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ELDRIDCE HOUSE BLOCK.
SOCIAL
A UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAKES A MASH,
BUT GIVES THE GIRL THE WRONG
NAME.
A few days since a prominent University student visited friends in the southern part of the State. The train on which he came back was very much crowded. Among
the passengers was a girl who was going away her destination being s Ohio. It happened some representative of city of Kansas secured this fair damsel. He agreeable, as was right while she was much As she was going to be a student, there w an affinity in their tas was more natural that should be mutually Before reaching the sta they were to part, all items were made for correspondence. The had not told her his h had managed his a le t to a friend, and he h to infer it was the party They parted to write to the Apollo returned here, with the fair mi and alone, rdestination in the B But the young man nee Sullivan that should I letters post-marked w were for him. Our imagine the surprise of able manager of the going to the postoffice find, among his other epiphyte address feminine hand. Of cou the letter and read w the account of a young ney cast, how tired she she had "no shoulder lean her head." Sul have stopped there b and learned that she change photographs After finishing the lett gated the matter and I facts in the case, and i he will answer the lett one of the photos of friend, and will have girl's pictures.
The friend is now and vows that he will with another girl on the least, if he does he will name—Lawrence Jouw Wise is the Angela
Who is the Apollo?
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SCHAUM.
WHITCOMB BROS. GROCERIES
The second of what promises to be a series of little folks parties during the year was given at the home of Mr. Harry Schaum last Friday evening. With dancing and innocent games generally until the hands of the clock pointed to eleven, the little folk enjoyed themselves as
time for action! He "skips" his classes more than ever, walks the corridors more than ever, and with more girls than ever, electioneering. Combinations are formed with other fraternities; he agrees to vote for the other fraternity man for debater, and he in time is to be elected orator. Election day comes, everything goes smoothly, the girls he
MRS. ALEX. LOVE. — Last week Mrs. Alex. Love gave a large and fashionable party at her pleasant home. The evening was spent in social converse and other ways dear to the feminine heart. None of the sterner sex were present, but the fifty ladies present spent the time most pleasantly. Of those in at-
Toothaker's Stable is the favorite Livery with the students. Hacks always in waiting
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The Course this week greets many of its college readers at their homes. It carries with it the hope that all are enjoying their freedom, and will return to their work with increased energy and new interest.
--proposed. It is that every mother should provide a mask for each of her daughters, something similar to those worn by base ball catchers. These could be locked on the girls before their departure from home. Then the waists of the girls' dresses should be provided with barbels that would lacerate the hands on the slighter touch. This "simple and effusive remedy" would cure the worst case of those evils which alarm our would be college reformer.
The Science Club reading room is on the third floor in Prof. Marvin's room. They have files of and are constantly receiving all the important scientific periodicals published in this country, and some that are published in Europe. This cannot help but be of great benefit to its members, and the club deserves all the credit it has received for the good work it is doing.
--proposed. It is that every mother should provide a mask for each of her daughters, something similar to those worn by base ball catchers. These could be locked on the girls before their departure from home. Then the waists of the girls' dresses should be provided with barbels that would lacerate the hands on the slighter touch. This "simple and effusive remedy" would cure the worst case of those evils which alarm our would be college reformer.
The inter-fraternity ball has probably fallen through for the present. We have enough to take care of between now and the Christmas holidays anyhow. Two contests, concert and lectures will take up all the time. But when the spring time opens the Pan-Hellenic reception ought surely to come off. We are of opinion that the toasts should be the smallest part of the affair, and if necessary to be left out altogether. Music, orations and declamations could be substituted in their places. We will speak further when the social term opens.
The Iola Register, one of our wide awake State exchanges, in a reply to an article in the COURER says : 'Friend Smith will have to make at least one exception. The Iola High School carries its pupils up to the
--proposed. It is that every mother should provide a mask for each of her daughters, something similar to those worn by base ball catchers. These could be locked on the girls before their departure from home. Then the waists of the girls' dresses should be provided with barbels that would lacerate the hands on the slighter touch. This "simple and effusive remedy" would cure the worst case of those evils which alarm our would be college reformer.
