Kansas UniversityWeekly
Editor-in-Chief ... GEORGE BARCUS
Associates ... C. A. GARDNER
        C. J. HINDMAN
Literary Editor ... E. W. MURRAY
Society Editor ... RACHEL PUHN
Athletic Editor ... GUY HARSHBERRER
Local Editor ... WALTER J. MEEK
Associates :
BLAIN J. F., MOORE, FLOYD L. T. LIFERD J. H. FRIEGAR, H. P. FONS, J. H. LANTWORTH, E.D. OUPPLE, JNO. A. DELLVIL, ED. MECHEN, ANNA WARFIELD, GUY WAIRD and FLORENCE FORREL.
E. H. McMath. Managing Editor.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEB 16, 1901
Time was when the University Y. M. and Y. W. were political organizations. They had their fingers in all small political pies. Of course, they never had a card in the big deals, but they were always poking around the edges and getting a good many small things. As this time the Utopia杯 was made up of the leading politicians of the two organizations. Of course it is putting it too strongly to say that they were purely political organizations. They fussed with politics for an avocation. They did some good work, but much of its effect was marred by the ambitions of some of the memoers. This lasted for only a year or two, when the Christians came to be bated by the dissenters and much of the power of the organizations was lost. During the past two years the organizations have turned a digressive flip-flop over the backs of eighteen centuries and appear more nearly as the Christians of the second and third centuries. They bear all things and endure all things. They have learned that the Christian in the Y. M. or Y. W. has no business in politics; that he has enough to do to care for himself and his brother in distress. As long as the organizations heed this lesson they will have the good will of the students and their work will be effective. These organizations conducted on the early Christian principle a boon to the University and to the advancement of Christianity. If they will continue in the narrow path much can be done to root out the idea that prevails in many places that the University is an immoral school, that the professors are infidels and many other stories that prevail in uneducated districts. Of course these stories are not true. As a matter of fact the University makes as good showing as any school in the state m Y. M. and Y. W. circles, but its record must be kept up, and the Christian associations must bear the brunt of the battle. Just because there are a dozen little dinky denominational schools in the state drawing Christian students, it is not to be inferred that the University is made up of infidels and agnostics. If the Christian organizations keep up their good work, help them along, but see that they attend to their own affairs, and that they conduct themselves in a manner that will give them the good will of every student on the hill. They must not fuss with things not in their line of work.
Friday morning all the pretty senior girls regaled in cap and gown occupied the bald-headed rows in chapel. They are acting lady-like now and wearing their paraphernalia only on Fridays. 'All the sweet creatures flung their gowns in a triumphant manner at the WEEKLY man. It would have been so nice for the editor of the Lawyer to have seen them, he would have topped over in a state of oxuberant felicity or ecstatic bliss.
Perhaps there is nothing on earth or any place else worse than a liar or hypocrite. A man can belittle himself quicker by telling stories and by pretending to be something which he is not than by any other means. A pretender and a fibber are the most deadly hated of all classes of people. A person who enters school wearing good clothes, spending money freely and pretending to be wealthy when he has nothing, may flourish for a time and may win a number of firm friends; but he will soon fall with a deep thud and will be hated by all of those whom he has deceived. In the same way one may appear to be a goody goody man who never did anything bad and is shocked at all forms of evil. In reality he may be a fiend incarnate and will be found out by his friends only to be hated and shunned. These are pretty good examples of hypo­rites. Liars are of sunry kinds. One may lie deliberately, or just for fun. One may promise to meet a friend at an appointed hour and fail to appear. One may promise to pay twenty-five cents to the sweater fund and then kick off. These are all forms of liars. The first offense may be excused, but a continuous liar is soon despised and scorned. It is just as well to keep ones engagements and to pay ones debts. It is just as easy to be a man as to be an excuse for a man; it is just as easy to have friends as to be dispised and hated by everybody. No liar or hypo­critis shall ever sing in the Heavenly Choir, or play marbles in the Golden Streets or paddle in the Crystal pools.
There are a great many gallant things happening every day in the University. Part of them are generally known, but a greater part never become known to the mass of students. Here are two little incidents that are worthy of mention. The WEEKLY will not mention names as the persons concerned despise public gaze. A few days ago a prominent society man had the company of a young lady for dancing school on Saturday evening. About six o'clock he decided he did not want to go and sent regrets. A few days later a man received an invitation, containing the card of a delightful young woman, for one of the spring parties. He carried that invitation eight long days and nights and then seven hours before the party returned the card and the invitation to the sender, stating that he could not go on account of a little spat of six months ago. At the same time he seet a similar letter of regrets to the young lady whose card was in the invitation. Do not tell anybody outside of school about these things.
