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MOTTO. — Fraternity Rule Must Be Broken.
MADURE MANSPIELD,
CLARA GREEMAYER,
FANNIE PRATT,
W. I. REED,
R. E. HAYLETT,
R. E. CHILLWELL,
NANNIE ANDERSON
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The fraternity system was found ed on a social basis, not political.
THERE is not a college in the United States, perhaps, in which the fraternity system has been so badly misused as in K. S. U.
THE COURIER hepes are long to see the day in K. S. U. when the cast-iron aristocratice social cast formed by its fraternities is broken, placing all students on a basis of legitimate individual merit. Such basis receives comparatively no consideration at present.
THE railroad corporations have shown they have some soul this year, and will allow the students to travel on half fare rates to and from their homes for the Christmas holidays. The students are to be congratulated on this, as it is the first time a reduction has been granted them since the new railroad law went into effect.
Is the telephone is for the use of the students, why is it not placed where all may feel free to use it without inconveniencing Mr. Little, and where it can be used at all hours? It seems that there might be a place arranged that would be as convenient for all, and where it would be a benefit to students and visitors during hours when it is impossible for the clerk to have the office open.
The grading of Robinson avenue is a grand work. It gives the city an approach to the University such as should have been had for years. Gov. Robinson, in this gift to our school, did a noble deed, and one for which he will be long remembered. Robinson avenue, with its shady drives, will in the years to come, stand as a lasting monument to his name.
WINTER is here, and yet no provision has been made for the accommodation of horses, which students are compelled to keep at the University during recitation hours. We have spoken on this subject several times before, yet the proper authorities have taken no action whatever in the matter. It seems to us a matter of absolute necessity that some shelter be provided for the poor animals, and we wonder that the affair has been so long neglected.
THE Oread Orophilian contest orations are coming off at last. The contestants, as it seems to us, have been acting with the greatest deliberation and coolness, to put it lightly. The societies elected these gentlemen for a contest debate to be given some time since, yet the contestents have had the unprecedented effrontery to change the entertainment to an oratorial contest, and to set the time at their own pleasure. It is a matter of indifference to us whether the program is a debate or an oratorical contest, yet it seems to us that the performers should present the program for which they were elected, instead
of giving whatever they please. Suppose the annual contestants should take the same liberty, how would the societies like it then? Of course it does not make much difference in the present case, but we are opposed to the principle in such arbitrary charges as this one.
WE are glad to see that the admonitions of the COURIER are being heeded by the literary societies, and that the members are taking renewed interest in the meetings. Oread, which had seemed to be fading away, is now on its feet again, and in a fair way to prosper. Orophilian, too, is still holding its old reputation for good work. Every student should give his support to one of these societies, as they are both well worthy of it, aside from the great benefit one cannot help but receive.
--creating values and accomplishing desired results. We think that it has already been shown conclusively that collegiate training tends to secure such an education. Not that a college education can transform mediocrity into genius, or brickbats into diamonds. But it can and does polish diamonds, and at the same time it smoothes and shapes even brickbats, so that they become more serviceable in the upbuilding of national character.
The young men who receive promotion are the young men who don't drink on the sly. They are not men who watch for the clock to strike 12, and leave their picks hanging in the air. They are not men who growl if they are required to attend to some duty five minutes after the bell has sounded.—The Artisan.
AND we might add that the men who are successful as employers—the corporations who are not troubled with strikes, the ones who do not begrudge their employees five minutes, thus requiring them to "watch the clock," "leave their picks," etc. The time is coming when journals like the Artisan will criticise the corporations just as freely as the laborer.
--creating values and accomplishing desired results. We think that it has already been shown conclusively that collegiate training tends to secure such an education. Not that a college education can transform mediocrity into genius, or brickbats into diamonds. But it can and does polish diamonds, and at the same time it smoothes and shapes even brickbats, so that they become more serviceable in the upbuilding of national character.
THE late unpleasantness at Ann Arbor closed with a victory for the students. Although the county attorney had succeeded in obtaining a verdict in the justice's court, his case had become so unpopular that he wanted one so help him let go. Through the agency of Judge Hamman a meeting was had with representatives from the students, and a compromise agreed upon. All cases against the students were dismissed, and the actual costs were divided. Bennett says he was out just $3.50, including telegraphs, newspapers, etc., etc. Four or five cases have been brought against Henderson—the policeman who started the row—for assaults on the students, and for perjury in the Bennett case. The boys feel confident that they will convict him of the last charge. The best of feeling has existed all through between the students and the citizens. All agree in condemning the police for their action. The Chronicle gives quite an amusing account of the whole affair, plentiful sprinkled with cartoons on the police. During the trial the students all wore badges with the word "JUSTICE" printed on them. Bennett seems to be the hero of the day, and is doubtless happy.