The need of waterworks in the city of Lawrence is almost too apparent to make mention of. The poor system of drainage calls loudly for sewerage and waterworks. The convenience of it in private and business houses cannot be questioned; the need of it at every fire is always seen. The students can thank their stars that the University is situated far away from the cesspool alleys of down town. If cholera should visit this country next year, Lawrence would be terribly attlicted. The convenience waterworks would be to the University can be seen at a glance. We are dependant on the rain that is caught from the roof for heating and cleaning, and when the cisterns give out, water has to be hauled from the river. When the new building is completed more will be needed, and every year we will probably have to depend on the rain. Although Lawrence has made some progress in the way of an "elevated street railway," she should not be behind any cities of Kansas which have a much smaller population. Let us have waterworks.
Freshman year of the Latin Scientific course of the University, and carries them up "bright and snug," as "Smith" will learn if he lives a year or two longer and stays where he is." Smith yet lives, and while he recognizes the Iola High School as one of the first in the State, he hopes his life may yet be sparred that he may behold its course placed where it lacks a year in German of being on a level with our sub-Freshman Latin Scientific course.
The great ball of time rolls on. Great men come and great men go. No sooner has the door of eternity closed behind one distinguished person than another rises to take his place. And while we thus have great and honorable men, we also have another class of individuals which are commonly called "cranks." They come and go just as other people, and the community is always glad when each one is gone. But hardly has he been laid away before another is following in the footsteps of others.
What prompts us to utter these words is an article which appeared in one of the city papers last week. It was undoubtedly written by one of these so-called "cranks." The author was either ashamed of himself or has said something which he does not believe. A *non de plume* on the important subject of the University being a "recruiting station" for certain evangelical churches, is certainly out of place. If the composer of the aforesaid article has said what he meant, why did he not act a man and sign his full name to the supposed expression of his thoughts? He claims to have made inquiries in regard to this matter, and finds that the students are warned by some of the instructors to attend nothing but evangelical churches. Every student will bear us out in the statement when we say that this is absolutely false, and furthermore, precious little time, if any, has ever been taken up by "recruiting agents for religious associations and exhorters," while the students were assembled at chapel. The University has a representative from almost every church of a national reputation, both evangelical and otherwise, in its faculty. It holds chapel service every morning, which students are not compelled to attend, and may be conducted by any professor who so desires, and is conducted by different ones during each term. If the aforesaid gentleman has anything more to say on this subject let his sign his own name to his articles an not wind up with, "So I Think."
--proposed. It is that every mother should provide a mask for each of her daughters, something similar to those worn by base ball catchers. These could be locked on the girls before their departure from home. Then the waists of the girls' dresses should be provided with barbels that would lacerate the hands on the slighter touch. This "simple and effusive remedy" would cure the worst case of those evils which alarm our would be college reformer.
Rules should be laid down for the government of the contest and should be strictly adhered to. Let us have no postponements or extensions of time. We mean business.
If we want the State University to represent Kansas in the inter-State contest, we must give our orator a show. Immediately on the return from Thanksgiving vacation, the local executive committee, in whose hands the contest is placed, should meet and settle on as early a date as is possible and will permit preparation. Until this is done, our speakers will not make a single beginning on their orations.
The State oratorical contest will be held in Topeka on the second Friday in March. This is only three months distant. The COUNER only speaks the general voice of the students when it asks the K, S, U, association to give us an early local contest.
As a matter of personal and college pride, our best orators should enter the preliminary contest, and strive to make the University of Kansas the representative of our State in May. Give us an early contest, the best orator, and we will all go to the State contest to hurrah for K. S. U. for first place.
Kansas Academy of Science.
