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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
PERSONAL.
W. S. Whirlow, our miscellany editor, spent Christmas at his home in Vinland.
Gov. Teats, of Abilene, a former law student of K. S. U., visited the University during the past week.
Mr. Crumpton, of Larned, left school to attend the funeral of his mother last Wednesday.
L. H. Leach departed for Kansas City on Thursday to take a position on the Kansas City Times.
Miss Alice Litchfield, who has been absent from the University for some time, returned Friday.
Miss Carrie Watson, our librarian, spent a few days visiting in Kansas City last week.
E. E. Ritchie, '85, who has been absent during the present year, paid the University a short visit a few days ago.
Prof. Snow will address the Normal literary society at their next meeting.
Prof. J. W. Gleed delivered his lecture on "Paul and Plato" before a good audience Tuesday at the Unitarian church.
Harry Lewers, an old student of the University, now a citizen of Cawker City, was in the city on the 16th inst.
Stuart O. Henry, well-known among the older students and the professors, spent a few days in the city.
W. H. Simpson made a visit to Lawrence on the 15th. Not "periodically."
Herbert Crandall, one of the boys of '79 was in town last Friday.
Miss Bertie Neisley entertained very pleasantly a company of young people at her home on the 16th inst.
Miss Clara Hunsicker is now a member of the I. C. Sorosis.
Mr. Charles Hall, of the Freshman class, has been lately initiated into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Miss Mary Boles, daughter of ex-Superintendent of Schools, J. W. Boles, has left K. S. U. to accept a position at Austin, Tex.
Mr. E. A. Munsell "disapproves" of the choice of Robt. G. Ingersoll.
W. J. Lutz, '84, who has been spending some time at his home in Beloit, will return to the University soon.
W. J. Moore, late of the class of '85, is now in the A., T. & S. F. R. R. offices at Topeka.
Cora Pierson, '84, went to Topeka last Friday to visit friends.
Clara Greenameyer, '86, was out of school several days last week on account of sickness.
Jennie Sutliff, '85, has been quit till.
Harry Kelly, a last year's student, visited the University last week.
Mr. Hicks has left the University.
Frank D. Hutchins, '83, attended the inaugural ceremonies at Topeka.
Don Juan Rankin, '81, visited the Engineer's Society on the 12th.
Frank Prentiss, a former student of K. S. U. visited the University, Monday.
Bessie Gray will not return to K. S. U.
W. S. Whirlow, our miscellany editor, spent Christmas at his home in Vinland.
Gov. Teats, of Abilene, a former law student of K. S. U., visited the University during the past week.
Mr. Crumpton, of Larned, left school to attend the funeral of his mother last Wednesday.
L. H. Leach departed for Kansas City on Thursday to take a position on the Kansas City Times.
Miss Alice Litchfield, who has been absent from the University for some time, returned Friday.
Miss Carrie Watson, our librarian, spent a few days visiting in Kansas City last week.
E. E. Ritchie, '85, who has been absent during the present year. paid the University a short visit a few days ago.
Prof. Snow will address the Normal literary society at their next meeting.
Prof. J. W. Gleed delivered his lecture on "Paul and Plato" before a good audience Tuesday at the Unitarian church.
Harry Lewers, an old student of the University, now a citizen of Cawker City, was in the city on the 16th inst.
Stuart O. Henry, well-known among the older students and the professors, spent a few days in the city.
W. H. Simpson made a visit to Lawrence on the 15th. Not "periodically."
Herbert Crandall, one of the boys of 79 was in town last Friday.
Miss Bertie Neisley entertained very pleasantly a company of young people at her home on the 16th inst.
Miss Clara Hunsiecker is now a member of the I. C. Sorosis.
Mr. Charles Hall, of the Freshman class, has been lately initiated into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Miss Mary Boles, daughter of ex-Superintendent of Schools, J. W. Boles, has left K. S. U. to accept a position at Austin, Tex.
Mr. E. A. Munsell "disapproves" of the choice of Robt. G. Ingersoll.
W. J. Lutz, 84, who has been spending some time at his home in Beloit, will return to the University soon.
W. J. Moore, late of the class of '85, is now in the A., T. & S. F. R. R. offices at Topeka.
Cora Pierson, '84, went to Topeka last Friday to visit friends.
Clara Greenameyer, 186, was out of school several days last week on account of sickness.
Jennie Sutliff, '85, has been quit ill.
Harry Kelly, a last year's student, visited the University last week.
Mr. Hicks has left the University.
Frank D. Hutchins, 183. attended the inaugural ceremonies at Topeka.
Don Juan Rankin, '81. visited the Engineer's Society on the 12th.
Frank Prentiss, a former student of K. S. U. visited the University, Monday.
MISCELLANY.
Bessie Gray will not return to K. S. U.
ALL SORTS.
The Dartmouth claims that thirty per cent. of the students of that college are skeptics.
The Junior class of Swarthmore college have invested in "mortar boards." We hope they will become more popular there than they did last year at the K. S. U.
A candidate for membership in the society of Free Masons needs plenty of backbone ; but a candidate for membership in a Greek letter fraternity at the K. S. U. needs a strong jaw bone.
Hamilton Female College claims to have a girl with twenty-five sets of false frizzes. We used to have one that could beat that, but, alas! She's gone.
The Delta Gammas will probably hold their national convention in May, at Akron, Ohio, instead of Franklin. Indiana.
The wheels of progress still roll on. Greek is no longer required at Cambridge.
The twenty-fourth annual contest between the Philadelphia and Eccritean societies of Monmouth college, took place December 21st. The judges gave their decision in favor of the Philadelphia. The score of the judges was published. This is what we would like to see in our own contests. We do not see any objection to publishing the score. Many would like to know just how each performer is graded; and each performer would like to know whether he helped to win or lose the victory.
COLLEGE NOTES.
Yale College has no literary societies.
The oldest acting college Professor in the United States, is A. S. Packard. of Bowdoin College. He is eighty-four years old.
Sixty millions of dollars have been contributed by individual donations for colleges in the United States in the last ten years.
A daily paper will be published at Dartmouth during the remainder of the term.—Beacon.
The salaries of the new Professors of the University of Texas, range from $4,000 down to $2,500.
Canada has forty colleges, United States thirty-five and England 1,300
The managing editor of the Tuftonian is chosen by the Faculty.
The recent convention of French schoolboys, presided over by Victor Hugo, demanded the abolition of examinations and the marking system. They will next demand an abolition of all schools perhaps.
Professor Nichol, of Glasgow University, has in the press a work on American literature, which will bring under review the writers of America from the Colonial period down to the present time.
Allegheny College, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, was almost wholly destroyed by fire on December 7. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, and there seems to be a suspicion entertained by the faculty against some of the students.
The will of the late James Laughlin, ef Pittsburg. Pa., directs the payment from his estate of $15,000 to the Pennsylvania Female College, $10,000 to the Western Theological Seminary, and $5,000 to the Western University.