KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY COURIER
VOL. I.
NON NOBIS SOLUM.
No.1.
University Courier.
A SEMI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
C. C. DART,
EDITORIAL.
GLEN MILLER, MARY GILLMORE,
LOCAL.
J. D. McLAREN,
REVIEW.
CLARA GILLHAM,
PERSONAL.
A. S. RIFFLE,
EXCHANGE.
H. T. SMITH, L. L. DYCHE,
MISCELLANY.
E. A. BROWN, ANNA MURPHY,
LITERARY.
BUSINESS MANAGERS. EDWARD BUTLER, B. K. BRUCE.
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EDITORIAL.
"Ye walls that echo to the tread of either Maryin," I am with you once again, and I doubt not but that my visit will be more beneficial to you than formerly.
For two years I was your constant companion, when being made the victim of a foul conspiracy, my career in this wicked world was suddenly brought to a close and, amid groans and curses, and weeping and gnashing of teeth, I was carried forth and laid in the silent abodes of the dead. The dead tell no tales. So, for two long years, I have been speechless. No word of commendation or reproof has escaped my lips. But, at last, to the joy of my friends and the discomfiture of my enemies, the trumpet of resurrection has sounded and I again stand forth ready to deal honestly and fairly with all men.
I will do what good I can, both for friends and enemies. Death and life have been mine. I lived advocating justice; died at the hand of injustice; and now, am again in the arena determined to fight for the general welfare, as opposed to that of factions.
Hoping that you will have the pleasure of hearing from me every two weeks, until my principles are stamped permanently upon the hearts of every student.
I am still
THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
The COURIER is revived for the purpose of meeting a want that has long been felt in the University. The five hundred students of this school have become tired of patronizing a paper that is published in the interest of some twenty or thirty individuals. They have become thoroughly satisfied that intense partiality and selfishness in a college paper is pre-eminently out of place, and hence they do not hesitate to embark in any new enterprise that has for its object the best interests of the whole body of students.
That the Courier aims to be an enterprise of this character, we are ready to affirm. Those most deeply interested will earnestly endeavor to put the paper on a basis where no party, sect, or faction can gain control of it; where it will be neither a Phi Psi, Beta, I.C., K.A. T., nor Phi Gamma paper, but where it shall be of the students, for the students and by the students. It is proposed to frame the constitution so that there shall always be a number of lady, and non-secret society editors upon the staff. Of course, other parties will have a proper representation. By introducing something of this kind into the constitution, we are confident that it will be impossible for any one clique to "run things."
If it is urged that the University needs and can support but one paper, we reply, that even were this true, one thing is certain, viz; if there is but one paper, it should not be the organ of a narrow one-sided faction. To say that such a paper is all that is needed is manifestly a perversion of the truth; to say that the great majority should submit to and be controlled by a small minority is an imputation on the common sense of the former.
We have met with some opposition and a good deal of encouragement thus far, and we feel that the success of the Courier is assured. But should we fail of establishing a students paper, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that our efforts have not been put forth in an unworthy cause.
The University is taking a high place among the educational institutions of the country. We have one of the best college buildings and our faculty as a rule, understand their business. There is probably no school in the West where better work is being done than in our own. As a general thing our students are in earnest; they come here to gain an education; unlike those who attend colleges in the East, they are often wanting in finances-and consequently are compelled to crowd two or three years work into one.
It is pretty generally conceded, that neither great breadth of culture nor depth of learning can be attained without long and persistent study.
If it were possible, therefore, for more of those who come here to take a full and complete course, they