Students travel in the best of Rigs. and they get them of TOOTHAKER
VIEWS.
EDITOR VIEWS:—In your last issue Mr. Will C. U. Later howls a howl against the prize system. Now, if the gentleman with the diagonal name will look at the subject fairly, he must be convinced that his first conclusion was rather hasty. Granted, that the spirit of emulation is not always the best, yet a moderate amount of it is requisite to bring about results. Prizes have never absorbed the attention of the student like the athletic “training” and oratorical “drill” do our eastern brothers. The world is a contest, and the sooner the young man recognizes the frozen fact that he must get up early and work late if he is to surpass his fellows and win a name for himself, the easier the contest of life will be. It is necessary for success to be able to bear victory and defeat. In no place can these be better learned than in college. It is necessary to match forces, powers, ability and talent with our fellows. Nowhere can we do this with better results than when young, and still neither entirely broken by defeat nor elated by victory. So I cannot agree with the most honorable gentleman as to the evil effects of giving prizes, and am glad to see that he has not convinced the faculty of the necessity of shutting down on the system.
--read a great deal of Latin and Greek in the time thus consumed, and our classical department would compare better with those of the eastern colleges. Then too, the morals of the student are injured. Every year hundreds of innocent little birds which God made to fly among the trees and to make the world better and brighter by their sweet songs and gay colors, are shot down by the ruthless student and carried to the laboratory (where they are in no way improved by age) to be pulled to pieces. Let us have a change. Either let laboratory work for classical students-be abolished, or at least let one hour's work without a collection of bugs be sufficient. D.
SMITH.
EDITOR VIEWS:—As a representative of the students I would like to raise my voice in behalf of my classmates, against the individual found in every class, who always begins to talk when the last bell rings. The disgusted class is compelled to listen, or remain while he is spouting, and the weared professor is obliged to "sit down on him" in order to dismiss his students in time to receive the next class. If the aforesaid men of wind who always have something to say just when nobody wants to or will listen, but who keeps on, in the great desire of hearing themselves talk; if these men knew how they were regarded by the professor and students, I believe they would think before doing it. WEARY.
EDITOR VIEWS: It seems to me to be a great outrage to compel a classical student to spend so much time in measuring the length and breadth of birds, and counting the spots on the backs of snakes and lizards. After ten weeks of study of the text book, which is well enough as far as the classification and theoretical zoology go, but a horrible bore in the anatomy and internal "derangements" of 1001 animals. The Sophomore is very kindly allowed to choose one hour's laboratory work and making a collection of bugs, or two hour's laboratory work. Having neither time nor inclination to roam around the country for bugs, and to spend a week or two naming them, suppose he choose the two hour's laboratory work. Then day after day for ten weeks he must fool away two hours in measuring bird's claws and snake's tails, and in counting the segments of crawfishs backs. This may be well enough for the enthusiast in such things, but it is a useless waste of time to the ordinary stu- be shirked by might
Junior Night.
Last evening the long expected junior night was the attraction in University Hall. The program was an excellent one, all the performers doing credit to themselves, to '86, and to the University. Mr. Adams' oration on "The Philosophy of Selfishness," was finely delivered. Miss Nettie Brown's declamation, "The Boy Conviet's Story," was fully adapted to bring out her ability as a declaimer, and she certainly cannot be surpassed in that line by any one in the University. T. H. Rockwell, who was on the program for an essay on "Evolution versus Christianity," was kept away by the serious illness of his mother. The oration by H. F. Graham on "The Progress of Civilization," was up to that gentleman's usual high standard. Mr. Graham is very forcible, and carries conviction of his sincerity. Miss Mamie Stimpson's essay, "The Children's Crusade," was well written and charmingly delivered. Miss Clara Poehler was next, with the declamation, "The Grandest Work of All." Miss Poehler is a fine declaimer, and has the talent for holding the close attention of her audience. The last oration was by R. S. Horton, on "John Brown." Mr. Horton's reputation as an orator is already won. His composition is smooth and attractive, ideas striking, and delivery graceful and forcible.
The music furnished by Misses Orrel Highbargin, Alice Ropes; vocal duet by Hattie Haskell and Kate Merrill; piano solo by Lillian Bell; and songs by the Amphion Quartette, were all excellent.
Some day next week there will be an interesting game of base ball between the Phi Gamma Deltas and the Phi Delta Thetas. Below we give the positions the men will occupy:
--have been built in the Business Exchange, and here the students pass to and fro investing capital, renting office or store, drawing articles of partnership, leases, mortgages, etc., buying and selling merchandise at wholesale, retail and on commission, depositing cash, drawing checks, drafts—in fact performing in reality ALL that a man does in managing a large business.
