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New spring styles Cutaway and Sack Suits at Steinberg's Clothing House.
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. HOGBOOM.
Secretary.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
EDITORIAL STAFF:
JOHN A. PRESCOTT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF,
ASSOCIATES:
CHAS JOHNSON, V. L. KRILLOGG,
F. C. EKER, NAY LOVE,
A. C. CUNNEN, TBILLA KEPLOW,
FRND. LDIDDEE, MAY HAIR,
HARRY BUCKINGHAM, MAY CHURCHILL
BUSINESS MANAGERS:
WILL. A. JACKSON, {SOLON T. GILMORE}
From the Press of P. T. FOLEY.
Entered at the post-office at Lawrence, Kansas,
as second-class matter.
A NEW CHAIR.
In the plenitude of its tender mercies the Topeka Commonwealth occasionally diverts a little of its valuable brain-power from the subjects of supplying the country newspaper with patent bowels and looking after its favorite child, prohibition, to instructing various state boards how to manage their affairs. Among them the Regents of the University have been especially favored. The step-motherly interest of the Commonwealth has been manifested at various times, indicated according to popular belief by an almanac in the editorial rooms on which, at about the time of the full moon, stands a memorandum "Here touch up the State University."
Sometimes the Commonwealth's head is level and sometimes, like that of Thersites, it runs up to a point. When, for instance, it took up the cause of a disappointed boarding-house keeper against the students, it was wandering from its firm, petrous base; when, again, it suggested bridling the professor of political science, or turning him out to pasture, even though the Commonwealth is a profound student of international forestry, it builted its adobe on the sand; but sometimes, and this month is one of 'em, it has struck us in a vulnerable spot.
"There are several members of the faculty who have scarcely begun to shave."
And yet there is some palliation for this offense. The Commonwealth, having a short and bristly beard itself, evidently does not know that the only way to secure a soft and silky beard is to abstain from shaving. But such is the fact, which the Commonwealth might have inferred from the analogies of forestry. We confess to a preference for a smooth face. Most of the boys have. But then Miller, Marvin, Williams, Sayre, the Chancellor and Robinson are very good men, and we are not so bigoted as to insist on their going just because their taste differs from ours. The Commonwealth admits that
Prof. Robinson is a credit to the University, and yet he has "scarcely begun to shave." Indeed a daily inspection from the auditorium warrants us in saying that he has not begun at all. The Commonwealth did not foresee this predicament, a fault quite common to its management. But we will help it out. What's to be done?
The Commonwealth, we know means well by the University, and it has great influence in (the patent insides of) the state press. Let the Commonwealth call for the establishment of a barber's chair in the State University. To be sure this would be an innovation. But the Sunflower State's motto is ad astra. Let the Commonwealth direct the legislature, furthermore, to require that every instructor in the University shall submit himself to the tonsorial professor twice a week, or say three times, and not simply "begin to shave," but shave clean. There would be this drawback. It would make the professors look younger, and the Commonwealth objects to youth; but that will be cured by time.
Another beauty of the scheme is, that a barber might be secured who should replace the professor of political economy, and thus the Commonwealth would kill two birds with one stone. There would be no difficulty in getting a barber who would undertake the subject—or any other—and the soothing effects of a shampoor taken under a talk on the increase of population must be left to the Commonwealth's imagination. Or, a barber might be secured like Nello, of Florence, who should be professor of things in general and make a faculty of thirty members a useless extravagance. The contingent fees would be enough to secure to each student two shaves and a half a week, and the consequent saving to the State would be great.
But stop! Hold! A new difficulty presents itself. How about the ladies? Surely the Commonwealth is too gallant to require the ladies to shave. We are confident that the ladies of the faculty have never even contemplated such a thing, and while they might be replaced by ladies who would benefit by shaving, we can not bear to think of parting with them. We are in distress. Is our barber's chair to vanish into thin air? We appeal to the Commonwealth for help.
As the season for base ball and tennis draws near an active interest in these matters is manifest in the University. We have a strong tennis club, whose affairs are in good condition. The membership, limited to twenty, is complete, comprising three or four members of the faculty. The club have good grounds, sufficiently large for two courts, which will be in excellent condition for the opening of the spring games. The material composing the club is such as to warrant good playing and to give us a fair chance in competition with outside teams.
It is reported that the notices and bills for the exercises of Washington's birthday were not posted until Tuesday night. Why this strange delay? Doubtless many more of the people of the city than were present,
would have attended had they known that the entertainment was to take place. A large and enthusiastic audience greatly encourages a speaker; while to be confronted by rows upon rows of empty seats is decidedly disheartening. When the University has a program to present, would it not be a good plan to advertise it widely enough and long enough before the appointed date for all to know of it, so that the speakers may have the encouragement of a good, large audience?
The Daily Nebraska State Journal, of Feb. 16, speaks of Dr. Lippincott's "Charter Day" address at Nebraska State University, as "Elaborate and scholarly," and says that "The address was perhaps the best defense of the State University that has ever been heard in the city. It was elaborate throughout, clearly and tersely expressed, and the chain of reasoning was perfect. The audience listened with the closest attention for two hours, and at the close gave expression to unqualified approval in loud and prolonged applause." The Journal gives an extended synopsis of the address, and speaks of it in other very complimentary terms.
