THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
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COLLEGE WORLD.
A scheme is on foot to give a joint debate concert by the Glee club of K. U. and M. U. Thanksgiving eve , just before the foot ball game,—M. S. U. Tiger.
Knox College celebrated her fifty-eighth birthday on February 15th.
A SERENADE.
Beneath my fair queen's lattice I touch my light guitar,
And play there, while the cat is My echo from afar.
But hark! how softly stealing From yonder window, creeps A long, deep sound, revealing She sleeps, my lady sleeps.
—Yale Record.
There are two Chinese women students in the University of Michigan.
Life is real, life is earnest,
But it might be more sublime.
If we were not kept so busy
Dodging microbes all the time—Ex.
First Footpad—"Say Cully, here comes de cop, an' no chance to run!"
Second Footpad—"Hol' on I'll fix him. "Rip slash! hog wash! by gosh! ham fat! ding dat! raw hoo row!"
Policeman (passing on)—"Them's about the toughest students I ever see.—Ex
Engineering Notes
Will Matteson of Abilene, and Frank Fulton of Marysville two old K. U. students attended the contest. "Matt" says that he is anxious to play foot ball and is coming back next year
The Electrical Seminary will meet hereafter at 12 o'clock every Friday instead of Thursday afternoon. The change was made to avoid conflicts with other work.
Armor went to Olathe Thursday last to attend a party given there that evening.
The Seniors in the physical laboratory are determining the co-efficients of self induction of the large magnet evils.
1. E. Thompson is studing law this term. The flickering and dimness of the Electric lights on Monday was due to slipping of the belts on the machinery. The damp weather caused the belts to stretch.
I. E. Thompson is studing law this term.
Landis reports good success with his test on Penfield's motor.
At the last meeting of the Electrical Seminary the following officers were elected for the term: C. J. Kitzmiller, President; L. N. Marscher, Secretary; Prof. Dunstan, Albers and Schroder, Executive committee.
Prof. Dunstan is conducting some original experiments to determine the time of discharge of residual electricity in a condenser.
Mr. Rice is still giving quizzes to the Seniors in Theory of Electricity.
Economic Seminary.
The Seminary met Monday night and listened to two interesting reports, one by M. S. Bishoff on "England and Gothenburg Licensing System" in the Fortnightly Review, and the other by H. G. Pope on "Our Banking and Currency Plan" in the Social Economist. At the next meeting there will be reports by Messrs. Bowker and Thomas.
The State Lecture Bureau.
A movement is on foot to organize a State Lecture Bureau, the object of which shall be to secure better talent and more regularity in our college lecture courses and to get the entertainments cheaper. Delegates from six of the leading schools of the state met in Topeka last Saturday and perfected a temporary organization. Officers were elected, and the executive committee consisting of the officers, was instructed to draft a provisional constitution and send a copy to each of the lecture Bureaus for confirmation The University Lecture Bureau elected Prof Sayre and Mr. W. C. Dick as their delegates.
The trousers flaunted before the audience at the contest last Friday night, by the Washburnites, forcefully named Baker what the students of the former college would not dare say in plain English A K. U student now has the garment which was so offensive to our methodist brethren, and he expects to present them to the Historical society as a relic of the twelfth annual state contest.
Prof. Miller will lecture before the Lawrence high school March 8 on Astronomy He will illustrate the lecture by means of the Calcium light.