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The Senior laws are through with the theses business. "Ghosts" at Uuiversity Hall Saturday eveuing, J:m. l'-ith. No regular program by the Webster Society this week. The Oracle is expected to make ite appearance this week. The dental department is to have a new literary society. The Jeffersonian literary society will elect officers Feb. 5th. The U. S. governuient is building a gymnasium at West Point to cost $100,000. Dr. Taft, oí the Dental College, went to Chicago Friday and from there goes to Washington, D. C. A joint program by the Webster and Jeffersonian societies will be given on Washington's birthday. The second of Judge Cheever's lectures before the Campbell Club court was delivered last evening. The alumni at Kansas City are wide awake in regard to the gymnasium fund and will be heard from soon. "Modern Civilization,' was the title of a paper read by Prof. H. C. Adams, before a Washington, D. C, club last Thursday night. "Christoforus" will be the next attraction in the Choral Union series of concerts, to be given some time in March. R. P. Lamont is chairman and managing editor of the Technic, D. B. Cheever, business manager, and E. L. Sackett, secretary. The Glee Club will sing at Ypsilanti in the near future. The motor line should have a doublé train of cars for that evening. An endeavor is being made once again by the law department classes to procure a celebrated speaker for Washington's birthday. Dr. Angelí received a letter Monday asking if he had made a contract yet for heating and ventilating the gymnasium. He thought not. Each student whose circumstances will pennit, is requested to ask the old folks at home to drop a cota in the slot for the gym fund. The U. of M. Glee Club will enliven the "Mind Reading" entertainment of Prof. Gatchell at University hall on Saturday evening. Kot Gym-jam "Ghosts," but "Ghosts" for the benefit of the gym, at University Hall, on Saturday evening, Jan. 24th, Dr. Gatchell will produce them. The most popular name on the campus just now is that of Joshua Waterman. If Gen. Alger doesn't watch out Mr. "Waterman may be president yet. Next week "Wednesday the Dramatic Club will present scènes from Ingomar to a few people invited to criticise the same. The public presentation will be April 3d. It is stated that [Henry M. Stanley is now governor of the Congo Free State. He is welcome to the position. For our part we would rather be a notary public in Michigan. The first meeting of the new Board of Directora of the Athletic Association will beheld Friday or Saturday. It is expected important business will come before the meeting. President Angelí is in daily receipt of letters pledging activity and support to the gymnasium fuud. He is very confident that the $20,000 will be raised within the required time. There is a demand for a larger room than No. 24 iu which to listen to Dr. Winchell's lecture on Evolution. It does not hold more than one-third of those who desire to attend. ííext Friday the regular physicians of Chicago will tender a reception to Drs. Gibbes and Shurley. It is tendered in honor of the work of the two gentlemen in search of a cure for consumption. Delegates froin seven ehapters attended the recent Sigma Phi convention held in this city last Thursday and Friday, and the banquet served at the liussell House, Detroit, on Friday evening was an elegant one. There are 1,914 students catalogued at the Northwestern TJniversity this year. The preparatory school has 671 of that number, however. Shouldthe U. of M. include the (XX) attenping the preparatory school she might swell her number to 3,000. Representative Daily has introduced a bilí in the legislature which is said to be aimed at the Homoeopathic department in the L'niversity. There ought to be enough Homueopaths in the state to make Mr. Daily very Weakly - and we believe there are. It is asserted that Mr. Michael J. Dee is about to take control of the Detroit Tribune. If the future can be judged by the past the Tribune under bis management will be a bitter enemy of the University and of the protection principies, so dear to the republican heart. The Students' Lecture Association will give the holders of season tickets two entertainments free this year. The first is Major Henry C. Dane, Mar. Oth ; the second, the U. of M. oratorical contest, Mar. 20th. Botli of these are a big expense to the association, but it wishes to fill up the vacuüm made by Villers. - Chronicle-Argonaut. For the Detroit High School Alumni meeting to be held Jan. 30, a committee of alumni attending the University, known as the "Ann Arbor Committee" has been appointed, consisting of Edward H. Smith, '91, chairman; Ida Z. Hibbard, '91 ; H. M. Butzel, '92; Alfred C. Lewerenz, '92; Augusta H. Durfce, '93 ; Paul M. Day, '93 ; Victoria Metcalf, '94; Wm. Canfield, '94. The Flower Mïasion instituted last year by the young ladies in