St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-09
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE UNIVERSITY.
Arrangement Of Recitations---Se-
cret Society Gossip.

Over one hundred new students have
already. applied for admission to the
university, and should the second week
furnish as large per cent proportion
ally as last year, the freshmen will be
able to adopt the chestnutic phrase:
"Our class Is the largest ever in the
university" The high school diplomas
will be received tomorrow, and by the
middle of the week it is expected the
bulk of new students will be in. The
faculty held meeting yesterday morn
ing in the Office and voted to have two
daily sessions for one term at least. A
trial this plan has been forced upon
the Management by the increasing de-
mand for more subjects to be
taught, and the great distance
between the buildings which pre-
vents students from going to one class
room from another in the time allowed
between recitations. Every professor
would have been glad to retain the old
plan, if by any possible arrangement
the classes could have been accommo-
dated.
As it is now, there will be four hours
IN the morning, beginning at s O'Clock,
with chapel sandwiched in as an extra
from 1850 to 1920. The recitation
periods will be fifty minutes each, with
ten minutes between the fourth hour,
will thus end at IL: 10. Fifty minutes
are then allowed for noon. The fifth
hour will begin at o'clock and con-
time fifty minutes, with ten minutes
intermission as in the morning. Drill
will come the eighth and last hour from4
to $50. The bulk of the Rotations will
come the I'd, Sd, 4th and 5th hours. i. e.
from 9 a. m. till p. N. The advantages
over the old plan are that the fifth hour
classes will be fresh from dinner. and
not furnishing half the hour and wish
ing the other half that the hour was up.
1t is quite apparent, too, that more can
be accommodated in seven hours (omit-
ting drill h0ur) than in five. so that no
matter what the objections to the two
session plan it is very evident that bet
ter health, better lessons and better
satisfaction all around will be the result
of yesterdays vote.
THE SOCIETY MEN.
The Chi Psis have had their chapter
house repalnted.
The Delta Taus will remain at their
commodiOus quarters on Fifteenth ave-
hue.
The literary societies will not meet
until week from Monday night. The
Phi Kappa Psis have demonstrated that
'living at home" is not failure, by az
ranging to continue the club in eonnec-
ton with their chapter house. The
Theta Phis will have a chapter house
at 625 and the Kappa Kappa Gammas at
623 Fifteenth avenue southeast. This
makes four chapter houses on Fifteenth
avenue within two blocks, the other
two being Delta Tan at SIT and Phi Psi
at 62S.
The Delta GammaS will enjoy Mrs.
Vests home on Sixth street during her
absence in Europe.
The Kappa Alpha Thetas have not
yet engaged their rooms.
Sigmi Chi will have chapter house
on Seventh street southeast, near Four
teenth avenue.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Miss Annie Guthrie, who has been
visiting in Ohio, has returned, and is
assisting <. G. Babcock in the CON-
mittee work of securing rooms for
students.
The S. G. A. will hold its usual recep-
ton to new students some evening
during this week. 1t will be the pur-
pose of the reception to get the new
students acquainted with each other
and with as many old students as wish
to aid in making the new students feel
at home. Attractive music will be fur
nished and a few short talks made by
pleasing speakers.
The coliseum will be the scene of
rare feast for Scandinavians to-day.
Prof. Lektor Paul Peter Waldenstrom,
a member of the Scandinavian parlia-
ment, and the "SpurgeOn of Scandlna-
vIa," will address those assembled to
hear him. in his mother tongue, morn
ing, afternoon and evening.