St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-30
MAY Be A LIBEL SUIT.
GROWING OUT or ATTEMPT TO GUST
A PROFESSOR.
THE STUDENTS TAKING SIDES.

Coiors-Arranging to Organize
Uniyer Boat Ciub-The
Junior Glass Will Plant Tree
With Ceremonies-Wha the
Fraternities Are Doing.
The Ariel, the university weekly, re-
Gently made an attack in its editorial
columns upon Mr.. Foote. who ''does" the
state institution for the Penny Press, of
Minneapolis. The trouble arose over
an article which appeared some time
since in the Penny Press, and which as
serted that there was conspiracy on
foot 70 oust Prof. Maria Sanford, one OF
the most able teachers i'll the college.
Mr.. Foote has given notice to Alexander
w. Caldwell. managing editor of the
Ariel, who, by the by, is well-knoWn
graduate of the St. Paul high school,
that he must retract or the paper will be
sued for the libelous article.
The students who were not in the
plot TO depOse Miss Sanford, and mum.
Der of the Ariel board, have adopted
resolutions and in other ways shown
that they agree with MIR. Fo0te. Added
interest is given owing to the fact that
Mr.. Foote is a member of Sigma Chi
fraternity, while Mr.. Caldwell is cred
itt,i 9th having prudge against the
"f.-.s" of the institution, being a
''bs,b' himself.
The Choral union has been holding
daily rehearsalS during the week, pre-
pairing for the concerts to be given May
in st. Paul and May in Minneapolis.
Great interest is stirred up on all sides.
and there is every prospect that these
concerts will be the musical event OF
the season in the Twin Cities. The
faculty will attend tile Minneapolis con-
cert in budy.
The base ball game with Manchester
on the varsity campus lasted only five
innings. the gu" winning by score
of 81 too.
Miss Dickinson entertained the soph-
omores last Saturday. The evening
was giveIl up to games and charades,
with supper as the climax.
Next Saturday the junior class will
hold special open air exercises. to plant
class tree On the campus. 1t is GUS
tomary for each class to have some
monument of its existence at the uni
verSity, and the class of '95 has decided
upon this means of commemOrating
itself. The programme on this occa-
sion will consist OF speeches by MEM
herS of the faculty and orationS, poems
and songs given by members of the
class.
Promotions in the military depart.
ment during the past week are Cadet
Sergeant Lindman to be cadet sergeant
major, vice Sterling. promoted; Cadet
Sergeant Breeding promoted to first SER
geant Company B. vice Slussen, re-
signed.
The matter of organizing a university
boat crew is being enthusiastically agi-
lated. Two large mass meetings to dis
cuss the subject were held during the
past week. and the sentiment OF the
students today is almost unanimous in
favoring the plan. The outcome of the
meetings has been the organization of
the University of Minnesota Boat CLUB,
the members OF which will endeaYor to
carry the matter through. The Lulr-
line Boat club, of Minneapolis, have.
kindly offered the boys the use of
their house, coach and apparatus. At
tempts will be made to get crew III
condition this summer in time to race
with the U of Wisconsin. g
On June 3 the agricultural school
will commenced special term in dairy
ing and domestic economy. This course.
is for women, and if the experiment
receives sufficient patronage it will be
made permanent. The department will
be under Miss Juneta s. Shepherd. Hi'
Tuesday evening last Prof. Sanford's
rhetoric classes gave literary enter
tainment to their friends. The1speakers
of the occasion were NJ. White, Miss
Marion Craig, Mr.. Schuager. MIR. HOdg-
son, Mr.. Case. Miss Plumuier, MIR.
Gould aud Mr.. Beaver.
An interesting meeting Of the Ger
man Conversation club was held Friday
evening.
Last Monday the second election of
ri Beta Kappa occurred. Those receiv-
ing the honor in the senior class were
Miss Hope Mcdonald, Miss Roberta
Pratt. MesSrS. +. B. Sumner and Z. S.
Shepherd.
The annual competitive drill for the
holfor in the military department known
as the Glenn medal will .oscur Wednes-
day, May 2, at the noon nodr. The four
different companies have been holding
contests during the pas. week to select
their respective champions, who will
strive to WIN the medal for his company
on the date mentioned.
L. r. Brown has been elected presi-
dent of the Hermean Literary society
for the balance of the spring term.
The catalogue for 1894 will be issued
about May 10.
WITH THE GREEKS.
Phi Kappa Psi will entertain IFS
friends with musical this evening at
the chapter house.
Lumah c. Simons, '96. was initiated
into Delta Upsilon last. Saturday night.
Monday. May z, will be the twentieth
anniversary of the founding of Alpha
Nu chapter of Chi Psi. and on the even
ing of that date The active members,
together with the alumni OF the North
west, will have swell reception and
banquet III commemOratiOn of the event.
The banquet will occur at the parlors of
the new Minneapolis Commercial club,
and it is expected that it will be the
largest fraternity gathering of the year.
The annual banquet OF the active
members and alumni of Theta Delta
Chi Will be held in the parlors OF the
West hotel OIL May IL.
Messrs. Morris and Mattison will rep
resent the local chapter OF Alpha Delta
Phi at the fraternity convention which
will be held at Cleveland May 16 and II.
Delta Kappa Epsilon will give Ger
man at the Town and Country clut
house in st. Paul Monday evening.
George Fowler, '96. entertained the
members OF Delta U at his home Friday
evening. The occasion was his twenty
first birthday. .
Prof. Chauncey McClain, of the "U''
of Iowa law department, has been
spending the last week In Minneap-
oils He was given a reception Friday
evening by the members of Beta Theta
Pi, at the home of r. Nj. Thompson. -
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