The University Courier.
VOL. XIV
VOL. II.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 22, 1895.
THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
No.1
The Courier is published every Friday 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 businss manager, and subscriptions to the circulator, Lawrence Kansas.
Entered at the Lawrence Post Office as second-class matter.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
ROLLA R. MITCHELL, Editor.
CLAY M. LYONS, Locals.
ANDY O. EWART, Athletic.
CLYDE W. MILLER, Managing Editor.
L. E. THRASHER, Business Managers.
W T. PERRY,
IN making our bow to the readers of college news, the staff of this paper wishes it circulated that we bow very low. Not being possessed of the nerve of Mr. Buchann, Mr. Patten or Mr. Morgan we do not care to pose as editors of the first class and have our readers fall upon the "joke" with a dull thud. We would rather that people will take our work for the best that we are capable of doing and class us where they will. N. B.-In connection with this we would add that our managing editor will receive and register all kicks.
A BILL has been introduced in the House to reduce the Chancellors salary from five thousand dollars to three thousand five hundred a year. Every friend of the University should oppose the measure and use his influence to prevent its passage. The salaries of college presidents, professors and literary men, in general, are notoriously
small and if the legislature act on the criterion of other states, progressive in educational affairs, they will raise the Chancellor's salary and that of every professor connected with the University.
It came out in one of the daily papers of Lawrence that another college paper was to be thrust upon the merchants; that the faculty should take steps to prohibit the publication of this paper. We wish to say that the Courier is not the paper referred to by the well known Lawrence daily. We have been in this University longer than any other paper, and we are the senior paper. We are not thrusting this paper upon the merchants. If they do not find it to their advantage to advertise with us, let them advertise with no one, all we want is fair treatment. We will publish the best college paper for college news that has ever been published in the University, and advertising with us will be profitable.
We think that the merchants of Lawrence make a great mistake if they fail to support, to some extent, college publications. The fact, that the majority of the merchants who now do a good business would not be able to remain in business were it not for the students, is as plain as day. There are merchants in Lawrence who are entirely dependent upon the students. Others are largely so and then a few who are not at all so. Now why these men should not want to kelp build up college spirit is more than we can see. By having flourishing papers we make a good showing at other schools and every where about the state. This is sure to bring men in the University as anything ever tried.
IN failing to appear for the last three or four weeks the COURIER feels that it has made a grievous mistake. Nothwithstanding that we did what we considered best we