Students travel in the best of Rigs, and they get them of TOOTHAKER.
The Temptations of Smith.
University hall held a large and cultivated audience Tuesday night, who had assembled to meet an old friend with a new subject, Hon. Noble L. Prentis. The lecture was in Prentis' peculiarly happy vein, abounding in pithy observations and exquisite humor. His hearers were kept in constant good humor, and frequently were convulsed with laughter at some apt illustration or pointed comment. The temptations of Smith are those of the ordinary young man. At the age of eighteen he is a statesman, and desires a voice in the affairs of the nation. The law prevents him, and here arises the temptation "to go back on antiquity." Smith now becomes a critical philosopher. His eagle eye sees through superstition and ignorance. Names which have been honored for centuries are ruthlessly cast down. George Washington ought to have saved his country in better style. Columbus did not discover America. Smith walks forty miles to hear Ingersol, and is convinced that Moses made mistakes. But in later years he learns better.
Smith has read of "women, wine and song," and tries the convivial bowl. His experiment is not a brilliant success, and he looks with suspicion on poetical descriptions in the future. There is no sparkling wit in whisky made from corn which should have been fed to the hogs. Smith discovers that the world is bad, is going wrong, and sets himself to put it right. He takes for his motto, "the butcher shop must go," and "boiled cabbage" as his pass word. After a vain attempt to reform the world he relapses to beefsteak, and smiles a charitable smile over his "reforms."
Tired of the confusion of common things in this world, Smith goes to Boston. He is seized with an irresistible contempt for equality, freedom and other abstractions. He is an "Independent," and to show his unswerving devotion to principle and not to party, he organizes an Independent party of his own, and proceeds to cast his freeman's right in the place where it will do the least good. Such is Smith as he proceeds to reform the political world.
These are not all the temptations which beset the young men of the period, but out of these useful conclusions can be drawn. The young man who favors something because his father or mother do not, is a fool and will sometime find it out. There is not a gill of wit or wisdom in an ocean of whisky. Reforms are slow. The great mass of the people are more frequently right than the few. Our governmest is with the people, and not in the hands of a few I-amholier-than-thou reformers.
Such is the tale of the Temptations of Smith, as told by Prentis. His audience were pleased and delighted, and the ideas which he gathered up and presented so forcibly sank deep into the hearts of the hearers.
Two new prizes will be offered this year for student competition. Hon. B. W. Woodward offers fifteen dollars for the best French essay; Hon. Theo, Poehler, fifteen dollars for the best German essay. These essays are not to be more than one thousand words; subjects to be announced.
VIEWS.
Field Day.
EDITOR VIEWS.—The time of year is now approaching in which the student athletically inclined rejoices. The question now arises, "Are we going to have a Field Day?"
Last year it was sadly neglected, and ought we not, if for no other reason than to keep up the interest of the college in this line, to have one of which we may be justly proud?
If we are going to have a Field Day it is time something definite was being done toward organizing, and also to give those who desire, time to train for it.
We have enough athletics in the University to make a very interesting occasion of it, but what we need is some one to start the move.
A few dried bones of the athletic association still exist, and why not resuscitate these and organize at once. Unless some active step is soon taken in this direction, it will be too late and the Field Day of 1885 will pass as did its predecessor in 1884.
EDITOR VIEWS: — Allow me to congratulate you upon your undisputed sound judgment pronounced upon the article in last week's issue discussing the fraternity question, viz: "Reads very musically indeed." They sounded extremely mellifluous, To tell the truth, "The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords." (Psalms lv, 12). R. E. H. seems to be very confident that he, together with his society brothers and sisters, represent the standard in morality, generosity, self sacrifice, in fact, all that leads on to be "good and noble, loyal to God and fellow men."
There is a certain fragrance proceeding from the secret society circle which neither the common sense nor the religion of human nature in its purity can tolerate. You may think that I am becoming extremely religious, but when I see students who in their first days at the University were active members in the Y. M. C. A.; who were endeavoring to educate the higher possibilities of man, and train themselves in such paths of influence that they might leave the world a little better for having lived in it, but who, having been
caught by the tempting bait so cleverly concealing the fatal hook, and who are now accustomed to spend their costly time at the operas, the skating rink, the ball room and even at the billiard halls, I am sorely reminded that Old Adam is still our guest.
