lc . of JESDAY, MARCH 1, 1898. PRCE--3 CENTS. 0 VOL. VIII. No 105. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TL .__ .. _ _.w_,. _. __._ .._. i At Wild's Spring selections just arrived from the East. Call and inspect our..... . 'uitings, Trouserings, Top-Coats. 'NO. 108 E. WASHINGTON ST. NEAR MAIN Al legretti's Chocolates.... Fresh every week. Only in packages- 60c a pound. Lowney's if you prefer. PALMERS' PHARMMAYs PIPE ALE!T FOR THE NEXT WEEK. Ject received a fresh supple of Allegretti, and i-illiamas and Werners Chocolates. Largest line in the city. Lunches a- all hours. 308 South State Street. Ix 1 FRESH-SOPH. MEET. The Under Classmen Will Con- pete March 5. Preparations for the Freshman-Soph- omore meet to take place Saturday, March 5th, are completed. Manager McLean, of '00, and Bach of '01, have their men working hard and have about picked their relay teams. The success of '00 in track affairs iast year makes it likely that '01 will be put to it to win out. Many of their old men will be out and some new ones will also ap- pear in the ranks of '00. Hatch is show- ing up particularly well. Cox, the track trainer, will make his first appearance, and will act as starter. The other ofHi- cials are to be announced later. The U. of M. band has refused to play, aIl- though it was planned to have it ap- pear. The girls of 00 have a committee of three to raise funds to procure a. banner to be given the winning team. This committee is made up as follows: Miss Pettee, chairman; Miss Hull and Miss Spence. The program of events is as follows: 1. 40 yards dash-three trial heats. 2. Pole vault. 3. One-half mile walk. 4. 40 yard hurdles-trial heats. 5. Shot put. 6. One-half mile run. 7. Finals in 40 yard dash. 8. High jump. 9. Finals in hurdles. 10. Fencing exhibition. 11. Relay race. The events will begin at 3 o'clock sharp and chairs will be provided for ladies. No admission will be charged. Banquet of Detroit Alumni. Plans are heing perfected by theD- troit Alumni Association of the Univer- sity of Michigan for its banquet at the Russell house on the evening of March 18. The affair will constitute the larg- est gathering of college men ever got- ten together in Detroit. A large nuin- her of the faculty and students of the University having promised to he in at- tendance. Hon. Don M. Dickinson will officiate as toastmaster, and the list of speakers Whist Club Tournament. Toatmasters' Banquet. The Whist Club tournament will be- gin next Thursday evening and willa take only two nights, contrary to prev- ious announcements. On the first I night's play all the north and south i teams will play all east and west teams, i the position of teams being determineds by drawings. The second night's playa will be between the two high teams, one east and west, the other north and south. There will be no admission feef and all teams are requested to enter theY tournament. The officers of the club are at present in correspondence withf the Jackson Whist Club. The present standing of the teams is as follows: 1, Ellsworth an iRussel; 2, Miller and Murrill; 3, Driggs and1 Hyde; 4, Robinson and Babcock; 5, Lamb and Prentis; 6, Lowe and Person; 7, Flansburg and Burkhardt; 8, Bowen and Hawkhurst; 9, Verdier and Ver- dier; 10, Gross and Wisner; 11, Raynor and Gorenflo; 12, Jones and McMaster; 13, Clark and Baldwin; 14, Fisher and Beardsley; 15, Shanahan and Cranston; 16, Campbell and Larned; 17, King and' Batchelor; 18, Marshall and Jones; 19, Murphy and Phillipson; 20, Idema and. Voorhels; 21, McMillan and Sherwood; 22, Skillman and Elbel; 23, Heimston and Brilihart; 24, Danforth and Dan- forth; 215, Bigelow and Gabriel. Wier and Simons Win. In the senior lit contest held last night Mr. Simons secured first place by a close margin, and Mr. Wiers second. Prof. Hinsdale and Mr. Rebec, and Rev. Coler were the judges on thought and composition, and Prpfs. Bogle and Johnson, and Mr. Ingraham on deliv- ery. The following are the grades of the contestants, the ranks being given in the same order as the judges are named: Simons, 2, 6, 3; 1, 1, 1; total, 14. Wiers, 1; 2, 2; 3, 2, 4; total, 14. Osgood, 3, 1, 5; 4, 4, 2; total, 19. Miss Nash, 5, 5, 6; 2, 3, 3; total 24. Loud, 4, 4, 1; 5, 5, 5; total 24. Harlan, 6, 3, 4; 6, 6, 6; total, 31. The contestants have drawn the fol- lowing positions for the final to be held March 18: Tatum, Mulholland, Montgomery, Wiers, Storm, Simons, Rheinfrank and Eaman. Vesper Services Begin. Vesper services, which have been de- layed so far this year on account of the organ, will begin next week. - The chorus has been rehearsing twice a week since the middle of. October, and About a year ago there was organized mong the college young men the Uni- ersity of Michigan Toastmasters' club. is generally supposed that its title s indicative of its purpose. And so it s in a vague way. But it took the emester banquet held Friday evening t the Cook house to fully express the ibjects and purposes of the club. In- teed even the fondest dreams of its ounders were then more than realized. the young lady friends of the club were the guests of the evening and their pretty faces and dainty gowns added much to the charm of the occa- sion. After enducting thesaselves as good toastmasters do at well laden tables, Mr. T. A. eskebile. the presi- dent of the club, introduced Mr. O. I. Myers as master of ceremonies. lie Proved to be a toastmaster among toastmasters and in a happy manner, which showed a mastery of the art that the club attempts to teach, called alike on the members and their guests for their wit, their mirth and their soer :ense, ,,1 The program was f a varied nature and was as follows: The Evolution of After-Dli ner Speak- of-f - -- - - -- - - -.. ... I.. S. Lathers The Cartoon-A Factor in Modern Journalism..........1. Ma Cutheon The Junior Hop........T. A. Berkebile China's Outlook............J. R. Schacht The Ladies..................M, Webster The Gentlemen..Mrs. V. A. G. Murrell Our Country......K.........E. Cieverdon Mark Twain-the Globe Trotter. .I.. . . .. . .. . . Adams The Future sit the Santo........ ..J. B. Danbridge The Heart That Can Feel for An- other................L. O. Davis The University and the Toastmasters ..... ........H. J. SMcCrery A number of the ladies present alsi responded to impromptu toasts.-Wash- tenaw Evening Times. Oxford's Lame Excuse. Oxford's declination of the challenge of the American universities for an in- ternational contest this summer ap- pears to be based upon the opinion that the amateur status of college athletics upon this side of the water is not be- yond question. For example, the Lon- don Times remarks: "After the meet- ing between the New York Athletic Club and the London Athletic Club, the general opinion among university ath- letes here was that Oxford and Cam- bridge had better confine their competi- tions to themselves, until they could establish beyond a shadow of doubt that their opponents were both ama- teurs and students in the full sense of the words."-Brown Daily Herald. Sousa Honored. While 1 in the city Saturday John Philip Sousa was elected an honorary member of the Euterpe Musical Society, which membership he gratefully ac- cepted. After the concert the members of the society held an Informa recep- tlon in Sous's honor. . ,- HELP WANTED. About April 1st I shall need two more young men to work at the soda foun- tain. Applications will be re- ceived now. CALKINS' PHARMACY. 13OOASTORE. l I NEW AND SECOND-HAND Text Book For every department in the l versity. Law and Medical Boal -specialty. 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