thiers (CES. KY, AL BANK. $13,000. and solicit BROOKS. Casher. UAN N.Y. U.S.A. apted for and Cor- the best experienced mplo erns. pany, Y. g't. T. inless ex. over The m, ery. alty China Toy 939 University Courier. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. VOL. XI. No.15. LOCALS. The regents met yesterday. Somking Tobacco at Smith's. Don't forget to hand in your oration to day. Prof. Blake spent vacation at Washington, D.C. The faculty held an important meeting Tuesday night. Professor Miller lectured at Topeka during vacation. Cigars at Smith's news stand, 703 Massachuse:ts street. Chancellor Snow arrived home from Florida last Friday. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JANUARY 6, 1892. The State Teacher's Association met at Topeka this week. All orations entered for the local contest are due to-day. Professors Sayre and Murphy lectured at Sibley during vacation. Several of the Glee and Banjo Club boys spent Sunday in Topeka. Professor Bailey visited the Hutchinson salt works last week. Hiawatha girls say the University boys are "those only" dancers. Fifteen thousand dollars will not build a very fine chemistry building. All the leading periodicals at Smith's news stand, 703 Massa chusetts street. Canvassers are attempting to sell to students a work on the life of Sam Wood- Messenger has assumed Carleson's place as business manager on the Courier. Fred Miller proved himself to be a talented soloist at the Glee Club concert in Topeka last week. It has been announced that Hon. Chas. Robinson will be appointed regent of the University. A party of independents with enjoy the hospitality of Mr. Spencer this evening. The new catalogue will be quite different from all former ones in many respects. All courses of study have been changed, and the list of students will appear in the back part of the book. Governor Lewelling could not do better than to appoint Chas. Robinson regent of the University. The Pansy Club entertained several members of the Glee and Banjo Club at Topeka last Wednesday. Buy a nice new pipe at Smith's news stand. Baker expects to win the base ball penant again this year. Lou Poehler has formed a law partnership with S. O. Thacher. Smith sells all kinds of stationery. When you need some call in. Miss Sinclair and her guest, Miss Nellie Jameson, were University visitors Wednesday morning. Missses Sinclair and Monroe gave a very successful and elaborate party during vacation. W. Y Morgan tendered the Glee and Banjo Club boys an informal reception while they were at Emporia. Over one thousand school teachers listened to the sweet music of our Glee and Banjo Club at Topeka last week. Skating on the river was the sole source of amusement to K. U. students who had to spend the vacation in Lawrence. Several Lawrence people witnessed Stuart Robson's production of "She Stoops to Conquer" at Topeka during the holidays. There are still a few newspapers in Kansas kicking on Prof. Dyche's display of stuffed animals at the World's Fair. There are a few of the boys quaking in their boots, another faculty investigation is on hand. Hereafter studies in the Freshman and Sophomore lists are offered as optionals to Juniors and Seniors, who may also chose other studies. Miss Gillman, a charter member of Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity. and who attended the University for five years, visited her friends at the University last Tuesday. All orations must be handed in by six o'clock this evening. The Freshmen will hold a meeting some time in the dim future and challenge some other class of this school, or some other school, to a snow ball fight. Three-fifths and two-fifths term optionals have been done away with. Studies which formerly ran through three-fifths and two-fifths of a term will hereafter All those who missed the quiz in Sophomore English which was inflicted on the Friday just before vacation will have the privilege of making it up to day at four o'clock. The Association of ex-Students of K. S. U. at Kansas City held a meeting Wednesday night. Several of our professors were present and made speeches. How many dentists would it take to make a pair of false teeth large enough for the mouth of the Kaw? occupy full and half terms. Capt. Peabody has a lucrative position as private secretary to one of Kansas City's most prominent judges. Ex-Gov. Robinson is spoken of as one of the "to be" regents of the University. A better choice could not be made. Professor Penny was elected president of the State Music Teachers Association, which met here last week. Professor Marvin will begin his course of lectures on Municipal and Domestic Sanitation at Kansas City next Tuesday. J. M. Chailiss, father of Jim Challiss, Jr., made an assignment last Monday for the amount of $137,000. His credits equal his debts. Miss Pickering gave a very delightful party at her home in Olathe during the holidays, at which were a number