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Day
8
Month
June
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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Prof. McLaohlan was in Bancroft, on Wednesday. Prof. Pettee visited the Ludmgton high school laat week.Tbe freshmen held a class meeting Saturday afternoon. W. 8. Harrold, '91, has left college on account of ill health. A new earpet has beeii laid upon the stage in university hall. Some 78 students have been admitted to the Wa8htenaw county bar. The commencement dinner will be served in tlie law building this year. The boys netted about $450 from the minstrel show last Friday evening. We regret to learn that Dr. G. A. Hendricks has tendered bis resignation. Gen. and Msr. Alger, of Detroit, gave the Glee club a reception Monday evening after the concert. Miss Agues Peele, of Philadelphia, Pa., is the guest of her sister, Miss Francés Peele, of the medical department. Over one hundred of the gradnating class of the literary depurtment, sat for a group picture lastThursday afternoon. The senior mechanical engineera left Saturday morning for Detroit Pittsburgh and Cleveland to inspect the large manufactories of those places. Prof. Cooley accompanied them. Again thesubjectof removing theclinical department to Detroit is bemg agitated. Why cannot this question be settled once for all, and not every few weeks or months bring up this "chestnut. " W. P. Cary, phannic, has left college and will not return, He intends to lócate at Indianapohs. While playing a game of bal!, before leavmg Ann Arbor, he broke one of his ribs and hai gone to Meadville, Pa„ for repairs. The democratio club of the university is one of the most enthusiastic organizations in the institution. Their meetings are largely attended and are made of interest to all by orations and debates upou the leading men and questions of the day. Prof. Pattengill visited the Lansinp high school Friday, and as the result of nis inspecuon graduales of tbat school will be admitted to the univereity during the next three years without th usual preliminary oourse and examination. The annual election of oflBcers of the students' lecture associatiou was held in Room A, last Saturday morning. The result showed the following chostm: Mr. Jenmngs, president ; Mr. Coolidge, '90, vice-president; F. 8. Loomis, '89, corresponding secretary ; F. O. Severance, '89, treasurer; H. B. Dewey, '90 asustan t treasurer. Dr. Wallace Radeliffe, president of the Tappan hall association, was in the city last week and revealed the intentions of the association as far as -practical at the present time. 1 Ie said that with the opening of the next college year weekly Monday night talks wonld be given before the cssooiation and students by the Presbyteriau olergy of Detroit. The talks will be of a purely religious oharacter. Besidrs these, other lecturers will be secured to appear before the association. To-nlght, at university hall, the Jeffersonian and Webster literary sooieties are to hold their regular annual contest. Prof. H. W. Rogers will preside. The question for debute will be: "liesolted, That the elective franchise should be extended to women." The program will be furnished by the following: From the Jeffersooian; - Henry Warnum, orator; Thos. C. Hale, essay; E, Wingert, declamation ; V. O. Hildreth, disputant. From the Webster:- O. H. Kipley, orator; W. E. Newlin, deolamation; V. S. Lumley, disputant . The uuiversity club won their fourth consecutive game, on the fair grounds, Saturday afternoon, defeating the Atbletics by a score of 9 to 2. Codd and Mo Donell were the battery for the Universities, and C. T. Müler and A. E. Miller for the Athletics. Only 5 kits were made off Codd, 7 beinir made ofE Miller. The Universitiei made 5 errors; Athletics 9, Mc DoDell made a two base hit, and Codd and MoDonell each made three base hits, Codd's being at an opporïune time whil two men were running. A large crowd witnessed the game, many ladies being present. The postponeii oontests for the field day prizes were ünished last Saturday afternoon, on the fair grounds. In the light weight wrestling contest, O. D. Butts was ruled out on account of over weight. The contest was then bet ween S. H.Scovell and F. L . Suaith. Scovell after a hard struggle succeeded in winning two falls, and the match. In the light weight sparring oontest, Arthur Frantzen and L. D. McMillan were the contestants, the former winning the contest by a score of 53 to 49 in three two-minute rounds. The match was spinted, Frant'.en being severely punished ïu the seoond round, but recovering in the last. An Irisbrmin, nu eeing a very srnaü cofñn, exclaimed, "ís it possible that collin was intendcd for any living en ature?" An old lady, whose son was about to proceed to the Blnck Sea, among other parting admonitions, gave him striot ïnjunctions not to buthe in that sea, for she did not want to see him come baok a "nigger."

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