The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-01

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 2l.-Thert
are nearly 100 different organizations
among the students at the University
of Michigan. There are clubs, societies
and organizations for almost every con
ceivablc purpose. Every different in
tcrest has its organizations; each class
and there are % Of them in the uni
yersity-has its own set of officers; and
every important idea is represented by
an association of some kind.
The Athletic Association.
The most far reaching and compli-
Gated of these organizations is the Ath-
Ietic association. This has to do with
the athletic matters of the entire uni
versity. Within the organization, how
ever, are several suborganizations The
varsity football team has its own Off
GERS the baseball team its own, also the
track team and the several reserve
teams. The tennis players choose their
own managers and captains, and SO do
the different class mines, clevens and
track teams. But the main association
exercises a certain general supervision
over all and gives special attention to
the varsity teams.
One of the Largest.
The Students Lecture association has
very large membership because every
body purchasing lecture course ticket
is a member and entitled To vote at the
annual elections. The association fur
nishcs each year n course Of eight or
nine entertainments at a nominal cost.
Ii is among the oldest of the student
organizations, having been in existence
A years.
OrntoricnI Association.
The oratorical interest of the stu
dents finds expression through the Ora
torical association. This organization
supcrviscs the annual contests and de-
bates among the students Of the liter
airy and law departments, also arranges
for the intercollegiate meets, both in
,oratory and debating.
womcn's League.
The mission of the Womcn's league
is to look after the women students.
TO see that they are not lost in the bus
tie and hurry of student life. 1T
interests itself more particularly in
their social sides.
Musical Organizations.
There are several musical organiza-
tons at the university. Chief among
these are the Choral union, the Univer
sity Musical society and the univer-
sity of Michigan band. The first ar
ranges yearly course of musical enter
tainmcnts and manages the annual
May festival. The second concerns it.
self with the musical interests of the
university in n general way, and the
third furnishes the thunder for ali cele-
brations, athletic contests and student
demonstrations. The Varsity Glee,
Banjo and Mandolin clubs also lend
their aid to many public occasions.
Then there are the class glce and banjo
clubs and the musical organizations of
the engineering department.
Christian Association.
The religious life OF the students
finds expression through the Students
Christian association and the Univer-
sity Y. NJ. c. A. Membership in the
first is open to all students and in the
second only to the young men. The
one has an enrolment of $50 and the
other of about 900. The Student Vol
unteer band furnishes recruits for the
home and foreign mission field.
Good Government.
The purpose of the Good Government
club can be inferred from its name
Each year it gives series of lectures
by prominent public men upon ques-
tons of vital Importance.
All for Charity.
The Fruit and Flower mission is n
charitable organization. It's members
visit the sick in the university hospitals
and do what they can to make the pa
tents stay less dreary and lonesome.
The hospital circle of the Kings Daugh-
tcrs has very similar mission,
except that il goes further in the
work and in extreme eases renders
financial aid. The Homeopathic Hos
pital guild also assistsncedy patients.
Military.
Quite different in purpose from any
of the preceding organizations is the
University of Michigan rifles. This had
its birth in the intense feeling existing
at the time of the Spanish-American
war. OF late IL has not been very dem
onstrativc.
Theatrical.
The students whose hobbies arc the
atricals find expression for their bend
OF mind in the Comedy club and the
University Of Michigan Minstrel troupe.
During the last six months both Of
these organizations have appeared be-
fore the footlights and received the APP
plause of the students.
Masonic Club.
A u. of NJ. masonic club exists for
those instructors and professors who
are masons. Very similar to the ma
sonic order are the Greek-letter fra
ternities. OF these there are 90 or more
Most of the fraternities have their own
chapter houses, in which the members
live while in college. Then there are
eight sorosities, which arc simply fra
ternities for the women students.
Political.
Even politics furnishes O, basis for
several organizations. The U. of NJ.
Republican club has n larpe member