THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
VOL. XII.
LAWRENCE, KANS., NOVEMBER 23,1893.
No. 12.
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It is evident that our foot ball team has been keeping quiet and doing hard work. Nebraska was able to tie with both Denver and Baker, both of which defeated us only a short time ago, but was unable to score against our team. This shows a great improvement in our team's work, for it is unreasonable to suppose the work of the Nebraska team has suddenly deteriorated. In spite of its defeats we are and should be proud of our team, and should offer it every encouragement in the next two great battles at Kansas City. Next Saturday we meet one of the greatest teams of the central states, and must fight hard if we win. Let every student who can afford to do so go to see the game and yell for K. U. Our chances for winning the pennant are the best of any team in the league, and we shall have reason to treat our boys to another ride yet this year.
More attention than usual was attracted to this week's Science Club by the announcement in many of the classes of the meeting and a statement of the work to be done. It is to be hoped that sufficient attention may there be attracted to the Club to make the scientific students take more interest in the work it is doing than at present. No scientific student can afford to content himself with the class and textbook work alone while there are such excellent opportunities in many lines as the Club affords. Much original work is done by the enterprising members of the Club, who, of course, receive the greatest benefit therefrom; but much that can be obtained in no other way can be learned simply by attending the meeting. The expenses of the Club are merely nominal, and the work done is of the highest scientific character; hence, the membership and attendance should be much greater than they are.
The University of Kansas is very young; very few of the people of Kansas are very wealthy, and the most of those who are have gained their wealth by a hard struggle, and, therefore, are not inclined to give freely to any cause: besides, in the popular mind, the University is supported by the state, and, hence, everything needed is supplied by the state. For these reasons nothing of note has ever been done by the friends of the University to help the poor but deserving student to gain a high education. In the great eastern universities, scholarships and fellowships by the score have been founded by wealthy friends, and by clasess. The Class of '93 of Bowdoin bound itself to raise one hundred and fifty dollars a year to assist some needy student to obtain an