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University Directory.
PHI GAMMA DELTA - Meets Saturday nights,
No. 11 Mass., St. 3d floor.
PHIL KAPPA PS1-Meets Saturday nights, at rooms of the members.
PHI DELTA TIREA—Meets Saturday nights, 2d
door opera house, west side.
SIGMA CHI- Meets Saturday nights, 3d floor
Opera House block, east side.
BETA THETA Pi—Meets Saturday nights, at H. S, Tremper's law office.
SIGMA NU- Meets Saturday nights, I. O. O. F.
block.
KAPPA ALPHA THRETA-Meets Saturday after-
noon, 10.7 Mass St., 3d floor.
4. U—Meets Saturday afternoons at homes of members.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA-Meets Saturday afternoon
noon at homes of members.
PHARMACETICAL SOCIETY-Meets Thursdays at 3 p.m in Prof. Sayre's lecture room. J, H. De Ford, president; Miss Howard, see'y.
OROPHIHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons in its hall, University building, north wing, 3d floor. Pres , J. M. Halligan; secs, Rosa McMurry.
SCIENCE CLUB-Meets Friday afternoons, in Snow Hall. President, W. H. Brown; see'v. V. L. Kellogg.
PHILOLOGY—Meets second Friday of the month in Greek lecture room, University building, Pres., Prof. Williams; see'y', Prof. Carruth.
KENT CLUB, of Law Students—Meets Friday nights in Court House. Pres., J. W. Roberts; see'y, A. Overton.
GERMAN SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoon from 2 to 3, in Oread hall. Pres., Henri Nikel; Sexy' vana McKinnon.
ATHENEUM LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons in its hall in the University building, sonnet wing, third floor. President, C.L. Smith; secety, C.O. Nutting.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION—Pres., E. G. Blair;
see'y, A. L. Wilmoth; Board of Directors,
Frank (Towell, Dent Dunn, V. G. Kellogg
COLLEGE BRANCH Y. M. C. A.-Ires., F. J.
Gardner; sec'y, L. T. Smith; meets every
Friday night in rooms of city association.
COLLEGE BRANCH Y. W, C.A., meets Sunday afternoons at homes of members.
DICKSON DEBATING CLUB—Meets Friday nights, at Court House, Smith Curry, pres.; H. White, eccty
LIME KILN DEBATING CLUB - W. R
Cone, press; H. Hunt, sec'y.
COUCHER Company—Pres., Denton Dunn; sec'y,
R. J. Curdy.
REVIEW Company—Press, S. W. Shuck, T.
Base Ball Association—Secy, S, T. Gilmore.
Helen M. Gougar, the great advocate of woman's rights and temperance reformer, commends B. K. Bruce, class of '85, for the active interest he has taken in the temperance reform which has taken place in Leavenworth recently.
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A New Academy
Lawrence is about to have inaugurated in her midst an academy which will not be excelled in the United States for the thoroughness of its course, the competence of its professors, and the support of capital which is so essential in establishing an institution of this kind.
The intention is to change the Lawrence Business College into this sort of an institution and to place it on a thorough academic basis. Mr. Mellray, the president of the present college has been conferring with scene of our leading business men and educators and has gained their hearty support. Among those most interested in the project are: Dr. Marvin, Hon. Chas. Robinson, Hon. W. W. Nevison, Hon. S. A. Riggs, Hon. Learnard and others.
Dr. Marvin will probably accept the presidency of the institution and with his great experience as an educator will undoubtedly, prove a success. The curriculum will be of such a high standard so as to admit a graduate as a regular student into the Freshman class of any institution of learnin in the United States. The business department will still be run in connection with the Academy and it will also be increased in its efficiency and standard.
What Phillips Exter Academy at Andover, Mass., is to Harvard and Yale, likewise this institution will be the stepping stone to a course in the University of Kansas or some of the other large colleges and Universities in the United States. With not a single high school or academy in the State of Kansas which thoroughly prepares a student in all branches to enter our Freshman class, this is a step which has been long desired and a consummation devoutly to be wished.
