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26
Month
January
Year
1888
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Postponed : " The Mystic Bell of Ronquerolle?," (ill Feb. 4. G. L. Munn and J. E. Carpenter, '88, sail for Europe next Maren. The junior lita et jyed a sleigh ride to Whitmore Lske last Friday evening. All the students are busy preparing for examination.s whieh begin in about two weeks. 485 was the nuinber ol persons who attended the Aieihodt Sunday school last Sunday. Mr. Hoore, son of the president of Denver Universi'y, was the puest of Beta Theta Pi hst week. The cla-a of '88 takesa ride to Ypsilanti Friday evening. They wll diñe and dance at the Follett house. Owing to several visit that he will make in eastern c:tieg, Prof. Gibbes will uot arrive till abt ut Feb. 5. A rather disgracef'ul row occurred between two medies at Prof. LaDgley's lecture last Monday evening. The ladies reading-room ha been improved in usefulness by the regular visita of a number c f new periodicaK Dr. Blanchard is making arracgements to lócate soon ia that booming and blooming country, Southurn Cilifornia. One of the hotneeopathie students is so absent minded he tries to wind hk watch with an alopath medicine-dropper. Memorial services in honor of the late Dr. Palmer will be held sometime in Febiuary. Dr. Ford wi 1 deliver the memorial address. A case for the illustration of organic chemical substancea and specimens, is being built in the aouth room of the ohemical laborator v. The Glee club of the University are practicing up on out-of-town audiences, and will uot appear before Ann Aibor hearers tül early spring. On Saturday, a University branch of the llichiijan club will be organized in Room A, aud the memb'ers will attend the big banquet in Detroit Dext month. Bart J. Doran, professor of physioal culture at the 11 chigaii m.litar'y academy, has opened a cla9s for sparring at No. 6 Ann st. It meets Saturday morning. Jan. 14, the number of books drawn from the library was 601, whijh beats the highet on record. The average number of books called for is 300 or 400 eaeh day. The histological work offered by Prof. Stowell is becoming more and more popular, and the laboratory accommodations are exhauRted. Tüe nw class in advancec work has jast begun. The medical faculty have bought a fiDe portrait of Dr. Palmet and presented it to the University. A similar portrait of Dr. Moses Guim was alsoa present frotn thrte members of' the faculiy. Some of the senior ladies are taiking of a scheme to appear in gome new and distinctive dress as a graduating garb. Just the thing. We always dij beleve the gown should be worn by the ladiea. Twenty of Johns Hopkins' .tudents engaged in the study of Shakespeare acted as "supes" to Booth nd Barrett in their recent performance in Baltimore. Perhaps a similar opportunity will be given to tne class here betere long. The freshmen, after resolving unanimously to adopt the cap and gowú, last Saturday at their inenting ehowed their a;ood metal in votlng $100 to the " Gym." This latter example would be a good oae "or class men to follow. The board of regenta meet Feb. 3. At that time the i-ubject of rilling Dr. Palmer's jlace will come up. It is said the medical 'aculty will have no i,acne to rtcommeud, and that probably the present arrangement will be carried through the year. The Argonaut comes out strongly for (rohibition, saying that the closmg of ihe laloons in Aan Arbor would answera Viry itrong argutueDt which isused aguinst the Jniversity by smaller sjhuols, and re."ült n a very considerable iucrease in the at endaiice here another year. ''Lost: Á partial 6et of teetb ; fioder please return to seat No. - ladies' sectioD." "Lost: A red morocco pocket book containing siuall change and photoa of four }oun; Iad:es; also lancy adv. of Kimball i Co.'s straight cut cignrettes. Leave with Sec. Wade, - ■ - , '91." Tl e aboya were samples of bulletin board notices last week. Prof. William Q. Hammond, LL. D., of the St. Louis law school, is oow delivering a very interesting couree of leatures in the law school ou the history of common law. Prof. Hammond has been delivering the same course before the Boston law school. The distinguiahed gentleman has, during the past year, declinec calis to the Hastings law school at San Francisco and to the iaw gchool of the Ur.iversity oí Iowa. H;s lectures are spoken of in high terms. Hobart guüd now cutnbers about 425, which is an increase of nearly 350 since this college year opened. It isa very gratifying growth to the managers and friends of the guüd. The gymnasium ia crowded every day, and at alt hours of the day many etudenta throng the parlors and rending-rcom. The library contains 400 volumes, eight magazines and reviews, four illuitrated journals representing France, Germany, England and the Unit' d States, all the local papers and three dailies. Professor Kaowlton has recently eotten out i new editiou of Anson on Contractp. The work is by an English author and is regarded as the best work on that subjeat for the use of students. It has been used as a text book in the law school for several years. Prof. Knowltan's edition i- the second American edition od reflects great credit or. the editor for the learning and ability which it displays. The second edition is lar superior to the first in the work of the Arnericm.edkor. A correspondent of the SpringSeld (Mass.) Republican, writing from Athens, G-reece, tettsof an important "find" in excavations made at Sicyon, about ten miles Irom Oorinth. rhe exeavations were begun about s year ago by Prof. M. L. D'Ooge, of Acn Arbor, who was there in charge of the American school at Athens. A theater was unearthed which has been covered probably over 1830 years. About a month go a head and torso were found in the theater, which have been decided to ba that of Dionysus, the deity to whom the Greek tlieater was dedicated. It is oonsidered by archíeilogists to b a very important discovsry. The head is said to be more youthful ihan most representations o! Dionysu?, and there are distinct traces of colur in the curling auburn hair and n the pupilj of the eye.

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