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cutspoken supporter, whose influence will be exerted toward placing it in the very first rank of American universities. Governor Morrill is proud of the past and confidently hopeful for the future of Kansas University. So are we all: so must be every loyal inhabitant of the Sunflewer State.
In another part of this issue will be found an important announcement concerning the joint debate. The arrangements for the preliminary debate are there published, with the names of the debaters. The men who are to take part should exert every effort to develop themselves in order to defend ably the honor of Kansas University and, by winning fame for the institution, to reflect credit upon themselves. All students should endeavor, in every way possible to assist and encourage the debaters.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Governor Morrill's position in regard to the University is clearly shown in the following extract from his message to the legislature. "The superior institutions of learning are receiving an attention that was never before bestowed upon them in the history of the country, and there is a spirit of emulation awakening in most of the states to place the state university upon a high plane. Our universities has always been the pride of Kansas, and it should be the purpose of our state to make it a great university in the widest sense of the term, equal to any in the United States. The University has already accomplished a wonderful work. It has an able and an enthusiastic faculty, and its business matters have been managed with signal ability. It is the pride of every Kansan who appreciates its great worth, and it is bad policy and worse economy to withhold from it any needed aid."
Glee and Banjo Club.
The club returned to Lawrence last Sunday after a trip of a little more than three weeks through Kansas and Oklahoma. Everywhere the boys have been well received, their entertainments have given satisfaction and the boys have been very hospitably cared for. Financially, as well as musically and socially, the trip has been a very successful one. Tonight the club gives a concert in the Opera House which should be well attended by the students and town-people. The club still has several dates for towns near Lawrence.
STUDY WINDOW
Pennsylvania Letter.
Vacation has come and gone and the unfortunates who live in Australia, Central America. and—Kansas have had the pleasure of spending the holidays in Philadelphia or New York. We have, of course, been doing the town. Philadelphia, as everyone knows, is a town rich in historical associations. One interested may visit the old church on second street. Christ church, and be shown the pew occupied by George Washington and Lafayette, while Memorial Hall and the other Centennial buildings at Fairmount Park are a never failing source of interest.
Carpenters Hall, too, is a place worth seeing. It was in this building that the series of deliberations began which resulted on the 4th of July.1776.in declaring the American Colonies "free and independent." The chairs occupied by the officers of the first congress of the colonies still stand upon the platform and those in which Washington and his compeers sat are around the speaker's desk. Carpenters Hall is still the meeting place of the celebrated "Carpenters Company" which has enjoyed an uninterrupted existence since 1724. 'The membership fee is $150.00.' It is hardly necessary to say that none of us Kansans belong.
But old "Independence Hall" is perhaps of more interest. A tablet on the outside informs one that in this building on April 6, 1789. General Washington was chosen the first president of the United States. It was here that Washington, Adams and Thomas Jefferson were inaugurated and took up their official duties. Independence Chamber was the scene of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the desk upon which it was signed as well as the secretary's chair and the chairs of most of the signers may still be seen. Many interesting relics of Colonial and Revolutionary days are to be found in the museum. Among other things are letters by Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin and other important personages, a proclamation to the people of Virginia signed by Patrick Henry, the ink stand used in signing the Declaration of Independence, a cast of Washington's face taken after death, the epaulettes worn by Lafayette. Wm Penn's sword and chair—but such things as these must be seen to be appreciated.