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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.
L. A. GILBERT,
President. | EMMA HYNES,
Secretary.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
HARRY E. VALENTINE, Editor in Chief,
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JENNIE ANDERSON,
ALICE PENFIELD,
E. H. WHEELER,
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We would announce to our subscribers that the Courier management has appointed Mr. E. L. Swope to take charge of the circulation. Subscriptions paid to others will not be recognized. Please remember this when you pay.
As is generally known among the students, the editor-in-chief of the Courier has been enjoying a vacation the past week, by invitation of the chancellor. Most of the students know that the main cause of such action of the chancellor was an article in the last issue of the Courier, which mildly censured one of the professors of the University. The writer of said article had no personal feeling in the matter at all, and had no intention of harming the said professor. Whether the article was needed or not, we will leave entirely to our readers. The trouble which has been stirred up about the matter has made the article much more noticeable and much stronger than the writer intended it to be. Had the writer understood at the time he wrote such article, how sharp and cutting it was, and how unjustly he was acting—giving but one side of a two sided question—he would not have allowed the said article to have gone into the Courier.
This apology, if such it can be called, is entirely voluntary. It is not forced; it is not even asked for, but the writer is not ashamed, nor does he consider it unmanly, to own up to a wrong when he is conscious of being wrong.
There were seven different articles in the Courier of last week of which complaints were made by the chancellor. We will not designate them, as they are generally known.
The difficulty between the editor-in chief of the COURIER and the chancellor has been settled, as we think satisfactorily to all concerned. On what terms such settlement was made, concerns no one excepting those two, but we can say that we think it was settled with good feeling on both sides; we know it was on one side; each conceded something to the other.
There has been much unnecessary
agitation of this question, and much harm done, and the settlement of this question much retarded by those who have no interest in the dispute at all, and who have had no business in meddling with matters which only concern the chancellor and ourselves. If the editor-in-chief would have followed one half the advice of his apparently would-be advisors, he would have gone home before this to remain.
Much of the following, taken from the Pennsylvaniaian, of the University of Pennsylvania, will apply very well to the Courier and its readers. Part of it does not apply, but not wishing to cut such a good article, we copy the whole, and let the students judge which part they should consider. They know well enough. The only fault we have with the clipping is that it does not speak of the chronic kicker—the one who kicks simply for the sake of kicking, and not either to help the editors or the paper:
The editors of the Pennsylvania wish to call the attention of the students of the University to a few facts in connection with the paper. We feel that we have not been fairly treated by the men for whom we are working so hard. We have heard in various quarters complaints that the paper is not what it ought to be—that it does not represent the whole body of students. One man complains that there is too much space devoted to athletics; another protests against the crowding out of the latest sporting news in order to make room for some important college announcement, or the like. Some alumnus writes to us and urges us to give more space to the discussion of educational topics, and to obtain articles of real literary merit from the University professors. Greeted with grumbling and discontent on all sides, your editorial board has, nevertheless, conscientiously striven to produce a paper that would combine athletics and "solid" articles, college news and items of more general interest. But our success has been of a very doubtful nature, if that can be called a success which is nothing more than a bare escape from failure. Athletes, do you not understand that the whole paper cannot be devoted to your interests? As it is, you have more than your share of space. Hard students, will your logic and philosophy not make clear to you the necessity that impels us to cater to the tastes of all sorts and conditions of men? Students of the University, will you not take into consideration the hard road we have to travel, and subscribe to the Pennsylvania, in token that you sympathize with our efforts?
But we are not through with our complaints. We wish to speak of another way in which we are left without support. The students never contribute, either articles or news, and with the exception of an occasional article from a professor, the columns are entirely filled by the work of the editorial board. Is it to be wondered at that the paper is not what it ought to be, when such a state of things exists? The students, instead of writing a straightforward communication to us, or contributing articles of what seems to them to be a suitable nature, vent their discontent in ill-concealed ridicule or anger, and so help to make our subscription list smaller
even than it is. Remember that we ask help from all. We want every one to constitute himself a committee to collect news and subscriptions for us. If a reader is dissatisfied, let him write a letter to us, with criticisms and suggestions, and we will always find room for it in our columns. If he is not willing to take such slight trouble, let him be man enough to keep quiet, and avoid prejudicing his fellow students because he is too lazy to remove the cause of his dissatisfaction. It is not much that we ask—merely fair play; we think that we have a right to that. We ask you to remember that if the paper seems dull and uninteresting, the few men on whom the whole weight of contributing fall, get "written out," and have no place in which to find relief. The remedy is in your power—contribute yourself."
Co-education and social gaiety are not supposed to be synonomous terms. That there is an opportunity for social enjoyment in the University, is certainly nothing against it. But that this is not the object in admitting both sexes to equal privileges, should not be forgotten. At times, and especially at the beginning of the college year, it almost seems to be. Society affords a far better relaxation from work than the means employed in some institutions, but too much relaxation is not beneficial.
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We once heard it said that in time we would find the fraternities usurping the place in the hearts of our students of our literary societies. The speaker was a fraternity man of another and an older institution. At the time we were loth to believe him, but subsequent events have proved that he spoke wiser than we knew. How few fraternity men are good members of the literary societies. And those who are are generally ambitious for some honor within the gift of the society, and this gained, he too goes on the retired list. We believe in the fraternities, but we believe also in the literary societies, and hold it the duty of the members of the former to see that they do not neglect their work in the latter. In Orophilian the honors were made competitive, and now we see the fraternity men attempting to reinstate the old way. They can carry elections some way if they cannot win honors. So the fraternity strikes another blow at the societies. Is this to be a question of survival of the fittest, or in other words, the strongest, or are the two as we believe—occupants of entirely different fields, with separate work and distinct functions, both able to be supported by the same individuals, and both of great good when properly maintained.
