Kansas University Weekly.
267
LOGALS.
John Northup,'98, visited at Ottawa over Sunday.
Fred Northup, '98, spent Sunday at home in Kansas City.
Mr. B. B. Breese spent last Saturday in Kansas City.
Miss Cutter, who dropped her work in the University a few weeks since has returned on a visit.
Miss Flora Rosenquist last Wednesday read a paper "Early Roman Satires' before the Latin Proseminary.
Chancellor Snow has been at Topeka a few days attending the meeting of the State Board of Education and inspecting several schools.
Mr. Fred Penfield will have a position with W.T.Osborn & Co., Electrical Engineers Kansas City, in charge of their electrical construction.
Prof. Farrell has taken charge of Prof. Penny's class in Vocal Culture.The class meets now at Music Hall on Tuesday afternoons instead of Thursdays.
A very interesting event took place last Friday evening at Haskell Institute. It was an Indian oratorical contest, the first that has taken place west of the Mississippi.
The armature of one of the electric dynamoes was burned out by lightning last week and was repaired by Mr. Fred. Penfield. This is the second time this has been burned lately.
At the Pi Club Tuesday the following was the program: The Bernoulli Family, A. Emch; Taylor and his Theorem, John Lee; McClaurin and his Theorem, Walter Douglas.
Two members of the class of 96, are engaged for work in Kansas Normal Instiutes. J.W. Hullinger will be at the head of a corps of five instructors in the Lincoln county Normal in June, and W.N. Logan will instruct in a two months Normal and summer school in Cheyenne County.
Mr. C.E. Rench, local editor of the Weekly, has withdrawn from the University, temporarily it is hoped, to accept a highly numerative position in the railroad postal service, his present run being between Kansas City and Parsons. Mr. Rench, besides being an exemplary student, was a most conscientious, painstaking and scholarly member of the Weekly staff. Mr. F. L. Glick has been chosen to succeed Mr. Rench.
The committee on schedule lately appointed by the Faculty has been arranging the recitation hours for next year with a view to placing the the dinner hour at twelve o'clock instead of one. The Physical Culture classes will probably meet in the afternoon, while Language classes and Sophomore and Freshman recitations will be held in the morning.
The fire at Chickering Hall at Leavenworth did not injure in any way Prof. L. I. Blake's physical apparatus for experimenting there, as was reported by the newspapers. Some of the packing boxes were exposed to the smoke and water but no loss was sustained by Prof. Blake.
The Greek class, engaged in a critical study of The Greek Testament under the direction of Dr. Wilcox, has completed the gospel of Mark and is now making a comparative study of parallel passages in the other three gospels.
Messrs. Wing, Pope, Walker and Fletcher have been suspended for six months by the L. A. W. for participating in the unsanctioned races held by the Jockey Club on Arbor Day.
Mr. George Grimes, son of Captain Grimes of Fort Riley, was the guest of Miss Martha White the first of the week.
Judge James Humphrey, lecturer in the Law School, has been admitted to the Kansas City bar, and will probably move there.
Mr. J. B. Cheadle, Arts'98, spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City.
Miss Mary H. Wellman, A.M., '92, left Tuesday for California.