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The Weekly University Courier.
The Largest College Journal Circulation in the United States.
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. CHALLIS.
PERSONAL EDITOR... J. C. FOX.
SPORTING EDITOR... S. M. SIMMONS.
ASSOCIATES:
H. A. ADAMS, MAMIE TISDALE, A. J. GRAHAM, LILLIE HINMAN
BUSINESS MANAGERS:
H. E. COPPER. T. D. BENNETT.
P. T. FOLEY, Printer, Lawrence Kas.
Entered at the post-office at Lawrence Kas as second-class matter.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
PHI GAMMA DELTA fraternity, Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA THETA, meets second floor of Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA Psi, meets on third floor of Opera House block.
SIGMA NU,Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CHI,Meets on fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
BEETA THETA Pi,Meets on the fourth floor of the Opera House block.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA,Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of the members.
KAPPA ALFHA THETA,Meets every Saturday afternoon in the Eldridge House block.
PHI BEETA Phi,Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of the members.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION of the University of Kansas, W. H. Carruth, President; F. H. Kellogg, Secretary, and C. B. Voorhis, Treas.
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSOCIATION: J. D. Bowersock, President; W. D. Ross, Secretary, Executive Committee: M. E. Hickey, W. E. Curry, C. H. Sears.
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION: Manager, Abe Levy, Captain of the nine, John Davls.
PHILLOGICAL CLUB, President, Miss Anna McKinnon; Secyctary, Dr. A. M. Wilcox, Meets every other Friday night.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION: President, F. E. Reed; Secretary, F. H. Kellogg, Treasurer, W. A. Snow.
SCIENCE CLUB, President, P. A. Williamson, Secretary, Robert Rutledge, Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday.
ADPLERIC LITERARY SOCIETY, Meets every Friday evening, President, C. P. Chapman; Vice President, C. S. Griffin, Secretary, E. P. Fisher; Treasurer, H. R. Linville, Critic, G. O. Virtue.
Y. M. C. A. Meets every Friday evening at 7 p.m. room 11. President R. D. Brown, Secretary, T. J. Hunter.
Y. W. C. A. Meets every Friday evening at 7 p.m., third floor of University, President, Floral Newlin; Secretary, Anna McKinnon.
COURHER COMPANY, President, J. R. Cooper; Secretary, L. C. Pochier;
KANSAN COEMANY, President, M. McKinnon; Secretary, L. C. Pochier;
SEMINARY OF HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, Director, Prof. J. H. Grinfield, Meets every other Friday from 4 to 6.
KENT CLUB, President, C. W. Wallace, Secretary, W. A. Foster, Meets every Friday night.
PHARMACETICAL SOCIETY, President, V. L. Bonzi; Secretary, Miss Laura Drabe, Meets every Friday night.
CAMERA CLUB, President, Prof. Bailey; Secretary, E. E. Slosson, Meets every month.
TREELIGHT CLUB, President, Prof. Blake Secretary, W. S. Franklin.
Spring will be here!
Published Every Friday Morning by the COURIER COMPANY
EDITORIAL STAFF:
WALTER JAY SEARS,
Editor-in-Chief.
ASSOCIATE8:
LOCAL EDITOR. . . . . J. M. CHALLES.
PERSONAL EDITOR. . . . J. O FOX.
SPORTING EDITOR. . . . S. M. SIMMONS.
H A. ADAMS,
MAMIE TISDALE,
A J. GRAILAM,
LILLIE HINMAN
BUSINESS MANAGERS:
H. E. COPPER. | T. D. BENNETT
P. T. FOLEY, Printer, Lawrence Kas
Entered at the post-office at Lawrence Kas, as second-class matter.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
FIH GAMMA DELTA fraternity, Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA THETA, meets second floor of Opera House block.
PRI KAPA Pet, Meets on third floor of Opera house block.
SIGMA CHA. Meets on fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
SIGMA NE. Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
BETA THRETA Pi. Meets on the fourth floor of the Opera House block.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of the members
KAPPA ALUHA THIKTA. Meets every Saturday afternoon in the Ridgway House block.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION of the University of Kansas. W. H. Carruth, President. F. H. Kelogg, Secretary, and C. B. Voorbis, Treas.
PIT BETI PUT, Meets every Saturday after noon at the homes of the members.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION J. D. Bowersock,
President; W. D. Ross, Secretary. Executive
Committee: M. E. Hickey, W. E. Curry, C. H.
Sears.
PHILOLOGICAL CLUB, President, Miss Anna McKinnon; See etary, Dr A. M. Wi cox, Meets every other Friday night.
BASE BELL ASSOCIATION Manager, Abe Levy, Captain of the nine, John Davis.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION: President, F. E. Reed
Secretary, F. H. Kellogg; Treasurer, W. A.