EXCHANGE SPIRIT.
In this age of brevity too many are apt to overlook the practical value of a college education, and say that it consumes too much valuable time. To these persons we would recommend what a thoughtful writer in one of our exchanges says of the benefits of, and time saved by higher education :
College students, under the stimulating influence of college life, grow more rapidly, mature earlier, and reach eminence, not only in the state, but also in the nation, sooner than the non-college graduate. Careful observers say that graduates attain a position at thirty-five years of age which non-graduates do not reach until they are forty-five. If this observation be correct, then a college-training virtually adds ten years to a man's life—ten years, not of childhood, nor of dotage, but of vigorous manly life. The college graduate, having ten years more in which to grow, easily rises to the highest positions and bears away the brightest honors.
Education, then, is the economy of force—it sets the people to observing and thinking, and thereby greatly enlarges their capacity of
building of national character.
The reason is obvious. For four years and under the guidance and inspiration of learned teachers, college students pursue a course of study and discipline which the wisdom of centuries has devised and improved for the harmonious development of all the mental and moral powers. Such a training in science, mathematics, language and philosophy, tends to develop the power of consecutive and continuous thought—of mental grip upon difficult questions—of concentrates attention—of sustained and patient effort, and teaches that success is sure, if waited for and labored for Campus.
Class standing is one of the uncertain things. It may or may not indicate particular merit. It may mean that the men at the top of the list have done routine, parrot work, have attended recitations, chapel and church regularly, and have carefully had every absence excused. It may mean that they have brilliant talents and carry out the honors by sheer force of superior intellect. Both cases are rare, however. It generally means that they have done careful, intelligent, regular work, and is, in so far, indicative of merit. One might almost say that careful work is the one essential thing. If, then, when the classes hear their standing read on commencement day, there should be any disappointment, let them remember that the probabilities are that their work has been the less thorough; that their recitations were certainly poor; but that it does not necessarily follow from this that their attentions are less, for they may even be greater; that the man who best fulfills the requirements of the marking system is not always the highest in scholarship; he may or may not be. The system does not claim for itself the power to decide that; it can only render approximate justice. And to condemn it on this ground would be to condemn all systems.
—The Dickinsonian.
Naturalness is the highest and most difficult attainment for the college orator or writer to reach. It is not a temptation peculiar to students—this permitting words and gestures to go far beyond the depth of feeling or soundness of thought, but it is stronger with them, from the very nature of their occupations, than with those who are more closely and constantly occupied with the practical. The book which makes you forget the author and leaves you alone with the truth, is the only one which permanently influences you. Individuality, also enthusiasm, is necessary, but the real orator is he who makes the audience see the truth, and not the man, the thought, not the expression. We think that students now and then have something valuable to impart to their fellows—sometimes from their own experience, sometimes from others'—but the blow is often deadened from excessive wadding. Let us then, in society, in rhetoricals, in public speaking, not lessen our vigor of expression, but elevate the thought, so that the outward may be true index of the inward.—News Letter.
Perhaps there is more diversity of opinion upon the manner in which a college paper should be conducted than upon any other thing connected with a college. No two persons are exactly agreed as to what the character of the contents should be. One would have the paper filled with essays and other literary articles, another would have local news occupy a prominent place, while the third is satisfied if the paper is teeming with jokes and exchange clippings.
All will agree that the proper method is to publish something for each class of readers, but even then what college journal can be able to please everybody? The chances are ten to one that not even the editors are fully satisfied with all the articles, or think no improvement could be made. The province of the college paper is not to rival literary magazines, the daily newspaper, or the almanac in the character of its contents, but to discipline the student in rhetoric and promote facility in writing. The
student who by nature is averse to writing essays or engaging in any kind of literary work, is often stimulated by having an interest to engage in practical writing upon a college journal. The amount of knowledge which is gained of the mechanical work connected with the publication of such a paper, is not inconsiderable. Many of our students who a year ago had never seen a proof-sheet or the inside of a printing office are no longer important of the printer's art. The only matter for regret is that so few of our students avail themselves of the opportunity of writing for the college papers. Their generosity is such that they would not willingly deprive the college editors of any benefit to be derived from literary labors. -Hatchet.
