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Kansas University Weekly.
M. S. Cloyes visited his son John last Monday.
Will Reed spent Saturday and Sunday at Topeka.
The Pi Phis held an initiation at Miss Hill's last Saturday night.
C. C. Crew is said to be doing excellent work as instructor in drafting.
Harold W. Smith has been quite ill the past week with an attack of the grip.
Invitations have been issued for the Phi Delt party on the 22nd, and the Sigma Chi on the 26th.
The Lawrence Journal says the race for first place is between our McMurray and Brown of Baker.
The hats, wigs, and costumes for "The Rivals" are being made in Kansas City and will be extra fine.
Miss Northrup had the misfortune to fall and dislocate her wrist while coming up the hill Monday morning.
Miss Laura Hyde, of Ottawa, and Virgilene Mulvane, of Topeka, are guests of the Misses Nicholson this week.
Miss Rogers was unable to attend to her duties at the library a part of last week on account of sickness.
Prof. Blackmar was able last Sunday to take charge of his Sunday School class, after an absence of several weeks.
Mr. A. M. Jackson was shown a very good time last Saturday night, it being the occasion of his initiation into the Betas.
Herman Von Unworth of Kansas City was here Saturday and Sunday visiting his brother who is attending the University.
Some of the students taking Constitutional Law under Prof. Hodder say that he is a "stunner" when it comes to a quiz.
The Shakspere class began the reading of Hamlet Tuesday. During the term they expect to cover Winter's Tale and Midsummer Night's Dream.
Prof. Hopkins gave the first of a series of six lectures on the history of the English language last Monday afternoon.
Prof. Blackmar has an interesting article in the January number of the American Journal of Sociology on Social Degeneration.
There will be good music at the contest by Baker's Ladies' quartette, Washburn Glee club, and Frank House and Mr. Farrell of the University.
Robert Wells was seen going toward the train on Monday. He claimed that Chicago would be the first small town of which he would take any notice.
Will McMurray will deliver the oration which he will give at Topeka the 26th, in the chapel Tuesday morning at the time of regular chapel exercises.
The Lecture Bureau has decided upon the sixth number in its course: An Evening of Readings, by Miss Eleanor G. Stephens, of the Emerson School of Oratory.
Miss Scott gave her class in Wallenstein tests Monday and Tuesday. The quizzes covered the introduction to that drama as given by Prof. Carruth in his addition of it.
The Women's League will be At Home to all young women of the University on Saturday afternoon, February 27th, at the house of Prof. Olin, 1134 La. St. Three o'clock.
The New Testament Greek class under direction of Dr. Wilcox now meets three weeks of each month on Monday night. The other week, its session is on Tuesday night.
Mr. Cannon, of Ottawa, a member of the committee on arrangements of the State Oratorical Association was here Wednesday. He reports that Ottawa will send a delegation of 150 to the contest.
At the beginning of this term the professor told the advanced English Composition class not to be facetious in their papers. Evidently some in the class did not know what the term meant for one day this week a member read aloud a portion of the paper, which he was correcting, and asked the professor if that was "falicious."