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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. LIPPINGCOTT, '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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PERSONAL.
The Courier has been accused by some of its opponents of being a personal paper. We accept the compliment. We are glad our position is understood. We mean to be personal, and we hope to say plainly what we mean. Whether it be of student or professor, Greek or "barb," wealthy or poor, we shall say what we think. Those who dislike criticism must not act so as to justify it.
Our policy is not to throw insinuations and then veil ourselves with a screen of generalities. It is not to pass over in silence or with praise that which deserves censure. A turbulent rabble shall not be called "forgetful spirits" or "a harmonious concourse." Such slush is not wanted. The Courier is the representative of the whole body of students and therefore has to favor no particular class. The only way to correct an evil is to exhibit it in the true light. This we shall try to do. Our praise shall be given in the same manner-truthfully, freely, personally. Those who differ in sentiment have our columns at their disposal.
THE LAW STUDENTS.
We are glad to notice that several of the law students have joined the literary societies and are taking an active part in the society work. The feeling has long been prevalent among collegiates that the law department is alien to the University. This feeling arose from the fact that the law students did not mingle with the others. They leave the University in the morning at the time the others arrive. The rest of the day they spend in down town offices where they are seldom seen. In bad weather even the recitations have been conducted in the city. The sessions of the Kent Club and of the moot court are both held away from the University. The "Laws" seldom write anything for the college papers. It is no wonder then that the bond between the collegiates and themselves has been no stronger.
If the "Laws" would all take part in the literary societies the estrangement would cease. Being as a rule good speakers, they would be a great help to the societies. As a lawyer even should know something outside of Blackstone, the literary work would prove an equal value to themselves.
The mania for parties among the various classes, though it may appear baneful from the study side, is most pleasing and encouraging from another point of view. It will do much toward forming and cementing a strong class feeling, something almost unknown in the past. Heretofore it has been too much as we heard expressed by a certain graduate: "I care as little for my class as for a man I have never met." Let the parties go on.
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