The University Courier.
v02, x1v
VOL. H.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 14, 1895.
No. 4.
THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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W T. PERRY,
COLLEGE politicians are not any more loyal to their college, than professional politicians are to our country.
IN reply to the question: "Why is it, that in all elections, the girls flock to the shelter of the Phi Psis?" Several answers have been forthcoming. The idea that it is simply another argument in favor of the liberty of the press is most prevalent.
ALTHOUGH the promoters of the scheme, advocated the idea of giving all fictions a man on the constitutional committee, it was a noticeable feature of the election that one certain element received their hearty support.
It is all very well for students to say that we will have a paper that will better represent the University if we go into this arrangement whereby we will have but one paper. Now is this, as a matter of fact the truth? Will all the different interests be represented by any one paper?
IN his article in the March Forum, Mr. Henry Holt makes a statement that is wholly false, and places Mr. Blackmar in a very untrue light. Mr. Holt says that so little attention is paid to the importance of Political Economy in Kansas that the legislature caused the chair of Political Economy in the State University to be filled by a man who could teach only populistic principles and was totally unfit for anything else. The Regents of the State Agricultural College have done that which Mr. Holt accuses the Legislature of doing toward K. U. Mr. Blackmar is one of the first men of his subject in this country and occupies an important place on the Forum with Mr. Holt himself.
Now let us look at the reasons advanced by the promoters of this consolidation scheme in favor of the movement. As far as the faculty is concerned their motives are for the best. We could not doubt that for an instant. The faculty are working for the best interest of the Uuniversity entirely, notwithstanding the report that they are following out the desires of the Phi Psis and the sore-headed barbs. Mr. Hopkins deserves more attention in his remarks than any other man. It is a personal matter with him and his reasons are good. He wants that he shall be placed in such a position that he can be able to exert the influence that he is held responsible for by the outside world in regard to composition on University papers. This certainly deserves our most serious attention. Another reason advanced by the promoters is, that they owe it to the merchants to permit but one paper so that the advertising will not fall so heavliy upon them. This is not a good reason and should not bear any weight. The merchants are not forced to advertise in any University paper. Where they do advertise they receive some return. As a matter of fact the merchants ought to advertise as much again as they do now. The