THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
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once and their location was to have been decided upon Thursday. Professor Haworth will construct a map showing the extent of the underflow relied upon as a source of the water to be used in irrigation in the western part of the state. This will probably be carried on in conjunction with the field work done by this department and will furnish summer employment for several students who are working along this line.
The chinch bug department has opened the campaign almost before the festive bug has awakened from his winter's nap. Men have been sent into the field to find when the bugs hiberate and to investigate their winter conditions. As soon as they become active a new method of spreading the infection by means of a spraying aparatus will be tried. In this way it is hoped to destroy those that have survived the winter before they begin to multiply.
Music School Notes.
Prof. Farrell went to Chicago last week to attend the French Opera
Prof Penny will organize a ladies' chorus of trained voices on Friday at five o'clock.
The Music School will not have its spring vacation until the first week in May, when Prof. Penny goes to the Jubilee of choruses.
Prof. Pryer and Mrs. Pryer leave for the East March 29th After this date all music classes which have been held on the hill will be conducted at Music Hall.
The dates of the graduating recitals are as follows: Miss Noyes March 22d, Miss Greissinger March 27th, Miss Bundy April 2d, Miss Soxman April 16th, Miss Lingard May 7th, Miss Wilson May 21st.
The Seminary at Music hall March 20th was conducted by Miss Soxman. Twentythree students were present. Interesting papers on musical composers were read by Misses Spaulding, Miller, Wiedemann and Clark.
There will be a musical lecture by Mr. Louis C. Elson, of Boston, illustrated with vocal and instrumental music Tuesday evening, March 26th, at the School of Fine Arts. The subject of Mr. Elson's lecture "Seven Centuries of English Song," is of the utmost interest to any one at all interested in English history. for every epoch is graphically
illustrated here. The mere naming of a few of the selections will show this clearly. As an example of the old days of monks and monasteries, Mr. Elson sings from a missal seven hundred years old, which he purchased at Chester, England, some years ago; the songs of Shakespeare are sung from old editions; old popular ballads of five hundred years ago are given; the earliest songs of the Roundheads during the English civil war, are sung from a volume printed centries ago, and at one time one of the treasures of Vincent Novello's musical library in London. The songs of the epoch ef Charles II are illustrated from a volume dated 1683, at one time the property of the London Musical Musical Antiquarian Society, and the virginial (piano) pieces of Queen Elizabeth are played from a copy taken from the old manuscript.
The Phi Delts will give a party in Journal hall this evening.
Mrs. Clark has not met her classes this week on account of illness.
A pleasant party was held in the Sigma Nu hall last Friday evening.
Miss Lillian Vincent returned to her home in Clay Center last Monday.
Chancellor McDowell conducted the chapel exercises one morning this week.
The first of the economic debates took place last Friday at 4 o'clock.
The subject of the Greek Symposium for March 21st was "The Sculpure of Praxteles and Shapos.
In Fraternal Aid hall this evening the Sigma Nus will give a reception in honor of Miss Abbey Noyes, who graduates in music.
The manager of the base-ball team has conclude arrangements for a game with the Kansas City Blues on McCook field on the 11th, and also a game in Kansas City on the 24th.
The appointments for the commencement in the School of Arts have been made. They are as follows: Miss Matilda Hendricks, Miss Lucinda Smith and Mr. R. W. Cone. To this list will be added two representatives from the School of Law,and one each from the Schools of Pharmacy and Engineering.