It was a master stroke to bring Dr. John H. Outland to Kansas to lead the Jayhawker 'leven.' He is a typical Kansan versed in Kansas foot-ball and master of Eastern tactics. He is a man who has played foot-ball, he knows the game, he knows how to handle men. he is a man who can inspire confidence in raw material. Kansas has bought a good Conch and is going to pay a good price for him. It always pays to buy the best and Kansas has learned this from humiliating experience. General Manager Foster and the athletic board are to be congratulated for their shrewd work.
Professional foot-ball such as the Medics play has just received one awful blow. Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska have practically agreed to give the doctors the cold glance when they ask for games for next season. There is a determined effort on the part of the three universities to root out the spirit of professionalism. It is not known yet what will happen to Washburn and the little Colleges.
Nothing is ever printed in the editorial columns of the WEEKLY that is supposed to be personal in any way. There are only one or two persons and no organizations on the hill that the WEEKLY really hates.
There are four or five literary societies on the hill that are struggling along managing to exist, some one way and some another. Each has its few loyal supporters who elong tenaciously to it and work their finger nails off trying to establish a society that will command respect and amount to something. These societies meet during the week at various times, but the better established ones meet on Saturday evenings. Their purpose is to encourage literary work and the art of speaking and debating. They are an excellent means to the acquisition of this art; in fact they are the only means offered. There are seven or eight hundred students on the hill who could not make a decent speech as long as your little finger, before a hand full of people, if they were about to catch the smallpox. But these seven or eight hundred do not have time to do literary work; they must go to dancing school Saturday evenings or to a cheap show or a little card party. They must free their tired minds from the thoughts of work. Of course this will not set any one to thinking or induce any one to attend the societies. All changes come about gradually. It may be a century before there will be universal interest here in literary work, but the time must inevitably come for men and women who can speak and write will always be in demand. Perhaps it will be the custom sometime to train the head rather than the feet.
The editor of the Lawyer pounced upon the WEEKLY with both feet, with out a bath and with untrimmed toenails in his last issue. The WEEKLY was much surprised that the editor of such a dignified little journal as the Lawyer should show such poor taste by departing from the journalistic precedents and writing such an unpolished editorial. Of course the Lawyer has the privilege of roasting the WEEKLY, but it should not misquote nor should it distort the import of the WEEKLY's editorials. If the Lawyer editor will reread the attacked editorials he will probably see that his supposed-to-be-roast was entirely uncalled for and entirely misrepresentative of the meaning of the editorials. If anybody knew the editor of the Lawyer, or if anybody had ever heard of him, or if anybody ever read the Lawyer, the WEEKLY would go into details and restate what it said and show that it is true. The editor of the Lawyer is certainly not a fan-eared idiot or a microcephalous idiot, he is a gentleman who had an off day and forgot his sense of good taste.
It would be a glorious thing if the University of Kansas could find a name suitable for the annuals of future generations. A name is worth a whole lot. It would give the book a standing and reputation which the Kansas annually do not have. Bump your old empty heads and think of a good name and hand the name to the Annual committee. Do ye this for the sake of the annual.
A few days ago, by a typographical error, the Nebraska Hesperian made a fellow run a hundred yards in three seconds. A second publication in the same school stole a couple of columns of stuff from the flesperian, including the write up of the fast dash, and the poor fellow had to repeat the dash the next day. "Thou shalt not steal."
There are a lot of students on the hill now who are suffering from vaccination, colds and corns who have about as much energy as a lame cat. There are also some who are well who have about the same amount of pluck and back bone.
All literary societies which the WEEKLY is trying so hard to nourish, must appoint a man to write notes and hand them to Mr. Murray, the literary editor, on Wednesday. We like to see your faces, but you must do your little part.
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Carter entertain their Dickinson county friends this evening.
Way down in Louisiana the foot-ball season is still on and raging with tremendous fury. The H. S. Record of Lake Charles fills its whole front page telling how Acadia college was defeated by the High School.
SOCIETY.
Phi Delta Phi are wearing colors for Charles Prey.
Theta Nu Epsilon held initiation Saturday night, for Walter Jones.
Tuesday afternoon Miss Grace Bangs entertained a small company for Mrs. Forest Cochran.
The Barb boys have issued invitations for their annual party February twenty-second in New Eldridge Hall.
The dance in the gymnasium given Saturday morning by the girls of the physical culture classes was a great success.
The Sigma Chi's at the chapter house were very pleasantly entertained Wednesday evening with a chafing dish party, given by Milo-Jones and Floyd Tilford
Last Saturday afternoon the Kappas had a very jolly sleigh ride. The guests of honor were Bessie Cain, of Olaith; Minnie Marks, of Council Grove; Marie Morris and Helen Wilder, of Hiathwa.
