The University Courier.
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VOL. II.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 7, 1895.
THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
No. 3.
The Courier is published every Thursday during collegiate year by the Courier Publishing Company.
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Address all communications and contributions to the editor-in-chief; all business communications to the business manager, and subscriptions to the circulator, Lawrence, Kansas.
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
ROLLA R. MITCHELL, Editor.
WILLIAM M. LYON, Locals.
ANDERSON A. EWART, Athletic.
JOHN A. EDWARDS, Managing Editor.
L. E. THRASHER, Business Managers. W T. PERRY.
Who is next?
IT was a little hard on the Betas. But even the best of pulls are sometimes strained.
You may wager that we will not leave a member of the opposition in charge of the paper when we are out of town.
WHAT feelings of happiness and thanksgiving emanate from our heart at the promptings of the noble hearted editor of the Journal? If we are only sure that we are to be the recipient of sympathy and condolence we will be King among the satisfied. We do hope that we may meet our well-wisher as tried and true sons of K U. Yes we hope that—and more. We hope that when the evening sun is setting o'er the la t college day of our friend, we may be at hand to bid him "God Speed:" and say, with the great assemblage that has drawn near to do him homage and to lay their tributes at his feet," Thank God!"
The most intimate enemies of the Courier have caused it to be circulated that we are not able to pull through the year. We know that our constant appearance will remove this impression from a great many minds, still we wish to inform those who make it a business to throw mud, for various reasons—that we are capable and enthusiastic enough to run a paper We wish to guarantee that this paper will be issued every week during the present school year! Of course those who are not represented on any of our college papers have reasons for not speaking well of us, but nevertheless they should stick to the truth.
It is previously evident that the interest in field and track athletics at the Kansas at the Kansas University is far below par. Why such should be the case cannot be surmised unless it is from the fact that the University gymnasium is so inconveniently situated and so inadequately equipped. However the best should be made of it, and every appliance for development should be used. In nearly every college of the size of the Kansas University contestants are at this time of the year hard at work both indoors and out-doors training themselves for the coming spring field day. Not much activity has shown itself as yet among the athletes of K. U., and it is feared that the interest this year will be less than ever. The Kansas University ought to be able to produce a few athletes who could establish records above those of the second and third rate colleges of the state. As it is, the latter are more enthusiastic and therefore are our rivals to an unpleasant degree. Should the dormant spirit of "thleticism" awaken among our athletes, and the training for the spring sports be entered into with vim and enthuisasm, not only would the interest grow in the rest of the school but the contests would be such that the records would bear comparison with, or even surpass those of the other large universities of the West.