Kansas University Weekly.
197
The Young Woman's Christain Association gave a very pleasant informal party at Mrs. Hamilton's last Friday evening.
The Pi Beta Phi gave a party complimentary to their new members last Friday night at the residence of Miss Thacher on Louisiana street. Quite a number of out of town guests were present.
Prof. Hopkins will be glad to know of students who will be in town Thanksgiving morning and are willing to help sing at the evening Thanksgiving service in the Baptist church. Tenors and basses are especially needed.
Prof. H. F. Jones is making every effort to be ready for his work by the beginning of the second term. He is planning to make a voyage to the Sandwich Islands as soon as he is able, as it is thought that a sea trip will benefit him.
Lawrence and University society was well represented at the Kansas-Nebraska game. The drags of the Kappa Gamma and Theta girls each contained twenty members. Several other Greek letter organizations had decorated carriages.
A subscription party was given at Johnson's hall Saturday night complimentary to the visiting football men but on account of the lateness of the team's arrival they did not have opportunity to mix in many scrimmages and remained on the side lines.
Dr. Holmes is giving a series of lectures on "The Life, Times and Writings of Horace" for the benefit of the D. H. Robinson Scholarship Fund. The lectures will take place on three consecutive Monday evenings beginning last Monday, November 8, at the Baptist church. Tickets for the course, 50 cents.
A number of interested students assembled in front of the main building last Monday at 1 p.m. to witness the payment of a rather peculiar election bet. As the result of Mr. Bryan's defeat Mr. Luby carried John Francis on his back up the Adams street hill from Tennessee street to the University gateway. Time for the first block $ 1 \frac{3}{4} $ ,for the second 2 minutes and for the third $ 2 \frac{1}{4} $ minutes.
C. W. L. Armour visited the University this week.
Prof. and Mrs. Bailey entertained some members of the faculty and their wives last Friday evening.
The class in American Literature had an examination this week for the making up of absences. It is about to begin the study of living American authors.
Again the great doctrine of freedom of speech has been violated. On a Santa Fe train last Tuesday night a big bully who was trying to sleep threatened to thrash a certain University student who insisted upon yelling, Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K. U!, although the hour was late.
The Adelphic Literary Society meets at Music Hall tonight. The following will be the program:
Installation of officers; President Jackson's inaugural address; oration, Mr. Belcher; recitation, Mr. Hester; speech, Mr. Strawbins; oration, Mr. Olson; speech, Mr. Gates; music Miss Criss; debate: Resolved, That a reasonable property qualification for the exercise of the municipal franchise in the United States would be desirable. Affirmative, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Hall; negative, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Guyer.
Chapel Notes.
Prof. Hopkins has led this week.
The choir sang an anthem Monday morning.
Wednesday's talk was on teaching as a profession.
The subject of Tuesday morning's talk was the ministry as a profession.
Rev. Mr. Rogers, pastor of the Baptist church, will lead next week.
Mr. Baird, State Secretay of the Y. M. C. A., officiated Friday morning.
Thursday's talk was a warning against the popular conceptions of the medical and legal professions.
The hymns will not hereafter have to be announced so often, as another set of numbers has been secured.