The old University building which is now vacant, will probably be secured and the Athens of Kansas, will, although not securing nine third class preparatory colleges as one of her neighbors claims, again strengthens her hold on the name of being the educational center of the west.
Below we give the grades of the judges in the Inter-State Oratorical Contest held at Bloomington, Ill The judges on thought and composition were Rev. Brooks, of Boston, Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, and Governor Foraker, of Ohio. On dedelivery, Hon. Brigham, of Iowa, Hon. C. D. Smith, of Missouri, and Hon. Powell, of Floomington, marked the imperfection of speech and ars dicendi of the various speakers. The last named gentleman was chosen to fill the place of Hon. George R. Wendling, who failed to arrive. The grades show that Mr. Campbell, of Kansas, was second on the first ranking and second on grand average, and had the best general average on delivery. But by the system of grading adopted by the association, Kansas received third place. This position is the highest ever attained by a Kansas orator and Mr. Campbell and Baker are to be congratulated. Mr. Campbell was elected president of the association for the next year, and
Greencastle, Ind., was chosen as the place for the next contest.
The following are the grades:
Program for Commencement Week.
May 31, Tuesday 8 p.m., Commencement Concert, Department of Music.
June 2, Thursday 8 p. m., Prize Contest in Oratory—Contestants, C. L. Smith, T. F. Doran, W. E. Higgins, Frank Marshall, Gertrude Hunnicutt, Elmer Engle.
June 4, Saturday 8 p. m., Prize contest in declamation, contestants. Nellie Palmer, W W. Davis, R. E. Kroh, Julius Leipmann, F. H. Bowersock, A. B. Avers, H. M. Bear.
June 3, Friday S p. m., Anniversary Orophillian Literary Society Program: President, Miss Flora Newlin; orations, T. F. Doran, F. H. Olney; debaters, W. W. Davis, A. B. Ayers; essayist, Miss Churchill; declamation, Flora Fincher.
June 5, Sunday 8 p. m., Baccalaureate sermon, by Henry B. Rigaway, president of Garnett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill.
June 6, Monday 10 a. m., Anniversary Department of Pharmacy.
Monday 8 p. m., Oration before the Literary Societies by Noble L. Preuntis.
June 7, Tuesday, 10 a. m., Class Day exercises. President, Luella J. Moore; salutatory, E. G. Blair; orations, H. D. Smith, Henri Nickel, A. C. Markley; prophecy, Olive Thompson; presentation of hat to Juniors, J. D. Davis; response for the Juniors, Joseph Ralston; address to lower classes, Chas. L. Smith; valedictory, Denton Dunn.
3 p. m., meeting Alumni Association.
S p.m., Alumni oration, by Rev. E.B. Tucker, class of 79.
June 8, Wednesday 10 a.m., Commencement. Representatives from Collegiate Department, W. S. Jenks, Agnes Wright, Lillian Bell, Mary A. Rice, Cora L. Kimball, G. W. Herrington, Cyrus Crane; from the Law Department, Samuel Moore.
It is said that there are at present being erected, or preparations being made to erect over seventy colleges in the State of Kansas. These seventy colleges, the greater part of them probably no better than common high schools, will all claim the right to confer degrees equal in rank to those conferred by the best colleges in the United States. There are at present in the State of Kansas eight first class colleges, the State University, Washburn College, Baker University, Emporia College, Emporia Normal School, Ottawa University, State Agricultural College and Bethany College, and they are enough to supply the demands for years to come. It is doubtful whether the State is capable of supporting a population so great that these eight colleges could not provide all educational facilities needed. Every
--new college established, tends to the deterioration of the colleges already founded. There can never be a great educational institution built up in Kansas, so long as the church organizations are continually erecting small and unneeded institutions. O, when will the churches of Kansas acquire a little common sense.