Kansas Academy of Arts
The recent meeting at Manhattan of this body of scientists, in was every respect the most important and enjoyable of any of our former gatherings. The hospitality of the citizens of Manhattan and resident members, was simply unbounded. The weather was all that could be desired; the attendance large and enthusiastic; the papers presented were uniformly "hefty," and of a truly scientific character. Our University was well represented by Profs. Snow, Nichols, Badley, Dyeche, Sayre, and undergraduate W. S. Franklin.
Prof. Nichols was elected as our new president, and filled the office with much ability and becoming gravity.
Proft. Snow led off with a paper upon his new pet, "A Single Bird Track from the Dakota Sand Stone of the Lower Cretaceous Period." This track needs confirmation by finding "another track of the same sort" before becoming a certainty. This "missing" track may yet be found.
Our new Professor Sayre, of the pharmacist department, read a paper upon "Digestive Ferments," which was well received, and elicited much praise. As an essayist he is a marked success.
Mr. W. S. Franklin gave an "object lesson" upon the "Curves and Lines Described by the Motion of a Compound Pendulum. Mr. Franklin is peculiar in style and manner as an extemporaneous talker. "Queer, isn't it?" And at the same time shutting one eye as though seeing the pendulum still swinging, and brought down the house by suggesting to the audience to shut one eye too, for a clearer vision of the subject.
Prof. Dyche told us how his "dog Joe," "set" and caught several rare birds while they were out in the fields and swamps hunting them. It was suggested that the "dog Joe" be made an "honorary member" of the Academy. It may also be of local interest to further say that the "dog Joe" is taking a special course in zoological nomenclature while boarding with Prof. Robinson.
Several students from the Agricultural college gave us papers upon fungi spiders and insects, which were well written and delivered. But the grand finale of the whole meeting was a banquet spread in the basement kitchen of the college, presided over by a scientific lady teacher $ ^{ \textcircled{1}} $the art of cookery, the servitors being the young ladies of the school. It seemed like fairyland as we entered this kitchen where large bouquets of bright flowers from their much coveted greenhouse adorned the tables, and the fairies all standing around to do our bidding. W. S. Franklin, it is said, began singing "Oh that I had wings!" Not that he wanted to fly away, but desired a pair of the fairy wings.
Prof. Nichols of course presided at the banquet and introduced the speakers in a very happy manner; and the entire University delegation acquitted themselves not only during supper, but in the speeches which followed, in a way which showed that they were "specialists" in that line also.
Prof. Sayre was so full of "Digestive Ferments" that he only had his speech "read by title."
Prof. Dyche was especially happy in telling his bear story, and was frequently applauded.
Prof. Bailey congratulated the Academy in having Dr. R. J. Brown, of Leavenworth, present to represent our state institution at that locality. Profs. Dinsmore and Kelly spoke in behalf of the Normal school at Emporia, at which our next meeting will be held. A splendid time is anticipated there. Till then, adieu.
J. SAVAGE.
Saints and Sinners.
I was standing on the platform of Media the other day. Media is a R. R. station about two miles from Baldwin. Baldwin is a village at which there is an academy called Baker. While standing on the aforesaid platform, I was highly amused by the remarks of a doughcke from the Bakery. Sand he: "I heard one of them University fellers say to-day that he thought Baker was way above their school. Now I think that Couruer would kind o' draw in its horns after one of its own students saying that." From his general appearance I would have wagered that the Baker doughnut had drawn in three or four "horns" during his visit to Lawrence. Prohibition prohibits (?).
The Oratorical Association is a humbly. The students connected with it are good enough, but the purposes for which it was organized stand little show of being attained. The first contest, Mays, of Emporia won. He was ruled out on account of plagiarism, and barred from retreiving himself in a second contest. At Baldwin, Leach, a K, S. U. man, won the spurs, and came home on the shoulders of the boys to the tune of martial music and the light of bonfires. Baldwin was mad and burned the judges in eglify. Leach went to the Inter-State contest, but somehow his oration there did not secure him an ovation on his return. Last year Gilmore was sent to Emporia as our champion. Every student came home disgusted, with charges of unfairness at the decision of the judges which gave the state prize to the Emporia man. So from the beginning the contests have been profile of bad feeling. Furthermore the oratory called forth by the Association has been much inferior to that of the same individuals in our home literary societies.
