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THE WEEKLY
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
THE LARGEST COLLEGE JOURNAL CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Published Every Friday Morning by the
COURIER COMPANY,
For Kansas University Students.
DENTON DUNN, R. J. CURDY,
President. Secretary
EDITORIAL STAFF:
CYRUS CRANE, Editor In Chief
F. G. CROSSMAN,
JONSON, A.
F. CONNEMED FIELD,
E. A. WHEELER,
F. C. KEYS,
W. A. WHITE,
F. C. CUNKLE,
HOPES,
INEZ T. GAINTT
BUSINESS MANAGERS;
DENTON HOGER JOM. EARLEL SWOE.
Entered at the post-office at Lawrence, Kansas,
as second class matter.
University Directory.
PHI GAMMA DELTA—Meets Saturday nights, No. 715 Mass., St. 3d floor.
KIPA KAPA PSi—Meets Saturday nights, at rooms of the members.
PHI DELTA THETA—Meets Saturday nights, A. O. U. Hall.
SIGMA KAPA Meets Saturday nights, 2d floor Opera House block.
BETA THETA Pi—Meets Saturday nights, at H. S. Tremper's law office.
SIGMA NU—Meets Saturday nights, I. O. O. F block.
KAPA ALPHA THETA—Meets Saturday afternoon, No. 715 Mass., St. 3d floor.
I.C.—Meets Saturday afternoons at homes of members.
KAPA KAPA GAMMA—Meets Saturday afternoons at homes of members.
OROPHILIAN LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons in its hall, University building, north wing, 3d floor. Pres. J. M. Halligan; sec'y, Murray, Marry.
Science Center—Meets Friday afternoon in its hall, President. W. H. Brown; sec'y, V. L. Kollogy.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY—Meets Thursdays at 3 p.m in Prof. S菲's lecture room. J. H. De Ford, president: Miss Howard, sec'y.
KENT CLUB, of Law Students—Meets Friday nights in Court House. Pres. J. W. Roberts; sec'y, A. Overton.
PHILIOLOGY—Meets second Friday of the month in Greek lecture room, University building, Pres., Prof. Williams; sec'y, Prof. Curruth.
GERMAN SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoon to 3 in Oread hall. Pres., Henri Nickel; sec'y, Anke McKinnon.
ATHNEMIAUM LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons in its hall in the University building, south wing, third floor. President C. L. Smith; sec'y, C. O. Nutting.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION—Pres., E. G. Blair; sec'y, A. L. Wilmoth; Board of Directors Frank Crowell, Denton Dunn, V. G. Kellogg.
COLLEGE BRANCH Y. M. C.A., Pres., 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—Friday nights, at Court House, Smith Curry, pres. H. White, sec'y
LIME KLIN DEBATING CLUB—W. C. Cone, sec'y, H. Hunt, sec'y
COURERIE Company—Pres., Denton Dunn; sec'y R. J. Curdy.
REVIEW Company—Pres., S.W. Shattuck.
BASE BALL Association—Sec'y, S. T. Gilmore.
Notice!
The "colored gentlemen" who bring the papers to the University from the Courier office have stringent orders from the business managers in regard to giving away any papers. Any professor or student found "monkeying" with the aforesaid gentlemen will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Old and New.
Recognizing the fact that it is a very common failing in those of advanced years to think that everything new is but a foolish innovation, that the rising generation is full of vanity and weakness and that the "good old times" are gone forever, recognizing this, we hope that you will pardon us, if from the standpoint of an old-timer we find fault a little. From a long acquaintance with the University and her students our impression is that the present generation is inferior in some respects to older ones that have passed away—leaving nothing but the catalogue to tell the story of their former greatness. We do not believe that the average student of the present time reads nearly as much as the average old-timer used to. We do not believe that literary ability and general culture are as highly valued among our students as they have been in the past. We do not believe that the incentives offered and the examples set are especially conducive to broad training outside of text-book, routine work. These are, of course, not positive statements but simply impressions.
