J UOCKLS, professor Hastings Is kept busy these days In taking physical exam inations. Electrical onglnoors aro called to cet In Professor Owon's lecturo room 1 7-3O P. m- on Saturday, October 2. Professor Wallaco of tho propara tory school, roporta that 108 students nro now taking work In his department. It has been too warm this week for the young women to practice In basket Mil, so tho play on tho campus Is necessarily dolaycd. Tho telcscopo which belongs In tho ..,-nnnmv observatory, with now Im provements, Is expected by Professor Seeicy una wuuk. The University law school opens Oc--ki,f i. A number of tho law students 4rc back, making all necessary ar rangements and getting reauy ior work. nnrt Robblns will leave Sunday morning for Henderson, la., to attend .i. wPildliiK of his cousin, fliiss ju-va Paul, formerly a student of this Uni versity, to Dr. Craig. On last Monday 240 students had registered In Professor Caldwell's de partment, which greatly exceeds tho registration In that department last rear. There were then only 170 stud ents. The following Is tho result of tho election for oulcers by the U. B. D. C on last Saturday evening: President, George linger; vice president, John Plowhead; secretary, Brookings, attor neys, Everett and Pope; scrgeants-at-arms, Otto William Meier. Miss Whiting has 230 students al ready In her third year of English lit erature. There are four divisions of about equal size, although it tooV; sev eral stern commands to force students into the 12 o'clock division. The unusually large number of students seen on the campbus Wednes day morning at chapel time was due to the fact that the Nebraska Irriga tion association occupied tho chapel at that hour. ClasYames-are being talkcC.aU ready, and it Is the desire of Professor Hastings to have these games early in the season before the other regular University games. In this way men who show good ability in class games will serve as material for the first team. On Wednesday night sixteen appli cants for positions on the Glee club faced Director Kimball at the conser vatory and underwent an examina tion. The places to be filled are four first tenors and four second basses. The results of the examination have cot yet been announced. The V. M. C. A. will meet as usual next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock In Dellan hall. The meeting will be led by It. W. Thatcher. There will be plenty of good music and a number of ihort talks. All young men in the University are Invited. A special in vitation is extended to young men who Lave entered the University this year. W. T. Schwartz has become "too rtrons" to get out and practice every night and has quit the practice field. Too mu h work," be says. Clarky Thomas Is now coaching Wesinyun and Is trying hard to ar range a kcrles of three games with the Vanity team. Charley seems anxious to repeat his Doane perform- aw-e vs. the state three years ago. A garp with the Kansas City Med l will undoubtedly be arranged. .Negotiations aro now pending. Man ager Oury is worlilsig bard to arrange an eastern trip, but doubts aro enter tained a to such a possibility. If ihte ia ... . .-Mn I. Af.A SMilnnrri IB IJI1 UUIl'l.U. I, .Win; ll luc w...w0w auditorium wlfrbc arranged between the champion of the Western and Mid dle West Intercollegiate leagues. Clay Clement will be at the Funkc Olera house a week from tomorrow, October 31. Mr. Clement Is a Phi Kappa Psl, and last year the local chapter entertained him royally. New Arrival Are tho sororities In fighting trim? 01(1 Ktixlonf T ntintllrl RtlV SO. Tilt Kappas have cstlve members and two dog carts, while the Deltas have active and a street car. HLAMNI Miss J. Bollo Corbln is now teaching school at Lltchflold, Nob. Chas. Mousol, law '97, Is now deputy treasurer of Frontier county. II. S. Baker, '97, has returned to tho University and will tako post wotk. Lawronco Packard, who graduated last year, and "Doe" Everett havo left for Chicago to attend tho Northwestorn Medical college. Ray P. Teolo returned Monday from Tabor, Iowa, whore ho was present at the burial of his mother, who died at Sioux Falls, S. D. Miss Anna FoBslor left Thursday for Champagno, 111., whoro sho has Bo cured a position as library nsslstant under Miss Jones. Paul Plzoy, n graduate of tho Uni versity in '93 and of tho law school In '95, wns in tho city InBt weok and spent somo time on tho campus. Will Hayward, of tho law class of '90, has returned and will do some work In Amcrlcnn history and polit ical science. Ho will also endeavor to get a place on tho football team. Will is captain of company C, Second regi ment, and will probably go to Nash ville, Tenn., with tho governor's