find occasional use for them. For the last twenty years my chief business has been fruit raising. It was my fortune to be present at the "Convention under the Oaks," at Jackson, Mich., July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was organized and named. Have never been a politician, but take a rather lively interest in politics. Have rather neglected classical studies, but have kept my mathematics tolerably bright. Many years ago I discovered a curious process for determining a maximum or minimum. It is of no special value, as the same end is gained more simply by differentials, and it probably is not new, though I have never seen any mention or account of it. I published some examples of it some years ago in the Am. Math. Monthly. I also discovered a process by which in certain cases a maximum or minimum can be found by means of an imaginary root. I never supposed it to be new, and I learned from Prof. Olney that it is described in an obsolete algebra which I have never seen. Since my visit at the Commencement of 1895, I have regretted that I did not learn something more definite about the Literary Societies. Are the Phi Phi Alpha and the Alpha Nu still the only such societies, and is their membership confined to the literary department. Do they still pursue the policy of sustaining society libraries? I was disappointed in 1895 in meeting almost none of those I had known as students. Is Prof. Ten Brook well and living in Ann Arbor? If so please give him my kindest regards. I send in a separate inclosure my photograph and a little illprinted pamphlet which represents the amusement of the leisure of some years. I could not furnish anything worth the attention of the public, but will be glad to hear from you at your convenience. My health is excellent for a man of 74. Very respectfully, EDMUND FISH. Do you hear occasionally from survivors of the classes of '46 and '47? [Prof. Ten Brook is still living in Ann Arbor. The Palladium of 1861-2 records the death of the Phi Phi Alpha society on Friday, November 1st, 1861, at 9 o'clock p. m. Her property was handed down to the Adelphi, which still exists. Alpha Nu is also still in existence and ooth societies have recently taken on a new lease of life.-EDITOR.] SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS. Last month our readers were requested to send to the General Secretary as many names and correct addresses of graduates of the University as possible. Blanks were inclosed for reply. Of about one thousand names and addresses sent in response to this request, over seven hundred were addresses not on file in the Secretary's office. The value of this information cannot be over estimated, and to fill out such a list is one of the easiest and, at the same time, one of the most effective ways in which our readers can serve the University and the Association at this time. * The news which has recently come, of the death of W. L. McCauley at Rochester, N. Y., has made a deep impression upon the many friends of the man who served our foot-ball interests so faithfully during the years he was employed as coach. Mr. McCauley was a graduate of Princeton, where ATHLETICS. his foot-ball record attracted the attention of our managers, and he was employed to coach the teams of '94 and '95. He was always earnest, enthusiastic and loyal in his work, displaying those characteristics which endear a man to the men with whom he comes in contact. Michigan will long treasure his name and memory. * Again the collection of Alumni photographs has been materially increased. This time, Mr. William Brown, 70, has contributed a complete collection of the photographs of his class. The Association is also indebted to Mr. F. N. Scott for photographs of the Class of '84. THE UNIVERSTIY. On the 26th of March the baseball candidates, who had already been limbering up out at the Athletic field, played the first regular practice game of the season and thus afforded the best opportunity for getting a more definite idea of the makeup of the eleven. The benefits of the indoor work were at once seen in the way the men went at the ball when it was pitched. It is certain that Michigan will be strong in this department this year. Nine innings were played and the score stood thirteen to eight in favor of the 'Varsity at the end of the game. The playing was fast for so early in the season and all the thirty-five candidates are in good shape for hard work. The list of pitchers is a formidable one in length at least and although most of the candidates for this potion are young, they are doing very well. Sawyer of last year's team is incapacitated by a broken collar-bone, but Miller, last season's mainstay in the box, is rounding to in good form. The most prominent candidates for the position besides Miller are German, Mc Ginnis, Greenwald, Witt and Scott. behind the bat Lunn will be found in his old position. Then there are McGee, Hovey, Thompson and Mohr to help him out. Condon will hold down first for the second year but the two new men Day and Crafts are doing very well. If Heard, the star of last year's team, who is now a senior medic, can find time to play he will be a fixture at second base, but there are Cooley and Bannon to help out if necessary. There is a splendid rivalry for the other two infield positions and it is hard to tell who the lucky men will be. Wolff, last season's shortstop is playing a good game at third as is Goodyear at short. Other men who will make a bid for the same positions are Ballard, Bishop, Gilbert, a freshman from California, Dowling, formerly of the University of Nebraska, Loud, Fox and Con verse. On April 1st a series of twelve practice games with the Bay City State league team begins. It is expected that the men will gain valuable experience in this way. Lowney, Michigan's crack short stop of two years ago, is the