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Kansas University Weekly.
Notice.
The date of Murat Halstead has been changed from the 17th inst. to the week of the 25th inst.
K. U. Reunion at Topeka.
The State Teachers' Association which meets at Topeka each year contains among its members many alumni and former students of the University. Whenever such meet a reunion and general good time is in order.
At the last faculty meeting before the holidays, Profs. S. J. Hunter, S. W. Williston, and A. S. Olin were appointed a committee in charge.
On Tuesday, Kansas University Headquarters were established in the room at the southwest corner of Representative hall, where students called, registered and found location of friends in the city. About one hundred placed their names on the roll. This room was decorated with college colors and pictures of University buildings, and various University organizations.
On Wednesday evening after the lecture, a reunion of all students and friends as well as members of the faculty was held in the diningroom of the Copeland. College stories, comparisons of the past year, and a general renewal of friendship characterized the evening. Such informal gatherings, prove both pleasant and profitable. The K. U. students over the state who are teaching are prominent in educational circles and their influence is always needed for the University.
Messrs. Clock and Reed of the senior class rendered much valuable assistance in making this affair a success.
Cora M. (Cherry) Mettner.
Died Jan. 3rd. 1897.
The class of 1880 loses its third member in Cora M. (Cherry) Mettner, who died of consumption at her mother's home in Lawrence, on Sunday, January 3rd. Mrs. Mettner was born in Ohio, in 1858, and came to Lawrence at the age of fourteen. She graduated from the Lawrence High school and entered the University where she was known as a modest, light hearted and amiable young woman. She
was one of the few who disclaimed any other ambition than to be a helpmeet and housewife. She found a field for this ambition in her union with Mr.F.F.Mettner in 1884,and realized it with conscientious fidelity.She met death with the same gentleness and patience that she manifested through life.
Mrs. Mettner was a birthright member of the Friend's Society; the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Dixon assisted by Ex-Chancellor Marvin. With her husband Mrs. Mettner leaves one son Carl. Among the floral memorials was a bouquet of pinks and roses from the class of '80.
English Literature Prize.
Among the prizes in English Literature announced last year in the English Bulletin was one of twenty dollars in books;a set of Green's "Short History of the English People," new edition, illustrated by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. This was to be awarded to that member of the Junior or Senior class who should present the best characterization of an English author of the Victorian period in any department of letters—literary, philosophical, or scientific; the essay to be not less than 2000 words in length, typewritten, and submitted to the department of English on May 1, 1896.
At the time stated, but one manuscript was handed in, and the prize was withheld until the giver, Mr. Arthur B. Barteaux of New York, could be consulted. It has finally been decided to reopen the competition on the same terms as before, except that the manuscript already handed in is to be retained and examined with the others that may be received. The date for handing in manuscript will be May 1, 1897; and the judges as before, Chancellor F. H. Snow, Mr. B. W. Woodward, and Col. H. L. Moore.
The books offered have been received from Mr. Barteaux, and it is hardly too much to say that the set is a magnificent one. It has been carefully edited, and profusely illustrated with copies of odd antique pictures, chosen not to show the best of English art in successive periods, but rather to show the development of what