The Weekly University Courier.
The Largest College Journal Circulation the United States.
Published Every Friday Morning by the
COURIER COMPANY
For Kansas University Students.
O. B TAYLOR, President | DENT, HOGEBOM,
Secretary
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From the Press of P. T. FOLEY.
Entered at the post-office at Lawrence, Kansas as second-class matter.
We would like to call the attention of one hundred and twenty-five students at the University, to the fact that their subscriptions remain unpaid. Though you may not like everything the Courier says and may think you could run it better yourselves, that does not lessen your obligation. You subscribed for it and the subscription price is a debt which you are in honor bound to pay. The end of the year is approaching and we need the money to square our accounts.
We are glad to learn that the catalogues are to be gotten out much earlier this year than last. It is well to have a good stock on hand during commencement week, for there are many interested visitors here then, who ought to see them. At that time many come to look over the University with a view to entering the next year and it is important that they should obtain the best information available. If the catalogues come out early the Sophomores and Juniors can select their optionals for the following year before they go home and in that way much trouble and confusion during the summer and fall can be avoided. A great deal of work and care has been bestowed upon the issue of this year in the way of revision, and we shall expect a worthy production. It is an important factor in advertising the University, as it is to many the only reliable source of information regarding the University. It should, therefore have as large a circulation as possible. We think it would be a splendid plan to send a number of copies to the Senior class of every accredited high school.
The one hundred and eighty high school pupils from Topeka made quite a stir at the University last Friday. Most of the classes held their usual recitations but we imagine very few of them came up to their usual standard. Outside of the class room very little work was done. In fact, the customary order of things was pretty well disturbed. But in
spite of the disturbance and noise and loss of a day's work, we believe the visit of the high school was a good thing and will be productive of good results. The plan, which has been put in operation this year, of having the various high schools which are preparatory to the University visit it every year, is a splendid one. It is a good way to advertise. The members of the graduating classes of the high schools in this way become acquainted as they never otherwise would, and more of them will be induced to come here for higher education. It is time the people of the state were relieved of the false impression which many of them have, that good colleges and universities are to be found only in the east. To accomplish this it is necessary to in some way get them here so that they can see the opportunities and advantages which K. S. U. offers and understand what kind of an institution it is. The effort to get the high school classes to visit us is a step in the right direction. We hope it will be continued.
At a special election held recently in Madison, Wisconsin, a student of the University was elected alderman from one of the wards of the city. The result aroused considerable excitement at the time, and the Aegis thus speaks of the matter: "A large number of citizens had got it into their heads that students had, if a legal right, at least not a moral right to a voice in city affairs; and as a result nearly every student's vote was challenged. But the boys were posted and refused to be intimidated. It appears to us that students have a moral right to a voice in Madison politics. Nothing has done so much to raise the value of property in the neighborhood of the University as students' money. The University brings to that part of the city an intelligent, refined class of people, and in no university of equal size are the students so quiet and law-abiding. Surely if the university at Ann Arbor can control the whole city election the people of Madison ought not to complain that we are represented in a single ward. The relations between the students and the people of Madison have always been most friendly and we trust that no action of ours shall cause them to be otherwise."
We agree in the main with the sentiments expressed above. The question of the student's position in politics and his right to vote where he is attending college, is fast rising in importance and must soon require a solution. The number of students in the United States is every year increasing and their influence is becoming far too powerful to be ignored. In Indiana the court has decided already that they have the right to vote in the cities where they are at school. It will probably not be long until other states will have to follow Indiana's example. For four years, or more, the student resides in his college town, subject to its laws and contributing to its wealth; for four years he is deprived of the rights of citizenship which he
could enjoy if at home. It is not often that he can afford to go home to take part even in elections of state and national officers and representatives. He thus has no voice in public affairs but must sit quietly by and let things go as they will and suffer the consequences. This is evidently unjust. The college man, if he is of age, has just as good a right to be represented in the government, to which he is subject, as any other man. We believe this is just as true of city governments as of state or national ones. That the students should have a representative in the council of the city to which they contribute so much is, we think, only fair.
LAST Tuesday evening the Handel and Haydn Society gave their last entertainment for the season. On account of the threatening aspect of the weather only a fair-sized audience was present. Mr. P. D. Aldrich acted as conductor, Mr. J. E. Manning as accompaniist and Miss Anna March as organist. The programme was divided into two parts. The first consisted of a number of lighter choruses, the Bridal Chorus from "The Rose Maiden," "Jack Frost," a selection from Gaul, "Oh! who will o'er the Downs" by Pearson all, and "Hour of Prayer," rendered by the entire society. The last chorus, "Hour of Prayer", written by Prof. Aldrich and dedicated to the Handel and Haydn Society, was received with prolonged applause. "Rondo Capricioso" from Mendelssohn, was well rendered by Mr. Manning and well received. The Sacred Idyl, "Rebekah" consisting of airs, recitatives, duets and choruses, in two scenes, formed part second. Scene first presents "Rebekah and Damsels entering from the City, bearing pitchers and singing." In scene second "Isaac goes forth to the field at eventide, to meditate and to await the coming of Rebekah." The part of Rebekah was taken by Mrs. Marks, soprano; that of Isaac by Mr. Walter Howe, tenor; and that of Eliezer by Mr. Aldrich, baritone.
