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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
While frankness, independence and impartiality are essentials, yet conservatism must ever be the dominant factor in the editorial policy of a college publication. In the crucial times when the student body is roused and restless from some excitement, the editor is overwhelmed with inquiries and advice as to the policy of his paper. It would take a skillful pilot to steer through the tortuous channel without offending some portion of his constituency.
This paper has but one purpose: to serve the best interests of K. U. Every editorial utterance is prompted by this motive. Every suggestion of friend is weighed in this balance. In our zeal to accomplish this end, to eradicate certain customs or resent slanderous attacks, the editor may in the past have been indiscreet in some instances. But his sincerity of motive cannot be questioned. Playing to the galleries is not our forte. It is our constant wish to avoid an editorial policy that applauds or condemns student conduct slavishly.
As has been tediously reiterated heretofore, K. U. is woefully lacking in spirit. This condition is universally felt and deplored. Class spirit produces college spirit in direct ratio of quantity applied. College spirit is the life blood of the institution, the inspiration of the students. It is as patent as it is subtle; as essential as mysterious. "It is to the college, what zeal is to the church; what patriotism is to the country." It rouses the
sluggish institution from its languor and thrills it with the throb of life. Class spirit is engendered in contests generally of a physical nature. The frequency of these contests is in a sense the only guarantee of the permanence of active class spirit. The normal student wants to "scrap." Rivalry ranks in his breast. His blood ferments with fight. Threat and persuasion may alleviate his suffering but they cannot cure the disease. You can't legislate it out of him any more than you can banish small pox by edict. And he will accept no substitution for a fight. With him it is merely right for fight's sake.
As long as the "scraps" are free from malice or rowdyism, as long as they are confined within proper channels, so long are they wholesome to student and to institution. In commenting upon the contest just closed it would be highly presumptious for us to criticize the actions of the authorities in sifting the affair. But if in the judgment of our peers, serious and wanton offenses have been committed, we would offer the plea of ebbing spirit in extenuation. When the sentence is pronounced and punishment inflicted, it is deplorable that the men who generally suffer from such ebbititions of spirit, are the life of the school—men injudicious at times perhaps but sincere ever, men whose voices lead the thousand-throated cheering on the field and in the forum far from home urge on our orators with vigorous support.
Students in their sedatory
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habits often revolt against the hum drum of routine. Some outlet must be provided for their diversion. If college spirit be stilted, the unevitable expression becomes pernicious—wine, cards, women. While superficially we may be classed as rowlies, so long as our exuberance gains expression through physical contests so long a substratum of vicious practices will have no opportunity to form.
(RHODES.)
"Quo Vadis."
The story of the play is adapted from Henry Sienkiewicz's novel "Quo Vadis," and follows the book closely. It has been the hit of the season and foremost among the great road productions.
The Romans lived much in the open air, and every house had its airy court, where fountains played and flowers and shrubs grew in profusion. An opportunity of seeing the exact arrangements of a Roman Villa will be given theatre-goers next Saturday, April 5, when E.J. Carpenter presents the great scenic spectacle "Quo Vadis." The stage settings are reproductions from famous paintings, while the costumes and furnishings are perfect copies of those preserved in the British Museum.
The Symphony Concert.
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The concert given in the chapel Wednesday by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra afforded K. U. the best opportunity it has had in several years for hearing first-class orchestra music. The chapel was filled to its full capacity and the performers could not have desired a more considerate and appreciative audience.
The only disappointment was the non appearance of Mr. Towne, the tenor. In place of his two numbers, the orchestra played a march by Wagner, and one of Strauss' waltzes. Mine, Lynne, the soprano, gained at once the favor of the audience, and was repeatedly encoered. The other soloists were Mr. Wagner, cellist, and Mr. Van Ordt. The fingering and combinations of the latter were especially remarkable.
The strongest work of the orchestra as a whole was in the Wagnerian selections, possibly excepting the second movement of the symphony by Dwork. The musicians in every instance entered entirely into the piece they were playing, so that even those who were so unfortunately seated as to be unable to get the ensemble effect could not but appreciate the individual word of those nearest.
The stage of the chapel is not constructed for accommodating so large a company from either the standpoint of the hearer or of the performer, and the audience in the seats near the stage lost some of the more delicate effects.
It is encouraging to note that the guarantee necessary to being the company here was far exceeded. This fact should serve to bring other similar attractions within reach of the music lovers of Lawrence.
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"When anything especially good is done successfully in any particular branch of life, those who observe invariably wonder why. Now that Hennessy Leroy really has scored a universal success in "Other People's Money," both managers and playwrights besiege him with offers for the coming season. Mr. Leroyle very graciously declines, feeling satisfied that he knows when he's got a good thing and he surely has in "Other People's Money" which will be seen here again this season at the Madison Square Theatre." N. Y. Herald Dec 28th.
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Summer's Orchestra of seven pieces will furnish the music. The crowd is limited to University and High School students.
It is now definitely decided that devotees of the theatre here will have an opportunity ere long to witness this self-same play and star which the conservative metropolitan daily so strongly endorses. At Bowersocks Opera House April 9th.
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