THE STUDENTS JOURNAL. 7 The Junior promenade on the 27th was a decided hit. Mrs. Loader is visiting her daughter, Miss Effie Loader. Mr. D. J. Fair is enjoying a short visit from his mother. A number of University students went to Kansas City to hear Keene. Miss Leland, of Troy, is in the city, the guest of Miss Anna Edwards. Miss Nellie Morsis visited Miss Powell Hudson when at the contest this week. The time of meeting of the Y. M. C. A. has been changed from Thursday to Tuesday. The G. A. R's. held an enthusiastic meeting in the University chapel on Tuesday P. M. Last Wednesday evening at Armory hall the Sons of Veterans entertained in honor of their visiting brothers. Wm. J. Coleman class of '95, who has been in Southern California for the past year, is making K. U. a short visit this week. A down town business man has adopted the unique method of using blue prints from University subjects for advertising purposes. Prof. Carrath is having a series of lantern slides made illustrating German national constumes to be used in class and extension lectures. Tuesday was a busy day for Lawrence. The red, green, blue and summer street cars could all be seen on Tennessee street throughout the afternoon. The members of the Oratorical Association, who so earnestly advocated the withdrawal of the local association from that of the state, have been exceedingly quiet since the contest. The Phi Psis gave a pleasant party in Fraternal Aid hall on Friday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated in the fraternity colors and all the guests report a delightful time. The Junior promenade on the 27th was a decided hit. Mrs. Loader is visiting her daughter Miss Effie Loader. Mr. D. J. Fair is enjoyiug a short visit from his mother. A number of University students went to Kansas City to hear Keene. Miss Leland, of Troy, is in the city, the guest of Miss Anna Edwards. Miss Nellie Morsis visited Miss Powell Hudson when at the contest this week. The time of meeting of the Y. M. C. A. has been changed from Thursday to Tuesday. The G. A. R's. held an enthusiastic meeting in the University chapel on Tuesday P.M. Last Wednesday evening at Armory hall the Sons of Veterans entertained in honor of their visiting brothers. Wm. J. Coleman class of '95, who has been in Southern California for the past year, is making K. U. a short visit this week. A down town business man has adopted the unique method of using blue prints from University subjects for advertising purposes. Prof. Carruth is having a series of lantern slides made illustrating German national constumes to be used in class and extension lectures. Tuesday was a busy day for Lawrence. The red, green, blue and summer street cars could all be seen on Tennessee street throughout the afternoon. The members of the Oratorical Association, who so earnestly advocated the withdrawal of the local association from that of the state, have been exceedingly quiet since the contest. Invitations are out for a large party to be given March 8, by the I. Y. L. The Phi Psis gave a pleasant party in Fraternal Aid hall on Friday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated in the fraternity colors and all the guests report a delightful time. The state legislature failed to grant the University the buildings which she so much needed The bill appropriating $100,000 for the running expenses of the University was passed Friday afternoon. Messrs. Taylor, Baldridge, and Plumb, walked to Topeka last Friday, and returned after the contest on the excursion train. Should the locals of the Courier be more meritorious this week than usual, please give the STUDENTS JOURNAL credit for that change, as the copy for the latter paper was accidently placed on the wrong hook. The language conference rendered a most interesting program Friday afternoon of this week The lives and works of some of the literary men who have died during the past year The lives of Robert L Stevenson, Zelia Thaxter, Laine, Prof. Wm. Smith and Prof Whitney were discussed respectively by F H Jones, Miss Mabel Rogers, Prof. Robinson, Miss Hellen Perry, Prof Wilcox, and Miss Hendrix. A preliminary contest between Baker and K. U.—Ottawa combined took place at the Santa Fe depot of Lawrence, on the afternoon of the 22nd. The issue of this conflict proved that in muscle as well as in oratory, Baker isn't in it. Dr. Williston has just completed arangements with Mr. Hatcher of Princeton by which he is to exchange duplicate Kansas fossils for the material necessary to complete a series of White River fauna. This material will consist of eighteen specimens in good condition and will be a valuable addition to our museum. At a meeting of the delegates of the college represented in the State Oratorical association, on Saturday morning the following officers were elected: President, A. A. Parker, of Winfield College; Vice-president, C.H. Lease, of State University; Secretary and Treasurer, E.M. Fowler, of Ottawa University. The Midland college at Atchison lacked one vote of being admitted into the association.