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THE WEEKLY UNIVERSITY COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. VIII
Gommencement Week.
Something About the Exercises on
the "Hill" The Alumni Banquets-
The Class Banquets,
and Commencement
Day.
The concert was under the management of Prof. McDonald, and spoke praises of the work which has been accomplished in his department. The performers were an honor to themselves and to the University.
LAWRENCE KANSAS, JUNE 13, 1890.
Commencement Concert
The concert given by the School of Music, assisted by Miss Hutchings and Mr. Howe, was a splendid success and an appropriate beginning of the gala week at the University.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5th, 8 P M.
Miss Weller had the misfortune of being the first on the program, but succeeded in securing the close attention of the audience.
Miss Hoadly rendered a pleasing selection with her usual ease of execution.
Miss Brown played before the great audience as though it were an every day affair.
Miss Burr played charmingly, having a faultless execution. She delighted her friends.
Miss Wynne's selection was pleasing and was well rendered.
The rippling waters could almost be heard during Miss Lichtenwalter's rendering of LaCascade. The descriptions were beautiful.
"The Invitation to the Dance," by Misses Brown, Burr, Wynne and Mr. Hair, was faultless in mechanical execution, and had Weber heard it from a seat in the auditorium he would have doubtless cheered enthusiastically.
The vocal solos by Miss Hutchings, and the duets by Miss Hutchings and Mr. Howe are well known to the people of the University and of Lawrence, and need no comment. Their "Dews of a summer night," brought forth a hearty encore.
The house was comfortably filled, and the audience had nothing but words of praise for the performers and for Prof. McDonald.
The Field Day Heroes.
The day was a decidedly pleasant one, in fact a more suitable one could hardly have been wished. A slight breeze from the west was blowing but it did not interfere with any of the sports and served to keep the crowd cool.
The first were the tennis doubles, which were won easily by Brooks and Bowersock. Mr. Brooks is quite a skillful wielder of the racquet and Mr. Bowersock is not at all behind him.
After the tennis came the great event of the season. The greatest because the first boat race that has ment oard between K. S. U. teams taken Elec [Klassic Kaw] The
start was made a crowd of over 300 were gathered along the shore by Eidemiller's ice house where the finish could be seen.
After some time was consumed in fixing the starting floats which had drifted from their positions, the two crews, consisting of Messrs. Hadley and Robinson, Brown and Barber, started at the sound of a pistol shot for the goal.
Robinson and Hadley made a better start than Brown and Barber but soon lost what they had gained by not keeping a direct course. Messrs. Brown and Barber once having gotten the start kept it and came in at least seven lengths ahead. Robinson and Hadley are not as heavy men as their opponents in the boat race and also have not the wind necessary for a long pull.
The boat race we hope will become a permanent feature in our field day exercises. There is some talk of two four oared shells being purchased for next year. We hope that it will be done and that we can get up boating teams that will be equal to the eastern college teams.
The following is the record of the field day exercises at the B. B. grounds in the afternoon.
L. A. Smith won $21.00 in prizes and evidently is the best all round athlete in the school. The mile walk had eight contestants but only one of them walked.
Slow bicycle race won by E. W.
Caldwell at the rate of a mile in 50
minutes; prize, $1.50
High kick wen by L. A. Smith; prize, $1.50.
Egg race won by L. A. Smith; prize, $1.50.
Standing broad jump won by A.F. Sherman, 11 feet 10 inches; prize, $2.00.
Standing high jump won by A. F
Sherman; prize, $2.00.
Mile walk won by W. A. Snow,
prize, $4 00.
Throwing heavy weight won by
L. A. Smith, 36 feet, 2 inches, prize,
$1.50.
Putting shot, won by L. A. Smith,
27 feet 2 inches, prize $1.50.
100 yard dash won by L. A. Smith,
10½ seconds, prize $5.00.
Running broad jump won by L.
A. Smith, 17 feet $6\frac{1}{2}$ inches, prize,
$2.50.
Running high jump won by L. A.
Smith, prize $2.50.
Hurdle race won by L. A. Smith,
prize, $5.00.
Wrestling won by A. F. Sherman, prize, $5.00
Profs. Sterling and Carruth were referees and kept the ball rolling.
Hop step and jump, won by J. D.
Classen, prize, $2 50.
Long throw won by Hi. Adams.
92 yards 6 inches, prize $1.00.
SUNDAY, JUNE 8th, 8 P.M.
The annual Baccalaureate sermon was preached in University hall last Sunday evening at eight o'clock. It is the custom of the city churches not to hold services
The Baccalaureate Sermon.
on the evening of this sermon, consequently the chapel is always crowded to its utmost capacity. So when the Rev. Joseph T. Duryea, D. D., of Omaha, Neb., appeared on the rostrum, he found before him a large, cultivated and expectant audience. Dr. Duryea is an earnest, impressive talker, speaking without notes and held his large audience in close attention for an hour. His text was Matthew, xvi:18—"And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
On this most excellent text, the Rev. gentleman based not a doctrinal sermon, but a discourse full of sound, practical, Christianity, dwelling on the work of Jesus, and emphasizing the point, that in this life men were wanted, just as in time of war placards were posted announcing that men were wanted to fight the battles of the country
The Congregational choir furnished the singing, which is a sufficient guarantee that it was excellent. The ministers of the city occupied seats upon the rostrum. Rev. Mr. Ayers made the opening prayer, Dr Howland read the scripture, Dr Marvin delivered the closing prayer and Dr. Cordley pronounced the benediction.