Various reasons can be, and are advanced to show that these differences, if they exist at all, have good cause. In the first place it is said, and said truthfully, we believe, that the amount of actual study on lessons is greater than ever before. More study is required. Compare, if you please, the forth-coming catalogue with that of four years back and you will immediately see that this is true. The requirements for each year are greater, the number of studies are constantly increasing and time is more carefully economized and more fully occupied. Look at the course of prescribed study in the Freshman and Sophomore years. It is much more comprehensive and requires much more hard work. Students as a rule will not do much more than a certain amount of work, they are bound to rest and take things leisurely between Friday afternoon and Monday. So we cannot but regret it, if the added studies make general reading less prevalent than formerly. While we recognize the value of studies, we cannot help thinking that hard study upon the ordinary prescribed topics in a college course is not of itself sufficient to make a well rounded and thoroughly cultured man.
Again it is argued that the class of students who attend the University at present are younger than ever before. Hence they do not have the maturity of mind and cannot show to the best advantage the results of their reading. This is also true. A comparison of the Senior class of this year with the graduates of last will show that the average age of the former is much less. This undoubtedly accounts somewhat for the difference between the old and new, but is on the whole a cause for gratification rather than regret.
But there are other differences which are not so complimentary to the new generation, differences which have direct bearing upon this matter of reading. In the first place we are vastly more social than the old crowd used to be. Split up as we are into
so many cliques and crowds it is impossible for society to have any unity in its general character. Each crowd has its own opportunities for social intercourse of which it makes good use. Formerly the different crowds and organizations did not play such an important part. If a man went in good society, it was not because he belonged to this or that organization nor because he was a good dancer, it was rather because he was recognized as a bright man, and a man of some standing and prominence in the institution. We believe that the old plan was the better one. We think that it had a stronger effect in stimulating students to efforts of the right kind. And it is further our belief that we could very well dispense with some of the many social gatherings of the present time and do with fewer.
Again, the literary societies played an important part and had a power which they do not have to-day. Their effect was beneficial. Many an old student will remember them thankfully and will acknowledge that their training was of great value. Some of the best work of the whole course was done in their halls. Today this is different; they are in a measure forsaken. While, as we have said before, it is but natural that with the growth of the institution, technical societies should gain more support and draw off somewhat from the literary societies, yet we think that with as many collegiate students as there are in K. S. U. the literary societies ought to be well supported.
Please do not think from all this that we pine for the old times. On the contrary we recognize that great advances and many improvements have been made. In some respects we think that the new is vastly superior to the old; the opportunities are much greater, and the general conduct of the student is far better and more honorable. Yet we look back with great admiration to the old times when the literary halls were centers of attraction, when in them the ordinary debates were superior to the oratorical contests of to-day, when the Oread-Orophilian contest was the great event of the year and he who bore off its honors was a proud, and happy man, and set an example for the ambitious Prep and Freshman to emulate. When it was a great honor to produce an excellent literary article for the class room or for publication in the Review, when society was looked upon as a recreation and not a part of a man's duties.
The Vacation.
We yielded to the entreaties of those who think that the tired ought to rest and asked in our columns for a short vacation, just as earnestly as though it were going to benefit us. Of course we knew better than that, we know that we would have to work like slaves to get out a mid-week edition, because it would be impossible for you to enjoy yourself at home without the Courier. We know that the editor has no right to expect a time of leisure, that when his fellow students are resting he is working hardest, perchance making up some neglected studies—for the
paper must come out, no matter what happens.
Knowing all this, we yet worked for you and contributed our little wail for a vacation. You got it, now make the best of it. Some of you deserve it, some don't. Some can go home and enjoy themselves, others had better stay there, recuperate and enter Baldwin or Washburn next fall. For the sake of the Freshmen and Sophomores we are heartily glad of the vacation, they have been working hard, have not seen their parents for a long time and are kept about as busy as any youths in the land. They ought to go home, enjoy their leisure and return refreshed for the remainder of the year. The Junior ought to do as he pleases, for people aren't much interested in him anyway and do not care particularly what he does. The Seniors—they all think that vacation is a fraud—will work and dig like Trojans. Their good time is coming bye and bye, bye and bye.
