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Athenaeum Anniversary.
This young and growing society gave its second anniversary program Saturday evening to a full house.
After invocation by Rev. R. H.
Van Pelt, the presiding officer, Mr.
Harold Barnes, announced music
by the University Mandolin Club.
It is needless to say that the audience
was delighted with the selection rendered.
The essay next presented by Miss Maude Tinsley, entitled "We Live by What We Do," was cleverly written and heartily applauded.
Mr. Wm. Hill's oration entitled "Grecian Mythology," showed careful study of his subject and was well received. Mr. Hill's delivery, how ever, was weak.
Miss Georgia Brown then rendered in her usual charming manner a vocal solo entitled "Yesterday," which was encribed. The debate on the question "Has Moral Progress been greater than Intellectual Progress," was presented in the affirmative by Mr. H. S. Hadley, and in the negative by Mr. H. B. Hall.
Mr. Hadley claimed that the past had produced greater intellects than the present, thus showing that intellectual progress had ceased. The works, both literary and physical, which attract the attention of men of to-day, are the products of the genius of former ages. On the other hand moral progress has not stopped." It is continually advancing. It brushes aside the superstition of witchcraft swept away the curse of slavery and is to-day battling with the rum power.
Mr Hadley's delivery was very effective and with a little training he will make a good speaker. His effort was a credit to him in every respect.
Mr. Hall said that while the ancient works, such as the pyramids and public buildings might be admired, yet they could only be admired as the result of mere physical force, and not as the result of skill and high intelligence. The past few centuries have furnished us with those great writers and thinkers whose names have become household words. Skill in the arts and sciences has attained a height never before reached. The development of our educational system is proof in itself of our intellectual powers.
Mr. Hall spoke in an easy pleasant manner and very creditably presented his side of the question.
An instrumental solo, Miegenleidchen, by Miss Mamie Johnston was well executed and heartily applauded.
"The Death Bridge of the Tay," by Miss Alberta Corbin, was not
spoken loud enough for the audience to hear it well.
Mr. C. P. Chapman's oration "The Discipline of Difficulties," was delivered in his best spirit and was warmly applauded, as it well deserved. The University Mandolin Club then closed the exercises with one of its most beautiful selections. The members of this club are Messrs. Shellabarger, Bowersock, Brewster, Moorhees, and Swope.
All in all, Athenaeum has finished a very creditable year and is now the strongest literary society in K. S. U. The program of Saturday night was a very fitting finale of the year's work.
Department of English. A. R.
Marsh and C G. Dunlap,
Professors.
The aim of the Department of English is a double one, in the first place, to furnish all undergraduate students, without exception, training in the art of writing the English language, as well as some slight acquaintance at least with a few of the greatest of English writers; in the second place, to give such students as are especially attracted to the study of English language and literature an opportunity to acquire the beginning of a really sound and thorough training in them. Of these two aims perhaps the former is the more important to the University as a whole. It is very necessary that the graduates of any course or department should be able to convey to the world the results of their investigations in such a form as to obtain a respectful hearing, and if possible, to arouse interest and attract attention. Accordingly, great stress is laid in the Freshman and Sophomore years upon writing. All students are required to take class work in so much of Rhetoric as directly bears upon writing, to study the work of great masters of English style both in prose and in verse, and to write. He has constant short essays and abstracts and outlines to write as a part of his class work; and he has besides to write at stated intervals longer essays, on subjects of such a nature as to require investigation on his part. Of these longer essays he has during his college course seventeen, which are read and criticized by an instructor in the English Department. After the student has to rewrite a defective or faulty essay, and at all times he has
to face criticism both of substance and form as severe as the instructor is capable of.
The student may, if he chooses, gain still further training in this direction. A course in Advanced English Composition is given during half of each year, and in this the student does a very great amount of writing and gets a great deal of direct and practical criticism. He is given a subject to look up and at the next recitation he is expected to write a brief but well formed article on some point connected with the subject. This short composition is either criticised then and there by the instructor is corrected at his leisure and given back to the student with criticisms written upon it. In this class, also, the students are often required to rewrite, to criticise each other's work and to discuss points of style. In order, however, that the students may not lose the power of constructing larger compositions, they are required to hand in at intervals of a fortnight essays of several pages in length, upon subjects requiring considerable study and research.
