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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
Yale presents to its students 119 elective courses.
Harvard offers 219 courses in liberal arts and sciences. The average student could complete the whole number of courses in 44 years.
Fin de Seicle.
As Providence willed
By her bicycle killed;
"Twas thus her epitaph ran.
In bloomer and cap,
Though sad the mishap.
She went to her death like a man."—Ex.
There seems to be a tendency on the part of those who have charge of the interests of the University now before the legislature to make compromises on the needs of the school, when as a matter of fact there is no margin on which to compromise. While they may be driven to do this as a matter of policy it indicates that the friends of the school are not doing their full duty in securing relief from the crowded condition which now exists. The feeling has prevailed among the students that the regents were altogether too modest in thier requests, and now it is exasperating to hear rumors from Topeka that some of these requests for things, which are essential to a student as light and air, are being withheld until they secure other things that absolutely cannot be refused by the legislature if the state is to keep up a University. When it comes to compromising on standing room for the students the state may as well stop the school, sell the buildings and go out of the business. If Kansas will not even furnish room for the students completing their education she should withdraw from the ranks of progressive American states which maintain public schools There is nothing on which concessions can be made. Students have taken up temporary quarters which barely afford standing room in some classes, with the expectations that they would have suitable facilities in the future and now come rumors of compromises made before the Ways and Means committee. It means the state will offer them room outside the building on the bare ground next year with the increased attendance. At the beginning of another term one thousand Kansans, a number equal to the entire population of many respectable sized Kansas
towns, will be crowded into four buildings for recitations. A chemistry building, a ladies' dormitory, engineering shops and a museum building are imperative necessities not to speak of a fine arts building, a gymnasium or an observatory. The students should place their case before their legislators either by letter or in person.
Dr. S. S. Curry of Boston, gave a very interesting and instructive lecture to the students on last Monday afternoon. His theme was "Oratory." He based his remarks on that sentence of Bacon's which as Dr. Curry says gives the three aims of education: "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man." He said there was too much stress placed on the first aim, the acquisition of facts, and too little placed upon the last two, the giving out of ideas The striving for the first aim gives a man an education of knowledge, but the striving for the other aims gives him an education of power.
At the Seminary held January 30th, at Music hall, Prof. Penny made the following announcements which show that the music school has a world of its own which is filled with good things: Remenyi to-night. Excursion to Topeka February 6, for Art students. Recital at Mrs Snow's February 2nd. Prof. Curry's lectures on Art, Monday and Wednesday evening. He then said "for the first time in five years I turn the Seminary over to some one else. Miss Bund will conduct it." The interesting events of the afternoon were two papers. 1. Listening to music by Miss Leverton. 2. Take heart and intelligence with you. Current events were then discussed. A question box was in charge of Prof. Penny. In response to roll call each one responded with a quotation from a musical composer among which are the following:
"Art demands perfection. Perfect playing in practice makes the Artist."-Landon
"Music is never stationary; successive forms and styles are only like so many resting places, like tents pitched and taken down again on the road to the ideal."
"A musician's real work only begins when he has reached perfection." Mendelssohn.
"Every day that passes without learning something is a day lost."—Beethoven.
"Melody is the very life blood of music." Marz.