The Hobart Hall

U líder favorable auspices the Episcopalians and their guests inaugurated thcir Ilobnrt Huil last eveiilng. Ex-üovernor Baldwln and quite a imniber from from Detroit were prestal together with Bishop lliirris and Judge Hammond of of the U. S. District Court. The address of Bishop Ilurris was nn eloquent plea for the work as proposed for the Guild, zplkinlug the uses and benefits to be derlved from such a building. Prof. Friee representing the University alluded to the enrly conception of such n ideal auxIllary to college work as e.visted In the mind of President Tappanwho expressed his desired to seo about the Ann Arbor hills inslitutions erccted by the various denominations wherein the students could Bnd a home-llke welcome and siich religious tenchiiig as tlie State necessarily can not afford. He closed by expressing the hope that this ediiice miglit still be the forerunner of others. Letters of regret at inability to be present were read froui Bishop Gillespie and Dr. Angelí. Followlng these exercises a receptiou was held in the parlors below where orchestnil muoicenlivened the occasion and the nienibrrs of the Guild were mude even happier than before by the congmtulations of their guests. The new building is situated on the corner of Huron and State streets, about equally distant from the university and the uu-iness part of the city. It covers a space 49 by 89 feet, fronting on Huron Street, ard is 00 feet high. The outward design is very handsome and dls-tinct, 8howii)g a pretty gothic front. The basement story is built of field stone squared and polnWl. The upper parts are of dressed brick with faiicy stone triminingsThe inside is tlnished in Norway pimhard oil finish, excepting the floors, which are of hard wood. The lower portion of the building .- occupted by the gymnasi, Dm JlxJT feet, the bowling alley 14x70 feet, and the bllliard riiam 18x34 feet. The gymnasium is furnished with a complete si' t of apparttUS. On the next floor above ara large doublé parlors, library, readlng-room, siDoklnjr-room, diningroom and kitclien. These rooms are all furnished with handsome Brussels carpeting and furniture of durk oak upholstered with I eat her and made from special designs by Detroit parties. The upper story is occupied by a large auditorium 47."0 feet and '22 feet high, wilh n stage across the front 17 feet deep. The whole building is one of the besi arranged and best turnished in the country for its purpose. The building h;is been built through the individual liberality of Episcopalians throiighout the state, mul was farnMied by the same means. It is intended as a society house for the guild and the members of St. Anffrews' parish of this city. The guild isau organization of Episcopalian studenU and eitl.ens for the parpOM of pursuing advanced stiulics in theolofiy and for social enjoyment. Several coupes of iectures are to be delivered to the members of the guild by the most eminent men In the country, during eaeh college year. One course was delivered this ycar by Bislmp ('oe of western New York. tlirough the liberality of ex-(iov. II. P. Baldwiu, wlio endowed the '"Baldwin leetureship for the establishment and deftOM of (Jhristian truth at the University of Michigan," in the sum of $10.000. Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York bas beeu invittd to ileliver the lectuies on this loundation next season. Two other lectureahlpi are partially endowed at present and the courses on thtse foundations will be commenced as soon as the fiili amountis raised. Amonj; the many notables from abroad at the opening of Hobart Guild Huil hit eveniíijí were : Senulor K. B. Stockbrldge, of Kalnmazno. Kx-Uovernor H. P. Baluwiu, of Detroit. Blsbop Samuel s Harria, . .1 Detroit. Hon. Dun M. Dirkinson, of Detroit. Oen. W. U. Wlthlngton, of Jacksoii. HoD. Wm. P. Wells, of Detroit. 1 1 V. ahlpman, of Detroit. Ellott T. Slooam. of Detroit. H. P. Kaldwln, 2d, of Detroit. J. V. Conover, of Uwosso. Rev. J. RiceTaylor. of Grnnil RapUls. Uev. J. M. l'urtis. of Cheboygan, I Rev. E. McGloue. of Mt. Pleimant. Rev. Royal B. Balcón), of Jackson. Rev. R. D. Brooke, oí Monroe. Tlie oíd plan of rulnlng the medical department of tlie iiniversity by dividlug it up between this city and Detroit luis again been broujfht forvvartl by one of the medical praftMof. The statement was also made by him that " the present hospital wus h lUsrHCe to tlie nniver-iity.' If tbat s ?o w lio is to blame for it Do not some who favor change strive to 10 matee it a d liar race f Most people look ut this sóbeme s'nnply as a eonvenience to ¦ome of the prof ewori Uring in Detroit. Otben remember well a threat to ruin tbe medical department of tlie universiity liere, and .ittribnt" it to that. Certain itistliat liaste is not desirable In a thin}r 80 very Important '1S 'hh inove would be. Captain Minly's fiinious uniformity of text books bilí was lost in the house by a vote of 30 to 40 on Wednesday last. A tliinr to be Itf TllttUli by parents linving children in school. The time wlll yet come, however, wlien parents will be dclivered out of the clutches of school look publislieis, who ure makin; tbeir millions by frequent chances and exhorbltant prices. Agltation of this subject is wbat is wanted. The more it is ajdtated tbe better for the peoplc. The state itself may have tosolve this problem by pubisbin{f these text-books, as hag been already done by California. The uiiiversity appropriations passed the senate yesterday just as tliey oume f rom tlie eonunittees, save the gymnasium. Senators Hubbell, Deyo and Giddings made eloquent and unanswerable arjiuinents n favor of tlie last item, bilt I majority of tlie senators would not liave it m, and it talled to pass. Sorry. The amount appropriated is $122,886. According to the April erop report, 2 per cent, of the acreagre of wheat sown lust fiill will le plowed Op, and the condition of the balance as oompnrad with average years is 87 per cent. Of dover meadowa II per cent. baR been winter killed, and the condition of the balance placed at 75 per cent. A sad accident occurred at Ypsi'anti Satniday. A yonng man natned Don Scyinoiir, about 17 year? of njee, while watchlnj; a ;anie of b:ipe ball betweeu the Ann Ardor high school cltlh and the nortmil Mhoo] dub, was accidently hit in the forehead with a bat, and injured so badly that he died Monday morning. A student named D. S. Christophor, went out horseback rilling Sunday, on ttie Geddes road. Findlnjr the bridge at tlmt place pone, he attempted V ford the stream, and in dollljfan his horse became mirad. Christopher swam to ghore , and after several hours work the horse was got out inore dead tlmn alive. The Arjonaut reasons itscll uto the followlng paragrapti: "Iftlie prohibition amendment, which carne so near paesin;; but didn't, had actually passed, what a wonderful change it would have made in the face of things, even in Ann Arbi)r. No doubt a jrreat niimber of tlie salorinwould be cloeed but the larger number would probably be metatnorphosed inlo drufi-storea witli back door attncbmenls. It is a qnestlon whetlier prohibition prohibits, but undoubtedly the pharmacy department would piOHper under tlie new ainendn.ent. It is ODly a quegtion of a fw ycars wlicn the sijrn "Sfat Drakc. iniiisi," wiiihcsiiiiKtitiitPd brtbepraent rcsplcndent "Drake's Hestaurant "