If, now, the student has an inclination to learn more of the English language or its literature than is possible in connection with the development of his powers as a writer, he has at the beginning of his Junior year an opportunity to take further courses in these directions. If he wishes to know about the English language, its history and development, he may study Anglo-Saxon for a year. When he has become able to read Anglo-Saxon easily, and knows well the grammar of this early period, he may study for a year more Middle English, and so become familiar with the process by which the language grew to be what it is now. But if the student is attracted more by English Literature he will find open to him five courses. In the first course, what is known as English 5, he will read Chaucer and Spenser, enough of each really to feel at home with them. In English 6, he will study Dryden, as well as Pope, Swift, Addison, Thomson, Gray, and other English writers of the early part of the 18th century. In English 7 he will read Bacon's essays and considerable portions of Milton's poetry. In English 8, three
of Shakspere's plays are read with the greatest care: and in English 9, three other of Shakspere's plays are read in the same way. It will be seen from the above brief outline that anyone desiring to become familiar with the main periods of English Literature, with the exception of the 18th Century, has every opportunity of doing so. In every course the work is made as thorough as possible, and the student is required to obtain more than mere smattering. No detail is considered to minute to be unimportant when the intellectual habits of the students are at stake
To aid in its work the English department now has in the library a good collection of books appertaining both to English literature and to English Philology. A recent acquisition is the complete set of publications of the Early English Text Society, the most valuable collection of books in existence for the study of the history of the English language. There is also a good collection of books relating to Shakspere and to Bacon. English poetry is well represented, and the student will find most of the really necessary books on the shelves. Every year the collection grows richer, and soon it will be ample for all needs.
Class Day Exercises-
The usual class day exercises were entirely done away with and a new and original program was adopted and very successfully carried out. At 9:30 the various classes attended chapel exercises after which they marched out and re-formed while the audience was being seated, when the classes under their respective marshals, again marched in and took possession of the seats reserved for them. The chapel, decorated by he Juniors, presented a very beautiful appearance. The president of the day, Miss Flora Newlin, then introduced Mr. Harvey who made an address for the senior class, followed by Professor J. H. Canfield, in behalf of the Faculty. At the close of Prof. Canfield's remarks, the senior class sang a college song, and then led the classes as they marched out of the chapel. The Seniors then marched to the Observatory and saluted it while the Juniors formed at the Main Building, the Sophomores at Snow Hall and the Freshmen at
Snow Hall and the Freshman at
the Chemistry Building. The Seniors then returned to the Main Building which they saluted, and in return were addressed by the Chancellor. At Snow Hall the address was made by Professor Snow, and at the Chemistry Building by Professor Bailey. At each place the classes saluted each other, the Professors and the building. The classes then assembled north of the Main Building where the Seniors drank the healths of the Alumni in tea, of the Juniors in soda pop, of the Sophomores in water and of the Freshmen in milk. After singing a class song the Seniors then marched to the north end of the campus where they planted their class tree.
The Professors, Seniors and Juniors then assembled in the north halls of the Main Building where the Seniors had prepared an elegant banquet. After the banquet had been enjoyed Miss Merrill, as toast master and representative of the Seniors, made a short address, followed by Dr. Wilcox in a pleasant address for the Faculty. But the Junior representative, Mr. Bear, who followed Dr. Wilcox, brought down the house. The Juniors then sang a song prepared especially for the occasion by the class poet, which was pronounced the best of the day, after which the assemblage dispersed well pleased with the exercises of the day.
We are glad to be able to present the following history of the Senior Class.
The Senior Class.
Harry Buckingham, of Lawrence, was born in Leavenworth and is 20 years of age. He graduated in the Concordia high school in 1884 and entered the University in 1885, taking the Latin Scientific course. Mr. Buckingham is one of the five who received a commencement appointment. He is a Republican.
The marshals were F. E. Reed, for the Seniors; D. E. Esterly, fo, the Juniors; W. A. Snow, for the Sophomores and H. S. Hadley, for the Freshmen.
William Talbot Caywood, of Vineing, was born in Fleming Co., Ky. in 1866. He entered the University from the Clifton schools in 1883, where he has pursued a classical course. Mr. Caywood is business manager of the Review. He expects to travel for a year and then study law. He is one of the two Democrats.
Anna Gertrude Crotty, of Burling-