Pharmacy Commencement
The program offered by the Pharmacy class on Monday, owing to the busy time in getting ready for the three big days of the week, did not draw a large crowd, and when the class, accompanied by the Juniors, filed into the hall to a march by the First Regiment Band, it was scarcely half full. The rostrum was very tastefully decorated with grasses leaves and roses.
Three members of the State Board of Pharmacy added dignity to the occasion by their presence upon the platform, and under the management of Mr. J.D Classen, as president of the day, the program was nicely carried forward. There are ten members of the graduating class, Messrs. V. T. Boaz, J. D. Classen, H. A Adams, S. J. Kelley, L. S. Hacket, B. F. Fiegenbaum, H. W. Thomas, E. W. Smelser, Carl Phillips and J. E. Youngberg. Of these, three have had the required two years experience in a drug store and will receive their diplomas; they are Messrs. Boaz, Thomas and Classen.
The following program was carried out:
Overture, Poet and Peasant, Soppe
Invocation, REV. KELLAR
Salutatory, L S HACKET
Irish Growth, Ro e of Erin, Theo. Moses
Address, PROF. SAYKE
Serenade, Duet for flute and horn, Tittl
Address, PROF. FRANCIS HEHM
Guard Mount, Eilenberg
Valedictory, B F. FIEGENBAUM
Tanhauser March, Wagner
This, as may be seen, is a variation from the old time pill speech making. The program throughout was commendable
The Salutatory by Mr. Hacket and the Valedictory by Mr Fiegenbaum were well written articles
Prof. Hemm, of the St. Louis School of Pharmacy, read a good paper on Pharmacy. Prof. Hemm complimented Kansas on having such good laws in regard to the practice of pharmacy. He thought that we should be proud both of our school of pharmacy and of Prof. Sayre, who is known over the entire country. Mr. Hemm, however, insulted the Juniors by mistaking them in his final remarks for the Seniors—so the Juniors say.
The feature of the program was Prof. Sayre's address, a part of it is given below
Graduation is an important event to the student; it is a red letter day in his history. After passing successfully the numerous quizzes, reviews and examinations one might expect him to be in a very good humor. Yesterday he was among the anxious ones, timidly approaching the meshes of that awful faculty seive, wondering whether he had escaped pulverization. To-day reflections on pulverulent conditions are to him things of the past and he rejoices and we also, that in spite of the past severe ordeal he still remains an unmutilated form, whole in all its parts. The degree of graduate in pharmacy, it may not be known to all present, is conferred by the school of pharmacy upon those who, besides completing a two years course of systematic training in this department of the University, have also received two years additional training under a preceptor in actual practice.
The Arabian proverb has it: "Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth." I know you would prefer fish obtained under rather different conditions than these. If you have the luck we wish for you, the golden hook which catches the fish without the ordeal of the Arabin proverb will be yours.
To the student in pharmacy I would say that the state has demanded that you obtain a certain knowledge and training, perhaps for very practical purposes. You yourself may have looked largely upon the utilitarian side. What-ever may have been your view, I would say if your course here has not changed or enlarged this idea it has in a great measure failed of its purpose.
Independent of professors and instructors there are traditions belonging to an institution such as ours and there is an intellectual atmosphere which has almost imperceptably been a part of your education and tended to give you a rotundity of character and a wholesome development of intellect. If this has not been true your course has in a great degree failed of its purpose.
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If your course in the University has not created a taste at least outside of the scientific line of study, it has to a great extent failed of its purpose. There is one thought in closing:
Let me ask you to remain loyal to the principles this institution has inculcated. You have completed a course of study here, but this does not imply a completion of study. You make a fatal mistake if you rest upon the present attainments; if you regard, indeed, your course of study here more than merely a preparation for future work. The sciences which apply to pharmacy are by no means fixed; new problems and new discoveries are being made every day, and he who rests sa i.fied with present requirements will find himself retrograding in a field of ceaseless activity. I hope you have received some incentive for continued exertion. Pecuniary inducement I grant is not held out, but let your responsibility to science, to the sick and the suffering be a sufficient inducement. Let the character of your aim be pure and success will attend you. Your highest reward should be found in the consciousness of having performed your duties to the best of your abilities. Finally let me ask you to keep ever before your eyes the professional obligations of the pharmacist, which are equivalent to an unswerving integrity.
Severely Caned.
The members of the Senior law class called on Prof. Green in a body at his home on Kentucky St. Saturday evening and presented him with a gold-headed cane as a token of remembrance, and as an expression of the high esteem in which they hold and regard him The Prof. was not at home when the boys arrived but Vice-Chancellor Spangler came to the rescue and succeeded in inveighing him away from a reception he was attending at Chancellor Snow's. On getting home the Prof. was very much surprised to find the Seniors in possession. Mr Chas. Farrow was selected by the class to present the cane which he did in a neat and unassuming way. The Prof. was somewhat confused at first but soon rallied and responded in fitting terms. After an hours pleasant conversation the boys bade the Prof. and Mrs Green goodnight and went home feeling happy and jolly good fellows and that the Professor is one of the best, joyful and whole souled men that it is rarely one's good fortune to meet in a life time. Y.
Dr. Geo Baur, of Yale College: one of the most learned men in vertebra fossils, visited the University museum last week. He expressed himself as very much surprised both at the collections and the University.
n Mrs. Savage for Commencement Hats and Bonnets, 901 Massacushetts St.