The University Courier.
169
The young ladies' boarding club was presented with a fine chocolate cake one day this week by a certain young man of the University. His reward was an invitation to dinner. Moral: "Courtesies pay."
The University buildings and grounds were points of great interest to the Y.W.C.A. visitors the latter part of last and the first of this week, and the guides were kept busy showing different parties around.
The members of the Young Women's Christian Association of the University wish to extend their sincere thanks to the people of Lawrence who so kindly opened their homes to the delegates during the convention.
Several of the law students are developing into good stump speakers. Last week Jim Challiss and Tom Bennett spoke at the Marion school house, and last Thursday night J.A. Orr made a political speech at Media.
At the Physical Seminary last Monday afternoon the following papers were read: "Reflection of Electrical Waves," Prof. Blake; "Some New Books," Prof. Newson; "Ocean Telephoning," Arthur U. Craig. Prof. Blake acted as critic.
Thursday Afternoon, November 16th, Prof. Miller will deliver a lecture before the members of the Young Women's Christian Association on the Astronomy of the Bible. All girls of the University are very cordially invited to come to the meeting.
There is a growing dissatisfaction with our University yell. The main points raised in objection to it are that it is too short and is very hard on the throat. After yelling "Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K.U." for a few minutes, one becomes very hoarse and exhausted, and the noise produced is not what it should be in proportion to the effort. We can retain our old yell and have a new yell also. Most colleges have more than one yell, and K. U. should have another yell in addition to the present one. Rock Chalk is dear to every student and alumni of the University, but if it is not as good as the yells of our rival colleges, a new one should be improvised.
The University Republican club met at the court house last Wednesday evening and the following officers were elected: President, John Hogin; vice president, Wm. Brooks; secretary Howard Martindale; sargeant-at arms, Charles Armor; executive committee, John Steele and Geo. Ellis.
C. L. McFarland, who is chief chemist and manager of the Miles Planting and Manufacturing Company in Louisiana, has just issued a pamphlet of sixty pages, on "Sugar-house Work in 1892." He has been assisted in the laboratory by five other men, all former students of Kansas Uuiversity.
Prof. Williston went to Medicine Lodge last week to offer the testimony of an expert in a murder case. The mysterious disappearance of a certain man who is supposed to have been murdered, and the finding of the skeleton of a man near the spot where the murder was thought to have taken place, led to the arrest of two men. Professor Williston testified that the skeleton found was that of a man under thirty years of age, and as the man who had disappeared was about forty-five years old, the two men arrested were acquitted upon the strength of Prof. Williston's testimony.
Last Monday at one o'clock a mass meeting of the students was held in the chapel to select a man to lead the yelling at the foot-ball game was supposed would take place next day at Baker. Tom Franklin was unanimously elected to that position; but as the expected game did not take place, he did not have an opportunity to display his qualities as a yeller and leader. Chancellor Snow made a short speech on the apparent indifference which was shown by K.U. students at the game three weeks ago with Baker, and the students left the chapel with the determination that if yelling would win games, the foot-ball team of K.U. would meet with no more defeats in the future. Although at the Baker game, and the game with Iowa last Saturday, each K.U. admirer yelled himself hoarse as an individual, yet the yelling was not effective because the crowd was not organized for yelling together, but were scattered all over the field.