The Students Journal
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FIELD day. Saturday, on McCook Field.
LAY all else aside on Saturday and spend your time on McCook Field
The Seaior biographer is on the still hunt. Don't shun him; he will immortalize you ___
READ on another page what the JOURNAL has done for the student, and then remember it.
HAVE you secured a copy of the "Quiyira" for yourself and one for your friend? If not, why not?
"Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny."
WHILE the timorous Senior gallant is thinking hard what his last deeds and words will be to his fond one, that fond one is racking her brain, consulting purse and tailor—all to solve the vexed question "to be or not to be"—trains and crinolines?
In his annual report President Dwight, of Yale, dwells with satisfaction upon the experiment of opening the graduate department to young women. Twenty-three women have taken advantage of this, and the University has since received many important gifts from women.
The annual senior-faculty base ball game is the most eloquent argument in favor of athletic sports. It certainly cannot be said that it does not give exercise to those who most need it. The faculty and the seniors are probably the weakest physically in the school. More over this game always gives plenty of exercise to the spectators—a sometimes even violent shaking of the sides.
A school history of Kansas by a Kansasan is to be issued in the fall, and Secretary Adams, of the State Historical Society, will be the author. Mr Adams is well qualified by his long association with historical data of the sunflower state to write such a history, and remembering his untiring zeal for finding the truth of history, this will be a valuable addition to knowledge and to Kansas literature.
The unsophisticated are very prone to go astray in their zeal to emulate the greatness of some person whom they have adopted as an ideal, and often fall into ridiculous habits. This may be an answer to the question why so many of the students in the University so readily put on that philosophical look which makes them appear crabbed and old before their time. In no sense is a university a grave yard. ___
THAT careless indifference and exasperating independence which a number of our athletes have shown this season toward the success of our athletic contests may not have been as intentional as it seemed, but nevertheless its effect was the same. A player, who, when asked to be moderate and regular in his habits, will insist upon remaining up the whole night before a contest, or who will fully remain away from practice the day before a game, is not a gentleman, nor is he showing a proper spirit
toward the united effort of the team for success. Strict obedience to the wishes of the manager, loss of self in his zeal to win, mindfulness how his play will affect his fellow, are some of the virtues of a successful athlete.
THE New York Nation on May 11th told its readers about the prizes offered by the Smithsonian Institute for discoveries and essays concerning atmospheric sir. THE STUDENTS JOURNAL informed the public of the same thing on April 27th. This is technically called a " scoop." and the JOURNAL is again assured that there are newspapers and newspapers.
EVERY Freshman should own a copy of "Quivira" because by it he can see where the other classes have failed and steer clear of their faults; every Sophomore should have one because his deeds of valor are recorded therein; every Junior should own one to spur him on that his class may next year outdo the efforts of the projectors of the book; and every Senior should own one as a memento of his last year at K. U.
Our athletes, although perhaps not different in this respect from others, have very often failed to heed that most important adjunct to the successful operation of a body of men—untitled and concerted action. The vanity of an athlete leads him to underestimate the value of this "team play," as we call it, and he is ever trying to make a good individual appearance and record. The successful manager of any body of men, is always quick to recognize the ability of that man who can lose self in his efforts to make a body of men act with the precision of a single being.
FIELD day sports are for the many, not the few. They are pre eminently qualified for moderate exercises for the mass of students who do not claim any athletic ability akin to professionalism, and should, therefore, be entered by many such students. If every student in the University will lend a hand to make the Field Day a brilliant success, then we may expect that its annual return will be looked forward to with eager expectation. Furthermore it will help to aid the general cause of systematic athletic exercises for the mass of students. It will become a feature of University life which will long be remembered and which future generations will be thankful for. Do your duty.
THE English department has a list of meaningless hieroglyphs, covering nearly two printed pages, for the use of critics in correcting themes. Often the student will pass by these meaningless signs, taking for granted that the error they stand for is slight. If, however, signs must be used, and it is probably well, the critics should use those which are used everywhere in correcting manuscript and proof in publication offices. In this way the student and critic will familiarize themselves with a set of signs which mean something outside the class room, and which will be useful hereafter. Otherwise a student in correcting manuscripts for publication will often fall into the error of using signs which to others mean absolutely nothing. Economy demands that whatever we do should be as useful as possible.
Professor Carruth is under engagement with Ginn & Co. and Henry Holt & Co to write two text books for use in College German classes. For Ginn & Co, he is getting out a book entitled Selections from the Writings of Martin Luther, and for Holt & Co, an edition of Schiller's Wallenstein. The "Wallenstein" will be handsomely illustrated, and on account of certain improvements will be a great advance over ordinary text books. As a general rule, text books for these two well known firms are written by eastern scholars but in this instance, recognizing talent in the west, they chose Professor Carruth.
Prof. Franklin talked last Tuesday to the students taking advanced work in Chemistry on Chemical Physics.
OUR STUDY WINDOW.
to the Literary Editor of the Students Journal:
MADAM: It was my fortune a few days ago to address the Kansas Society for the Encouragement of the Modern Arts upon the subject of Horsemanship, or the Art of Riding a Pony. The address was, I believe I can say with perfect modesty, an excellent one, and as, for some mysterious reason, a full report of it has not yet appeared in any of the metropolitan newspapers, I take this opportunity of submitting a few extracts from it to a more extensive audience than it was my fortune to address at that time.
MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I cannot conceive of a more interesting, suggestive, or important subject than that upon which I am to address you this evening. In the wider fields of aesthetic development, the progress in modern times has not been remarkable. All modern architecture is little more than the reproduction and elaboration of classic and Gothic forms. The history of modern sculpture is almost made up of the history of the influence of Greek sculpture on modern times. In music and painting, in poetry and prose literature, the superiority of Greek to modern times has long been established. Homer is the first of epic poets; Sophocles is the first of dramatic poets; Demosthenes is the first of orators; and Thucydides is the first of historians. In one art alone have the Greeks been surpassed by the moderns. The most enthusiastic admirer of the Greeks has never presumed to claim that they were at all advanced in the art of pony riding.
From the very nature of the case, indeed, they could not be. They not only never made any progress on the foreign language race course, on which the most brilliant work in pony riding has been done, but they even ridiculed and sneered at all methods of traveling except on foot. Pony riding is a wholly modern art. It is the most notable product of the improved modern educational system. [I perceive that the lack of space will] compel me to omit here the extended account, which followed, of the miraculous rise and development of the art of horsemanship, the eulogy upon the greatness of the art at the present time, and also the picture, wrought out with great care and exactness, of the brilliant prospects which open before it in the future. I will say, however, for the benefit of those who may be most anxious to see it, that I shall incorporate almost all of this part of my address in a handbook for the use of beginners, entitled, "An Easy Ride Through College," which I have now in preparation, and hope to publish in a short time. At present I can only give the closing paragraphs of the address ]
But by far the most striking superiority of this to other and less modern arts is the remarkable spirit of modesty which it generates in its masters. Great poets, orators, painters, sculptors and musicians are seldom unwilling to allow their names to be used in connection with their works. Usually, indeed, we see their signatures inscribed in some conspicuous place upon their productions. But I have never once known a pony rider to brand his pony with his own initials. The greatest masters always take studious care that they are never known as pony riders. Even the chief artists of the present day are unknown to the general public.
In this is exemplified the peculiar modern spirit of the art. The heroes of old were always ready to boast of their own achievements. Achilles and Ulysses introduced themselves to strangers in terms more boastful than would be used by the friends of a modern hero.
I give below a few notes upon the nature and chief excellencies of the different breeds of horses:
1. Large Bohny Horse, for language courses, sure-footed and speedy, but scarce and costly.
2. Metrical Pacers. Easy riders, cheap, suitable for amateurs, but not reliable. Sacrifice speed to showiness of gait.
3. Roan Ponies bred by Arthur Hinds
and Co. Excellent, cheap, sure-footed, require little care, and can be conveniently stabled. This is the most common breed in this part of the country.
4. Interlinearas. Speedy and sure-footed, but costly and requiring much care.
5. Home Made Pen and Ink Ponies.
No good, almost extinct.
Some discussion has taken place in recent years among eminent artists regarding the advisability of the artist's raising his own ponies. I have given much thought to this question and have discovered that the labor necessary to feed end care for one's horses is likely to give the artist the ability and sometimes even the inclination to keep up a respectable pace on foot—which should be avoided by all true lovers of art. It must be admitted, therefore that the practice of raising one's own horses is never advisable. LEO AQUILIAN,
Professor of the Theory of Poly Riding to the University of ToKome.
NOTE—I am, I confess, open to the charge of presumption in presuming to give a lecture upon an art in which I have myself made such little progress—in which, indeed, I failed in my very first attempt. What I lack in personal knowledge, however, I have endeaved to make up by diligent investigation I have spent nearly four years in collecting material for the present production, and have taken great pains to verify all statements before using them to support my arguments. The difficulties which I have encountered and overcome are such as, I am confident, would have baffled all other investigators. The illimitable modesty which is, as I have said, peculiar to pony riders, has for years kept from my knowledge the excellent artistic work of many of my acquaintances. Some of the most consummate masters have even denied their artistic abilities when openly questioned with regard to them.
R. K. Moody has just received fifty copies of the Constitution of the Western Inter-state University Foot-ball Association. The association includes the Universities of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. The officers of the association are: President, R K. Moody, of the University of Kansas; vice president, W. M. Johnston, of Missouri University; secretary, D. O. Holbrook, of the University of Iowa; treasurer, Alex Maitland, of the University of Nebraska. At the last regular meeting the University of Kansas was formally awarded the championship for 1893, and forty dollars were appropriated to purchase a suitable trophy. The schedule of games for next fall was also arranged. The following is the schedule:
Kansas vs. Iowa at Kansas City,
Nov. 4.
Nebraska vs. Missouri at Kansas City,
Nov. 11.
Nebraska vs. Kansas at Lincoln,
Nov. 18.
Iowa vs. Missouri at Iowa City,
Nov. 18.
Nebraska vs. Iowa at Omaha, Thanksgiving.
Kansas vs. Missouri, Kansas City,
Thanksgiving.
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