THESTUDENTSJOURNAI
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WHERE university extension is, thence will come students.
VACATION is now past. Has it paid? Are vacations usually profitable? .
A UNIVERSITY is a mental gymnasium. A physical gymnasium, however, should go with it.
AGASSIZ was a master teacher because he was something more than a repository of data.
If all other vacations were omitted, the summer vacation could be lengthened four weeks.
FIFTY years hence students will have ceased to burn midnight oil—they will use incandescent lamps.
INATTENTIVE, unappreciative students make failures of men whom nature intended for the best of instructors.
WHEN a student concludes he has a corner on truth, he should quit school. He has reached a point where no mortal can help him.
ONE of the last things that a student learns is that his own enlightened mind is the highest authority to which he can appeal. If he does not try all cases by that authority he fails to perform his duty.
THOUGH "midnight oil" costs no more than kerosene, it is far superior to it. A small amount of it often gives a light which illuminates a wide area for centuries.
ABOUT this time of the year new students occasionally become discouraged. They should not. All earnest students can succeed. The faculty should deal kindly with a student who fails to attain to success, provided he has made an honest effort.
THE Yale faculty has prohibited the editors of all the college periodicals from publishing advertisements of saloon keepers and liquor dealers. Wonder when the K. U. faculty will prohibit the editors of her college periodicals from advertising fraternities?
It not unfrequently happens that the newspapers of New York publish important events of Berlin twenty-four hours sooner than the Berlin papers do. This is due to the fact that the Germans sitting in their closets cannot evolve news, as they do psychology, from their inner consciousness.
The recent action of the faculty, giving sophomores some power to choose their studies, is a commendable step for various reasons. One of the strongest reasons, however, is that it will arouse a greater competition among among instructors. Competition insures progress in the faculty no less than out of it.
By anticipating a vacation and by being unable immediately after school begins to settle down to regular and systematic work again, students usually lose twice as much time from their studies as is allotted to the vacation itself. Then is it wise, from an economical standpoint, to divide the months of study into several short periods?
PROFESSOR COHN is a French Jew He was an intimate friend and confidential adviser of Gambetta. He was intimate with Gambetta's associates in founding the French Republic. His experience eminently qualifies him to lecture on his subject instructively. He saw the real scenes and noted the circumstances of those stirring times. He can describe them as none other, without the help of such a man, can.
As the end of the term draws near, all students, and instructors too, have reason for rejoicing. The uselessly tedious examinations, formerly coming as periodic afflictions upon the instructed and instructors alike, have been abolished. Henceforward, students will have more time for studying, a very small portion being used only to inform their instructors what they know, or do not know, as the particular case may be.
"Snow the pupil that history is an argument, with God and nature for premises and men and women among the conclusions; show him that it is a drama which involves his own life, and he will not be likely to evince a lack of interest."—Professor Charles Levermore. A good sentiment applicable to any line of study. Unskillful or lifeless instructors not frequently make students, who are earnest and able, appear inapt and ineffective.
ANTI-FRATERNITY talk from a fraternity man: Secretary Goodspeed, of the Chicago University, said in an interview with a Chicago Times reporter: "The sole object of the faculty in opposing fraternities is to secure the best results for the student body. The establishment of the Greek letter societies in the University means an opposition to the ordinary literary societies such as they could not stand and be prosperous." Secretary Goodspeed, himself being a fraternity man, ought to be qualified to speak of the pernicious influence of fraternities.
EVER since the first issue of the STUDENTS JOURNAL, it has been amusing to see how the Courier, so far as it has been able, has aped the JOURNAL. Nor do we object to be taken as a model, if, after our contemporaries have taken us for their model, they will work independently. But when this aping is carried so far that they take from the Journal whole paragraphs word for word to the extent of half a column, and give no credit for it, as the Courier did on December 16, we emphatically object. If we are to furnish matter for both papers, we want the credit for it.
NORTH COLLEGE, how does the following suit your legal ears?
No. I.
Rah! rah! rah!
K. U. law;
Law! law ! ! la-aw ! ! !
No. II.
Law on the Kaw;
K. S. U. law;
Hurra! hurrah ! !
No. III.
Kaw, Law, Raw.
No I would be noisy enough, that is one thing to be considered. No. II, while not as noisy, is smoother and ends so as to be more suggestive of triumph No. III is recommended by its brevity. It should be drawn out repeatedly to do, sol, mi; or be used as a round. The Kaw might well be used as a distinctive feature: of course there should be some law in everything said or done by North College students; and whatever or however it is it will certainly be raw. No III would be something unique and would doubtless make everyone hearing it wish there were more law. At first thought it might seem that No. III would not make noise enough; it is true, it would not be very noisy; but uttered in chorus it would be effective. A number of voices shouting in unison will drown out a much larger number not in unison. Give No. III a day's trial.
Those who spoke good words for the University when home did the right thing. If her students do not stand up for the University, who will? A good word given vocally is worth a dozen printed recomendations.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT
can contend with the night,
To one who comprehends, the shadows of the night.
The soul's white wings may falter in an up ward flight.
DOUBT.
Nor is the daylight inconceivable
And shake the cloth and prejudice of years aside.
Into far lands through regions vast and wide.
To doubt it, to stand on.
And look both fear and prejudice in the eyes;
To brand all thetheologic superstitions
For what they are, for ignorant human lies.
The shackles, tettered on our limbs by man;
To learn that an Almighty God
Is not revealed by dogma, creed or plan.
Fledged from the
No holier tail has ever been revealed.
Than that deep, mystic, throbbing bear
That lies in every human breast concealed.
She is the pallid mother of the young child Thought,
Who shall push onward as he grows
Into the sea.
