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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
WHILE our team did not win the game yesterday still the ability shown by the different in dividual players promise much, as soon as they have sufficient team practice to get acquanted wity each others movements. Let every one give the boys encourgement and K.U. will certanly carry off the honors on the college diamond.
It is indeed strange that in this University, where nearly seventy-five per cent. of the students intend to enter the professions, that so little interest is taken in debating clubs and literary societies. Nearly every college man who has ever attained any prominence in public life, or in the professions, has been enthusiastic in his praise for the work done and experience obtained as a member of a college debating club or literary society It was President Garfield who said "had it not been for the training in debate and the knowledge of debate that I acquired in my college debating society, I should have been utterly unable to assume the presidency of the Ohio senate." Why not make permanent the present temporary organizations and organize new ones to be ready to enter the strife next fall and revive the drooping spirit of K. U. along this line.
PROFESSOR Blackmar recently called the attention of his class in taxation to the indifference manifested by the students to the speakers of note who appear on the University rostrum. This is a text from which could well be preached an extremely profitable sermon to the entire school. As the Prof. remarkad, we seem to be unable to leave behind the high school trend and enter into the broad Catholic spirit which makes a University education truly valuable. How many of us but will regret that we did not take advantage of the chance to hear this or that noted man. Let there be more interest manifested, and there will be any number of Kansas' ablest sons who will gladly give us the results of their experiments and investigations. Not only this, but the faculty will take more interest in making the student body more familiar with their discoveries and thus make the course far more comprehensive and valuable to us in after life.
THE Normal students and normal people generally are venting their spleen upon the Interstate Oratorical Executive committee for calling on Mr. Sankey to represent Kansas. This is certainly unjust to the committee as it has been certain all along that Mr. Woodsides would not be permitted to represent us. So that instead of curses the executive committee deserve the praise not only of the Normal but of all Kansas as well. Kansas is duly thankful to the committee for assisting her in the unfortunate complications and thus permitting us to remain in the association.
THE SPRING ORATORICAL CONTEST.
Students, you can put to shame that despicable set of dudes, sports and petty politicians, who are constantly demanding that Kansas University desist from all attempt at oratory. Let this be a preliminary test of strength for next winter's contest. If the student body will only show the proper spirit, Kansas University can easily carry off the honors in the interstate contest at Topeka next year. Let Kansas University orators have your encouragement and they will make the crimson all powerful on the rostrum as well as on the Gridiron and Diamond.
JOCKEY CLUB MEET
The Gents had charge of first meet, which was given Thursday April 11, in the Driving park south of town, were Clarence Spellman, Jas Harding, and C. E. Hagerty as judges; J. Usher and D. D. Gear as timers: Sam Usher starter, and Rob Manley had charge of the bicycle races. The first was the Lawrence "Derby"Domino, ridden by Jockey Edwards, won the race, times 28 seconds, with Maid Marion a close second Senator Morrill third and Dobbins fourth. Dobbins came in third but was moved back because of foul work on the home stretch Jockey Jack Morgan, the rider of Senator Morrill, made a decided hit by riding the finish perched on the neck of his firy steed.
The novice bicycle race for a quarter of a mile had four entries, Thrashes, Motter. Fletcher and Sweezy- Thrasher won easily in 1:34 with the others in the order named.