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The Students Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY THE
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SPEND the vacation in preparing your oration for the January contest.
"WHAT shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"
Yes. We were defeated by the University of Michigan. But yet we are not ashamed of ourselves or our 'Varsity team They did good work, better than the score indicates.
A UNIVERSITY Press Association would give excellent training to students who desire to follow newspaper work, and at the same time be of great benefit in extending the University's influence. No one organization in the school would be doing better work. The JOURNAL renews its motion for a Press Association.
Now that the judges have been appointed for the State oratorical contest and as the other schools in the association have trained their orators for some time, it might be well for three or four of the K. U. boys to write orations just to see whether there may not chance to be a ready made orator in the bunch.
A NUMBER of professors are thinking of offering a course of lectures on the Bible. If a course be arranged, the lectures will be given once a week in one of the University lecture rooms. These lectures will be open to all members of the University and will no doubt be well attended. No credit can be given by the University, but this fact will not detract in the least from the value of the work. In fact, such a course of lectures would be another and long step forward.
THE court house was comfortably filled by students of the law school and other schools Saturday night. The occasion of the meeting was the lecture on hypnosis by Professor Templin. The lecture was of exceedingly great interest to all present. It showed a careful, exhaustive study of the subject, and was rather of a scientific than popular nature. Yet the subject is such as cannot be treated even scientifically without being popular. The Kent Club have the thanks of the students for the kind invitation to attend the course of lectures to be given under their direction during the winter.
It has been said repeatedly that the chapel service should bring together students and faculty, and thus create more community of feeling and interests. But while this was being urged to the students, there were present of the faculty at most not more than seven or eight, and the appeal came without force. To be sure, a larger proportion of the faculty attend chapel than of the students. But in anything of this kind, it is expected, and perhaps only naturally, that the faculty shall take the lead, and the students are not altogether to blame for neglecting what so many of their professors pay no attention to.
NOTHING is more likely to prevent the success of an undertaking than is the un willingness of its friends to do what is generally called more than their share It is the willingness to do all that is to be done, whether that be more than one's "share" or not, that insures the accoun pishment of a work. To the men who take hold without asking or caring if others are doing as much as they, or doing as much as they ought to do, the success of every movement is owed. It is the end, not the labor required to bring it about, that must be considered. And what matter is it, then, if you, or you in association with half a dozen others, do the work, so that only it is done! All the more to your credit if you do it alone. H.
YESTERDAY morning, there was stolen from the patrons of the lecture bureau, time to the amount of twenty hours. The chart for seats was advertised to be open at the Santa Fe city ticket office at 8 o'clock; but did not appear until more than thirty minutes later. During this time, forty students, many without breakfast, waited to reserve seats. Such a wholesale robbery of time is unreasonable and unjust.
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And while in the proper mood, it might be well to make another complaint. The lots for places in the line were supposed to be drawn before eight o'clock. Nearly all of those who drew were present at the proper time, but a few persons came very late. One man arrived at 8:30 and was given permission to draw. He drew number two and he thereby was placed at the head of the line of those who had been waiting since the proper time, and got to select six of the choicest seats.
THERE is probably less than two months before the January oratorical contest, at which the contestant for the state contest will be chosen. If you intend to take part, it is time to be at work. Other schools have been practicing for some time. And why not take part? You would stand no chance? That may be a mistake. A man is the poorest judge of himself that can be found. And if you stand no chance of winning, is that all that is to be sought? The Journal thinks that there is much good to be gotten merely from taking part in the contest, even if one has the lowest place on the list. The preparation of the oration, and the training for delivering it, in themselves cause enough improvement to pay for all the time and work that may be expended, to say nothing of the influence which your participation may have in encouraging others to compete.
ASOUR JOURNAL reaches nearly every High school in the state, we feel it not out of place to offer a suggestion regarding a possible improvement in our president school system. Proud as we may be of our Kansas High school system, which serves as a great preparatory school for our state University, yet at the same time we feel that this system is far from perfect, in that it is not seited to the needs of a large percentage of our people. Of this class, the portion who are able to take the course as at present arranged are thereby educated out of their proper sphere, and those who are unable to take the course as outlined are practically deprived of any education. Now the remedy is this—and let it be known, that the the idea is not an original one, but that it has been advocated by the most prominent sociologists. Place along side of each High school course, as presently outlined, a course in practical work such as will prepare the student in a thorough and scientific way for any of the trades. The course should be such as can be completed in the same time as the present High school course. An allowance of money could no doubt be paid for work done in the school, so that the poor student could earn at least a portion of his expenses. By such a course of study the ordinary laboring man's son, who is at present deprived of
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even a High school education—and it as well that it is so—could, be prepared to do better the work which he must inevitably do.
AFTER the regular lessons have been learned, the student who has not been accustomed to so large a number of books and papers, is at a loss to know just what to read. He may regret that he cannot read everything. As well might a lady, inspecting dress goods, in a shop, regret that she cannot wear everything, or a boy standing in a confectionary store regret that he cannot eat everything. The very fact that there is so much material should be a source of joy, from the fact that the obligation to read everything has been removed. We must choose that, to read, which is most suited to us. In fact, the proper choice of what to read is one of the great things that we should strive to attain during our college course. The student who reads nothing aside from his studies, except perhaps the college papers, will come far short of getting all that can be gotten out of his college course. He should learn how to go to the English alcove in the library and enjoy himself for a spare hour with the English classics. He should know how to get the best out of the periodicals. He should become a sort of index to the library.
