THE STUDENTS JOURNAL. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE Students Journal Publishing Co. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. E. T. Hackney, Editor-in-Chief. R. L. Stewart, Local Editor. BUSINESS MANAGERS. H. I. Maxwell. S. Olinger. ASSOCIATES. W. N. Logan. Exchanges. E. S. Riggs, Snow Hall. W. L. Gardner, Law. A. V. Schroler, Engineering E. E. Cowman, Chemistry. Pauline Lewelling, Local Anna Edwards, Library. A. McMurray, Local. Daisy Starr, Music Hall. The stock of the STUDENT'S JOURNAL company consists of non-transferable one dollar shares. Any student, instructor or employee of the University may hold one and only one share. Notice- When this paragraph is marked it is to notify you that your subscription is due Please remit at once without further notice. LAWRENCE WORLD, LAWKENCE, KANSA VOL. III. FEBRUARY 22,1895. NO.22 ONE by one the larger institutions of learning are abolishing term examinations. Cornell is the last of our eastern colleges to do away with this primitive method of determining a student's standing In this issue we give the first enstallment of poetry. We are especially thankful to N.N.T. for this endeavor to revive poetic efforts in old K.U We certainly expect to receive much of interest along this line. Send in your poems THE Senior class has taken the initiative, and given the first class party of the collegiate year. It now devolves upon the other classes to do their duty and class spirit and social life in K.U.will be revived.In this connection it might be well to ask what has become of the class of '97? Last year this class gave the first social of the season. We hope that it is not courting the social oblivion which has been the fate of other classes. THE recent election in the Phi Beta Kappa calls to mind the fact that three out of four former editors-in-chief of this paper have been honored by election to this fraternity. This certainly proves that this company has sought to honor men who were good students as well as good editors. We are pleased to note the increased interest taken by the students in the Thursday afternoon music class organized for the purpose of singing college songs. We hope the attendance at these meetings will increase rapidly. Professor Penny is an excellent instructor and the value of the instruction which the student will receive at these meetings can not be estimated. THE Phi Beta Kappa fraternity is to be congratulated upon the result of its recent election in which seven members of the class of '95 were elected to membership in that society. All of the students chosen will be a credit to this collegiate organization. The seven students chosen are: Miss