The Weekly University Courier
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY THE GOURIER COMPANY.
MONTHALLOWELL...Editor-in-Chief
FRANK A. LUTZ...Local Editor
BUSINESS MANAGERIES :
B. JANSSEN, | W.P. HARRINGTON
Entered at the post office at Lawrence, Kannas,
on密封class matter.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Science Club—Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 8 p.m. President E C. Case; Secretary, C. R. Chapin.
Summary of Historical and Political Science—Meets in room 14. University building, every other Friday from 4 to 6. F.W Blackmar, director, Philological Club—Meets in room No. 20. University building, every other Friday at 8 p.m.
Kent Club—Meets in North College every Friday afternoon at 130. Admits law students only.
University Glee Club—Meets in music
room, North College, every Wednesday
at 5 p. m.; and every Saturday at 9 a.
m. Prof. Penny, directory.
Pharmaceutical Society-Meets in the Lecture room. Chemistry building, every other Friday at 4 p.m. A.J. Eicholtz president.
Adelphic Literary Society—Meets in Adelphic hall, University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at 8 o clock.
FRATERNITIES.
Phi Beta Kappa—Honoray 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 Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Opera House block.
Phi Delta Theta—Meets every Saturday evening on the third floor of Journal building
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge
Sigma Nu—Neets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Kappa Kappa Gamma—Meets every Sat
urday afternoon in its hall 2d floor K.
of P. hall.
Pi Beta Phi- Meets every Saturday after noon at the homes of members.
Kappa Alpha Theta—Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members
Sigma Chi—Meets every Saturday even ing on the third floor of Opera Hous block
Memorabilia Club-For the collection of statistics and relies relating to the history of Kansas State University. Pressroom W, Sterling; Secretary, V L Kellogg.
Oratorical Association of the Students of Kansas State University — President, Albert Fulleston; Secretary, J. W. Park.
University Athletic Association—President, H. E. Copper; Secretary, W. D. Ross; Treasurer, N. H. Kutz, Includes Tennis Association, Base Ball association and Foot Ball association
Telegraph Club—President, Prof. L. I. Blake; Secretary, E. Blaker.
Camera Club—Meets once a month, President, Prof. Williston; Secretary, E. O. Case.
Y. M. C. A.—Meets in University building, room 11 every Friday at 7:30 p.
m. President, D. E. Potter.
Y. W. C. A. —Meets in University building, north wing, 3rd floor, every Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. President, Virginia Spencer; Secretary, Alberta Corbin.
UNIVERSITY JOURNALS.
The University Review — Editor-in-Chief,
E. F. Engel. Published monthly by
The Kansas University Publishing Co.
The Weekly University Courier — Editor-in-Chief, Mont Hallowell. Published every Friday morning by The Courier Company.
How to be beautiful—Mrs. Ger vaise Graham's Elder Flower Cream and a full line of her preparations are kept at Barber Bro's Drug Store.
Buy your Base Ball of Smith.
The business manager of the Gourrier is ill.
The University of Kansas now has an enrollment of 981 students which is a pretty good showing.
OUR "Heat editor's" latest: To Lawrence they never refer to the oldest inhabitant;' Miss So-and-so does just as well.
It is very gratifying to see so many old University boys coming to front in Kansas politics. A number of them will soon write "Hon." before their names.
The Historica. Seminary is increasing in interest at every meeting. Several of the most prominent men of the state will deliver addresses before it during the present term.
THE COURRIER was made the official journal of the University Senate at its last meeting. The honor is duly appreciated and a full report of each meeting will be published.
THE COURIER should not be held responsible for the communications which appear in its columns. They are given for what they are worth, and any one has the privilege of answering them.
Now that the schedule of the Triangular League has been completed it is time for the annual boast of each member. As K.U. already has two pennants, it will refrain from being the first to speak of the invincible nine.
QUITE a number of our college friends failed to appreciate "Shylock and Justice." It may be of interest to them to know that, Mr. Challiss by special request, delivered his oration before a critical literary society of Kansas City last Friday evening.
THE famous Calvary library of Berlin has been purchased by the University of Chicago. This is said to be the largest book deal ever made. The University now owns the second largest college library in the United States, it numbering 325,000 volumes.
Mr. W. H. Rossington, of Topeka, one of the leading lawyers of Kansas, and a firm friend of our institution, has made the University a valuable donation in the shape of a complete set of the Bohn standard library which numbers 140 volumes. Mr. Rossington will please accept the thanks of the University for his generous gift.
THE law school is especially fortunate this year in having a special course of lectures by eminent members of the Kancas bar. By this means many particular subjects which are only touched in a general way in the law school are expounded by those having practical familiarity with them. The student is also brought into direct contact with the leaders of the state bar and receives the benefits of a personal acquaintance. The list as now made up includes over forty lawyers of known ability.
Chauncey M. Depew in the course of his remarks at a dinner given by the Yale men to Walter Camp paid the following eloquent tribute to athletics.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
"It is not twenty five years since a large majority of the men and women of this country associated physical training and athletic superiority with a close cropped, bullet head and intellectual prominence with a frail figure and a hacking cough, surmounted by a dome of thought. All of us in middle life can remember that the minister, the lawyer, or the doctor of the village who could box, belonged to a ball club or was a member of an amateur rowing association, had no hope of success. It was felt that such tendencies were incompatable with the care of estates, the saving of bodies or the saving of souls. The athletic field is recovering from some of the peculiarities which marked its development. Brutality is a rare incident, chivalry and manliness the constant factors in college athletics. It was the saying of an English political economist that it took three Bs to make a lord chancellor, the highest prize at the English bar—belly, back and brains. A fully developed and healthy boy, harmoniously trained by an expert instructor and growing stronger with an enlargening intellect, furnishes the combination which in the rough competitions of life enables a man to help himself, and, better still, help others. A healthy soul, a healthy mind, a healthy digestion and a healthy breathing apparatus not only stride masterfully toward the pearly gates of heaven, but draw many weaker vessels behind.
