The University Courier.
71
LOGALS.
The Thetas will initiate eight new girls next Saturday night.
The foot ball teams had their pictures taken on McCook Field last week.
The Phi Psis gave a hop Monday night in honor of their new members.
The hard rain last Friday kept a large number of students from attending classes.
Chancellor Snow and Fred McKinnon are busy getting out the chinch bug report.
The members of Phi Deta Theta gave a very enjoyable hop in their hall last Friday evening.
The different fraternities have finished their "rushing," and from now on will settle down to hard study.
Corydon Linley, a graduate of the school of Pharmacy in '90, is numbered among the present Junior Law class.
The lovely moonlight nights of the past week inspired several of the musically inclined students to serenade their best girls.
Prof. Miller, to show his appreciation of their efforts, allowed the freshman geometry class to take a "quiz" last Tuesday morning.
Herbert Hadley, '92, and Ernest Robinson, 93, each secured a town lot and a section of land in the recent opening of the Cherokee strip.
There are sixty-one students enrolled in the school of electrical engineering. This number is larger than ever before, and the facilities of the department are taxed to the utmost.
The Glee and Banjo Club, at its meeting Saturday morning, elected J. L. Harrington president, John Nicholson treasurer, and Jack Morgan property man. At a meeting last week of Mr. Piatt, business manager, R. K. Moody and, Chancellor Snow, it was decided that the University was unable to give the Glee and Banjo Club the financial support as was hoped, and that the Club should be managed and the net proceeds divided among the members as in the past.
At a meeting of the Senior class last Wednesday the following officers were elected: Archie Hogg, president; J. V. May, vice president; Laura Radford, secretary; Arthur Corbin, treasurer; Mary Barkley, William Piatt, R.W. Carter, executive committee.
In last Sunday's issue of the Kansas City Journal appeared a pleasing illustrated article on the "Mennonite College" recently opened at Newton, Kansas. The article was written by one of our well known students, Mr. Wm. J. Krebiel.
Miss Cady, State secretary for the Young Women's Christian Association, visited the University association last week, and announced that the state committee had selected Lawrence for the state convention of the Young Women's Christian Association to be held November 2-5. The University organization feels it an honor not only to the association but to the University, and will do all in their power to make the stay of their guests as pleasant as possible.
During the summer months a few University Professors and town people organized, at Professor Sayre's house, a club for the purpose of considering questions of municipal interest, laying stress upon city improvement. At the last meeting of the Club, a paper was read by Dr. Williston on Water Supply. Professor Hodder is the secretary of this organization, and it is hoped that the influence of this Club will be felt. The organization is non-partizan, and takes no side politically.
Chancellor Snow left this week to attend the Centennial Anniversary exercises of his Alma Mater, Williams College, where he has been invited to deliver one of the addresses on that very important occasion. Williams College has among its Alumni some of the most prominent educators in the country, who have also been invited to participate in these exercises. Chancellor James H. Canfield of the Nebraska State University will deliver one of the important addresses of the week. No event in the college world has happened for years, which is attracting more interest than this auspicious gathering of the Alumni of one of the best known institutions of learning in the land.