THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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THE POWERS THAT BE.
The prospects for an interesting lecture course this winter are unusually fine. Besides the customary lectures upon general and scientific subjects, we are promised a course of lectures upon law, and already several eminent jurists of the State have been invited to deliver lectures upon legal subjects, and will probably accept.
Probably in no other University or College is there so free an intercourse between Professors and students as in our University. When a new student enters the University he is taken kindly by the hand and made to feel at home. He goes to any of the Professors when he wishes advice on any subject, whether connected with his studies or not. He does not feel as though a Professor is a superior being, only to be approached in the recitation room, but rather that he is a parent or guardian, ever ready and willing to help him.
Prof. Canfield has recently begun a series of lectures upon the subject of Commercial Law. The lectures are to be delivered in University Hall on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, at the fourth hour, and are open to all. Although not a part of the regular course in the Law Department these lectures come in good time and will be productive of much benefit, not only to those contemplating a law course, but to all students who intend to adopt this country as their place of abode. The Professor, on account of his knowledge and experience in the legal profession, is well adapted to handle the subject which he has chosen.
At the last meeting of the Board of Regents, it was decided to organize the Law Department of the University, as provided by law. The Department will be opened November 1st, and will be conducted by Hon. J.W. Greene, of Lawrence, who is a graduate of Williams College, and a gentleman well qualified for the position to which he has been elected Mr. Greene has had a large and varied practice in Kansas, and formerly in the State of New York. For students of the University, the tuition has been placed at ten dollars; for others, fifteen. A large number of students will enter the first class. This is a step in the right direction, and we predict for our University a bright future.
Prof. Snow has recently received an offer of a chair in Williams College at a salary of $2200 per annum. The Professor is one of the fixtures of our institution, having been a member of the Faculty ever since the organization of the University in 1866. He has been an incessant worker, having done as much as any one man in making the University what it is to-day. He is not working for money but for the University of Kansas. He has repeatedly been the recipient of offers similar to the above and has as often refused them, preferring to remain in the institution which he has been so instrumental in building. Prof. Snow has remained with the University of Kansas when her prospects were far from encouraging, and he is not likely to desert her now when a bright and glorious future is dawning, and when she is in sight of the promised land.
ELSEWHERE.
Vassar College has two Japanese girls as students.
Amherst College has a freshman class of 105 members.
Princeton College opens its 133d year with an increased attendance.
President White, of Cornell University, has returned from Europe.
A new school house is to be built at St. Charles, Mich., at a cost of $10,000.
Dr. Hendrix, of Central College, reports that the prospects of the college are excellent. A hundred students have already matriculated.
W. S. Waddell, Professor of Languages in the University of Georgia, died, September 19, at Wellford, South Carolina, on his return from Saratoga Springs.
Mr. Fournier, the botanist, finds in Mexico 638 varieties of grasses, of which 376 are found in no other land. Of the remainder, 82 are found in the United States; 30 on the other side of the Atlantic, and the rest in the West Indies, South and Central America.
PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTS.
The human lungs reverberate sometimes with great velocity,
When windy individuals indulge in much verbosity;
They have to twirl the glottis sixty thousand times a minute,
And punch and push the diaphragm as though the deuce were in it.
CHORUS.— The pharynx now goes up;
The larynx, with a slam,
Ejects a note
From out the throat,
Pushed by the diaphragm.
— Harvard College Advocate.
The human lungs reverberate sometimes with great velocity.
When windy individuals indulge in much
verbosity ;
They have to twirl the glottis sixty thousand times a minute.
And punch and push the diaphragm as though the deuce were in it.
CHORUS.—The pharynx now goes up;
The larynx, with a slam,
Ejects a note
From out the throat,
Pushed by the diaphragm.
—Harvard College Advocate.
DIRECTORY.
W. W. FLUKE,
MUSIC STORE, AND DEALER IN ORGANS,
Pianos, and Singer Sewing Machines.
W. W. FLUKE,
BROMELSICK.
DEALER IN HATS AND CAPS, AND GENT'S Furnishing Goods.
HUTSON & KLOCK.
DESTAURANT AND MANUFACTURING CONfectioners.
H. W. MACAULAY.
A. G. MENGER.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN BOOTS and Shoes.
H. W. MACAULAY,
LAWRENCE BUSINESS COLLEGE. THORough Business Course.
DAKER CO
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF COAL Office No. 110 Massachusetts Street.
Crystal Palace Barber Shop OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, UNDER NATIONAL BANK.
MITCHELL & HORNE, Proprietors.
JAS. DONNELLY,
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
Cor. Winthrop and New Hampshire Sts.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
1878.
FALL SESSION COMMENCED SEPT. 11.
Full course of study in Ancient and Modern Languages, in Metaphysics and Political Science, in Mathematics, in Natural Sciences, in English Literature and History, in Civil Engineering Special courses in Natural History and Chemistry. A higher course of Normal Instruction for Professional Teachers.
A COURSE OF LECTURES
On various topics, embracing Science, Literature. Art, and Law, by some of the most eminent men in the State.
MUSIC.
Vocal, Piano, and Organ, by a competent instructor For any desired information, write to J.MARVIN, Chancellor, Lawrence, Kansas.