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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:
WALTER JAY SEARS,
Editor-in-Chief.
LOCAL EDITOR ... J. M. CHALILL.
PERSONAL EDITOR ... J. C. FOUS.
SPOKING EDITOR ... S. M. SIMMONS.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
THE GAMMA DELTA tracery. Meets in the
Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHIL DELTA THETA, meets second door of Opera r ouse block.
THI KAPPA Fst, Meets on third floor of Opera
house
SIGMA, NC. Moist in the Eridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CHI, Meets on fourth floor east of the Opera House.
BETA TRUSTA FL, Meets on the fourth floor of the Opera House block.
KAPTA KAPTA GAMMA, Mute every Saturday afternoon at the homes of the members.
KAPTA ALFHA THEA: Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of the members.
PI BETA PHI. *beats every Saturnay after*
neon a the houses of the members.
PHI BREA KAPPA, Honorary fraternity; Pesti dent, Chi monocellul Snow.
ATHLETIC C ASSOCIATION of the University of Kansas. W. H. Carruth, President; F. H. Ket logg, Sec. and C. B. Voorish, Trens.
PHILOLOGICAL CLER, President, Miss Anna McKinnon, Secretary, Dr. A. M. Wheeo, meets every other Friday.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION J. D. Bowersock
President; W. D. Rose, Secrety. Executive
Committee: C. S. Hau, W. E. Curry, C. H.
Sears.
SCIENCE CLUB, President, E. K. Slosson
Secretary, M. A. Barer, Me is in Snow Had
every other Friday.
ADLEPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY, Meets every
Friday evening, President, H. c. Rigg.
KANSAS UNIVERSITY LITERATURE CLUB,
President, Howard Poetres, Secretary, J. E. kaker.
Y. M. C. A. Meets every Friday evening a. 7.
p.m. r.oam 11. President. E. L. Ackley, secretar-
y, C. P. b.poahm.
W, Y. W. C. A. Moore every Friday every at p. m. third floor of University. President Emma Dunn; Secretary, Laura Lockwood.
COURCH COMPANY, President W. A. Foster,
Secretary, L. O. Pooleer.
KLANN COMPANY, President, M, McKinnon,
Secretry, W, A. Snow.
SEMINARY OF HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, Director, Prof. J. H. Candell. Meets every other Friday from 4 to 6.
REVIEW COMPANY, President and Editor in-Chief, H.F. M Bear.
KRIN KLEEN, President, C. W. Walls, Secretary, W. A. Fosier. Meets every Friday night
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, President, V.I.
Boaz; Secretary, Miss Laura Grabe, Meets
every Friday night.
CAMERA CLUB, President, Prof. Balfry; Secretary, E. E. Slosson. Meets every month.
TRIKLAPH CLUB, President', Prof. Binke Secretary, W. S. Franklin.
SINCE the victory at Chelsea Park our heaviness of heart has been decidedly alleviated. The University Base Ball club has redeemed its shaken honor; its fourth battle was a signal triumph. That triumph proved the superior strength of a great University and reassured an honest pride. We are glad and proud of that victory and with that vast host who love and honor K. S. U. we join in three roaring cheers for those who won it.
If the COURRIER has been unceremonious in its treatment and criticism of the Base Ball Club, it has been done with but a single purpose: that the honor of the University might be maintained. Moved by such a motive we have spoken plainly, but sincerely. Since the club has proven its right to merit praise every honest critic will heartily give it. We have done so, nor will we ever neglect to honor whatever honors the University of Kansas.
It is said that a calm always preceeds a storm; the staff of the COURIER is inclined to believe it. Never during the whole school year has there been a week in which the festive "item" was as scarce as the one just past. But we take hope in the coming storm: there will be one week of it and it will begin just two weeks from day.
THE Adelphic Literary Society has adjourned for the summer. Its members can certainly rest with easy consciences, for no Society has ever had more earnest and enthusiastic workers than they have been. Adelphic is not yet a year old, but we believe its happy and prosperous beginning is to be followed by years of successful labor.
WHAT can be expected of our young ambitious orators when such men as Senator Ingalls go to "cribbing? It our senior Senator is not very careful he will make unconscious cerebration a fashionable craze. Just as the Grippe did it would undoubtedly reach our American Colleges.
Every Kansas student should take a deep and concienced concern in the political affairs of the state. Whether Kansas is to remain the champion of all that is best in this age — whether Kansas is to keep from her borders the curse of drink, are questions of vast importance; they must be met and answered manfully and well.
News has beed received from Ezra Palmer who left the U. at the close of the first term and went into business down south. He is now at Atlanta Ga. The irresistable Ezra says every thing is as lovely as a Kansas May day. He reports that the weather down there is getting decidedly torrid; he even threatens to attire himself in palm leaves if it gets much worse. He gives us notice, too, that he will return to K. S. U, next fall and none will be more glad to see him than the COURIER.
Our Exchange Table.
The Athenian a fortnightly, published by the fraternities of the Illinois Wesleyan University has come out, as it says, in a new garb; and its hope that it may meet with the approval of all will undoubtedly be fulfilled. The Athenian and the Elite Journal, the organ of the "barbs," still continue to "make faces" at each other. If these quarrelers knew how supremely rediculous they look, we believe they would stop their senseless squabble.
