State Historical Society THE UNIVERSITY right catch occuse h is WEEKLY COURIER. out of the trip necessarily inertise it is of anms more orr trains err rail-叫 it is very point, either trains are no speed trail down on orr On Massa- located railroad indle in- trains, dured there Are You? FIC. excurs e agent g you in one 135 Agent. sys ready possible ommadora- ter cars satisfac- SUBSCRIPTION, $1 PERYEAK, of trains ner. anywhere at LL & CO., ldress program of will be sent ST, ore. LEGE o obtain on the application, on re-registration, on re-registration. gives the gives the good good good good FU RUEAU $ ^ {\circ} $ AU $ ^ {\circ} $ PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. VOL. X. NEWSY BRIEFs. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY, 5 1892 The Doings of the Week Condensed and Put in Read able Form. Cyrus Crane spent Sunday in town. Max O'Rell, the great humorist tonight. Miss Lena Beard was on the hill Tuesday. There were no regular classeal Monday. The Athletic board held a meeting Monday. The Glee club met Monday evening for practice. Mrs. Edith Grubb was seen in the halls Tuesday. Don't forget Max O'Rell at the opera house tonight. Dobson's father visited him the first part of the week. G. H. Playter enjoyed a visit from his father Sunday. H. S. Hadley's well known smile lighted up the halls Monday. Hutchinson went to Kansas City Wednesday to have his eyes treated. The chief thing to be noted in the oratorical election Friday was harmony. P. P. Brown, of Beloit, Kas spent Sunday with his brother, R D. Brown. The play, "Leah the Forsaken" was well attended by University students. It is reported that over two hundred red grade cards were handed into the office. Will Brown of Leavenworth, has entered the University. He will take a special course in assaying. H. S. Hadley and V. L. Kellogg attended the banquet of the young republicans at Topeka Saturday night. Miss Mayme Barrett returned to her home at Ottawa Monday. She expects to re-enter the University next fall. Will Franklin returned from the cast last Saturday. It is rumored that he intends accepting a position in the University. Several of the seniors were seen in solemn council two or three times this week. "It will not and cannot come of good." Something is in the wind. Quite a number of students had considerable difficulty in arranging their studies in order to avoid conflicting hours this term. Last Wednesday as Lemaster was entering the library one of the doors swung back and struck him on the forehead. Result, broken glass and severe gash on the forehead, making a very painful wound, Valentines at Smith's. Father Ennis led in chapel this week. All the Sunday papers at Smith's Ross returned Sunday from a trip home. No chapel last week on account of exams. Were you in the Freshman German class? Van Brunt returned from Kansas City Sunday. Bops, buy your giri a valentine at Smith's. C. P. Chapman was seen in the halls Monday. John Sullivan of Kansas City was in the city Sunday. All of the best grades of coal at lowest prices at Griffin's. One of the musical organizations to be is a Beta quartette. There was no Seminary last Friday on account of examinations. Senor Deodato Garza Linares and brother have enrolled for the coming term. Money to loan on personal property al Jackson's Bazar, 723 Massachusetts, by street. Condo, who has been teaching school in Johnson county the past term has re-entered. Anne her week of weather like that which is just past, and lawn tennis will be in order. Miss Bessie Hand returnek from Baldwin Sunday, where she has been visiting friends. Clekk Moody was kept busy the first of the week by Freshmen anxious to know their grades. Miss Gussie Price, who has been visiting University friends here the past week is quite ill with malaria fever. The only headache that Raymond's capsules can't care is the one the y.m. got on his trip through the committee rooms. A notice was posted Monday requesting those who had not filled out the statistic blanks handed them to do so immediately. What has become of the Moot Senate? Now that exams, are over we would like to see the scheme that was proposed some weeks ago carried out. The funnies toast given at the Young Crowd's banquet at Topeka last Saturday night was by a University boy, Billy White of the K. C. Journal. Charter had a pair of new pumps under his arm, an invitation to a "frat" hop in his pocket, and an idea in his head that the only way to take comfort teat evening was to use faithfully and according to directions a box of Raymond's "One Night Corn Cure." Prof. Mayer leaves today for the east. Leis' Toilet Cream. Prof. Stevens has a class in bacteriology this term. Students must use Leis' Toilet Cream for chapped hands and lips. The monthly weather report was gotten out the first of the week. Palmer has been put in as assistant in the physical laboratory practice. You will always regret tt if you don't go to hear Max O'Rell tonight. A speeking tube was put in between the library office and the chancellors office. Prof. Marvin was busy the first of the week aiding students in arranging their studies. R. R. Whitman took a leading part in "Leah, the Forsaken" given at the opera house last night. The Phi Deltats have changed their boarding club. They are back at their old stand now at 1320 W. Kentucky street. Clarence E. Edwards was on the hill Wednesday. Mr. Edwards is the author of the series of articles on the University now running in the Kansas Citp Journal. The University should send 400 students to the state contest. Let