Kansas University Weekly.
179
The second Sophomore theme is due Friday November, 13.
The Barbs gave a pleasant dancing party at Johnson's Hall last evening.
The Y. W. C. A. gave an informal party at the house last evening.
The Spencer home, west of the city, was the scene of a Halloween party.
The Freshman held a class meeting on Wednesday to plan for their annual spread.
The Adelphic meet at Music Hall this evening at 7.45. All are urged to be present.
The Unity Club of the Unitarian church gave a Hallowe'n party Saturday evening.
The girls in the Sophomore physical training class will soon be professional fencers.
Miss Ella Anderson spent Friday and Saturday of last week at her home in Morganville.
Wednesday morning a number of classes were dismissed, owing to the lack of steam in the building.
Nearly 70 per cent of the students in Prof. Blackmar's department were absent from class on Monday.
Frank Bowker returned to his Kansas home, McPherson to cast his ballot. He is attending a Medical College in Chicago.
Baine, our foot-ball star, has almost recovered from the injury received in the game with the Medics last Saturday.
W. W. Reno, an ex-editor of the Weekly who is now in Emporia writing up a special edition of the Emporia Gazette, visited old associates on the hill Wednesday.
As there was no school Tuesday the fifth Forensic Lecture was deferred until Friday. The sixth and last lecture will be given next Tuesday, November 6, at five P.M.
Mr. James Owen of Pueblo Colorado, and Miss Winifred Churchill of this city were united in marriage Thursday at 5 o'clock. Mr. Owen and Miss Churchill were both students of the University and their many friends unite in wishing them a happy and successful future.
Monday, Nov. 9, at 3 P.M. the Economic Debating club will discuss the following question. Resolved--That the present National Banking System should be abolished and that the government should issue on its own account all paper money issued. Affirmative, W. S. Rench, L. B. Olsen; negative, J. E. Keith.
The Phi Gam fraternity has challenged the Betas to a game of foot-ball to be played on McCook field Saturday November, 14, at 9 o'clock. The two teams have begun practice and a very exciting game may be expected. No admission fee will be charged.
Mrs. Clara(Bosworth) Carter, whose husband is now Prof. of Zoology in Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois writes that she is pleasantly located and that her health is steadily improving. Mrs. Castle gives a very interesting account of her work there. "Some times," she says, "I think that if the Lawrence friends could see me hunting bugs and working in the laboratory they might smile a little bit. Every morning I help Mr. Castle, in short, am the laboratory slave. On Tuesday and Thursday I attend a course in Biblical Literature given by Dr Fowler, a new man here from Yale. The work is delightful, we are studying the old prophets: studying them first as men, then as writers of history, in fact, as we would study any author "philosophically" as Professor Hopkins would say."
Chapel Notes.
Prof. Newson led this week.
Prof. Hopkins will lead next week.
Prof. Hopkins took his place at the piano again Thursday.
Friday's talk showed how to apply the scientific method and spirit to the study of the Bible.
Wednesday and Thursday mornings' talks were on the method and spirit of scientific investigation.
Dr. Haithcox, the secretary of the Lutheran board of education, who attended chapel twice during the session of the Lutheran Synod in Lawrence declared that he liked our service better than any college chapel service he had ever attended.