THE STUDENTS JOURNAL
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R W. Cone ... Editor-in-Chief
R M. Kennedy ... Editor-in-Chief
Margaret E. Monet ... Literary Editor
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J A. Simpson Adna G. Clarke
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L. N. Flint    Exchange
C. W. Armor    Athletics
W. N. Johnson    Snow Hall
W. N. Logan    Snow Hall
C. V. Hickman    Law School
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THE OPENING ADDRESS.
On last Friday morning the Hon. Eugene F. Ware, of Topeka, lawyer, orator, and poet, delivered the annual address at the twenty-ninth opening of the University of Kansas, in University Hall. The attendance was unusually large for the name and fame of the speaker are well known. Upon this occasion the speaker surpassed even the high expectations of his audience. His subject, Success in Life, appeals to everyone, and his address was full of suggestive ideas. Through it all there were present a fund of humor, an originality of expression and a uniqueness of illustration which make any synopsis of his speech very unsatisfactory.
In beginning, Mr. Ware said that although the larger portion of his business career had been devoted to giving good advice, for which he had received ample compensation, he did not intend to advise his hearers upon this occasion, but only to give them some of his opinions concerning success. However, he was not sure that he knew what success is, nor even that such a thing as success exists—not so sure as he was twenty years ago—but he took the existence of success as one of the premises of his discourse.
Some think happiness is success, but if it is, then the ignorant and the debaised, who are very often happy, are successful. The speaker was not sure though, that he knew anything more about the nature and existence of happiness than of success. For instance, he thought he was happy, but was not sure—did not know what made him happy.
Mr. Ware said he had held many varying opinions about success. The one he proposed to give to his audience was the one he had eluded to the longest, but he reserved the right to change it without notice.
As an illustration he took an imaginary case. A Kansas man concludes to run for Congress, as Kansas men sometimes do. He mortgages his farm to furnish funds, he promises office to every petty politician. He is elected and reelected term after term; he receives five thousand dollars a year and fifteen cents mileage while traveling on a pass. Is this success? It looks like it. But while helping to steer the ship of state he falls overboard and is drowned past any reasonable hope of resuscitation. Was he successful? Is any man in high position successful? if he does nothing permanent? Some man invented the telephone, then Bell invented it and it stained. Perhaps the Norsemen discovered America, but Columbus discovered it and kept it discovered. A Kansas governor once ranked high in the esteem of the people; he was the idol of his party, but he did not stay. He was soon on the toboggan slide of popular disfavor, lubricated all the way to obscurity. Bell and Columbus were the successful men. In the case of the congressman, before he falls overboard, this poor fool world says he is a "howling success," but the university graduate asks "what has he done?" recognizing that success depends, first, upon what is done of lasting value to society.
Office holding is not success, only opportunity; not much, but a little. Most men do not take advantage of the opportunity, but are greater when they go into office than when they come out.
Is money a measure of success? Anna Dickinson, when at the height of her career as a lecturer, said it was. Since then she has been adjudged insane. Mr. Ware is inclined to believe she was insane then. A fortune is proof of nothing but continuous luck. Philosophers try to do away with "luck" and put "foresight" in its place. But those most able to foresee do not always win. Brains do not always tell. The fortunate are too promiscuously distributed among the brainy and the brailiness. However, good luck is not
success. Success depends not upon the possession of money but upon the disposition made of it. Jay Gould was a failure, although the poor fool world called him a "howling success." What did he do? Did he found a college or university? No, he went off and surgenitiously died. Being thus cut off from his base of supplies, so to speak, he could take nothing with him, although the fall in Missouri Pacific stock seemed to indicate the contrary.
Money is not success, only opportunity; not much, but a little. The rich man who is to be admired is the one who like Stanford, chokes out of the world university: or who butchers out an institute, as Armour has done.
Then the successful man is the one who does some permanent good to humanity. In fact the most successful are generally neither office holders nor millionaires; but soldiers and students. These have given the world about all it has. Soldiers have always been highly honored; but the students have given the world more than have the soldiers; they have raised humanity. Chancellor Snow has done more good than all our Kansas congressmen. His name will be known and cherished when the names of congressmen, senators, and millionaires are as little cared for as a matured almanac. The name of D. W. Wilder, who wrote the Kansas Annals, will be known when the names of senators are remembered only as are the names of ancient Roman consuls—for chronological convenience.
