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The University Weekly Courier.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Pharmaceutical Society—Meets in the Lecture room, Chemistry building, every other Friday at 3 p. m., E. F. Wallclk, president; Miss Mary Chapin, secretary.
Adelphic Literary Society—Meets in Adelphic hall, University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
FRATEENINITIES.
Phi Beta Kappa—Honorary collegiate fraternity.
Sigma Xi—Honorary scientific fraternity.
Beta Theta Pi—Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House block.
Phi Kappa Psi—Meets every Monday evening at the homes of its members.
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening at the homes of its members.
Phi Delta Theta—Meets every Saturday evening on third floor of Journal building.
Sigma Nu—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Sigma Chi—Meets every Saturday evening on the third floor of Opera House block.
Kappa Alpha Theta—Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
Kappa Karpa Gamma—Meets every Saturday afternoon in its hall 2d floor K. of P. hall.
Pi Beta Phi—Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
CLUBS.
Science Club—Meets in Chemistry Building every other Friday at 8 p. m. President, Dana Templel; Secretary, E. S. Tucker.
Seminary of Historical and Political Science—Meets in room 14, University building, every Friday from 4 to 5. F. W. Blackmar, director.
Philological Club—Meets in room No. 20, University building, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
Camera Club—Meets once a month. President, Prof. Williston; Secretary, E. C. Case.
Telegraph Club—President, Prof. L. I Blake; Secretary, E. Blaker.
Memorabilia Club—For the collection of statistics and relics relating to the history of Kansas State University. President, M. W. Sterling; Secretary, V. L. Kellogg.
Kent Club—Meets in North College every Friday afternoon at 1:80. Admits law students only.
University Glee Club—Meets in Music Hall every Saturday at 11:30 a. m. Prof. Penny, director; John A. Rush, business manager.
Y. M. C. A.—Meets in Music Hall every 4 p. m. President, S. J. Hunter.
Oratorical Association of the Studeats of Kansas State University — President, Albert Fullerton; Secretary, J. W. Park.
University Athletic Association—President, Prof. Marvin; Secretary, W. H. Prett; Treasurer, R. K. Moody. Includes Tennis Association, Base Ball association and Foot Ball association.
Lecture Bureau—President, Professor Templin.
UNIVERSITY JOURNALS.
The University Review—Editor-in-Chief, AlbertFullerton. Published monthly by The Kansas University Publishing Co.
The University Weekly Courier—Editor-in-Chief, Geo. I. Adams. Published every Friday morning by The Courier Company.
The University Quarterly—For the publication of the results of original investigation, V.L.Kellogg. Managing Editor.
Seminary Notes—Published monthly by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science. Prof. F.W. Blackmar, editor.
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Pat Graham, the shoe maker, No.
Pat Graham, the shoe maker, No. 7, east Warren street.
The foot ball men now have the pleasure of eating pie and cake.
Now that the foot ball season is past let us transfer at least part of our enthusiasm to the oratorical field.
WHAT has become of the gymnasium? Why is there not some provision made for the use of the apparatus we have? This is the time of year when the student begins to loose his hold upon vitality if he does not exercise.
From the number of bruises and sprains which the season has furnished, foot ball has come to be regarded as a "fall" game in more senses than one and one might infer that the "down" so often heard does not refer to the material upon which a player falls.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION has be come quite an important feature of modern university work. It has for its object the spreading of the knowledge of the schools and colleges among a class of people who have not had an opportunity to obtain a college education and among those who wish to keep in touch with the most modern thought. Large numbers of people take this work and receive good results. If one of the chief features of this work is to keep universities in touch with the world, why can not university extension be made to work both ways? A scheme which might be termed university expansion could be instituted by which business and professional men could lecture before the students. This is done to some extent in the Historical Seminary but might be made much broader.
DOUTLESS every student has had some experience with that not inconsiderable class of humanity which demands that the college man be a living, moving library of universal knowledge. To such the fact that a young man goes to college is quite reason enough why he should know everything. Any failure on his part to give a full, prompt and sufficient answers to questions which would daze the very elect themselves is swiftly called to his attention as a glaring defect in his course of education. He must be perfectly familiar with the most abstract objects and intricate theories by broaching which they, as it were, press the button and expect the student to do the rest. If he hesitates he is lost and explanation or reason for a lack of information on the subject is scoffed at as an attempt to justify willful negligence. A frank confession of ignorance is in their eyes as much as the reputation of a college is worth By his own admission he disproves the accepted idea of a college education or admits himself to be unworthy of his privileges.