everyone make up his mind to go. Remember that J. M. Challiss and the University are in it, strictly in it. The Junior American History class has been divided. Instead of having a twenty weeks' course in American History two-fifths of the time will be devoted to international law. The number of Profs. who excuse students on a grade of their term's work! is gradually increasing. We look forward with hope to the time when examinations will be entirely done away with. The Mandolin club has commenced practicing for the tour which they together with the Glee club intend to make during the spring vacation. This trip will embrace the cities of Atchison, Topeka, Abilene, Emporia and others. The executive committee of the oratorical association meet with the faculty committee last Monday and agreed upon a plan by which the proceeds of the oratorical contest shall be turned over to the lecture bureau. This plan will be submitted to the shareholders of the oratorical association for their approval. Quite a number of the share holders have expressed themselves as decidedly opposed to this plan. Lkis Toilet Cream. New students are arriving every day. The faculty met Wednesday at noon. H. E. Copper is taking Freshman elocution. Jack Wever he-no, its Woods thats back again. There is a larger class this term than usual in assaying. Two more optional courses in English are offered this term. M. E.Rice has been put in charge of the physical laboratory practice. Prof. Miller will speak before the city Y.M.C.A.meeting next Sunday. The Phi Delts gave their annual party last night. The usual good time was bad. When you want toilet articles of any description call at Leis' and examine what they have. The Frerhman chemistry class is unusually large this year. About 125 are enrolled so far. The chancellor has been busy the past week interviewing those who fell below the three mark. John Prescott of Boston was shown through the University by his Phi Psi brother Wednesday. Good soap keeps the hands from getting rough. Leis' Drug Co. has a full line of the belt in the market. The executive committee of the Oratorical association are making arrangements to run a big excursion to Topeka next Friday. Prof. Bailey left yesterday for Olathe, where he will begin his course of lectures in connection with the University extension course. The Greek Symposium was held Wednesday afternoon. "The Story of the Odessy" was the subject of a paper by Miss Millia Crotty. Prof. Wilcox read a paper on "Some Newly Discovered Illustrations of the Odessy." The advanced English composition students think they have about got their hands full. Besides the ordinary text book work they are required to hand in a 200 word article each day and a 1,000 word theme each month. The University of Ohio held its oratorical contest on Jan. 21st. Walter J. Sears, formerly editor-in-chief of the Courier, was one of the five contestants, and took the second place. Thus do the old Courier boys come to the front. No. 20. Hon. Frank H. Benton, state labor commissioner, will address the Seminary today. His subject will be "Labor Bureaus and their Practical Work." Let every member be present, as this is a subject which cannot fail to interest all. Take Notice. Your reserve seat checks will not admit you to hear Max O'Rell. You must bring your course tickets. Heretorefere persons who have forgotten to bring their course tickets have commonly been admitted on the statement of that fact. This will not be done in future, Course tickets must be presented at the doo. Absolutely no exception will be made to this rule. R. D. BROWN. Oratorical Election. Last Friday the oratorical association met in the chapel for the annual election of officers. The meeting was called to order by President O'Leary. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read and approved nominations for a president for the ensuing year were called for. Albert Fullerton and Ernest Robinson were nominated. Robinson withdrew and Fullerton was unanimously elected D. H. Spencer was elected vice president. For secretary and president, J. W. Park and W. W. Reno, respectively, were elected. Harding Linville and Hogg were chosen as executive committee. As a board of share adjusters Riggs, Hunter, and Kutz were elected. After the election of officers considerable time was devoted to the discussion of the question of giving the proceeds of the oratorical contest to the lecture course fund. The discussion ended by authorizing the executive committee to confer with a committee appointed from the faculty, and report to the oratorical associatson. The meeting then adjourned. Prof. Fullerton organized two classes in elocution last Wednesday. In the freshman and sophomore classes about seventy students enrolled. There were not so many in the junior and senior classes. He also organized a class of about thirty at the law school. Last Saturday Prof. Blake received three new electrical instruments. They came direct from Germany and were made espressly for the University. This will admit of a much wider scope of experimenting than has been obtained heretofore in the electrical department. The Eagle has settled down to his new quarters and considers himself a permanent resident of the University. As soon as it gets a little warmer his toenails will be clipped, a ring put around his leg, and he will be tied out in the campus for the Freshies to play with. Let every student make up his mind right now that he will go to Topeka next Friday and yell for Jim and K. U. 1. The sum of the first 50 natural numbers is ___.