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Kansas University Weekly.
Resignation of Dr. Holmes.
Shortly after the close of the last school term Prof. D.H. Holmes resigned his position as professor of Latin in the University and accepted a similar position in a New York school. Although Prof. Holmes has been connected with the University but a short time he has improved the work of the Latin department very materially. Through his energy three scholarships have been secured, a paper devoted to the interests of the Latin department published and a Latin society formed. Dr. Holmes has the very best wishes of his many friends in Kansas University for success in his new field of labor.
The New Latin Teacher.
Prof. Walker has been chosen to fill the chair made vacant by Prof. Holmes's resignation. Mr. Walker is comparatively a young man, being but thirty years old. He has, however, had a good deal of experience in teaching, for after graduating from New York City University in 1887 he taught one year in New York and then again in a normal school in Pennsylvania. He was afterward elected to a fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and there taught the Freshman classes in Latin. He obtained his M. A. while here. In 1892 he was elected professor in Greek and Latin at Emory and Henry College, Virginia. In 1893 he went to Chicago University as a Fellow in Latin and was made assistant in 1894, an associate in 1895, and was this spring elected an instructor for three years. He has his dissertation well in hand and will soon take his Ph. D. In his recommendations which come from such men as Chas. F. Smith, professor of Greek in the University of Wisconsin; Chancellor Kirkland, of Vanderbilt; W. G. Hale, professor of Latin in the University of Chicago, he is described as an energetic, enthusiastic scholar and a successful teacher. As a man his acquaintances do not seem to be able to say enough for him as regards character and personal address. It would seem that Chancellor Snow ought to be congratulated upon his success in securing such a man for the head of our Latin Department.
Civil Engineers in Camp.
The civil engineers of the University have returned from their annual summer camp. This is a surveying expedition required of students of civil engineering. This year the party consisted of nine students and Profs. Marvin and Murphy. They went into camp on Thursday, June 10, and completed their work the 9th of July. The camp was pitched about two miles northeast of town, in a grove of trees about a quarter of a mile from the river. The boys were divided into three squads, two doing field work and the third doing the hydrographical work. The boys worked from eight to ten hours each day, and in the evenings—they did other things. When the work was finished a map was constructed, showing every road, farm house, fence, orchard, etc., as well as the elevation of every point of land in the two sections. The entire work was satisfactory to the instructors in charge and the '97 camp was a success.
Adrian F. Sherman, Law '97.
Adrian F. Sherman, son of Hon. A. C. Sherman of Rossville, who graduated in June from the Kansas University law school, has already scored a hit which indicates that the young man stuck the right gait when he took up the law. He entered the office of Rossington, Smith & Dallass, and in a day or two had a client who was redeeming a piece of real estate under the mortgage redemption law of 1893. The note under which the property was sold provided for 10 per cent. interest after maturity. Lawyer Sherman raised the point in the district court that the mortgagee was entitled to only the legal rate of 6 per cent after the sale of the property by the sheriff. This was a point that had never been raised in any court, and the mortgagee has been collecting 10 per cent. without a question by any one. Mr. Sherman went before Judge Hazen, who at once sustained him and held that only 6 per cent could be collected. In Mr. Sherman's case the difference was about $100. This decision is a very important one, as it affects many foreclosure cases all over the state. --Topeka Mail and Breeze.