Such an idea is of course rediculous in the extreme. Education, however far advanced does not clothe college man with infallibility, although it may be said that his
actions and general air do belie the assertion. In fact it is only as his course advances that he begins to comprehend more and more fully how very little he knows as compared with what he has to learn. Hence it is that the Freshman in his mind's eye knows vastly more than the Senior, is ever ready for a bout in argument with the professor and is nothing loth to call in question the confident opinions of the authors whom he studies.
The best results in university work come when there is a strong bond of sympathy between student and professor. An encouraging word from a professor makes the sensitive heart and mind glow with aspiration. On the other hand blue, dyspeptic words soon drown out enthusiasm and produce in young minds a decidedly mulish attitude. Every man has his moods and in the drearier moods of life it takes but little to blast hopes and dampen enthusiasm. We can not deprive a professor of his right to have sour moods as well as other people, but professors, and students also, should try to keep their pessimism to themselves, for pessimism is dangerously contagious.
It seems entirely unnecessary to call the attention of athletes to the value of cross-country runs. Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, and all the institutions of importance where athletics are encouraged, have regularly organized runs. Nothing will harden the muscle and increase the powers of endurance of foot ball men so much as two or three runs per week across the country. The older schools cannot get along without this kind of training to bring out material and to train teams of all kinds. We certainly need more material, especially in the long runs, and what we already have, needs training from now till the field meet in the spring.
Long distance men will find no other method that will give them wind, strength of limb, or endurance in so short a time as the long cross-country runs. To men who do not care or intend to enter for any event, these runs can be made fascinating in the form of Hare-and-Hounds. By all means let a start be made in this direction.
The foot ball season of '92 has closed with a record to the credit of the eleven which fairly eclipses the most sanguine expectations of those who anticipated a brilliant campaign for the plucky team which has this fall represented us between the goal lines. It has not been a season of startling surprises. The element of luck has not been conspicuous in the success of the team; the influence of the mascot has not been relied upon. The team has won its victories and the admiration of every patron of the game purely on its merits. To the nature of these merits is to be attributed the gratifying record of the team and the consequent impetus which the game has received in our midst. Hard,
persistent and conscientious work on the part of all, together with the spirit and dash with which individuals played for the success and the reputation of the college; the entire harmony which has at all times existed among the members of the team; regular and faithful practice, with a strict observance of the rules of diet, etc., without which no team can hope to be successful; and, not the least, the absence of the I-know-it-all disposition among the players—to these is to be ascribed the enviable reputation of the team in an incomparably greater degree than to any large range from which to select players or to exceptional advantages of training.
But while the work of the individual members of the club is deserving of the praise which it has frequently received, too much cannot be said in commendation of the manner in which the players have been handled by their efficient and energetic manager, Prof. Shepard. To this officer congratulations are due, not only on his ability as a player, but on the condition of his team and the style in which he has directed it. A large measure of the success or failure of any team is justly placed to the credit of its captain; but the result of the season has been demonstrated that no mistake was made in the selection of Captain Kinzie.
Exhibit of Building Stones
The department of geology and mineralogy has been busy for some time preparing an exhibit of the building stones of the state. Last summer Prof. Williston visited the noted quarries of the state and secured specimens for the exhibit. Since then boxes of stone have been constantly arriving until at present the collection is a comprehensive one representing the quarries of nearly every county in the state.
The building which was fitted up for the new testing machine also contains machinery for cutting and polishing stone and work has been carried on here since the opening of the term in preparing the exhibit. The stones are cut to as near a uniform size as possible except in cases where it is desirable to show the thickness They are then polished on one side to as high a degree as their structure will admit.
Experiments have also been conducted in determining the strength and value of the stones for building purposes. For this purpose the new testing machine has been employed.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the exhibit will be that relating to the structure of the stone. Specimens are carefully ground down to a very thin section and mounted on glass slides. They are then studied microscopically. The specimens being very thin are capable of being micro-photographed and studied from the photograph. A collection of photographs is being made to accompany the exhibit.
Kansas possesses some of the finest limestone quarries in the west and the exhibit will be a creditable display of one of great natural resources.
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