staff October 8. E. C. Ames. '96, loft last Friday for Denver and other Colorado points. While there ho will visit Pike's Peak and tho Loup In Clear Creek canon. He will also attend tho carnival of mountain and plain, held at Denver during the first week of October. Mr. Ames will return In time to continue his studies in the law school, which opens October 5. He was accom panied by H. W. Robinson, a former student of this University, but now attending the Michigan law school at Ann Arbor. SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES. Charles Cake, Sigma Cht, from Dart mouth, has entered the law school. Thursday night Kappa Sigma initi ated Harry F. Gage, '98, and Jesse C. McNlsh, 01, Fremont. The Delta Gamma sorority gave a swimming party at the Sanitarium Saturday morning, September 25. Miss Clara Hammond entertained the members of the Kappa Kappa .Gama. fraternity, at, her. hpoFWday evening. The Kappa Alpha Theta, sorority gave an Informal reception Saturday afternoon, September 25, at Mrs. Fling's residence, 1044 H street. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Initiated four new members last Saturday even ing. The Initiates were E. T. Chapln, Paul Weeks. A. S. Pearse. and Carl Frlcke. Miss Nell Randall will represent the Nebraska chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at their convention which meets next week at Madison. Wis. Miss Emily Weeks will accompany her. They will leave Sunday. FORMER STUDENTS E. E. Bovee has resumed college work after a year's absence. E. C. Dodge, formerly of '99, who has been in absentia for two years, is back In college again. Miss Myrtle Brown came up from Hastings to spend a few days with her chum, Miss Ora Howard. Snowden Summers, a former Uni versity student, is now filling a good position on the Chicago Tribune. Clyde Lloyd, Beta Theta PI, a for mer student, visited with University friends and members of his fraternity last week. George Wilson of Columbus, who was called home by the fatal accident of his father, will be unable to con tinue his work in the University this year. DEATH OF GEORGE HELLIER. University people were surprised Tuesday to bear of the death of George Hellier, '00, of Nebraska City. It was known that his health had been rap idly failing, and In consequence be left the University early last year. Quick consumption was, the cause of his death. Alpha Epsllon chapter of Sigma Cbl fraternity, of which Mr. Hellier was a member, have passed the following resolutions: Whereas, Alpha Epsllon 'learns of the death of Brother George Hellier, and Whereas, Again the members of Alpha Epsllon stand as a band of mourners at tho portal of a brother's tomb. The decease of Georgo Hellier has filled our hearts with a sonso of lasting and lrroparablo loss. Known to us all by his gonial manners and unfailing loyalty, ho has over been among those whom wo most loved and honored; and now that ho lies among our fallen ones, It is well that our ben ediction of peace should follow him unto tho lifu uluniul, But his llfo stands as its own best memorial, and our words, however earnest, only mar Us symmetry, In tho sllonco of each heart lot his eulogy bo spoken, and in our increased devo tion to all tho Interests of Sigma Chi let hla memory bo perpetuated. Resolved, That each member of this chapter drape his pin and wear it as a badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions bo Bent to' tho parents of our deceased brother and a copy bo spread upon our chapter records, and that a copy bo sent to each of tho college pa pors, and that a copy bo printed In tho Sigma Chi Quarterly. WILL L. HALSTEAD, L, II. EWART, V. P. SHELDON, Commlttco. Whltnoy's Gcrmnn dictionary, for merly $2.50, is now soiling at tho Co-Op. for $1.40. C. L. Spencer will be found on Satur day behind the counters of Bumstcad & Tuttle's furnishing store. The Co-Op. has received a new con signment of embossed University let terhead tablets, envelopes, etc. For Ice cream soda and school sup plies call on Cowlcs & Grlevlsh, Tenth and Q streets. Nebraska College of Oratory. Y. M. C. A. Building, Lincoln, Neb. Practical courso in Voico Building, Dramatic anil Lyric Art and Forensic Oratory. Faculty oxperioncod instructors, grad uates of Boston College of Oratory. Coct c! Courco in reach of every in dustrous student. Send for Free Catalogue. Fall Term opened September T6th, 1897. H. W. BROWN, Druggist. Beaks and Stationery, College Text Books. And a complete stock of Standard and Miscellaneous Books. 127 SO. ELEVENTH ST. 41 " tUts m vmhiv J1ANDDL1NS GuitarsBanjos. The Washburn is the one and only make of world-wide reputation. 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