THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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Gillbert, the great University of Pennsylvania foot ball player, promises to be the crack pitcher of the college teams this year. He has great speed, splendid curves, and good control of the ball.
Ex-Captains Wiggins and Cook, and Tim Keefe, the old baseball pitcher, will do the coaching for the Harvard baseball team this year. Two games will be played with the University of Pennsylvania nine, May 10 and June 8.
In a recent issue of the "Outing." Piatt is given a flattering notice for his brilliant play ng against Ann Arbor's big left tackle in the Kansas City game last fall.
SATURDAY, MAY 8.
The Athletic Association have fixed the date of the Athletic contests, Saturday May 8. A number of the colleges have already held their indoor contests. These have not only met with popular enthusiasm, but the results have been phenomenal. Several college indoor records have been raised among them the one mile walk.-7:55 and running high jump-5 feet $ \frac{6}{4} $ inches by the Athletes of Union college. The world's record for standing hop, skip, and jump was broken at the Central College gymnasium tournament. 30 feet, 4 in, five inches over record. This means that if K. U. wishes to clinch the reputation she has been acquiring in the Athletic field, some great work must be done, and if possible, a few standing records kicked off. We have several promising strong and agile men, and have the confidence that we will figure in the record breaking craze. What's the matter with pressing Matteson, Steinberger and Shellenberger into service? Foster will shortly have the proffered prizes on exhibition, which may stimulate the faltering to their best efforts.
A CLEAN SWEEP.
K U. Republican Club Elect Officers.
There never was a meeting held in the history of the University which went through from start to finish with such tranquility as the Republican club did Monday night, at the court house. Promptly at eight o'clock President weans called to order those present, who had previously been conversing in undertone in small groups anticipating the approaching election of
officers. There were in all ten men present representing the grand old party to which a large majority of the students belong. When the pleasure of the meeting was asked, for a brief time silence was supreme. John Steele, whose face bore that serene complacency, whether smoking a candidate's cigar or striking a railroad superintendant for a pass to an irrigation convention, arose and moved that the club proceed to the election of officers. Nominations being cailed for, the ever ready John was the first to his feet. After a grou-diloquent harangue on the Republican party, and becoming vituperation for populism and democracy, the erstwhile reporter for the Lawrence Journal, with that suavity of manner characteristic of the man, after many encomiums on the gentleman's ability and loyalty to the cause, nominated for president, Mr. Adna Clark. After the applause had subsided his election was declared unanimous. Realizing that he had it all his own way Mr. Steele nominated the whole ticket and it went through splendidly. Mitchell being elected vice-president, Hilliard Johnson Secretary and Prouty treasurer. All went well until the last member of the executive committee was to be elected, when it was discovered that there would be one member present who would have to go without an office as there were not enough by one to go around. So contrary to precedent, there were two nominations for this last office. It was a neck and neck race but Jim Steele, brother to the ubiquitous John, was victorious over his opponent by one vote. Excitement was at fever heat when the result was announced and the successful candidate rushed to a window to cool his heated brow. The magnanimous John Steele, whose connection with the University for several years past has been by telephone only, moved to adjourn, and folding his great coat about his military figure walked out into the open air and disappeared in the darkness leaving his companions to turn out the gas and close the doors.
Mrs. B. W. Woodward will receive the Women's League and all the young women of the University on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Woodward will give a short talk upon the new paintings in his valuable Art collection.