"When I was in Greece last year I gazed with awe and admiration upon the statue of Hermes by Praxiteles. It is the perfection of physical beauty and noble expression. Its mold was the Greek youth who had won the prizes at the academy and carried off the wreath in the Olympian games. It was perfected and harmoniously developed humanity, which the sculptor had fashioned, and then, by an inspired touch, given his conception of Deity."
THE CATALOGUE.
The annual catalogue of the University is ready for distribution. It is the largest catalogue that has ever been issued from the institution and contains more information than any previous number.
The actual number enrolled and attending classes regularly is 630, and there are 351 doing work in the University extension courses for credit, making a grand total of 981 students. There are 88 in the school of engineering, 112 in music and arts, 41 in Pharmacy, 98 in law and 283 in the school of arts.
The post graduates number 29, the seniors 24, the juniors 47, the sophomores 51, the freshmen 102 and the special students 32. The credit enrollment of the extension
courses show classes at Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka and Olathe. Besides he students enrolled for credit there are 600 in regular attendance at the lectures.
The faculty now has forty-four members. The library contains over 16,000 volumes and the natural history cabinet collections contain 150,000 specimens of botony, entomology and zoology. It certainly makes a splendid showing for our institution.
THE PEST BULLETIN.
The University issued a bulletin last week that is of great interest to the farmers of the state. It treats of two insects which have been doing great damage to the wheat both in the field and in the grainry. It not only gives a careful history of the ravages of the insect but gives several remedies for the pest. Unlike the average bulletin is intended as a precautionary measure and not only tells what has been done but what should be done.
The work is gotten out by the Chancellor and his able assistant, Mr. V.L Kellogg. Credit is also due Miss Wellman for the original sketches. Such efforts in behalf of the farming community of the state are very commendable and will no doubt be duely appreciated by all fair minded citizens.
AN ANSWER
To the Editor of the COURIER:
Last week the inasitable public was treated to a mess of roasted athletic association with sour grapes on the side. With the silk stocking blue blooded element this went down very well, for there was no paucity of grapes for sauce, but to the class of students, to which the future of athletic interests in the University has been intrusted, it was a feast filled them almost "ad nauseam." The first question P. X. H. asks is "what has the athletic board done this year?" I would inform the gentleman that the present board has done more for the interest of athletics in this school than any other organization in the history of the institution. It has been more liberal in its appropriations and has done more for foot ball alone than its illustrious brass-collared predecessor did for all branches of athletics. Under its administration we have an interstate foot ball league formed and have a foot ball eleven that has removed the hoosiery from every other college eleven and stands today with its linen untorn, the first and the best in the state. I do not wish to detract from the glory of Prof. Hopkins, there is no one who appreciates his valuable services more than I do, and as a token of his ceaseless energy and good management the athletic board gave him a vote of thanks; more they could not do. But I wish to say, if it had not been for the help of the association in making appropriations for expenses, and the personal help of the members of the board, at home and abroad, some of the diamonds in the crown of the late foot ball management might have been rhinestone. P. X. H. says that the men who got out on the field and practiced, were the ones who won the pennant. We heartily agree with him in this, and as there were five members of the board who were on the eleven, the writer lays the flattering unction to his two by four soul, that the athletic board had a good deal to do with the destiny of that triangular rag.
The Robinson tract, which was purchased late last fall for the use of the association, could not be touched until the board of endowment got hold of it. When this conservatus body decided that it was time to commence improvements the field was frozen up as tight as the proverbial bull and log chain. I would inform the gentleman, as he does not belong to the farmer element which he so blindly attacks, tha. it is not customary to plough and grade frozen ground. I would further say that the plat of ground has been surveyed and estimates made as to the probable cost of grading. This could not be done in a day nor a week and further it was impossible to proceed with grading until it was known what and where to grade. A student can use horse sense as well as he can use a horse in anything else. Over two months ago the athletic board placed in the hands of a committee the power to go ahead and grade the grounds in question. The committee consisted of the men most competent to fill the position in the University. As a result of that committee's work an advertisement for bids has been running in the daily paper for over a week. The fullness of the time has come, and when the mud dries up so that it is possible to work, the Robinson tract of land will be received from that "embrace of nature," of which P. Y. H. so eloquently spoke. The tone of the article makes it the second chapter in a series of articles, the first of which appeared in the Journal last fall, soon after the association election. It is a disgruntled snarl directed toward a body, whose only crime is, that it is a living reproach to the extravagant claims of an assumptions and obtusive clique, heretofore reigning supreme.
The agrarian revolt of last fail is spoken of several times in a very disparaging manner. It is a good thing to joke about the farmer element, and if the reader happens to belong to the brass collared mob, he is liable to smile, but when it comes to a matter of votes, the people have in their possession an ax, which is often used with such deadly affect, that it severs from the political tree, any useless, life sucking limbs; of which we had an illustration last fall. When the fairly beaten and non disconsolated plutocracy in the University realizes the fact that the mass of students are satisfied with their choice of officers of the Athletic Association I will assail the blue azure dome with the same Methodist "amen" that P. H.X. will use when the patent leather, laundered collared outfit again comes inpower; if it ever does. CUP.
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