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THE CORRIDORS.
The weather has been against our ball players, but enough practice has been had to see that there is plenty of material for a first class nine.
—Among the many valuable additions to the collection of minerals made by Prof. Bailey, are specimens of iron and steel together with the native ores.
—An unusually bright Soph. propounds the following: If the Prof. in the chemistry class asks a question and the student is "not prepared," does the reaction equal zero?
The fourteenth of October, 1881, came off the Rice shot gun party; one year afterward was the Rice club party. This year the stone mansion was duly prepared to resist any attack and passed the fatal day unscathed.
The Oread election of officers was warm and close. Good men were put up and all the fight in the society came to the surface. W.H.Brown was elected president; H.E.Riggs, vice president; W.M. Thacher, secretary; W.L.Little, critic.
-On the afternoon of Oct. 13th, Miss Agnes Emery entertained about twenty-five of her young lady friends, at her residence on Indiana street. The time was pleasantly spent in singing, dancing and conversation—and the lunch, which was so generously provided, formed no unimportant item of the entertainment.
—It was a disappointment, we admit, for L——h (a senior) to be frustrated in his attempts to "scrape" an acquaintance with her, after finding that no one would introduce him; to get as far as the gate and then to be carried away bodily by four of his friends, was enough to try the patience of a saint; but he must remember that every disappointment that he now bears, better fits him to withstand the battles of the future.
The following is taken from an Olathe paper of Oct. 11th: On last Friday afternoon Olathe was given a rare treat by receiving a visit from eighteen of the accomplished and beautiful young lady students of the University of Kansas, who form a society in that institution of learning known as the "I. C." Sorosis. They arrived on the "Calamity" at 2.30 p.m., and from the depot they marched in procession to the residence of Miss Nellie Dow. At six o'clock they were served with supper at the American House. That evening the Sorosis left Mr.Dow's for Mr.Hubbard's west of town, escorted by eighteen of the Olathe boys. The evening was very pleasantly spent in card.playing, dancing, singing, and listening to recitations by Misses Lyons and Meade. Saturday evening the I. C.s held their regular meeting in the parlors of the Eastern Star Lodge. At nine the doors were opened and the young gentleman invited to a "grub"' meeting. Before eating, the I. C.s sang a song of welcome to the Olathe boys, and then passed around the "grub"' in a very unusual manner, but it is said to be the regular I. C. style. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing and pursuing the acquaintances so pleasantly begun the evening before. Sunday morning all of the young ladies attended church. At 2 p.m. the crowd which had spent two evenings so pleasantly together, left Olathe in two large picnic wagons en route for John Collin's, nine miles northwest of Olathe. They arrived there at about 4 p.m. and were received cordially. A good social time, adapted to Sunday, was enjoyed by all. About 10 o'clock the crowd was conveyed to Cedar Junction, where the Sorosis took the train for Lawrence, where they will pursue their studies after a three days pleasure trip. The I. C.s will always be welcome to Olathe. Come again.
ONE OF THE BOYS,