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Miss Alice Bartell's sickness has developed into a most serious case.
A large number of gentlemen have been compelled to leave the University to attend to home duties. Unlike former years, the loss has almost been made up by a corresponding gain of new students.
Geo. C. Harding has left the University to accept a position in a Leavenworth drug store.
Mettner has a fine group picture of the Business College graduates.
Chas. A. Gardner, the celebrated German delineator, will play at the opera house next Thursday evening, March 22nd. All our students who want to take a hearty laugh should attend, particularly the German students. The Baltimore Gazette says: "Chas. A. Gardner, who plays Sargeant, will be remembered as the Dutch comedian who won such fame in the "Hearts of Steel." He is the acknowledged rival in his Dutch specialties of Fritz Emmett, and a worthy rival he is, too."
Two new dailies, the Head Centre and the Kansas Herald, have started in Lawrence. The Troy Chief says; "Lawrence has the poorest outfit of newspapers of any town of its size in America."
It is reported that several alliances contracted among students a long time since, are to be consummated this spring.
THE CENTURY DICTIONARY.—The Century Company have undertaken the revision of the Imperial Dictionary," a new edition of which, containing 130,000 words, with extensive and important alterations, has just been issued in Great Britain, after a labor of ten years by English experts. The revision is under the charge of Professor William D. Whitney, of Yale, as editer-inchief, aided by a corps of assistants. It will be thorough in every respect, and, in fact, may almost be considered a new and original work, taking the "Imperial Dictionary" simply as a basis. As many American scholars will probably wish to have a copy of the English edition without any change or revision, and as several years must elapse before the work of revision can be completed, an arrangement has been made by the Century Company for issuing the "Imperial Dictionary" in its present form in the American market. This edition was announced for publication in December, but it will not be ready until March first.
Messrs. Chamberlain, Higgins, Howe, Fellows and Sterling, and the Misses Smith, Sands, Addie Sutliff and Haskell are in the Plymouth church choir.
Great credit is due to Professor and Mrs. Carruth for the high excellence attained by the German society under their care. There are now in the society about nine regular attending members, who have become quite fluent in the German tongue. Translating from text books in large classes unfortunately furnishes little opportunity for learning conversation. Prof. Carruth has devoted much attention to the society, which meets each Friday evening at his residence. The exercises consist of readings, declamations, essays orations and debates, all confined strictly to the German language.
Several of our University fair ones are suffering from sickness.
Bates & Field have always given satisfaction. If you want Stationary, Books, or anything in their line don't fail to give them a call.
The first half of the session will end on the 27th of this month.
The Riverside Studio is the place to "git yer picters tuck."
Geo Walker is again able to come up Mt. Oread. His first visit was to cast a vote in his society on the second inst.
Mettner is doing fine work for the students.
Between the excitement of electioneering and looking up delinquencies to which some of the faculty called attention, the poor Seniors have had little sleep during the past week. But a better time is coming,-about June.
Last Friday morning the students in chapel were addressed by Senator Riddle and Noble Prentis. There have been many men of greater renown on our rostrum, but none, we believe, ever put their audience in a better humor or made a better impression. Not a word was said about "climbing this noble hill of science" or "the great educational privileges you enjoy" or any of the time worn phrases we are accustomed to hear. Senator Riddle put the students into a loud laugh which removed half the weight of the day's lessons. There is no use to speak of Prentiss. Every Kansan knows him, and has read him, and has laughed over him. There is not another man in the world like Prentiss. Lawrence boasts of him as among that long list of noted men, "formerly from our place."
We dislike to be always speaking of those Seniors; but we venture to remark that they have made their arrangements to have their photos taken. As Brewster is the senior of the Seniors, in the light of a recent family event at home, he ought to be the central figure in the annual group. Besides this, he was the first one of the present class in the University.
Mettner will give rates to those clubbing together to get their pictures taken.
The lawyers hold regular sessions of moot court at Judge Summerfield's office.
Picture Frames and artist's materials at Bates & Field's. A complete stock of the above and prices low.
Mr. Davis writes for the Kansas City Journal, John Sullivan for the Times, W. C. Spangler for the Lawrence Journal, W. Y. Morgan for the Head Center. Next!
The new chemical laboratory will be erected in the rear of the main building.
Ladies, if you are contemplating buying a new Hat for the spring season, just wait for Mrs. Gardner's new stock.
Lawrence was relieved by the Legislature of the one hundred thousand dollars voted in aid of the University.
The Orophilians lose another member in the person of John Finley, who left school last week. He will keep up his studies and return next week.
Mrs. Gardner will have the finest stock of Millinery Goods in the city.
For the ninety-ninth time the Oreads propose to have a carpet. We remember when the members desired Mr. Meservey to write up the history of the society two years ago, he promised to have it ready in about a month, as a dedication of the new carpet. But Meservey has gone and the carpet has not come.