VIEWS.
ED. VIEWS:—In looking over your paper last week, I noticed a few timely words on literary societies. It seems to me that the best results to the average student can be obtained by the formation of several societies. The societies here are too large. There are two or three advantages to be obtained from such divisions. The University has no course in elocution. The only training a collegiate gets is when he speaks from the chapel stage two or three times a year. It depends on the literary societies whether a speaker shall have any control of himself before an audience or not, and if these literary societies are large, he gets very little practice. Then, again, a large number of students — over one-half — do not belong to any literary societies. At some schools every student is required to belong to some society. If such a provision should be passed by the "powers that be" we should not have graduates who halt and stammer before audiences. The authorities of the University should take this in hand, and if we cannot have a department of elocution, we will have the best substitute possible.
EARNEST.
A LIBERAL EDUCATION THE BEST.
We print this week an exposition of the arguments in favor of the Modern Langages as against the classical. Next we will favor our readers on the classical.
The principle ground for the belief that a classical education is better than that of a modern, is that the study of the dead languages is so difficult that it disciplines mind, makes it more grasping and gives it a better understanding for things studied in after life. Some say that the value of the study of Greek lies in the difficulty by which it is attained. One must labor so patiently and persistently before reaching that point at which he can begin to reap benefits, that it disciplines the mind beyond measure. It is claimed that the mind is made exceedingly alert and active by the hard work required in mastering the rudiments, that when the "top" is reached, one can then enjoy it as a blessing as long as life lasts. But there are objecters in their own rank who claim that when the "top" is reached after so much constant fingering, it is not fresh and the mind instead of being stimulated into new researches, falls into inertness and dispair. There is still another party wedded to the "classical," who claim that it is not difficult, that the difficulties of Greek have been exaggerated, that it is not more difficult than the German. Then how can it be a better disciplinarian than the German, Dr. A. P. Peabody says: "That the entire number of lessons devoted to Greek in a private school, which always sends to college admirably prepared pupils, does not exceed three hundred." This amounts to only a year and a half of preparatory Greek, and Dr. Peabody continues: "We are assured, on the best authority that a little more than half that number of lessons would suffice for a boy who made study his vocation, instead of his $a$-vocation." That is not more than is demanded for German. How then is Greek better than German to train the mind? The importance of modern languages has never sufficiently appreciated. The lovers of the Greek claim that one cannot get the true essence of literature unless they have an understanding of the ancient languages. Are not Shakespeare's writings considered classical? His writings are not of the English of to-day; but they have made the English of his time considered as classical. Ex-Pres. White, of Cornell says: "So far as literature is concerned, while I have nothing to say against those who are devoted to ancient literature, we certainly
need for the great majority, the study of literature rich, accessible, directly bearing on modern life. In my judgment the great German literature best suits this need, I believe that it furnishes the best corrective of modern Philistinism," The man who has read Nathan the Wise, Finster and Egmont and many other fine German compositions can not become a man, narrow minded and sordid, a mere money making machine. It is a fact that the average college boy never acquires the ability to translate with ease such authors as Xenophon or Homer, not even in Yale, and the boy who takes up a Greek author and reads him for the pleasure that he derives from thought is very rare indeed. His last year in college is his last Greek unless he has a profession which requires it. Then why not study the modern languages. That would be something from which he could get modern thought, and facts of modern interest. A. W. P.
R. W. E. Twitchell passed through the city this week bound for St. Joseph where we understood he will be united in the holy bonds of matrimony the 9th inst. with one of St. Joe's fairest daughters
Mrs. John Hutchings will entertain some of her lady friends tonight.
The COURIER this week is under obligations to Dr. J. T. Moore for services in its Social Department.
Mrs. Dr. Kramer, of Chanute is visiting Mrs. J. A. Dailey.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Selig returned to-day from Colorado.
Don J. Rankin is in Reading, Pa.
Mr. Jos. E. Curry leaves for Nortonville Thursday.
Misses Tisdale, Anderson, Hair,
Danoh and Banks took tea with
Miss Ettie Hadley last Friday.
Mr. J, D. McLaren teaches the class in U. S. constitution.
Mrs. Brown, of Topea visited the K. S. U. yesterday.
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