On The Campus

A. G. Hopper, of Alpena, pharmio '84, was in the city last week. J. W. Donovan, a Detroit lawyer, addressed the law claes of '89 Saturday evening, on "Advocacy." To-morrow evening President Holden of the senior literary olass will eive a reception to the class at the Phi Kappa Pi house. Bert. J. Vos?, lit. '84, U. of M., won a $200 scholarship recently at Johns Hopkins University, in a competitive examination. Work on the university calendar for this year is boing pnshed at the secretary's office. The university committee from the state legislature witl interview the U. of M. Friday and Saturday. The eommitteemen are Taylor, Hinkson, Waite, Aleshire and McKiattry. The class of '90 of the medical depirtment have purchased a surgical case which they will present to Dr. G-eorge A. Hendricks aa a token of the esteem in which he is held by them. VV. F. Gonnery, of the medical students who volunteered to go to Azilia as a nuree when the small-pox broke out in that village, has coctracted the disease. He is not seiiously ill, however. Alpha Nu society debated latt night on the questíon "Resolved, that a student is justitie d in electicg soft snaps." It is not necessary to remark that the affirmative had the better of the argument. The mechanica! laboratory is building a hydraulic elevator to lift pig iron, etc. to top of cupola. AI30 a dynamotneter is j nearly finished, to be used by Pror. Cooley I in testing horse-power of dynamo?, etc. Prof. Cooley will take the mechanical engineers on a tour again this year. Three trips are under consideration, one of which will be take : to Pittsburg, Chicago or Philadelphia. The last will probably be chosen. The state university. at the present date, registers 1,489 students in all the departments. Tuis ought to satisfy the faculty so far as numbers are concerned, at least. - Ypsilantian. Yes, this might satisfy the faculty, but it don't have to, as the Ypsilantian miequoted the figures which should be 1,849 instead of 1,489. The university branch of the Michigan club held lts annual meeting Saturday afternoon, and elected the folio wing officers: T. N. Jayne, president; O. R. Hardy, vice president; E. L. Miller, secretary. Threo delegates were elected to attend the state convention, and a committee was appointed to itake arrangeraents for the club to attend the annual banquet of the Michigan club at Detroi'., on Feb. 22d. Much enthusiasm prevailed at the meeting. Enthusiasm in the "gyin." has dropped off considerably this year. For the second time this semester, a meeting was called to take some measures to revive interest in the project, last Saturday forenoon. Only eight enthusiasts were present and they quickly adjourned, resolviug each to do a liitle missionary vf ork for the "gym" betore it was entirely lost. It is too bad that the students of this year do not carry on the good work which their predecessors commenced. The senior law class of '89 have decided to select their clasa orator by a competitive oratorical contest, to be heil tomorrow evening at 7-J o'clock. Hon. C. R. Whitman, Rev. A. S. Carman and Prof. C. M. Gayley have been selected as judges and the Chequ-imegons will furnish musio for occasioo. The contèst will be open to the public and everybody is invited. Seven contestants have entered, their names and subjects being as follows: W. O. H. Keough, Missouri, 'The Centennial Year of Oar Constitution." S. L. Thompson, Ohio, "An Italian Patriot." W. V. Rinehart, Washington Territory, " The Republic of Learning." J. Á. Chile?, Virginia, "An ApDeal to the People." V. O. Hildreth, Kentucky, "Idolatry." J. ;C. Neham, California, "The Decline of Royalty." F. M. McElroy, Washington Territory, "The People Conq'ior." J. O. Kleist, WiscoDsiu, "The Ideal Law." The university dramatic club played to a large audience at the opera house, last Friday evening. "Time Tries AH" is a simple and improbabte liüle story of a girl rejecting an offer of marriage because the man was not handfome and dashing, and then rejfcting a score of suitors because they were handsotne and dashing, finally falling desperately in love with the first man after he had departed for France. Miss Gertrude Wade, daughter of Secrelary Wade of the university, took the part of this peculiar youne woman and mstained it in gcod amateur style. A. E. Andereon was the young man who penenoed the uncertainties of the témale mind as given in thig two-aet play. A. L. Free, as the father of this girl, was made up exceedingly well. The comedy was supplied by four characters: Charies Clinton (by W. C. H. Keougb); Hon. Augustus Yswn (by T. N. Jayne). who went to sleep while proposing to Miss Laura ; Torn Tact (by E. H. Smith) and Fanny Fact (by Miss Ida Z. Hibbard). Mr. Smith secured applause for his as-umption of Ifrench speech and airs, and Miss Hibbsrd, as the pretty servant girl, Fanny Faet, who was pertectly willing to accept any eligible man in marriage, did excellently well. In the one-act farce, "A Storm in n Tea-cup," which followed, C. 'i'. Alexander frustained his reputation of beins; a clever amHteur. He, as Mr. Felix Sutnmerly, and Miss Lizzie Seymore, as Mrs. Letitia Summerly, had nearly all the work to do, and it consisted cf funny preparations íor a journey on the continent and jealousy on the receipt of a letter whose address was not plain. The other characters were a servant, sustained 'fcy Miss Ardie E. Clark, and the respected Igther of Mr. and Mis Sumoaerly, taken E. P. de Pont. As is well known the ■whole affair was msnaged by Prof. de ■Pont