4. State Hist Socie ht THE UNIVERSITY WEEKLY COURIER. ight. match process h is e You ? out of the trip excessivityvertiseis is of it is more trainsr rail- it is point either inns are speedengers down on Masse located railroadrole innstrains,ld there excurs agent you in gent SUBSCRIPTION, $1 PERYEAK. ne 135. IC. ready possible amoda- er cars atusfac- trains trains where at & CO., on the obtain paces, pipation apitation theves the good these Ad- EAU, ram of be sent EGE. St. hoes, market. IE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 4.2 VOL. X. HOLIDAY HODGE PODGE. Newsy Items Gathered Together and Fired as Parting Shots. The Athletic Board met Monday evening. Prof. Dunlap is able to meet his classes again. Baker holds her local Oratorical contest tonigt. The Historical Seminary will not meet this afternoon. Kroh is able to be out again after a sickness of several weeks. The History of Civilization Class enjoyed a quiz this morning. The Political Economy classes partook freely of a quiz Wednesday. The Christmas Countrer will be the finest specimen of typographical neatness ever turned out in Lawroce. Canfield's Brownie poem, illustrated by Chas. Elwell, if absolutely great. The Phi Gams entertain their friends in Frazier hall this evening. You will regret it if you fail to get a number of the Christmas Courier. John A. Rush had charge of the local side of the Journal the first of the week. Miss Van Voorhis is in her classes again after an absence of several weeks Pro's. W. H. Carruth will have a poem in the Christmas Courier Supplement. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, DECEMBER, 18 1891. J. F. Noble got a couple of snap shots at the Senior-Junior foot ball game last Saturday. A. G. Canfield left yesterday for New England to spend his holiday with friends in Vermont. The Betas gave an enjoyable party last evening to which many of their friends were invited. The library may be open in the fore noon during the holidays. Mr. Soder strom will have charge. The seniors and sophomores have been lame and stiff with faces patched with deurt plaster all week. The foot ball team, attired in evening dress, will attend the lecture by Edwin Arnold in Kansas City Monday evening, — that is, if they are all alive. The delay of the Courier of last issue was no fault of the magement. The printer failed to keep up his end of the vehicle. Our Christmas edition will be out Tuesday. We regret this delay but it could not be helped. Leave your name and it will be mailed to you as soon as issued. The game between Washington University and the University of Kansas will be a great one. Will be played in Kansas City next Monday, the 21st. Herb Hadley will spend the holidays in Olatha. It is understood that he will be given a public reception on his arrival. "Hail to the conquering hero." Last week owing to the press of matter many important articles were crowded out'. The COUCHER will haye to enlarge if K. S. U. keeps up her boom. The name of M. E. Rice appears in the last issue of the Annals of Mathematics as the solver of two problems of some difficulty, one of which was proposed by Prof. Banson of Ann Arbar. Loss—Between the top of the hill and the foot of Ohio street a copy of Milne's Geometrical Comics. The finder will please return it to the Department of Mathematics. Prof. Neuson has an article in the last number of the American Journal of Mathematics on a "A Pair of Plain Curves of the Fourth Degree and their Application in the Theory of Quadrics," The Argentine Republic was the subject of a paper before the University Seminary yesterday afternoon by Miss Morrow. Historical Seminary. Miss Morrow has been for some years a teacher in one of the Argentine state schools and her talk was based on experience and personal observations. The people are descendants of the Spanishiards, mixed with the Indian, Italians and other European races, but they retain the Spanish language and customs. Before the crisis there were very few people there. They have a state religion which is Catholic. Other religion is tolerated provided those who wish to establish a church get permission from the government. Education is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 14. The school system was modedleed after that of our country, and many teachers were taken from the United States. There are two universities supported by the national government and each state has a lower form of school which is called the normal college leading up to the University. Argentine Republic has fourteen states governed much as are our states and united into one federal constitution modeled after the constitution of the United States. Their present form of government was established in 1852, which superceded a dictatorship. The president holds office for six years and cannot succeed himself. Although the government is republican in form yet the restrictions upon the ruling party are nominal only. It is a military government except in name. That "Rush Trust." The present financial disaster was brought on by circulating paper money in great quantities. The national treasury was at first full of gold, but this was all drained from the country in foreign trade while the paper remained at home. The state is very rich in resources and it is thought that if some one were found to govern it properly it would soon pay its enormous debt and become wealthy. They think that they are a peculiar people and that all the laws of political economy does not apply to them and they see nothing else to do now but to go on printing paper money. The crisis almost resulted