The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
STATE UNIVERSITY NOTES.

=. The Psi Epsilon fraternity will have a ma
tonal convention In Minneapolis the first
week IN May There will be two hundred
and fifty. delegates. The Psi U. will give a
ball at the armory the first Tuesday in May
80. me iavorite topic for essays in the rhetori.
utude In the Cuban Question"
Ihe bi-metalists Of the university are agi-
tating their cause and debates of both par
ues are In progress. Not little interest
was aroused by Mr.. O'Brian's lecture Tues
day evening.
The seniors met and decided on the invt.
tadons to be used for commencement. It
formance Of the class play besides the one
to be given In the evening.
Now. when the green is on the campus
and doors stand open to the cool sweep Of
spring air. the seniors have seen fit to robe
themselves in the black gown and wear the
square cap. One has not the slightest dif.
nculty now In recognizing the more INTEL
lectual senior from the awe-inspiring fresh.
man.
The Scandinavian Literary society is one
OF the most interesting Of the university. As
charge OF the department, gives the society
considerable OF his personal attention, and
has given 1t many lectures on material gain
ed from his trips to Europe.
Fraulein Anna Schon, former teacher
OF German at the university. who was given
q years leave Of absence for the purpose
OF studying at Heidelberg and Berlin. has
resigned her position here Her sister, Frau
lein Ida Schon, who has been in charge
Of her classes during her absence. will now,
IN al! probability, continue in the position
held by her.
The seniors in the college of mechanical
engineering. under the direction of Prof. H
e: Smith, expect to make a test of ten-
R RIs,,n IRE freight locomotive class b. on the
week. The locomotive will be indicated un-
der varying conditions of speed, position OF
link. during the run from La Crosse to St
Paul.
At the meeting Of the regents. the action Of
the faculty in adopting a new civic course OF
studies was ratified without change. DR..
Francis McVey is now assistant professor OF
political science Instructor Nicholson was
made assistant professor OF chemistry.
DR.. Smith, of St. Paul, pastor of the Peo-
pies church, is giving course OF lectures in
sociology in the Political Science club. DR..
Smith has invited the class to go to Saltwater
to visit the state prison. Special rates have
been secured and stop-over will be had at
White Bear. Dinner will be taken at the
prison. The class Is large. and all are likely
to take advantage Of the opportunity to go to
Saltwater
While Prof. Breda was in Scandinavia last
summer he selected a number of the choicest
books of the countries and has succeeded in
having them become the property of the
library. There are over hundred in al,
the books are: American Antiquities, !"
bearing on the discovery of America One on
rock carving along the Swedish coast which
are attributed to the bronze age, sets OF
the principle works in old Swedish literature.
The Revelations OF Saint Birgitta,' a set
OF old Swedish laws, a collection OF songs
in the Farce Gslands) dialect Sets of
1ce.andic sagas. Prof. Breda's idea was to
complete the old Swedish collection. There
are also important Dictionaries one of the
poetic language of the ancient Morse Iitera-
ture in Icelandic and Latin, a Swedish ana
also a Danish dialect dictionary.
The next issue of the Minnesota Magazine
will be out May 20. and will contain articles
as follows: Robert Burns by Edwin SIo-
cum; The Three" (poems), by Myra Wren:
The Force of Circumstances" by Amy Will
Jams; Summer at the Sea Shore" by Sarah
st. Bouster; poem by Ben Hayes Nelson,
.1ndividualism and Socialism," by Ethel
Graves, and a poem by Mr.. Bugge. The May
number of the magazine will contain an
article written especially for it by Congress-
man j. F. McCleary.