Our TABLE greets this week the first number of the Midland College (Atechison Kans.) Monthly. It makes it bow as the successor of the Messooowan. If we may judge from its first number, the Monthly will take its place among the first college journals of the State. We are glad to know that Midland joins so generously into the spirit of pride and enterprise that is stirring along the ranks of Kansas students. We congratulate her.
--advance of him in intellectual attainments. Yet long observation shows that the plodding man of good, but not brilliant talent, will through life hold the lead, which they have already gained over the brilliant comrade who lacks the habit of persistent and continuous work. And if our young friends will study the biographies of even the most brilliant men they will find that the greatest achievements of these men were generally the fruits of serious and severe toil. Let us take two or three illustrations.
The last issue of the Kansan contains an able editorial on the 'political' affairs of the student during the past year. As a whole we heartily endorse the article. We admire its generous and manly spirit and its unprejudiced and sensible view. With our contemporary, we are glad that the "lack of feuds and quarrels has made a more united and generous spirit prevalent." Because there has been less antagonism and more good feeling, we, too, are sure that "there has been better work done in the University" and that "there has been an unusual manifestation of true college enthusiasm."
We say, we are glad—heartily glad—that all this is so. We have done what we could to break down the silly barriers of factional prejudice and ill feeling. We believe that it is nothing more than what every loyal and sensible student should do. Not until every student treats his fellow student with honor and respect—not until college pride rises above factorial rivalry, will student life be what it should be.
President Angell, of Ann Arbor, writes recently in the Kansas City Times the following interesting and sensible letter:
One of the most common mistakes of young students is to overrate the value of mere brilliancy of intellect in comparison with that of industry. In almost every institution of learning, from the grammar school to the university, you will find many pupils pointing with a sort of admiration to some one of their comrades, who has never accomplished much, and saying, "He could easily outstrip the men whom the teachers rank as the leading scholar, if he chose." They say this with a tone which implies that they esteem more highly his gifts than those of the hard working, but less brilliant students, who are far in
When I was a student in college Rufus Choate was at the zenith of his power. He was the idol of young men who admired brilliancy. The general belief among them was that if Mr. Choate were awakened in the middle of the night he would need no further preparation for the delivery of a splendid oration than to run his fingers through his curling locks. But when his biography was published it appeared that he was one of the most diligent and laborious of students, and that his great speeches were prepared with infinite care.
When Daniel Webster made his celebrated reply in the senate to Hayne of South Carolina on nullification, with only a single day for special preparation, the feat was deemed marvelous. It has often been referred to as a striking evidence of Webster's readiness for a great emergency. Years ago the late John Whipple, an eminent lawyer of Providence and a warm personal friend of Webster, told me this story concerning that speech:
"I asked Mr. Webster," said Mr. Whipple, "as we were taking a walk at an early hour, before breakfast on the beach at Newport, how it was possible for him to present so elaborate and complete an argument on so short notice in reply to Hayne.
"On so short notice!" exclaimed Mr. Webster, "Why, I had been many years preparing the substance of that speech When I was a young lawyer with plenty of leasure I busied myself with raising every question, I thought could be raised, concerning the interpretation of the constitution, and with attempts to settle those questions. Among these was the point made by South Carolina and by Mr. Hayne. That subject has always been kept in mind by me. When the occasion arose for discussing it, I was ready with the preparation of years."
Read the life of Louis Agassiz, who seemed to be one of the readiest men in scientific discourse. His utterance was so full and fluent that it seemed to come without effort. But the student of his biography will see that he worked
with such untiring devotion that his great master, Cuvier, had to warn him that 'work kills' if no time is taken for rest.
The popular idea of General Sheridan is that he won his victories by mere dash But read what Grant says of him and what the officers on his staff say of him and it will be seen that his dasse succeeded because he had spared no palms in preparing for his attacks.
Dr. Wayland used to quote a saying which he had picked up somewhere, "Nothing will stand up against day's work." Toil persistent, continuous, unflickering toil, is the price that must generally be paid for marked intellectual success. The taste and capacity for hard work, with fair talent, is a better guarantee of ultimate success than great brilliancy of mind without industry. The considerations explain in part why many a man who in college life has a high reputation among his fellows for signal ability fails to justify it by his subsequent achievements, while others, who were not much praised in their college days, finally go to the front. These last had the habit of continuous work. Of course, the combination of brilliant gifts and persistent industry wins the very highest success. The purpose of this paper is to warn the young men of brilliant gifts against the grand mistake of trusting to those for their achievements. Work, hard, constant work must be accepted as the condition of accomplishing much in the fierce competitions of modern life.
For some time Prof. Sayre has been in Washington an attendant of the 7th Decennial meeting of Pharmacists of the United States. He has but recently returned.
Prof. Sayre Honored.
One of the most important works of this meeting was the election of a committee of 25 to revise and compile the pharmacoporia—the national code of medical science. This revision is made every ten years and it is a labor of vast importance. None but the most able and qualified are placed in charge of it.
Prof. Sayre was elected a member of this committee and with the exception of one he is the only member west of the Mississippi.
The University is again honored and we unite heartily in congratulations to Prof. Sayre.
Senior Law Reception.
Prof. Greene, assisted by his amiable wife, received the seniors last night. In spite of the disagreeable weather, there were but tew who did not attend and the happy occasion was all that could have been wished. Prof. and Mrs. Greene are eminent entertainers, and their elegantly arranged home was put to good service; never was an evening more thoroughly enjoyed. The following were pres-
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