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The Washburn-Drury joint debate was won by Drury.
Mrs. Josephine Woodard, a student of the University several years ago, is now special correspondent in Cuba for the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
In the recent Kentucky State Oratorical Contest Mr. John T. Gray, of the State College, won first place, his subject being, "Evolution of the Republic."
The University of Michigan Glee Club passed through Lawrence last week. They are giving a series of concerts at important points from Chicago to Salt Lake City, this being the longest trip ever taken by such an organization.
The State Normal School has in the past week had an Irish program by the Irish students, a patriotic student was invited to deliver the Decoration Day address at Council Grove, and a great deal of discussion of the Cuban question.
The Ohio colleges have just completed an intercollegiate athletic association. One of the principal objects is the holding of an annual state field day meet. This will promote general athletics among the colleges of the state. It can be seen at a glance what a boon this would be for Kansas athletics.
Arbor Day was observed at the State Normal with very appropriate exercises—music, speeches, a poem by Prof. Ellsworth, college songs, and planting of ivy by the Senior class. Would not this be a better method of observing the day than our own? But the Salute says: "On Thursday morning after Arbor day the beautiful little ivy green, which had been so tenderly planted by the Seniors, appeared before the wondering eyes of the students, arrayed in all the beauty and splendor of a fresh coat of red paint. This was evidently the work of a Junior as it showed plainly that none but an artist could have obtained such results. The Salute has as yet been unable to learn whether it was painted while one of the smaller guards was on duty or while the larger one was asleep".
The ladies of K. S.A.C.finished their continued story in the last number of the Students' Herald.
A new volume of Amherst literature will shortly be published under the tittle "Amherst Life." It is intended to represent distinctively the undergraduate life of Amherst, its customs, scenes and institutions. It will be made up largely of selections from the Amerst Olio for the past fifteen years, and also from the Literary Monthly.
So great has the debating spirit at Yale become this year that a debating club has been formed in the scientific department—the Sheffield School. Great interest is being taken in the approaching debate with Harvard, inasmuch as both universities have won from Princeton, and futhermore, since Harvard has never been defeated in debate. In view of this interest the faculty of Yale have decided to offer a new course in "Economic Debates" for the cultivation of skill in debating. Special attention will be given to skill and readiness in debating, and to extemporaneous speaking, while rhetoric and the preparation of briefs will also be taken up.
We have searched through our exchanges for a creditable bit of verse and have not found it. It seems that the cheap fellows who make fun of minor poetry have completely won the day. The opinion prevails that because one is not an inspired master he must preserve a complete silence. But really, is this sufficient reason why our pleasant and beautiful thoughts should not be preserved in the form of verse? Is not a full, rounded and complete culture of the whole mind the modern ideal? Surely there are among us some who feel a genuine inspiration from the loveliness of nature and an expression of this would be a joy to appreciative fellow students. We protest against the death of good poetry among the exponents of college life.