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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. VII
Local.
Philological Club have an inter est meeting to-night.
Prof. Sayre received the Senior Pharmacies Monday evening.
The sub-Germans tackled a quiz Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 19, 1888.
Political Science Club, Phiological Club, Kent Club and the Republican Club meet to-night.
The Unity Club is to have a paper on "Books and their influence on character" to-night, by Prof. Marsh. Prof. Wilcox is to have a paper on "Bible Interpretation" some time during the winter.
A paper is now being sent out to the alumni, signed by several prominent Democratic students of the University, calling their attention to the alleged speech of Gen. Rice in Ft. Scott, in which it is stated he said that Prof. Canfield would be "fired" if Humphrey was elected. If the Republicans feared there was any danger of Canfield's removal they would have no hesitancy in signing it too.
In last week's Times several interesting things appeared that the Courier had printed the week before. We hope the next time our esteemed cotemporary copies our locals they will give us proper credit.
Last week we had crowded out of the local page accounts of the parties at Mrs. Grovenors and at Miss Walkers, and other matters of more or less importance. We will see that such things do not happen again.
Orophillian.
Under the new regulations of the Faculty, by means of which the Library and Society Rooms are opened Friday evenings, most gratifying results are being obtained. Last Friday evening the Library was thronged with students, and Orophilian hall was comfortably crowded. We feel confident that the regulation will enable the literary societies of our school to prosper, and to accomplish more successfully the end for which they were instituted. At least, the vigor and energy displayed by Orophilian in her program of last Friday evening would seem to indicate this.
After listening to an essay by Mr. H. Smith, a reading by Mr. Worden, an extemporaneous speech by Mr. Caywood, a sharp debate was engaged in on the question, "Resolved That land should be subject to State and municipal taxation." Affirmative was upheld by F. E. Read and Mr. Worden: Negative by F. M. Bear and G. O. Virtue. Final decision was rendered in favor of the affirmative.
Orophilian is again well on her feet, and she is going to stay there. We extend in her behalf a hearty invitation to all students to attend our sessions and to swell our ranks of membership. A SPECTATOR.
The First Trial.
Last Friday night the University and Snow hall were well lighted and presented a lively and animated appearance. For some reason there was not a large enough attendance to hold a session of the Athenian, but the members are fully confident, however, that the next meeting will be a success. Orophilian, the other society had better success and the hall was crowded. The most engrossing part of the programme was the debate on the question, Resolved; "That State and Municipal tax should be raised by direct land tax." L. A. Stebbins was absent and Read led the affirmative in his place, and Worden of the Athenians'assisted. During the discussion Bear, of the negative, said that this was the same doctrine that was urged by Henry George and the Anarchists of Chicago, and remarked that the advocates of such measures were all of one piece. Read in reply said that he had not entirely been annihilated by the remarks of his opponent, but that he consoled himself by thinking that they were intended in the set speech of his opponent for the gentleman whose place he took. He would attempt, he said, to answer the arguments of the second speaker on the negative, for he considered, the speaker added with a fine burst of oratory, "that there was not one particle of evidence in the speech of his first opponent." Mr. Worden eloquently appealed to the fact that the land of the speculator was made valuable by the efforts of the sons of toil about him, and if the tax should be made entirely on land, the speculator could not afford to pay that tax on land that did not net him any income, and he would be compelled to sell out to some other son of toil. The land belonged to all people in common and it was but right that the speculator should be frozen out by the land tax.
No 6.
Mr. Bear.—How about the sons of toil around him?
Mr. Virtue said he gathered from the remarks of the preceeding speaker that the land tax would be too expensive for the rich, but not for the poor. It would, he understood, make them cultivate their lands more—it was advocated as a Horticultural movement. He was opposed to it notwithstanding, because he regarded it as manifestly unfair that Vanderbilts and Jay Goulds and other millionaires with their miles and miles of railroad and other property should be allowed to go without paying any tax proportional to their wealth. The debate was decided two to one in favor of the affirmative.
Mr. Worden replied that they would be working their land and could get the tax out of their land, —it was mighty poor land that would not pay §2 to the acre, but the speculator would find it difficult to pay for land that produced nothing. Too, the State would say to the farmer, "We won't charge you any tax on your cows, your horses or farming implements. We will have but a single tax." After paying a glowing tribute to the Sons of Toil and Free trade Mr. Worden closed.
E. A. Miller, G. A. Hanry, G. H. Nolin, J. Hunter Culver, S.C.Weskirt and Hiram Montgomery were elected members and the meeting adjourned.
SCIENCE CLUB.
The program was opened in Snow Hall by Prof. Bailey on the Coal Fields of Kansas.
According to the geological survey, he said, there were three strata of coal in Kansas, and these cropped out in the southeastern part of the State. Since the mines had been opened, and were being worked, it was thought that there might be more than the three strata. These veins dip to the northwest, and at Leavenworth are about 800 feet below the surface. In the central and northwestern part of the State, even if these same coal veins exist, they are too deep to admit of being worked. In Crawford county the professor found a specimen of coal which was very hard and brittle and quite brilliant, having all the characteristics of cannel coal. It was found only in small pockets. In many of the mines, however, there is a great waste. The different strata average about 32 inches in thickness. In some mines it was noticed that there was a large amount of sulphur in the coal. In the southeast corner of Cherokee county lead and zinc is being mined.
