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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
PHI GAMMA DELTA fraternity, Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA THETA, Meets on second floor of Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA Pst, Meets on third floor of Opera House block.
SIGMA NU, Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CHI, Meets on the fourth floor East of the Opera House block.
BETA THETA PI, Meets on fourth floor of the Opera House block.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA, Meets every Saturday afternoon in the Eldridge House block.
I. C. SOROSIS, Meets every Saturday afternoon in homes of members.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION: Chas. Johnson, President; W. A. Snow, Secretary. Execiv Committee: J. M. Shellnbarger, J. C. Fox, H. M. F. Bear
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION; Mansger, Prof. A. M. Wilcox, Captain of the nine, Charles Voor his.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, Meets In Snow Hall.
PHILOLOGICAL CLUB, Meets in room No. 30 every other Friday at 8 p. m.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION; President, F. E. Reed Secretary, F. H. Kellogg; Treasurer, W. A Snow.
COURIER COMPANY; President, J. M. Shellbaarge; Secretary, J. C. Fox.
PROF. MARSH's name has been mentioned in connection with the Chancellorship.
It's all right, dear contemp. We may devote a little more space to theology and orthodoxy than you are accustomed to reading, but we have not yet furnished Sol Miller a chance to use his facile pen.
We hope that our spring vacation will not be lost sight of. Washburn and Baker have had theirs, and our time is surely close at hand. The students are growing tired and desire a little rest before the final struggle.
The regents at their last meeting recognized the importance of work in History and Natural Science by granting the chair a full assistant. It is Professor Canfield's intention to devote himself largly if not entirely to American History and allied topics, making this a special department of effort, and possibly, in time, a separate chair. As he puts it: "I desire to aid these young and women in becoming good citizens, and above all, Americans from the ground up."
A University Glee Club. A good glee club is by no means the least among the many wants of K. S. U. It has come to be almost a necessity in every first-class institution. Many of the eastern colleges have glee clubs which have gained a wide reputation. Indeed even some of the smaller institutions have glee clubs which have gained much celebrity. In our own state, at our neighboring college, Washburn, is to be found a a glee club which is second to none in Kansas. This club is the pride of Washburn, and well it may be. For a good glee club not only gains celebrity for itself, but also advertises the institution which it represents. Besides it not only develops and cultivates musical talent, but it at the same time strengthens the social feeling among the students.
Then let us have a glee club. It will enliven our contests, our lectures and our concerts with inspiring music. And when we meet other colleges in contest we shall not be compelled as in the past, to yield the palm to them in music. By all means let us have a glee club formed at once.
The assumption of President Elliot of Harvard that higher and lower education can not be publicly supported with success is a strange one to come from a man who is supposed to be an educationist and who should be interested in the success of our public school system. Such an assumption can scarcely be regarded as other than an insult to the intelligence of our people who have made our public school system what it is, reaching as it does from the lowest to the highest, from the primary schools to the great state institutions, and offering the advantages of culture and refinement to all who will avail themselves of the opportunity. Our system of public education has not been narrowed to accord with the dollar and cents point of view—we hope it never will be—but has been established on the broader and better basis that an education is a benefit not only to the individual but also to the community in which that individual lives, to the society in which he moves. With this object in view the state has contributed teachers and buildings, and the hard working, toiling men and women of our land have given, at great sacrafice, the time of their sons and daughters. Many are the men and women of our land who bless the advantages of a higher education which the state gave them and feel through the beneficial influences of higher public education they have been led up to a higher, better and nobler plane of life.
Infidelity at K. S. U. There is a feeling throughout the state that the State University is a hot-bed of infidelity. This feeling has, no doubt, been caused by the misrepresentations of those "good" men sent out by the religious institutions of this state to gather in the lambs of the flocks that feed complacently in the pastures peculiar to these institutions. The mere assertion by these emmissaries that K. S. U. is an infidel institution serves to cover up a multitude of faults and deficiencies in their own institutions. Thus it is that the report of infidelity at K. S. U. has gained such prevalence in our state.
But while we can controvert the assertion that K. S. U. is an infidel institution, it can not be imputed to K. S. U. as a fault that many of our students leave their alma mater either with broader views of religion, or with grave doubts of all religion. That the former should be the case is only the result of a liberal education. That the latter should be the case does not necessarily cast any reflection on the University. For infidelity is found among the ignorant as well as among the educated, and its spirit is often found in the heart of the student when he enters the halls of K. S. U.
ED. COURIER:
The issue of March 15th, and the letter of "Alumnus" has started my Faber again this evening. I surmise that friend "Alumnus" thinks I don't give credit enough to the "barbs." Well, maybe I did not mention them. I was asking for news, and a loyal "frat." man will talk for his own brothers, while the graduate "barb" has no one to praise him.