The Handel and Haydn Society is certainly a credit to Lawrence and has the good-will of our music-loving people. It was organized a number of years ago, but never attained much success until Prof. Aldrich assumed the leadership, and by patient and skillful management brought it to its present excellent condition.
On account of the long delay of the faculty in making the commencement appointments the elections for class day have necessarily been deferred until the latter part of last and the first of this week. This gives the persons chosen but little opportunity to prepare their parts and considering that Seniors as well as Juniors must carry their studies until the close of the year, the time seems especially short. Formerly the Seniors had the month of May for a vacation, which gave the sample time to prepare their final efforts. Then if the election occurred a little late it did not make so much difference; but now with the present pressure of work the case is far different. A few weeks is of great importance. As far as we are able to judge there is no reason why the Senior orations could not just as well be required a month earlier than they were this year, and the appointments made by the first of April instead of the first of May. This would give those chosen for class day ample time and thus would tend to make the exercises of a better grade than they can possibly be when the time is so short.
We mention this matter not in the spirit of complaint against the faculty for the unfortunate state of affairs this year, for we recognize the fact that it is almost impossible to make a new arrangement work to perfection on the first trial; but we hope next year the inconveniences of this year may be avoided. It is, of course, of great importance to the University that the exercises of commencement week should be made as good as possible.
LAST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON. The Political Science Club will give an excursion on Saturday, May 19, to the Soldiers' Home and to Ft. Leavenworth. A special train, of engine and three cars, will be at the disposal of the Club and its friends during the entire day. The excursion will take basket dinners, and will picnic upon the beautiful grounds of the Soldier's Home, to visit which Col. Smith, the commander, has extended an especially cordial invitation. After dinner, and a stroll through the buildings and grounds, the party will proceed to Fort Leavenworth—without doubt the most beautiful and picturesque spot in the west. General McCook has given special permission to the party to occupy the grounds at will, and Captain Pope has signified that it will give him pleasure to show the students through the Military Prison which, in perfection of discipline and management, has a national reputation. The party will reach Lawrence not later than 8 p.m.
As the last excursion of the year, and offering such attractions, there will be a rush for the tickets. No more will be sold than there is seating capacity in the cars, as it is intended to make the excursion pleasant and comfortable to the last degree. Tickets for the round trip, one dollar. They can be purchased of any member of the Club.
UNIVERSITY LECTURE.
The last lecture of the University course, for the present year, will be given in University Hall next Tuesday evening, May 15, by Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, D. D., recently of Harrisburg, Pa., now pastor of Grand Avenue M. E. Church, of Kansas City. The topic chosen for the occasion is "Echoes from Round Top: the Story of a great Battle." We clip the following from the Lawrence Daily Journal, of 9th inst., relating to the orator, Dr. Young.
"He left school and entered the army at the age of seventeen years, in 1861. Enlisting in the Fourth Illinois cavalry he participated in the battles of Fort Donnelson and Pittsburg Landing and the siege of Cor-
rinth. In the summer of 1862 he was transferred to the army of the Potomac and served with a 'lieutenant's commission at Fredericksburg and at Chancellorsville. He served at the battle of Gettysburg-the subject of this oration—on the staff of Major General Prince, of the U. S. army. He was an eye witness of the magnificent confederate charge upon the Union lines on the third day of that great contest and describes the scene with a graphic power seldom equaled. At the close of the war Mr. Young retired with the rank of captain and returned to his studies, graduating with distinction from Dickinson College in 1868."
Chancellor Lippincott, who has heard the oration, says that it is the most stirring description of army life and of the scenes and incidents of the battle field he has ever heard.
The opportunity for hearing such a speaker and on such a theme is not often presented. The student who fails to hear Dr. Young will miss a rare treat. The invitation to the citizens of Lawrence is general and cordial. We hope University Hall will be crowded to its utmost capacity.
The class of '88 are greatly indebted to Messrs. Field and Hargis for the kindness and courtesy extended them in procuring their invitations for commencement exercises. The invitations are to be procured of Childs, of St. Louis, and are very neat.
THE DIFFERENCE.
BY FRANK A. MARSHALL.
How often we say of another:
"It is wrong to do thus and thus,"
But how quickly our scruples we smother
When the chance is presented to us!
'Tis true—and our daily lives prove it,
That those who most loudly condemn
Are the first to avail themselves of it,
When the chance is once offered to them.
II.
How sternly we frown on the lover,
As he clasps to his bosom his prize,
And tenderly bending above her,
Reads the old, old tale in her eyes.
But if *we* were permitted to clasp it,
Some form that is fair in our sight,
Ah, how eagerly then would we grasp it,
Nor argue the wrong or the right!
III.
We rail at the wealth and position
So proud in its elegant state;
Berating our lowly condition,
And the bitter injustice of Fate.
But if *ours* were the pride and the splendor
That so insolent seem in our view,
Would our judgments be gentler I wonder?
Or would *we be insolent*, too?
IV.
There is nothing so keen as our keenness
To see in another the wrong;
And nothing so mean as our meanness,
When we are the ones who are strong.
Tis right to have power, and use it,
When another must bend or break;
But how wrong to have strength and abuse it,
When *we* are the ones who are
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