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The Weekly University Courier.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Science Club-Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 8 p. m. President, Robt. Rutledge; Secretary, F. C. Schraeder.
Seminary of Historical and Political Science—Meets in room 14. University building, every other Friday from 4 to 6. J. H. Canfield, 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 1:30. Admits law students only.
University Glez Club—Meets in Music room, North College, every Wednesday at 5 p. m., and every Saturday at 9 a. m. Prof. Penny, directory.
FRATERNITIES.
Adelphic Literary Society—Meets in Adelphic hall, University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Pharmaceutical Society—Meets in the Lecture room. Chemistry building, every other Friday at 8 p.m. A.J. Eicholtz, president.
Phi Beta Kappa-Honoray collegiate fraternity.
Phi Kappa Psi—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Opera House block.
Sigma XI—Honorary scientific 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 Delta Theta - Meets every Saturday evening in A. O. U. W. hall.
Sigma Nu—Neets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Kappn Alpha Theta —Meets every Satur day afternoon at the homes of members
Pi Beta Phi—Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
Kappa Kappa Gamma -Meets every San
urly day in football in its hall 2d floor
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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.
Oratorical Association of the Students of Kansas State University—President, R. D. O'Leary; Secretary, W. H. Riddle.
University Athletic Association—President, A. G. Confield; Secretary, M. A. Barber; Treasurer, H. A. Pears. Includes Tennis Association, Base Ball association and Foot Ball association
Camera Club—Meets once a month. President, Prof. Williston; Secretary, E C. Case.
Telegraph Club—President, Prof. L. I. Blake; Secretary, E. S. 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.
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.
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GENIUS belongs to the convalescent ward. ___
SILENCE is not always approba-tion.
Some of our students will have to incase their souls in asbestos.
If honesty is the best policy, what is the winning combination?
THE Lord loveth a cheerful giver,
so would we if we could find him.
If the world is a stage and we are the actors,who gets the door money?
THE future is full of good things but when you get there it is empty. ___
WHAT has become of the old fashioned boy who was eight years old and loved his teacher?—Billy Taylor.
If an honest confession is good for the soul, St. Peter will have to be mighty lenient.
THERE is consolation in the thought that if you either go to Heaven or Hades there are some people who will not be there.
You can rest assured that, wherever a man goes, when he has washed the frog pond of life, he will make the best of his circumstances.
THE "representative citizen" spoken of by the country paper,may always be found around the depot at train time, and in the billard hall the rest of the day.
A GIRL of sixteen or eighteen marries for money, at twenty-three she marries for love, at twenty-seven she marries for a home, and at thirty five she don't marry at all. Why?
WHEN you see a procession headed by "city officers and citizens in carriages," you may rest assured that the laziest man in town rides the biggest horse and looks the most important.
Great wit is sure to madness close allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
—Dryden.
That is what we always thought, but Brother Dryden got ahead of us. Never mind, we will get a scoop on him yet.
BEFORE the contest at Emporia some one made known to the students of C. of E. the markings of the judges on thought and composition. This violation of a trust is to say the least very contemptible. There is much dissatisfaction expressed as to the way in which the contest was conducted. An officer of the association entered the contest in direct violation of the constitution. This same person made the loudest howl of any one over the length of the K. S. U. man's oration.
THE Courier Democrat of Seneca, Kan., gives us a good send off in its valuable columns. Thank you gentleman, we hope you will always keep the good opinion you have formed of us. Our object is to be as good an editor as we are a farmer.
There is a decided movement among some of the eastern colleges to exchange their weekly holiday from Saturday to Monday. This is done to break up the habit of studying on Sunday. We do not see how this would be accomplished by the proposed change. There are some students, who when they have nothing else to do will study. As there is nothing that they can do on Sunday they generally put in the day of rest in a manner more profitable than any of the remaining six.
Abolish Saturday as a day of recreation they will lay around Sunday thinking they will get their lessons on Monday, and when Monday comes there is need of bodily exercise which will be taken lessons or no lessons. Exercise is necessary and proper. We have among us certain students who are in the habit of taking long walks and making excursions around the country on Saturday both for excise and to see the sights. These trips often extend over many miles and consequently the pedestrian, when returned, finds himself very sore. Sunday to him is what it should be, a day of rest.
SATURDAY VS MONDAY.
Change Saturday for Monday and these trips will either be abandoned or if taken will prove detrimental to Tuesday's school work.
This proposed change is a violation of the established customs of ages. It is too much like the old story of the Irishman who before doing any work always had to take a rest. The week, both in the business and college world, by rights is ended on Saturday. Monday morning has always been symbolical of an awakening. Let us always keep it so. We are in favor of any reform but do not believe in getting out of the little groove that time has made for us, unless we can fill a larger one.
