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PHI GAMMA DELTA 1aterity, 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 NJ, 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 meme s.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA. Meets every Saturday afternoon in the Eldridge House block.
I C. SOROSIS, Meets every Saturday afternoon in homes of members.
OATURICAL ASSOCIATION; J. A. Precott, President; W H. Brown, Secretary, Fx entiv-Committee; J. A. Mushrush, V. I. Kellogg, C. E. street.
DASK BALL ASSOCIATION; Manager, Pro' A. W. Wilcox, Captain of the vino, Canades Voor is.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, Meets in snow Hall.
PHILOGOICAL CLUB, Meets in room No. 30 every other Friday at 4 p.m.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION; President, F. E Reed; Secretary, F. H. Kellogg; Treasurer, W. A Snow.
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THIS is the time of year when the tired reporter chews his pencil to a pulp and loosens great handfuls of hair because of his futile attempts in searching for news.
WASHBURN has recently been presented with two liberal donations, by friends who are too modest to have their names made known. One donation of $15,000 is to help toward the building of the new chapel. The other, of $10,000, is to be added to the endowment fund
Now comes a bail in the storm of parties and receptions which has almost done away with the poor society student. He will have a rest until after the examinations any how. Then he may expect to be once more called forth from his quiet fireside to participate in an unusual number of social events.
We notice that people now drive across the base ball grounds, cutting the soft ground into deep ruts and rendering it quite unfit for sports of any kind when it shall become dry. It seems almost impossible to keep people from destroying the fence in order to make a short cut, which saves them but a short distance. It seems to us that a fence should be built, strong and large enough to
to keep out all vehicles at least. The grounds were well taken care of during the fall; all the weeds were removed, and it would have been hard to have found better ball grounds in the state. If something is not done soon the Base Ball Association will be compelled to spend more money in rendering the grounds fit to be played upon, than would be required to repair the fence.
We suppose that all the students have taken advantage of the advent of the new year, and made solemn vows to reform and to give up petty vice; such as the use of tobacco in its various forms, penny-ante,—if any of them know what that is—and like sins. One can hardly keep back a sigh when he thinks how many good resolutions and high resolves he himself, or others, have made on former New Year days, and how these various resolutions have all resolved themselves into nothing, and either been forgotten or unfaithfully fulfilled. Yet, notwithstanding the fact that so many fail in their attempts to do better, let us at least try to improve our moral and physical natures, by casting aside any obnoxious habits which are detrimental to our advancement and disgusting to others. If we do not succeed, we may console ourselves somewhat with the thought that we have made an attempt towards doing that which was for the best.
ONE of the best local oratorian contests which will be held in the State, was that of Washburn College last Friday night. The oration gave evidence of much thought and careful preparation, and were delivered in a way that gave the speakers great credit. The winning oration by Mr. A. W. Brewster, entitled "Progress and Its Causes," while possessing the merit of a well written production, was delivered in that natural easy style, which captivates the audience, and wins the judge, K. S. U. can well rejoice that such an able man was selected; for the stronger the opponent the less humiliating the defeat, and the more glorious the victory.
Mr. Robert Stone was awarded second place on his oration, entitled "Our Republic." Despite the fact that he had a time worn topic Mr. Stone held the close attention of his hearers by his able arguments.
Mr. S. W. Naylor's oration on "The Puritan and the Cavalier in our National Life" was an excellent exposition of the influences of these two opposite factors in our "national life."
"Prohibition and the Prohibition Party," by C. P. Donnell, while handled in a creditable manner, was on too hackeyed a subject for a Kansas audience.
"Baron von Stein" an oration by S. B. Mayer, showed marked oratorical ability. It is difficult, however, to write a popular oration on the life of any one man, especially if he is a foreigner.
Taken all in all, Washburn can well feel proud of the showing she made in her sixth annual contest.
She has her face set hard towards first place at Emporia, and K. S. U. will have to "rustle" if she outstrips her sister college up the "Kaw" in the race.
It is with true feelings of regret that the Courier learns the intention of Prof. A.R. Marsh to resign the chair of English in the University, and to accept the assistant professorship of Belles Lettres in Harvard College.
The salary attached to this position is $2,500. It is not difficult to see how this appointment may eventually lead to the full chair, which at present is not filled. Longfellow and James Russell Lowell held this position at different times.
Before assuming this position of honor, Prof. Marsh will spend two years in Europe, adding to his already great knowledge of ancient and modern literature by visiting places, and examining manuscripts of the greatest interest to all the literary scholars.
The loss of one of the ablest and most thoroughly qualified professors that ever took charge of the department of English in this institution serves to being most forcibly and clearly before our minds the need of supplying means by which such men as Prof. Marsh, who is known throughout the United States as one of the most energetic, thorough and enthusiastic of literary workers, can be retained in the service of this institution. In the language of one of the professors; "The State can never expect to retain able instructors as long as the salaries paid the full chairs here fall $700 below those paid in other institutions for lower positions."
Surely, instances are not wanting to show the sad lack, which the faculty has petitioned the State Legislature to remedy, and which, if attended to before this time, as it should have been, would have saved us the loss of such men as Prof. Nichols, Springer and Williams.
Let us hope that the legislature may take steps to retain our professors of recognized ability, and insure for K. S. U. the excellent faculty which it has been our good fortune to have
Other professors have had positions offered them in eastern colleges, where their merit would have received its rightful reward, but confident of the future greatness of the University, to which they have always remained loyal, they have preferred to hold their respective positions in this institution rather than leave for "greener fields" in the east.