of University people. "Cud' Bassett, brother of the Bassett who shot Higgins last fall and well known by the students, has been arrested in Californi on the charge of forgery Professor Blake has been to Washington, D. C., to look after the success of that great and only fog-horn with which he will, in the near future, have completed. Hello there! had a good time. did you? Yes; spent a pleasant vacation, ate mince pies and turkey until I was sick. Yes, went skating and studied astronomy. My! but hunting was good; plenty of quail! I intended to study some and make up a little Latin, German, and write a theme. I fully intended to "bone up" for those horrible examinations, but— Yes, I spent a great vacation. At the meeting of the faculty Tuesday night it was decided that a list of the members of all organizations, such as glee, base ball and foot ball clubs. that travel around representing the University of Kansas, must be submitted to the faculty and receive their sanction before such tours are made. After this measure goes into effect K. S. U. will be represented only by good students. Prof. Bailey has been appointed a member of the Worlds Fair Auxiliary Committee on Chemistry. This committee includes about fifty of the leading chemists of the World. A new water blast pump has been purchased by the department of chemistry. It is a very practical machine and a great improvement over bellows in connection with a blow pipe. E. C. Hickey left on Monday for Chapman, Kansas, where he has accepted a position to teach sciences and organize a scientific department. Success to you, Hickey, we will miss you. Paul Merril spent a few days visiting friends in Lawrence during Christmas times. Paul has given up his intention of attending Harvard,and will come back to K.S.U.in the fall. It is expected that a copy of the new catalogue will be sent to the state printer next week. But owing to the large amount of work on hand at the printing office the catalogue will probably not be printed within two months. Number 3, of the University Quarterly, will be issued next week. It will be the finest number yet gotten out, and will contain papers by Professors Carruth, Stevens, Miller, Williston and Murphy. It will also contain five plates, besides numerous illustrations throughout the text. Jim Noble reports great things of the Kansas delegation at the Northwestern University. Brown is president of his class and Hadley is editor of the law paper. Jim says that he and Roberts just look on and help hadley and Brown out of their political scrambles. Friends in Council, a society of which the most prominent ladies in Lawrence are members, made the University a very generous loan of their library, consisting of one hundred volumes. The books are now upon the shelves in the library. They are a well selected collection and reflect the intelligence of the donors. Among the volumes is a very full collection of American statesmen biographies, written by the most able men; History of European Morals, by Lecky Thier's History of the Empire of Napoleon, in six volumes histories of Art, Literature, Religion, and many other books too numerous to mention make up the collection. PERSONALS. Piatt taught school one week during vacation. Geo. Rush was with the Glee Club a few days. Miss Blaker spent her vacation in Lawrence. Stanton Olinger visited in Topeka during vacation. Miss Lillie McMillan left Wednesday for Chicago. Professor Templin spent a portion of last week in Topeka. Dennett Babbitt spent Monday and Tuesday in Topeka. Miss Julia Titsworth visited friends in Topeka last Wednesday. Miss Edith Isabell, of Topeka, will enter the University next term. Miss Rilla Van Hoesen is the guest of Miss Bessie Gibson of Topeka. Prof. Franklin ate Christmas turkey with Vernon Kelley in Emporia. The Misses Haskell spent part of their holidays visiting in harrisonville. H. G. Larimer, late principal of the Topeka High school, is practicing law. Walter Howe, of Kansas City, has registered as a student of engineering. Vernon L. Kellogg has been enjoying a visit from a young brother this week. Bob McMasters and Ed Arnold went on a hunting trip during the holidays. Will Deford and Earl Brown attended Miss McMillan's party Tuesday evening. Misses Taylor and Sands were the guests of Topeka friends last week. Troxel and Piatt attended the meetings of the State Teachers Association at Topeka last week. Miss Taylor, of this city, will probably enter school at the beginning of next term. John Steele and Tracy Learnard attended the Glee Club concert at Topeka last week. Miss Josephine Berry read a paper before the East Side Literary Club in Kansas City, before vacation. Miss Mamie Barrett who had anticipated returning to school in January, will probably not, because of her fathers death. Miss Anna Wilder spent vacation in Topeka visiting her sister Elizabeth. She will leave for Nebraska at the end of this term.