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Kansas University Weekly.
R. O'Neil had the misfortune to get a cinder in his eye Monday. A physician removed the obstruction but he was unable to attend school for several days.
Prof. Dyche lectures this afternoon and evening on his Alaska experience. The entire proceeds from these two lectures will be given to the Athletic Association.
Quite a number of students have taken advantage of the opportunity afforded for rowing this season. A few hours are still not taken and may be reserved by seeing W.C. Clock.
Ollie Shiras of Ottawa who attended Kansas University two years ago has been lately elected president of the National Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. He graduates this year from Cornell.
A. V. Schroder has secured a position as electrician on a government inspection steamer which plies between St. Louis and New Orleans. The steamer makes two trips a year and each trip occupies two month's time.
The class in Beowulf is reading that interesting canto of the greatest English epic which treats of the contest between Beowulf and the giant Grendel. The members of the class say it beats the newspaper accounts of a modern prize fight.
Recently by two of the most severe empirical tests, the popular superstition that homely people while having their pictures taken are liable to break the photographer's camera, was exploded and the hypothesis established that it is beauty which endangers the machine. The Betas, Clock, Spellman et al had their pictures taken without so much as phasing the camera; but a day or two later when the Thetas sat for their photos the plates cracked and gave way, presumably under the pressure of so much concentrated beauty.
Each member of the Junior Electrical Engineering class is required to design and construct some original piece of machinery. It is a new feature of the course and its purpose is to give the student experience in machine construction and also to serve as an incentive to originality.
Chapel Notes.
Prof. Holmes led the first three days of the week. The subject Monday morning, was one of the three prime elements of character, energy; Tuesday morning, the other two prime elements virtue and intelligence; Wednesday morning, the value of higher education in training for the best citizenship.
Rev. Dr. Howland led Thursday and Friday. The subject Thursday morning was hope.
Science Notes.
Prof. Sterling and Dr. Howland will lead next week.
The Natural History Journal Club met Wednesday evening. Mr. McClung finished his interesting review of Dr. Wilson's work on "Germ Cells." The review was illustrated with a large number of lantern slides.
Last Friday afternoon Dr. Williston gave a lecture on Diptera before the classes in Zoology and Entomology.
The old stereopticon in the lecture room which of late has become unmanageable has been superceded by another which is not so erratic. The new one was designed and manufactured by Mr. Marcy.
The class in Paleontology has completed the course in "Evolution" and is going to have a series of lectures on Vertebrates.
The Paleontological Department are taking photographs of the more interesting forms of the Kansas fossils in the collection, preparatory to making half-tones which are to illustrate a number of articles in the next report of the state geological survey. The report will contain articles by Dr. Williston on "Pterodactyls," Mr. Gowell on "Mammals" and Mr. Riggs on "Fishes."
Library Notes.
Miss Zu Adams and Mrs. Lasher, of the State Historical Library, spent last Saturday visiting this library.
One of the most valuable acquisitions made recently is a complete set of Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte in 120 volumes, dating from 1835.