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THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
Centre Rush Stone weighs 205 pounds. He is "training down," and will enter a majority of the events.
Base ball promises to be more popular than ever this year. A series of 42 games has been arranged for in England between American and English teams.
The Harvard-Yale games have been fixed as follows: June 20, Cambridge. June 25, New Haven.
In case of the third game will be played at Newton July 29, under the conditions. a tie must be considered providential.
A large crowd is reported to have attended a match fight between a man and two wild cats, at a Kentucky town and were "disappointed in the tameness of the affair." And yet they talk of foot ball.
Among the foot ball players who will try for the Base ball team are Williamson, Pope and Hester.
Stone and Hill are wearing a dainty foot ball souvenir which found its birth in Harvard. A miniature foot ball in the center of a crimson bow As the college colors are similar, the infringement is legimate.
The cover of the only ball available in the gymnasium has been torn off. While the batteries are the only players at work just now, they should not be detained for want of a base ball, nor be required to use one without a cover.
It is about time to begin work on the McCook field The lime should be removed so the grounds may dry out, and be leveled into shape.
MEETING OF THE BOARD.
The regular meeting of the Athletic Association was held Monday.
As there was not a quorum present they went into a committee of the whole, Mitchell in the chair. and Moody acting Secretary.
The question of the Board's filling vacancies in its own way was raised and decided to be within its province.
A committee consisting of Moody. Simpson and Chamberlain was appointed to solicit among the merchants of town with a view of collecting $300 offered by them toward paying Mr. Cowan's salary. When Mr. Cowan was engaged as instructor at a salary of $1,000, the merchants of the town agreed
to pay $600 of this, the association paying the remaining $400. Three hundred of the six was pledged and collected, the other three hundred is still outstanding, and unless collected from the merchants the Athletic Association must pay.
The financial report of Secretary Moody was tabled for a week.
Mr. Pope's resignation from the board was likewise tabled.
The Advisory Committee reported that according to the constitution only a regularly enrolled student of the University could hold an honorary position or position of management in the association. This was supposed would apply to Manager Simpson, of the foot-ball team, who has withdrawn from the school of arts.
It was shown that Simpson is a regular student in the Law Department, and as his duties have been efficiently and conscientiously performed, the matter was dropped.
The next regular meeting of the Board will be Friday at 12 o'clock.
Dr. Stevens kindly furnished us the following, for which we acknowledge thanks:
Dr. Martin Van Buren Stevens, the oldest law student in the K.U. law school, is looking quite well He attended the G.A.R. Encampment last week. He was out in the late war two years and a half. He has eaten nearly fifty-seven rabbits and two squirrels since last Christmas. He sings in the Oratorio at Music hall twice a week, and Saturday afternoons in the Episcopal church choir. He is remarkably smart for a man of seventy years.
The boys talk of putting tar and feathers on the spotters. Strong evidence has been secured against two of these friends, and it will probably fare hard with them should they continue their dishonorable work.
A subscription dance was given last Friday evening by the Phi Delts and Barbs.
It is said that Harry Lang and Thomas Bailey frequent Snow Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Jacque Morgan delighted the Electrical Seminary last Friday with an interesting lecture on, "The recent developements in railway apparatus."
Fred Funston has returned from a successful lecture tour in the state.