in a political revolution but the president resigned and saved the overthrow of the government. Events have justified the common belief. Not since its inception it has been lived up to. Each of the three ladies' fraternities have repeatedly broken its Rumors have become facts and the ladies' "rush trust," as the agreement among the ladies' fraternities has been called, has passed into ancient history. Hercafter the giddy whirl of the rushing season will be "on" from the day the University opens. terms and its requirements. Perhaps each have been equally solpable, but that is neither here nor there. During the past rushing season it was demonstrated, if never before, how the agreement served only as a cause of contention and was used as a cloak to mask deception and dishonesty and questionable methods. It was not the fault of the agreement, for the agreement can not but receive the sanction of all. It was the fault of its use and since the ladies could not bring themselves to a closer adherence to its terms and to its requirements it was perhaps best to abolish that which had come to be looked upon in derision by those who have seen its terms so openly and so jeopardy disregarded and violated. Such an outcome is hardly more than has long been expected by close observers. Even to a casual observer it must have been plainly apparent that the agreement had sadly failed in what was so confidently hoped of it. It was expected that it would do away with the evils of rushing by allowing the new girls time in which, to form a careful and deliberate estimate of the different fraternities before being asked to join any one of them. In this way there would be no need of an excessive display of sud den friendship, or bitterness of rival feeling and of resorting to questionable methods in rushing, since the candidate would be largely left to her judgment and not to her prejudices. It was indeed laudable in the ladies to attempt so noble a purpose. All wished the plan success, although few had faith in it. PERSONALS. Prof, Savre will make a trip east' during the holidays. R. D. Brown will spend the holidays—somewhere, sure. W. W. Brown and Wilber Kinzie spent Sunday in Baldwin. Prof. Wilcox lectured in Columbus and Galena last Saturday. Miss Pearl Kroh of Kansas City, was on the hill during the week. John A. Rush will spend Christmas at Sumner, Ill., his old home. Miss Lizzie Scott, of Larned, is visiting some of her University friends. Prof. Blackmar attended the river and harbor convention in Kansas City yesterday. C. H. Sears will spend Christmas vacation with Simmons and Rutter at Spring Hill. Chiff Kroh enjoyed a visit from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Kroh, of Kansas City, Kan., Saturday. 'Twas a Tlc—4 to 4. The seniors and juniors met Saturday upon the muddy foot ball field in one of the most exciting games of the season. The seniors were the favorites in the betting before the game and many wagers of pie and cigarettes had been made upon the ability to beat the junior, but the men of '93 had lots of nerve and played the seniors to a draw. No. 15. Positions Meade | left end | Co k J Bobmone | left tackle | Chapin Hail | left guard | Buckley K. D brown | left guard | Buckley Sawtail | right guard | Lovie Copper | right tackle | Rogers W. W. Brown | right end | Wever Porter | quan back | Springer Clark | Half backs | Chippew Trutt | full back | Reno Caldwell | full back | E.obl son Kinzie and Hopkins were chosen umpire and referee and the athletles lined up as follows: CRIMSON WINS! See the Student's Pipe only 25c at Smith's News Depot. '92 had the up-hill side the first half and 93 had the ball. The ball was passed to Reno who made the best run of the game, carrying the ball to '92's 5 yard line before he was downed. The seniors got the ball in the first scrimmage and then bucked the juniors the whole length of the field and secured a touch down. Brown punted the ball out about a yard from the goal line and the brawny seniors endeavored to push it over again; but the mumble juniors carried it around the end back to the center and it remained in that vicinity the balance of the first half. In the second half '92 started off with a wedge but lost the ball on a pomen. Then '93 by a couple of punts and some good runs carried the ball through the goal posts and scored a touch pown. Riddle did not kick a goal and the ball was brought out to the 25 yard line. It remained in the middle of the field the rest of the 'game and the game closed with the score a tie. K. U. Defeats B. U, and Wins the Pennant—Rock, Chalk! Jay Hawk ! K. U. !! — Score 8 to 0. An Exciting and Hard Fought Contest—K. U.'s Crimson Waves on High. Live ever, die never! Oh, yes, Baker! Do you hear? It is 8 to 0, and all covered with crimson. We can only touch in high places. Hear our rooster! Well! well! well!!! The crimson waves victoriously over the yellow. Rock, chalk, Jay Hawk, K. U.!! The final game of the Triangular League series was played yesterday between Baker and K. S. U, and resulted in a splendid victory for our boys. It was an exciting and close game but Baker was clearly outplayed at every point. K. U.'s team work was simply superb. All the boys distinguished themselves, but the playing of Sherman and Champlin was especially meritorious. The boys have improved wonderfully in blocking. Their every play was carefully studied and worked out to perfection. K. U. presented her regular team except Williamson who was sick and his place was well filed by Kinzie. The two teams as they lined up were as follows: SECOND HALF, K. U, has