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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 S p. m. President, Robt. Rutledge; Secretary, F. C. Schraeder.
Seminary of Historical and Politics Science—Meets in room 14, University building, every other Friday from 4 to 6. J. H. Canfield, director.
Philosophical Club—Meets in room No. 20, University building, every other Friday at S p.m.
Kent Club—Meets in North College every Friday afternoon at 130. Admits law students only.
University Glen 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 8 p.m. A.J. Eicholtz, president.
FRATERNITIES.
Adelphic Livery Society—Meets in Adelphic hall. University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at S o'clock.
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 Tcha Pi—Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House block.
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Phil Delta Theta - Meets every Saturday evening in A. O. U. W. hall.
Sigma Nu—Yeets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Pi Beta Phi -Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
Kappa Alpha Theta - Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members,
Kappa Kappa Gamma - Meets every Saturday afternoon in its hall 2d floor. A
Memorabilia Club-For the collection of statistics and rules 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. Canfield; Secretary, M. A. Barber; Treasurer, H. A. Peiirs. 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. 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.
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.
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$75.00 to $250.00 A MONTH can be made working for us
Persons preferred who can furnish a horse and
give their whole time to the business. Spur
momentary travel is encouraged in town and cities. B F JOHNSON & CO, 109 Main St, Richmond, VA.
TEN men are trying for the position of pitcher on the Yale team.
THERE are dark rumors of plagueism in the late contest at Emporia.
WASHBURN'S"superior methods" did not achieve the victory they expected them to.
WHAT is the matter with the Otta tawa Campus? Our table has not seen it for many days.
Why can we not have a Mask and Wig club? Such organizations exist and flourish in the cast.
Base ball practice has begun in the Eastern colleges. This is the kind of energy we like to see.
The college press of the state seems to have a better opinion of our orator than the judges had.
MICHIGAN University will probably secure the service of Prof. J. L. Sullivan as instructor in boxing.
When you see a round shouldered person why do you invariably straighten up and take a large breath.
It is more natural to sit around and wish you were a senior than to go to work and get your prep. lessons. ___
At the business meeting of the Oratorical Association the place of holding the contest was permanently located at Topeka.
The gymnasium fund of Midland College was deposited in a savings bank that took a short trip up Salt Creek and consequently the hopes of a gymnasium had to follow it.
THE COURIER acknowledges the receipt of the speech of Hon. P. B. Plumb which he delivered in the senate Jan. 7th and 14th. We will take pleasure in perusing it at leisure.
Ir causes us to smile when we see the Washburn Reporter hit us when we are down. In their whole write up of the contest they have not a charitable word for our orator, our Glee club or our crowd. Sorry that your "superior methods" did not put you in a position to use charity. ___
THERE is no doubt but Baldwin is bound to be the coming city of the West. The Ledger in a masterly article on a probable canning factory cites as one of the advantages of such an institution the following: "Students of Baker might have constant employment during vacation; and thus would be supplied a strong inducement to remain and continue their studies from year to year." It is proposed by some unkind person, to have the Professors of Botany accept the chair of boss workman. We are afraid of this measure however as the familiarity consequent upon such close business relations would be liable to destroy the dignity of the class room. Such expressions as "Say! Doc, lets try your weed," would hardly be just the proper thing.
THE VILLAGE SHOWS.
The village shows were rare treats, were they not? It's easy enough to laugh about them now, of course. But you didn't consider lightly in the days when you sneaked off your mother's best chairs to the little low hall and carried water for the artist or animals for the privilege of standing near the woodbox while the show proceeded, did you? No, indeed. From the advent of the hand bills announcing the coming of the "Monarch of Minstreley," or the arrival of "Signor Sleighthand" or "The Thespian Tourists," etc., until the lamps—candles perhaps—were lighted and the curtains closely drawn, you counted the hours and commenced saving the pennies. Then he, she and it came. You got in somehow or other. Of course you were delighted. For months after you talked about the "Essence of Ole Virginia," the bones and the banjo. The glossy-mustached man shook gold fish out of the handkerchief, run a dagger through his wrist, and made a card dance haunted you night after night. And that actor! You see him now, of course—fierce, big-lunged, cruel. You cried when he struck the poor old slave, didn't you? And then you laughed at the funny man. Tears and smiles followed each other clear up to the edge of sleep that night. You see it all now, don't you. The entertainments of you childhood are fresher than those witnessed a few nights ago if you only let your thoughts drift backwark.
