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OREAD LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons, in their hall, University building, south wing, 3rd floor. Pres. Denton Dunn; sec'y., Ella Ropes.
GROPHILLIAN LITERARY SOCIETY—Meets Friday afternoons, in their hall, University building, north wing, 3rd floor. Pres., W. T. Caywood; sec'y., Nettie Godell.
KENT CLUB, of Law Students — Meets Friday nights, in Court House. Pres., J. W. Roberts; sec'y, A. Overton.
PHILOLOGY-Meets second Friday of the month, in Greek lecture room, University building. Pres., Prof. Robinson sec'y', Prof. Wilcox.
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Some students are compelled to ride to school, others are too lazy to walk, but in either case it is a shame that the horses are compelled to stand the rain and snow and in the bleak winds of the hill while their owners are reciting in a warm building. Shelter of some sort should be built on the hill, even though it be no more than a shed.
That member of the Lawrence council who will make it his especial task to see that the question of building a sidewalk on Adams street between Tennessee and Massachusetts streets, is brought before the council, and who will use his vote and influence in seeing that such measure is carried out, will receive the blessing and friendship of every one of the many students who are compelled to use the said street.
Adams street is used now almost as much as any cross street in the southern part of the city of Lawrence, and would be used much more and would be one of the most convenient streets in that part of the city were it not for its almost impossible condition in wet weather, on account of the utter lack of walks and the fact that almost one half of the street is occupied by ditches and gulches.
This matter has been spoken o not only in the Courier, but also in the city papers, and it should be attended to at once. The longer it is delayed the more difficult will be work when it is done. The street it continually growing worse.
Next Sunday night is what is called Halloween. The night is generally devoted to mad pranks and destroying of public and private property.
For two years this night has passed by without any celebration by the students, or at least it has not been celebrated to any very serious extent. No signs have been burnt, no sidewalks torn up, no horses painted, no wagons stolen, nor none of the hundred and one deeds committed by which the student generally shows his presence. The citizen of Lawrence now spend sHalloween night in peaceful sleep, confident that in the morning he will find a roof over his head and his home intact.
We hope that there will be no tricks committed Sunday night. Even if we should have no interest in this peace and welfare of Lawrence, let us not desecrate the Sabbath evening by deeds which would be hoodlumish or unlawful on any night of the week.
That child Vrooman, who made such a disturbance in St. Joseph recently, ought to be turned over the paternal knee and chastised for his misdemeanors, such as are other children who have become too smart to live with their parents, or who think they own the earth, the moon, the stars, etc., or who imagine they are
Every student has, or ought to have, an interest in the good name of the University. Every student knows that it does not help the University, but is very harmful for them to carry on as they did a few years ago on Halloween night. We know that there are papers in this state that are always anxious to find something in the actions of the University or its students about which they can complain. Let us not give them cause to complain this year.
born to become the great reformers of the world. The law which is in the statute book of Kansas, making the attendance at school compulsory ought to be enforced in this case, and he should be compelled to attend some Kindergarten school and have some common sense beaten into his head. It is strange how men will allow themselves to be swayed by the ranting of this irresponsible fanatic. How sober, steady, hard-working men, men of families, can possibly listen to his utterances and consider them at all seriously; how men who have ever toiled and worked for a living, can think of following the teachings of this boy, who probably never spent a day in manual labor during his lifetime; how sensible men could regard him as the advocate of the working-man's rights, preaching as he does incendiarism and anarchy. We doubt if there are any such. We believe that those followers of Vrooman in St. Joseph, who gathered around the jail into which he was taken, calling for his release and threatening dire vengeance if he was not given up by the officers, we believe those to have been the roughs and hoodlums of the city, that class who are ever ready for a disturbance or fight, and who consider the police as their most deadly enemy. We cannot believe there were any true working-men in their midst, or who upheld the actions of this mob. The working-men know very well who are their friends and who are their enemies.
Let Vrooman go back to his phrenology lectures. He is better appreciated there, even if he is a laughing stock. He can do harm there neither to himself nor to any one else; while in his present course he is certainly harming himself, and possibly others
--tion seven sets of six, each of which leads to the joint,\* * as above, and these seven joints lie on a circle.\* \*
One thing that strikes an advanced student in mathematics is the very great symmetry met with everywhere and the wonderfully simple relations existing between different branches of the subject. For instance, that wonderful relation between analytical trigonometry and the theory of equations. This relation, although so simple in itself, requires too complex a system of notation to be understood by many.
The following is a theorem discovered by Wm. K. Clifford, an eminent English mathematician who died a few years ago. It shows a very curious relation between the theory of combinations and the properties of the circle, and as it is simple, I venture to give it in as simple way as possible. It will be impossible to understand it unless it is read with care, and it will be well worth any ones time and trouble to study out the meaning.
Any three joints determine a circle.
Any four joints form by combination four sets of three each, and each of these four sets of three joints each determine a circle, as above, and these four circles meet in a joint.
