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There is a member of the systematic botany class who cannot recognize even so common a tree as the elm from other trees. He tries to excuse his ignorance by saying that he lives in western Kansas.
C. R. Troxel returned on last Monday from the Sigma Nu convention at Indianapolis. He confidentially informed a few friends that the boys he met while away were much nicer fellows than he expected to find.
The Doane college people pay Hector Cowan the highest compliments. They say he is the best coach in the world. They attribute their defeat to the fact that Steinberger took advantage of the opportunities given.—Lawrence World.
The papers report the safe arrival in San Francisco of Fred Funston from his long sojourn in Alaska. It is to be hoped that Fred will visit the University before long and favor the students with one of his interesting talks on Alaskan matters.
C. T. Southwick certainly did his share toward making the fact that K. U. has a new building, generally known. He reported the dedication exercises of Spooner Library for eight newspapers, published in Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Joseph, and Kansas City.
The walking club went out for a walk last Sunday afternoon. It toied to get back by six o'clock, but although it walked fast it did not reach town until half-past seven. It was not at all tired although it had walked eighteen and a quarter miles. At least this is the number agreed upon.
The Sophomore class foot-ball team will meet the High School foot-ball boys next Saturday afternoon on McCook field. Positions have not been assigned in Sophomore c'ass. The High School lines up as follows; Center, Darling; Guards, Swett and Lapham; Tackles, Warfield and Richardson; Ends, Bussby and Kennedy;; Halves, Rodgers and Soxman; Quarter, Carroll; Full, Howe; Substitutes, Kennedy, Ursham, Pardee and Sternberg.
In this issue we publish the first verified metrical composition written by a student of the University that has appeared in our
columns this year. Many college papers contain considerable interesting poetry-we will call it poetry for short-contributed by the students. We do not know whether or not Kansas University is lacking in poets. We see no reason why it should be, but at any rate, we shall try to find out. Hence we solicit poetical contributions for publication. We cannot promise to publish all that are offered, but we will publish all that we consider to be of a form and upon a subject fitting them for publication in these columns.
Not many days ago the professor in Freshman English assigned his class the rather arduous task of writing a theme on errors that had been in newspapers. One studious, but inexperienced member of the class started out by saying that "we often see many errors in newspapers, and it is right that we should correct them. The other day I read in a newspaper that a young desperado had been convicted of burglary in the district court by a jury. Now the editor meant that the young man had been burglarized by the jury." The professor here made ample use of the red ink at his command, and left a written notice to the verdant Freshman that his error was worse than that made by the reporter.
COLLEGE VERSE.
Concerning the Nose.
The nose is a blessing, a blessing of grace Which nature quite wisely tacked on to the face
A blessing it is, too blessed to mention; A modern convenience of ancient invention. Oh, bless its creation! Give Nature a crown Because through her wisdom it's not upside
down. For if it were so—the upper side down— When out in a rain a person would drown. A THANKFUL ANATOMIST.
Dress Reform.
We are sole agents in Lawrence for Ypsilanti underwear and equipoise waists. No physical culture student can afford to be without them. A. D. WEAVER.