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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
pressed his surprise that the youth should be so intimate with the American beauty upon exhibition. Then I turned to study Worth's Parisian doll and the oriental beauties.
The spindle-legged, scholastic miened pusher again crossed my path as I left the Government building. With legs dangerously bent and determination written on his face, he pushed hard but the buxom lass of forty summers was too heavy or the grade of the bridge was too steep. He relaxed his efforts; backed the chair some paces; got well started and made a rush. Surely he would succeed, but alas! Three yards up the steep curve and he slackened, his face set hard, his angular arms snapped shut a la jackknife, and his legs—oh I turned away for fear that the strain would snap them. They could bend no further. Oh! he conquered. To the top he got, exhausted but then, oh then, away it sped. The hand which reached for his "sweat-mop" jerked frantically after the flying mass. Screams rent the air, and fearing arrest as an accomplice I hurried toward the Intramural.
Just then I encountered a Senior Pharmic cigarette holder. Delighted to see each other! Oh, yes, he'd met lots of people he knew. No, not exactly whom he knew, but there were endless numbers who knew him—especially all the Waukesha and Tutti Frutti girls; but he thought it so strange that he did not know them.
Each evening as the white city began to prepare for sleep the Kansas building was fitfully illuminated by a flickering light which led the naturalist to his corner of mounted mammals, as if to take a last look before giving in to Morpheus for the night. But see, he goes straight to a large rock and with seeming superhuman strength removes the slab and proceeds to enter the uncovered cave for the night. Dear to him are the works of his hands, and thus they swallow him up.
As I was leaving the grounds a boisterous hand fell on my shoulder, sending a thrill through my tired body for I am no pugilist, and was ruled out of the foot ball team. The depression was followed by elation as I recognized the face of a K. U. newspaper man—a true friend. He took me to the second basement of his room, as he called it, where he had rented a small bare room. A few boxes, cots and some bedding served to give it the air of "Furnished Rooms to Let." Here I was in glee, for there were assembled the past, present and future of K. U. journalism, basking in the luxury of passes and living off of the paid subscriptions. Soon a "local editor" rushed in and I expected him to fly to his box and write up a sensation for the next issue, but instead he calmly unrapped his bundle and disclosed meat, bread and pie. There we feasted, knowing full well that in the coming term some of us must starve while delinquents waited to pay up.
It was while on my way to the railway station that a bright busy-body stopped me and talked "fair." At K. U. he was always a favorite, so I listened. He knew much about the fair, and told me how he had spent four weeks at the fair, paying for everything and keeping the sum total down to $24.78, this including a bag of popcorn and an Inter Ocean.
As he left, my thoughts went to my empty wallet, and as if by telepathy a gay "special" who had "flunked straight" stopped me for a "V" to help him home. Coming there he struck Midway; liked it; did it thoroughly, riding thirty-four times on the Ferris, sliding twenty-nine; and in just eight days and fifteen hours had spent his six weeks' allowance. He asked if I thought the part out of Midway would pay seeing.
I was being rolled along, rapidly nearing home and trying to arrange in my mind what I'd seen, for I knew my wife would want to hear all about it. Just then a tailor's model came through the car and recognizing me leaned up to my chair to chat a little. He must have felt my thoughts or was anxious to let me know that "he'd been there," for he began to tell what fine faces he had seen, and in vague figures praised the great fair. He spent most of his time in the Liberal and the Fine Arts and the Woman's buildings, viewing the elegant displays of ever moving Kaleidoscopic femininity. The fair was a grand success; he enjoyed it hugely, but for the rest he would refer me to his trunk full of guides, maps, pictures, commentaries. When he left I decided to get a few guide books at once and present them to Mrs. DAN HERK.
SOME UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONS.
Like the University organizations in general the Science Club exists primarily for the students. Its name is a sufficient index to its work, it has to do with scientific matters generally, and receives any who are interested in science. It brings before its members matters chemical, botanical, zoological, astronomical, mathematical, whatever maketh the heart glad, not restricting its list of speakers and lecturers to students and members of the Faculty, but going outside the school for prominent men of the guild to "lead the meetings." To enliven its work, it gives special attention, between terms, to social matters. Then its "It" is brought forth, and great is the hilarity attending this annual festival. Post-prandial speeches humorous, poetic, eloquent, as the case may be, are followed by post-prandial pranks no less merry and perhaps even more enjoyed.
The "It" reigns supreme, and the why-seeking doubters for a time give up their search for universal laws and surrender themselves to the reasonless mirth of worshiping this unknown, un-nameable, and impersonal divinity. When the festival is over, though, they return soberly to their weekly meetings and renew their diligence to the principles of the club.
The Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations of the University deserve especial mention. These organizations have taken a higher stand this year both spiritually and socially. No student who is interested in the advancement of christianity in the University and the state can afford to withhold his support from these organizations.
The Seminary of History and Sociology, meeting every second Friday, is one of the most important associations of the University. Its members are, the instructors and the students in the departments of American History and Constitutional Law, and History and