THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
VOL. XII.
LAWRENCE, KANS., SEPTEMBER 7, 1893.
No.1
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J. L. HARRINGTON, Editor-in-Chief.
M. L. ALDEN, Local Editor.
McGREGOR DOUGLAS, Literary and Exchange Editor.
D. D. GEAR, Athletic and Amusement Editor.
E. P. LUPFER, Managing Editor.
C. R. TROXEL, BENJ. HORTON.
Business Manager. Circulator.
IN THE absence of the Editorial force of the Courier the Business Manager has assumed the responsibility of getting out this issue. Professors Hopkins and Williston, Clarence Hall of the Journal, and ex-Editor-in-Chief Bennett have rendered much valuable assistance for which we are very grateful.
DON'T BE in a rush. A rush is a serious thing if you are unfortunate enough to be the rushee. You will in all probability be so considerately treated that your head will grow more in two or three days than it will in the succeeding four years. If you are gifted with common sense enough to wish to investigate the respective merits of the different fraternities before joining anyone, you are very likely to become involved in that well known college predicament.
The rush is a term, undefined by Webster,
and only learned by associations in college life, but it nevertheless means considerable to those students who become entangled. We will not attempt to explain the various dangers of a rushee, but if anyone is unfortunate enough to become involved, don't say the Courier failed to warn you.
IT IS RATHER difficult to understand the action of the board of Regents in charging all students of the School of Law twenty-five dollars tuition per annum, while that department is, and has always been, considered entitled to as liberal treatment as any.
The students in the School of Law have always been burdened with a greater expense than any others, on account of the greater cost of their text books.
Last year this was not considered sufficient discrimination against the embryo lawyers and a library fee of five dollars was taxed upon them.
The catalogue for 1892-93 assures us that tuition is free for all residents of the State of Kansas but subsequent to the publication of the present catalogue the honorable board of Regents decided that the law students were bound to be much wealthier as a class than other students and assessed a fine of twenty-five dollars all around on law students irrespective of race, color, or citizenship. That this tuition assessed against the students of the Law School is an injustice and an unwarranted discrimination is palpable to everyone.
In view of the fact that all other students in every department are admitted free of tuition, the discrimination will have the effect of preventing many worthy and industrious students from attendance in this department. Many will