The Judges for the State Oratorical Contest.
A committee of the State Oratorical Association, consisting of one member from each college in the association met at Topesa Saturday afternoon to choose judges for the coming state contest.
These are the judges agreed on; Judges of thought and composition, Judge Earle, McPherson; Prof. Naylor, Wichita; Dr. Spencer of Cooper Memorial College, Sterling.
Judges on delivery: Judge Ady, Newton; J. R. Burton, Abilene; E.W. Hoch, Marion.
The alternates on thought and composition are: J T. Burris, Ottawa; A C Heat, Franklin College, Franklin, S. D; Bishop Vincent, Topka; Rev. Everest, Hutchinson; C B.Cubbison, Kansas City, Kas; J S. Cunningham, Osage City.
The alternates on delivery are: Chester I. Long, Medicine Lodge; Rev. Foulks, Satina; Rev. Swenson, Bethany College; Linnsburg; Willis Gleel, Tepeka; Mr. Morrill, Hiawatha; Mr. Sheridan, Paola.
Pharmaceutical Society.
At the meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society Thursday, Prof. Sayre gave a lecture on hypnotism. He has studied the subject particularly with regard to the difference of modern scientific hypnotism from its earlier forms such as the Old Mesmerism and Brandism, and his lecture was therefore very interesting to those who are interested in the development of this important medicinal agent
hur of monthly session last. Friday.
A debate on the expediency of annexing the Hawaiian Islands occupied the time, Mr. L., W. Baxter advocated annexation, being opposed by Mr. C S. Griffin. The discussion by the leading speakers led to a spirited discussion by other members of the Seminary,—so spirited as to make the meeting one of the most interesting of the year.
The Historical Seminary.
The Microscopic Soiree
The Historical Seminary held its regular bi-monthly session last Friday.
A large number of students attended the magic lantern exhibition of microscopic slides, given by the Science Club last Thursday evening. The slides shown were of great interest and profit to all present. The Science Club promises one or two more such exhibitions during the school year.
Before Running Away
From cold weather, inquire of local agent Santa Fe relative to cheap rates for a winter tour to Texas, New Mexico or Old Mexico. To follow the sunshine may prove cheaper than buying hard coal. It don't cost much to try.
OUR STUDY WINDOW.
It is an evening in early summer. The drooping sun, with its wealth of golden light, is slowly gliding behind the western green topped hills. The traffic of the day has ceased. The quiet of approaching night is welcomed by the drowning hum of the locust. A boy and girl are strolling the road, which is well shaded on either side by a row of full grown maples. They are negroes. The boy has that jaunty, careless air so common to the colored race. His companion is of that class of girls who, impatient at the slow advancement of their young lady hood, seek to aid its evolution by prematurely assuming long skirts. As they pass, we catch a bit of their good natured banter. The girl is speaking teasingly:
“O. yo’ kaint foo’ me. We saw yo' las' night undah dat er lam' pos. Sech a crazy thing! Vell says: ‘Wall wat a fool!”
"Fool! Nervy!" replied the boy, but showed no sign of indignation at the epithet.
"Ya-as" drawled the girl, "Fool, dat
jes wat yo' look like."
They pass on, we can hear no more. But their light hearted laughter still rings out in the clear evening air, and, as it comes to us mingled with the self-contented chirping of the cricket, the cheerful twittering of the birds and the merry voices of the children playing at a distance, we realize enew the artless happiness of nature's simple creatures.
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Lowville was a quiet little town whose inhabitants seemed to have no ambition further than to doze through the hot weary summer days until the declining rays of the sun permitted them to come out into the open air and water the flowers or have a friendly chat over the fence with a neighbor. The business part of the town also showed this same lack of energy. Standing at one end you could look the full length of Main street and easily count the number who were foothardly enough to venture out in the heat, or whom necessity had driven from their homes. The business men could generally be seen standing in the doors of their various stores, mopping their faces assiduously. One, perhaps with his shirt open at the throat, would be trying to create a breeze with the large palm leaf fan he held in his hand. Another might be gazing vacantly down the street, not with any expectation of a customer, but simply because he could not do anything else, so imbued with that lethargy hot weather brings.
There was however an oasis in this desert of business. One day of every week Main street was filled with farmers wagons. Life must go on, however intense the heat of the summer sun, and on Saturday the rough handed sons of the soil brought their air-burnt wives to town to do their weekly trading. At these times the stores presented quite a lively aspect. The merchants threw aside their fans and pocketed their handkerchiefs. After having carefully waited on the women, they offered them chairs and fans. For these country women were accustomed to rest before starting out on the long ride home. The stores were their resting places. Here they exchanged friendly greetings with neighboring farm wives, fed their babies, and treated the small boys to sticks of candy.
On one of these days a group of men and women stood talking before a counter in the largest dry goods store of the town. There was a young man in the party, who was leaning against the counter but paying no attention to the conversation. As he glanced idly around the room his eye was arrested by a placed hanging above the counter directly opposite him. The placard read: 'No sheet music taken back or exchanged.' Evidently interest, he left his lounging position and shambled across to the opposite counter.
' Do you keep sheet music?' he asked.
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