When the curtain drops now you are done with the show. It tickled your fancy for the time and that settles it. Not so with the show in the village hall in the happy days of childhood. It was photographed on your fresh mind to stay. When you want to repeat that entertainment all you have to do is to lift the curtain of memory and the mind soon sets the stage and the brain starts the show. And there you are again chasing care away in the charm of childhood.
Is this not as true of every thing else as well as the show? Have you not many a time closed your eyes to shut out the troublesome present and let your mind wander back to the calm serene and peacefml past? There it is and there it will stay; you see your little follies and your little triumphs, at the time they were mountains to you but now they seem as nothing compared to the trials you will have and victories you will achieve. When the present sinks into the past and today is but a comma in the punctuation of the theme of life, you will seat yourself in the same old manner with your feet on the stove and the fire dying into a charred and blackened mass, and, throwing the searching light of a riper mind or the deeds of the present and find that the record of today is no better than the record of innocent childhood.
Take in the old show occasionally. It will do you good. You won't cry over it now, but perhaps you'll laugh So much the better for yourself, then, and those about you. There are no tears in child hood anyway. At least the memory didn't retain them anyway, thank Heaven. So burrow in that region as often as you can. Go to the village show when the big shows offered now grow tiresome. Climb on the old woodbox behind the hot stove and laugh as you laughed then. First thing you know you'll be kicking your heels, clapping your hands and craning your neck just as you did then, and the beauty of it is it only costs you a thought. Atchison Champion.
Our journalistic course is bound to be a short one, and as this is probably the only opportunity we will ever have to unlighten the world and at the same time fill space, we propose to utilize a good part of a galley in holding up before the eyes of the burdened public a few of its members. As we sit here in a brown study and gray wrapper, with a spotted lining, we see before our minds eye the man who comes up and mashes your hat down over your ears, and yells: "Hello Bill, how are you?" While you are blinded with rage and your two dollar hat band; he draws his face into such a smile, that the corners of his mouth meet on the back of his neck, and you find out that he did not mean it, and grow madder still because you wanted to hit him. The hat is not always his point of attack. He may come up to you in an inoffensive way and punch his fist into your short ribs and say: "Hello Bill, I'll settle your breakfast." When you regain your breath and wits, you politely inform him that it would be better if he would settle your board bill. He laughs and thinks you are a good fellow, you force a smile and tenderly inspect your anatomy to see if anything is broken. He may pound you on the back, smile when he sees your head suddenly fly back and hit between your shoulders, address you in a voice that would put a wire edge on a set of false teeth, and say that he is so glad to see you and tell you that W. L. Douglas is getting bald headed. There are many ways in which this person may help to lift life's burden, and rub the wrinkles from the brow of time. Among them may be mentioned the delectable habit of placing his thumb under your nose, his forefinger on your hat brim, and drawing the two forcibly together. Then there is the man with the great scheme, he corners you, hooks one finger in your coat lapel, punches you in the breast with his other hand, at the same time giving vent to the word "See?" and a breath that would produce hay on asphaltum, in three days. There are lots of such people in the world; you know them we know them, but they do not know themselves. There is the 'masher,' the 'society man,' the 'blood,' the 'sport,' the 'student,' they are all here; they are as thick
as fiddlers in the future, and like the poor, 'they are always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good.' That is what we propose to do in the future when we need copy and news is scare. We are all vulnerable and have our weak spots, so a little fair criticism may help us to see them and cover them up. If our readers don't want to be imposed upon next week by another article of this kind, they had better write us up something on the 'Ethics of Infinity,' or the 'Perpetuity of Right.' They are out of our line, but nevertheless would be very acceptable to the public. We will add to our list of victims above, the man who does not pay his subscription. He is a kind of a monkey wrench in the corn.sheller of humanity, anyhow.
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