University Of Michigan

The glass has been set in the Gymnasium sky light this past week. Last Saturday evening the senior lits held a class social at Newberry Hall. The 8tudents are circulating a petition to have the libraxy opened at 8 A. M. Tbe base ball practico has begun and about forty candidates have gone into traiaing for positions on the nine. Á new plank wail was laid between the dental college and "gym"so thatthe legislativo foot could pass dry shod last week. The freshmen Hts have taken up a collection of fifty cents apiece to raise $80 for their base ball team and 820 for their mandolín and glee club. Pres. Angelí was one of the judges on thotight and composition for the recent annual state intercollegiate oratorical contest of Indiana, won by DePauw. About forty-five senior medies vis'ted the Wayne Countv poorhouse last week and spent the day visiting the various cases there, under the charge of Drs. Herilman, Doek and Breakey. The Michigan Mining School Catalogue for ihe current year receutly appeared and shows that school to be in a prosperou3 condition. Tnefaculty number about 16 and the students 83. They are ta'king of forming a University alumni association at Sagiraw Mr. E. S. Crawfml of that city al ly presented the advantages of such en organizatlon in the Saginaw Globe. A movement is on foot among some of our prominent citizens to secure for the University, the largo Farrand and Votey pipe organ now building for exhibition at the World's Fair. It is Bad that the new Chicago University is after it also. The Students' Lectnre Association have been swindled they think of about 400 tickets. Everyone should turn in and help the boys discover the fraud if there has been one. They want every season ticket Iraded for single ad mission tickets and the hnlder to teil where and of whom he bousjht his ticket. Dul H well plagiarize has been the question of the honr. The student committee ?aid yes, and then referred it to a fdculty committee that said no. er student concerned is warm enough to melt a path to the North Polo. The row is all about an oration handed in forlhe prelirninary contpst to select orators to meet Onerlin in joint debate. At the interesting joint program of Alpha Nu and Adelphi literary societies last Saturday evening Mr. Thaurr, a student from the Hdwaiian Is'ands, gave an account of his home. Among other things he suid that tliey had compulsory education in the islands and Ihat the per cent. of illiteracy was smaller than in New York or Pennsylv nia. Next Sturday evening the two societies will havs another public jaint program.