UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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Over a hundred students at "Minnie Hauk."
Mettner is daily adding new features to the Riverside Studio.
The Preparatory literary society is meeting with great success.
The competition for the Courier prizes is strong among Freshmen.
Remember, Rromelsick will lead in spring styles.
From all reports the I. C. banquet to the Kappa Alpha Theta's was one of the jolliest affairs of the season.
The Courier's genial secretary, J. P. Jack, has been confined to his bed for some time, but hopes to soon be with the boys again.
The finest groups ever taken in the city, are to be found at Francis Mettner's studio.
Geo. R. Peck, of Topeka, was reappointed Regent for our University, thus filling the last vacancy on the Board.
There is said to be an unusual rivalry for the Mathematical prize. As the time rolls by new candidates continue to appear. The recent examination killed off a number of aspirants.
Crew will send for anything you want.
Later. The thing is decided. Hugh Richards carried off the prize (to Old Mexico).
Owing to the urgent professional duties of Hon. S. A. Riggs, his lecture on railroad monopolies has been postponed.
Mettner will make you prices for class pictures.
Prof. Lehman, of the Music department, acted as accompany for the "Minnie Hauk" troupe and won many compliments from the audience.
A very pleasant party was given last week by the Misses Mollie and Nellie Thacher in honor of their cousin, Miss Carrie Gillmore, of New York.
German students, if you would like a good translation of Gœthe's or Schiller's works, ask for Crowel's red-line edition at Bate's & Field's.
The prospect is very favorable at the present time both for the new observatory and the laboratory buildings.
On the thirteenth inst., J. L. Boles and Miss Nellie E. Eidemiller, both "formerly of the University," were married to each other. We wish the young couple, Boles full of happiness.
Notice the show windows of Crew and Bates & Field if you want to see some of Mettner's fine work in Photography.
Haverley's "Merry War" Opera Company, which so delighted the Lawrence people a few weeks ago, has agreed to return and repeat its entertainment next Monday night.
"Honors" seem too "easy" this year, almost enough to go the entire rounds. There are four rhetorical prizes offered by the Courier, one Mathematical prize, one scholarship prize, one prize offered for best essay on "Civil Service," the Crew prize, the Bates prize, three Faculty prizes, six positions already filled in the Normal society, seven to fill in the Oreads, six in the Orophilians, six editors to elect from the classes and three from the literary societies for the annual magazine, six representatives selected by the Faculty for Commencement day, the rest of the Seniors to be distributed for class day and last, but far from least, some Junior to receive the knocked-in, grease-bedaubed, time-defying hat from the Seniors—in all a little over sixty positions.
Last week Fred. Stocks and W.M. Thacher left for Pittsburgh, Pa., to represent "Kansas Alpha" in the triennial conclave of Phi Kappa Psi. This week the Misses Cora Pierson and Kate Ridenour bore greetings to their parent chapter at Greencastle, Ind., and will there compare notes with their fair sisters of other States The various fraternities may feel proud of their Kansas representatives.
The latest version of Joan of Arc as developed in the History class,is, that instead of burning at the stake she ran off and got married, the same as modern girls.
Stationary at Bates & Field's.
"Kikkabe," will not be the name of the new Annual, so says Caldwell, but whatever he may call it look out for Bromelsick's add. He always patronizes the students liberally and is deserving of their trade.
Crew still offers a fine large stock of everything needed by students.
Whatever else the Regents may do, one thing is certain, they will not have power to keep the students from patronizing such an old reliable house as is the Shirt Depot, kept by Mr. Bromelsick.
Bargains in all winter goods at Bromelsick's.
Students attending "Sam'l of Posen" next Friday night had better double sew the buttons on their clothing. The New York Telegram says, "Mr. M. B. Curtis is the only artist on the stage who has the ability to produce a local Hebrew identity with sustained fidelity on the stage. His costumes are marvels in their way. He will undoubtedly set the young men of this and other cities wild."
A fine stock of red-line poets at Bates & Field's.
The lecture of Col. Lewis Hanback delivered here, was not written in blank verse as some suppose, but consisted to a great extent of a multitude of poetical quotations aptly woven in the discourse.
The K. S. U. girls having no gymnasium, spend a portion of their vacant hours dancing.
The agony in the Normal society is over. The June representatives are: President, of evening, Geo. E. Rose; orator, J. L. Shearer; declaimer, Miss Annie Fay; essay, Miss Cloe Haworth; debators, Olin Templin and Miss Gano.
Classical students having the second hour vacant, take advantage of the class in Latin conversation.
Sickness and the desire for rest has kept a number of students away from their studies the past week.
Lost. On Tennessee street, a cuff with moss agate cuff button. The finder will oblige by leaving it at the clerk's office.
The appropriation of $12,000 asked by the State Normal School was cut down to $7,775.00 by the House committee.
T. H. Rockwell writes that he is again well and wil soon start for the Hot Springs, Ark., stopping off here, on his way, to see the boys.
The Y. M. C. A. are about to organize an auxiliary society of young ladies.