THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
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"Beware of the conceit of present attainments."
"Blessings grow brighter as they take their flight."-Quoted.
The University of Michigan has received $5.000 for the endowment of a Bible chair.
Money donated by John D. Rockefeller to Chicago University amounts to $3,209,000. Ex.
Outline of a short story: Chapter I. Maid ene- Chapter II. Maid won. Chapter III. Made one.- Ex.
The Alumni of the University of Wisconsin hold the principalships of thirty-eight of the principalships of that state.
It seems like a paradox, that the person who is of the smallest calibre is generally the greatest bore - Yale Record.
Wisconsin University offers a gold medal to the student showing the greatest physical development at the gymnasium
Columbia College of New York is going to erect twelve new building at an approximate cost of $2,00,000. The cost of the site was $2,- 000,000.
The Illini for November 15th was an inaugurative number in honor of the University of Illinois' new President, Andrew S. Draper, LL.D.
The oldest college in the world is the Mohammedan College at Cairo, Egypt, which was 1,800 years old when Oxford was founded. Ex.
Shakespeare's idea of a college course: Freshman, A Comedy of Errors; Sophomore. Much ado About Nothing; Junior, As you Like it: senior, All's Well That Ends Well. Ex.
The students of the University of Iowa are making an effort to influence the authorities to grant exemption from examinations to those having class recitation standing of 85 per cent.—Ex.
Eleven periodicals are issued from the presses of Johns Hopkins University. This University is situated in the heart of the city of Baltimore and the students have to go four miles to get to the campus.
It is estimated by President Elliot that it would take a student forty-four years to complete the two hundred and nineteen courses offered in the liberal arts and science departments at Harvard. Ex.
Cornell is going to send a crew to England. Student (reading Virgil): "And thrice I tried to thow my arms around her-that is as far as I got. professor" Professor: "That was quite far enough; you may sit down." Ex.
The STUDENT'S JOURNAL of the State University has a new engraved head. It looks like an octopus with the jim-jams Manhattan Industrialist. We are willing to recognize the Industrialist as authority on the best breed of chickens, the relative values of various manures, and kindred subjects; but we object to their setting themselves up as judges of art.
Kansas Breeze: Lawrence society seems to be all split into factions. We were familiar with the "west side" and "south end" but now comes a new one with the rocky title of "hard cider row"—Yes, things have changed since you left. We now have Troxel Place, Kelsey & Cracraft's Den, The Abilene Colony, and Category Gulch, dear Breeze.
It is expected that the physics building will be roofed by January 1st.
Miss Rodgers will visit at home, in Washington, Kansas during the vacation
Some University students are taking an active part in the newly organized Ethical Culture Society.
Miss Watson will visit her sister in Topeka during the Holidays. She will also spend a few days in Atchison.
Some K. U. boys who intended to take the examination held here this week for West Point were scared out by the difficulty of the questions
The Christmas number of the University Review is a very creditable number, both in matter and typographically. It is reported, however, that some of the editorials pinch.
The exhibition given last night by Mrs. Clark's physical culture classes was well attended. The degree of skill shown by the young ladies in fencing and in club-swinging showed careful and thorough training.
The all-Kansas foot-ball team will be a strong one. K. U.'s great full back of 93, Johnson, has been to play fnll back, "Billy Matt" will be in it.as will also Armor, Taylor. Hamill and Toomey It is said that the all-Missouri team will be practically thbat of M.S.U.