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9
Month
March
Year
1887
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The new calendar isexpected inacouple of weeks. President Angelí went to Lansing Monday, on business. The U of M. base buil nine has commenced i is cd uc.it ion. The junior hop cominittee met at Hank's Monday even ing. A good time. Next week Friday there will be an entertainment by the gymnasium patrons. Dr. Sewell will go south the last of this week or the first of next, to remain some weeks. Tliete were upwards of 90 applicants for Prof. Thomas' class in Lyrlcs. Lyrlcs i popular. The boys begin to size up their cash in reference to the maroli recess, commencing on the 25th. The Webster and Joffersontan societies will givc a joint program in university hall next nionth. The animal law announcement regisers 13 professors and 336 students, 1G2 being seniora aud 174 juniors. The Student's Christian Assooiation has ;l. .")0D in its building fiiml. It is to be loped these fígures inay be multiplied by en soon. The University Glee Club will have Geo. S. H iviland for manager on their ittle trip through the state. A good seection. Two microscopes, valued at $100 eacli, were stolen f rom the laboratory at the time of the recent tire. They were the property of students. " The Regents get nearly everything liey ask for,'' is the heading of the L:iningcorrespondence in Jast night's Detroit Cvening News. Dr. Ctiadbourne having become entitled 0 the appellation of "papa," the boys hipped in and gave uim a tine baby cariage for the young lady. Apropos of the Psl Upsllon conventlon at New York. the papers hnve it that the U. of 1 yell was amone the most complicated. liy he way, whit 1 It 1 - Argonaut. Yell-oh! ofcourse. President Angelí has received tempting ffurs from other institutions, but now that ts salary is raised to the leve! of a firatlass base ball tosser, he will probably remain wilb the U.Jof M. A committee consisting of II. G. Prettymnn, J' L. Duffy and J. C. Shattuck, went o 1inMiiL' Tuesdav morning to talk gymaslum to the legislature. We hope they willsucceed in accomplisiiing their deires. Treasurer Soule returned from Chicago aturday, where he had been attending a ommittee meeting, endcavoring to make rrangements for a jrrand excursión to 3enver, Colorado, nextSept., the occasion eins the session or the Sovereiffn Grand jodge I. O. O. F. He found the intertate coramerce bilí a stumbling block In 1Í8 way. The insurance companles interested in iie laboratory fire have adjusted the losies. Tbe loss on the contenta was footed up at 1,729, and came out of the Pncenlx of lartford, of which J. Q. A. Sescions is he representative. On the building the oss$500is divided between the Phceiiix f Hartford, Ooiin., which paid 192.30, nd the balance equally between the American Ins. Co. and the Fire Associaion, both of Phlhidelphla, A. Vf. Hamilon, local ngent. The university appropriationí. siibstanially as asked for- except the 1-lOth of a nill tax - were passed in the joint committee of the house and senate last Monay eveningr wTilch is equivalent to their passage by tho legislature. The total unount for the two years is $207,00."). 94. 'here was ndded to the araount asked for, 5,000 tor forge and foundry rooms and il,250 additional for contingent expenses, 'liis last umount is said to be for au nildlion to President Angell'g salary, which will make it an even $5,000, the same as member of Contrress, and who will ay he office is not richly worth the salary ? A religiou! canvass of the students of he unlversity has been coinpleted by the ditora of the Bulletin, and the following tatistics are given to the press: "Returns vere received from 1,300 of the 1,563 students entered up to March 1. Of this ininbcr. 805 are professing Christians, 639 are church membera, and 329 are members of the Student's Chrlstian Assoiation. The number of regular I ants at the different churchcs tn the city U 996. The different denominations are represented by members of the followlng churches: Methodist, 140; presbyterian, 122; baptist, 84; congregational, 75; episcopal, 71; catholic, 48; imitarían, 21; lutberan. 19 ; Germán methodist, 1 ; deciples, 24; friends, 9; Hebrew, G; adventist, 5; universalist, 4; united brethern, 2; mormon, 2; church of evangelical associatlon, 2; church of strangers, 2; Dutch reformed, 1; Sweedenborglan, 1; Zunker, 1. The largest per cent, (71) of Chrlstians is found lo the dental department and the smallest per cent (32) is found in the law department. Fourtecn of the studente intepd to engage in misslonary work, and sixteen more have partially decided to do so. Eighteen intend to enter tlie ministry. These figures, contrasted with tho8e of the other universities of the world, will show that the Univerpity of Michigan has the largest per cent of Óhristian students of any, and that Christian sentiment is on the increase amongst the studente here.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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