It is surprising to note the number of youngest men who took part in the late orator contest. Wash burn's representation was the 'youngest' (see Reporter), K. S. U.'s was 'several years the youngest' (COURIER), and our own orator certainly came very near the minimum of age. Since so much importance has been attached to this matter, let us settle it. Mr. Parrington is $19\frac{3}{4}$ years of age. How old are Myers and Hadley? Let us have the figures, gentlemen—College Life.
We are a little disfigured but still in the ring. When Mr. Hadley stepped upon the platform at Emporia (according to the family Bible) he was eighteen years old. When he stepped down forty-five minutes later he had passed his nineteenth birthday. We expect our record for precocity is the best so far.
We have never seen the necessity of the sub-Freshman course in drawing. Seniors who are up in all their studies have been known to take a course in charcoal drawing before they were allowed to graduate. This is the height of folly.
time that is spent in daubing up good drawing paper could be very profitably used in some other direction. It is safe to assert that there has not been a graduate from this school in the last ten years who, by any knowledge acquired here in the regular drawing classes, is able to make a presentable drawing of the most simple object. There are some persons who have no more ability in the line of art than other people have in the musical line. To compel these people to study drawing is unjust and despotic. After a year has been spent in this department one can look back and see that it is equivalent to so many wasted hours. The subject has not been studied enough to master it, but only enough to put in that hour required by the faculty, and, when it is completed there is not a sense of improvement and consequent advancement but only a sense of duty done in making up back work. If a knowledge of drawing is essential, if it is necessary, if no education is complete without it, let us have an instructor in drawing who is paid a living salary and whose department is raised to the dignity of any of the other chairs in the University, if not let us stop this farce and make drawing like any of the other purely practical studies entirely optional.
WE are in receipt of a letter from Mr. John Sullivan, of Kansas City, that does our heart good. As Mr. Sullivan is in a position to know what a paper should be, his appreciation of our feeble efforts in the paper line encourages us very much. Mr. Sullivan, as our readers very well know, was a prominent figure in college newspaper business here several years ago, and it is to his extraordinary ability as a writer and financier that this paper owes its existence. We may also mention that our old friend, Billy Taylor, thinks the Courier is the coming college publication, and wishes us much good luck.
A few weeks ago several students at Ann Arbor became involved in a difficulty with the militia, and a result of a charge on the students was the death of one of them. Eight of the militia-men are now under arrest for manslaughter.
CLIPPINGS.
Princeton now numbers 900 students, the largest in her history. The Freshman's life is a burden. It is reported that one evening recently a number were stripped by Sophomores and sent up a tree and required to sing, "Nearer, my God, to Thee." Special students are prohibited, by a recent ruling of the faculty, from taking part in athletic sports until they have been in college a year. This is intended to discourage men from attending simply for athletics.
A clipping from the "Book of Lamentations":
"The class cometh and the class passeth away, but calculus endureth forever.
"The Political Economy bringeth pain and Rhetoric great sorrow; but behold the Logic destroyeth utterly.
"The Logic is a letter book,but out of it come the vexations of life.
"The good student laboreth into the 12th hour, and the evil student seeketh the beer shebang and dwelleth in the tents of the wine merchant, and behold they are equally cast into utter darkness."
"Rich raiment rejoiceth the heart and many shekels make the face to shine, but the knowledge of Logic is more to be desired than gold—yea, than much fine gold.
ACT I.
"Remember thy Professor in the days of thy youth, that thou mayest be solid on examinations."
Little dreaming they soon would meet.
Maid one.
ACT II.
She smiled upon him in the street From her cosy window seat.
At the hop to the music's beat. Moved in time their hearts and feet. Later they found a cool retreat.
Maid won.
ACT III.
Pealed the organ loud and sweet Bride and groom and their elite All their happiness complete.
Made one.
—Chronicle Argonaut.
Honest toil don't stand a chance; More we work, more we leave behind us,
The following so forcibly expresses the trials and tribulations of college editors, that we give it, hoping that all"may take the hint:" Lives of great men all remind us
Bigger patches on our pants.
On our pants once new and glossy.
Bigger patches on our pants.
On our pants, once new and glossy,
Now are patches of different hue.
Now are patches of different hue,
All because subscribers linger,
Send in your mite, be it ever so small,
And won't pay up what is due.
Let us then be up and doing.
Or when the snows of winter strike us,
We will have no pants at all.
—The Focus.
A BIRD.
A Freshman arrived at his family nest
And acted the howling swell.
He'd stolen two signs, h.d sampled some wines,
And such terrible actions could tell.
As he recounted his feats to admiring friends,
And said,"I'm a bird, they say," Some Sophs, who heard, said,"Yes, you're a bird,
But the bird you'e like is a Jay!"
—Yale Record.
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