Kansas University Weekly.
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FREDERICK H. WOOD,
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JOHN H. KANE.
Literary Editor:
AGNES LEE,
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DE CHAPMAN, ELEANOR GEPHAR
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GUY. C. SEEDS
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J. O. HALL.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APRIL 9. 1898
Among other things the fire put Miss ourl's defeat three weeks farther along.
Mr Bryan's gift to the University was a graceful action and the fact that he had previously done the same for Missouri doesn't make it any the less so.
The Law school is to be congratulated upon the character of its lectures. Take Judge Martin for instance. He has been here for the first three or four weeks lecturing to the Senior Law class. For his trouble and time he receives next to nothing. Considering his prestige as a lawyer there can be little doubt but that his time spent here results in a direct pecuniary loss. Yet the love of his profession, and pride, and interest in his State's Law school brings him here.
A DO-NOTHING MANAGEP
It seems pertinent to inquire what the track athletic management is doing. It was announced early in the season that a track would be made on McCook field. Only a few weeks now intervenes before the state meet, yet work on the track has not been begun. Neither does it seem that any preparation has been made to begin work. The time-worn objections that there is no interest in track athletics here and that there are no candidates in active training, can no longer be thrown in the faces of those who advocate energetic and up-to-date athletic management. All through the vacation fifteen or twenty men could be found on the field daily, training as best they could with the facilities provided.
Nebraska is now at work building a cinder track to cost several hundred dollars. This when completed, will be the best appointed track west of Chicago and "will enable the University" (of Nebraska), so tauntingly boasts the Nebraskan, "to take the same lead in track events that she already taken in base ball and football."
Are we to stand idly by and see the Nebraskan's boast made good?
The students of this institution habitually squeeze the purse strings so tightly that we cannot expect at once to make a track equal to that of Nebraska. But it has been estimated that for $35 a track for the spirits can be constructed. This track once put in shape would be a start in the right direction and ultimately in; sure a first class track and team. Of this ridiculously low sum part, must have have been cleared from the idleroom meet. The expenses for that night were small, and unless money was deliberately thrown away, there must have been at least a few dollars profit. The rest ought to be secured easily by subscription, if the manager were hustling and efficient.
In striking contrast to his lethargic movements are the energy and push of the base ball management. Mr. Snyder has already secured by subscription over $100 for the use of his ball team.
Kansas athletes have heretofore set the pace in the Mississippi valley and others have followed as best they could. But a little more such management as that of our present track team, and our prestige will be gone.
Captain Speak has done the best he could without the active assistance of his manager. The only thing the
latter has done so far is to exhibit his first class incompetency for the place; and if some energy is not instilled into his managerial veins, and that at once, we may expect a disastrous season in track athletics.
Show Your College and State Loy alty.
The WEEKLY called attention some weeks ago to the necessity of a big crowd at the Missouri debate. The same reasons hold good now that held good then. The fire gave us more time, but it didn't give us any more money or any less expense. The financial needs of the situation are as great now as they were then. All expenses of the debate, about seventy-five dollars, are to be borne by our committee. Neither has the second reason that of encouragement to our debaters been reduced any by the postponement. They need as much as ever to feel that the boys are behind them backing them up. As for the third reason a proper display of college spirit, the occasion for it is more pressing than ever. There is we understand, a feeling at Missouri that we are not anxious for the debate, that we are sick of our bargain. Certain suspicious Missou ians no doubt believe that some member of our debating team or committee set fire with his own hand to the power house to gain time. Not understanding the situation here, they feel that we are putting them off, presumably because we shudder at the final day of reckoning. Now if only a small crowd comes out to hear the debate this idea will be strengthened. A light audience will be attributed to a feeling of apathy which in a Missouri-Kansas contest could only be construed by Missouri as resulting from a foregone conclusion on our part of defeat.
part of our team.
So give Missouri a warm reception.
Give them an exhibition, of genuine college spirit. Prove that Kansas is as eager to meet her in debate as in football, and as interested and as confident of the outcome. There will be three Jayhawkers on the platform that night who will do their part. Students, do yours!
A CHANCE FOR STATE PRIDE
It is imperative that the shops of the Engineering school should be rebuilt at once. As pointed out by Chancellor Snow in another column of the Weekly, to delay the rebuilding and retraining of the shops will seriously cripple the University. As work in modern schools of mechanical and electrical engineering is now carried on, much attention is paid to shop work. The day when scientific courses were confined to a theoretical study of principles, has passed. Experiment and practice are now essential factors in scientific education. No institution of learning can hope to maintain a high rank or to graduate from its well-equipped, competent and practical engineers, if proper facilities for such work are not provided.
