The Kansas University Weekly. VOL. IV. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 15, 1897. No.15. Editor-in-Chief. HAROLD W. SMITH, Associate: RICHARD R. PRICE. Literary Editor: WALTER H. SANFORD. Associates: L. HEIL, PAULINE LEWELLING, ETHEL HICKEY, Local Editor: CARL L. COOPER. Associates: ARCHIE HOGG, - - - - - Alumni. PERCY PARROTT, - - - Snow Hall. WM. H. CLARK, - - Exchanges. DAISY STARR, - School of Fine Arts. CLARENCE SPELLMAN. - Law. WILL McMURRAY, - Athletics. H. E. DAVIES, - Pharmacy. ALVAH SOUDER, C. A. ROHRER. - Arts. Managing Editor. C. E. ROSE. Associate: TOM CHARLES. Shares in the Weekly one dollar each. Every student and instructor may purchase one share upon application to the Treasurer, Charles A. Wagner or the secretary, Percy J. Parrott. Subscription 50 cents per annum in advance. Address all business communications to C. E. Rose, Lawrence, Kansas. Official Organ of the Kansas College Press Association. Entered at the Lawrence postoffice as second class matter. THIS HAS been a year of victories for Kansas University. An Inter-state contest seems to call out our best talent. The recent Nebraska —Kansas debate was a gratifying test of our THIS HAS been a year of victories for Kansas University. An Inter-state contest seems to call out our best talent. The recent Nebraska —Kansas debate was a gratifying test of our ability. LAWRENCE is certainly a typical college town. The loveliness of her Spring constrains this observation. FOR a complete logical analysis of the Nebraska-Kansas debate apply to the Advanced English Composition class. OUR PROFESSORS think that base ball is a great sport for amateurs; but, a moderate participation therein,—say once a year,—seems to satisfy them. THE PRESENT work of our department of sociology is uniquely practical. The advanced class is truly "graduate" in its methods,—the chief of which is individual research. THE FEATURE of the new catalog is the publication of our Graduate School curriculum. A Graduate school was authorized at the last meeting of the board of regents and already has been established. It ought to attract many students next year and soon become as important and popular at Kansas University as are graduate departments elsewhere. Many eastern colleges have made the graduate school idea all inclusive, and, probably, would sink into comparative insignificance were it not for the excellence of their post-graduate equipments. In the inauguration of our new school we are about to realize our fondest hopes. We trust that next year's attendance may warrant, nay, more—necessitate more perfect organization in our graduate department. ONCE MORE we have downed Missouri in athletics. The Missouri-Kansas base ball match was a beautiful exhibition of team work. Our boys played an errorless game, and besides conducted themselves so well during the play as