On The Campus

Junior hop tomorrow evening. A grand affair. President Angelí is expected home tomorrow. A base ball club for the coming season is being organized. The Glee Club are billed for Otvosso next Friday evening. Prof. Payne expects to leave for Nashville, Tenn., next week. A. D. Parker, pharmic '79, of Detroit, visited in the city Monday. John Duff, assistent librarían at the law library, is again a bappy dad. For the first time in years the dental department is short of patients. Dr. Ford is so much recovered from his late fall as to be again with his classes. Dr. Maclean was prevented from meeting his classes this week on account of sickness. The Anatómica! laboratory received a fine clock last week as gift from J. J. Goodyear. The first semester closes Friday, Feb. 17. All departments are now busy with their examination. Two cases of booka, representing a valué of about $500, are daily expected at the library from England. Prof. Knowltoü'snew edition of "Anson on Contracts," is drawing out some very creditable press notices. The law students have finally decided on Judge West, the blind orator of Ohio, to deliver the address, Feb. 22. Prof. Gibbes is fitting up a room in the new anatomical building for his work, which will be given next semester. Lou Lee, '88, principal of Flint high schools, attended the Bata Theta Pi party and spent Sunday among friends in the city. The D. K. E. fraternity received the sad news, this week, of the death of Mra. Whitehead who had been for many years their matron. Miss Sattie Satterthwaite, '86, who was taking post-graduate work here, has accepted a position in Hope college at Holland, Jlicb. A. J. EobesoD, lit. '85, and formerly managing editor of the Chronicle, spent Sanday with friends in the city. He is at present practicing law in Ohio. "Composites" are becoming all the rage: The Argonaut board succeeded in getting one, and now the students electing the " University Systemn " know what their mean features are like. The Argonaut proposeg that the University pay honors to the tate Asa Gray who was one of the founders of this institution, and make some memorial demonstrations fitting to the mac. Somebody says, let's get up a minstrel show to boom the " gym." What's the matter of a wild west show at the fair grounds in the early spring, or a spelling match among the profá. at the opera house ? The followine are the officers elected bv the Chemical society for the ensuing year: Pres., J. D. Riker; vice-pres., F. B. Raynale; cor. sec, G. R. Schemmel; record, sec, Luella Chapín; treas., E. Parkin8on. The tnany-times-vanquished class of '89 called a meeting of its members, last Saturday, to see about making a donation to the "gym," and got out in all just four raembers. Try her again ; '89 ought to be good for $100 or 000. The Hahnemannian society of the Homceopathic department are soliciting subsoriptions among alumni for a building in which to hold their meetings. In other ways the society shows symptom9 of ïncrea8ed vigor and success. Dr. Vaughan has spent much time of late in the study of that interesting disease, typhoid fever. He is lecturing on that subject at present to the medical students, and the excellent lectures are attended each week by many visitors. Pred N. Seott and Prof. Hennequin are writing a new play for Minnie Maddern, the actress, who made such marked success in the professor's recent play, "Mignonette." "World's Wages" is the name of the new play. The professor treated bis class to readings from some of the scènes, recently. The University is the name of a new paper published in New York and devoted to college interests of the United States. The first number is juat out and contains numerous articles relating to the U. of M. The publishers offer $250 each for the best prose piece and poem to be handed in by subsoribers before July next. The party given last Friday evening by the Beta Theta Pi fraternity was one of the affairs of the season. The house was tastefulJy decorated with fraternaty colore, pink and blue - excellent refreshments were served and good music and dancing prevailed. The guests, about twenty or thirty couples, were handsomely received and assisted in their entertainment by MmeB. Giles Lee, Geo. Whyte, and J. J. Goodyear. The University branch of the Michigan club completed lts organization last Saturday. lts memberehip 8 now 184, and over 300 are expected. The following were elected to represent the club at the big banquet Feb. 22 : P. F. Gosby, H. B. Dewfiy, F. J. Abbott, J. N. McBride, E E. Eddy, J. Chalmers, C. T. Gamble, O. A. Read, H. C. Beitier, E. E. Brandon, W. C. Herbert, J. W. Mowen, C. F. Remy, E. T. Miller, W. F. Hubbard, H. Sheldon, M O. Fleming, D. K Cochran, A. B. Clark, H. N. Holmes, G. R. Mitchell, A. W. Scidmore, A. F. Cooper, E. F. Boden, C. C. Dawson and C. VV. Vermillion. The delegates will wear badges, and U9e the University yell go as to let the Detroit people know that U. of M. is representad there. Resolutions heartily endorging the Michigan club were passed,