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One good college saint, doubtless a convert of Sam Jones, has risen to a sense of the immortality of the student hops. He has been to one and is grossly shocked at the revelation. He doesn't object to the balls themselves, but to their practices. Now it would be all right if the girls sat on one side of the room and the boys on the other; and if boys danced with boys and girls with girls. Instead of this, however, the girls unblushingly put their arms in those of the boys, and walked around the room. Yea, worse! The boys—the boys, mind you—actually placed their arms around the waists of the girls, and with their faces so close together—O, terrible!—that their warm breaths embraced, they whirled around the hall for whole minutes together!
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As a remedy for the pernicious practice, this hypocritical, super sanctimonious saint proposes that the boys invite elderly ladies to their hops, who may exercise a matronly supervision. Just imagine what an enjoyable time a boy would have parading down Massachusetts street with the idol of his heart on one arm and the mother of said idon on the other. How it would enhance his pleasure to know that he must provide hacks and oysters for three instead of two. How ecstatic would be the walk home, when all those whispered sentences, furtive glances and other things usual on such occasions were under "matronly supervision!" I can only suggest one improvement. That is that the gay Lothario should be required to adopt the Spanish custom and take the whole family along. Then the mother would be safe.
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Inasmuch as I fear a few of our worst sinners might object to the maternal supervision. I have an improvement to offer to the remedy
An exchange remarks that a newspaper paper worn between coat and vest is a good substitute for an overcoat. Those students who can't raise sufficient funds to redeem their overcoats from Uncle Hope may get some consultation after all. Now is the time to subscribe for the Corrier.
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I notice that my friend who objects so strongly to any mention of the light-opera divertissements, was regularly on hand at the "Milcado" those sinful plays!
It is a little amusing to notice that "mongst all the attacks on the Greek through the college press, not on word has been said by the fair bain against the ladies" secret societies This disproves one old saw—that "woman can't hold her tongue."
I think it a pity that the ladies' societies do not go by some distinctive name. Sorosis is certainly the proper appellation, signifying as it does "a woman's club." As if in apathy to a name indicative of their sex most of the orders are the name "fraternities." Now any person ordinarily versed in English, and unqualified with its college perversion would say in an instant that a "sorosis" was a ladies' society, while "fraternity" was solely applicable in those who wore trawers.
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As an actual fact, just one college society, the 1. C.'s, go by the sorosls. Now I do not say that the fair sorosiemens are better or worse than the others, or just "neck and neck" with their rivals. I do think however, they have a more becoming name for their order.
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Next to having a friend sit down on your Derby, I don't know anything pleasant than to come of class and find your hat doing service as a foot ball in the hallway Still, as Dent Hogeboom suggests, it is better to find it that way than to find it at all. Dent knows.
An accident appalling in its possu-
tilities, occurred last Friday. Two sinners, F. E. Reel and his roate mate Tomlin, went hunting. B some wondrous chance Reed's grenwent off accidentally just as it was a exact range with the most prominent portion of Tomlin's rear anatomy Whether, as some suggest, Tomlin dermis is like unto that of the skin neceros, from which the sportsman bullet harmless rebounds, or whether the Reed's aim equals that of Tell, who hit the apple and grazed not the skin is a doubtful question God forbid that I should go beneath the evidence and speculate on such an embarrassing question. The facts are that the shot sped true their destination, taking off a large block in an unmantleable portion of Tomlin's trowers, but not marring the flesh. Nothil has equalled its seriousness since Prof. Watt, our chemical tutor, down on the sulphuric acid. From the feverish anxiety with which Tomlin denied a borrowed overcoat, one would have supposed the blood csealing in his veins. While the death was indeed a sad one for Tomlin, is the most triumphant in the blister of his room-mate's marksmanship.
The happy thought that fill* Reed's mind. While hunting duck$, he shot a bird.
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