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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
R. W. Cone, editor-in-chief of the STUDENTS JOURNAL for the coming Fall term, in preparation for his responsible duty of instructing the professors and students, has appropriately devoted his time to study and rest at his home in Seneca. He has, however, had some innocent amusement as the following extract from a letter shows: "And I've plowed corn for my cousin half a day. I broke only one important casting about the cultivator, and my cousin was so delighted with my work (he didn't know how much corn I had plowed out) that he wanted to hire me for a week (farm hands are scarce hereabouts), but I couldn't accept the job. Too busy."
The Lawrence contingent of students has had a rather quiet time of it this Summer; one might almost call it dull. A few of them have evidently resolved to have a little enjoyment before work begins again, and will camp out "up the river." Their friends can find them at Jones' farm, midway between Lecompton and Billtown, where they will fish, and hunt—watermelons, and do the other things usually done at such places. We hope, however, that they will not, in their search for excitement, do as a West Lawrence camping party, many of whose members are well known to old students, did lately—got arrested for stealing fish from some farmers. The students who will console themselves for the absence of the most of the students, by seeing a great deal of a few students, are Misses Cochran, Barkley, Emma Hoge, Garrett, Nannie and Louise Towne; Messrs. D. H. Spencer, A. O. Garrett, Frank House, J. V. May, and Clyde Wilson,
ATHLETICS.
Mr. Cowan will be in Lawrence on the first of September. Active preparations for the coming foot ball season will soon be under way.
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Of last year's players Matteson, Griffiths, McMurray, Williamson, Steinberger and Piatt will all be in school, and will play foot ball. Kinzie will be here from Cornell, and Bee-
man, the champion athlete from Cooper Memorial College, will probably be a candidate for a position on the team. Everything points toward a repetition of the successes of 191.
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The first annual announcement of the Athletic Association has just been issued. It is in the form of a neat twenty-six page pamphlet, and contains a cut of McCook Athletic Field, as a frontispiece. A short history of University athletics is given, together with the University records in base ball, foot ball, tennis,boating,and track athletics.The bylaws of the Association conclude the work. This is the first attempt ever made to preserve the athletic records of the University in any systematic way, and nearly every event of interest in the history of University athletics has been noted. From the pamphlet are taken the following:
Kansas University and Baker have met on the base ball diamond twelve times, the first game being played in 1886. Out of twelve games K. U. has won eight, and Baker three one game being a tie. K. U. has won four out of seven games of foot ball with Baker.
K. U., since April 18, 1880, has played sixty-five games of base ball, winning forty, and losing twenty-two, three being tie games. Percentage of games won, sixty-one. Foot ball games from November 22,1890,to November 25,1893,twenty-six games played sixteen won,nine lost,one tie. Percentage won,sixty-four.
The first Senior-Faculty ball game was played on April 27,1887,the Seniors winning by a score of twenty-four to twenty-one. The Faculty has won but three times, in 1890, 1893,and 1894.The score of ten to nine in the game last Spring is the best that has ever been made.
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The schedule of foot ball games for next Fall, as arranged up to date, is announced as follows:
October 13, at Lawrence, K. U. vs. Doane College.