the l'niversity aecomplished a great deal of good, and its work is being continued. Miss Lane had charge of it last yearaiul Miss Szold assumee control this year. Many patients in the hospitals have had the dreary hours of pain and suffering made brighter by the work of this mission, and the labor should be encouraged. Any i-ontributions placed in the boxes in the University buildings wiü be made good use of. A debate between representatives of the different literary and law departments will be held to-night at the law lecture-room, upon the subject : Resolved, That congress should have and exercise exclusive control over the election of niembers of the House of Representatives. Those taking part will be : Affirniative, L. S. Baldwin, S. Du val, B. Waples ; negative, W. B. Kelly, L. D. Osborn, W. A. Cutler. The judges will be Profs. Knowlton, Prescott, MacLachlan and Herdman. Our Glee Club is a credit to the University, and the peer, if notthe superior of any similar organization in the country. With this in view, we offer the suggestion that this year the printed programs be made more artistic and henee more suitable thau they have been in former years. As the club is on a good financial basis and as money was made on last year's trip there is no reason why this cannot be done. The Harvard and Yale programs are real souvenir affairs as they ought to be, and our club would do well to pattern after them in this respect. - Chronicle-Argonaut. The social given by the Young People's Society of the Presbyterian church to the Students Christian Association last Saturday evening, was an extremely pleasant aflair. The novel idea of each one wearing a card bearing his name added much to the pleasures of the evening. Besides the social phase of the evening there was a program of exercises consisting of music, tableaux, recitations, etc. The small brother tableau and its outcome was especially thrilling. Eev. J. M. Gelston closed the pleasant evening by a few appropriate remarks. The new Athletic Association met in Room A Saturday afternoon, and chose the following officers : President - Mr. Field, lit. Vice President- J. W. Curtis, law '91. Secretary - E. E. Taylor, lit. '98. Treasurer- E. G. Fassett, lit. '92. Directors- Lit. dep't: W. A. Forbes '93, G. S. Holden '91, T. H. Hinchraan '91, W. P. Parker '93, George Dygert '93, E. L. Anderson '93, Roger Sherman '94, Will Willhartz '91. Law department : F. A. Henry '91, C. W. Middlekauff '91. Medical departmeut: F. B. Tibbals '91. Homoeopathic : A. M. Harvey '93. Dental : Frank Prettyman '92. The election passed off pleasantly, and there is general satisfaction expressed at the prospects for a harmonious and prosperous year for the association. The senate committee through lts chairman, Mr. Doran, has given notice that it will introduce a bilí calling for the following appropriatlons for the University for the two years to come : 1X91. 1S92. General Repairs $5,000 $ ".000 Insurance 2,000 2.000 Honireopathic College and Hospital S.200 8,200 University Hospital, current expenses 8,000 8,000 Dental College, current expenses 12,000 12.UO0 Books for Libraries 10,000 10,000 Contingent Expenses 15,000 15,000 Repairs on Chemical Laboratory 2.i;i" Equipment for Engineering Laboratory 2,000 2.000 Equipment for Physical and Electrical Laboratóry .... 3,000 S.000 Equipment of Botanical and Zoologieal Laboratories 1,000 1.000 Purchase of Site for new Hospitals and completion and equipment of same 15,000 15.000 Enlargemont and alteration of Law Building 12,500 12,500 Enlarfrement and alteration of present Dental Building for use of Engineering Department 5,000 5.000 $101,336 $98,700 If there was ever dishonesty in legislation it is in the silver bill. That bill is a demand upon the part of the government to créate a fictitious valué on the silver owned by a few rnonopolists and speculators. It is to gratify the desire of some of the people of this country to get something for nothing. If an expansión of the currency is necessarv, let the government issue greenbacks. That would be honorable. But to vote to give the owners of silver bullion $1.00 for 80 cents is not honorable. The people - the working people - of this nation will have to make up the difference. To dreain of a ponderous whale, Kreet on the tip of his tall, Is the sigu of a storm (If the weather is warm.) Unless it ahould happen to fail. Drearns don't amount to much, anyhow. Some signs, however, are infallible. If you are constipated, with no appetite, tortured with sick headaehe and billious syinptoms, these signs indicate that you need Dr. Pierce's Pleasant I'urgative Pellets. They will cure you. All dniggists. The more silver that is coined, the more added to the present stock now stored in the treasury, the lower the price of silver will fall. No legislution has vet permanently increased the price of silver. Legislation cannot add to the intrinsic value of anything.