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The Weekly University Courier.
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J. M. GRAILLIAS ... Editor in-Chief
C. H. Johnson, Mandie Springer, J. M. Davis,
LOCAL STAFF:
BRYCE CRAWFORD. Editor.
E, P. Allen, T. H. Scheffer, I. H. Lookkahughts
BUSINESS MANAGERS:
H. E. COPPER, | D. E. BABBITT.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY. SOCIETIES
SOCIETIES.
Science Club—Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 8 p. m. President, Robt. Rutledge; Secretary, F. C. Schraeder.
Summary of Historical and Political Science—Meets in room 14. University building, every other Friday from 4 to 6. J. H. Carney, director. Psychological 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 1:30. 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.
FRATERNITIES.
Pharmaceutical Society—Meets in the Lecture room, Chemistry building, every other Friday at 8 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.
Sigma Xi—Honorary scientific fraternity.
Phi Beta Kappa-Honoray collegiate fraternity.
Beta Theta Pi-Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House block.
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldr.dge House block.
Phi Kappa Psi—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Opera House block.
Phi Deltatheta—Meets every Saturday evening in A. O. U. w. hall.
Sigma Nu—Neets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
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.
Kappa Kappa Gamma—Meets every Sat urday afternoon in its hall 2d floor A O. U, W, block
Memorabilia Club--For the collection of statistics and relics relating to the history of Kansas State University. Presshouse, W. Sterling; Secretary, V. L. Kellogg.
Oratorical Association of the Students of Kansas State University—President, R D, O'Leary; Secretary, W. H. Riddle.
University Athletic Association—President, A. G. Canfield; Secretary, M. A. Barber; Chair of the Board of Directors, Tennis Association, Base Ball association and Foet Ball Association
Camera Club—Meets once a month. President, Prof. Williston; Secretary, E C. Case.
Telegraph Club—President, Prof. L. I Blake; Secretary, E. E. Slosson.
Y. M. C. A. —Meets in University building, room 11. every Friday at 7:30 p.m. President, C. P. Chapman; Secretary, H. B. Hall.
∑. W. C. A. —Meets in University building, north wing, 3rd floor, every Friday evening at 7:30 p. m. President, Victoria Spencer; Secretary, Alberta Corbin.
UNIVERSITY JOURNALS.
The University Review—Editor-in Chief. Harold Barnes. Published monthly by The Kansas University Publishing Co.
The Weekly University Courier - Editor-in-Chief, J. M. Challiss. Published every Friday morning by The Courier Company.
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AMETEUR theatricalis cause the photographer to smile.
EVERY one has a cob-house that some one else is trying to knock down. ___
"THE wise believeth every word"
but the foolish student bath another opinion. ___
"A wicked man hardeneth his face," and ever after workketh it for his living.
"A fool despiseth his father's instructions" and therefore geteth beat on with a board.
EASTER bonnets, at church, are a greater attraction than a cornet soloist or a good sermon.
DON'T tell tales out of school because ten chances to one the people will not appreciate the point.
If a man only told what he knew, he would be the most uninteresting person on the face of the earth.
WHEN a man is broke, instead of grumbling at his tough luck he should be glad he is not in debt.
THE man who is in it never gets so far submerged but that you can hear him proclaiming his luck to his friends.
WHEN a man "grants it for the sake of argument," you had better move on. He knows what he is talking about.
MAN at heart is not wicked. He just does wrong by way of variety; he thinks there is such a sameness in being good.
THE first question a woman will ask you when you have been any place, is what they wore and what they had to eat.
How many people did you ever meet who claimed to be observing, that made their powers of observation valuable to any one else?
A KING has said "If I were not a king I would want to be a journalist." You had better hold your job. Scepter callouses are nothing in comparison to the corns worn upon the hands by the constant use of the editorial shears.
AT Boston University the Faculty have allowed editorial work on the college paper to count the same as work on a certain study. It is claimed that the editor is working in the interest of the school, and therefore he should receive due credit for his writings.
It is predicted by the Emporia Republican that the mantle of the late Colonel Goss will fall upon the shoulders of Vernon Kellogg, of Lawrence. Mr. Kellogg is a very bright young man who has all the instincts of a naturalist with large ornithological gifts — Atchison Champion.
"The Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." This would not be necessary if the fool farmer had of waited until summer to fleece his sheep out of their wool.
A CERTAIN student with more valor than discretion, took offense at what we said about the University lecture course last week. He started in to clean out the management of this paper from the devil down. When he took into consideration the well known athletic ability of our local man;the noble exponents of physical manhood our business managers; the six feet four of one our associates, and the by no means pigmy frame of our editor-in-chief he came to the conclusion that there was a man he wanted to see around the block. Thus is the dignity of the press upheld.
LET us have a college ball team this year. Our own men have won in tennis and in oratory, let us see what a really representative mine can do for us on the diamond — College Life.
That is right. We had somewhat to say on this subject in the past but did not exhaust it. It is a lamentable fact that in every ball game that this institution has played with rival colleges, as far as the writer knows, there has been hired talent on the opposing side. The desire for victory should not be so great that the rag tag and bob tail of humanity should be pressed into a college nine simply because it can play good ball. Let our college ball nines be representative in every sense of the word, and then victory will be victory.