manager of the Bay City team, and will assist in the coaching. The schedule is not entirely made out yet, but the following games will probably be played; beginning with the spring trip during the April vacation: April 10-Illinois at Champaign. April 21-Wisconsin at Madison. April 23-Northwestern at Evanston. April 30 Northwestern at Ann Arbor. May 7-Illinois at Champaign. May 11-Chicago at Ann Arbor. May 18-Wisconsin at Ann Arbor. May 21-Illinois at Champaign. May 28-Chicago at Chicago. May 30-Wisconsin at Madison. June 4- Northwestern at Ann Arbor. June 11-Chicago at Detroit. The annual 'Varsity indoor meet was held Saturday afternoon and evening, March 19, in the Waterman gymnasium. On the whole the meet was very successful in every respect. One indoor record was broken by C. C. Adams, '99, who raised the pole-vault record from 9 feet 9 inches to 9 feet 10 inches. The freshmen showed up particularly well and give promise of strengthening the team considerably by the end of the season. The afternoon was devoted to boxing, wrestling and fencing. As is usual the best men in these events do not enter the meets and the bouts were only fair. Mention should be inade of the fencing, however, for this was the first time in several years that such contests have had a place on the programme. As a result of the showing made, a fencing club was formed on the Monday following the meet. and The regular events were run off in the evening in the presence of a good audience, composed largely of the young ladies of the University who take special interest in indoor meets. The programme consisted of the following events: Forty yards dash, forty yards hurdles, half mile walk, six-fourteenths mile run, pole-vault, shotput, running high jump, relay races. The winner of the running high jump, who thus has his name inscribed on the Delta Kappa Epsilon trophy cup, was F. M. Tyron, '01, M, who cleared the bar at 5 feet 8 inches. The relay races were the most interesting contests and were won by the 1900 laws and the 1900 lits respectively. The final race has not been run off. I. F. McLean, 1900 lit, carried off the honors by winning both the 40 yards dash and the forty yards hurdles. THE COMEDY CLUB. The Comedy Club, in its performance of March 25, scored a marked success. Gillet's "All the Comforts of Home" was the play given, and the proceeds were divided between the Athletic Association and the Fruit and Flower Mission. The parts were taken by Misses Frances E. Clark, Mary D. Spencer, Florence Hall, Caroline Colver, Annie Bach, Euphemia G. Holden, Genevieve Decker. Messrs. T. J. Weadock, R. H. Page, D. H. Wagar, L. Young, Jr, P. W. Pilcher, W. J. Stone, A. W. Plum, H. W. Hayes and R. R. Metheany, Jr. WAR DEMONSTRATION. Saturday, March 26, was marked by one of the largest student demonstrations ever witnessed at our University. It was aroused by the Spanish war news. In the afternoon between two and three hundred students in fantastic costumes and headed by fife and drum paraded the streets. In the evening an invitation was telephoned to the fraternity men inviting them to the Delta Upsilon House, where an effigy of Weyler had been prepared. About eight o'clock the students began to collect, and by nine Monroe street was packed by an excited and wildly enthusiastic crowd. Songs were sung and patriotic speeches indulged in. Representative A. J. Sawyer, who lived next door, was called out and gave one of his characteristic and stirring addresses. It was voted to send telegrams to the President offering support in case of war, and the crowd marched to the telegraph office in a body. Afterward the campus was the scene of an immense bonfire. UNIVERSITY NEWS. *This department is in charge of Professor F. N. Scott, '84, University Editor. By action of the Board of Regents it is made an official record of the University. Some interesting statistics have been prepared recently with reference to Michigan students at the University of Michigan. These statistics show that out of 3000 stu dents or thereabouts, now in attendance upon the University, 1754, or about sixty per cent., are reg istered from some part of Michigan. In this registration seventy counties and 295 cities and towns are represented. The representation in the various departments is as follows: In the literary department, 450 men, 415 women; in the law department, 267 men, 3 women, in the engineering department, 192 men, 1 woman; in the medical department, 191 men, 22 women; in homœopathic college, 31 men, 2 women, in the dental department, 128 men, 4 women; in the school of pharmacy, 47 men, 1 woman. The total number of Michigan men is 1306; of Michigan women, 448. Owing to the fact that the Ann Arbor High School is virtually a preparatory school for the University, and also to the fact that many persons annually take up their residence in Ann Arbor, solely for the purpose of educating their children, the city of Ann Arbor furnishes more students to the University than any other two cities in the state. The figures for the leading cities are as follows: Ann Arbor 331, Detroit 189, Grand Rapids 95, Saginaw 56, Battle Creek 34, Bay City 30, Jackson 29, Lansing 27, Kalamazoo 26, Ypsilanti 19, Port Huron 18, Flint 18, Coldwater 17, Calumet 16, Owosso 16, Lake Linden 15, Sault Ste. Marie 15, Howell 15, Manistee 14, Ishpeming 13. More than two-thirds of the total number registered come from towns of 12,000 population or under, or from the neighborhood of such towns. The upper peninsula is represented by 123 students, the lower by 1631. From the three lower tiers of counties come 1088 students; from the remainder of the lower peninsula 543 students. If the lower peninsula be bisected by a line drawn from Mackinaw City south through the center of the state, the western half sends 561 students to the University, the eastern half 1070 students. |