. . Students' Lecture Association. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1899 - 1900. EIGHT NUMBERS ALREADY SETTLED. Lyman J. Gage, Sousa's Band, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Brigadier General Charles King, some ofi those already decided upon. Ecery student in the University should buy a Season Ticket at $2.00. It ought to be required to secure a diploma--an education in itself. Course will be opened the second week in October by Secretary of Treasurg, Lyman J. Gage. The rarest advantage that the Uni- versity of Michigan has to offer to her students, is the series of lectures and enterminmenje provided by the Stu- dents Lecture Association. There is no greater platform in the world than is offered by the 3,500 students and faculty of this university. For 50 years this fact has induced the great men of all countries to accept visita- tions to appear upon it. Within the last three years we see the names of Grover Cleveland, Bourke Cochran, Chauncey Depew, Ian McClaren, Fridtjof Nansen, James Whitcomb Riley, and Chas. A. Dana. To hear these men and others within a four years course is an opportunity not offered in any other university in America. The advantage can not be overestimated in its educational value for university students.' The course for this year is of the same towering strength established by previous boards. It is the best that the magnificent audiences of Univers- ity Hall and splendid pecuniary in- ducements can attract. Two of the ten numbers for this year remain to be determined upon. An effort is being made to secure two men prominent in politics and educa- tion. The splendid numbers secured are as follows : COURSE OF 1899 - 1900. 1. Lyman J. Gage, 2. F. Hopkinson Smith, 3. Max Bendix Company. 4. John Temple Graves. 5. Oratorical Contest. 6. Brig. General Charles King. 7. WIll Carleton. 8. Sousa and his Band. 9. A Public Man. 10. An Orator. The Students' Lecture Association is an organization chosen from the student body, the electors being all holders of season tickets. The aim of the association is purely culture and entertainment, no advantage ac crues to the board or officers. The endeavor is to spend all earnings upon the course. Last year Bourke Coch- ran saw fit to accept no remuneration and this, with the wise management of the board, left $800 in the treasury. This money is now in the hands of President Angell for the assistance of needy students. - The association was organized in 1854 and in 1893 was incorporated under the laws of the State of Mich- igan. The constitution provides that every student,whether male or female, in any department of the University, who purchases a season ticket shall be a member of this association and may vote and hold office therein. PRICES OF TICKETS. The most reasonable thing about the Students' Lecture Association is the moderate fees charged. A course' ticket comes to $2.00. This amounts to only 20 cents a number. How fortunate one is to hear Sousa and his band, Lyman J. Gage, F. Hop- kinson Smith, and Brig. Gen. Chas. King for such a sum. Those who have in charge the planning and execution of the course for this year and who have worked conscientiously to that purpose are : President,-LAFAETTE YOUNG. Vice-President,-R. P. ROBINSON. Corresponding Secretary,-W. J. ZIMMERS. Recording Secretary, - R. K. JOHNsON. Treasurer,--JUNus B. WOOD. Assistant Treasurer,-E. D. Eu- sILL. Directors,-PAuL Wv. VOOREIs, J. A. MONTGOMERY, T. W. PATON, F. D. EAMAN, S. WELLS UTLEY. SECRETARY LYMAN J. GAGE. Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, opens the Course the second week in October with an address on "The Admin- istrative Departments of the Govern- ment" showing the workings of the eight great departments and their relation to the executive head, the president; touching briefly upon the seven other departments, lie will give the largest share of attention to the Treasury Department. The operations of the treasury de- partment are varied in character, and cover, with one or more of itS lines, the whole country. It is the kind of information which is the most valu- able to all citizens, especially to those coming into the responsibilities of citizenship. It wilt be an address which no University of Michigan student can afford to miss and will be interesting as well as instructive. BRIG-GENERAL CHAS. KING. Brig-General Charles King, better known as Captain Charles King, the author of so many thrilling army stories, has lately returned from ac- tive duty in the Pilippines. He will speak upon "The Volunteer at Ma- nilla.'' General King has devoted hisi life to the United States Army, is a graduate of West Point, and a thor- ough soldier. - At the outbreak of the Spanish. American war he was at the head of the Wisconsin state militia, having been retired from the regular army some years ago, owing to wounds re- ceived in fighting the Indians. He' was appointed Brig-General by Pres. McKinley and served with admirable capacity under Maj-Gen. Otis. This lecture will be devoted entirely to' the military side of the Philippine' problem. Gen. King is a man of' broad sympathy and great humanity. He tells many deeds of valour that thrill the heart and many misfortunes that moisten the eye. In many re- spects he reminds one of Col. Roose- velt, and it will doubtless seem strange to know that Gen. King, years ago, toddled the youthful Teddy upon his