THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
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Mr. E. S. Tucker proposes to issue an artistic publication which will be known as "The Lawrence Memorial Album." This will be the sovenir of unveiling the monument to be erected in honor of the victims of the Quantrell raid. At the unveiling of this monument, which will take place May 30th, there will be many visitors in Lawrence to do honor to Kansas early martyrs. The album will open with the early history of Lawrence. As far as possible only photographic reproductions of those early scenes, will be used The reading matter will be confined to explanatory foot notes. The photographic views of Lawrence will comprise views of the following places of interest: University of Kansas, Haskell Institute, county buildings, city schools, churches, society halls, manufacturing and milling industries, railroad facilities, banks, and leading business houses.
A novel series of entertainments has been planned by Miss Georgia Brown for three classes of the Congregational Sunday school. It is in the nature of living pictures, statues with bible subjects and scenes for the characterizations. The entertainments will last three evenings, and beginning on the last Friday night of March the 29th, will be continued on the first two Friday nights in April. Each evening there will be a musical program in which part will be taken by the best talent in Lawrence, and the literary part of the program will be conducted by the best readers in the city. The series consists of readings illustrated by living marble statuary, and on Friday, March 29th, the subject is "The Story of Pilgrims Progress." with Mrs Clark as reader and illustrated by eighteen statues, including the following: Christian (as seen in Bunyan's dream) Christian with his family, Christian and Evangelist, Christian before the wicket gate, Christian before the cross, Christian and the Angels. On April 5th there will be "An evening with the Bible" with reading by Mrs. Emery, and with nineteen statues including the Archangel Victor, Expulsion of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, The Deluge, Abraham entertaining three Angels, Trial of the faith of Abraham. On April 12th the same subject will be concluded with Mrs. Weaver as reader and with nineteen statues including Naomi and her daughter-
in-law, The Judgment of Solomon, The Annunciation, The Announcement to the Shepherds, Mary Magdaline, The Angel at the Sepulcher. The arrangement of this series of illustrated readings has cost months of study, and no pains will be spared to make it as near perfection as possible It is intended to instruct and uplift, and is in perfect touch with the lenten season A season ticket for these entertainments can be secured for $1.
Chemical and Mineralogical Seminary.
Thursday, March 13, 1895. At this meeting C. E. McClung told something in regard to the use of the combined bath in photography. This combined bath is one bath for "fixing" and for "toning" prints. It has some advantages of greater convenience in manipulation, but these are not sufficient to recommend it, as the results are often not satisfactory, and the prints change color after a short time.
Di azo compounds was the subject of a report by V. L Leighton. This was a resume of what has been done in this field during the past few years, especially in Germany. E. C. Franklin read an extract showing the absurdity of the newspaper report on the new gas argon. L. E. Sayre reported on the formation of acetylene, an illuminating gas from calcium carbide and water, and spoke of the possibility of getting gas at seven cents per thousand feet.
The Pronouncing Contest
At 4 o'clock on Friday there was a goodly number of students and friends of the contestants assembled to enjoy the most unique contest of the year. The contestants were: Seniors, Mr. Frank Messenger and Miss Gill: Sophomores, Misses Bird, Ayers, Howland, Poff, Gardner and Bowersock, and Messrs. Engle. McCrosky, and McMurray: Freshman, Messrs. Ewing, Glick and Souder, and Miss Olds. The junior class failed to have a representative, which fact was a cause of some disappointment to many of the students.
The contest was divided into two parts. During the first half each contestant had nine words to pronounce, after having them spelled. Mr. Glick was the only contestant who pronounced each word correctly in the first half The following is a list of the