As to base ball, the Association, with Prof. Carruth at its head, may be trusted to take care of its interests. We have material in school for a strong team, with the possible exception of a pitcher. Still, considerable latent talent in this line was shown in the Inter-Fraternity League games last year, and we may be able to develop it sufficiently to fairly fill our box. The matter of suitable grounds is also a question yet to be decided. We understand there is some talk of getting up a University Ball for the benefit of the Association. We believe this is a good scheme and one entirely feasible. The COURIER will lend its assistance to make a success of a University Ball for such an end.
STUDENTS, take care of your health. Be careful of what you drink. The water in Lawrence may be as good as that of the average Kansas town, but in any city without a sewerage system, constant care must be used in order that good health may be maintained. The sickness among the members of the Kentucky street club can undoubtedly be ascribed to the drinking of impure water. This is the time of the year when disease germs are more easily spread, when colds are taken on account of sudden changes in the weather. Let all then be careful.
WEDNESDAY afternoon, at 3 o'clock, occurred another one of the series of lectures and recitals now being given by the Department of Music. This series consists of lectures on eminent composers by Prof. McDonald and ricitals by himself and students. The Department of Music seems to be in a most prosperous condition. The character of the work
done, as shown by the performance of the students in the Wednesday recital, is of a high standard. We overheard this remark once: "One can hear good music in Lawrence, anyway." A statement complimentary both to the town and to our Department of Music, for it is to the Music Department of the University that Lawrence owes what she has of musical culture. And a town in which one may hear good music, and where good music attracts an audience, shows a taste which commends it as a desirable place for residence. The University has been very successful in the obtaining of instructors in this department, and is justified in recognizing it as one of the most important of its special departments.
REPRESENTATIVES from the several fraternities held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon of last week to consider the feasibility of issuing an annual this spring. Much interest was shown, and a determination to push the matter was manifested. In accordance with a motion passed by the meeting, that each society should have equal representation on the editorial staff, the following have been chosen: Pi Beta Phi, Gertrude Crotty; Kappa Alpha Theta, Emma Bartell; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Annie McKinnon; Beta Theta Pi, W. T. Reed; Phi Kappa Psi, W. Davis; Phi Gamma Delta, F. G. Crowell; Phi Delta Theta, A. L. Burney; Sigma Chi, J. L. Roberts; Sigma Nu, C. W. Harrington. The staff met last Tuesday and elected Mr. Reed editor-in-chief, and Messrs. W. W. Davis and W. A. White business managers.
This annual, while issued by the fraternities, will be a University publication in every sense of the word; and as such it will be a splendid advertisement. But to make it a success, and a credit to the institution will require time, ability and money. The time we can spare by dividing up the work, the ability we have, and the money we must get from the advertising patronage and the support of the fraternities. It will also require the hearty and harmonious support of all the students, prejudices being laid aside. Four years have elapsed since the CICALA appeared, and in that time a great abundance of annual material ought to have accumulated. The annual is an established feature in many of our colleges, marvels of wit and beauty being issued by some.
In a recent issue of the Topeka Daily Capital appears the following editorial: "The Kansas State University, at Lawrence, is so
crowded that it has been found necessary to turn away many new applicants for admission. The University is gaining in influence and popularity every year, and is rapidly becoming one of the leading institutions of learning in the country."
It is undoubtedly true that the University is gaining rapidly in popularity and that the day is not far distant when it shall occupy a prominent place among the great universities of America.
The great improvements which have been made within the last few years, the numerous and valuable additions to the faculty, the increase in library facilities and in the varieties and amounts of illustrative apparatus, and last and by no means least, the growing sentiment throughout the state in favor of the University, all point to the truth which is expressed in the sentence of the paragraph quoted. But we are very sorry to learn that so false an impression as that expressed in the first sentence, exists anywhere in the state.
It is very easy, however, to see how the idea got into circulation. A few weeks ago it was stated that certain parties would be compelled to go home because they were unable to obtain "suitable boarding places," etc. It is true that the best class of boarding accommodations are not over abundant in Lawrence, but there are plenty of good, comfortable, though plain, rooms to be had, and there are numerous places where good wholesome food can be obtained at reasonable prices. But even if it were true that students could not find suitable lodgings and table board, that would not warrant the assertion that the University "is so crowded that it has been found necessary to turn away many new applicants for admission."
The University, as such, has nothing to do with the boarding and lodging of its students. It is not a boarding school, nor does it have charge of dormitories, as the popular impression seems to be.
The University aims to furnish the advantages of higher education to all who can bring themselves within its reach. The class rooms, the laboratories and the library are large enough to accommodate all the qualified students the state will send. If applicants for admission are turned away, it is not because the University has not room for them, but because they fail to pass entrance examinations or are in some other way unqualified. The statement that the University is overcrowded may furnish an easy cover for a failure, but it has no foundation in fact.
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