On The Campus

The G!ee Club will sing in Ypsilanti April 12; Chicpo, April 22; Diibiiqne, 23; Mnrtisor, 24; Milwiiikee, 25; Bittle Creek, 20; Grand Rpidf, 27; Ann Albor, May 10; Detroit, Ma? 17. Newton B. Pierce, for the last two years a epecixl student in botany and biology in the University, has been appointed a special neent of the Agrieultural Department at Washington to ir.vestiga'e the grape disease n w ravAging the vineyards of California. He will leave for that state e&rly in May. The Adelphi program SHur.Jay evening include guitnr and banjo playing by Miss Sara Whedon and H. R-rnington ; an essay on "Athletics ia American colleges," by C. S. Northrop; a paper, "The vlne of college life to the s'udent," by F. B. Tibbals; debatp, FUsolved, Tciat compulsory physical training thronjhout the whole course Rhould be a part of e vrry college curriculum"; ammaauve, C D. Moore; negativo, Miss Della Allen. Prof. Le?i T. Gnm-i, of Detroit, met with what might have been a serieus accident Tuesday morning. While leaving his home to take the train to Ann Arbo-, he elipped and feil on the stono walk, iu jiring hi opine. Thinking he wouM soon recover from the ffiFects of ihe f-ill, he carne on to thii t-'i'y and delivered his mormng lecure. Bilt under the advice of his physician he postponed his lecture to the junior clas, and went to his hotel to rest. He resurued lecturing yeaterday. An installment of 1 000 of '.he University calendara were received rom tbe printers on Thursday, and this supply did not last Seeretary Wade but a short time, fo great was the ru-h mude for them by the giudents who "wanted to eee their nn:e in print." AU day Friday the geoial scoretary and hia assistant wre kept busy explaininj; thit they had no more calendara (or "Univemiy alnuanaos" aa one of the brüliant frei-hmen asked f r) t present, but would have plenty on Sa'.urday. The date set for the repeots' meeting, which wks adjourned last week, becaase there was do quorum present, bas been fet f jr April 17, when ït is expected that those regents who "are now out of the state will have reiurned. At ihe time called lor the meeting last week, regents were cattered in vaiious paris of the world. R-gent Hebarrt was in Eurnpe, Whitnmn in New Yoik, Draper in Washington, Butterdt-lil jnst returned trom Florida in time 10 get heie, and B'.air was sick in bed. Among the curiosities brought from the Phillippiae Uland9 by Prof. Steere and his party were a pair of ''oyster" shells, which would hold enough of' that palatable artcle to feed several families for a week. The shells are as Urge Rrouml as an ordinary washtub, aad it is all that an ordinary man can do to lilt one-half off the floor, the shell of one of the oysterá weighing nearly öve hundred pounds. The oyster is large and muscular, one mnscle being as Urge as a inan'a arm. They are not very delicate eating, although the natives oí tne is-lands appear to relish them. These oysters are the cause of the loss ot inany arai3 and legs to the natives, as they lie open in the water and cljsa tight upon being d:6turbed. If a native happens to put his foot on the