Emporia, Kaneas.
Into the full, clear light she knoweth not,
—Mrs. C, N. Sterry.
Prof. Carruth has begun another work of investigation. He has undertaken to work up the origin and meaning of Kansas geographical names. He has sent circular letters to editors and teachers throughout the state, asking for their co-operation in this work. It is a work in which teachers could interest and engage their pupils with the result of making their historical and language study more vital to them. He wants the origin and meaning of the name of every county, town, township, stream, lake, mound, or any other named locality in the state. Credit will be given in the final publication of results for all important contributions.
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Some valuable books have recently been secured for the philosophy alcove. Among them are, Lange's History of Materialism, in three volumes, edited by E C. Thomas. The Dialogues of Pato, in five volumes, edited by Jowett. It is the third and latest edition and the best yet published. The World as Will and Idea, in three volumes, translated from the German of Shcopenhauer. The library has heretofore be destitute of Schopenhauer's works and they will now be prized accordingly.
A valuable acquisition for the zoology alcove is a complete set, twenty-seven volumes, of the Zoological Record. It is a bibliography of works on zoology, with lists of species. A handsome addition to the English alcove is the latest edition of Browning in nineteen volumes, published by Smith, Elder & Co., London. *.*
The December number of our monthly contemporary contains a long-drawn editorial wall over the loss of power and office in University organizations by a certain class of students, and their usurpation by members of the faculty. We believe the editor of the aforesaid monthly has somewhat exaggerated the extent of the usurpation, this "paternalism," and the dissatisfactioniness of its results. In stating that the Athletic Association is now controlled by members of the faculty, said editor should remember that if the faculty had not taken hold of the matter, two or three years ago, and devoted valuable time and energy to it there would in all probability be no Athletic Association in the University of Kansas today. The Lecture Bureau never was a students' organization. The censorship of some university journal, obscurely referred to, we assume the said editor to know more about than we do. As for the Annual it should be stated that its publication is conducted by the Senior class. That any one should accuse the faculty of desiring to control the Annual when they were merely asked by the Annual board to contribute to the funds for its publication, is an act of the basest ingratitude. The old-time enthusiasm spoken of, consisting as it did or one faction's glee in securing offices by fair means or foul, can well be dispensed with. The election of faculty member to offices in University organizations pre
vents this unseemly wire-pulling and scrambling for office, and renders in some degree, at least, possible the pursuit of the real objects for which those organizations were founded.
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INDIAN NAMES.
Accustomed as we are to names no longer having for us any meaning in themselves, we are rather inclined to smile when we examine the systems of naming prevalent among savage peoples, as the American Indians for instance, which do not confer on the individual names chosen arbitrarily, but names having some special application. A short inspection of Indian agency lists accordingly may furnish some instruction and amusement. Indian names are usually given from some real or fancied peculiarity, some resemblance, some action which the bearer has performed. Yet there are many which defy conjecture as to their origin although all have a meaning.
The Indian generally has an abundance of names First, the original, often long and difficult to pronounce. Then the translation, generally ridiculous and worse than the former. And lastly the nickname to which this leads by and which the Indian is generally known. For instance, O-pa-wo-ju, translated means Farms-up-the-River; nick named, he becomes Bill or Stumpy. Wam-ki-ho-wa-ste is Eagle Pretty Voice or Nellie. Ho-pu-za is Lousy; and this being sufficiently appropriate, he is honored with no further name. A.yu-xi-pi presumably at one time a foot ball player. His name means Drops-on-it. Another name, Pa-ji-to, means The Hills.
From peculiarities or resemblances we have Fall Prairie Chicken, Round Egg, Afraid-of-Lightning, Lean Silk Worm, Rat-that-Walks, Dog-with-Horns, Yellow Hair Face, and an endless list of animals, such as Red Eagle and Leaping Antelope. Sit-sdown-like-a-Woman, Brings-Grub, Sniffles, Tramped-in-Blood, Walking Blanket, Smells-the-Log, and Touches-the-Cloud, receive their names from some of their actions. Shoots-off, Owns the-Bobtalled-Horse, Swift Whirlwind, Sitting-down-Talking, Gets-off . and Owns-the-Bear, ara readily understood. But White Cow Eagle, Worn-out-Horn, Poor-Thunder, Two-Tails and His Holy Horse are as yet unaccounted for in my mind.
Many names are not suitable for translation and appear on the roll books in the original. Others are repeated so that we have Bull Man up to No.4. These names are not permanent, for an Indian is likely to have a new name each time he comes for rations. Consequently each one is furnished with a tag marked with his number, a name, and the number of persons in his family he represents in drawing rations. Ghost-in-the-Lodge, being the only one not killed at the Wounded Knee Massacre, became Hard-to-Kill, and is now so known on the roll books.
Relationship is not indicated by the name and is difficult to trace as every uncle is called father, and almost everyone else, cousin or aunt.
The whites are also usually named by the Indians from some peculiarity; thus, Mr. Morton a tall slender man is called Gnu-go-nu-ske, that is, grasshopper, or more literally still. Scratches his Belleas-as-he-walks. JOHN FRAZIER.
Forest Citv. S. D.
Will White remarked recently in the Kansas City Star that the Kansas University boys were now at their homes, taking a rest from their arduous courses in football. How about the boys from Columbia, Mr. White?
All who have been and are connected with the University have occasion to know how Gov. Robinson has always been a warm friend of the school, and will be pleased to know that Gov. Lewelling will appoint him as a member of the board of regents.
A University extension course in municipal and domestic sanitation will be commenced during this week at Kansas City. Professor F. O. Marvin, of Kansas University, will be the lecturer.
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