PHI GAMMS. PHI DELTS
Yohe. Catcher. Davis.
Cruise. Pitcher. Neil.
Sharrard. 1st b. Franklin.
Lindey. 2nd b. Schall.
Riggs. 3rd b. Blair.
Morgan. Short S. Lewis.
Brown. Cen. F. Higgins.
Smith. Right F. Cook.
Crowell. Left F. LeSuer.
Horton. Pig Tail. Jackson.
Blair. Scorer. Burney.
The site for the natural history building has been laid off about fifty feet northwest of the main building. The site is a good one, and the new building will add much to the appearance of K. S. U.
SUMMER COURSE
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Bookkeeping
AND——
AT THE NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Cor. 9th and Main Sts.,
KANSAS CITY, - - MISSOURI.
12 Weeks, $15.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Who are occupied during the fall and winter months, and for all those who desire a knowledge of
Bookkeeping and Penmanship,
THIS SUMMER COURSE IS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED.
We can only afford during the summer months, when many students from out of the city go home, to offer such thorough and practical instruction at these Reduced Rates.
12 WEEKS, $15.
Those who take advantage of this offer will have a rare opportunity to it themselves for teachers and accountants.
The principles of Bookkeeping are so clearly set forth, and the practice in the Actual Business Practice Department, where each student carries on a business of his own, is so accurate and real that diligence alone is necessary to gain a thorough, lasting knowledge of the terms and ways of the business world.
In connection with Bookkeeping, drill is given in the most approved methods of computing Interest and Discount, and the law governing Negotiable Paper will receive particular attention.
A Bank, Commercial Exchange, Merchant's Emporium, Real Estate Office, and Commission House
The college currency is the cash capital of the student, and the commerce done with colleges located in Eastern and Southern cities, affords ample practice in writing business letters, telegrams, order sheets, bills, receipts, etc., etc.
The books and blanks of the bank are the same in every particular as those of the best equipped National Banks, and all business, both within the bank and with its customers, is conducted upon the strict principles that govern well-regulated banking institutions.
IN PEMMANSHIP there will be one hour's drill each day. A plain business hand is taught. Our system of instruction invariably makes good writers of those that are not indifferent to practice.
At the close of the lesson in penmanship, twenty practical words are dictated, and twice a week a lessson is given in the form and substance of a well-written business letter. These lessons, besides giving valuable knowledge, afford the excellent opportunity of constantly testing the pupil's progress in easy, rapid writing.
TIME TO ENTER.
The College is spacious, airy, well lighted and furnished.
Morning session from 9 to 12. Afternoon session from 1:30 to 4.
The College is open for study from 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Those who desire to take advantage of this course may begin any time before the first of August, with the privilege of attending 12 weeks from day of entering for $15.
The instruction is mainly individual, and one can enter at any time with equal advantage.
Arrangements can be made at once by calling or addressing
National Bank,cor.9th and Main Streets
NATIONAL COLLEGE.
Kansas City, Mo.
Patronize those who patronize you.
D.F.BIGELOW DRUCS.
Pure, fresh and reliable, and prices moderate. A fine assortment of Toilet Articles.
A. J. CRIFFIN,
Dealer in all kinds of
Hard & Soft Coal
WOOD, LIME, ETC,
199 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas
MRS. E. ORMES,
Millinery Rooms,
133 Massachusetts St., Up Stairs,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Tumense line of Spring Goods just in. Latest Styles in Lawrence.
ALEX, E. PROTSCH,
FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILOR
LAWRENCE, KAN.
S. W. cor. Mass. and Warren Sts. up stairs.
DR. F. H. WILSON,
DENTIST,
135 Mass St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
First-class Work at Moderate Charges.
MILLARD & COOPER'S
Billiard Parlor
THE ONLY FIRST-CLAS S PLACE IN THE CITY.
Fine Imported and Domestic Cigars.
No.60 Mass. St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
Lawrence, Kan.
THE WESTERN Farm Mortgage Co.
Money always on hand to loan at current rates, upon desirable real estate. No delays if security is ample and title good. Call and see them before making arrangements elsewhere. Office in National Bank building.
L. H. PERKINS, Sec.
WOODWARD HAS SOME NICE PERFUMES
And is expecting more daily. Frequent purchases, undeteriorated goods, is the plan he works on.
A. WHITCOMB,
FLORIST!
Cor. Warren and Tennessee Sts.
Baskets and Floral Designs for Commencement in great variety.
JOHNSON & HOLLINGBERG,
Palace Barber Shop!
One door south of McConnell's stand.
Pompadour Hair Cutting a Specially.