Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-03

Increased Attendance at the
University
FOOTBALL is ALL The RAGE
Mienigan Eleven After the Western
League championship-Schs of
Games 10 be Played.

ANY AEBoR, Oct i.--Ststements and
figures gwen out by the university au-
thoriues here render il possible 10 form
an estimate upon this years attend
ance. IL J. stated that the number OF
registrations up 10 date represent an IN
crease OF Is per cent over the number
that had registered last year at this
time. Correspondence relative To the
entrance Of new pupils have been pour
ing in sll summer and It is believed
that there will he An increase OF from
300 to 500 new students. THIS places
the probable attendance for the coming
year at 5000. Ii Is not believed that
the opening OF the new Chicago uni
verslty will materially AFFECT the at
tendance here.
Every train brings IN . load Of
students, and the town is rapidly filing
up. Today the university opens IN all
departments.
OF all the arrivals up to date the two
Chinese boys. Rom Blu and Wong him
Doc, attract the most attention. The
university has enrolled students from
England. Germany, Ireland, Sweden,
syria, Japsn and the Hawaiian
Islands, but these are the first from the
Celestial empire. In fact. they are the
first Chinese legally admitted TO this
country since the passage OF the exclu-
sion act. They have doffed the gay
silk robes OF their native land, aud now
60 about in "'Mellcan" garb. attended
by the missionary who conducted them
over from China.
An absolute new feature OF the uni
verslty this year is the school OF music.
The school opened for the registration
of pupils Monday. Twenty-Five en-
rolled the first day and the number Is
steadily increasing. The school
will have accommodation for
400 pupils. 1t is located in
three large rooms in Newberrg
hall Cthe Students Christian associa-
ton buildingl opposite the main build
ing of the university.
Apropos of the Students Christian
ASSOCIATION il is to be remarked that
| this BODY is even more active than
usual. The association has undertaken
religious census OF the students.
Every one entering the stewards Office
| is given a printed slip with a blank
L cpuCt lOI
or preference. This is the first time
| systematic effort has been made to
ascertain the religious complexion of
the university. Pastors of the various
churches will be furnished with a list
| of students preferring their particular
creed, and II IS believed that the relig-
ious welfare Of the young men and
| women, temporary residents of the
L ctt ,,Ii ho a NV, rod for
Among upperciass-men the subject
most discussed Just now is foot ball.
| Strenuous efforts are being made to
| give this sport n boom. A score of men
| have been practicing for the last two
| weeks for the 'Nerslty Eleven. Man
ager Griffin and Captain Dygert have
been busy all the past summer and the
result of their efforts appears in the
| hiring of an experienced and efficient
coach and in the arrangement of a
series of games, 10 be played this
season.
The new football coach is T. f. Bar
bour, Yale graduate. He played
| with Yale's victorious eleven for three
wears. He has the prsctlcing athletes
well in hand and will develop strong
team.
| The schedule of games TO be played
this season includes the following: oc-
tober S. played st home, with Oberlln;
| October 10, with University of Wiscon-
sin; October II, University Of Mime
| sofa. at Minneapolis; October 21, with
De Pauw university, ut Lafayette. Ind.
October 29. With Northwestern unIver-
s.ty. at Chicago; November 5. nj homa,
| probably with Abion; November 3,
with Cornell, at Utica, Y. Y; Novem-
ber -, with Lehigh, either at Toledo
or Ann Arbor; November 10, gene on
the home grounds; November 24, with
| Cornell at Detroit.
The Michigan eleven is after the
western league championship. The
Wisconsin game, the second game
played. will be momentuous event,
forWjsconsiu Is the strongest team -
be met in the west. The Cornell game
1T Detroit, however. Is already looked
forward 10 as the event Of note for the
coming season.