I do not mean that the non frat boys are forgotten, by no means is that the case. No Oread who ever went to "meetin" can long forget old P.C. Young, whose ideas used to run so fast that the words came out edgeways, and who was compelled to use his arms to help himself talk fast enough. Then too, there was Dart, slow and solemn, who never spoke a word without due deliberation. I have always felt that a fraternity tie would have been a drawback to such fellows. They were not my frat men—nor yours—they were more, they were University men. It is not the chapter a man belongs to, it is not his social standing that gives him rank in college, it is his character as a man and student. The brilliant men in college do not as a rule rank first in active life; not always failure, but a sort of gentlemanly mediocrity seems to be their lot. I knew fellows in college who neglected study,who were at the front of all gangs bent on mischief,and about whom grave doubts were held,who are now industrious and highly respected men of business.I also know good students who dropped out of sight on graduation and who are barely making a living. I will venture to say that the old barbs to-day are just as strong as the old time Greeks.
No fraternity can claim to have all good men—All chapters have good shrewd fellows, all have their barnacles. The member of a Greek chapter, who only gets a place in society or on college papers because he is a Greek, not because he deserves it, is a barnacle. That tendency of Greek chapters to shove their light weights into prominence in this way is the worst feature of the fraternity system.
College boys are inclined to be very clannish. It would be far better if a general good feeling could be established between frats. A frat pin to a graduate of five years, standing means a good deal more than college boys can appreciate. I once heard a member of a certain fraternity say: "Phi Kappa Psi never yet initiated a gentleman." Phi Kappa Psi stock went up ten per cent. at once with me. I have met members of rival frats far away from any college influences, and we were brought together as closely as though members of the same frat. It is not the pin you wear that determines your rank, young man. If you are a fool a frat pin won't keep the world from knowing it. If you are a knave a shield or a diamond won't give you the respect of the people.
Fraternities are the strongest bond between college men and their alma mater. Ten years out of school and a barb has not one friend left, a frat man has his chapter still, and even tho' the boys be strangers, there is still a strong bond between him and the school.
A visit to alma mater always brings a host of recollections. The hour I spent on Mt. Oread a week or so ago was very enjoyable to me. I could not help calling up the scene as I first saw it ten years ago. The change has been marvelous: The University has grown in every way, yet I miss the "old boys." They are scattered far and wide and many have gone to rest. In olden times the "Arion Quartette" was our pride. One of the sweet singers has become silent. He was just beginning to be a pride to friends and school mates. A brilliant career was open to him when Death called him from the world.
My first examinations were a cause
of nightmare, and I did not have much time to notice my fellow sufferers. I do recall the impression a certain big fellow with a big nose made on me. He will soon be heard of, and favorably too—Albert Riffle is on the high road to success as a civil engineer, following closely the of his brother. Two strong, growing men are the trifles, deserving of a better notice than one of them got recently in a college paper.
Speaking of fraternities recalls Beta Kappa Chi. No one was hurt that evening; thanks to Joe Grover's good constitution and good nature—It was well, as a number of sinners were scared and looked for trouble. Such pranks are allright if they terminate well, but there is always a "might have been" that should hold the student back. The mystery, the secrecy and the dread of detection made that event one to be remembered by the "members" of Beta Kappa Chi. I am inclined to believe that the most lasting memories of college life are those of such daredevil schemes as only Twitchell or Will Brown could originate. In such plots and conspiracies the true character of our fellow students came out. Dull logic and tough mathematics were laid aside, and we saw not the book-worm nor politician, but the genuine boy, fun loving American boy, the stuff of which the men are made. R E. HENRY.
Earle Swope played first violin in the celebrated Andrew's Opera Company orchestra Tuesday night.
Earle Swope played first violin in the celebrated Andrew's Opera Company orchestra Tuesday night.
Frank Hutchings was in Lawrence last Saturday.
Miss Sidney Dailey returned last week from a visit in Chanute.
Kaiser spent last Sunday at his home in Ottawa.
Barnes, (of N. Y.) is able to be around again.
P. W. Rawlston, of Rockford, Ill., was a Tuesday visitor.
Will Priestly, of Baker, was up Monday.
Misses Mitchler and Grabe visited in Paola, Saturday.
Montgomery and Bowersock enjoyed a run away Saturday.
Manning goes to Lecompton twice a week to conduct a singing class numbering about fifty persons.
Mrs. Carruth and little daughter were thrown out of their buggy last Friday evening, on Massachusetts street. Fortunately neither was seriously hurt.
Prof. Blake lectured in Topeka last Saturday.
Otwell was called home by a telegram Tuesday. He will not return this year.
Mamie Henshaw is working in Metner's studio this week.
Margaret Bodkin, a student of last term, returned last week to Omaha, for a visit in California.
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