese students in attendance on the university are ainong our inostcourteous and affable young men. This speaks yolumes for the civilizing influence of American academies and high schools, which are fust spreading over the entire Japanese country. That young lady who came here for treatment of paralyzed limbs, bas been made happy by a costly present from the senior medies in tlie shape of a tricycle worked by the hands. She now prambulates our streeta lier face all wreathed with smiles, making glad the heartsof her generous donors. The invitation sent to Senator Jonee, of Florida, requesting him to come to the university city and lecture before the law classes, seems to have touched a responsive ehord in the senator's breast. Yesterday Prof. Wells read a telegram before the liuvs to the effect, that he would be here and deliver a lecture In university hall on the evening of the llth inst. The following remarkably brilliant and rhetorically flourished notice was tacked on to the bulletin board a few days ago. "500 senior in vitations can be had at 11 cents and if 1000 are taken they may be had at 9 cents." The writer of the above sliould consult the latent treatise on " Horse-fly taming," for a comparison of as equally elegant English. Prof. L. L. Van Slyke has completed liis college work, and this week goes to Iiis iis home in New York. He starts west the lii'.-t of August and sails from San Francisco a month later, expecting to arrive in Honolulú in time to commence his work at Oahu college, September 14th, where he has the chair of chemistry as well as the position of government chemst. For his laboratory the Ilawallan kingilom gave him a carte blanche to orler supjlie8 from Germany, whicb he has done through C. Eber ach & Son. Dr. Wm. H Smith was the Memorial Day orator at 8t Cluir. Two years ago he doctor ofBciated in the same capacity, md his address on that occasion was prolounced one of the best ever delivered in St. Clair city. The doctor was a former university boy, having recelved the degrees of Al. A., Al. D„ and Ph. D. here. As a student he ranked among the best, tui he hassince fully sustained this teputation by published works on scientitic ulijccts. The people of St. Clair were forunate in having secured so able a speaker or the occasion. The Students' Lecture Association have had s successful year. The board will be able to pay all expenses and turn over the ustomary $100 to its successor besiaesinlulging in the luxury of having its picure taken. The greatest amount made rom any onc entertainment was the ,t: u-.iuie cuinijiiiauou, anu me ir.i., made was off the Mendelssohn Quintette lub. The latter for two reasons. First, lecause the association had to go to the xpense of bringing the club here by a pecial train from Toledo, and second, beause another popular entertainment was jiven the same evening at the opera louse. The association made a fine thing off the Nast " lecture " also, which iost 300, the same as Twain and Cable. Decoration Day preserved its estabished for belng a bad day. lt ained tlie ulgbt previoiis and during the orenoon, but the afternoon was quite ileasant - at times. A8 Micliigan has never seen but one pleasant day of the eind, the only theory is that the heavens wecp for the soldiers dead and sleeping he long sleep on southern sod or in ïorthern graves. The graves In the different cemeteries of all soldiers wor decorated during the forenoon, and about 3 o'clock the procession formed at the court louse equare, consisting of the G. A. R. ost - uuder wliose supervisión the ceremonies of the day were held - Company A, and one of the lire couipanies. They inarched to the lower town, or Fifth wrd cemetery, where the literary exercises of the day were held. Rev. R. B. Pope officiated as chaplain, and remarks wore made by Col. H. 8. Dean, Dr. W. F. Breake y, Rev. W. H. Ryder, Capt Robert Campbell, Prof. C. E Greene, Lieut. J. H. öturk, and Dr. Oeo. A. Hendryx. Mis Eli Moore also read a poem with good effi-ct. The floral decorations were beautiful and profuse, and the occasion was one that will nol soon be forgotten by the paiticlpants. Had the weather been line tlie ohservance of the day vvould have been more general in the city. As it was the banks and many places of business were closed tip, and the fl igs on all the principal buildings displayed at halfrnist.

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