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EDITORIAL.
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
A SEMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF
THE STUDENTS
OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
EDITORS
PERLEE R. BENNETT, '86. Fortnight.
AGNES EMERY, '84. Literary.
H. T. GRAHAM, '86.
GLEN L. MILLER, '84. Editorial.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT, '85. Scientific.
G. M. WALKER, '85.
E. E. RITCHIE, '86. Views.
CHAS. METCALFE, '84. Normal.
J. E. CURRY, '86. Swaps.
NETTIE BROWN, '86. Personal.
W. Y. MORGAN, '85. The Corridors
NETTIE HUBBARD, '85.
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UP AGAIN.
The sorrow expressed by students last summer at the removal of Dr. Marvin from the chancellorship of the University, will find a corresponding joy at his recent appointment to the superintendency of the Indian school here. We have before expressed our high appreciation of his work as friend, guide and instructor of the students. We cannot but believe that the administration of his new trust will be fully as exemplary.
The Lawrence Indian school will be one of great importance. A system of Indian education in the west has been a favorite idea of Secretary Teller and he has expressed a special interest in the welfare of the school at this place. Heretofore the Indian youths have been taken to Carlisle, Pa., for training. It has been said that the people of the west are hostile to Indian education. It is claimed that this, together with the close
proximity of the Territory, will operate against western institutions. Consequently the experiment here will be watched with much interest.
Every facility has been offered in the way of accommodations. There are three large, stout buildings, all to be heated by steam. The center one is to be used for school work, and those at the sides as dormitories. The training will be mostly of an industrial kind, including domestic, agricultural and mechanical labor. The superintendency of such an institution, in its infancy, will require a peculiar ability and tact. Under Dr. Marvin's management the school can hardly be otherwise than successful.
Owing to the overcrowded condition of the physiology class, Prof. Snow has this year excluded all students who are not required to take the study. This leaves only the regular Juniors and third year Normals. Considering the small proportion of students who reach the Junior year, and the general importance of physiology as a study, we think it should be placed lower in the course. To the average person a knowledge of the human body is of almost as much importance as that of weeds or flowers.
AMERICAN LITERATURE.
Prof. Spring has applied to the Regents for the insertion of American Literature, as a study, in the English Department. Cornell has a professorship of American Literature, but with the exception of this institution it is little taught in our colleges. Kansas University is taking a foremost place in the study of subjects pertaining strictly to America.
Lawrence has become the educational center of the west. It has the University the Business College, the Idiotic Asylum and the Indian School. You pay your money and take your choice.