Snow.
SCIENCE CLUB, President, P. A. Williamson,
Secretary, Robert Rutledge. Meets in Snow
Hall every other Friday.
ADELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY, Meets every Friday evening. President, C. P. Chapman; Vice President, C. S. Griffin; Secretary, E. P. Fisher; Treasurer, H. R. Liville, Gritt, G. O. Virtue.
Y. M. C. A. Meets every Friday evening n'a
p. m. room 11. President R. D. Brown, Secretary,
T. J. Hunter.
Y. W. C. A. Meets every Friday evening at 7 p.m. m third floor of University, President, Flora Newlin; Secretary, Anna McKinnon
COURBER COMPANY, President, J. R. Cooper,
Secretary, L. C. Pochier;
KANSAH CO. COMPANY, Prudidicti M. McKinnon;
Secretary, W. A. Snow.
SEMINARY OF HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, I. director, Prof. J. H. Cranfield. Meet every other Friday from 4 to 6.
KENT CLUB, President, C.W. Wallace, Secretary, W. A. Foster. Meets every Friday night.
PHARMACETICAL SOCIETY, President, V. I.
Boaz; Secretary, Misa Laa grabe. Meetea
every Friday night. ...
CAMERA CLUB, President, Prof. Halley; Secretary, E. S. Elason, Meets every month.
TELEGRAPH CLUB, Presidee', Prof. Blake; Secretary, W. S. Franklin.
THE Regents have done. The wish of a large slice of Kansas people has been ignored. Kansas worth and Prof. Jas. H. Canfield have been gently shelved. But so let it be! Disappointment is allayed in the wisdom of an excellent choice. Though as good a one, no better man could have been selected than Dr. Chas Thwing. Dr. Thwing, the Uuiversity, the Regents and the State are to be congratulated. The Courier does it most heartily.
We take it all back gentleman: the cradle of the Kansas Literary Club is not to be deserted. Never! Nor was it forsaken two weeks ago: the infant was simply given a little needed rest after its hard struggle for life, a sensible preparation for the battles ahead.
In our journey up the hill last Friday evening our expectations were more than gratified—there was no disappointment in that climb. None whatever. The first program of the Kansas Literary Club disappointed nobody.
As we passed into the sacred precincts of old Orophilian Hall we found it in the hands of its new masters—those who had come to consecrate it anew to the noble cause to which it stands a monument. We found a welcome too; the old hall seemed to smile it. Indeed we thought the gray, grim walls never looked so pleasant; nor did we wonder at it. So long alone and neglected they couldn't help but laugh over their new found friends; the idea of being brought to life and light was more than they could stand.
Nor did these new found friends forget to return that happy smile of greeting. Their's was a holy task—to begin anew the struggle for self and followers:—it was with lots of zeal and devotion and good will that they began it. Above all we liked that.
Mr. Barnes followed with a declamation—a funny one we believe. Mr.B.sustained his creditable reputation as a reciter—his selection did, at least.
Taking the oath of office President Pears took the chair and called at once the first performer to the floor. Mr. Potter responded and in an extemporaneous speech discussed the relation of languages to literary work. Mr. Potter's effort was a happy starter—if not a startler. Everybody forgot their dignity when Mr. P. took his seat—amid an ovation.
that trusts were beneficial organizations. He succeeded in making a fairly good speech—but no converts we think.
Mr. Clarence Sears in an extemporanious effort tried to make an anti-poverty audience believe $ \mathrm{e} $
Mr. Fox read one of Addison's sprightly essays and he read it exceedingly well.
In the debate of the pointed question, Resolved, That colonization is a feasible solution of the Negro question, Mr. Whitman gave some pretty sensible-many clinching reasons why the American black man should be transported, while Mr. Robinson was equally as earnest in his belief that the Negro should stick to the land of their misery and freedom. Both arguments showed careful preparation and both were tolerably delivered.
Mr. Hadley closed the evening's program with an oration. We didn't catch the name of it, but concluded it had some sort of a connection with the American eagle and Fourth of July. Mr. Hadley's oration was not wanting in originality—some of it was quite funny. The pity of it was that a most serious subject was made the victim of Mr. Hadley's irresistible nonsense. Yet his effort was a fairly good one—there was some healthful sense and thought about it. His delivery would never have won first place at an oratorical contest, but it seemed to speak a promise that it might and could some day.
The Kansas Literary Club begins its career under a most propitious sky: its present is bright with the sunshine of well earned success. We see no storm cloud and we hope there is none.
ELSEWHERE will be found a continuation of the fraternity discussion. This article is directly a reply to a recent Kansan editorial which warmly denounced the attack upon the fraternities made by "Barb" in the Courier's views columns and which earnestly championed the cause of the Greeks. It remains to be seen whether this communication, like the former one, will be stigmatized as a fraud and an imposition. It remains to be seen, we say, whether Henry Clay Riggs will rise in his might and fall.
