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THE WEEKLY UNIVERSITY COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
SUBSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
VOL. VIII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APRIL. 4, 1890.
His Equal.
Senator Evarts, of New York, has a nation-wide reputation for his interminable and labyrinthian sentences. In a recent speech before the Senate on the Blair Bill the distinguished statesman returned to his famous practice. The following is a pretty fair sample: If these great things were done without preparation, to be sure the human mind and the moral government of this world are not to be changed about that situation; it is the resources of our men, of our people, of ourselves that will go on with that conciliation of antagonistic and consistent conditions of society in any portion of the country that will take the place of the preparation that the inexorable laws of conduct by the nation render impossible.
It is said that Editor Dana and Col. Ingersoll are wreaking their brains over its solution.
But Senator Evarts does not stand alone in this particular. K. S. U. has a man who merits more than an equal division of the glory. He is one of Prof. Green's promising young ones and it is said that he is a man of exceptional parts. We wish to say further that his name is T. D. Lieb. If you don't believe that Senator Evarts has a dangerous rival please read the following:
As long as I do not infringe on the liberties of others I claim the right to think as I please, to speak as I please, to act as I please, to drink as I please and no mutual admiration society whose members thank God that they are not as others, who claim the monopoly of all morality and say: We are the people and Wisdom will die with us—no faction of Adullmites whom the Scriptures tell us were composed of malcontents, the dissatisfied, the discontented, the disgraced and the dishonest of both parties who had collected in the cave of Adullam for a consultation—no set of chronic snarlers and spleeant malignant backbiters whose breasts are green with gal and whose tongues drop venom who have called our last two Presidents respectively "a beer guzzling, beef eating libertine" and "a hypocritical Pharisee," no band o long haired men and short haired women, the unsexed of both sexes the feeble, the foolish, and the ef feminate of one, and the enzied fanatical and virile of the other—no collection of canting, whining sanctimonious, self-elected, self
satisfied, self-glorified, self-sanctified, and self-sufficient, all- sufficient and insufficient bigots whose red faces and blazing noses form a constant and conclusive contradiction to their solemn asservations of absolute abstinence, and who are continually and everlastingly washing their filthy fingers in holy but invisable water with sacred but imperceptible intangable and ineffectual soap, have any moral right under heaven to set themselves up as a standard for humanity to enact a law that will render absolutely worthless millions of dollars worth of property and to create a Draconic and Proenestean Code, and to prosecute and persecute all who are unwilling to conform thereto.
There is no need to comment. K. S. U. always has a way of getting to the front.
The notice of vacation posted on the bulletin board this week was as a lighthouse to the quizz tossed student and insured him a haven of rest and place of retreat from the waves of interrogation points which have rolled over him during the last week.
An inoffensive Law wrote something like the following in the COURIER'S note book and we cannot retrain from giving it:
The L. E. of this paper thinks that a watch in the pocket is worth two in the pawn-shop and will spend his vacation in Lawrence.
Mr. Kennan portrayed truely the horrors of a despotic government. We acknowledge, George, that it is mighty inconvenient to have to submit to it. We know a little something about absolute monarchies ourselves and get it by actual experience. Instead of the Czar of all the Russias it is the fair Czarina of all the Libraries that wields the scepter in our realm and no Siberian exile ever cringed before dreaded knot as does the most haughty Senior before her frown of disaproval. But when we reflect what a perfect Bedlam that library would be in twenty-four hours without her rule, we can easily be reconciled. Yes, a monarchy is more acceptable than a state of anarchy.
The students of the L. B. C. have followed in the footsteps of their rural sires and have organized a Farmer's Alliance. We might expect to hear of them in a few days passing resolutions and "whereases" against our ornamental but useless senior senator.
Will He Accept?
At the next meeting of the Regents, Prof. F. H. Snow will be offered the chancellorship of the Kansas State University. It is generally believed that he will accept
Prof Snow would have been given this position months ago, but he would not hear to his nomination. The people of the State have been unanimous in the opinion that, if Prof. Snow desired the promotion, it should be willingly and heartily given him. None have denied that his long and fruitful labors merit the greatest reward by the people of Kansas. But Prof. Snow has always said that the many and responsible duties of his present chair demanded that he should retain it. He has believed that the chancellorship would seriously interfere with a work to which his life has been devoted.
But this offer comes now more as a demand from the people of the State: the chancellorship has come to Prof. Snow. Under these circumstances it is very probable that he will accept the leadership. If he does, none will be more hearty than the congratulations of the COURIER.
