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THE CORRIDORS.
—OROPHILIAN SOCIETY. At the last election of officers the following persons were elected: For speaker, J. E. Curry; secretary, Miss Dow; chorister, Mr Muth; pianist, Miss Palmer. On the resignation of Mr. Dean as debator for the June contest, Mr. B. K. Bruce was elected to fill the position. The selection is a good one, and will reflect credit on the society. Friday afternoon, April 11th, a discussion of the question of Protection and Free Trade was substituted in place of the regular program. The affirmative was ably upheld by L. H. Leach and C. D. Dean, while the protectionists were represented by W. H. Johnson and Mr. Harris. The decision was rendered in favor of the negative.
The Betas were agreeably surprised on opening their hall doors to find that it had been taken possession of, and that unseen hands had been at work. The walls had been tastefully decorated a la style eventail and the light was softened by falling on handsomely made curtains. The boys were immediately guessing who had wrought such havoc among chaos. The deed was soon fastened upon a few individuals, and they will soon be brought to justice. Meanwhile they have the best wishes and shall ever be remembered with the best regards of the Betas.
President Bascom, who delivers the annual address before the Adelphic Union this year, is a man of unusual note in the editorial and literary world. For many
years one of the strongest members of the faculty of Williams College (when Professors Spring, Snow, Green and Canfield were among his students) he made a profound impression in the circles of eastern scholarship. He was called to the head of the University of Wisconsin about ten years ago, and at once infused new vitality into every department. From a decidedly inferior institution, with weak and scattered forces, it has pushed its way to the very front—lagging but a single step in the rear of Ann Arbor. In his entire management he has shown great sagacity, untiring industry and the broadest scholarship. Dr. Bascom has been a prolific writer, as is shown by such works as "Philosophy of Rhetoric," "Principles of Psychology," "Aesthetics," "Philosophy of English Literature," "Science, Philosophy and Religion," "The Growth and Gradus of Intelligence," "The Words of Christ" and others—together with innumerable reviews and essays contributed to the leading magazines of the east. These all show wide study, profound reflection and original thought, and attract all classes of readers by their fairness in statement, aptness in illustration and ability in discussion. The president is a pleasing speaker—though not at all given to a "popular" sayle—and will undoubtedly deliver one of the ablest addresses ever heard in University hall. The societies and the University—as well as the fifteen hundred people who will hear him—are to be congratulated.
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