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The Kansas University Weekly.
VOL. III.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 6, 1897.
Editor-in-Chief.
HAROLD W. SMITH,
Associate:
RICHARD R. PRICE.
Literary Editor
WALTER H. SANFORD.
No 20.
L. HEIL, ETHEL HICKEY,
PAULINE LEWELLING,
Local Editor:
W. C. CLOCK.
Associates:
ARCHIE HOGG, - - - - - - Alumni.
PERCY PARROTT, - - - - Snow Hall.
WM. H. CLARK, - - - - Exchanges.
DAISY STARR, - - - School of Fine Arts.
CLARENCE SPELLMAN. - - - Law.
WILL McMURRAY, - - - - Athletics.
CARL COOPER,
ALVAH SOUDER,
C. A. ROHRER.
Managing Editor.
C. E. ROSE.
Associate:
THOMAS CHARLES.
Shares in the Weekly one dollar each. Every student and instructor may purchase one share upon application to the Treasurer, Charles A. Wagner or the secretary, Percy J. Parrott. Subscription 50 cents per annum in advance. Address all business communications to C.E.Rose Lawrence, Kansas.
Entered at the Lawrence postoffice as second class matter.
LAST FRIDAY, the 29th of January, was the thirty-sixth anniversary of the admission of Kansas to the Union. Charles Robinson was the first governor of the state, and coincident with his inauguration was that of Davis, President of the Confederacy. Kansas made a stormy beginning. The depopulating "drouth"
of 1860 was followed by the awful cloudburst of civil war. There are men in Lawrence who have vivid recollections of the first "Kansas Day," and have anxiously marked the progress of the state since then; have nursed her through babyhood, disciplined her youth and guided her maturer life. Peace be to them; and to their posterity, success!
THE LAST piece of frescoing in the new Congressional Library building has been finished; the lighting system has been tested and perfected, and preparations are now under way for a grand opening of this marvel of American architecture. It should be a matter of interest and pride to us westerners that, conspicuous among the mural decorations in this building are those of an artist familiar to these parts, George Barse, Jr. Barse, Jr., as he now styles himself, was previous to his removal to New York City, a Kansas City boy; and it was there that he did the work which brought him into notice. His panels in the new library building are in figure and wholly symbolical.
THE SENIOR class in the school of Arts has decided to petition for a commencement orator, and furthermore, to have a class day. The opinion is general that a graduating class should not be loth to publish its identity, but should assert the prominence which is its rightful claim. The class of '97, accordingly, proposes to institute the delightful custom of holding class day exercises. The exact nature of the inter-class ceremonial is entirely a matter of election on the part of the Seniors. The conduct of the event will of course, be genteel and in perfect keeping with the much vaunted rank of seniority. The exercises will probably be held in the open air, and the senior classmen will be distinguishable by a peculiarity of dress.