Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-10
ARE DOWN TO WORK
The Students at Ann Arbor
Are Ready
FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR
Not Many Changes in the Faeul,y-The
Students Lecture Course-Foot
Ball Notes.

ANN ARBoR, Oct. 9.-The hurry and
hustle of opening week at the univer-
s,ty Is over. The freshman has begun
TO find out where he is at. and the old
timer has gotten his work 50 well sys-
rematised that he can contemplate .
run To Ypsilanti any evening, or even
q tnp down to Detroit, rs = little re-
taxation from his arduous duties.
The number of faculty changes this
year are noticeably less than hereto
fore. In the literary department
Asaph Hall. Jr., of the National OBJ
servatory at Washington, has been APP
pointed professor Of astronomy, filling
the vacancy left by Prof. Harrington.
now head of the u. ). Weather Bureau.
Israel q. Russell, of the q. 5. Geologi-
cal Survey, fills the chair OF the late
DR.. Winchell. DR.. ID. +. Spencer. of
Wisconsin university, becomes acting
assistant professor of history, IN the
place OF Prof. Hudson, absent IN
Europe. The department of econom-
lcs experiences the greatest change.
Old courses have been rearranged and
new courses introduced. An assistant
professorship has been created and
Prof. +. NJ. Taylor, of Albion college,
called TO the cnalr. Two instructors
have also been appointed, increasing
the teaching force in this department
TO four. The object of the reform is
to give graduate students All oppor-
tunlty to specialize IN the study Of
economics. Several additional in
structors have been appointed IN the
language departments, materially in
creaslng the whole corps of teachers.
In the medical department. Prof. How
ell resigns from the chair of physiology
TO accept a similar position at Har-
ward.
The Students Lecture association
Will offer the usual .-annual course of
lectures IN University ball. The fol-
loving eminent orators and lecture rs
have been engaged: Thomas B. Reed,
eX-speaker of the house, Will deliver a
political non-partisan address; the
Hon. w. l.. Wilson of West Virginia, q
political non-partlsan address the
Hon. Henry Natterson will lecture on
Money and Morals;" Prof. Fiske of
Harvard, subject: alexander Hamil-
tom" the Rev. Emil Hirsch, professor
of Semitic languages, Chicago Univer-
sity, Contributions of Semitic Lam
guage and literature to Christian Civil
zatlon;" the Rev. Lyman Abbott of New
York and Marshall p. Wilder, humor-
ist. The course, it is expected, will be-
gin November with All address by
Col. Robert Ingersoll.
Football continues to boom. The
number of candidates for the team in
creases daily, and they are undergoing
a hard and systematic course of train
ing. After a half hours practice IN
passing the hall and kicking, two elev-
ems lined up Tuesday for steady field
work. The elevens play daily with in
creased quickness and vim, but the
ball is fumbled too much, SAYS Coach
Barbour. Tie value OF the daily prac-
tice of the past three weeks in falling
on the ball becomes apparent in its
quick recovery. but the men have hard
work TO DO before the all eventful
game with Cornell, November "a.
An event of note IN musical circles
was the recital given Thursday even
ing by the faculty of the new School of
Music. The large audience room in
Newberry hall was filled with the elite
of the city and of the student body.