The Churches

■ ■ TtS j ij - Prof. Olney preaohed in the Presbyterian Chuich last Sunday. - Rey. W. H. Ryder, the new pastor of the Congregational Church, is expeete.-t to oommence his labora next Sondar. - At St. Andrew's Church on Friday evening laat, Bishop MoCoskry adininistered the rite oí contirmation to thirteen persona. - Rev. Wyllya Hall, of St. Audrew's Churoh, exchanged with Rev. Mr. Wildon, of St. Lnke, Ypsilanti, ou Suuday last. - Rev. M. G. Parrott, of Jackaou, will preach in the Unitarian Church next Sunday. Subject for morning, "Prayer and Natural Law;" for evening, "The Divine Man." - Rev. F. T. Brown is expected to oocupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian Churoh ou Sunday next. It is unieratood that his health has been greatly iuiproved by hia visit to the Soutli. - The third quarterly meeting for this couEerence year will be held at the M. E. Churoh on Sunday next. Love-feast at 9.30 &. m.; Sacramental services at 10.30 ; evening services as usual. - Father Van Erp, of St. Thomas' Church, sailed frora New York on Saturday, on the Inman steamer City of Berlin, in company with Bishop Borgess, Bishop Edulbrock, of Minn., md other bishops and priests. By somu hook or crook (we hejr " treachery" saggested) a circular lattor addressed to certaiu clergymen, by a comoiittee of University seniora, with a view of gatheriug iu the theological views agamst or iu lavor of dancing at the commeucenieut recoption, iound its way iuto print. From the soinewhat uuique specimen we quote a sentence ur two : " This is a privilege that aiways has been granted to the gruduating closs, ami no objection waa raised till iast fu.ll." As thirty-two animal conmieuceineuts have been held, with dancing ouly at the hist Ihree, there seems to be just a little frxiravagance in the use of that word al. ways. We luid auppossd that, applied to tima, it coverad a inuch wider space. Another sen. ttíncü : " lf dauciiig is I'orbibbeu it wul greatly dimimsh the pleaaure ot the occisión, and will tend to the eutire abolition of the commencement exercises." Noiv we do not hold dancing to be a vory great sin, lf even a littl sin ; ueither do we believe it a necessity to a Uuiversity commencoment occasion. At the seaior ruceptious we have noticed as participating in the dancing hut a hinited number of guests, and but a siuaíl fraction of the class, and those who did not dance did not seem to lack for enjoyment. We do not discover dancing iu the catalogued curriculum of any college iu the country, nor do we find it a recoguized feature of " comniencement exercises " or commeucemöiit week, ev en at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, or auy othor college, and we cannot believe that parents, brothers, sisters, Iriends, lovers, or sweethearts come from far and near to the annual commencement to witness the proflciency their loved ones have attained eitheriu the round or square dance. We had supposed their visitations and rejoicings had other foundation. ÍSeriously, we thiuk the seniora overrate the iinportauce of dancing as a commencement exercise. - Smce the above was put in type we learn of the action oï tne Rugents on the requueat presentad by the class committee for permissiou to dance in the Uuiversity rooma at the senior receptiou. The request was denied by a vote of five to three,- the three beiug Begents Climie, Grant, and S. S. Walker. We really hope that the boys will not take it to hcart, and labor to convince themselves that their tour years of study have been thrown away. - The clasa has voted to abolish the senior reoeption, and that it will not furnish or pay for mnsic for conimencement day, aud rumor saya to do soine foolish things 33 weli as to refraiu from doing as above. Did these séniora ever hear of the proverb about " bitiiig oue'8 ovrn. uwe off tospite another man 's face 'i r The Red .Ribbons. - Another large and enthusiastic meeting of the Reform Club was held at the Opera House on Sunday afternoon last. After reading the scripture aud prayer the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Holmes, Thomas Bailey. John Vanee, and Mrs. Mary E. Foster. During the meeting Mr. E. S. Fassett, in an appropnate speech, presented to the club, in behali of the artiat, Misa S. T. Speechly, of this city. a very i'me crayon por;rait of Mr. Boutecou, of Jackson, the organzer of the club, which now graces the walla of the Club reading room. A number of new names were added to the pledge and the rolls of the club. Notice was also given of a festival to be given this eveniog, May 4, in the lub rooins. The ladiea of the Temperance Jnion will asaist the members of the Reform lub in making the entertainment ot tha evenng pleasant and attractive. The Ypdlanti Sentmel of last week said : "And, by the way, not the first motion ha3 'et been made toward realizing that twenty tiousand dollars from Ann Arbor." To relieve the anxiety of our cotemporary, t least to satisfy him that Ann Arbor haa taen the " first step " toward furnishing the ;wenty thousand dollars on the " couditiona nd terms " agreed to, we quote the following tnendment to the city charter, paased by the Legislatura and approved by the Governor. t is au addition to a saction prohibiting the asue of evidences of debt except in specified ases: And, provided further, that the Common Council be aud is nereby authorized aud em)owered to borrow the sum of twenty thousind dollars, to be appropriated in. aid of the rection of a uew Court House in said city by ;he county of Washtenaw, and to issue the onds of the city therefor and provide for the ïaymeut thereof as they may become due, vith the interest accruing thereon, in acoorduce with the conditions and terina of a cerain resolution adopted at a meeting of the iroperty tax-payers of said city, who were ílectors, duly called and held therein on the tth day 01 December, 1876. The next regular meeting of the Ann Aror Scientific Association will be held Friday vening noxt, May 11, in the leoture room of he Mtdical College. At this meeting Prof. jangley will exhihit the new Dynamo-Electric Machine, recently mannfactured for the use of he University by the Ann Arbor Agncultural Conipany. The machine requires six horse ower to run it, and ia more powerful than any exhibited at the Centennial last summer. 'X is a testimonial to the manufacturing faciltiea of Anu Arbor, since it ha8 been wholly manufactured in this city. On the same evenng Prof. Langley will also explain the principes and give practical illustrations of two brins of the Telephone, - Gray's and Bells'. To meet expenses it has been found necessary o charge an admission fee of 25 cents. Doora open at 6:30, Lecture at 7:30.