knee. But the Gen- eral does not appear to be old enough to have done this. le is lively of manner and looks almost the young lieutenant as he steps buoyantly from West Point. Gen, King will speak in the full uniform of a brigadier-general of the. United States Army and to all who love their country, who love to hear of patriotism and self-sacrifice, his lecture will be of profoundest inter- est. . ANECDOTES OF GEN. KING. A few weeks ago in conversation he explained how he happened to write the army stories which made his earliest reputation. He said, "I was shot to pieces in the Indian country and retired as a captain of the cavalry, and you must know that a retired captain's pay is not the big- gest thing in the world. It occurred to me to venture in the field of army stories, and I know of three people that those stories have made extremely happy. Those three people are my wife and daughters. Those stories have been the means of giving them a good education and of allowing them to spend some time in Euro- pean travel. That is my best excuse for my literary career." SOUSA AND HIS BAND. John Philip Sousa, the "March King " is the leader of the greatest band in the world. He will be in Ann Arbor, February 19th. The marches of Sousa are as. popular in Europe as in America. They are whistled on the streets of Antwerp and Berlin, the same as in Chicago and New York. The record of Sousa and his band during the last five years is really re- markable. During that time the band has given over 3,000 concerts in every state and territory of the Uni- ted States and nearly every province of the Dominion of Canada. Those concerts were all personally directed by John Philip Sousa, except three from which he was absent through illness. Over $100,000 has been paid to railroads during those five years and the number of miles trav- eled equals four times the circum- ference of the earth. The manage- ment pays out over $100,000 to mu- sicians every year and gives the longest continuous engagements of any organization in the United States. Among the notabl-achievements in concert giving-by the band have been six weeks at the World's Fair, six weeks at the Madison Square Gar- den, N. Y.; eighteen weeks at the St. Louis Exposition in three sea- sons; fifty-four weeks at Manhattan Beach, N. Y., in five seasons. The band has played to nearly 200,000 people in a single week at the Food Fair at Boston, and to over 150,000 people at the Pittsburgh Exposition. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. It has often been asked "flow came it that that black-haired boy violinist in an orchestra pit in Wash. ington so quickly became the 'March King' of the world?" It was not by accident. That young musician had something in his brain, his heart and soul, that the world was glad to buy the instant it recognized its merit, and the little fiddler at $15 a week and the young Marine Bandmaster at $1,800 a year became the most famous composer of the day who was drawing $50,000 a year before he was forty. But this wRs not all. He then wrote for reeds and brasses. Now, he is writing for the human voice, and voices are singing his operas and the people are busning to hear them as before they did and still do to hear his martial strains and his magifeent concerts. Not only the music did he write, but the book of his last and best opera is from the March King's pen. Every line and every lyrie, every verse of the comedy songs, everydscene and situation, and the plot, detail and ensemble he designed and evolved and joined together in a symmetrial, sequentialrand harmon. ions whole. "The Bride Elect" book and music is a creation of his brain. THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER. Concerning his greatest march "The Stars and Stripes Forever," Mr. Sousa said recently: The march was written when I was in Europe a year ago and finished on board ship coming home. I have often heard people say that when in a foreign country the sight of the stars and stripes seemed the most glorious in the world. My idea was to climax the march with three themes-one representing the north, a broad sweeping theme; the South with its languorous beauty and ro- mance, and the west, a story pushing melody carrying everything before it. These themes were to blend harmoni- ously, but were to be used independ- ently if necessary. I am of the opinion that military music, that which has the drum and the military swagger in it, is the kind that notes patriotism in the soul. Patriotism is not in the music, but in the feeling it conveys. The military spirit is necessary. I have lived in the army atmosphere all my life. I might say that even while I was a baby I was near camp, and I understand just the effect of all the pomp and splendor of war when it is introduced in a musical composition. " The Stars and Stripes Forever" has this quality, perhaps, in a more marked degree than any of my former compositions. F, HOPKINSON SMITH. F. Hopkinson Smith enjoysinterna. mional reputation as an artist, author and government engineer, and is so versatile that his material is ever abundant. On hearing that the Lee ture Association had secured him, President Angell was delighted and said, "I consider him one of the most versatile and entertaining men I have ever met. It has always seemed wonderful to me that a man could engineer the building of our greatest government lighthouses a't three