Prof. Sayres followed with a talk from notes on Leadville. The professor took the Union Pacific and stopped off a day at Denver and another at Cannon City. He said that his first impression of Leadville was that it contained about 9,000 men and 1,000 disreputable women. The city was full of gambling devices—the local paper gave the number, and about half of them were fair. He described several of the mines which he had visited and several methods of refining the gold. Speaking of the surrounding country, he remarked that one of the gulches were called "Frying Pan Gulch," because a company of prospectors had washed some alleged gold in a frying pan for want of something better; another was called the "Son-of-a-Bitch" gulch—that others were so foul that they were referred to by their initials. The country about Leadville was dotted here and there by little piles of dirt, where prospectors had sunk the ten-foot shaft and found nothing. These shafts, said the professor, were sunk by means of the shovel pick and "Armstrong Tengion," i.e. the common windless. At one place a fifty thousand dollar plant had been
deserted because there was not gold enough to pay to run it.
In the Science Notes Professor Snow gave an account of the report of the govermental chemist, who recently went to Europe to compare the American and European microscopes. In his opinion the American was greatly superior to the European—all the new devices having been borrowed from the Americans.
Supt. Crocker has been digging "prospect holes" in the north room of the basement, to ascertain the depth to solid rock. This is done in order to make an estimate of the amount to be asked from the Legislature by the Board of Regents for repairing the foundation of the main building. The south wing was "fixed up" last year. It is quite a difficult job to undermine the walls and to put in a new foundation. The foundation is settling, which threatens the safety of the building. Doubtless such engineers as the K. S. U. "sends out" would not have made such a blunder as the one made, when the massive structure was erected on a foundation not "built upon the rock."—Tribune.
The Republican Club held a rousing old meeting Friday night, with about fifty people present. W. J. Wade compared the Senate bill with the Mills bill in an able manner. Mr. Pomeroy followed with a short sketch of the history of tariff legislation and a discussion of one of its phases of that great subject. Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Wescott also made short, stirring addresses, which brought forth applause. A challenge from the Tariff Reform Club, to a discussion of certain political questions, was read. The club decided that it was willing to engage in a political discussion with the Young Democrats, and a committee, consisting of W. J. Wade, A. L. Wilmoth and Mr. Pomeroy was appointed to meet a similar committee from the Reform Club, to select the questions and fix the date of the discussion.
H. A. Pears conducted the meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday.
There has been more visitors this week than any other week since school opened.
Theta Tea.
Last Friday evening Kappa Alpha Theta entertained their gentlemen friends with a seven o'clock tea, at the home of Miss Walker, in an elegant manner. The tables were beautifully decorated and tastily arranged. After the enjoyable spread dancing was begun, the music being furnished by the Mandolin Club. Those present were Misses May Webster, Wagstaff, Lillie McMillian, Julia Benedict, Tella Chapman, Emma Bartell, Helen Simpson, Kate Merrill, Mannie Simpson, Sydney Dailey and May Walker; Messrs. Dr. Anderson, Davis, Kroh, Kellogg, Hogeboom, Mushrush, Decamp, Horton, Buckingham and Prof. Dunlap.
Personal.
I. V. Hardy is the new Sigma Chi Yearsley White was seen on the streets Saturday afternoon.
Miss Penefield was renewing old acquaintances at the University Monday.
Miss Dow, of Olathe, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Emma White.
Professors Bailey and Blake visited the coal mines of Leavenworth Saturday.
Dr. Rutter, of Kansas City, warmed the hearts of his Phi Delta brothers Monday.
Sullivan and Graham, of the Kansas City Times, visited the University Monday.
Mr.Will's Edson, of Edson & Beck visited the institution Tuesday with his daughter.
The next Attorney General of Kansas visited his sons Monday at the University.
Deverell rode the immortal goat of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Saturday night.
Falkner, a graduate of Cornell, visited the University Friday and was looked after by his Phi Psi brothers.
Mr. Henry Sanderson, of Harrisonville, Mo., and Jesse Rodgers were entertained by Roy Rodgers Monday.
C. D. Rich, city editor of the Emporia daily Democrat, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Morris and Smelser.
Albert Marsley, of '87, and Milt. Gamble were expected to return this week. Mr. Gamble will enter the Junior Law.
Prof. Felix T. McWhirter, Asst. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at De Pauw University was a visitor here this week.
Miss Carrie M. Watson, librarian of the State University, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. George T. Nicholson.—Topeka Capital.
Alfred Dockery, who won the State oratorical contest at Emporia in '85, has charge of the Spencer Academy in the Indian Territory.
Miss Emma White departed Sunday for Altoona, Iowa, to attend the convention of the I.C. Sorosis as the delegate of the local chapter. Miss White will deliver the response to the address of welcome.
Snow Hall Notes.
Prof. Snow has received a number of donations this week. Among them are Brontolleumine teeth from the Bad Lands of Dakota. (Brontolheumes are nearly as large as elephants, but related to the rhinoceros.)
Mr. Diche shot a Missouri wagtail last Saturday. This is the finest specimen shot in this portion of the state
New Winter Underwear Just Received at Abe Levy's.