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The University Courier.
On Tuesday evening about thirty couples of independent students and their friends gathered in the Merchant's Bank hall for a dance. The announcement that there was to be a "barb hop" caused no little comment among the knowing ones when it was given out that the dance was to take place, but could those who winked so wisely have looked in upon the young people on the evening of the party they would have been obliged to admit that the experiment was a great success and the "Annual Barb Hop" has probably come to stay, and will become one of the most important events of the social year at the University. The hall was tastefully decorated, but the main feature of the evening was the unusual flow of good fellowship which seemed to pervade the very atmosphere. Weidemann served an elegant supper during the evening, but it was not until the wee sma' hours that the independents separated, well pleased with themselves and their experiment.
The Historical Seminary meets Friday afternoon. There will be a discussion of the Hawaiian Treaty of Annexation, Geography and History, Helen Wynne; Economic and Commercial, W. Kinzie; Provisions of the Treaty, Miss A.A.Humphrey; Political,A.F.Sherman.
The Kappa Gammas had a "swing" Tuesday night at the residence of Miss Georgia Wilder. Each girl took a blanket and they all put up for the night and cooked their own breakfast in the morning. Misses Nichols, Isabell and McGowan were initiated.
There was a great rush for seats for the concert Friday night. Some of the boys were down at 4 o'clock in the morning. The chart was opened at 7:30 and before 9 o'clock every seat was taken except a few in the back of the balcony.
The programs of the Independent party were very appropriate. A unique design was printed on one side consisting of the word "Independents" in bold type enclosed in a neat frame of barb wire with a monogram K. S. U. in the center bristling with barbs.
LITERARY.
A True Ghost Story.
On Canadian soil not far from the city of Ontario stands a desolate stone mansion. It should perhaps be called a castle, for it is a stupendous structure with moat and battlements and stands alone on a rocky eminence overlooking the St. Lawrence river.
The ancient house had been in the possession of the same family for almost a hundred years. Indeed no one knows when it was built. The oldest residents of the vicinity, however, can remember when the present owner first took possession, and can recall something of the mystery connected with his occupancy.
It seems the house belonged to a noble English family. Upon the death of the head of the household the old mansion fell to the lot of the younger of two brothers. However, the older of the two, a roving, reckless fellow, came over first to take possession for his younger brother who was to follow later with his young wife and child. Their voyage over was an exceedingly sad one, for the young husband sickened and died. He was buried at sea and the wife with the sole heir went on. They lived with the older brother about two years, but his moody, violent nature and his apparent dislike for the child made their home anything but a happy one. The mother was taken with a fever and when she recovered from her delirium which lasted many days she was told that the child had met with an accident and had died. Heart-broken, she returned to her friends in England, and the old man was left to live his sombre life alone.. A spirit of gloom settled down over the old mansion and the place was shunned by all the neighborhood. The owner became gloomy and morose. He took but little care of the property and the mighty structure gradually crumbled into ruins.
But of recent years several younger members of the family had come to live with the lonely old man, and a part of the structure had been wrested from the general destruction, repaired