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The Weekly University Courier.
The Largest College Journal Circulation in the United States.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY THE COURIER COMPANY.
EDITORIAL STAFF :
LOCAL STAFF:
J. M. CEALLISS . Editor in Chief
C. H. Johnson, Maudie Springer. J. M. Davis.
BRYCE CRAWFORD...Editor
E. P. Allen, T. H. Scheffer, H. L. Armstrong.
BUSINE % MANAGERS :
H. E. COPPER, | D. E. BABBITT.
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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 Glee 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.
Adelphic Literary Society—Meets in Adelphic hall. University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
FRATERNITIES.
Phi Beta Kappa—Honorary collegiate fraternity.
Sigma Xi—Honorary scientific fraternity.
Beta Theta Pi—Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House block.
Phi Kappa Psi—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Opera House block.
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House block.
Phi Delta Theta—Meets every Saturday evening in A. O. U. W. hall.
Sigma Nu—Meets 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 12th floor a.D. O. U. W. block.
Memorabilia Club—For the collection of statistics and relates 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. Peirs. 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, L. L. 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.
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
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It is the duty of every student who can afford it, and there are very few who can not, to go to Emporia and whoop her up for our orator as he is a sure winner. The small amount spent on this trip will be very well invested. It will give the student a chance to hear the best of all college orators in Kansas, will show the people that we have an enterprising set of students here, and will encourage our orator to do his best when so many of his friends are present. There is nothing so inspiring to a speaker as to know that he has the sympathy of the audience. To put 150 K. S. U. men in that opera house assisted by our college yell, will be to Mr. Hadley as great an aid to victory as any thing we can do. We will remember the effects of the vast throng we sent to Baldwin with Stebbens. He could not help but win when he had a whole train load of men at his back and every one trying to out-cheer his neighbor. We remember that night well, it was then that we saw for the first time real college enthusiasm, it was then that our little soul swelled in our larger breast and we were proud that we were students of K. S.U., it was then that Sebbens took first place and it was then that we took the town. Let us repeat this victory at Emporia; we can do it, all we have to do is to get in line 150 strong, put Abe Levy at the head and march to that opera house and to victory.
All students are kickers. Now that we have stated this general truth we will proceed to kick and yet have something behind which we can take refuge. Years ago when chapel attendance was made optional there was thought to have been made a great reform, very true, but then the reformation did not go far enough, the library should have been opened. This subject is an old one and has been perhaps fully ex hausted, but then evil like the poor we have always with us. The burden of this thing falls on the student who has a large amount of time to put in the library. He comes up the hill say at 8.15 and then he has three quarters of an hour that he could put in the library and it would be a great help to him but no, when the chapel bell rings he is hustled out into the hall while the professor who made this rule is allowed to remain. Supposing the student who has been shut off from his study does not believe in chapel and sees no good in Christianity, is this sort of treatment going to give him a better opinion of divine service? Not so, he in nine cases out of ten goes out in the corridors and enters into profitless conversation during the twenty minutes in which chapel is held, and then goes to class with the feeling that he has been robbed of valuable time. We believe in Christianity but we do not believe its mission will be fulfilled by forcing it on one in this manner. Let us have the library open all the time and we do
not think that the attendance at chapel will be diminished in the least.
THE suggestion by the Review of last month that the stars and stripes be displayed from the University is good one. Not that we think it would cultivate loyalty in the breasts of mature persons such as attend the University, as the fact that they attend a state institution is proof enough that they possess loyal hearts, but then it would look so grand to have our own Nation's flag surmounting a great building such as we have here. Taking the scenic effect only, who can imagine a pretier scene than this would make; the great orb of day shinning down on the stately, massive, main building which in turn glistens like the chalk cliffs of Dover, the dazzeling effect of this relieved by the beautiful surroundings of grass and leaves and over all this to have floating on the gentle breeze of spring, the most beautiful combination of color and symbolical forms ever linked together by the hand of mortal man, our country's flag. Our personality as a state institution demands that we give the nation due credit. The Capitol belongs to Kansas but still the stars and stripes floats proudly from its mast head. Why cannot K. S. U. be as loyal to and as proud of our country as any legislative assembly? Our flag is seldom seen in the interior except on the glorious Fourth and whenever some noted person dies. We should be able to feast our eyes on this inspiring fabric whenever we look at the summit of Mt. Oread and not have to travel to some insignificant military post to see the first sign of patriotism. Let us have a flag.
