University Notes

The Oracle will be issued to-day. The ladies, to-morrow,will forni a gymnasium aBaociation. Prof. Sewell who has been quite ill, is able to be about again. The choral union concert last evening was the lant of the season. F. C. Hicks and twelve others, are membere of a political economy club. At a meeting of the Hobart guild, Monday evening, Bishop Marris was present. Ex-president Arthur has been elected president of the Psi Upsilon association of New York city. There are 1,300 students in the different departments. The catalogue, when published, will show 1,400 or more. Next Tuesday evening the dramatic club will appear at the Pnncess theatre in Detroit, in "A Scrap of Paper." The young men, to morrow eveninR, will orgamze a young men 's prohibition club. The meeting will be held in the law lecture room. Prof. Volney M.'Spaulding has been elected secretary and treasurer of the Michigan school luasters' club, organized in tbi city Saturday. W. VV. Campbell has been elected president of the engineering society, E. Q. Longyear, vice president, B. E. Whittaker, secretary ana treasurer, and J. H. Sinclair, corresponding secretary. Geo. W. Andrews, a gradúate of the law departmeni, class of '64, and a resident of Murphysboro, 111., has been appointed postmaster of that place. Mr. A. is a son-m-law of H. H. Howe of this city. The Detroit Sigma Phi so.iety celebrated their annual reunión by a banquet at the Bussel house last Friday evening. Profs. M E. Coolay and C. Denson, and Hon J. F. Lawrenoe of this city were present. F. D. Schabow of Oak Harbor, O., who brought his daughter here to be treafed for hair lip, has been cured under the treatment of Dr. Maclean. The young lady was at Cleveland but the doctors there were unable to do anything for her. and she carne here with the above resulr. The Inte Henry N. Walker of Detroit, was chiettV instrumental in securing the erectioh and equipment of the astronomical observatory, and advanced 82,500 from his own puree to send Dr. Tappan to Europe to or.ler the instrumente, and finally paid the entire cost of the meridian circle which Dr. Tappan secured in Germán y. Mr. Walker's gifts to the university were about $4,U00. Gen. Jasper Packard of Indiana, has been engaged by the Jeifersonian society of the law department to deliver bis illustrated lecture on the Vicksburgand New ürleans campaigns . A large number of splendid views will be given, by a powerful Bciopticon, to illustrate the lecture. Gen. Packard is an eloquent orator, and a gradúate of the university, class of '55. He served under General Grant in the Vicksburg campaign. The leotnTe will be delivered in university hall, Friday evening, March 12. Tickets 50 cents. Soldiere and their families half price, who may procure their tickets of J. Q. A. Sessiona.