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WEEKLY University Courier.
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MOTTO.—Fraternity Rule Must Be Broken.
Entered at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kansan, ns second class matter.
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Wanted, by the Review company. a guardian.
The Y. M. C. A. is in a very prosperous condition.
Wait for the next inter-state oratorical contest. Then see.
We feel for our esteemed cotemporary, and think we can reach him.
Our "Views" columns are open to the defeated candidates of next Monday.
The city of Lawrence will give Secretary Bayard a grand public reception.
The politician :Put your trust in Providence and pay five dollars for shares.
The new natural history building will be the handsomest one on the campus.
This commencement promises to be the best in the history of the University.
The attendance of both students and professors at chapel is growing beautifully less.
We feel sure our readers will be gratified to learn that there will be an election Monday.
Let us have school Saturday instead of Monday — at least, when the circus is Monday.
The grand aggregation of colossal wonders will exhibit in the chapel at the end of fourth hour, Monday.
Again we repeat, ye who are left in the Review company will not be entertained at the COURER mansion.
The University evidently has no need of a special department in demagogery and political shystering, in view of recent developments.
The lecture course this year has been a great success, taking into consideration the disadvantages labored under at the start.
Oread society has set a good example in adopting a constitutional amendment providing that members failing twice in performance of duty shall be dropped from the rolls, and only become members again by being voted in and paying the initiation fee.
The last few weeks of the year are always the hardest. The warm weather, the pleasure of being out of doors, the knowledge of that only a short time will elapse before good bye must be said to the University and his girl, makes the average boy feel such an uncomfortable aversion to steady work, that he usually cannot overcome it.
--changes, collect subscriptions, rustle ads, read proof and keep up a general harmonious and pleasant feeling among the members of the staff. He must have energy and perseverance, must command the respect if not the regard of his fellows, he must be ready to do any amount of hard work, receive any amount of abuse, and at the end of his editorial career retire with a smiling face, to watch the struggles of his unfortunate successor.
Although the base ball club is not quite as good as last year, yet we expect much from them in the short time before commencement. They will play the Washburn nine on May 31st, and would proceed to pound the Baldwin boys if the latter could get over their crushing defeats before this, and muster up a club. This spring has been hard on athletics of all kinds, and especially on base ball.
Where Shall They Eat?
The alumni committee in charge of the banquet are in a dilemma. Where shall the festivities take place? It would certainly be inconvenient to go down town after the address, and yet there is no suitable place in the University building. Unless something is done the poor alumni may be obliged to hunger, with a sumptuous banquet in the future, but not in the University. Other Universities are provided with special halls for dining purposes, reunions and similar uses, and we think it would be a good idea for the regents to fix up either some of the unused lower rooms or make provision in the new natural history building for such a hall.
Field Day.
There is an old adage, "better late than never," and we hope it will be applied to Field Day. It seems much like harping away on the same old string, but we hate to give up the idea of at least one day in three hundred and sixty-five that can be devoted to athletics. There is plenty of material for the contests. What we want is somebody, or some organization, to take hold of the subject and work it up. There is only one such that can do this in the short time before commencement, and that is the base ball club. The club is composed of representative students, all interested in such matters, and if theywould go to work they could get up a good Field Day. What does the base ball club say.
The ideas which people have of what it takes to make an editor are various and sometimes very comical. From the number of aspirants to positions on the University paper, one might think that the work of the college journalist is a sinecure; that all he has to do is to attend lectures and parties, walk the halls a few minutes, and then repair to his sanctum and in a few hours write those articles which are to instruct and please his readers. There can be no greater mistake. The editor who does his work as it should be done has a hard time before him. Then some think that a "literary man" is necessary to a paper This is another error. He is usually lost in the demands made upon him. The editor must be a patent adjustable one, who can write a death or marriage notice, get up a keen edito rial, keep an eye out for personalis keep up his end in the fight with ex
Ye Coming Editor.
In the coming editorial election we would urge our readers, if they want good papers, to elect men who have the ability to keep up and raise the standard, the energy to work continually for the best interests of the paper, and the quickness and alertness necessary to that anomalous composition known as the "newspaper man."
A Chancellor's Residence.
All friends of the University have hoped that some day the Baker property would be purchased by the State and made a part of the University grounds. No better location or more desirable property could be found for a chancellor's residence. It has, however, been purchased by Mr. B. W. Woodward, who will remodel and repair the house and make it his permanent residence. We heartily congratulate him upon his purchase, and are pleased to have near the University one so kindly disposed toward it, yet we confess that we cannot see this desirable property slip away from the University without regret. The time has now come for the erection on the University grounds of a house for the chancellor. The reasons for such a move were fully set forth in the last biennial report of the regents. The reasons there mentioned are emphasized now by the fact that the chancellor is compelled to move on the eve of commencement, and that the house he is to occupy is situated fully half a mile from the University. We hope the regents will give this matter their early and earnest attention.
