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AH .](¦]. iriincnls .. ii" uiiiTcisiiy close Friday for t;.r Itollday. Tliis univcrsity hoasts of 18 active wide awüU' M'Civl .-(-(lies. Duiiug VHcatloa a pottlon of tbe law clubcourU have decided to hold meetings. The December ue of the Microscope il one of 1 ir moiv ihau ordinary interest. Prof. WeHí has been invited and conscnii-il to dgn tlm law raduates' sheeiSkl lis. Prof. llarriniriiin I caves tlic city to-day f r Puget Sound, to be nbaeotubont tliree weeks. I'lii Gamma Delta 8 the name of a new Greek letter secret society established at the U. of M. A. L Noble will i'nrnish tlie freslnnen their inortar boord? to be deliveaed after th" holidays. The UnivL-rsity hospital is crowded full, and patieuls liave been obliged to seek other qdarters. A leoture m lempennoe by Hou. Thos. M. Cooley, to be givcn in the chape' ! nounced tor to-ni;;lu. Tlie uew regonts, II"ii. Clias. H. VVhitman, of Ypsilauti, and Moses Field, of Detroit, take their places on the board Jan. lsl. Regent au Rtper and Dnftield ictire. The retlnng Prof. Win. P. Wells of tbe law departinent VM giren a banquee on Fridiiy erenlftg last by meniber of the l'lii Delta Pbl, of which the professor is a member. Bereral membera of lku Tbeta Pi went down to Columbas last Friday to help start a new chapter at the Ohio State University. With ths initiations, banquet, songs, etc., R line time was had. The nevv freshman class hat is to be of the eonventlonal tnortar boani, in color ¦eal brQWP with tassel of golden yellow. The many friends of Prof. Morris in In tliis city will be rejoiced to learn that he has declined the Chair of Mental Phlloeopby tendered hlm by the authorities of Comell, at a temptingly large salarv. Tue Adrián Record lias these kindly wordaforthe D. of M.: " The expenses of Yale college exceeded the receipts last year by $ll,n:Jl. It is well known in educational ci relea thst Vale has been n linancial difflcoltlM for the past few yen. The college la whlcll to get the best eduMttsa witli the snmllest outliiy of moiiey li Michigan Universlty." Tlie secretaryof tlie Univorsity Dramatic Club recenlly wrote to Lawrence Barren requestlng an address upon acting and actois. Iu reply Mr. Barrett wrote that circuuistuuces perniittiug, he will be glad to come before the Universlty. ín case Mr. Bnrrett can come, arraneements will be made tor the lecture In the allernooii, to which no admtssion will be charle'!, llmllar to the arrangcments made it Harvard wheu Imng spoke to thc Muden ta. - The Chronicle. ['lie lecture of llev. T. DeWitt Tihnate at universit y bal] last Friday evenliifr TM i a pteMtog (lll('. llll(1 Wlls ltamd to by an iniiH'iisc audience. The reverend gentle'. man is " werry pecooliar," as 8am Welleí . WOuldsay. HUgMtnreemaekof tbeitage, hisvoice isof the metallic order but y et every word he utters cin be distinclly un derstood ljy the audlenos. Hi .storicH I loroetlmM verga io neur pftrfanlty to I OOmefrom thc MplOi a minister ot the 1 gospel, and have a tendeney to makc the ' people lo.-e the respect they should ali ays pomies' for that class of individuáis. ¦ Hut ne erthcless sonie portions of the lecj. ture were fine, and taken as a whole it was j pleasing enougli to makc few if any re' gret the half dollar they paid to bear It. The Clironicle will bc out to-inorrow with one of the finest numbers that has ever been published at the University. It will contain about fiity pnes, and aiticles trom somc of tlie beat writers anioiig the professors, alumni and students will be presented. Ainons; other?, we niight raention valuuble and entertaining papers by Professors D'Ooge, Thomas, Winchell, Harrington, DePont, Steere, M. E. Cooley, Mr. VVtlter Miller, '84 and Mr. Shirafyi, one of the Japanese students now in tttendance on the l'niversity. Mr. Fred V. Stevens has made some very fine tull-page cuts for the issue. Especlally worthy of mention is the elegant picture of President C. K. Adama, whJch forma the frontispiecc. Buy 011e of theui ud jude fnr yourself. The novelty of a pronouucing contest attractcd au audience in University Hall last night. Twenty-four picked men from the literary departmest were pitted against au c-fjual numbt-r from the professional schools. Prof. Trueblood gave the rotd by spelling tlieni, while Pres. Angelí acted as judge, with Profs. Demmon and Kogers as referees. As the words came out the Uvo siies were rapidly decreased u number, but the professionals wilted more readily than their opponents, until Messrs. Huntsberger and Pond found themFclves standing opposed to ibout a tliird of the other side. They finally drnpped out, and the viotorloui its had it out between thomselves. The l:i Kt man, Mr. Ncwcomer, approiriatcly closed his efforti with the word "finia, whereupon he was presented with a iMMUhoBM vohimc of Hcott's works.