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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
Caldwell's Annual will soon arrive.
Scene in Whittaker's restaurant, Kansas City. (Where the boys "could get all they could eat for fifteen cents") Senior: "Waiter you may bring me oyster soup, biscuit, sweet-potatoes, succotash, roast veal, chicken pie, cocoanut cake, iced lemon, a cup of coffee and a glass of milk." Aside: "Boys this beats club boarding all hollow." Waiter brings ticket printed "Sixty Five Cents." Senior: "Is this for all five?" Waiter: For you sir." Knife and spoon drops from Senior's hand while he gasps in vain endeavor to speak.
The following persons have been selected by the faculty to compete for its three prizes in June—W. Y. Morgan, Joe Curry, Hattie Haskell, B. K. Bruce, Mr. Swickard, Mr. Cook, Gertrude Russ and Glen Miller.
The class of '87 met on the 2nd inst., chose temporary officers and appointed committees to draft a constitution. To be in fashion they should now quarrel over a motto. Curry also should put in an application for Vice-Presidency, an office he has successively filled with the'84, '85 and '86 classes.
We are glad to see that the K. S. U. Musical Association is doing thorough work. The meetings are held in Oread hall, Prof. Marvin and F. H. Clark, acting as leaders.
Most of the classes are taking their review preparatory to the coming examinations.
S. W. Brewster leads the Senior class during the present year. He has obtained an average of 99 per cent. on three of his recitations.
E. A. Brown came up from Kansas City the other day to make up his laboratory practice in Zoology. It is rumored that he and Leach will shortly fight a duel.
The new laboratory to be erected during the Summer will be the best built and the finest equipped of any west of the Mississippi. Thus we will excel the State Agricultural College in the only one point they have ever claimed supercedence—that of facility for chemical work.
We were mistaken in saying that the Orophilians remitted Mr Sullivan's fine.
The Juniors having completed Mediaeval and Modern history, are now listening to a series of lectures from Prof. Canfield. It will be of great benefit to all who have, the last hour, to attend these lectures. The Professors incomparable style renders all interesting that he may say.
Miss Carla Cockins and Miss Dedrich made a shopping tour in Kansas City last Friday.
The Orophilians will give their annual reception in honor of the seniors at the home of Miss Greenameyer next Friday evening.
Thos. H. Rockwell stopped off a few days with University friends on his way home from the Hot Springs. He will return next year.
A. E. Curdy spent a week among his old classmates, returning home on the second inst.
Caldwell will publish the Senior class prophecy in his new annual.
The cases of small pox on this side of the river has spread a panic among a few students who have according left for home.
PERSONAL:
Mr. J. G. Smith has gone to his home in Kansas City for a few days.
"Wallie" Perry has gone to his home at Troy. 'Tis said Small Pox drove him.
Miss Lettie B. Collins has retired from school till Commencement.
Miss Ada Briggs has gone East on a visit; will be back to graduate with her class.
Geo. Smiley has left school.
R. E. Stout has left school to accept a place on the K.C.Times at Wyandotte.
E. A. Brown was up last week to take the Senior Examinations.
C. C. Dart, Editorial, has gone to Old Mexico on the Editorial Excursion as representative of the COURIER.
O. D. Walker was elected to the Ivy Speech in the Senior Class.
P. L. Soper was in the City again—it is so nice to see strange faces(?).
F. D. Hutchings is to "orate" Class Day.
L. H. Leach is instructing an Algebra Class
F. H. Clark has got a new suit all the way from New York.
Brewster expects to leave next week.
F. D. Hutchings is flying around Kansas City.
Prof. Taylor sails for Turkey about July 12th.
Prof. Gleed starts for Europe in July to spend several
Prof. Gleed starts for Europe in July to spend several years.
E. B. Reay was in the city last week on his way to Topeka to engage in work for the summer.
B. S. Hutchings stopped in the city to look up old friends last week.
J. B. Reese will conduct a Normal at Sedan Kansas this summer.
E. D. Goodin of the Law Department has returned to his class.
Walter Britton is a little "ill."
The "Courier" Boom Arrangements for 1884.
Last fall the Courier was started by representatives of every department of the University, upon the one principal of "equality to all," something before unknown in college journalism of the University of Kansas. With this as a foundation, we made a number of other innovations such as, limiting to active students, preventing "pocket" or proxy voting, dividing stock and editors equally among fraternity and non-fraternity men