Kansas UniversityWeekly Editor-in-Chief...GEORGE BARCUS Associates...C. A. GARDNER C. J. HINDMAN Literary Editor...E. W MURRAY Society Editor.RACHEL PUGH Athletic Editor.GUY HARSBERGER Local Editor.WALTER J. MEEP Latest Designs And Styles. Associates : BLAINK E. MOORE, FLOYD T. LIFTONJ. J. H.FELGAR, H. P. FONDS, J. H. LANGWITHOB, ED. GUPPLEY, JSO, A. DEVLIN, ED. MICHEM, ANNA WARFIELD, GUY WARD AND FLORENCE FLORENCE E. H. McMath, Managing Editor; Entered at the Lawrence postoffice as second- class mail matter. Shares in the WEEKLY $1 each, entitling the holder to the paper two years, may be bad of the secretary and treasurer. Geo, Poster, the man- aging editor, or at the WEEKLY office. Subscription price, 20 cents per annum in ad- vance. Business manager contacts. Address all communications to E. H. McMath Business Manager, Lawrence, Kansas Fine Millineru And Novelties. LAWRENCE, KANSAS. April 7, 1901 . "She has asked me, Would I help her With her Latin, 'Twas so hard. Learn to conjugate That old word 'Disco.'? Pretty lips so near, So tempting. Tended strongly to beguile 'Didicissem.' I should smile." The track team is hard at work now. There are a lot of men who are showing excellent form, and who will probably break some University records in the next meet. But more material is needed badly. There are a lot of men in school who could render invaluable service to the track team if they would only come out and work. Last year the University lost a great many track team man by graduation; men for this section of athletics must be recruited from raw material from the under classes. The time of the meets is drawing rapidly near and it behooves every University man who can to come out and do his best. This year we are to have an intercollegiate meet with the leading colleges of the state; the University must take a high rank in this contest, but to do this every student must do his part. Besides the intercollegiate meet there will be a meet with Missouri. Missouri must be held down if Kansas can possibly do it. Kansas has the material to show Missouri in any line, if it can only be developed. So come out and work and help maintain the pristine reputation of the 'Varsity. Captain Toby or Manager Morris will be pleased to talk with all track team men. Besides support for the team the 'Varsity needs a big attendance at the meets, which occur on the 13th and 27th of April. It is high time to buy base ball tickets. The season is now open and the sale will close very soon. The management is offering better games and more games for the price of the ticket than ever before. This year all of the games will be of high order and there will be three games that alone will cost the price asked for the ten. These games are with Missouri, Nebraska and Highland Park. The two state schools have better teams than usual, and promise to give Kansas a mighty hard rub. The big game of the season will be with Highland Park. Highland has had one of the strongest, if not the strongest, teams in Iowa for the past three years. It was with much difficulty and at heavy expense that Manager Simpson secured the return game on May 20. The management is supporting a team that promises to out-do the record of all former nines. To do this material help must be secured in the form of a heavy sale of season tickets and a large attendance at the games. There is really a little interest in oratory in the University now. The professors are beginning to take a part in the struggle to put oratory on a former basis and the students occasionally discuss the advisability of doing something The Lawyer, our friend in struggle, has drawn its hatchet and fallen in line for the cruse. In short the signs of the times indicate a real oldtime revival in oratorical contests. The outcome of the crusade can not be foretold but while there is life there is hope. If a few more members of the faculty would fall in line with whetted axes it may be possible to accomplish the desired end. Another thing that is needed is the hearty support of the leading members of the literary societies as the material for oratorial contests must come largely from the debating and literary clubs. When the Snow, the Adelphic, the X Z and the other societies take up the matter of contest and decide to act, when they elect orators for next year and put them to work the WEEKLY will celebrate and hold its peace with reference to oratory for the remainder of the year. MRS. BOULTON STONE. 10 Per Cent. Discount For the past week the entire civilized world has been reading of the brilliant and daring exploit of Brigadier General Funston. It had been General Funston's ambition for a year to get his bands on that yellow boy. His daring plan to capture Aguamilido elects admiration from all American sympathizers and the skill with which the plans were carried out was phenomenal. What the effect of the capture of the chief will be on the Philippine insurgents cannot be foretold, but if the war should cease, the glory of the affair belongs to General Funston the Kansas idol. It was Funston's plan from start to finish, no one else ever claiming any part of the honor. Kansas has been talked about more during the past week than ir has in the two years preceding. All because the little Kansan general showed skill. All Kansas is joyful and the University in particular. All America was pleased to see the Kansan win his new star. Students trade especially solicited, therefore will give 10 per cent. off. The spring vacation has passed and its proceedings are already recorded in the annals of University history. Almost all of the students took advantage of the opportunity to break way from school work and visit the home folks or some other folks. Some returned refreshed and ready for new tasks others sore in body and mind and not caring whether school kept or not. Vacations if properly used are an advantage, but if not they are a detriment to school work. The last issue of the Lonely of the Central High School, Kansas City, was under the direction of the girls of Central. The paper was the noblest issue that has appeared in any high school for a long time. It was brim full of news, humor and literary staff of merit. The Central girls are workers. They have about as much pluck as the Pi Pai's. The advertising columns show a great deal of persistent effort. The WEEKLY extends congratulations. The Burke met with enough members present for a good sized "wake." However the program members were slow in putting in an appearance and so the program had to be started at the wrong end. The debate "Resolved, That Cuba Should Submit Her Constitution to the U. S. for Approval." Leighty and LITERARY NOTES 841 Mass. Street. Lawrence, Kansas Mechem upheld the affirmative while Langworthy and Ryon took the negative view of the matter. The judges agreed with the negative. An extension by Gardner was followed by a select reading by Murray. A vocal exhibition by Jameson completed the program. Adjourned. The Snow, unlike the rest of the societies, had a vacation session which proved to be a decided success. Miss Forrest opened the program with an extempore on Fonston thus giving the much overworked Mrs. Nation a rest. Babcock then posted the society on some current happenings and Miss Herrington jerked some music out of the piano and was called up for a rejerk. Miss Meyers and Ward hadn't invested very heavily in nineteenth century missionaries and thought the results amply justified the sacrifice. However Miss Woodin and Metcalf had invested something like two bits and said no dividends had been declared yet; the sympathy of the judges was with the bankrupt. Sholl resigned as vice-president and Kinnear was elected in his place. Adjourned. The X Y Z club was called to order by Pres. Royle. After the minutes of the previous meeting were read the parliamentary drill was conducted by Lorimer. Grant delivered an extempore on the subject, "Should China be dismembered" and we expect the powers to take immediate action now. Logan had for the subject of his extempore "Should Penalties for Crime be Increased?" The debate, "Resolved that Political Parties are a Monace to good Government" was a warm number, Colliiday and Sussieu agreed with the question (from which we infer that they are populists or socialists) and put up a hot fight for their side. Trombold and Metcalf, however, have hopes of being elected police judge or constable some day and want the political parties to stay. The judges also had political aspirations and awarded the olive branch so the negative. Adjourned. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] --- Ten Responsible Men Wanted for the summer to handle Nave's Topical Bible. The greatest seller on earth. 20,000 topics full and complete. Bishop McCabe Says; "It far excels any book of the kind ever issued." One student sold 26 copies in one week, another 27 copies, another 31, and another agent sold 131 copies in one month, that being $1,400 worth. We pay a salary. Don't contract with others before May 1, when I will be in Lawrence. A. N. WYCOFF, Field Manager Call on James E. Boyle or F. O. Kershner (students) and see this book.