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Vol. III.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, DECEMBER 19, 1884.
LOCAL.
A merry Christmas.
A happy New Year.
Who has Miss Haskell's dishes?
"Look out there, now, or I'll shoot."
The literary societies will not meet to-day.
It appears that McLean is not combatable.
The sidewalk is in a very slippery condition.
The Oreads had a special meeting last Tuesday.
Many students remain at Lawrence during the holidays.
All the boys drop around to the Y, M. C. (?) just before going home.
Prof. Sterling requires the Cleero class to write a thesis on the fourth book.
Rockwell is on the still hunt for the fellow who knocked him down and split his baked beans and sauer kraut.
On last Monday afternoon about thirty students called on Prof. Canfield to see his Greek Bell (?).
The Courier wishes to each and every student the compliments of the season, and a pleasant, profitable vacation.
Owing to the departure of many of the students for their homes, there will be no session of the literary societies this afternoon.
The two societies ought to acknowledge every point wherein they are wrong, and "put her thar" over the gory abyss.
There was considerable commotion in the halls this week, on account of the actions or rather of the inaction of the joint committee.
Each society said it would be a cold day when they got left, and both having been left, accounts, no doubt, for the extremely chilly atmosphere.
A young lady who recently visited the University, fainted upon being ushered into the room containing Prof. Dyche's bear. Ask Wemple about it.
The University Cash Dining Association is the most popular boarding club among the students. It numbers twenty-two members, several of whom have recently been affected with the gout.
The Orophilians, under the direction of Prof. McDonald, will give musical and literary entertainments at several places in this part of the state, after the holidays. The entertainments will not be composed of dry solos and disinteresting instrumental music, but will be comic, entertaining and instructive. We hope to be able to give our readers the fate of the concert at this place in the near future.
The Sophomore class in surveying, under the direction of Prof. Marvin, made an accurate survey of the University grounds on last Saturday. The boys propose to submit a bill for services at the next session of the regents.
We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement which will appear for some time, of Prof. Spalding's Business College, Kansas City.
The Sophomores expect to have a party after the holidays. Already threats of violence are being made by pugnacious (?) Freshmen and cowardly Preps. These infants should read the record of these mighty men, (the Sophs.) and beware.
Oread society has come down to the basis of business. The discriminating between factions and fraternities has almost vanished, and prospects indicate a more prosperous future for our sister society. There is room in K. S. U. for two good, strong literary societies, and we wish to both Oread and Orophilian a flourishing and successful career.
OROPHILIAN.—The Orophilians met last Friday promptly at 2:30 P.M., with a large audience in attendance. The program before recess was short but interesting. Miss H. Cook and A. L. Sloan did themselves credit in the delivery of two comic declamations. An oration upon "Art and Religion," by Webster Davis, was one of the most masterly efforts to which we ever had the pleasure of listening. Mr. J, E. Curry carried the society back to the sultry days of summer, and reproduced the last "Fourth of July" oration. After recess the society convened as a senate, and went into committee of the whole, with Miss Nettie Hubbard in the chair. Senate bill No. 2 was warmly discussed on both sides, and after an hour's debate, was passed by a respectable majority. After some very unsatisfactory parleying over the report of the committee on contest, the society adjourned until after holidays.
PHI GAMMA DELTA—The event of the season in society circles thus far was the anniversary ball and banquet of the Phi Gamma Delta, last Tuesday evening. The chapter in K. S. U. has completed its third year, and celebrated its success in an entertainment of its lady friends. At nine o'clock the guests assembled, and passed a couple of hours tripping the light fantastic with the energy known to the Phi Gamms and their friends. With equal ardour they then addressed themselves to an elegant banquet at that prince of caterers, Pershall's. Then dancing was resumed with renewed vigor, and it was far into the next morning when the lateness—or earliness—of the hour, compelled a cessation. It would be sufficient to say that the fraternity upheld its reputation as one of the social institutions of the college. The chapter numbers eighteen active members, and each one showed on that evening that the social side of man's nature is fully appreciated by the Phi Gamms, and with heart, mind, soul and feet they know how to celebrate the close of a successful year and the opening of an auspicious one
PERSONAL
Hurrah for Bruce!
Will Thompson has entered the K. S. U.
Elmer Albert will spend Christmas in Dickinson County.
Ask Lewis about his home knife.
S. Burkholder will spend the holidays in Marion, Kas.
Mrs. Chancellor Lippincott was at the K. S. U. Tuesday.
Percy Russell, '83, came in from Dodge City last Friday.
John Sullivan made his regular trip to Kansas City this week.
Miss Mary Miller was in Leavenworth a few days this week.
W. H. Johnson will take in the State Teacher's Association.
Miss Anna E. Loy will spend the holidays at home in Eureka.
M. L. Field will spend Christmas at his home in Ossawatomic.
A. J. Graham will partake of the Christmas turkey at Winfield.
Miss Clara Coffin is the latest acquisition of the I. C. sorosis.
Miss Eticio Hadley will visit friends in Olathe during the holidays.
H. F. Albert will visit his solid girl at Metherson before he returns.
M. E. Pierson will attend the State Teacher's Association in Topeka.
Miss Emma Breese will visit relatives in Reno during the holidays
A. E. Cunkle will amuse himself at Madison, Kan., for a fortnight.
Prof. Nichols will spend his holidays resting at his home in this city.
Miss Kut, Ridenour of Kansas City came up to attend the Phi Pi party.