It seems strange to me why the gentleman does not establish a school for the discipline of character, if he has such marvelous faith in his disciplinarian abilities. His principal argument against the assaults made upon the college fraternities by the barbs, seems to be that the arguments come from those who have never been invited to join a society, rarely from one who would not join. I should like to inform the gentleman that for my part I have been "spiked" more than once; that the baited hook has been offered, but that I was content to take the bait and leave the hook; and should he desire, I can point out to him several students in our University who are being drawn to dry land by a few feet of fishing tackle, and who wish they had never seen either bait or hook, and who would give their very name if they were free to swim the boundless deep.
The gentleman suggests that "there are many things in this world more worthy of study than dry writings in dusty books," but he forgot to enumerate. I would like to ask the gentleman candidly, whether those who have created the greatest reforms; those who have done the most for science and the world in general, obtained their ability through the influence of a secret society, or by means of the so-called dry reading in dusty books! Is it not the latter coupled together with a little sanctified common sense? Would not your ambition tempt you to hold one of those positions of honor which lead to renown throughout posterity, if offered to you? But such characters never come without working for them. Did you ever know of such influential power being gained by the assistance of a secret society? I will answer for you. No! A secret society never yet made a man anything and it never will; mark what I say. I believe if a person has the ability to make the most of his circumstances, that a secret society is simply a heavy, cumbersome armour which is always in his way, and its very weight finally overcomes the very one who ought to seek shelter beneath it, and that it is only fitted for those who are not self-reliant.
BARB NO.2.
EDITOR VIEWS:-I would take the liberty of your columns to inquire why we do not have some daily papers in the University library. It would be a great convenience for the students who have a vacant hour to be able to utilize it in keeping up with the record of current events. I believe there are one or two dailies which ought to reach the library, but as they never get to the files until several days old, they are of but little service. NEWS.
Now that it is definitely settled that See. Bayard will be here in June, some arrangements should be made to accommodate the crowd that will undoubtedly be here. How would it do to throw a railing across the hall, and admit no children unless accompanied by their parents? Let some R. E. Henry answer in the "Views."
The Tennessee street side walks repaired.
What the Courier Would Like to See.
A chapter of "Beta Kappa Chi" at Baldwin.
The K. A. T. journal.
A more voluminous writer than R. E. Henry.
The I. C. journal.
Who stays in the library during chapel.
The grades of the Seniors.
The grades of the Seniors.
And who permits him to stay there.
Curry get a little elucidation.
One of Prof. Green's stories.
How much Humphrey weighs.
Fifty cents all round for the Cou-
mer.
TRADE PALACE.
TRANSPORMATION SALE.
OVER
$40,000
WORTH OF
Dry Goods FANCY GOODS, ETC.
Must be transformed into cash with in the next 60 days.
Black Silks,
Colored Silks,
Dress Goods,
Velvets,
Housekeeping Coo
Housekeeping Goods
And everything that is kept in a first class Dry Goods establishment.
IS IN CHARGE OF A
FIRST-CLASS ARTIST
The largest and handsomest assortment of
Hats, Bonnets,
Flowers, Feathers And Trimmings
Ever brought into the State, at lower prices than can be sold elsewhere.
We buy our goods directly from the importers and manufacturers, and thus save you the profits of jobbers.
The New Shape for Misses for 1885, "The Town Talk," from $1.00 and upwards.
Mail orders solicited.
A. B. KAHNWEILER & BRO.,
Trade Palace, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Patronize those who patronize you.
A. J. GRIFFIN,
Hard & Soft Coal
WOOD, LIME, ETC.,
109 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas
H. J. RUSHMER & SON,
JEWELERS!
Are displaying an exceedingly attractive line of Class Rings at all prices.
An examination solicited.
59 Massachusetts Street,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
ALEX. E. PROTSCH,
FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILOR
LAWRENCE, KAN.
S. W. cor. Mass. and Warren Sts. up stairs.
ALEX. E. PROTSCH,
D. F.BIGELOW DRUGS.
Pure, fresh and reliable, and prices moderate. A fine assortment of Toilet Articles.
DR. F. H. WILSON, DENTIST.
135 Mass St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
First-class Work at Moderate Charges.
MILLARD & COOPER'S Billiard Parlor
THE ONLY FIRST-CLASS PLACE IN THE CITY.
Fine Imported and Domestic Cigars.
No.60 Mass, St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
THE WESTERN Farm Mortgage Co. Lawrence, Kan.
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.
HAS SOME NICE
WOODWARD
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.
y
x
JOHNSON & HOLLINGBERG,
Palace Barber Shop!
One door south of McConnell's stand.
Pompadour Hair Cutting a Specialty.
Wall Paper and Curtains, Newest Styles and Lowest Frices, at J. S. Hand & Co.'s. Paper cut free of charge.