Once for all we want to say that the COURIER is not in the business of misrepresentation, that it is not wilfully the mouth piece of dishonesty. This second article like the first is perfectly genuine; its author is a non-fraaternity student of no mean merit and ability. Who he is is nobody's business but his own; when he desires to make known his identity, the COURIER shall do it; not till then. So far the COURIER has not expressed a single comment pro or con upon this interesting discussion. We believe that at present, circumstances demand that we should remain silent. When we shall speak we purpose to be understood. We therefore desire our contemporary to undemand that this disputation is not between the papers, but among the contending factions.
C. S. Duncan, News Dealer 720 Mass. St.
A other Article that Interests Both Barb and Frat-An Able Article Treated Ably.
A REJOINER.
EDITOR COURIER:—From reading your paper during the past month one might suppose you had adopted as your motto—"Tros Tyriusque mihi nulo discrimine agetur."—I admire your impartiality, and trusting I will not bring down a barbarian horde against you or bring forth an ostracism from the Greeks I will submit a few observations. The object which directly provokes these remarks is the two column article in last week's Kansan written by the Editor in answer to "Barb." As the Editor of the Kansan said the article of "barb," was not worthy of an answer, and I agree. I am well aware that the article in the Kansan, as an article, ought to be ignored. It is simply words-words-words. No motive, he said, for writing it—no end to be accomplished but then he felt constrained to write-words-words-words.
But in several places these words are so arranged as to mean something. It is well for the reader to stop and refresh himself at such places, as though they were oases, and he a traveler in a desert. The first one which meets the eye is this—"Secret fraternities, as features in American colleges and universities have long since passed the critical period of their existence, and are now firmly established in almost every institution of higher learning of any importance in the United States." The Editor of the Kansan states this as though it were a matter of history. That the secret society is alive in American colleges the most absolute idiot in Ossawatomie might observe if he should walk through the halls of the University of Kansas. But so is Masonry alive, so is the Louisiana Lottery—But does the fact of their existence prove they have a right to life?
That the Greek fraternity "is established in almost every institution of higher learning" the Editor of the Kansan, if he knows anything, knows is false.
Let him turn to page 22 of the Princeton Catalogue and read what is there said of secret societies. And how does he rank Harvard, Oberlin, Monmouth, Minnesota State University, West Point, Virginia Military Institute and a score of others? The truth is the gentleman will have to rustle if he shows fraternities in one half the higher institutions. He very calmly begs the question — reminds me somewhat of the story "Pat how will you get that rock out of the wagon?" Count it out" said Pat and moved on.
If the fraternity can prove its right to live, I know of no sensible non-fraternity student who wishes to murder it. But I contend there is a principle at stake and the non-fraternity student has his side to maintain as well as the fraternity student. And such ponderous logic? ) as "you have never been on the inside, so what do you know of it?" will have no effect whatever.
He points to the vast fraternity Alumni and reasons from them that the fraternities will stay. Why not as well point to the ten times as great an Alumni who oppose the fraternity and reason that they will not stay? Neither will the opinions of President Adams settle the question, be he ever so wise. Why not as well say they are a nuisance and quote Hon. Wm. E. Evarts "they are a curse to the college" or our former Chancellor Dr. Lippincott, in the fall of '87, "I can trace the wreck of many a life 40 the fraternity hall." I have a curious deere to know who that mostprominent eastern divine might be, who should give vent to such sacrileg as, "next to the church of God I love Psi U."
However, for every ten divines the Kanson will quote as favorable to the beloved god we willquote ninety who discard this god for the entire service of the other God.
There was one mean sneaking thrust, however, in the Kansan's article, which I was surprised to see, being personally acquainted with the Editor. He evidently assumes clear through that the non-fraternity students are not so from principle but of necessity, because, indeed, they have not been invited to join. I would like to speak in the Kansan's ear so that it would resound there far into the night—and so that it might reach those whom the Kansan taught (?) outside our U: that the great majority of non-fraternity students are so from principle; and when he intimates such a thing as he did, through his paper he commits a sin against the non-fraternity students, and belies our University.
If all the "rag tags" are non secret of necessity, does that argue anything against the conci entious non-fraternity student?
There are just as many good non-fraternity students as there are fraternity, with the "rag tags" thrown in, and they are just as cleanly in appearance. And, if you will not designate me as a "tearer of hair" I will say there is a number of non-fraternity students who will go ahead of the fraternity students in gentlemanly manners, rank with them in classes, smoke less on an average, and do vastly less swearing. Now Mr. Kansan think on these things. It is really quite embarrassing to a poor inoffensive fraternity student
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