Wild rumors were afloat on the hill last Monday. The purport them was that about three-fourths of the Faculty and all the brains of the institution had resigned leaving the students to the tender mercies of John the fireman, and what not. The COURIER man made it his business to ascertain the cause of these reports and found that Mr. E. C. Franklin had asked for leave of absence for one year to perfect himself in the study of Chemistry.
Mr. W. S. Franklin intends to spend three years in Germany in the study of Physics. His wife will accompany. Mr. Max Winkler before going to Germany to complete his education was advised to teach a year for the practice it would give him and consequently accepted the position of assistant in German in K. S. U. He will probably go to Germany next summer. Miss Adelade Rudolph gave notice last year that this would be the last year she would teach and she will probably hand in her resignation at the next meeting of the Board of Regents. No cause was assigned. Although K. S. U. will miss from her list of competent instructors these four popular and worthy tutors she cannot complain, as in most every case it is for the improvement of themselves and in their respective branches. The COURIER hopes that when the time comes for them to pass an examination the cold sweat will not gather upon their brows but they will show what they know with that sublime tranquility which they have heretofore expected from some poor High School graduate, and return to their Alma Mater burdened with honors and fame.
The hall of the Literary Club was not crowded last Friday evening, yet it is to be doubted if a program productive of more good could have been rendered. The time was devoted entirely to the study of Parliamentary Law, and all present were thoroughly compensated for the effort of climbing the hill.
The program was appropriately opened by a history of Parliamentary Law by President Peairs. A large portion of the time was then devoted to the discussion of questions involved in Parliamentary practice. The discussions were opened by papers prepared by the members. The most interesting part of the evening, however, was the practical application of the principals studied by means of what is crudely called a "Parliamentary scrap." Mr. Roberts presided. This strongly reminded one of the stormy scenes enacted in Athaenum, during the latter part of her career, and was so prolonged that adjournment had to be taken before the business of the evening had been completed
Those absent missed a treat; those persent will look forward to the next meeting devoted to Parliamentary Law, not with thoughts of a dry, irksome evening, but rather with anticipations of pleasant, fruitful enjoyment
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We might remark here, however, to some who do not appear thoroughly in earnest, that if you are not enough interested to attend regularly, the club will not be long in finding it out, and its motto is: "No drones allowed."
The Freshman Elocution class has stopped "sinking" and "swimming" and has died and passed into "inocuous desuetude" as might have been expected from such rapid living and surviving. Instead of meeting once a fortnight, as is booked, it met twice a week and so completed the course in a much shorter time than usual.
short time than usual. This wise move will preclude the necessity of climbing the hill in company with old Sol, to "sink or swim" with the thermometer 108 in the shade with prospects of a rise in refrigerators.
Hill and Dale.
Dr. E. G. Blair, better known as Phi Gam Blair, was recently appointed Staff Physician of Roosevelt Hospital, New York city.
A good one on Swank and Sherman: How is it, does West Lawrence society appreciate the company of gentlemen callers after 12 o'clock?
Frank Cromwell of '87, a loyal K. S. U. student and a member of Phi Gamma Delta has his Courier sent to New York City where he attends Columbia College.
A. C. Markley who was reported dangerously injured last week is improving rapidly. We are glad to hear it
The Freshman Themes which have been returned present the most sanguine appearance of any series of essays which have been subjected to the criticism of the English department since that department existed.
J. A. Mushrush and S. C.Brewster have gone to Chicago to attend the National Convention of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Prof. S. M. Cook, Chapman Kan. class '86, principal of the only County High School in the state, is in the city attending the meeting of the School Principals association.
W. S. Jenks, class '87, now principal of the Abilene High school, read a paper before the Principals association now in session here.
C. H. Sears is rusticating near Eudora, during vacation.
W. D. Ross will vacate at his home in Jefferson Co.
Spring fever arrived in town last week.
Fox was on the sick list this week.
W. M. Curry is visiting at the paternal residence in Nortonville. He of course goes and comes by way of Topeka.
Marlin McCreight and Ross Gilluly are spending the vacation at their homes in Oskaloosa.
S. M. Simmons and W J. Sears are in Topeka preparing for the special meeting of the Legislature.
Coutts, Crowell, Mustard and Miss Bowersock were excused from the half-term examination in second term French; thus a good class record is rewarded.
Prof. Snow tailed to meet his Zool, class last Tnes., perhaps because it was All-fools-day.
Slossen photographed the Chemistry class last week. He secured a very good negative.
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