But brains do not win; they cannot win. The winning properties are soul and heart. Cold, unsympathetic brains do not bring success—true success—in any walk of life. Hearts win, and and this poor tool world recognizes the fact in its lucid intervals. A great man feels for others. Our principal military leaders have been men who sympathized with their soldiers. It is the subordinate officers that are tyrants—that "play horse" with you and give you a feeling of superfluous lassitude. If you wish to see the head of a department in Washington—the Secretary of the Navy, say—and in your card and you will be pleasantly received, but if it is the Chief Clerk of the Department of Gun Wads whom you wish to see, you will be made to feel that your presence is an unpardonable intrusion. This fact accounts for the clerk remaining a clerk all his life; has no heart.
Mr. Ware was, he said, unable to account for Napoleon's greatness until he was shown the tenderness of the "little coralous" heart by a letter written by Napoleon to his brother, King of Milan. Three humble French private complained of their treatment in the Milanese hospital and Napoleon commanded his brother to reform the abuses there. Such love for his soldiers enabled him to lead them wherever he would. The same greatness of heart is shown in Jesus' saying that not even a sparrow falls without being noted by His loving eye.
Qualities of heart may be cultivated,
Often "big heartedness" is assumed,
and the world is easily fooled for a time.
But if hearts win, why study at university? Business is managed by men who never went to college. Society is led by people without higher education. Still, the brain may help the heart, many things may be obtained better in college than elsewhere. The trouble with graduates is, they want to be at the head of their business the next day after graduation, although the more conservative are willing to wait a week. Success is slow and requires work.
Men are like cabbages—this is not a new saying but the speaker claimed the application as his own—and if the suffrage amendment carries, women too, will be like cabbages. If it does not, then woman will remain the same glittering success as ever. There are two sorts of cabbages, the Early York, which is at its best in midsummer, but is never very good; and the Big drumhead, which is best when frost comes. The latter sorts is in its prime when the former has decayed. As an example, the speaker mentioned the last banquet of the "young crowd" in Toppea as an Early York banquet. There are Early Yorks in the universities, too, but the plodder should not be envious—should not repine. Let him remember that when he is still sound and prime these Early Yorks will have decayed. Money is huku office opportunity. Heart will pull you through. The Drumhead has to fear only the genius, who is subject to no rules. The young man who hitches his wagon to a star should look out for the fellow who drives a good mule team.
In concluding his address, Mr. Ware said that, as it is usual to end such a speech with a quotation, he had searched long and earnestly for one. Falling to find an appropriate one he
had written one for himself. Thus was more easily done and gave him the advantage of knowing just what the writer meant by the lines. He then recited a short poem emphasizing the idea that hearts, not brains, wn.
OUR BEGINNING.
For the benefit of those who were not in the University two years ago it may be well to give a short account of the incidents which led to the founding of this paper. At that time and for several years previous there had existed a paper the Courier, purporting to be published by and for the students of Kansas State University. In reality, however, that paper was entirely controlled by a ring consisting of a few fraternities whose members composed but a very small minority of the students here. The paper endeavored, naturally, to advance the selfish interests of the clique controlling it, and in doing so often opposed what was best for the University and for the student body. That paper still exists and is published—though it suspended publication for several weeks last year—and is still managed by the same fraternities which controlled it then.
Early in the fall of 1892 a number of the non-fraternity students, believing that the University and its students should be more fairly represented, began to advocate the establishing of a new university weekly upon broader and more democratic foundations; and after discussing the matter thoroughly they founded the STUDENTS JOURNAL From the first it was heartily supported by the students and it has prospered and grown stronger from year to year. At the first meeting for the organization of the proposed new company there was present a representative of the Courier company who proposed that instead of establishing a new paper the non-fraternity students should buy an interest in the Courier. However the most favorable arrangement suggested by him was that the members of the proposed new company, who represented a large majority of the school, should purchase half of the Courier stock. But, as the four fraternities—a very small minority of the students—would hold an equal amount of stock, it was thought best, after some delay to allow the Courier company to make further propositions, to go on with the movement, and the STUDENTS JOURNAL was founded.
At first only non-fraternity students were permitted to become stockholders in the new enterprise, but later an amendment was passed allowing any student, instructor or employee in the University to own a share of stock. Before this the STUDENTS JOURNAL had been the representative of a large majority of the students but now it represents the whole school. Anyone in the University may have a voice in this paper's management.