Well! how are you? We have met before perhaps, but then this is our formal introduction and we write it because it is expected, and has always been the custom, although it is entirely unnecessary. If the reader will look through the files of any stock company college newspaper, he will observe that a large per cent of the editors are on the subject of the change of staff; the outgoing editor thanking the kind public for being so charitable with him when they have shown no charity at all, and the incoming editor begging the help of the dear reader, (who never helped any one) and expressing himself as being incompetent to fill the responsible position thus thrust upon him; when in his heart he expects to run a far better paper than the old staff and not have so much to say about it either. As for us we have nothing to say in extenuation of the circumstances or as an apology for our being at the business end of this concern. We don't know much about "ideal journalism" but we can run a college newspaper and run it out of sight. The last statement is to be taken literally and not figuratively. We would say to those students who are looking for some great literary production from
our pen that they might as well look for hen teeth and they will have as much success. The Review is what they are looking for and we mention right here that there is no better college production in the United States than our monthly magazine. Our Views column is open, as it always has been, and we solicit contributions from any one who wishes to bring his axe to a proper edge. Our local page will be under Mr. Crawford's control and any help tendered to him will make our paper neerer what its name implies, a newspaper. As to the editorial policy we would thank some one if they would frame one and we will try to follow it. The advancement of K. S. U. will be very near our heart and we will do all in our power to help it along the road to success. Merit will be acknowledged wherever found, either in student or instructor, and incompetency will receive due attention. These are two planks in our platform and we will wait for time to build a structure upon which we may secure standing room before our journalistic course is run.
Views.
The liberty which is given to students entering the University of choosing what courses they shall pursue, has come to be a weakness to the school. Students come here who really do not know what course of study it is best to pursue. They inquire about the different studies, and are told that Greek and Latin are the hardest studies in the curriculum. "Am I compelled to take Greek and Latin?" "Oh! no," says one who likes his case, "here is German and French, take them. Greek and Latin are dead languages anyway."
Now unless the young man's head is very level, or, he is guided by an older person, he is liable to be tempted into the adoption of some easier, more practical course, as he believes. But before he gets through school he finds that he has made a mistake. He thought Greek and Latin were dead, but he takes up the study of History of Philosophy and finds many references to Greek and Latin. These references are many times brief, but they contain important and fine-meaning points. He cannot get them, though, because Latin and Greek are dead languages. He goes over the subject and gets about one half as much out of it as the good classical student who goes over it at the same time.
He reads too of principles of Philosophy set forth by Plato. They are abstruste in English. He wearies of them because they are hard, and he tries to avoid the hard study necessary to give him an insight into them. The classical student is used to such study and plunges into it with alacrity. If the English becomes irksome, he goes to the Greek, knowing what a sense of pleasure it is, to step by step work out the thoughts thus hidden in a difficult foreign language.
Our young man who has taken
I say give Greek and Latin the place they deserve in our curriculum, and require them of every student who is a candidate for a degree in the six collegiate courses. Familiarity with these languages will beget a liking for them, and a liking for them will beget an appreciation for the best English literature, and this will lead to more refined thoughts, and, in the end, we shall have a better cultured body of students. CLASSIC.
up some other course, also comes to read the very best English prose in the course of his study, and finds many references to Greek and Roman mythology. References that are entirely blank to him unless he has read some classics, and is acquainted with these stories.
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