the ball but must fight towards the north goal which is slightly up hill. They play the rolling wedge with slight gains, but loose the ball on the fourth down. After numerous attempts Baker advances the ball to K. U's, five yard line but looses the ball on a foul Baker institutions K, U Rice Right end. Platt Fiate Left end. McKenna Young Iskibguard Haddleton Taylor W Left tackle Jewett Taylor Left end Jobson Taylor Counter back Coleman Howey Quarter back Sherman Goodale Half backs Sherman Haskins Full back Champika Hogg punts it we'l out in to the field but it is caught by Goodale and carried forward again towards K. U's goal. Again the ball is almost on the goal line but K. U. holds them and gets the ball. After several wedges are tried Hogg with a man clinging [to him again punts and once more is the danger past. Baker gets the ball back into K. U's, territory by a series of plays but looses it on the fourth down. Mendall and Coleman make good gains, then Sherman get the pig skin and rushes to the center of the field but time is called for the first half. Score 0 to 1. K. U. Now has the advantage of the down line goal and K. U.'s "enthususers root and root hard." Baker is "saged with doubt and filled with fear." Baker starts the game with a wedge, but after slight gains is held. Here the mass wavers back and forth until Baker began to lose, when Goodale hops. Hogg catches the ball and carries it forward. Champilin and Hogg then buck the center with good gains. Then Sherman runs to the right and puts the sphere twenty yards nearer the goal. A criss cross follows, then a wedge and the ball goes over the goal line. Hogg fails to kick goal. Score 4 to 0 in K. S. U.'s favor. The bull then remains for some time near the center of the field. A mighty struggle follows with the ball in Baker's territory. Kinzle snatches the ball out of the hands of a Baker man (Baker man sleep) and makes a good gain. Sherman is then enabled by the good blocking of Kinzie and Dobson to gain fifteen yards. Then follow V's and numerous other plays until by a criss-cross by Champlin and Sherman a good gain is made. Baker gets the ball on the fourth down but after advancing beyond her twenty-five yard, line, loses it. Sherman then makes the play of the day he gets the ball by a criss-cross and runs to the side of the field, darts toward the goal line and passing man after man, he dashes over the line for the second touch down. Hogg falls to kick goal. Score K. U, S. Baker 0. After a few unimportant plays time is called. K. U proceeds to celebrate. Bedlam is fairly turned loose. This gives K. S, U. the pennant. About 2,000 people witnessed the game. A Proposed Inovation. The faculty at a late meeting considered a motion that Wednesday afternoon be given to upper class men as a holiday, the regular work of that time to be done Saturday foroonen. The faculty not desiring to come to any hasty conclusion laid the matter on the table until the next meeting. Chancellor Snow in an interview with a COURIER reporter said that it was hoped by this means to releive in some measure the strain on the students by giving them opportunities twice a week for recreation and exercise instead of only once and at the same time not in any way interfere with the work in the University. Chancellor Snow considered it a good thing and desired to know the opinion of the student body before coming to any definite conclusion. The COURIER representative interviewed a large number of juniors and seniors on the subject and the general opinion was unfavorable. The change would break in on on work of the week; upper class men did not need the vacation as badly as the lower; it is doubtful whether advantage would be taken of the half holiday even if given. A half holiday was too short. Students sometimes desired to go out of town and could not get back in half a day, were the principal objections offered. The Courier is of the opinion that the change would be beneficial. That it would not break in on other work of the week, but would fill in some measure the wide gap between Friday and Monday. The measure, however, does not go far enough. It should include if possible the lower classes, where the hard grinding work of college is done. Most of the eastern universities have adopted plans similar to this, and we The "Wheel" Ulegal Most of the eastern universities have adopted blans similar to this, and we believe it will ultimately be carried into effect here. Below we publish a letter received from Mr. Coffin, the referee in the Yale-Harvard game. According to Mr. Coffin's ruling the "wheel" or "rolling wedge" as played by the University of Iowa team is illegal. Mr. Coffin is a recognized authority on foot ball. This is another strong argument for our boys. Dec. 9, 1891. Mr. R. D. Brown, Lawrence, Kan. MY DEAR SIR.—Your favor of the 7th inst, is at hand. In reply I would say that it is not allowable for players in a "V" to lock arms, nor is it allowable for them to grasp each others' bodies in the "roiling wedge" and hang on. The reason is that in both of these cases the men interfere with their opponents by use of their arms, which is contrary to rule. If I do not make it satisfactorily clear, I shall be happy to hear from you again. Yours very truly. SEWARD V. COFFIN. The current number of the "Scientiae Bocculareas" a quarterly journal of pure and applied mathematics, contains an article on "Geometric Inversion" by Miss Annie MacKinnon of the City High School. It is the first piece of original work in pure mathematics ever published by a student of the University of Kansas.