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Students will find the best grades of Coal at Frank A. Doane's, cor. Mass. and Henry Sts.
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY
TO THE STUDENTS.
TO THE STUDENTS
Subscription, - - Fifty Cents per Year
Address all communications to W. Y. MORGAN,
Business Manager.
Lock Box 701, Lawrence, Kan.
Lock Box 701, Lawrence, Kan.
Courier Prizes.
Following in its accustomed path, the Courier company will offer the following prizes for superior excellence in chapel rhetoricals.
To the Freshman obtaining the highest grade, "The Speeches of Wendell Phillips."
To the Freshman obtaining the next highest grade, "Works of Byron and Burns."
To the Sophomore obtaining the highest grade, "Speeches of Daniel Webster."
To the Sophomore obtaining the next highest grade, works of Goethe and Shiller.
Elsewhere will be found the constitution upon which the Courier is founded, and upon which it appeals to the students. The underlying principle is that of fairness to all parties, to fraternity men and to nonfraternity men. To secure this the stock is divided equally between society and non-society. The editorial staff is composed of equal numbers from each. The monopolizing of all the fraternity positions by one is prevented. Voting by proxy is not allowed. A stockholder who doesn't take the interest to attend meetings can not have any claim upon the company. No one man shall hold more than two shares of stock. None but active students can hold stock. And to secure these fundamental principles from change, the constitution can not be amended if one-fifth of the stockholders object.
If justice has not been meted out to all alike, it was not intentional. "For the students, of the students, by the students," has ever been the Courier principle. With this our motto, we ask all who wish to assist in the publication of a local paper, non-partizan and non-factional, devoted exclusively to the students and their affairs, to join us, to aid us. Read our constitution and see our
Read our constitution and see our principles.
A great need of the University is more provision for oratorical training. Not enough attention is paid to this important branch in our college. Students will graduate with almost no experience in public speaking, and scarcely able to express their thoughts before an audience. A man who can
stand up and say exactly what he means, and make his hearers understand him, has an inestimable advantage over the man whose thoughts fly from him at the critical moment when he is to impart his knowledge to others. What gain is there to a public man if he has studied his subject and is thoroughly versed in it, if his lips fail to obey the summons of his brain; if he can neither convince nor inform his hearers? On the other hand, the man who is able to tell what he knows, and do that in the best way, even if he lacks in perfect knowledge of his question himself, can call forth the attention, respect and conviction of the audience. These facts are plain and palpable. So far as possible, the students with their societies and oratorical association, have attempted to remedy the fault. But this is not enough. The University of Kansas should have a well established department of elocution, where young men could prepare themselves thoroughly for an effective life.
Valedictory.
Amid many discouragements and rebuffs, the WEEKLY UNIVERSITY COURIER was established. Hard work was necessary to put this "new departure" under good headway. Now it is done. The students have responded nobly to the call made aposthem. The business men of Lawrence have seconded our efforts. Now the COURIER is firmly established, and its success assured. Our subscription list bears the names of almost every student. Our advertising columns are occupied by the best business men of Lawrence. For the many kind favors we have received, we return our thanks. To the few who factionally opposed us, we bear no malice, and hope they now see the error of their ways. To the new staff of editors, we offer our congratulations, and hope for their unbounded success. If we have succeeded in establishing a paper which shall be devoted to the best interests of all the students, without regard to class, faction or society, then we feel that we have accomplished our task.
Shall the athletic association be allowed to die? Let the classes decide this in their annual meetings.
A great many students have been head to express desires to take penmanship at the Business College evenings,but "do not like to go alone." Form clubs then, two three or five go together. Boys can take their sisters, cousins or best girls, for that matter. Do not be foiled by little things so easily overcome.
We have received the Illini, from the University of Illinois, which for local, personal and general college news is unsurpassed. The literary department is hardly up to the standard.
Exchanges.
Among our handsomest exchanges we place the Lehigh Burr. The only fault that can be found with it is a lack of personals.
Williams, Yale and Harvard are for free trade. Columbia and Princeton are on the fence. The Universities of Pennsylvania and California are for Blaine and Logan and protection.
The Hillsdale Herald, a weekly from Hillsdale college, is at hand. It is poorly printed on still poorer paper, and there is a great lack of local news.
Why does the man who sits on the political fence have no point to his platform? Because he could not sit on it if there was a point.
President Robinson, of Brown, deprecates the prominence of athletics in college life. —Ex.
K. S. U. would probably suit him on that point.
The Crescent, a bright and witty monthly from the Hillhouse high school, New Haven, has found its way to our table. Its contents would indicate that its editors are just a trifle love sick.
The Index, from Ann Arbor, is at hand. It is, as it claims to be, a journal of education, literature, criticism and news. The editorial conduct of the paper is in the hands of Professors Winchell, Adams and Payne, of the University of Michigan, and Prof. Douglas, of the University of Wisconsin. Its literary articles and editorials are especially valuable.
Evening School
AT BUSINESS COLLEGE OPENED
Wednesday Eve., Oc'ober 1st, at 7:15 o'clock.
At Our Night School,
The following branches are being taught:
Book-keeping, plain business Penmanship, Mental, Practical and Commercial Arithmetic, Spelling Reading, U. S. History, Algebra, Physical and Intermediate Geography, LetterWriting, Telegraphing, Short-Hand Writing, Ornamental Penmanship.
Same kind of Text Books for English Branches are used as in public schools. Hours of study from 7 to 9 five evenings each week. RATES OF U-TIC MONDAY-SUN FRI SAT-WED THURS FRI-THURS FRI-FRI-THURS FRI-FRI-FRI-THURS FRI-FRI-FRI-
BOOR & McILRAVY,
Principals Lawrence Business College.
B.F.BIGELOW DRUCS.
Pure, fresh and reliable, and prices moderate. A fine assortment of TOILET ARTICLES.
H. W. HAYNE,
Watchmaker and Engraver, 63 Massachusetts Street.
The Merchants' Bank,
Cor. Mass. and Warren Sts.
Takes Student's Deposits, will cash
Drafts, and does a general banking business.
R. G. JAMESON, Cashier.
J. S. CREW & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Books Stationery AND ARTISTS' MATERIALS.
University Students will find a complete stock of
TEXT-BOOKS
And Supplies for School use AT LOWEST PRICES.
TEMPLE of FASHION
1884. FALL. 1884.
The only stock of Merchant Tailoring Goods in the City, and the largest in the State. None but first-class workmen employed, and a fit guaranteed.
McCONNELL,
THE TAILOR.
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P. S.-A discount of 10 per cent. to Students.
Farm Mortgage Co.
THE WESTERN
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.