University

The first semester close3 to-day. The freshman class has adopted the Oxford cap with class colors. The Oracle this year will be printed at the Argüs office. The democratie students in the University will organize a club to-morrow evening. A contest betsyeen the Jeflersonian and Alpha Nu literary societies will occur March 3rd. Eighty seats will be reserved at the Michigan club banquet in Detroit for the University boys. Prof. Payne was surprised by sixty of his pupils last Friday evening and was presented with an elegant gold watcti. The second edition of Dr. Stowell's "Miscroscopic Structure of a Huirían Tooth"is out and receiring high praise. Prof. Dewey has been offered the chaiv of mental and mora philosophy and logic in the Universitly of Minnesota. The Junior class decided at a class meeting Saturday morning to contributeSilüü to the gymnasium fund, which has now reached 1300. Prof. Demmon has been chosen a judge of the thought and composition displayed in the Ohio ínter Collegiate State Oratorical C n est. Prof. VVinchell has been elected one of the trustees of the American Institute of civics at the annual meeting in Washington, Wednesday. Prof. Gayley has a new course riext semester, viz: Forensics. T.his takes the place of the course hitherto knowu as extemporaneous speaking. President Angelí and thirty three of the faculty have petitioned for the admission free of all books printed in modern languages excepting English. The address on Washington's birthday will be delivered by Hon. William P. Wells, of Detroit, which is sufficient guarantee that it will be an elqouent one. The Jeffersonian society have elected J. M. Kead, president; O. M. Townsend, secretary; D. L. Morrison, treasurer; Mr. Campbell, senior critic; Volney Hildreth, junior critic; F. H. McDermot, marshal. The Chronicleelection of editors, last Saturday, resulted in the choice of the following excellent candidates, A. E. Howley, Lincoln MacMillan, William Beckley, James ('halmers, James Duffy and II. Bracewell. The Chronicle urges the giving of a ministre] show by the students for thp benefit of the gymnasium fund. A good idea providing that the end men areobtainable. Can they be furnished from the Chronicle staff . Dr. (nibbes, the new professor of pathology , has placed in the art gallery a valuable Rubens painting showing the ''Soribes Asking Jesus if it is Lawful to Hender Tribute to Caesar." The painting is a very fine and valuable one. The Oracle prizes have been awarded as follows: J. R. Angelí, of this city, gets the prizes for the humerous sketch and poem, J. A. C. Hillner, of Detroit, the prize for the story and song and R. 'i'. Farrand, of Detroit, the cartoon and design for covr. More attention is being paid to electncal investigation than ever before. New courses in electncity are offered by Prof . Carhart. Prof. Jones goes into the mathematics of electrieity and Prof. Cooley wil! probably have a couse in elêctrical engineering next year. The factious in the freshman class harmonized tlieir differences, Saturday morninsr, and the class is reunited. Mr. Hieronynaous resigned the office of toastniaster and Mr. Jameson, the fraternity inan, was unanimously elected in hi8 place. The balance of the offtcers are independents. The Glee Club sings to-nigbt in Owosso. They start on their animal Western trip, Maren 19th when they sing at Jackson; March2üth,at Charlotte; 21, Dowagiac; 22, Niles; 23, Michgan City: 24, Chicago at Central MusiHall; 26, Ottawa; 27, Peoria; 28, Bloomc ington; 29, Decatur; 30, Danville; 31, Logansport; April ", Fort Wayne. After their return they will sing here and in Detroit. The junior hop this year was the greatest ever held by any class. There were 125 couples present. Every arMUfnient liad been perfected for the accommodation of the guests, and a most enjoyable time followed. The decorations were exceedingly tasty. The class of '89 has good reason to be proud of the hop. There was a large number of guests present from abroad. The musie was excellent, the costumes elegant and elabórate. The Argonaut piiblishes a private letter from one of Prof. Steere's party in che Phillipine Island mailed November 1 . The party were all sea sick, someremaining soall the wavto Japan. Twenty-threewiales were seen on tlie trip, thirteen of which were sighted one morning btfore breakfast. On iheir way to Hong Kong they were struck by a typhoon, the waves running thirtv and forty feethigh. They had, at üie date of writing, tvvo crocodiles, a lozen wild cats, a boa constrictor twelve feet seven inches long and a choice assortment of all kinds of birds and snakes. ÍSome days they live on hornbill or wild chicken, eggs, fish, bread and wild hnney and other days on rice and water, iiauanas are sold six for a cent.