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19
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November
Year
1890
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C188S politics now occupy the spare time of the college class men. Sterling Parks, lic '88, is wlth the Church Organ Co., at Salem, Ohlo. E. H. Smith and Fred Richmond wcre delegales to the recent convention of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Emma Ballentine and Bessie Sanborn attended the annual convention of Gamma Phi Beta, at SjTBCUM, N. Y., last week. Prof. Winchell has been in Boston, attcnding a meeting of the executlve committee of the American Geológica! Assoelatlon. The expense of the committee who went to Tuledo to attend the funeral of Mr. Dennlson was borne by the freshman class. The U. of M. dramatic club is to produce a comedietta in one act entitled "A Iiouxh Diamond," to be followed by a three act drama entitlcd "Alone," about the end of this semester. A. J. Sawyer says: "I went. down to sce the sluggiiiK match Satunlay, and have come to the conclusión that if I wantcd to edúcate myself for the prize ring I should join a rugby team." The Chronicle-Argonaut makes au appeal to those who'intcnd to compete for the literary prizes offlered by the various publications, to be prompt and not keep the publications a month or two beliind time. The University Glee Club oflers $10 for the best comic song; for the best gag similar to the bat or chair drill a íull size portr.iit photograph, value $14. All estaitts should hand tbeir productious to he president of the club before Dec. lst. ' Christophoru?," a legend for solo, hoius and orchestra, will be brought out by the Choral Union next spring. SuDOd's sacred trilogy '"The Redempion," said to be the greatest and most ramatlc oratorio of this generation, is lso to be brought out by the Choral Unon under Prof. Stanley's direction. The proposition bus been made that at he time of Stanley's lecture the S. L. A . doit the Choral Union plan of not reerving seat?, but let the first come be ñrst served. This plan has certainly vorked well wlth the Choral Union, and vhy should it not work well ia this intanci-? It certaiiily would save many a oor fellow au all night siege standing in ine for the boards to open. The Castalian for '91 offers the followuc prizes : VS. of M. Song $25; Design 'or Title Page, Cover, or College Organiation, $20 Poem, $15; Story $10; Best nd original Grind, $5. Competitlon is open to all undergraduuteí, membersof of the Faculty and alumni, the judges for tory, poem and song being Profs. Thon - ?, Dewey and Rolfe. All articles raust )e banded in before Jan. 10, '91. - Chroncle-Argonnut. Ex-Mayor R)biso:i say.s that one day vIr'ii he was wanderlng round Denver ie happenen to go by a building in vhich was a githering of yoiing men. All at once the oíd familiar U. of M. 'ell resounded, and 1 1 tnpned stone still nul took otl his hut. Ir was a glorious onnd to liis ears in Ihat far away city wilde not a fam'liar face greeted him, and he will never fovget the pleasing sensation of that y ell. Mr. Prettyman Niys: "Thcre is a mistaken idea in regard to ltughy. Kvery move madu is not a blow, and wlien the playera are cxpectlng the mishaps they do get it has titile or no effect upon tlit'in. I do not think that one of the pi lyers in the Cornell-U. of M. game are a partiële the worsefor liavingplaycd. The newspaper reporters get excited too easily, and ought to play a game or so to understaiid it better." Nearlj' 1,000 students and Ann Arbor people lilled 13 coaches last Saturday on the special train for Detroit to attend the Cornell-U. of M. Ungby game, played at Kecreation park. Nearly everyone carried the yellow and blue, and if good backing would help a team ours oertainly ought to have been successful. But ala?, they were not, and Cornfcll carried off the vlctory by a score of 20 to 5. Our boysdid not come home as joyful m they went awav. Of Mr. Villiers, the fUmous correspondent who is to deliyht a large audience Frklay tvening, at University hill,he being sccorid in the S. L. A. course, the N. Y. Mail and Express sys: Mr. Villlers bad a most appreclailve audlence Mr. Villiers is an easy and graceful tulker. wlili a large fund of aneodote, and a humerous style, whlch 1b allractive. He in g-m wltti lila ezperienne In the Servían war, and treated hls audlence lo aome masterly word plctares of buUle-scenes. Be then passort on to a description of the famous battlaof Plevna, in whloh Skobeleff, the ldol of the Ku&sian array, figured. The description of tlie temporary success of the Kussians, and of their flnal repulse, was reulistlc in the extreme At the concluülon of hls addreas he was hi-arti I y applauded. Considerable stir was made In Japanese student circles a week or so ago by the disappearance of a couple of their numbcr, and at the same time two young glrls of the city took their departure. It now appears that the parties went to Detroit, ind from there to Toledo, Ohio where they were marriecl. One of the youn? men Kulsutaro Fukuahima, married Miss Edith Fuller, of Ypsünnti, anc she bas since returned home with her husbaud, and been kindly receivod. The couplos expect to spend amonth or so in traveling over tuis country, and then depart for Japan to reside. The young men are from liighly aristocratie sooiety in their imtive country, and it is thoughl that their wives will be kindly received

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