The University Committee

The Ivegislative committees as nounced in ycsterday's Courier, raade i the roumds of the ünlversity yesterday afteraioon, dining with President Angelí in the evening. The members oí the two éomroitteea are clear-seeLng, substantial men and talked wilh the pegante and ot'.ier University authorities ïreely and frankly over the who'.e gro-und. It wlll relieve some over-fearful iriends 'to kuow that 110 thought whatever was given to the ome-sixth mili law, lts parrnanence being admitted. Tlie question of an clevtric 1 i-ï 1 1 1 plant was broilght up and thoroughly discussed, the committees professiag as business men ent'nely to favor the p-roposed addition. It was sean t.liat imdci1 the present system $3,615 has been paid out for li'ght during the past Jour months- an amoaint far in excess of the total est&mated coist of operatlng an. eleotric lig:ht plant for a wluole year. Mr. Curtís, of the House committee, befóre leavimg last night, frankly confes-sed that his views comceming the l'ni vi-rsity had imdergo-ne quite a dhajige during his KliO(rt visït liare. It is certain that these two committees go back to theiir duties :.it Iane!mg with a desire to help the University in every possible way. FOR THE A.NNVAI. BALL. A new syst-em of distribu ting f ra temlty lionors for the annual ball has bOp devi.sed wiiereby it is supposed that the usual contention for the pluim.s will hereafter be avoided. Tüie system gives rotation to the oftioers, Ho that each fraternity wlll always know just what is coming to it. Drawings will be by lot until the officers have been permanently settled. Arra.ngeme,nts have already been made for aioxt year, the drawings resultjaig as follows : I'hi Kappa l'si, mn.'ial chah-man ; Beta Theta l'i. seorétary and treasurer ; Alpha Delta l'lii, ohairman arrangfements committee ; Sigma Phi, cliairma-n receptlo.n coninnttee ; Chi Psi, chairman iaivitation committee ; Zeta J'si, decina.! Ion cmuiiiit ut. Delta Tau Delta, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Psi 1 'jsilom coime iai íor no officers at all the ïiisl oí the new arrangements. The regente are to meet to-morrow. Very popular. Bed, White and IJlue. Voav itho-usamd dollars debt rema in iMipaid on the Frieze Memorial organ. Prof. Heiniry B. Hutchins, dean-elect of tJie law departmeiiit, is spending a few days here. Mr. Dunn the temperante speaker, wlio. i.s holding' forth at the Itink, clalmae that jiearly two hundred students luxve eigiied the pledge since his meetings began. Hom. Charles H. Aldricli who comes fromi Clilcago to address tlie Michigan Club baaiqueters Friday e-ening, is a gradúate of the U. of M. in lit. cl&ss of '75. Uaider l'resident Harrison li e was Solicitor General of the U. S.