THE WEEKLY UNIVERSITY COURIER. the now and SUBSCRIPTION FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR. S. Indiana Lawrence PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. as. e. urding iv student e for the ats should for Snow sition, and for use at 6, has retrip along return to Vol. V. LOCAL. Shake. How-do-you-do? LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPT. 8, 1886. '87 to the front. Here we are again. Glad to see you back. Enjoy your vacation? The class of 1890 appears this year. Subscribe for the COURIER. The prairie chicken season in Kansas begins September 1st. The hot weather failed to stop with the summer months. Subscribe for the Courier. It contains all the news, and everybody takes it. Dr. Williams was in Topeka last week, arranging for the December meeting of the State Teachers Association. Prof. MacDonald says there will be a large increase in the number of musical students this year. Students, don't fail to attend the great Bismarck fair. It is better this year than ever before. The Courier, the student's paper, contains all the news, issued every week for only fifty cents a year. Boarding house keepers report that an exceptionally large number of applications have been received for board from young ladies who will attend the University next year. Miss Mae Bassett, daughter of Judge Bassett, and Earnest Browne, of LasVegas, N.M., a popular University student of a few years ago, are to be married on the 21st of September. Miss Mansfield entertained a large number of the I. C's and their gentlemen friends one evening last week. A very pleasant time is reported, of course, as Miss Maud is a charming hostess. Mr. Crocker, as superintendent, is giving better satisfaction than any other man ever preceding him in the University. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word and the Courier is sure that all the boys will like him. The students will find that Mr. Crocker, the able superintendent, has gotten the college building in fine shape for their reception. All the buildings have been thoroughly cleaned, and the wood work has been newly oiled. The prospect is that the attendance this year will be the same as last, with a greater proportion in the higher classes. There are more students than ever before who have entered for special and advanced work in civil engineering, chemistry, pharmacy, etc. W. T. Little is in town for a short visit. He is traveling in the interest of the Leoti Town Company, of which he is secretary. Leoti is situated in the center of the fertile county of Wichita, and is a thriving and promising town. Will brought in a stalk of millet five feet eight inches tall, grown on sod ground in that town. PERSONAL W. S. Allen summered at Concordia. Henry Nickel joins the Seniors. Lloyd Miller is in town. Prescott came in yesterday. Hattie Dunn will visit Lawrence soon. Chase will be with us in a few days. Higgins says now that he will return. Laura Lyon shas been quite ill lately. Daisy Clendenin, of Delphos, will enroll. Dyche is back to continue his labors. Paul Wilkinson, of Seneca, enters this fall. Mr. Wright, of Topeka, will attend next year. Jack Schall is still at work in Foley's office. Will Spencer will not return until November. Howard Phillips enters Freshman from Axtell. Agnes Wright visited in Clay Center last week. Burney and Jackson will not return this year. Will Little made a short visit to Kansas City. Prof. Carruth's familiar face is again with us. Clara Coffin will teach a school near Leavenworth. Kellogg brings his brother Fred with him this year. Emma White has gone to Olathe for a short visit. Maud and Laura Mansfield leave soon for Kentucky. M. O. Billings came up last Thursday for another year. H. A. McLean was married last week at Marion Center. M. O. Billings made a pilgrimage to Kansas City last Monday. Prof. Robinson went last week to Coffee county to hunt chickens. Nellie Dow, of Olathe, favored Lawrence with her presence recently. Prof. Brownell and wife returned much improved in health by their Colorado trip. James Hampson, of Wyandotte enters the Freshman class this fall. Julius Liepman came in Tuesday to see his girl—and to attend the University. Will Stevens, a former student, is in his father's law office in Wyandotte. Clara Gilham has returned to her home in Alton, Ill., where she will teach this winter. Tomlin will not be here to amuse the small boys playing marbles, but will chew gum in Winfield. D. E. Esterley, of Ohio State University, came in last week, and will be an addition to '89 and the Phi Psis. Geo. Lewis is in the city ready for work. G. T. Hodge will enter sub-Freshman. Hallie Smith is back. W. T. Reed is back to fight it out. Sam A. Miller, of Kingman, is back for work. F. B. Antrobus, of Salina, enters. C. C. Dailey is back from Salina to take pharmacy. Beckhart, of Republican county, enters this fall. McFarland came over from Leavenworth Monday. H. Buckingham got in last week from Colorado. J. T. Dickerson comes from Marion to take law. Prof. Marsh and wife are at the Eldridge House. Born, Sept. 1st, to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hopkins, a boy. Prof. MacDonald came in from Boston last Friday. Luella Moore came in from Denison, Texas, last week. W. S. Whirlow, '83, of Vinland, was in the city yesterday. C. W. Crassen of Bethany, Mo.. enters sub-Freshman. B. Lippincott is home, after his surveying tour in Illinois. John Lindsay, the immortal John, exhilarating the historical city. Fannie Pratt rejoices the hearts of her friends by her presence here. Carrie and Annie Sackett, of Marti- well be on account the new ones. Etta Hadley is home from the