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ates who have taught in its high school are E. C. Little,'83,H. F.Graham,'86,W.S.Jenks,'87,Harold Barnes,'92,W.W.Brown,'92,Carrie T. Stewart,'92,and Martha A. Thompson,'92. Of these Mr. Jenks served as principal of the Ottawa high school for some time and then took up the profession of law,Mr. Graham was superintendent of the Horton schools for several years and is now practicing law in Holton,Mr. Brown is also engaged in the same profession in Burlington,and Mr. Barnes goes to Beloit as principal of the high school.In Colorado are F.H. Clark,normal'83,superintendent at Aspen,Ezra W.Palmer,'94, principal at Colorado City,and Inez L.Taggart,'90,in the Denver high school.E.L.Cowdrick,normal'84,has been superintendent at Wamego for a number of years; Mrs. Emma Dunn Wilmoth,'90,is in the high school at Concordia;Henry C.Fellows was for some time principal of the Washington academy;Dwight E.Potter,'92,after acting as principal for Peabody studied theology at Princeton and is now located at Great Bend.J.H. Sawtell,'92,is at Salina;Kate Blair,'93,is in the Atchison county high school; Henry Fiegenbaum,'93,is assistant to Mr.Dyche at Horton;M.E.Hickey'95,is principal of the high school at Winfield.Maggie S.Rush,'83,who has been in the high school at Minneapolis takes a transfer to Argentine;Henry C.Riggs,'93,moves from Beloit to Osborne: Josie Wilson,'93,is still at Cawker City;S.C.Bloss,'94, resigns his place as superintendent at Pleasanton to go to Harvard;Fred N. Howell '94,continues at Fredonia;Henry O.Kruse,'94,stays at Halstead,as does L.A.Lowther '94,at Cottonwood Falls;A.O.Garrett,'95, continues to teach the sciences at Fort Scott; J.F.Messenger,'95 is at Hutchinson; Walter R.Cranc,'95,goes to Beloit;Florence E. Parrott,'95,leaves Pittsburg for a place in the Lawrence high school;Theo.H.Sheffer,'95,remains at Delphos;and S.A.M.Young,'95,takes the principalship at Independance. Several of the class of '96,have secured places
but mention of them appears in an other colum of the WEEKLY. Among the alumni in Lawrence not already mentioned are Belle Spencer, '92, A. N. Topping, '94, Arthur Corbin, '94, who takes the place of his sister, Alberta L. Corbin, '93,and Mrs. Cora Kimball Melvin, '87,in the high school; and Mary G. Gilmore, '84, Julia G. Flinn, '86, Laura E. Lyons, '86, Cora E. Becker, '93, Nellie V. Morris, '93, and Edna Jones, '93, in the grades.
The foregoing are some of the alumni who are contributing, through the medium of the public schools, to the ,, higher life" of the state. May that number increase until the University shall be represented in every high school in the state, and may their work be appreciated as it deserves.
Student Life in the University.
The aim of every student at a college or university should be primarily to study, and in this pursuit most of the life at college should be spent. There are some, however, who give but little time and thought to this prime object and waste opportunity in either serious or, more frequently, frivolous occupations outside. All who fail to appreciate the object of their stay at the University fail to realize the best result of scholarship, but for all students there is a side to life which is important and about which prospective students and their friends desire to know before deciding upon an institution to attend. Beside the scholastic advantages of this school or that, what are the opportunities for the development of the religious and social life?
On the religious side the University of Kansas offers, first of all, a city of churches, the pastors and congregations of which are generally ready to extend a cordial welcome to all University students. Several of the churches are in the habit of holding students' socials to cultivate the acquaintance of students and interest them in religious and social life. The city Y.M.C.A.is an attractive organization and at its rooms the young men of the Univer-