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Ragular work beginsat the gym to-day. Lftw Librarían Vanee is assisted by C. A. Wagner '87. Henry Drako dent. '83 bas gone to Kansas to locale. Next Saturday is field day. To be held on the fair grounds. Randall took the soph. girl's face?, photographically, last Saturday. The Glee Club proraises to be a successful organlzatlon again this year. Prof. Griffln starts out very satisfactorüy as a lecturer in the law department. The university dramatic club is to meet every Wednesday evening to study dramatic art. To assist the Palladium board all students should register their names at Sec'y Wade's office. Congressman S. C. Moffat who is a candidate for re-election, is a gradúate of the uniyersity, law '63. John Thompson, law '86, died at bis home in Chetopa, Kas., where he had commenced practice. Ben F. Shively, a law gradúate last year, is running for congress at his home in South Bend, Indiana. The college papers are pokinr sharp sticks at the collection of ancient works composingthe medical library. F. N. Bonine tlie great runner, is in London, Eng., pursuing bis studies in one of the great nospitals of that city. D. J. Haff who has located at Kansas City Mo., has as a partner A. S. VanValkenburg of the lit. class of '84. Hon. Moses Taggart the rcpublican candidate tbr attorney general, is a gradúate of the law department, class of '67. A. S. Whitney, lit. '85, superintendent of schools at Mt. Clements came to attend the schoolmasters' club meeting Saturday. Chas. E. Grove and A. R. Cunningham go as delegates to the Phi Gamma Delta convention at Springfield, Oliio, Oct. 29-30. I. K. Pond, of Chicago, gave an interesting talk on "Building Construction" before the engineering society last Friday eveninsr. The boys who were won't to come in late at the law lectures now have their corns tread on by a quiz at the close of the lecture. Prof. Wrampelmeir is now at San Diego, Cal. A. B. Steven?, 75, a Detroit druggist has been appointed to fill Prof. W.'s vacancy. Brown University is the recipiënt of 5,000 volumes of American poetry bequeathed by the late Senator Anthony of Hhode Island. The dent. freshmen have elected F. P. Watson president; Miss W. J. Robinson vice pres.; H. N. Holmes, treas.; and W. S. Taylor, sec'y. Itis announced that the Choral Union will give but one entertainment this year, and that the Oratorio of Elijan, the date is not j-et fixed. Associate Justice Miller of the U. S. supremo court has already been secured to deliver the annual address before the senior law class next June. The hospitals at the university are filled to overflowing again this year, and the number of patients could be doubled nearly if there was room to accommodate them. Prof. Adaras.- " What dld Mr. Yaple say about the canses of the Revolutlon t" Mr. H.- "Hesald that the coloniea rebelled beenuse the republlcan party was trylng to stick a high tariffon them."- Argonaut. Mr. H. is about as clear as a majority of the audience were on Yaple's arguments. The Argonaut has an excellent article upon the difference between liberty and license, favoring theenforcement of good order among those who believe " rushing" to be a legitímate part ol student life. The foot-ball game last Saturday p. m. between the sophomores and the freshmen resulted in a draw, each side making one point, and more noise than theelection of a president of the United States would cause, The junior homeops. elected the foliowing offleerg last Wednesday : Pres.. E. A. Darby ; vice-pres., Mrs. II. L. Porter; sec, MIssL. Hendershot; treas., W. F. Brooks; nss't sec, G. D. Arndt; historian, E. W. Huggle. The offleers of the Engineers Society for the present term are : J. C. Moses, pres.; E. H. Ehrman, vice pres.; J. A. Sinclair, ror. secy.; B. Kohnert, librarían; Messrs. Ehrman, Bowen, and Richardson, program cominlttee. Gen. Lew Wallace will talk about " Turkey and the Turks " at University Hall, before the Students' Lecturo Associatlon, on next Friday evening, Oct. 2f)th. He is reputed one of the most interesting persons on the American platform today. The Presbyterians are talking about a newcollege for their denomination. Better follow the example of the Episcopalians, buüd a Presbyterian Society hall here in Ann Arbor as a home for Presbyterian students, and give them the benefit of a good university. The educational question was discussed at the state Baptist convention and they were urged to keep their eyes on the university with a view of establishing their colleges on the edge of that institution. The speaker, Rev. C. K. Henderson, made a stroug plea in favor of sustaining the uuiversity. Other speakers ngreed with him. George F. Allmendinger, of this city is the republican candidate for representatlve lu the legislature in this district. He irraduated In the engineering course with '78 and took a post-graduate course in 79'80 He is a rising young man in the city and if he is elected the university will have a warm fnend and champion at