GROSSCUP'S is the Place for Oysters and Confectionery.
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.
CYTRUS CRANE,
ALICE PENFIELD,
F.C. KEYS,
C.E. STREET,
JONES WEIGHT.
BUSINESS MANAGERS.
L. A. SHARRARD, DENTON DUNN.
Entered at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kansas, as second class matter.
Cutler's Petroleum Engine Print.
Notice.
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.
Prof. Huxiey says that "the living body is a synthesis of innumerable physiological elements, each of which may be nearly described as a fluid possessed of a visessentialis and a solid-escibilitas; or, in modern phrase, as pytoplasm susceptible of structural metamorphosis and fanatical metabolism."
That is what the Courier has always held, in spite of opposition.
There will in all probability be no lecture course this year. The faculty are about evenly divided as to the advisability of continuing a regular course of lectures. Some hold that they are not worth the expense, and that every year they are becoming more poorly patronized by the students. Prof. Carruth, who has always been the most energetic member of the lecture committee, and to whom more than to any one else, is due what success the lectures have had, is no longer a member of the committee.
Whether or not it is best that the lectures should be dropped is a question which could be well argued on either side. There is no doubt but that good, interesting lectures, by noted men of the state or Union, have always been, and would be, well attended by the students. But it is these dry, uninteresting lectures, lectures which no one cares to hear, and which always discourages a person from climbing the hill to another lecture, which have done the harm, and have cast the lecture course into ill repute. We had several of this kind last year.
Prof. Canfield returned Monday from a trip to Chicago, attending the meeting of the executive committee of the National Teachers' Association. Much business of importance was transacted. The principal object of the meeting, however, was to consider the selection of a place of
meeting for the association in '87. Three places were spoken of, Chicago, Springfield and Saratoga. As it is the wish of the association to hold its meeting somewhere in the northwestern states, either Chicago or Springfield will probably be selected. The committee decided to drop the matter until the railroads could be heard from in regard to the rates which would be made by them. Much interest and enthusiasm was shown, and the meeting of '87 promises to be one of the largest and best ever held
There is more sickness at present among the students than for years past. Malaria seems to be the principal cause, but much is laid to the drinking water. Very few wells about Tennessee or Kentucky streets are considered pure and wholesome. How could they be, receiving all the dregs, etc., from the hill. It is strange there has not been more sickness and even deaths from this cause.
The students demand that the work on the water works be commenced in earnest. We are getting tired of this "monkeying" along with an improvement, as is always the case in Lawrence. But it is the custom of this seventeenth century town, and perhaps we will have to grin and bear it. Next we will hear that they have given up the water works, for fear it might eliminate some old cherished landmark, a slaughter house or hog pen, perhaps.
There is much excitement being stirred up in Lawrence about the location of the water works stand pipe. The citizens are very indignant, and justly, too, that it is to be located on Oread Avenue, and steps are being taken to prevent its being built thereon. They claim that as suitable location can be found west of the University, and if situated there it will not be the eye-sore, not only to the city of Lawrence, but to the University and the whole of Mount Oread, whihe it would be if placed on the Avenue. The contractors desire to place it on the Avenue, as they, believing that the ground belongs to the city, think that they will be allowed to do so without extra charge for the location. But at the city accepted this property from Gov. Robinson with the expressed agreement that it would only be used for a street, the council have no power to grant any portion of it to the water works company. Not only the faculty, but the students of the University should join in assisting the citizens to prevent the locating of the pipe at this point. It would be a lasting disgrace to the University should it be done.
The Evening Tribune, of this city, has been enlarged to seven columns. Ever since Morgan took the position of city editor the Tribune has steadily gained in popularity, both in Lawrence and among the students. Under its new form it is a much neater and better looking sheet, and no doubt will receive the increased patronage it deserves. The Tribune has always been, and is now, more of a University paper than any other in the city, and this, too, without neglecting the city of Lawrence in the least.
Any subscriber not receiving his paper regularly will oblige us by notifying us of the fact.