A Week at Wooster.
Wooster, Ohio, is a very pretty little town of 8,000 inhabitants, about seventy-five miles from Cleveland. There are excellent business and public buildings, beautiful homes, broad, shady streets lighted by electricity, waterworks and other improvements, and on a hill to the north (I think) of town stands the University of Wooster.
The University building is not very handsome architecturally. It is built of brick, very plain, and goes up into the air to a very appalling and disagreeable distance. I do not remember the exact number of stories, but I do remember that when I reached the topmost recitation rooms I had no desire to go further. The recitation rooms are of very good size, very pleasant and convenient. As far as building, recitation rooms, library and collections go, the U. of K. is far, very far ahead of the U. of W. They beat us on campus, gymnasium and military department.
The U. of W. is situated on a hill, it is true, but not a hill as Oread is a hill. The slope is gentle, and the campus is a grassy lawn covered with large trees. It does not equal that of Ohio State University, Hanover College or Wisconsin University, as those colleges have the finest natural locations, still it made me envious. Oh, would that K.S.U. could change some of her rocks for some trees and grass!
The gymnasium is a large, low building, situated to one side of the college building. It is used as a sort of theater and hall as well as a gymnasium. It is built to stay, and is an ornament to the grounds. If some of our faculty could see it, it might do them good. A gymnasium and a military department are badly needed here. We could get an officer detailed here, and we ought to have him. Drill need not interfere with class room work. It should be made compulsory. Make some of these old bookworms get out and loosen their joints and cultivate their muscles; broaden the backs and strengthen the lungs of some of these boys of ours. At Wooster and at Columbus I saw no large proportion of round shouldered, hollow chested fellows such as we have here. But I did not start out to write an editorial in favor of a "gym" or a military department. Those will come when the faculty gets ready—no sooner—and editorials on the question are useless.
College life in Wooster is just what it is in any other good sized college. Some of our pet schemes, such as the "club," are in successful operation there. I found a good sized boarding club, run just as ours are, largely filled up with members of one fraternity. The similarity was so great that had it not been for strange faces, I could have imagined myself at the old "Grab-and-chaw" club on Kentucky street.
The boys are pretty much the same kind of fellows as here in the classic "Athens of Kansas." "Phi Psi," "Sig," "Phi Delt," "Phi Gam" were familiar terms.
The Sigs are the big social,
"ladies men" frat. The Phi Gams and Phi Psis stand about as they do here.
Delta Tau Delta runs to seedy orators. I saw one—its name was S. It represented Wooster on the last state contest, and it made two of the worst flunks I ever saw, during commencement week. Yet it tried to pass off as an orator.
Oh, yes—the girls are there. Kappa Alpha Theta has a strong chapter. I was told by members of several frats that the one qualification for Thetahood was being a strong Sig girl, but as one of my brethren would probably dispute that, I will merely say that the girls are good looking, smart and seem to be worthy sisters. The Kappas are if anything, better looking, smarter, and to boot, they are our girls; as fine a set of girls as one
could find in a years travel, unless possibly I make exception of the chapter of the same frat at the U. of Minnesota. If the I. C. had a chapter there as much better than their Lawrence chapters as the other girl's frats are, I would like to visit there again, and see how angels looked with wings.
Wooster has some words of her own. Mossy, Mossback and a number of others are used by everyone. It seems strange to hear some pretty girl who ordinarily uses no slang, ripple out some slang phrase and think no more of it than she would of speaking her own name. Yet Wooster slang was pretty well applied generally, and it is probably more expressive than other language. Slang is often very expressive.
I spent five very pleasant days at Wooster. I attended contests, sermons and other exercises of commencement week, went to the alumni banquet and "reuned" with the class of '83 of U. of W, called on some of the girls, spent several noisy but pleasant evenings with the "boys," and finally packed my grip and went north. I do not know when five days have gone more rapidly and pleasantly than did those. I was amid strangers, yet with friends, brothers; grand good fellows, every one, fellows that I hope to meet again, and whom I hope to see out west sometime, for out of such honorable, manly men is the west being built up into a mighty empire.
R. E. HENRY
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EDITOR COURIER:—In an editorial in the Courier some weeks ago, some timely remarks were made upon the noticeable lack of good conversationists in our University.
The idea which the writer wished to emphasize was that of class recitations. "Students have become so careless in expressing themselves in class-room that the advantage they might derive from using good language is entirely lost."
With all due respect for the writer's opinion, it is nevertheless impossible for a scholar to choose his words without first acquiring a vocabulary from which to draw, and this vocabulary can never be gained by conversation in class-room.
To be a polished and fluent talker, one must have made the acquaintance of best writers on art, philosophy and history, an acquaintance which will never leave him at a loss for a topic for conversation, no matter in what company he may be thrown.
As a natural consequence of this general reading, the student, in addition to the refinement and cultivation which he derives therefrom, receives also a fund of words which enables him at all times and in all places to express himself in graceful and well chosen sentences.
It is by reading, and only by reading, that one may acquire the necessary vocabulary. After this obstacle is surmounted, and only then, the repose of manner and presence of mind, necessary adjuncts, a good conversationalist may be cultivated. In the acquirement of these qualities, the class-room may be used to the best advantage in overcoming the nervousness natural to the first attempts at social intercourse.
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