It chanced that once there came a youth To the hails of K. S. U., So very simple, that foorsoil, He couldn't see what is, in truth, Very plain to your or my view "In what particular points exist The difference twixt that Frat and this, Twixt Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma Chi, Phil D tta Theta and Pik Kappa PsI Signa Nu and Beta Theta Pi, And strongest of all is to clearly see Why a KAT or a K.K. Q Each considers herself as the other above Instead of living in sisterly love."
Well, give heed young man, you'll quickly perceive
What without any teaching you ought to believe.
"Exactly alike!" "They're all Greek to you!"
You'll know better than that ere you leave K. S. U.
For I'll usher each forth and have him to state
His peculiar distinction, or manner, or trait,
And I'll wager a fiver that ere they are through.
You will allow there's a difference or two.
A society man I am
And hence you might know—a Phi Gam.
I'm the swell of the hops
And the king of the fops,
"My Lessons!" Oh, who gives a—
Never heard of our snippers! Well you are a greedy. Cost two dollars a plate and never anybody goes bit way-up, bon ton people. Say, seen the latest in dancing!
I'm essentially aristocratic,
Distingu, and quite automatic;
And I desire to help
That Phi Kappa Psi
I'm essentially aristocratic,
Disinque, and quite autocratic;
And I desire to imply
That Pli Kappa Psi
Of el frats is the least democratic
Yes, we have rather a young set this year, but we desire none but the ultra exclusive kind. Hence we take them in when still hommature that we may the better incubate the lesson of our past glory, on present haughtiness, and our uure hope. (At this Verdant faints, hence the next little verse about the Sigma Nus sounds somethin' like this to him:
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I knowledge were inclined to be "fly": 'What Frat do I mean?' Sigma Cul.
We've got the ba l players,
And "Who-tole-the book" stayers,
And our mandla playing—Ohmy!
Just wait a year or two and you'll see. We're going to fix up our hall in great shape, and you know we own the Opera House. Got another cigarette about you—thanks. Let's move up toward Fallie's and see the boys.
If for a distinction you'd call
From a dignified B-ta, why all
He'd venture to say
Is "Just stop this way,
And examine our elegant hall."
Fine, isn't it? Nothing in town compares with it. We go on the basis that the hall of a Flat is a measure of its prosperity. There are the accumulated savings of ten generations in that chair and that curt-in represents more self-denial, more opera's missed, more walking home on a rainy night, more ___.
With Phil Delba a part of the law
'A member must have a distinguished papa.
papa,
Go to Y. M. C. A.,
And never, never say
A naught y word stronger than P.hew!
A maugh word stronger than Pahaw!
We've got a new member. His father ran for Commission of Sewers at Baldwin on the Democratic ticket. No, he wasn't elected, but you see he's now entitled to be called Colonel or get his posts with Hon. on them, so its just the same.
When every Greek of haughty mein had sung his own praises and qit the scene,
There came another, of aspect strange,
"Wild, wrooler," just off of the range;
D don't come here to jine any new-fangled frat.
For the whols kit and bood'de I wouldn't give that."
From his language, his manners, his carriage, his garb,
"Ttwass plain 'en to Verdant he was naught but a barb."
"Well, what do I think?" "I'm sure I don't know,
But somehow or other it appears just as thugh
Every man and his Frat were trying to gain
All the glory and honor and fame
For self, stead of taking a sensible view
And pulling for oid K. S. U.
The sixth annual oratorical contest of K. S. U. will be held in the Opera house, January 23. It is needless to say that the house will be crowded. The program will be an excellent one, embracing as it will, the best speakers and the best musical talent of our University. The boys are exhibiting a commendable zeal for keeping up our reputation in oratory, and whoever wins the local contest here will represent Kansas in the Inter-State, without the shadow of a doubt.
Ar the Convention of Kansas Teachers at Topeka, the latter part of last month, some very interesting papers were read.
Among the most entertaining and by far the most interesting to college students, was a paper on "Jollege Fraternities, by Pref. J. E. Hoenshel of Holton. Among other things, the Professor said:
"Now, without argument, I lay down the proposition that students should be permitted to follow their own inclination in everything not morally wreng and not interfering with their legitimate work in school. If students want to organize political clubs, or even mugwm nap clubs, it is a matter of their own concern. If they want to join the Masons, or any other secret order, it is their own business. I am not here to discuss the right as to secret organizations in general, for as I am not a member, I know nothing about them; but one thing is certainly unquestioned—the names of some of the best men in the world, intellectually, morally and religiously, are found on the records of these societies."
After a few intermediate remarks be continued;
"We all know how dreary the old college life was to the boys who had always enjoyed the comforts and pleasures of home. To go from these to the bare walls of the class room the unacquired floors of the dormitory and the shy glance of the stranger, was almost like going to prison. Now all is changed. As soon as a new student arrives his acquaintance is cultivated, his peculiarities are watched and he is asked to become a member of one or half a dozen of these societies. Many of these fraternities own buildings or lodges in which home-like rooms are furnished to their members. No one can successfully deny the benefits of social culture to the student, and it is admitted, I believe, that these fraternities furnish good opportunities for social culture."
The Professor then went on to say; "Many of them are noted for their influence on the scholarship of the college with which they are connected. In them are often discussed topics of importance so the well-being of their alma mater."
In concluding he said: "I close by saying that the way to regulate or control these fraternities is for the members of the faculty to become members, and aid in their government or let them alone."
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