The Engineering school of the University of Kansas has been thoroughly up-to-date in its methods of instruction. It has attained an enviable reputation for efficiency. This standard must be maintained. The people of the state cannot afford that any department of the University should take a backward step.
To postpone the rebuilding and refitting of these shops would a fatal step in the wrong direction.
Now it takes money to rebuild and the only way to raise this money for the present is for the citizens of the state and particularly of Lawrence to loan it to the Regents. The people of Lawrence ought to be willing to do this. They are directly and primarily benefited by the location of the University in this town and if any one doubts this let him spend a month, or even a single week in this town in the summer and notice the difference in the business then and during the college year. $300,000 is a ridiculously low estimate of the amount brought here annually by the University.
It is not as though the Regents were asking a gift. There is ample assurance that the money will be refunded by the state.
In view of these facts it certainly seems as though the needed $30,000 should be raised here in town and we believe it will. $7,000 has already been secured by the generosity of four men.
Surely it cannot be that State pride is at so low an ebb as to suffer the crippling of the State's highest institution of learning for the lack of a $30,000 loan.
THE BRYAN ENDOWMENT.
something About Our Other Prizes and Scholarships.
The $250 given by Hon. W. J. Bryan he proceeds to provide for a prize for the best essay on government has been invested and will bear eight percent interest. This will insure a prize of $20 each.
year, beginning a year from this spring. This makes the fifth prize now awarded in the University.
Of the other three, two are scholarships and two are like the Bryan gift, prizes for an essay in a prescribed line of work. Of these prizes the most valuable is the Thompson Law prize, open to members of both the Junior and Senior classes of the Law school. As told in the Weekly some weeks ago this prize is given by the Thompson Law Book Co. and consists in a set of one of their three valuable Law Engegolpidias any one which is worth over $200. Contests this year are already at work upon their thesis upon the question submitted by the law school faculty, that of the legal standing of labor organizations whose purpose is to control the price of labor.
The other essay prize is known as the Barteaux English Literature prize. It is $20. four volume edition of Green's Short History of the English People. The contest is open to members of the Junior and Senior classes of the School of Arts and this valuable work is awarded to the contest presenting the best characterization of an English author of the Victorian period in any department of letters, literary, philosophical or scientific. The donor is Mr. Arthur B. Barteaux of New York city, and the essays must be submitted on May 1. The two scholarships are both in Latin and each pays $100. They are known as the D.H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship of the Alumni Association and the D.H. Robinson Graduate Latin Scholarship, respectively. The first is an under-graduate scholarship supported by the Alumni Association.
Prof. Dyche delivered two lectures during the vacation; one at Effingham and one at Kansas City, Kansas.
SNOW HALL.
The cold weather of last week destroyed some of the preparations that Mr. McClung had arranged for last Wednesday night's meeting of the Biological club and thus necessitated a postponement.
The Department of Zoology has had a number of rough tables put in at the windows of the gymnasium for the accommodation of the members of the class in Zoology 1.
The cold weather has delayed the work of the survey; there being no botanical growth.
Dr. Williston recently sold $300 worth of fossils to National museums of Washington, D. C., and also accomplished a valuable exchange with Prof Barber of Nebraska, Prof. Broadhead of Missouri, and with the National museum.
The Botanical department acquired a valuable supply of bacteres during the vacation.
The proof of the plates for the State Zoological survey have been received and are excellent.
An article on Creataceous Reptiles is to appear in the June number of the Popular Science Monthly, and Dr. Williston's work will form the basis of the report, the pictures for which he is now correcting. It is quite likely that his picture is to appear on the frontispiece.
DEBATERS WILL BE CHOS 3N.
On Monday Night to Represent Us at Nebraska.
The speakers Monday will be Allen and Brady from the Adelphic Olston and Layton from the Kent, Bumgartner and Beach from the Snow, Jackson and Metzker from the Green Law club, and Crisman and Cheadle from the Inter-Class Debating society.
On Monday night twelve men will contest for the honor of representing the University of Kansas in the fourth annual Kansas-Nebraska debate to be held at Lincoln early in May. Of the three debates held in the past Kansas has won two and Nebraska one.
