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COMMUNICATIONS.
CHAPEL MUSIC
Inasmuch as suggestions for the common good are usually acceptable, we venture to offer one concerning our school music. Among the students of the University who attend chapel exercises there are many who have the ability to sing well. There are soprano, tenor, alto and bass voices in abundance. By singing every day, ample opportunity is afforded for improvement. Instead of the discordant music of a few voices scattered through the assembly, there should be one volume of harmony, rich, pure, and in perfect time. In the most of the young people's meetings of our churches, although they hold but one meeting each week, we find these conditions more or less fulfilled. Nothing can be more attractive or more enobling than singing of this kind.
But why do we have such music in chapel? Probably the only answer that can be given to this question is that our songs are not adapted to the tastes of our young people. Although intended for devotional purposes, many of them have been sung so much that they are worn out, while others are difficult and unattractive to the greater number of students. We need music of a later style. Even Gospel Hymns would be better than what we now have. We believe that the adoption of new and more attractive songs would be welcomed by the majority of the students and would increase the attendance at chapel exercises.
[STUDENT.]
HISTORICAL SEMINARY.
Rev, Chas, M. Sheldon Delivers an Interesting Lecture.
Rey, Chas. M, Sheldon, of Topeka, appeared before the University seminary Friday afternoon and read before that body and a large number of others a highly interesting paper on the question "Is Our Civilization Christian?" In the course of his remarks he said:
It is with a truly sincere and almost anxious attempt to place some needs of our civilization in a clear and simple light that this paper has been prepared. To the question "Is our civilization Christian" three tests will be applied. The social, the political and the religious. Take the first test. Every Sunday paper all through the year contains in its society columns account after account of the entertainments among the rich, but if one of the same society ladies should give a supper to the children of an orphan asylum it would create a society sensation, it would be so entirely unheard of. And should a lady do this a number of times during the year, her name would soon disappear from the roll of society people, who believe in inviting only those people to dinner who are able to return the compliment. But look into the home of most any church member in America. There are pleasant social gatherings between relatives and friends. Members of the same church are invited to dine and the compliment returned and over the coffee church work has been discussed and nobody harmed by wine drinking or gambling. Yet if you were to try to find a Christian home where the poor neighbor or the unfortunate or the one who could not make a feast was invited into that home you would have to search a long time before you would find such a one. The fact is, society almost universally, and the Christian home with a few exceptions, closes its doors pretty carefully to all but its own kind of people. The unfortunate are not made welcome. The home in America is quite willing to entertain its own kind intellectually or physically, but to throw the doors open to the needs of humanity is another thing. It is not enough that we establish juries and homes, and asylums, and retreats. Into our own homes we must invite the poor, maimed, lame or blind and society will be called to account for the terrible waste of time and meam spent in entertaining in order to be en
is not Christianity. Civilized society as it is commonly understood, has found its greatest energies spent in four directions; entertaining those who will give again, playing cards, dancing and attending the play. These forms are most frequently found in civilization. Much might be said concerning the aspect of the of the home life in civilization. There is scarcely a civilized home in a city consisting of father, mother and grown up boys and girls where you can find the family all together one night in the week. Society has absorbed the home and this is not Christian.
As to the political test. The one great aim of human government is the righteousness, prosperity and happiness of all the people. In great political campaigns mens votes are sought and their passions or prejudices aroused by arguments directed to the pocket book. Nothing is said about right. Plenty of good men who are church members believe there is no such thing as mixing politics and religion. And our government cannot be claimed to be truly Christian in its purposes and the machinery of administration.
It was the plain law of Christ that, religiously, all his disciples should be united in the common work of redeeming mankind. Yet at no time were there ever as many sects as now. Today the churches compete with one another for patronage. In every town there are always many more than can be supported and I believe Christ would denounce the sectarianism and denominationalism of our generation as non-christian and unchristian in spirit and in practice. I believe also that no one thing has done so much to injure the cause of religion on earth as a divided church.
In spite of optimism and the longing, conviction will not down at empty budding of it, and looking gravely though hopefully out we are compelled to say with reluctant sadners 'No, Our Cityillization' is not Christian—no—not yet.
A Celebrated Case.
The production of this famous play by Miss Georgia Brown and her company of talented actors, will be the dramatic event of the season. Every lover of the legitimate drama will welcome this play as a happy change from the farce comedy productions that flood the country. The dates selected are Thursday and Friday of next week.
The American landscape artist, Alexander H. Wyant, is expected to die. His nationality is American. His scenes are American; his reputation is European and American. The death of such a man will be a sore trial to lovers of art, and especially to lovers of American landscape.
"Oh, those golden slippers" look just as bright as new with Raymond's Liquid Gold Paint, only 25% per bottle.
The glee club starts on its second annual tour next Tuesday. The first concert is given at Emporia. With the foot ball team in the fall, the glee club in the winter and the base ball team in the spring the University gets a great deal of free advertising.
University circles are now engrossed by the oratorical contest that occurs early in January. The number who will try for honors promises to be unusually large.
Do you want to own a real good knife? Now is the time, and Raymond's is the place to get one.
The sign placed on the campus for the direction of visitors is anything but an improvement to the general appearance of things.
A vest pocket toilet case with mirror, scissors, comb and court plaster, at Raymond's.
Some of the professors of the University go through the halls and library looking for students who are skipping class.
The work of classifying students for this years catalogue is going on under
The Burglar.
The work of classifying students for this years catalogue is going on under the direction of Registrar Templin.
"The Burglar," by Gus Thomas, is the next attraction at the opera house. This is one of the most successful of Mr. Thomas' popular plays, and the company which plays here next Tuesday evening is a strong one. They have played to large crowds everywhere this season, and the praise by the press has been most flattering.
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The University has secured a holiday rate for students to take effect the 17th, good to return January 3rd.
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Miss Georgia H. Brown's Dancing Class for children is open every Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Merchants Bank hall. Class for adults Friday evenings at 8 p.m.
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