K. K. G. convention at Akron, Ohio. Miss Nellie Franklin, of Lawrence will enter the musical department. Rote, '85, will study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania this year. Abe Levy, the student's friend, has returned from his trip East to buy goods. Clara Coffin and Alice Penfield returned home last week after a visit to Emma White. A. C. Cunkel is back from Madison, and brings with him E. Martindale, who will enter. W. A. White, formerly local editor of the Eldorado Republican, is a new student. Lillie Freeman returned home, after a visit to Etta Hadley. She will return to K. S. U. soon. George F Weida, of Penn, will be one of the brightest students in the Pharmacy department. Geo. Smith, of the old Arion Quartette, sings in an amateur St. Joe company, and is highly praised. Miss Simpson returned last week from the Adirondacks and Vermont, where she spent the summer. Wheeler came in ten days ago, and has been amusing himself stealing grapes and eating watermelons. No. 1 of the Scott County Sentinel, with the name of M. J. Keys at the mast head, has been received. Emma and Lysie Hynes enter K. S. U, this fall. S. T. Gilmore enters Junior Law. W. T Caywood enjoyed vacation at Vining. Hattie Cook will probably return to the University. No.1. Emma White will not resume her studies this year. Marcella Howland is one of the students this year. Miss Birdie Atwood of Manhattan is a new student. S. Burkholder will be in from Canada to take law. B. P. Blair is in his brother's law office in Wakeeney. Mattie Babcock will probably enter K. S. U, this year. Josie Cook is visiting and seeing sights on the Hudson. It is whispered that J. D. McLaren will shortly be married. Fred Cornell, of Wyandotte, will enter the Freshman class. W. T. Lutz is doing a thriving business as a grocer in Beloit. We are glad to welcome Fred Lidekc to our midst once more. Evelyn Smith, last year's salutatorian, is visiting at Prof. Millers. W. C. Stevens is home from Emporia, where he ran an institute. Miss May Hair brings her big brother along with her this year. W. M. Thacher has charge of the advertising of the Bismarck Fair. Dalton had a number of callers one night last week—Templin, beware, ditto Aldrich. Charles Christian, of Topeka, a graduate of the High School, will enter Fresman. W. T. Findlay passed through the city on his way to attend a Chicago theological seminary. Miss Stella R. Overton, a graduate of the Wyandotte Academy, will enlist with '90 next month. Preston and Coffin, both old students, run a restaurant opposite the union depot, Kansas City. Higgins came in Friday. He will sell pool tickets at the fair this week, and the same time act as the chief of police. Cone and Wheeler are good locators. They can furnish full particulars in regard to any vineyard in town on application. W. S. Franklin carries his nose in a slmg. The Courier extends sympathies, and advises him to respect the prohibition law hereafter. Miss Kate Ridenour entertained a few old University friends at her home in Kansas City the other evening, and a very pleasant time was had talking over the old days. Ed Fox has been having trouble with his eyes, having been confined to his room all summer. At last accounts they were improving, and it is hoped that he will pull through all right. Blair, Crowell and Valentine came in Wednesday. Prof. Sterling is back refreshed for the years work. L. F. Gault is station agent at Great Bend, Kas. Albert Van Zandt enters sub-Freshman from Mound City. Fred E. Funston, of Carlyle, is among the new students. Herbert Hadley, brother of Miss Ettie, enters the U. of K. this fall. Geo. Watson will take his Senior Law year at Ann Arbor this winter. Hagar has a position in the Southern Kansas R. R. offices; he will not return. Miss Rudolph has returnd from Mentor where she spent the summer. Dan Kennedy, we regret to say, will not be back, but teaches school at Vinland. Miss Wilder pleasantly entertained a number of her friends last Saturday evening. W. Cone amuses himself by parayzing the boys with descriptions of California. Miss Mamie Anderson will not return this year, to the regret of her many friends. Pearl Young has graduated from the Fulton & Trueblood school of oratory with high honors. Yearsley White is expected home from Colorado soon. The Lawrence girls are pining for him. Fred Bowersock re-enters K. S. U. after an eight months absence visiting places of interest in Europe. C. B. Sweezy, of Penfield, a last year's student, has been appointed to West Point from Congressman Ryan's district. Geo. H. McMillan, an old student, has drifted out to San Diego, Cal., where he is in the employ of the Cal. So. R. R. Dick Short has been assistant engineer on the Blue Valley R. R. all summer, and has made himself famous as an engineer. Prof. Marvin and wife returned last week from an eastern trip. Prof. Marvin also attended the National Scientific Association in Buffalo. Chas. E. Fearl, formerly of '85, joins the Classical Juniors this fall, and also takes Senior Law. The Phi Pisis and his many friends will rejoice at his return. Frank Hutchings, the able representative of the laws at last commencement, visited Lawrence last week, and has returned to his practice in Osage Mission. T. S. Fritz, formerly of '88, has graduated from Fulton & Trueblood's school of elocution and oratory, and is now teaching elocation in Missouri with marked success. Alfred Doeking, winner at the State Oratorical Contest two years ago, is in the city en route for Baker University, where he has a position as instructor. I want to sell you your Boots and Shoes, if Good Goods and Reasonable Prices is an Inducement.----JOHN HUME.