Each speaker will have an eight minutes opening speech and three minutes to close. Prof. I. W. Green will preside.
The question will be that of the Nebraska debate, Resolved, The English cabinet system of government would be better for the United States than the present congressional system.
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Kansas Cityans had the good fortune a few days ago to hear F. Marlon Cawford lecture on "Pope" Leo XIII, and the Vatican."
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A history of Rome during the Middle Ages by F. Marion Crawford will be published In November.
At first his personality was much more interesting than what he said, but not for long. His lecture was given easily and frankly, progressing in the same natural way that his stories do. One particularly noticed the perfect good taste which he always observed by keeping Marlon Crawford and his books in the obscure background. Some English writers who have lately come to America would do well to exercise the same modesty and good taste as Mr. Crawford instead of emphasizing their personalities and advertising their books and then complaining that Americans treated them as curiosities to be marveled at and interviewed. Mr. Crawford had abundant opportunity to talk about himself for much of the material of his lecture was such as no American except himself could secure. Although born of Protestant parentage, he has himself embraced the Catholic faith. This fac is a great advantage to him for influenza Roman houses both of the church and out of it are quite impenetrable to a man of Protestant faith.
Mr. Crawford regards Pope Leo XIII as one of the greatest of the popes and told a little anecdote which in a few words illustrates the difference between Pope Pius IX who governed by love and his successor Leo who governs by fear. Some visitors were one day admitted to be blessed by Pope Pius and, as is the custom, they all knelt to receive the pontifical blessing except one stiff necked young Englishman. When Pius came to the standing man he looked kindly at him and said, "Kneel, now, young man, an old man's blessing can do thee no harm." A similar occasion has once presented itself during Leo's reign, a young man refused to knee, so when Pope Leo came to him, a fiery gleam shot from his eye, and pointing his long bony finger at the man, the pope said to an attendant, "Take that piece of statuary back to the Vatican" These incidents show the temper of these two popes.
Mr. Crawford is usually called "The American Novelist," though why this title should always follow his name is not quite clear. He was not born in America, and has never lived here for any length of time. His stories are not American except two of his poorest. And he is not American in appearance or manner. He is a striking looking man with more than six feet of athletics, well-built frame, square shoulders on which are set a fine head, not year well covered with hair. He has a large, rather hooked nose and a big mouth with a big muschel and is in short, such a looking man as he has described at least once in each story he has written. He has a smooth pleasant voice and speaks rapidly but distinctly, with a foreign pronunciation. His manner is unmistakably foreign in its well-bred elegance.
The latest thing from Crawford's pen is
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his "Coreleone, which although only completed in the March Munsey is having a big sale in book form. It has always seemed wonderful that Crawford's stories are so popular. They are good stories, by one who knows how to tell them, but they seem so foreign and irrelevant to our complicated life that is engaging our every fiber, that it is surprising that people find time to read them. Coreleone is the thirtieth volume from Crawford's pen since r882. It is a continuation of the series that contains "Saraciusca," Sant Ilario," and "Don Orsoino." It is concerned with the thrilling love affair of Don Orsoino, the character that Mr. Crawford has taken the greatest care to develop.
Wisconsin and Chicago divided the honors at the indoor meet held in Chicago, March 5. Wisconsin took first place in in the gymnastic and second in the track events, while Chicago took first in track events and second in gymnastics.
The Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia has presented Columbia university with a $12,000 locomotive for the mechanical engineering department.
Cornell defeated Pennsylvania in the annual debate last week on the question of immigration. One of Cornell's representatives was a woman.
Columbia has received another $1,000.,
ooo gift for the library. This with President Low's gift gives the Columbia library over $2,000,000.
Yale will play Princeton November 14, and Harvard November 19, during next year's football season. Heretofore the Harvard game has always preceded that with Princeton.
Moulton, the veteran trainer, who brought out Crum and Maybury, claims to have discovered another sprinter who is a world-beater, at Iowa.
Cochams of Wisconsin put the shot 41 feet at the indoor meet in Chicago.
The most sensational kidnapping for years has taken place at Brown university, and occurred March 1, when the sophomores seized and bound the officers of the freshman class, put them on board aug and carried them to Newport. The occasion for this was the regular freshman banquet.
Mr. Justice Brewer has been selected to deliver the commencement address at the Iowa University School of Law.
Nebraska won her first ball game by a score of 9 to 6 from the Swifts of Lincoln.
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