On The Campus

H. G. Coburn, formerly '88, has returned and will enter the law department. A fine portrait of the late Dr. Palmer was presented to Hobart öuild last week by H. Randall. S. A. Ramsey, law '82, of Woonaocket Dak., was recentlv appointed U. S. court commissioner for Dakota territory. A new edition of Dr. Prescott's Organic Ghemistry is out with uncut edges, new arrangement and genuine "English air." A. H. Williütns, '85, is visiting fratres in Delta Tau Delta. Williams is located in New York city and doing excellently well. A second edition of Dr. StowelPs magmficent work on the microscopio structure of human teeth, is now under way at Thk Register office. "Very strong politieel influences are brought to bear by Detroit people to have certain of their particular friends appointed to fill Dr. Palmer's place. What has politics to do with it, any way ? A meeting of the Engineering society will be held Jan. 13, at which the foüowing papers will b read : Land titles, P. H. Richardson ; The homestead act, T. Adams ; Railroad land grants, F. E. King.' i Two seismographs, or instrumenta for measuring the shjeks and undulatory motions of eartbquakes, have been ordered for the Universily. One will be placed in the observatory, and the other probably in the library. ' At the faculty meeting of the medical department, to be held this evening, will be decided who shall be dean of that department. It will doubtless be Dr. Ford, though he has announced his unwillingness (o accept. A numberof the old studente who failed to put n appearance at the beginning of the semester have registered and entered during Ihe holiday vacations ; among them Messrs. Lobengeor, Lumley, and Miases Atkinson, Buck, Chenanlt, and Weaver. William G. Hammond, of SL Louis, Mo. commences hia lectures on History of the' common law in the law school on J an 16 and Judge Brown, of the ü. 8. District court at Detroit, commences his lectures on Admiraity Jan. 12. He will lecture on Wednesdays and Tnursdayg. The girls of the class of '90, 33 in number, are keeping up their reputation as a wide awake and original class of girls by recently having a composite taken, composing the portraits of 25 of their number. The resulting picture, which was made by Handall, and is a very successtul experiment, representa a young lady that resembles eaoh member of the clws, yet is a picture of no one in particular. Of courae it is good looking.