THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
VOL. XII.
LAWRENCE, KANS., OCTOBER 26, 1893.
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J. L. HARRINGTON, Editor.
M. L. ALDEN, Local Editor.
MACGREGOR DOUGLAS, Literary and Exchange Editor.
L. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Athletic and Amusement Editor. ___
E. P. LUPFER, Managing Editor.
C. R. TROXEL. BENJ. HORTON.
Business Manager. Circulator.
DON'T GET so great an opinion of yourself because you have received some unusual attention. You are not so vastly different from other people as you think.
DON'T IMAGINE you are so much better than your neighbor just because you enjoy superior advantages of some kind. The world will care little how popular you were while in the University; only one very weighty and pointed question will be asked you; What can you do? The obstacles you overcome here are very small indeed as compared with those you will meet when you do battle with the cold, cold world. You wont have your own favorite "set" to praise and admire you then. You must stand or fall on your merits. It is true the degree of success you meet here is an indication, but it is not an infallible sign of what awaits you in the greater struggle.
IT SEEMS that the last remnant of class spirit died last year. Either the students are so intent upon their studies that they haven't time, or they are too indolent to distinguish themselves and their classes by doing something worthy of note. Even a cane rush would relieve the monotony.
DON'T BE either too much occupied with your work, or too selfish, to take some interest in those about you. Your principal study should be humanity—that which influences your life more than all else. You cannot live in yourself, or in your small circle of intimate friends. You influence and are influenced by every person you meet.
ALTHOUGH WE have reason to be proud of our School of Engineering, we cannot be oblivious to its lack of facilities for graduating well-prepared engineers. We have no opportunity to visit any engineering work, either completed or in course of construction, as is commonly done in other engineering schools, except as the student may do so during his summer vacation. Only the principles of engineering are taught here; their application must be made after graduation. To a considerable extent this condition is necessary; but some provision should be made for the student to make some application of the principles during his course. At present if he can remember the principles till the end of his course, he is prepared to go to work; but if not, as is usually the case, he must spend much time and work in the field doing the work that should have been done here. The cause of the defect is principally the lack of money to carry on field work.