The University Courier.
109
Unity Clnb held its first meeting of the year at the Unitarian church a week ago last Wednesday night. Last year Unity Club presented a number of splendid amateur performances in which a number of University students and professors took prominent parts. The public is anxious to have these species of entertainments repeated again this winter. There is considerable new talent in school which these amusements will develop.
The first meeting of the Electrical Seminary will be held in the Physics lecture room next Monday, October 23, at 4 p. m. Papers will be read by McQuiston, Rice, Neely, and Harding, after which a general discussion of each paper will take place. In addition, a digest of the current electrical news will be presented by Mr. Topping from the following weeklies: Electrical Engineer, Electric World, Scientific American, Electrical Review, and Scientific American Supplement.
The following verse, written by some poetically inclined youth, appeared on the bulletin board Tuesday:
After the game is over,
After the goal has been kicked;
After we've won from Baker,
After they feel awful sick;
After we beat them badly,
After they fail to score;
Tell me, will poor old Baker
Play foot-ball any more?
The line party at the Opera house and dance afterwards in the Merchants National Bank Hall, given Friday evening by the Sigma Chis, was one of the swellest events of the season. The twenty-five couple present, occupying two rows of seats in the Opera house, listened to the splendid comedy "Eccles Girl" by the Spooner Opera Company, after which they repaired to the Merchants National Bank Hall, where they merrily "tripped" the hours away to the music of the Mexican Orchestra, consisting of a harp and two mandolins, of the Spooner Opera Company. During the evening light refreshments were served, and at a very late hour the merry crowd departed for their homes all declaring the Sigma Chis royal entertainers.
At a meeting of the Athletic Association Tuesday at one p. m., a committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws for the Association, and then apply to the Secretary of State for a charter. As the Association now stands, it is not able to make a binding contract, is not able to hold the other contracting party to any contract made, and cannot sue to recover damages from any one who might break a contract, all on account of not being chartered. It was also decided to change the admission fee to all foot-ball games played here in Lawrence from twenty-five cents to fifty cents.
The Historical Seminary at 4 o'clock last Friday afternoon was largely attended. Professor E. D. Adams spoke before the Seminary, and took as his subject "The Division of a Continent." In an exceedingly interesting lecture he showed how the nations of Europe had claimed different portions of Africa, and how these claims have been the cause of much contention and diplomatic art. With the beginning of the colonization of Africa, Germany, who has always been backward in the art of colonization, under the direction of Bismarck, awakened to the importance of such a move, and the struggles between Germany and England for the retention of their different possessions forms the most interesting part of the story of Africa's colonization. The great possibilities for the founding of a great state either of whites or negroes in Africa, and the richness of the country in gold, silver, and precious stones are the main causes of the intense desire of the foreign nations to found colonies there. The lecture, which took up the entire hour, held the interest and attention of the audience from beginning to end.
Alvin Joslin.
180 laughs in 180 minutes is the enticing and tempting announcement made for Saturday night at the opera house. Of course every one familiar with theatrical head lines knows this means that Charles L. Davis is to appear in his always popular creation, "Alvin Joslin," and the fact that he will personally interpret