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Kansas University Weekly.
Chapel Notes.
Prof. Dunlap has led this week.
Prof. Miller will lead next week.
Monday morning's talk was on the acquisition of a habit of reading while in college.
The ethical influence of Shakespeare's "Tempest" was the subject Wednesday morning.
Mr. Michener, one of the International College Secretaries of the Y. M. C. A., was a visitor Monday morning.
The subject Tuesday morning was novel-reading. The dangers of promiscuous reading were pointed out, and the good old books that have stood the test of time were recommended.
Law Notes.
Rolla Mitchell, '94, is now working on the Atchison Champion.
James Challis, '93, is mentioned as assistant district attorney for Kansas. Mr. Challis lives in Atchison, and has earned an enviable reputation in his profession.
James Orr, '93, is practicing law in Colorado. He was actively engaged in the recent campaign.
Jesse Dunn, '93, was elected county attorney in Woods county, Ok.
Will. J.Watson, '96, was in town Wednesday on his way to the foot ball game.
Science Notes.
Dr. Williston and Mr. Miller are making a special study of the microscopic life found in the chalk formation.
Prof. Haworth has completed his second report of the University Geological Survey, which will be published about the middle of the next month.
The Zoological department has commenced to mount a group of five walruses. These animals are seldom seen in any museum, and are for the most part poorly mounted.
Mr. Smith, of the Kansas City Star, was up Monday to secure from Mr. Tucker some negatives of views of Alaska for illustrating an article of Prof. Dyche's, which will appear in the Sunday edition of that paper.
Prof. Clark is making a relief map of Kansas for a Kansas City firm, who intend to use it in illustrating a text book.
Mr. Kirk, of Penn College, Iowa, has ordered of Mr. Tucker a number of duplicates of lantern slides, treating on astronomical subjects.
The Paleontological department has exchanged with the university of Ohio a number of fossil leaves, containing about seventy species.
Mr. Bowen, manager of the Kansas City View company, visited Snow hall this week. He was especially interested in the department of photography.
Mr. Riggs is making a bibliography of the literature treating of Kansas fossils. It will appear in the next report of the University Geological Survey.
During his trip to the north Prof. Dyche collected many new and interesting specimens of Diptera. The work of classifying them is being done by Dr. Williston, who, in honor of the collector, has named one species which was taken at Sitka, Helophilus Dychei.
REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Under the direction of Prof. Haworth, four parties of three persons each, were engaged in geological field work in the western part of the state during the past summer. The members of these parties were nearly all University students, among them being Geo.I. Adams, W. N. Logan, W. R. Crane, A. Stewart, F. P. Daniels, J. N. Macomb, and B. L. Miller; others were Prof. Chas. S. Prosser of Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., J. W. Beede of Washburn College, C. N. Gould of Winfield, and Mr. Jennison of Shields. Full reports of the work will be published in Vol. II, of the University Geological Survey soon to be issued.
The work was largely confined to a study of the hydrographic conditions of the territory studied; the prime object being to determine, as far as possible, the possibility and practicability of irrigation by means of underground water, there being but little surface water in that portion of the state.