Bethany College, at Topeka, has so many rules this year that the directors of the institution are seriously contemplating the moving of the whole lot out on to the campus and erecting a new dormitory with them. It is thought that they would make a large, strong and serviceable building, not particularly handsome nor comfortable, yet a suitable place for the unfortunate young ladies to reside. The rules being iron clad, the edifice would be considered absolutely fire proof.
What a mass of unnecessary nonsense is collected when a crowd of old fogy "holier than thou" male professors and a bevy of disappointed old maid teachers get together to formulate what they call rules. It is simply astonishing how little moral worth a girl has among them; how little judgment she possesses in their estimation; how utterly wicked is the female sex according to their thinking. They seem to think that every young lady under their merciful (?) care, is continually plotting her own downfall and ruin; that a girl has no interest herself in keeping her name and reputation pure and unsullied; that she has neither honor nor chastity. They seem to regard every member of the male sex, outside of their institution, a demon to be feared and shunned.
What a dismal sort of a nunnery do they make of one of these strict colleges. How utterly homelike is it. How the pupils must dread to return to such a place.
It is the human nature of every one to fret and rebel against rules laid down for his or her guidance, and to resent any imposition. What wonder is it then, that pupils of this strict class of colleges are generally worse and more difficult to manage than those of the other and better class.
The University—as free a co-educational school as any in the world, without a single rule laid down for its students, either male or female—has not had the slightest taint of scandal attached to any of its students in the seventeen years of its existence. What college can say more?
If the rules which the ladies of Bethany College are compelled to keep are necessary, then the education of the female sex is a mistake; the money spent in their education is thrown away; they are not worth educating; and Bethany College had much better close up and put her buildings to a better use—for an insane or idiot asylum, or something of that sort.
Weather Report for September, 1886.
Prof. Snow, of the State University, reports the past month as being the warmest September on his nineteen year record. There was no frost during the month—not even the slightest hoar frost. The rainfall was only two-thirds of the September average, and this is the fourth successive month whose rainfall has been below the average. The wind velocity was normal, and the cloudiness was much below the September mean.
MEAN TEMPERATURE — 71:19 degrees, which is 4:83 above the September average. The highest temperature was 97 deg., on the 7th; the lowest was 45 deg., on the 29th, giving a range of 55 deg. The mercury reached 90 deg. nine times.
Mean temperature at 7 A.M., 63:75 deg.; at 2 P.M., 82:32 deg.; at 9 P.M., 69:35 deg.
RAINFALL—2.34 inches, which is 1.21 inches below the September average. Rain in measurable quantities fell on eight days. There were three thunder showers. The entire rainfall for the nine months of 1886 now completed has been 20.22 inches, which is 8.64 inches below the average for the same months in the preceding 18 years.
MEAN CLOUDINESS—32 per cent of the sky, the month being 8.61 per cent clearer than usual. Number of clear days (less than one-third cloudy) 19; half clear (from one to two-thirds cloudy) 6; cloudy (more than two-thirds) 5. There were four entirely clear days and none entirely cloudy. Mean cloudiness at 7 A.M., 38 per cent; at 2 P. M., 38 per cent; at 9 P. M., 20 per cent.
WIND—S. E. 30 times; S. 22 times;
N. W. 13 times; N. E. 10 times; S.
W. 7 times; N. 5 times; W. twice;
E. once. The total run of the wind
was 10,315 miles, which is 185 miles below the September average. This gives a mean daily velocity of 344 miles and a mean hourly velocity of 15.33 miles. The highest velocity was 40 miles an hour, from 3 to 4 p.m. on the 18th.
BAROMETER—Mean for the month,
29.000 inches; at 7 a.m., 29.113
inches; at 2 p.m., 29.064 inches; at
9 p.m., 29.091 inches; maximum,
29.337 inches on the 28th; minimum
28.731 inches on the 15th; monthly
range, 9.646 inch.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY—Mean for the month, 60.7; at 7 a.m., 73.7; at 2 p.m., 41.0; at 9 p.m., 67.5; greatest, 93 on the 18th; least, 18, on the 28th. There was no fog.
