Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-08
College Items.

It is announced that the University Boat club has made arrangements for the production of Gounods Faust" next spring by company comprising the best local talent The rehearsas to be commenced very under the direction of MT. Thomas G. Shepard The management of properties, costuming and other important details in the hands of New York professional and the orchestra it is expected will be large and composed of competent New York musicians. The piece will for three nights the 17th 18th and 18th of April, at Carls Opera House. It seems large undertaking to bring cut such an opera as Faust" but the singers who will take the leading parts have all had considerable experience and one of the gentlemen has made this opera study for several years and the chorus will be well drilled by Mir. Shepard. The enterprise is in every way worthy of large support and it is pretty to get it.
 The term bills are out and the usual complaints about gas bills are heard every hand.
 Dr. Newman Smyth will address the y. M. c. A. next Sunday evening.
 The junior English optional class will have a writ ten examination in s'King Lear' and the t'Fairy Queen." and an oral examination in Macbeth"
 Owing to the illness of MT. Wheeler, of the Scen- tfc school, all exercises in German postponed until further notice.
 canvasser for the Yale book is in the field.
 The Williams alumni are to have grand dinner in New York on the 2Sth
 The Princeton Glee club to make tour of the Western States in the spring.
 The literary and professional departments of Mich igan university have football contests
 Williams students complain of a lack of public lit erary exercises.
 considerable number of students are now absent from Brown account of illness
 Military Matters-The Horse Guards' Fair.
 large number of the veteran members of the Horse Guards visited the fair, now in progress, last evening. They included many prominent citizens, and the occasion was one of special interest also on account of the old ! fashioned New England supper which was l provided by the ladies, and which could not be surpassed. The viands were served by | ladies attired in the old continental costumes, who were attended by gentlemen in like cos l tunes. This feature added much to the bril- | liancy of the scene. The ladies thus attired \ were Mrs. w. H. Farnham, Mrs. w. Burr l Hall, Mrs. D. A. Blakeslee, Mrs. l.. Luding 1 ton, Mrs. F. F. Brown, Mrs. T. T. Bright, Mrs. H. Hartley, Mrs. T. M. Cooley and Misses 1 Belle Wing, Addie Edwards, Flora Hull and Katie Pomeroy. Music and gaiety reigned 1 The armory was very attractively decorated and along the sides were tables covered with ! fancy articles, and there were more costly ! specialties which are to be drawn by chance ! such as a moss rose chine tea set, a fine chamber set and beau tiful sword. The tea set is sold by chances, l each purchaser ot @ decorated egg on 8
 Christmas tree receiving chance, the eggs
 being handsomely adorned, and many hand
 painted by Mrs. L. Ludington and Miss ! Flora Hull. The sword was purchased
 yesterday of the Ames Sword company in ! Chicopee, Mass, by Corporal Howard, who
 formerly was engaged in that establishment.
 It is to be awarded to the military officer re-
 ceiving the most votes, and is for an infantry
 officer. Accompanying are both sword and
 field scabbard and belt. The voting for
 the sword is lively. There is dancing each
 evening, with music by Srteit's Second regi-
 ment band orchestra; and supper again this evening.
 The voting for the sword last evening re-
 suited in Captain Loomis of the Light Guard
 getting twenty three votes and Captain Morse l of the Foot Guard three