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The University Courier.
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VOL. II.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 28, 1895.
No. 2.
THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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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,
WELL, we be at Baker!
Poon old Baker. No foot ball, no base ball, no "nothin'."
We wonder if it is not a slam at respectable gymnasiums to designate our "place" as such? ___
The man who cut the electric light wire the night of the senior party looks, to a man up a tree, as though he was possessed of more nerve than sense.
DOES it come within the duties of a college professor to read papers before literary clubs attacking certain fra ernities? We always thought that a professor should keep out.
The Atchison Globe is responsible for the following: "If the boys who took part in the state oratorical contest have any intelligence their photographs carefully conceal it.
We have not seen an account of the "big annual drunk of University students" yet. The college press of the Kansas colleges is not going to let such a chance to throw mud as the oratorical contest go by uunoticed are they?
Our society editor says that it is a breech of table etiquette to use your fork as you would an ice pick. We understand that some of the young ladies at a popular boarding house have fallen into this remarkable habit
The young men of a certain fraternity, who have been criticised so severely by some of the young ladies on account of an affair growing out of a party, say that they provided a man for every young lady invited. What else could they do?
Why does not K. U. pull out of the State Oratorical contest? It does not do us one particle of good. We do not take enough interest in it to for us to ever win. If we ever do get anything but second or third it will be a miricle Why not let the second rate colleges in the state fight it out among themselves? Why does the University want to advertise a lot of colleges when it does not receive anything in return? We have an inter-state debate. Let us drop oratorical associations and attend to that
The idea of us staying in an association and competing with other colleges in something in which we take no interest is absurd. We had only three contestants at the local contest, and it took a great deal of work to get that maney. Why do we want to sacrifice our reputation as the first school of the state to the benefit of others? Year after year the successful candidate goes from Topeka carrying the banner of an inferior college, and we sit by and wait until we are beaten again. We do not even make an effort to profit by our former experiences. We are the same dormant crowd when the next con-