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Kansas University Weekly.
Prof. Preyer is ill.
The Kappas and Pi Phis will have dances in " The Tempest."
Miss Clara Trout entertained her friends at a boating party last Thursday night.
Mrs. E. D. Adams entertained eighteen young ladies Monday afternoon in honor of her guest, Miss Collins of Chicago.
Chancellor Snow will address the graduating class of the Burlington High school next Friday night on "The Advantages of Higher Education."
The reception which was to have been tendered the active members of Pi Beta Phi by the alumnae members last Saturday was indefinitely postponed on account of Mrs. Sutliffs's illness.
The members of the Senior class are very busy people just now. Besides their regular school work they are practicing almost daily for the play and attending to the various duties preparatory to commencement.
Politics have been quite warm this week. The halls have been filled with office-seekers and their friends.The contest between the two candidates for Editor-in-chief has resulted in the sale of fifty-six new shares.
Another Kansas University professor has been signally honored. Prof. F.O.Marvin has recently been elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, an honor that is extended to but few engineers.
The Footpads went out to the lake on the Santa Fe plug Saturday afternoon and took supper at Mrs. Bierman's. They walked back at night after having spent a very pleasant evening in rowing upon the lake and indulging in other pastimes.
Bishop J. H. Vincent gave the last lecture of the course at the chapel last night on the subject, "Tom and Tom's Teachers." The delegates to the Kansas Society for Child-Study were in attendance. An account of the lecture will be given next week.
P. S. Elliott and F. W. Stewart have been given permission by the faculty to conduct a
check-stand in the west hall of the Main building. A railing separating the west hall from the main hall has been built and Messrs. Elliott and Stewart will here receive and check the hats of the students. This will prevent much of the petty thieving which has been carried on heretofore.
The Juniors have at last succeeded in holding a well attended class meeting. A call for a meeting of the young ladies of the class for Tuesday noon was posted Tuesday morning. This aroused the young men who met in an adjoining room at the same hour and sent a delegate to the young ladies asking permission to join them; which was granted. The class have had several meetings this week but have refused to disclose their project to the WEEKLY reporter.
Child-Study.
The second annual meeting of the Kansas Society for Child Study was held in Lawrence this week beginning Thursday evening and concluding this morning. Chancellor Snow delivered the address of welcome Thursday night and the response was made by President A.R. R. Taylor of Emporia. Superintendent Louis Soldan of St. Louis also gave an address. Professors Templin and Carruth addressed the meeting. The day sessions were held in the Spooner Library Hall and the evening in the High School Auditorium. School superintendents from all parts of the state were in attend-
Law Notes.
The law students have been competing for a prize of a fine set of law booksBeach on Contracts, offered by D. S. Pipes, Manager of the Bowen-Merril Law Book Co.of Kansas City, Mo. The best thesis on a given law topic was written by J. M. Lewis, a Senior, with A. C.Alford, also a Senior, a close second, there being only one-half per cent difference between the two papers. The judges were Wm. Higgins of Kansas City; J. M. Challis, Atchison; and Clad Hamilton, Topeka;—all of the class of 194.