The Michigan Daily VoL. XIV. ANN ARBOR, MICH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904. No. 75 CHICAGO LETTER. FUNERAL OF ALFRED GOETTE. The sudden death of G. A. Goette, Memorial Services for University Vic- the freshman dental student, came as a great shock to his parents and tims of Iroquois Fire-Track Athlet- many friends. His death came after ics and Baseball--Opening of Bart- only a few hours' sickness and was lett Gymnasium. due to acute incompensation of the heart. The memorial services for the Uni- Goette was a member of the Xi Psi versity victims of the Iroquois fire Phi Fraternity and though only a were held in Mandel Hall on Friday, freshman in collega was popular not January 8th. This great disaster has only with his fraternity brothers but touched almost every university and with his classmates. Goette was a college in the country, and Chicago consistent student and was held in es- has indeed been especially unfortu- teem by all those who knew him. nate. Five students in residence and Services were held yesterday after- five former students are now known noon at the house. The body of the to have lost their lives. Among these deceased was then escorted to the were brilliant scholars, well known depot accompanied by the men of the and held in high regard by their class- fraternity. mates. The divinity, the medical, the Lamb and Richardson, together school of education, and the college with the father and sister of the de- of arts each suffered the loss of one ceased accompanied the body to its of its numbers; at the memorial ser- last resting place in Delphos, Ohio. vice, a representative for each of these departments spoke in memory TRACK TEAM1. of the students who perished. This disaster has awakened Chicago stu- Track Men Out in Large Numbers- dents to a realization of present con- More Men Out Than Ever Before- ditions, though, in a way, we are not Over 100 Now in Training. so much concerned. Mandel Hall, Oi though now as nearly fire-proof as any such structure can be, is to be equip. The track men began training yes- ped with an asbestos stage curtain at terday and both Captain Kellogg and once; even now more convenient and Trainer Fitzpatrick expressed them- quicker means of exit Ore being plan- selves as well pleased with the first ned for the boxes and balcony, to pre- day's work. The latter stated that vent any possibility of a horror sim- there are more men out for the team ilar to that of the Iroquois. With t.e this year than there have ever been many educational institutions East before. No hard work was attempted and West that have suffered through yesterday as the principal object in the theatre fire, Chicago mourns the view was to teach form t2 the new loss of promising students. men. Everyone who intends to try for the team should give their names With the winter indoor meets but to Director Fitzpatrick at once. Form a few weeks off, the track athletes blanks can be found on his desk at are beginning to shake the kinks out any time. of their legs, and the baseball men to limber up their throwing arms. MINN. DEBATING TEAML Men Who Will Meet Michiganat Minn- neapolis Tomorrow Night-All Prom inent Debaters. Exceptionally Strong Team. Irwin A. Churchill comes fromRoch- ester, Minnesota. He graduated from the Rochester high school with the class of 1900 and came directly to the University where he entered the Lit- erary department. He at once be- came: interested in debate, and few men have made more rapid progresa in the field of their choce than he, In the inter-sophomore contest two years ago he led the winning team and thereby won one of the Dunwoody prizes. In the intercollegiate preliminaries last year he won "First Iowa Prize, of $40 and was leader of the team that met the Hawkeyes in Iowa City last April. Mr. Churchill is carrying Senior Literary, Junior Law and as- sisting Dr. Schaper in the Department of Economics this year. He Is presi- dent of both the Minnesota Literary Union and the University Liberal As- sociation, a member of the Shakopean Literary Society and prominent in University affairs. Philip E. Carlson is a veteran in de- bate. While still in the Cannon Falls high school he was one of the trio who defeated the Minneapolis East High team and from that time till the present he has hardly been out of a contest of some kind. In his fresh. man year he entered the oratorical contests but took up debate again the next year and won literary society championship and the coveted Jacob's Prize Cup. The character of his work in these contests led the judges to Since the completion of the new track ...+++++++++ +++++++++ ++ N. + ..+......... in Bartlett Gymnasium a small squad of men has worked through the holi- T H E: days. At present the squad is rapidly UNIVERSITY