Prof. Sayre entertained the Pharmacy classes last Thursday evening, at which time he took occasion to open a case of specimens of crude drugs, such as are in use in London and the leading foreign colleges for the examination of candidates for Major degree in Pharmacy, for the Senior class to recognize.
The Junior class also was invited into a separate room under the care of Dr. Moore and Mr. Franklin who superintended the examination of the Juniors in liquids, pharmaceutical preparations—furnished for the occasion by Mr. George Leis.The evening was pleasantly passed and was very enjoyable, notwithstanding the ordeal of examination. Several friends of the department together with the faculty were present to take part in the collation served later in the evening. This plan of examination is very acceptable to the Pharmacy boys and undoubtedly would be well received by the students in other departments.
The May number of the Quarterly from New York University has been received. It contains nothing particularly interesting, and is not at all what a person would naturally expect of the students of such a University, taking into consideration at the same time that it is issued only every three months. "A Study in Picture Writing" contains a few cuts which reminds one very forcibly of the corner of the Illini, and it undoubtedly contains the worst chestnuts in the shape of college news we have ever seen in any magazine.
The committee on buildings and grounds, Judge Otis, Chas. Gleed and Dr. Lippincott, held a meeting on Tuesday for the purpose of making improvements and considering the work already accomplished. During the summer, after the moving of the engine house, the intervening space between the main building and Snow hall will be sodded, and laid off with walks, flower beds, etc. There will also be a paved drive encircling Snow Hall, all which will add to the looks and beauty of our campus.
It has been said that a full pledged elocutionist will be procured to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Brownell. For heaven's sake don't burden us with a railing elocutionist of the stagy, dramatic type. Probably it will be hard to find one who will be so universally liked and respected by the students as has been Prof. Brownell, but we will try to be satisfied with anyone excepting the so-called "elocationist."
The Hon. Noble L. Prentis, formerly of the Atchison Champion, will deliver the address before the literary societies. Mr. Prentis is one of the most successful, talented
and proficient editors and orators in the west and our students and visitors will undoubtedly be favored with one of the best addresses ever delivered in the University.
The Review man is getting to be quite a literary man. His latest break is to assume the eye glass of a critic. He pitches in to Mr. Howell with a vigor which reminds one strangely of a debilitated cat snarling at an elephant. Poor old Review, a good dose of arsenic would doubtless put an end to its misery.
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The Junior Greek class takes pride in having accomplished as much, if not more work than any other class in one term in the University. Besides finishing its regular course in translation of Homer, it has pursued a course in Greek Archaeology, has made a thorough study of the Homeric question by Jebb, and also has been engaged in special work in the Theology, Theogony, similes and epithets of that author Prof. Wilcox is to be congratulated in the advancement he has made in our course in Greek.
The second annual meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in Boston, May 21-25. The American Historical will join with them in this meeting. General Walker is president of the Economic and Prof. Winser of the Historical Association On Tuesday, the 24th, the committee on Trade will report on "condition and organization of retail trade." Prof.J.H.Canfield is chairman of this committee and the report which will be submitted was prepared chiefly by him. It is very interesting to the student of economics, and contains much information of value to the business man.
According to the catalogue, the final examinations begin on Monday, the 30th of May, but according to announcement they will not begin until Tuesday, May 31st. On all former years the examinations began on Monday, but this year, it was decided to postpone the examinations for one day so as to allow every one to attend the exercises on Decoration day. It is to be hoped that the students instead of engaging in some other pursuit on that day, or cramming for the succeeding day, will take part in the exercises and show an appreciation of the favor granted them by the faculty.
One thing is wanting to make the Department of Natural History equal to any in the United States. With undoubtedly the finest and best equipped building west of the Alleghaney, and with a man at the head of the institution who has no equal in the United States and has no peer in the west, it is a shame that we have no green-house, which is possessed by every first class college, to expedite the study of the botanical kingdom and arouse more interest in the study of botany. This would also be a great source of beauty to our campus, and we already have a skilled gardener and florist, Mr. James Meers, who would undoubtedly make an institution of that kind a success.