The faculty, the Pharmics, the Laws, the Meds and the rest of the camp-followers do not enter largely into the ordinary students' calculations, so we need say nothing of them. Oh yes, we forget, it is Arbor day vacation, you are supposed to plant trees, don't forget that. If you are at home plant them all over the door yard, i.e. the barn yard, anywhere. If you remain in the city come up and plant some trees on the campus. If you find solid rock two inches under the surface, do not be discouraged, just quarry out a good sized hole and stick in your tree. There's positively nothing so good as a stone foundation to make good, vigorous growing trees.
Once more we hope all will enjoy the vacation, and if you follow our directions we believe that you will enjoy it. If you have any work to do, do it, if not, rest. Plant trees everywhere, it is your duty as a philanthropist. Take the Courier home with you; if you don't go home send it to your friends or relatives. Come back ready and willing to do good work for the rest of the year.
Pharmacy for the Young Ladies
makes employment almost a certainty for those who hold certificates.
It seems somewhat strange that in these days when the question of occupation for women is being so much discussed, that the study of pharmacy has not been more strongly recommended as a means for securing such occupation. The number of young ladies in the Pharmacy department of our University is very small. Out of forty or fifty students but three are young ladies. Here, we believe is an excellent opportunity of acquiring a trade, and a trade which is not over-crowded, where the supply is not greater than the demand. The cost of a two year's course in Pharmacy is not large, not nearly so large as one of equal length in music or painting, and looked at from a pecuniary standpoint, it would in the long run prove far more profitable. A competent and trained pharmacist is in Kansas almost sure of employment at good wages. Under the present laws of our State it is impossible for those who have no knowledge of Pharmacy to become salesmen in drug stores. This, of course,
The drug business is a lucrative one when properly managed and rightly located. Nor does it take a great amount of capital to make a start in the business. If a person has a thorough knowledge of the business he may, if we are not greatly mistaken, with industry and economy enter it for himself.
The work is not severe, hard, confining or particularly disagreeable. It is much lighter and pleasanter than many occupations in which young women engage. So when everything is considered we cannot see why this is not an excellent opportunity for young ladies who are dependent upon themselves for their living or for those who wish to become self-supporting.
The Pharmacists are asking that a day be set aside for their department during Commencement week. While we recognize the importance of this department and know that it is growing constantly, we do not believe that this request ought to be granted. Although this institution claims to be a University and to give training in various ways, the fact remains that its chief work is and must always be to furnish opportunities for general culture. No one will deny that the literary and general course is first in importance and ought to be. Take it away and we would have nothing but a technical school left. Hence it seems to us unfair to place other departments on a footing of equality with it. We think that it might perhaps be just to give the pharmacists one representative on Commencement day, but nothing more. Moreover their work is of an entirely different character from that of the other departments and is not calculated to fit one for public speaking. It might be argued that the Pharmacists have as good a right to a day as the Laws, to which we would agree. But it is impossible for every department to have a separate day and the line might as well be drawn at once.
The evening Tribune advises the people of Lawrence if they wish to advertise the city, to send away to every quarter of the globe the city papers. It says further that the University papers will do much in that way. This is true, although few seem to appreciate the fact.
The COURIER if properly distributed, would bring to Lawrence many people who are desirous of locating in a beautiful city where educational facilities of the highest kind are offered. Nothing can give as good an idea of a college as the paper which it publishes. And a college that publishes a creditable paper and circulates it widely is sure of being better known than one that has no paper. The University of Missouri has for a long time published no students' paper. As a result, it is not half so widely known as K. S. U. It has excellent facilities for instruction, yet few people attach any importance to it. If you want people to know about the educational advantages of this city send them the COURIER, not once, but many times. Our business managers will be pleased to receive the Board of Trade at any time.
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