Kansas University Weekly.
115
Prof. Blake has given up his Oklahoma trip.
Prof. Marvin was not able to meet his classes Tuesday.
The Utopian club had its picture taken last Saturday.
Our Billy Williamson was in Lawrence on business Tuesday.
Mr. White has been burning the grass on the campus this week.
Miss Minnie Gilbert, of Newton, is visiting Miss Agnes Hanson this week.
Last Monday was so warm that some of the boys complained of Spring-fever.
The Juniors have decided to have their promenade on the twenty-sixth of this month.
A very pleasant time was reported by the girls who attended the Y. W. C.A. party last Friday evening.
Prof. Wilcox lectures Thursday afternoon before the Greek Symposium on Excavations at Olympia.
The regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held Thursday evening. Mr. Levi and Mr. Belcher were the leaders.
The Young Woman's Christian Association have arranged an especially interesting meeting for next Tuesday afternoon.
Prof. Blake took the members of his class in Sophomore Physics to the Engineering shop to explain to them the mysteries of the dynamo.
A bill permitting the Lawrence street car company to extend its street car lines through the University grounds passed the senate last Tuesday.
Prof. Miller treated his Calculus class to a quiz last Tuesday. The members of the class give the impression that they have been handled unduly rough.
Mr. Dewey a student in the Engineering department broke the record this week making cap-screws. He made nine in five hours, eight being the largest number that has ever been made in the same time by a student.
The second floor of the engineering building is so loaded with machinery that it had to be propped from below, to secure safety.
A prominent democrat in the Senior class was heard to remark upon hearing the action of the Senate on the salary bill. "I would like to take a shot at them."
Mrs. W. T. Perry, a former K. U. student, visited her Theta sisters Saturday and Sunday Misses Carrie Pampel and Clara Trout entertained in her honor Saturday night.
Prof. Palmer has organized a class in machine designs for the benefit of the Sophomore dynamos. Something practical in this line has been needed for some time.
Fred Mathews has just completed a design for a vertical milling attachment which is to be constructed and used in the Engineering shop. The design is original and promises to be very practical.
Henry Wagner who was captain of the University base-ball nine last year has been elected captain of the Abilene nine for the coming season. It is said to be one of the strongest teams in the west.
The course of lectures given by the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. is meeting with well merited success. Those who listened to Prof. Wilcox's second lecture, text, "Canaan and Translations of the Bible," are agreed that the hour could not have been spent to better advantage. Prof. Dunlap will follow with two lectures on the book of Job, March 17th, and 24th, at 5 o'clock in Snow Hall.
The Mozart Symphony Club rendered an excellent program in University hall Wednesday evening. The program was not varied much from that given last year. The company is composed of artists however and many of the selections are worthy of repetition. Theodore Hoch 's the very soul—and body too for that matter—of the organization and his selections on the cornet were thoroughly enjoyed by all. The company was assisted by Miss Marie Gumaer a contralto of considerable ability.