University Items

R E. Evans, '86, will take unto himself a wife, at Pittsburg today. Nobycski H. Sbriafji, medie '87, is completins bis medical studies at Edinburgh Univer8ity. D. B Gahn has been elected business manager of the Oracle, vice W. R. Antis dell, resigned. Students living around the campus complain that the one solitary mail box il entirely two small. The regular election of editors of the Argonaut will be held Saturday, in Room A, at nine o'clock. Mr. Hazeltine, superintendent T.-H. Co., addressed the engineering society, Saturday evening, on electricity. Afier a long and remarkable struggle, the senior laws have finally elected a clase orator, in the person of W. W. Davis. Prof. C. N. Jones and Prof. W. W. Beman have taken the advanoe classes in mathematica, nd Prof. John Schaberle the lower grade. Prof. Winchell will read a paper before the Philosophical society, in room 24, this evening, on the "Speculative Consequences of Evolution." Those interested in the formation of a society of natural history are requested to meet in room 17, at se ven o'clock, standard time, Friday evening. The Argonaut, in its last issue, suggests that the class of '87, present the ÜQiversity with either a picture or a monument of the late Professor Olney. O. W. Aldrich, recently a professor of law in the Wesleyan University, and who ia now chairman of the examining cora mittee at Columbus, Ohio, was a visitor of the law department during Prof. Hutchins' lecture last week. " Kirmess" will be presented at the opera house, under the auspic of the Lüdies' Library Association, and uDder the directorship of Prof. de Pont, during the last week in April. The " Kirmess" is a series of dances, representing the " flings" of all nations. Professor Rigers is whetting the intellects of the senior laws with quizzes on "WiUs and the ad ninistration of estates" and honeing them to a keen edge with quiiïes on "Indermaur's leading cases." Professor Griffin is making tbem dance lively to the tune of evidence. Students of the State University were mire numerously repreaented than any other class of citizens on the legUlative petitions akini? that the age f consent be raised to eighteen years. When it comes to little dangers of that kind, the average college s udent can eee just as far and just hard as anybody. - Lnsing Republican. The first catalogue of Yale University, formerly quite well known as Yale College, hasju8t been issued, which gives the number of the taculty and instructor at 120. and the students in all departments, 1,134 Of the latter 56 are gradúate tudents ; 570 are in Yale college ; 270 in Sheffield acientific school ; 44 in the art school; 108 in the divinity school; 27 in the medical school, and 79 in the law school. The catalogue containa in all 213 well pnnted pages. Programme at Adelphi hall, Friday evening, January 29: Declamation, Miss G. Scrafford; oration, (i. S. Williams; essay, Mrs. M. McDonald; violin solo, Mrg. Britrham; debate, Resolved, taat private prop erty in land be abolished, H. Remington, affirmative and L S. Young, negative; half hour's talk by Prof. Dewey; piano solo, Miss Falconer. Prof. John Dewey's new book on psychology received a very flattering notice in the last issue of Harper's monthly. The article says: "His definitbns and moie of treatment are clear and forcible, his conclusions are philosopliical and logica], and his work cannot fail to be of great assistance to all studente of the phenomena of mind. It has already been intimated tbat the Hon. W. W. Murphy, formerly U S. consul at Frankfort on the Main, at his death last summer, bequeathed a number of old and valuable books to the library. These have been delivered to the University uthorities by Mre. Murphy and are now in thelibrary. There are in all 154 volumes, and a few unbound paraphlets To desoribe the collection properly will require no little examination of tubliograptiical aids. A casual ingpection, however, shows that it is of great interest and value. There are orginal editions of a few famous old works; a number of fine specimens of early printing, and ha'f a dozen, or more v ilumes of early maps. Aa soon as possible the whole will ba catalogued, with such bibliographical aid as may seem to be of importance.