ATHLETIC GROUNDS.
At the meeting of the A. A. K. S. U. on last Friday it was decided to purchase the grounds situated on the corner of Massachusetts and Adams street. There was some talk of buying the land just north of the University for this purpose, but when everything was taken into consideration, it was not thought advisable. Its situation, and the necessity of grading were the most potent arguments against it.
The piece purchased is, we think, far preferable. It has a central location, needs no grading, street cars pass it, and it is near the University. Mr. H. S. Hadley was largely instrumental in having this site selected as he made the proposition that if these grounds were purchased he would see that they were properly fenced and a grand stand erected. This at first may seem a rash proposition but after a little thought it will be seen that Mr. Hadley knew whereof he spoke. The thousands of feet of surface presented by the fence will be an admirable place for our merchants to advertise, and many of them have expressed their desire to avail themselves of this splendid opportunity.
The moneyed men of the town who take an interest in athletic sports, will contribute liberaly to the project. Here will be a place where the careworn business man may for a while drown his trouble in
the pleasure of watching a base ball, foot ball or tennis contest from a comfortable sent in a sheltered grand stand. Mr.Hadley has our approbation and hearty cooperation in this venture.
MUSIC.
Whatever music enters into it becomes the life of it. Take music away from the dance and what have you left, nothing, absolutely nothing. Street fakers, patent medicine men, quack doctors know full well the power of music, as is evinced by their always having with them the best musical talent their means will allow.
What is there so inspiring about music? We wish we were a poet only for one thing, and that is to do honor to this noblest of the Arts. We have music of many kinds; it is as various as the moods in which man will find himself. There is a strange affinity between music and the different temperments of humanity. A quick martial air has the power to dispell care and quicken the step, a soldier, when weary with the march, his musket heavy and his feet sore will be enlivened and rejuvenated by the strains of a brilliant march. He is a new man, music to him is, as the electric current to the dynamo. Even the horses in the army are susceptible to the power of music. Any of us who have seen cavelry maneuvers, know how the horses prance and charge when the bugle sounds. What is there in the many scenes of life, more worthy the brush of painter or the per. of poet than a troop of richly caprisoned cavelry moving as one being, through their intricate drill and ever and anon the mellifluous strains of the bugle sounding out strong and clear. It is majestic, grand, sublime.
We have another phase of music, just the reverse of the former, instead of being invigorating it is soothing, calmly pacifying. We know of no better composition of this type than the immortal Schumann's "Traumerei." But our subject is too extensive, our theme too broad, our vocabulary too small to do justice to this the recreation of the ancients, the life work of masters, the aspiration of the modern's, this the most elevating refining and enlightening of all the arts,—Music.
AN EASTERN MAN.
President Eliot of Harvard College, as is well known by our readers, made a flying trip through the west not long since for the purpose of advertising the institution which he has the honor to represent. While on his road home this highly cultured and self important personage took it upon himself to unburden his mind on the subject of the west. Among the many good good things he said is the following: 'The west as a mass, is incapable, dense, ignorant and wrong.' This is absolutely the most impudent, presumptuous, and ill-mannered misstatement of facts that we have ever heard, from any one who, by
the inexpicable action of fate, is put in a position to command our hearing. This is a sad example of the oft repeated saying that a man may have all the education in the world and not be able to draw a right conclusion from his observation of common things.
This is only a repetition of what has often been said and believed by many persons hailing from the effete and conceited east.
The facts of the case are that the region of country west of the Mississippi river can produce a larger per cent of genuine capability, a higher grade of average intelligence a better, higher and broader culture, and a hundred per cent more of good common horse sense than any other region, of like proportions, on the face of the globe. Here will be found the brains, nerve, push, enterprise, pluck and sinew of this nation today. Here is where the great men of the nation are being fostered and here is where you find the characteristic American. There was a time forty or fifty years ago when the utterances of the inflated aristocrat might have applied to this country, then the Indian, cayote, and rattle snake were supreme, and no one would care how they were slandered, but now the case is reversed, in their place you will find the highest type of civilization, a development not to be equalled in the culture I cast in 300 years. When here he said many things that sounded nice, he touched our weak side, he flattered us, and we poor fools took it all in we supposed he knew what he was talking about. But this one statement that he has made, and not denied, spoils it all, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth, we have been truced, villified and defrauded: The trustees of Harvard College had better cultivate the powers of truthful observation in their representative or give him a vacation of limited duration.
Fine Hats at Abe Levy's.
Our regular correspondent, Mr. P. H. Knowlton, is heard from this week in an interesting article on the "Farmers and the University" We would be very much pleased to see more of the spirit exhibited by Mr. Knowlton, show itself in our students throughout the state. Let us hear from you, and thus bring your college into closer connection with the outside world.
See Abe Levy about your new Hat.
Mrs. Savage, the popular milliner at 901 Massachusetts street has just returned from the cast with a large and beautiful stock of millinery for the spring and summer trade. She will not have a formal opening but her goods are now open and on sale. Her stock is well selected and complete. The young ladies of the University are invited to call and inspect her stock before purchasing their new hats.
The finest line of Ties in the city at Levy's.
from just
the Cash Shoe Store, 830 Massachusetts Street