On Saturday evening Miss Helen Sutliff entertained a few friends with a "sugaring off." They were Misses Riffle Leach, Plumb, Leslie, Warren Ida Smith. Messrs: Nichols, Sallu, Goddard, Marshall and Davies.
Friday night Louise Alder entertained a few at whist. Mr. Louis Osborn won the prize, a box of Lowney's. Those present were: Misses Bess Hafer, Helen Williams, Maud Brown, Estelle Riddle, Isabelle Hazen, Messrs. Baldwin, Ossilf, Barnette, Clifford and Thompson.
Mrs. Clingman chaperoned a crowd of girls on a sleigh ride Saturday night. The merry time was, enjoyed by Misses Sloeum, Mary Ladd Smith, Packer, Scammon, Collins, Nudam, Warren, Knight, Koogler, Pilcher, Cain, Bell Griggs, Powers, and Arter.
Eta Pi's gave a valentine party Thursday evening, the first part of the evening being spent in the initiation of new members. After the serving of dainty refreshments in form of a love feast the remainder of the time was spent in dancing. This is the first of the Eta Pi's social affairs since their organization and was heartily enjoyed by all.
The reception given Thursday evening to the Medical school by Dr. and Mrs. Williston proved a very enjoyable affair. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey helped with the receiving. The Medics being mostly young men, Misses Wilson, Koogler, Rush and McLaughlin were asked to assist in entertaining them. Refreshments were served in the dining room by Misses Williston and Burwell.
Thursday evening Miss Mildred Chadsey seye a jolly little valentine party in the parlors of the O'Bryon house on Tenn. St. Miss Chadser's guests were the girls at the O'Bryon house. Misses Plumb, Hart, Morrison, and the boys of the Barber house, Messra Bürford, Sheddon, Clippinger, Barcus and Pierson. Light refreshments were served at a late hour.
Miss Gus Flintom entertained a small company Wednesday afternoon with a thimble party in honor of Mrs. Forest Cochram, of Plainville. The girls at Mrs O'Bryon's gave a "ten cent" party Thursday evening in honor of Miss Anna Warfield and Mary Bowen. It was a very pleasant affair, greatly enjoyed by the participants, Misses Merriam, Plumb, Chadsey, Hart, Williams, Seammon, Warfield and Mary Bowen.
The prettiest of the fraternity parties was given last evening in Pythian hall. The hall was very artistically decorated, the walls being covered with University colors. From the center of the room to the corners, were festons of evergreens, and shaded lights hung in the ever-
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--greens gave a rosy cast to the whole interior. The balcony was curtained off with pottiers and drapped with pink and blue, the Beta colors; here refreshments were served throughout the evening. The programs were dainty white folders, embossed with the shield in the same color. The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Haworth, Misses Code Moore, Anna Rankin, May Spenzer, Messrs. Ted Leonard, Rey Cross, Mullard Shaler and Clyde Nichols. Among the out of town guests were Eva Day and Edith Nobe Atchison, Harold Smith, Agnes Lee, of Kansas City Mo. Well Reed, Georgia Krob, of Kansas City, Kaus; Louise Smith, Maude Bates, Ira Davies, Florence Rossington, Joe Morgan, Lourence Chamberlain and Torrence Ewart, of Topeka; Frank Parent, John Kane, of Kansas City, Mo.; Fred King, Nell Beck, Anna Pauline Moore, of Holton, Silver of Margonville; Marie Morris, of Hiawath; Mattie Stone and Mrs. Dr. Goddard, of Leavenworth; Mrs. William D Judd, of 56 Louis; Mrs. Miller and Charles Pettijohn, of Olathe.
Miss Gertrude Becker entertained very charmingly Tuesday evening with a valtine party in honor of Miss Georgia Crawford. Hearts was the game of the evening, the first prize, a heart calendar, being won by Louis Osborn, the booby prize; a bead necklace, by Mrs Forest Cochran. About eleven o'clock dainty refreshments were served and the remainder of the evening was spent with music. Each guest was presented with a pretty valentine as a souvenir of the occasion.
ANNUAL NAME.
An effort is being made by the managers to secure a name for this year's Annual which will be permanent. All other colleges and universities have some title distinctive, either of their college or state which is used each year, the date only being changed to suit circumstances. In order to accomplish this and secure the co-operation of all the classes, the juniors, the sophomores and the freshmen, have appointed a committee to meet with the Annual Board and by joint action select a name, each class agreeing to use the one selected. This will insure at least four annuals gotten out under the same name, and it is believed this will be enough to give it permanently.
If you are interested in securing a name which will be satisfactory for future use and happen to have one you think fills the requirements, hand it to your class president, or the manager, Mr. Blaine Moore, and it will be considered at the joint meeting.
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