The chancellor rendered earnest and efficient service in procuring the new building for the department of natural history. The next building erected should be a residence for the chancellor, for now it is the one building needed above all others.
Program for Commencement Week.
We call the attention of our State exchanges to the commencement program published in this issue. Secretary Bayard will positively be here June 8th, and his address will be one of the finest ever delivered in Kansas. Thursday evening, June 4th, Field-Grovenor oratorical contest.
Sunday evening, June 7th, Bacea-laureate sermon, by Bishop Garrett, of Texas.
Friday evening, June 5th, Oread- Orophilian contest.
Saturday evening, June 6th, Normal entertainment.
Monday morning, June 8th, Crew contest of declaimers, formerly the Faculty contest.
Tuesday morning, June 9th, Class Day exercises.
Monday evening, June 8th, address by Hon. Thomas F. Bayard.
Tuesday evening, June 9th, address before the Alumni Association, by A. C. Scott, of '77.
Wednesday morning, June 10th Commencement Day.
EXCHANGE.
Al Munir is the name of a neat little annual which we have received from the University of Cincinnati. It is published by Sigma Chi, and is a credit to the institution.
The Park College Monthly for May is fully up to the average. It is almost exclusively literary in its nature,
The Georgetown College Journal is devoting considerable space to "Notes from Battlefield and Prison," written from the rebel standpoint. In this issue the author very graphically describes the scenes within the rebel army at the battle of Antietam.
The William Jewell Student is quite literary in its nature. In addition to publishing all the "contest orations" it has added a department devoted to such stories as "Texas Courtship," from the Arkansas Traveler.
Young Gilpin, on returning from a ride with his sweetheart, was asked where he had been. "Oh, out riding with a party." "Yes," spoke up his young brother, "and when I saw you, you were supporting your party enthusiastically."
"O—h—h! yes, I see!" whispered Mrs. Fishwhacker loudly to her nephew, during Professor Gupper's lecture of "Primitive Man," "Shields and spears in the bronze age, and breast pins in the gold age, and clothes in the garb age; of course. I see it."
The Cornell Era is one of the best eastern exchanges, from the fact that it does not entirely fill its columns with reports of athletic games and appeals to alumni in behalf of the base ball club. Cornell is more of a western University in this respect.
The Purdue lacks in local matters, but its general get up is of superior tone to many more pretentious magazines.
Little escapes of tuters,
Little hunks of meat.
Make the hash on Monday.
That is hard to heat.
In the Inter-State oratorical contest Illinois has been very successful, having won in all six prizes. Indiana and Wisconsin have each won two, while Iowa and Missouri are obliged to be content with one each. Kansas should endeavor to join the list next year.
"Think he'll catcher?" asked a base ball player on the rear platform as a train was being chased by a very green countryman. "No, I believe he's a left fielder, old chippie." Then the conductor jerked the bell rope and made a short stop.—Ex.
The Northwestern for May 8th presents a pleasing appearance. The excellent typography of this paper is especially noticeable. In the literary line there is an article entitled "Does the fraternity pay?" which is interesting from the fact that it is well written and very peculiar. From this article one would be led to believe that fraternities were an affiliation sent upon the Northwestern because of her misdeeds.
Crews Beckworthy, Sen., to Mr. Ruskin Devere, art critic: "Now, that's what I call a fine picture: shows remarkable talent. My daughter painted that, sir, and I wouldn't take two hundred dollars for it. Why, the paint alone cost a hundred and fifty." —Harvard Lapoon.
Senior Class Day Song.
Senior Class Day Song
My pony, tits of thee,
Emblem of liberty,
To thee I sing:
Of my freshman days,
Worth of fonder praise,
Worth of poetry of booky,
I'dribute bring.
My american pony, tits a,
Help to the warrior be,
When "o'x" is nigh.
I love thy well worn book.
Beloved little book.
Down in some hidden nook,
Silently lie.
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association will hold their tenth annual field meeting at the Manhattan Club grounds on Saturday, May 23. The list of entries is already very large, and it is probable that there will be some very spirited contests, especially in the high jump. Harvard, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania are each to send men who, in private practice, have beaten the American record in sprint running, in the 100 yards, 220 yards, quarter and half mile runs and in hammer throwing. The contest for the challenge cup, awarded to the college making the best record, will be very close. Harvard has held it for five years, but this year there is a good chance that either Columbia or Yale will prove the winner.
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Who don't owe a cent,"
A deep thinking servant once said.
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It is rumored that President Darling, of Hamilton College, will resign in June. Senator Hawley, an alumnus, is menticed as a good man to fill the vacancy.
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