Last year an attempt was made to unite the two papers because the business men of Lawrence objected to advertising in two university papers. A students meeting presided over by Chancellor Snow was held to consider the proposed combination and a committee of professors and students representing both papers was chosen to draw up a constitution for the proposed new company. The committee reported a very good constitution and the STUDENTS JOURNAL COMPANY, willing to make some sacrifice for the benefit of advertisers and for the sake of peace and unity, agreed to cease publication and to go into the new company as soon as the Courier company signified its intention to do likewise. This the Courier company never did, hence it and it alone is to blame for the failure of the plan. This fact is recognized by everyone acquainted with the circumstances.
The first work in foot-ball practice was done Monday afternoon. Some of last years players who will play this year were not out but the line was well filled with new men, who promise to make a strong team.
The STUDENTS JOURNAL hopes by this account to make plain to all new students its position in university affairs.
Athletics
Two rooms in North College have been fitted up for the foot-ball boys, one of them contains a shower bath.
Baker College will allow no foot-ball this year and her players are entering other schools.
Pendleton, Allen, and Heller, from Baker, were on the hill Tuesday, and may enter K. U.
One the promising candidates on entering the bath room exclaimed "it will go down in K. U. histор that W. T. Walker took the first bath."
Mr. Usher is endeavoring to help Williamson to get out some good men who are not yet in the notion of playing It is hoped they will come out, for they are heavy men, and will give the team weight, of which there was so much need last year.
OUR STUDY WINDOW.
"I want you to sign my suffer- book," said his guest, answering his question by "flinging the proffered chair and placing on the table before her a large, brown covered book.
The edit - wondered what would happen next. Was this, too, part of his profession? I dury?
"Will you take a seat, Madam?" said the editor in his official tone, when the lady entered the room.
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"We want the names of all those who are in favor of it, and we want the list headed by people who are well known. So I come to you first."
"Of course, if you have any objections, I will not press the point, only I would like to know what they are." "Obliections?"
The lady looked up with a reassuring smile that should have at once convinced the editor of his duty. But he remained silent in his confused uncertainty of mind.
"Yes, objections to woman's suffrue."
"Oh! objections to woman's suffrage. Why, do women want to vote?" asked the editor. He looked toward the magic window, but no gleam of light shone from its clear surface. It merely reflected the light, airy figure of the lady before him. She was dressed in white, was very pretty—and the editor was young.
"I'm sure I don't know; it depends upon what you mean by "women." Is it all women, some woman, or one woman?"
The lady laughed gayly at the editor's question.
The editor had never heard a woman's suffrage speech in his life. He had known personally but one advocate of it. She was a woman of intensely radical ideas, to whom any change meant reform. Woman's suffrage, harsh voice, unagain personality, lack of good manners—this was the association in the editor's mind. But woman's suffrage, and woman, well-bred, well dressed, and, last but not least, young and pretty—try as he would, the editor could not get the two ideas related.
There was such a woman, however, sitting before him, and asking him to vote- for woman's suffrage at the coming election.
"Come now, what are your objec-
tions? 'Sickly sentimental,' or 'sternely
practical,' the angel theory,' or
'the kitchen theory?' "
"Why, of course, I have no objection if a woman really wants to vote; it's a lady's privilege to have what she wishes," said the editor gallantly. "Only" he added, perplexed at the idea. "I don't see why she should want to."
The young lady laughed again. In fact, she lauged at everything the editor said; she seemed greatly amused at the editor's perplexity.
"Yes," she said: "they say it's great nonsense. A woman has enough to do without mixing in the political world. It is too ardous for her"—the editor looked sympathetic "it would pollute her nature"—the editor was horrified—and lastly, she don't know enough to vote."
"On, no, not that, surely," said the editor quickly.
"That's what they say," calmly answered the lady.
"Well," said the editor, after a moment of embarrassing silence," a woman wouldn't make a very good policeman, now, would she?"
"Of course she wouldn't, but I don't see what that has to do with it."
"Why, if a woman votes, she will want to hold office, just as a man does."
"I didn't know before that all male voters held office."
"Of course not." The editor laughed lamely at his position, and repeated his affirmation that he had no objection to the question—if woman wanted the suffrage.
"Why, then, you're ready to sign my book," said the lady, and pushed the open book before him.
"Or, perhaps, you would rather subscribe to one or several of these objections," she added, seeing that the editor still hesitated.
He unrolled the large manuscript she had been holding in her hand with mock solemnity, and read in a voice of exaggerated seriousness;
We, the undersigned, after due deliberation, solemnly protest against the present woman suffrage movement that is agitating the minds of the people upon the following grounds:
1. The sentiment of the Bible seems to be against it. Did not Paul say, "Let your women stay at home and learn of their husbands?"
2. We can judge of the future only
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