Kansas University Weekly.
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The University Orchestra assisted by Buch and Henkley, of Kansas City, will furnish the music at the "Rivals" Wednesday night.
Will C. Atchison, who attended the University last year has recently accepted the position of local editor of the Newton Daily Republican.
According to a new rule adopted by the instructors in the Latin Department, a grade of I will not be given to students who have been absent from five recitations.
Snowballing and coasting have furnished much amusement this week. The bob-sled was overturned on Monday night and a number of coasters were slightly injured.
"The Rivals" presentation Wednesday eve will be a great social event. Several fraternities and clubs will give "line" parties—and the boxes will be filled with society people.
Miss Edith Thatcher entertained at whist last Saturday night in honor of the Misses Rogers, of Topeka, Hyde, of Ottawa, Bristol, of Kansas City, and Francis, of Colony.
The first meeting of the newly organized Latin Society will be held next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. An interesting program has been prepared and all are invited to attend.
The Y. W. C. A. meeting next Tuesday at five o'clock will be lead by Miss Caughey. The subject will be Reason and Methods of Bible Study. They expect to have some special music.
Hon. Jerry Simpson was in Lawrence visiting old friends in the city and on the hill this week. Jerry is looking exceedingly well and is getting along famously in his chosen vocation—politics. He is at present installed in Nebraska's state capitol at Lincoln, being deputy bond clerk in the treasury department. We wish to congratulate Jerry on his success and hope that a brilliant political future lies before him. those were great old days for college politics when Jerry and his faithful followers held sway in University affairs.
Mr. W. C. Hoad of the Engineering School has nearly completed the map for the Country
club. It shows the principal topographic features and points of interest of a tract of country extending about twelve miles North and South from Lawrence and ten miles East and west. Among the towns included may be mentioned Lawrence, Baldwin, Eudora, Tonganoxie, Perry, Williamstown, Lecompton, and Vinland. The map is neatly gotten up and does credit to Mr. Hoad as well as the committee which supervises the work.
It is not generally known that William Allen White, who is now attracting so much attention to Kansas as well as to himself, formerly attended the University in 1837-88. Probably his book "The Real Issue" has been read as widely in the East as any recent work of that character. His toast at the Lincoln day banquet held in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, on "What's the Matter with Kansas?" has appeared in full in many of the leading newspapers. The toast while full of wit and sarcasm was nevertheless a very sensible view of the present political situation and was in optimistic view in regard to future Republican success.
A member of the staff was at the depot last Sunday evening just before the "plug" came through and he overheard a number of interesting statements made by some of the legislators who were returning to Topeka after having spent the day at the University. A group of representatives were talking about a colleague not present and were laughing at him for being so easily influenced in behalf of the University. One suggested that it was because it was the first free dinner he had ever had. Later some of them expressed their personal opinions of the University and its needs, and not one was in favor of reducing the appropriation if it would in any way cripple the institution. One said that he had never heard of funds for educational purposes being misappropriated and that he was in favor of giving us the hundred thousand asked for. On a whole their talk was very conservative and the University need not fear a reduction in appropriation this year.
Copying on typewriter, M. F. Laycock.