EXCHANGE.
Too much cannot be said in praise of the College Rambler. Its editorial department is much above the average. The locals and personals are very attractive, and it contains by far the most interesting Exchange columns we have seen in any of our exchanges.
The Vanderbilt Observer contains a few very interesting biographical sketches of a few of its faculty. Outside of this it contains no literary matter whatever. As it is, the Observer is a very good paper; but as the new editors grow a little older and more experienced, the Observer will doubtless improve so much that we will scarcely recognize it.
The Aurora would be much improved were the scientific (?) articles dropped from its columns and articles of more general interest substituted in their places.
The University Press is one of the largest college weeklies published. It is nicely printed and very ably edited. It will probably find a dangerous rival in the Alis.
The trustees have decided that Chicago University must be sold in order to satisfy a mortgage held by the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Maine, for $300,000. It may happen that it will be purchased by the Catholics, who offer to purchase it, and who will open it as a Roman Catholic school.
The cover of the Student Life gives
it a very attractive appearance. It is a very neat little paper, though it seems to be run by a set of very funny men, as there is a strange tendency to run everything into puns and jokes, which becomes very monotonous.
We would like to see the Hillsdale Herald brace up this year, and publish a better paper. At present it commands no respect, nor does it deserve any, from the college papers throughout the country. The editors should make it a better paper, as it is surely in their power to do so; if not, the paper ought to be discontinued.
In Egypt is a University which was over 900 years old when Oxford was founded, and which is now educating over 10,000 students in Moslem faith.
Daily papers are published in Yale Harvard, Cornell and Princeton.
Last June Mark Hopkins stated that he had been connected with Williams College fifty-six years, during which time it had graduated 1,726 students, he having given instruction to all but thirty-one of this number.
EDITOR COURRIER:—Did it ever occur to you that some men have the power of seeing things sooner than others, and of being able to tell all about things with which they have no acquaintance?
I got hold of an artistie in the El Dorado Republican of last week, which made me wonder how on earth such smart men as the writer manage to live in this city, and how they can condescend to come to the University.
"Herr Most," that is a non de plume, is certainly not green; he has too keen sense of perception to admit of such charge being brought against him. He is merely too smart. The gentleman has not a good opinion of Lawrence. He says: "I find it a very common sort of a town, with lots of trees, poor sidewalks and numerous repetitions of the legend 'For rent' on the houses." He also says that there are too many negroes and too much "cultyah." It's really too loud about the culture. I always had an idea that the superior advantages of Lawrence as an educational center were due to that very feature. Lawrence is a city of schools and churches. She does not claim to be a manufacturing city. And by the way, may be Mr. "Most" will tell me wherein ElDorado is so far ahead of Lawrence. He does say Lawrence newspapers are no good, but he also adds that he is ashamed to own that he ever was connected with a paper. Certainly, he ought to be if it was an ElDorado paper. It seems hard on Lawrence that this youth should be so very severe, but may be Lawrence will be able to pull through. The worst thing is the number of jokes(?) like this: "The University is the mainstay of the town. From the money left by the students the people get their pin money."
If "Most's" jokes didn't make other people laugh, they affected him at any rate, as he has had a grin like a hyena ever since he wrote the article. I see him every day, so I can watch the progress of the grin in its various stages.
"Herr Most!" gives a very fair estimate of the character of the students and of the fraternities. He
was right the home girls; he what he showed had who but he p he com Theta. —that boys, a join the to tr grades.
Wh- how all and as leaves victim. see his
And with u "The
daught-
familie and an
H. Plu-
Plumb men,
ing, au-
affability and ac-
and come
be not
The most overdrive evidence some also 1 Aleek that w upon'
COUR
ties o
know
column
mence
place
touch
social life,
i
the in
have
and
dentate
may of
"Rit"
and
jects
avoid
I quee one wound for- its colt the eter can that ent kni dail nata nata and