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ments, hence it is unable to use to the best advantage even such apparatus as it has. The present conditions are very discouraging to the student who wishes to take advanced work in psychology, but by providing a laboratory the authorities could make the conditions as favorable to advanced study in this line as they now are unfavorable.
We wish to remind the students that it is high time something was being done toward selecting the speakers who are to contest in the local debate for choosing Kansas representatives in the coming debate with Nebraska. As stated in our news columns, the Kansas committee has drawn up a list of questions, one of which is to be selected by Nebraska not later than December 15th. The preliminary debates here are to be held in February. All rules governing the debates can be found in our issue of October 26th.
Very little interest has thus far been shown in the matter, outside of two debating societies, and the time limit for the formation of possible new societies has already expired, though it may be extended by special vote of the committee. It is hoped that the matter may be taken up with the determination to meet Nebraska half-way, and notallow her to add a victory in logic to that in foot-ball. Unless greater interest is shown, it seems hardly worth while to have taken so much trouble to arrange the preliminaries. Let us begin earnest work, with a notion to win.
The press is commenting in an amused way upon the various social reforms advocated by the W. C. T. U. and its president, Miss Willard. In its search for more reforms to champion-after the president had advocated Henry George's single tax theory,the government ownership of newspapers,and other ideas, generally impractical and undesirable-the Union,at its recent convention in Cleveland expressed itself as favoring governmental censorship of morals,as opposed to social card playing, theatre going, and dancing; and also condemned foot ball. We suppose this settles it,but are not the dear ladies scattering their shots almost too widely to make them effective?
be fitted up for the Department of Philosophy. It is a great waste of time as well as an inconvenience for the students in this department, who are obliged to refer to more books than the students in almost any other department, to be compelled to go to the book-stack for every book they want.
STUDENTS of philosophy and psychology are insisting, and justly too, that one of the seminary rooms in Spooner Library should
ATHLETICS
THE TIGER VANQUISHED.
The Jayhawkers Give a Mighty Twist to the Tail of the Missouri Tiger and She Returns to Her Lair to Stifle the Howls of her Cubs.
"Ad astra per aspera." The motto of the state is an appropriate emblem for the Kansas 'Varsity of' 94. From the very beginning of this season's league games our eleven has contended against heavy odds. Fortune has not seemed to smile upon the efforts of the Kansas boys, but they have pluckily persisted in the face of obstacles that would have disheartened a less determined aggregation, until at last a victory over Missouri crowns their exertions and places them practically, if not actually, at the head of the western inter-collegiate foot-ball association.
The Thanksgiving foot-ball game at Exposition park, Kansas City, was fairly earned by the Varsity team. It was probably the closest league game witnessed this year in the west. This being the case, it is a pleasure, to admirers of each team that nothing but a friendly rivalry animated the contest. It was entirely free from those private slugging matches, which so frequently brutalize the great university game. Both elevens claimed to be somewhat crippled. Missouri's star half-backs, Shawhan and Anderson, were on the disabled list, but this loss was more than balanced by the absence from the Kansas team of Captain Williamson, Stone and Armour.
Of the relative strength of the two teams, the lines were evenly matched; Hill surpassed Evans at quarter; Shellenbarger and Wilson were very nearly equalled by Conover and Allee; while Hester deserves the credit of holding his own with Young, whom the Missourians claim to be the best full-back in the west. Kansas' snappy play and her superior end work was what won the game. Steinberger and Foster both did great work. Gibson on Missouri's right end is a hard,