Some Thoughts on Literary Work in K. U.
In the records of one of the literary societies of K. U. under date Oct. 1, 1897, is the following;
"A called meeting of students interested in the formation of a new literary society met to consider the matter Mr. George O. Foster was chosen temporary chairman and Mr. A. L Goudy, temporary secretary. It was decided to organize a society P. S. Elliott, T. B. Henry and Geo R. Crissman were appointed a committee to draw up a constitution." On Oct 8, the meeting was held which adopted the constitution. The records say nothing about it, but the writer remembers an hour's "combat of words" which resulted in making this clause a part of the constitution: "The active members shall be limited to members of the K. U. who are not members of any other regularly organized literary society of K. U." The constitution was finally adopted and thirty-three members signed it. Geo R. Crissman was elected first president, and A. L. Goudy, secretary. Meetings were now held weekly, and excellent programs were rendered. The active membership rose to sixty and enthusiasm and interest was great. But soon came some serious hindrances. One of these was the lack of heat for the room.
The lack of heat, of course, cooled the glow of interest. Another reason for this decline was the constant conflict with other meetings such as lectures and concerts in the some building. Many of the members ceased to attend, yet in spite of these hindrances the society continued to meet till late in spring and adjourned to meet at the opening of the University.
At the beginning of this University year all old members were anxious to find warmer quarters, and now the society, the Snow Society, meets in the assembly room of North College. Its time of meeting has been changed to Saturday evening with the hope of avoiding conflicts. The society now has a fair sized hall for a home, and hopes to get more conveniences and furnishings later. Its members at present number about thirty. Some good programs have been rendered this year. The aim is to do general literary work, and avoid all trashy and trivial matter. Parliamentary training has been made an im-portant feature of the work. One of the aims of this feature is to give all members practice in presiding over a meeting.
When the society wishes to boast it points to the fact that it was able to furnish four out of five contestants in last year's oratorical contest and one of the inter-state debaters, and its members are proud of naming as their fellow member, P. S. Elliott the best student orator of Kansas, as was decided in last year's contest.
But we desired to say something about the true condition of literary societies and the status of literary interest in K. U. Ab! but this is one side of the subject upon which one who knows the conditions and is loyal to K. U. would rather have nothing to say. Anyone who has participated in, or seen the literary work done in the other state schools or in almost any of the private colleges or even minor academies is sadly disappointed when he comes here and sees the work done in K. U. A thousand students carrying in all but two societies for general literary work and possibly not over sixty students doing much active work even in these! But, you say, there are many special societies and clubs Perhaps, but in how many do students do the majority of the work? How many of the thousand students are doing anything to acquire the power to express their thoughts before an audience? Several of the professors have said that the training received by doing active work in a literary society is worth more than any course offered by any department. Some have even gone so far as to say that society work was worth more than two or three such courses. In a critics report recently given before the Snowsociety a professor said: "You, students, will use that which you can gain in a literary society, i.e., power to express yourselves naturally, easily and fearlessly" before an audience, six times, while you will use that once which you gain in any one term of class room work." So great is the importance of this work in the opinion of men of experience, and yet so few students are doing it. Evidently the students are the greatest loosers because of the neglect of literary work. They are themselves most to blame and there are, no doubt, many reasons to keep them from doing general literary work. However, we shall not consider these reasons now.
The writer, being a student, finds it easier to point out what the authorities of Kansas University might do to help on society work. In many institutions, hallways are given to societies which they are allowed to use, furnish and decorate at their pleasure. K.U. could do as much. In some institutions many of the professors visit the societies frequently without having to be invited to come and act as critic. Could our professors not do as much? Should
not a student receive as much credit for his searching, reading and arranging the matters for a few minutes talk in debate, as he who writes or copies a thousand word biography, or gets a friend to write a forensic for him? We think the English department could devise some scheme by which without increasing their work they could give students credit for forensic work for good work in debating, etc., in a society. This literary work would be much more useful than simply writing a forensic. Whether this or some other plan be used we hope something can be done, so that students will carry on several good literary societies, and thus K. U. might lead in literary work instead of trailing along behind even minor academies
Let us win the games and contests, but let us also do some literary work and be prepared, after graduating, to lead in Literary, Scientific or Social Clubs, in Teacher's Associations, Doctor's Conventions, or Irrigation Conferences, in Secret Orders, Young People's Societies or Church Organizations. Let us try to learn to express our thoughts before others and carry our points in a meeting.
B. W. J.
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