e .off. li.* j3 I VOL. IV.-No. 56. WHAT IS ELOQUENCE? The Subject of Gen. Ewing's Ad- dress Before the Oratorical Association, Hon. William G. Ewing, who speaks before the Oratorical Associ- ation, Saturday night, is one of Chi- cago's most eminent jurists. Judge Ewing was born near Bloomington, Ill., May 11, 1839, 6 1 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1893. PRICE, THREE CENTS. where he resided but for a short time. While teaching school in Kentucky he spent all his spare moments in studying law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1861. Since that time Judge Ewing was twice city attorney of Quincy and for two terms state's attorney of the Quincy judicial district. He also served as United States attorney for the Northern district of Illinois. In 1882 he removed to Chicago and, until 1892, when he was elected one of the judges to the Cook County Superior Court, has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. As an orator, Judge Ewing stands a peer to any in the country, and his oratory is of a kind which car- ries the listener along in deepest sympathy with the words and thoughts of the speaker. The inter- est never flags for a moment and however cold and prosaic one may be, he cannot fail to be infected with the fire and poetry of the speaker. Judge Ewing possesses in its highest degree that subtle, impal- pable, all pervading something, called personal magnetism. We do not simply comprehend, we feel what he says. Back of his eloquent word painting, back of his nervous, forcible sentences is the man him- self and it is the man with his cer- tain inexpressible charm who ap- peals to the audience. At the banquet given by the Dem- ocratic club of the University in 91, Judge Ewing responded to a toast. The subject and occasion were such as to demand the best even from him. All expected much and no one was disappointed. Sparkling wit, deep pathos, earnest purpose, light and shade, and be- hind it all, himself. The vast audi- ence was spell bound, electrified, and as he finished, rounds of ap- plause greeted him. Nit even the silver tongued Breckenridge made a deeper imupression than lie, that night. Those who hear him Saturday night on "What is Eloquence?'' will, we prophesy, enjoy the evening thoroughly and if he can ipart the secret of his own rare powers, Miclh- igan need have no fear of future oratorical contests. The law lecture room has been se- cured and Judge Eiwing will speak there. Tickets may be procured from members of the Oratorical Association or at the bookstores. The next attraction will be the An- nual Oratorical Contest. '95 Law Team Posted. The '9, law football team will be chosen from the following: Gunter, O'Connor, Bartell, Long, Griffin, Dygert,Crozier, Lovering, Mitchell, Bently, Crawford, Abbot, Hollister, Anderson, Paul, Salesbury, Haden, Quinn, Reese, W. H. Mitchell, Showalter, Deckey and Rundel. A o , e Astronomical Society. The Astronomical Society will meet Saturday evening, at 7:30 0'- clock, in the lecture room of the physical laboratory. The subject before the meeting will be "The Solar System as Seen Through the Lick Telescope,' given by Prof. Townley, late of Lick Observatory, but now of this institution. The lecture will be illustrated by stere- optican views. The members of the Greek letter fraternities in the colleges number 77,000. NINETY-SIX AND NINETY-SEVEN Each Has a Strong Team ard Will Cut a Figure in the Class Con- tests-ST Enthusiastic. While the thick covering of snow that is on the ground, at present, has slightly dampened the enthusi- asm over the inter-class football games, and there is even some talk of having to put them off till spring, yet the captains and members of the various class teams are getting everything in readiness for a hot contest, and great rivalry exists be- tween the classes. The DAi s has already given the make-up of the '94 and '95 teams, and those of '96 and '97 are now in order. The team that '96 will put into the field will be a strong one, indi- vidually and as a whole. Among the number are two 'Varsity men, Freund and Greenleaf; but Baird, who has resigned the captaincy to Greenleaf, will not. play. The fol- lowing will probably be the line-up: Left end, Ryan; left tackle, Cumi- mer; left guard, Raikes; center, Evans; right guard, Wolcott; right tackle, Thompson; right end, Thorpe or Hanford; quarter and captain, Greenleaf; left half, Freund; right half, Miarsden; full back, Mclen- zie. A freshman team is always an un- certain quantity, but it is safe to say that the team '97 now has in readi- ness will be no easy mark for op- ponents. Two 'Varsity men are with '97 also, Henninger and Bourland, while Ferbert's lame ankle will pre- vent his playing. While most of the men are inexperienced, yet so faithfully and willingly have they come out for practice, appearing on the campus almost as regularly as the 'Varsity team, that Capt. Keep is quite confident of victory. To Mr. I. Hill, manager, is due much of the credit for the enthusiasm dis- played by '97. The following line- up is probably the correct one: Ends, Bourland and Barrenburg; tackles, Farnham and Hawkins; guards, Henninger and Dicken; cen- ter, Wahmbacher; halves, Lorman and Spicer; full back, Capt. Keep. Ninety-seven has succeeded in immortalizing itself. Some ingeni- ous freshman is no doubt to blame for the tatooing of a white dog, who is carrying around a large "97,'' beautifully done in red and blue. To Gie Aufa. T ehave some fine lead pencils and a convenient string rase to give away to any one who will cali for them. we want to see your face and give you a chance to see ourstoei. 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