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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
students, sometimes work for the selfish interests of their own fraternity club, or social circle (for we by no means intend that this shall apply to fraternities alone) against the interests of the whole student body. We would not wish, however, that these smaller associations within the University should be broken up. Such a plan would be undesirable as well as impossible of execution: for these associations are, to some extent at least, founded upon natural distinctions. But what we do wish is, that the smaller associations would constantly remember that they are but parts of the whole. In order to make every one remember this, the usual social lines are there obliterated and only the one distinction, that of being a University student, remembered. The Chans cellor's reception has a tendency in th direction, but it is not enough. We suggested in these columns, a few weeks ago, the plan of having a Thanksgiving or Christmas reception given by the Seniors to the whole school. This would be a great help toward the desired end. The members of the faculty, also could do much if they would, and the fraternies and barbs might assist in the social unification of the students by following the example of the Betas.
The Baker Beacon of the 20th takes up an imaginary gauntlet which it thinks it finds in the statements of "K. U. papers" in regard to the professionalism of the Ottawa team. Why Baker is hit by these statements we do not understand. However, the Beacon seems to wish to wear the shoe. The Beacon cannot understand why the players who went from Baker to Ottawa should be called professionals! After suggesting what no sane man could possibly believe were the reasons for calling the Ottawa team professional, the Beacon says: "It surely cannot be pay that makes them professionals." Oh, no, certainly not!
The Beacon does not seem to know that K. U. papers are by no means the only ones which have commented upon Ottawa's professionalism.
We always feel badly when typographical errors appear in our columns, but last week the "intelligent compositor" 'brought our grey hairs in sorrow almost to the grave by making us say: "The Language Conference has arranged for a Pharmacy contest." where
we had written "Pronunciation contest." The reason that the error was not corrected by our proof-reader is, that he had to go to class and entrusted the reading of a part of the proof to another "intelligent compositor." To make amends for the error we beg the pardon of the Language Conference, of the Pharmacy School, and of each and every person who is, or even feels himself to be aggrived.
In our last issue we mentioned the need of some stimulus to literary production in Kansas University. Since that editorial was written news has come showing that some friends of the University have felt this need and resolved to supply the required stimulus. These friends are people residing in New York, who formerly resided in Lawrence—some of them were University students, but they have formed a club only, not not an alumni association as was reported—and the prize of twenty-five dollars which they offer for "the best essay on English Literature, or on a topic intimately associated therewith, or on some tradition of the mother-tongue" is as Mr. Barteaux states in his letter, "only a beginning." Mr. Barteaux, who was formerly a student here, is now, by the bye, a proof-reader for Harper Brothers. The committee, consisting of Chancellor Snow, Messrs. B. W. Woodward and C. S. Gleed, which is charged with awarding this prize is an excellent one. We would suggest that perhaps they might, with benefit to all concerned, so manage the contest for the prize as to encourage and improve the literary publications of the University as well as to stimulate literary production.
It is hardly necessary for us to call the attention of our readers to the handsome new design upon our front cover, for it speaks for itself. It also speaks volumes for the artistic ability of its originator, Alfred Houghton Clark. Professor of Drawing and Painting, who designed it especially for us.
AGAIN our foot-ball team has been defeated, and this time the defeat comes from a quarter whence least expected. The Nebraskans played well; they were especially good in interference; Flippin was at his best. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that though in good condition our boys did not, for some reason, play the game