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Kansas University Weekly.
The Closing Debate.
The final debate preliminary to the Kansas Nebraska debate was held at the chapel Thursday night. There was a fair attendance and it is gratifying to note that there was a large number of the faculty present. Prof. Green acted as presiding officer and the Reverend J. W. Somerville and Dixon and F. L. Webster as judges. The question was the same that will be debated with Nebraska, namely; "Should it be the policy of the United States to extend its dominion?" The Messrs Layton, Coleman and Sharpe spoke on the affirmative and the Messrs Gates, Jackson and Wood on the negative. While there were many little faults of position and delivery that needed attention, their work as a whole was very creditable to those taking part. The decision of the judges gave to the Messrs Sharpe, Coleman and Wood the honor of representing the University in the final contest. This is a trio that Nebraska will find difficult to defeat and all Kansas University students are confident of victory.
Othello.
No bill in Mr. LOUIS JAMES' repertoire enjoys greater popularity than his Othello. For some years Mr. James has been one of the most notable exponents of the title character of this play, and during the past five years his conception and treatment have broadened in such a degree that he is to-day without doubt the foremost Othello on the American stage. Aside from Mr. James' acknowledged greatness in this role the theatre-going public will find additional interest in the elaborate staging that has been given the play. It is therefore with no small amount of pleasurable anticipation that one looks forward to Mr. James' engagement in this his most famous characterization at the Bowersock opera house Thursday April 15. "OTHELLO" as a stage character is a very interesting study from many standpoints aside from the analysis of the character from the Shakespeare text. He has been variously interpreted as a veritable barbarian and as a cultured Venitian. Both extremes are manifestly erroneous. Mr. James' characterization preserves the radical characteristics of the Moor and at the same time makes all due allowance for the environments of civilization he enjoyed and the degree of culture he acquired while at the court of Venice. In personality Mr. James is singularly suited to the impressive embodiment of such a character. Tall and erect in stature, massive and symmetrical in frame, graceful and expressive in action, he is ideal in the physical realization of the part. He has one of the most impressive voices the American stage has yet produced, and it is absolutely responsive to every passion that he may be called upon to express. These native gifts are supplemented by a mature art perfected in the most exacting school the American stage has afforded. To all these qualities must be added that of a
genuine love for the abused Moor, a love which existed in the tragedian from his very first acquaintance with the play and which has grown through the years of his interpretation. Messrs. Wagenhals and Kemper, Mr. James' managers, besides surrounding him with the strongest company organized in years for the support of a star in the classical roles, have given the plays in his repertoire a magnificent scenic equipment. The senate chamber for Othello is modeled after the famous chamber of tapestries in the palace of Doges in Venice and is said to be a triumph of the scene-painter's art. Another gem of the Othello scenery is the bed chamber of Desdemona. The costuming is historically correct and most elaborate, the designs are by Mme. Jahn and the execution by Herrman. Mr. James' company includes Guy Lindsley, William Harris, Collin Kemper, Harry Langdon, Miss Alma Kruger and other well known players. Seats on sale Tuesday, April 13.
Hawthorne Truly Says:
"These railroads are positively the greatest blessings that the ages have wrought out for us. They give us wings; they annihilate the toil and dust of pilgrimage; they spiritualize travel! Transition being so facile, what can be any man's inducement to tarry in one spot? Why should he make himself a prisoner for life in brick, and stone, and old, worm-eaten timber, when he may just as easily dwell wherever the beautiful shall offer him a home?"
The magnificent trains of the Santa Fe Route offer a facile transition to many beautiful spots in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Free descriptive literature. W. J.Black,G.P.A.,A.T.&S.F.Ry. Topeka,Kas.
Students, save a dollar by having your picture taken at Goodnight's gallery. You can get a dozen first-class cabinets for $2.
Students get your shoes repaired at Lindsay's. First door north of Tiptons Barber Shop.
Go to Smith's News Stand for your canes, late periodicals, etc.
Goodnight will give you a dozen good photographs for $1. Call and see him. He will give you first-class work at low prices.
Give your shorthand and type-writing work to Miss Kate S. Soule, 1105 Mass. St.
Base ball and Tennis goods at Smith's News Stand.
Just what you want: those gymnasium suits sold at Smith's News stand.
Robt. Edmondson will do your shoe repairing at No. 11 East Warren street.