University Items

The senior pharmics will .soon complete toxicolopy. Gras8Lake News : " Mr. D. B. Osborn, of the university, Ann Arbor, Sundayed with friends in this village." The class of '81 is to have a meeting tomorrow. Frank McNainaca, of Lapeer, has resigned tbe sccretary.-hip, on account of absence from college. Study medicine, young man, if youwish to run for mayor. This is the way the three names in the field last Monday starled out: Dr. S.; Dr. K.; Dr. II. The annual convention of the Beta Thota Fi society will be held in Chicago, next Augui-t. A largo nutuber of the members of this chapter contémplate attending. The Ann Arbor Democrat, in its univi'rsity items, gives the univeraity calendar a handsome notice, and of its mechanical appearance remarks : "The typographical work is unusually fine, and does credit to the Courier job office. It has many new features." Capt. E. O. Hall, a newspaper man at one time, of some proniinenceon theCincinnati (Jazette and Indianapolis Journal, but recently in the Erie K. H. office, New York city, is dead. He graduated with O. A. Critchett, of Monroe in 1861, and was afterward captain in the llth Mich. inft. Prof. Tyler, of the university, lectured before the noimal school at l'rovidencc, R. L Saturday morning, and before the Khode Islaud Historical society Saturday evening, both lectures relating to the literature of the revolution. They are reported at considerable length in the Providence papers and are very favorably commented upon. The professor is to resume his labors here next Monday. The list of contests which will take place on May field day are about the same as usual. The field days are May 14 and June 29. No one can enter the contest except members of the association. The admission to the grounds will be lö cents. First class contestante will have to pay an entrance fee of 25 cents, but second dm class contcstants will pay 15 cents. The field days tuis year bid fair to be sucoessful. The Ann Aruor trio of singers who concerted at Clluton, last week. had au iiudleuce of 19 persous, prluclpally dead heads The siugern warbleu" one or two songs, threw up the sponde, returueil the gate inoney and hied DMK to AtlieUH.- AUrluii PfMB. How perversely ignorant of' faets some reporters will insist upon bcing. That audiencc conabted of l'JOU - all payers and stayers. The togen "warbled" to the end of' the chaptcr, didu't see a sponge, kopt all they got, are still on the road, and expect to ereet a inillion dollar residence for broken down athletes witli the pr.cefeds of their trip. "These is facts." The Chronicle says : "The pro.-ident of the athletiu association has appuinted as eumiiiittcoiiiiTi for ficlil day : Chas. T. Hrace, '81, Ei. E. White, '82, Frank L. Daveoport, 'MS, John J. Comstock, '8S, Cbu A-hloy, '84, of the literary depaitment; John Chase, and lt. Gay Oel'uy, of the medical departuient, and Jene A. Iceuhour, of the pharmacy department. The committees are organized a follows: On general arrangement, White, Cha.se, Icenhour, Comstock, and Ashley ; on prizes, Depuy, Brace, and Davenport ; on judgos, üavenport, Chase, White; on entries, Comstock, Icenhour, and DePuy." Gevernor Jerome signed the bill making an appropriation fur the unuersity library building with a pen made froni the quill of an American eagle. Hegent Duffield has secured this pen, and it will be placed in the library building as a curiosity and memento of by-Kono davs and eustoms -