Any five joints form by combination five sets of four joints each, and each of these five sets of four joints each determine a joint,$^*$ as above, and the five joints $^*$ thus determined, lie on a circle,$^*$
Any six joints form by combination six sets of five, each of which leads to the circle marked,* as above, and the six circles thus determined meet in a joint.** which we will mark**.
Any seven joints form by combination seven sets of six, each of which leads to the joint,\* * as above, and these seven joints lie on a circle.\* \*
Any eight joints form by combination eight sets of seven, and each of these sets of seven leads to the circle, ** and these eight circles meet in a joint. ***
Any nine joints form by combination nine sets of eight, each of which leads to a joint, * * * and the nine joints * * * thus determined lie on a circle. * * *
Any ten joints form by combination ten sets of nine, each of which leads to the circle, * * * and these ten circles * * * meet in a joint. * * *
Any eleven joints form by combination eleven sets of ten, each of which leads to the joint, * * * * and the eleven joints * * * * thus determined all lie on a circle. * * * *
And the most wonderful part of the theorem is that I can write the remainder with two words—ad infinitum.
A theorem which is an infinite series! And yet there are other subjects of this same nature which are just as extended; for instance, the Pascal hexogram, which takes its name from the great Pascal, and from the fact that it is the relations of six joints which lie on a comic, and the lines which connect them, the joints of intersection of these lines and their connecting lines, the joints of intersection of these and their connecting lines, etc., etc.
Ohio State University.
On the last day of last July, an noon, I enquired of the ticket agent at Columbus, Ohio, what time a certain train left. Short and curt was the answer: "Seven o'clock this evening." Having all the afternoon in which to look around, I started up High street toward the state capitol. Before I had gone a block, however, I was hailed by a gentleman wearing a very familiar looking piece of jewelry. He did much to make my stay pleasant, and to him I am much indebted. His name was Prof. C. N. Brown, assistant in the engineering department of O. S. U. We visited the state capitol and state library. The capitol building is not at all handsome; it has been well described as "a soap box, surmounted by a cheese box." It will not begin to compare with our own building, either in size, convenience of arrangement or architectural beauty. Yet it was not devoid of interest to me. The state library is large and valuable, and seems to be much used by the citizens.
Columbus is a lovely place, with broad streets well shaded by beautiful trees. The residences in the old part of the city are well back from the street, and present a pleasing appearance of wealth and comfort. The business of the town is for the most part concentrated on High street. The new government building is a handsome structure and will and much to the attractiveness of the town. After looking around town for an hour or so, I took my seat in a street car labeled "University." The line ran through a newer part of the city, where more modern architecture predominates.
Ohio State University is on the edge of the city, in the midst of a beautiful campus. The main building is about the size of our main
building, but not so well finished. The chapel is much smaller. The rooms will not accommodate as many as those of K. S. U., while the collections fall far short of Prof. Snow's. Ohio has a very fine geological collection—the work of Prof. Orton—and I was much pleased with that department as a whole. O. S. U. excels us in number of departments and in the completeness of some of these. As Kansas University does not embrace all the departments, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the O. S. U. machine shop. I was told that the mechanical department is considered one of the best in the school for real solid, earnest work. I found an old K. S. U. boy in the machine shops. I doubt if many who are in school now will remember him, but those who were here in '81-82, will recall J. D. Riggs. I found him with his coat off, his sleeves rolled up and hands dirty, but he was not forgetful of old Kansas friends, so I had a pleasant chat with him.
The department of natural science is well equipped with apparatus of most approved make. The chemical department has a good laboratory and building of its own. The crowning glory of Ohio State University is not in buildings, apparatus or equipments, but campus. That is where K. S. U. looks mean in comparison. A large lawn, beautiful trees (it don't need a microscope to see them, either), a large greenhouse, miniature take, and stream. Great care is taken of the campus, and the flowers are a prominent feature. Wouldn't old Jim Merys go wild with delight if Kansas should give him a small part of the money invested there! I imagine our old stony, sterile rock pile would soon present a more attractive appearance. It takes money to make any very extensive improvements, and the legislature should give us some. The campus should be as well cared for as a public park; it should be the pride of the state.
The Ohio boys can sympathize with us in regard to the niggardly appropriations for a library. The same lack of appreciation of the value of books can be noted in the solons who sit in the legislative halls of Ohio and Kansas, however, time will overcome this obstacle as well as many others.
My first sight of and acquaintance with the students of O, S. U. was on the day of the military contest at Wooster. The cadets were preps and freshmen, young kids, many of whom met with derision at Wooster, on account of their size. Small or not, they "got there all the same," and gave an exhibition of military movements that would have done credit to much older men. At Columbus I met some of the older students and professors. I found six of my own Greek brothers hard at work about the college, even though it was vacation, and to these gentlemen I must return my thanks for courtesies shown me. Through their kindness the six hours wait in Columbus passed even too quickly, and I was sorry when I had to leave.
Fraternity spirit seems strong at Columbus, and the frat men were pleasant fellows as far as my dealing with them went. I visited the Phi Gamma Delta hall there, and found it a commodious, well furnished, pleasant room, fully as nice and homelike as any of the halls here.
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