Jim Hutcheson will visit his other girl at Oatlite for a couple of weeks.
came up to attend the 1964 sr party.
Jim Hutcheson will visit his other
L. A. Gilbert will look at familiar faces in Newton during the holidays.
Eva Halstead, a last year Normal graduate, visited old scenes last Friday.
Misses Carrie and Virginia Edwards visited the K. S. U. last Monpay.
H. A. McLean will attend the State Teacher's Association during the holidays.
Miss Manie Stevens, of Riverton, Comm., paid the University a visit last Monday.
Miss Franc Hunt will spend the Xmas holidays at her home in Leavenworth.
Miss Hattie Black will be at her home near Baldwin City during the holidays.
Miss Mamie Hudson, of Topeka, came down yesterday to attend the contest.
B. F. Cowles will be at his home near Sibley at the beginning of the new year.
G. E. Rose, '81, will spend the holidays with his brother and sisters in this city.
Miss Belle Smith will visit friends in Kansas City and Westport during the holidays.
Miss Pearl Young leaves to-day for her home in Kansas City to spend the holidays.
Miss Mamie Wakefield will spend Christmas and New Years at her home in Fort Scott.
E. A. Gildemeister leaves to-day for a trip to New Orleans, to take in the exposition.
Prof. Bailey will attend the State Teacher's Association in Topeka, week after next.
Craig Hunter, of Topeka, attended the Phi Gamma Delta anniversary Tuesday evening.
Prof. McDonald conducted the song services at the M.E. church last Sunday evening.
W. S. Franklin will visit his "solid girl" in Severance, Kan., during the next two weeks.
J. D. McLaren will receive the Courier at Sumnerville, Ottawa Co., during the holidays.
Miss Alice Litchfield will visit friends in Kansas City and Wyandotte during the holidays.
No.15.
The friends of Chas. Linley will find him at his home in Atchison during the vacation.
Smith, Sharrard, Blair and Crowell went home Thursday to attend a big ball Friday night.
H. F. Graham will be one of our students to attend the State Teacher's Association at Topeka.
W. T. Reed, of '87, is very ably filling the place of one of our local editors for a few weeks.
Miss Edna Maxwell and Daisy Cockins will spend part of the Xmas vacation in Leavenworth.
J. Barlow Lippincott, of '85, is taking a course in Spalding's Business College, Kansas City.
Lieut. J. A. Manley arrived last evening to spend the holidays with his daughters, Edith and Mamie.
Miss Nellie Griswald, with her guests, Misses Josie Baird and Emma Hills, visited the K. S. U. last Friday.
Prof. Canfield has an article in the December number of the Educationist entitled “A Desirable Change."
G. E. and H. J. Winders will attend the New Orleans exposition in January. George will not return to school.
W. M. Rowley, of Crawfordsville, Ind., spent a very pleasant evening with his brother "Sigs," in this city, last week.
Miss Fannie Pratt has gone home to Humboldt for the vacation. She will visit the New Orleans exposition before returning.
Miss Carrie Reeves is said to be slowly recovering from her severe illness. It is to be hoped she will be with us again soon.
Prof. E. C. Hallock, formerly superintendent of public instruction in Wichita, was seen on the chapel rostrum last Friday morning.
Mr. M. N. Bremen took his introductory lesson in Greek mythology on last Saturday night, under the direction of the Beta brothers.
W. S. Hamilton of Wabash College Ind., will enter the Junior class after Christmas. He is a staunch Sigma Chi. So says the "Sig" oracle, B. C. Preston.
Miss Emma White will spend part of the Xmas holidays in Leavenworth, and while there will assist Miss May North in keeping "open house" on New Years day.
George H. McMillan, a student of former times, came down to attend the contest. He will return to Topeka, where he is a clerk and book-keeper in the freight department of the A. T. & S. F. rail road, today.
Bryant C. Preston will spend the holidays at the home of his sister in Sabetha. He was considering an offer from a Topeka dailey but has decided to remain as the quill driver for this great religious weekly.
Prof. Brownell has been extremely busy the past week, drilling contestants and Seniors, in addition to his other work. The professor is winning golden laurels from his students. He understands just how to drill the sprouting orators.
'81, Bion S. Hutchings, has embarked in the newspaper business at Kingman, Kansas, as editor of the Kingman Leader. The Leader is an eight column, four page paper, and an honor to Kingman. Each department shows the energy and push characteristic of the editor in his college days. The Courier offers its congratulations, and hopes for the success of the new enterprise.
Among our Republican friends there are fewer who are going to have the postoffice for "their share" than formerly.
The Contest.
Oread won. The severest defeat of the course of contests between the Oread and Orophilian societies was sustained by the Orophilian society last evening. The Orophilians won a victory through their orator, but lost in Debate and Declaration. The judges were Hon. B. W. Woodward, John Hutchings and Prof.Frank Marvin. The contestants were on Essay, Debate and Oration graded on Thought, Composition and Delivery. On these the average grade of each judge stood as follows:
ESSAY.
Orophilian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85%    92    92%
Oread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89%    92%    87
DEBATE.
Orophilian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85%    95%    87%
Oread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90    97%    94
ORATION.
Orophilian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88%    96%    90%
Oread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84%    93%    90%
The efforts of the contestants throughout were notably above those of former contests. Every part was of a standard to be a credit to the University. "It was the hardest fought battle of all." There should be no ill feeling. Conquered should yield gracefully; conquerors should have respect for the feelings of their vanquished.