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Kansas University Weekly.
The last aumber of the Annals of Mathematics contains an article by Prof. A. Emch, entitled, "On the fundamental property of the linear projective group in the plane." Prof. Emch will also publish a long article in the next number of the University Quarterly.
Dr. H. F. Huisken of the University of Gronigen, Holland, has recently published a doctor's dissertation on "De Doorsnijdingeener Ellipsoide door een Vlakkenbundel." The thesis is based on a paper published sometime ago by Prof. Newson, who has received from the author a complimentary copy.
The Kansas City Branch of the Collegiate Alumnae held its annual meeting in Kansas City on Saturday last in the parlors of the Auditorium Hotel. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Ida P. Moser. After transacting the business and hearing reports from other branches, the association adjourned to a private dining room in the hotel, where a delightful breakfast was served. A bank of yellow daffodils decorated the center of the long table, about which were seated twenty-four women representing six different institutions of learning, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley and Oberlin colleges, and the Universities of Michigan and Kansas. The latter was, naturally, the most largely represented, furnishing eleven out of the twenty-four members present. The U. of K. members in Kansas City are Mrs. Boddington and Misses Allen, Wilder and Eidemiller. Those present from Lawrence were Mrs. L. H. Perkins and Misses Watson, Sutliff, Gillmore and Clarke. Miss Adelia Humphrey, of Junction City, was also in attendance. After the breakfast a social hour was enjoyed.
Lecture Bureau.
Alexander Block's famous picture play "Miss Jerry" will be the sixth attraction on the lecture course, April 29. Scribner's magazine has a full and illustrated account of the novelty. It has met with great success in the East and has received favorable comment from all the leading literary critics. Seats reserved at Bromelsick's Apr. 27.
Plummer Vestal a student at Kansas University in 90-91 is now mail clerk on the K.C.P. & G.R.R. between Kansas City and Siloam Springs, Ark.
There is now going on the annual discussion by the Seniors as to whether they shall wear graduating gowns.
The macadamizing on Adams street has now reached the block nearest the University and in a very few days it can no longer be said that there is not a single creditable approach to the University.
Last week the campus was burned off. A Freshman crossing at the time said: "Say Nate that's about as black as your face." "Yes," said Nate, "but wait till the grass grows and it wll be almost as green as you are."
The Pi Club held its bi-weekly meeting Tuesday afternoon. Mr. L. Page and Prof. H. B. Newson spoke on Leibnitz and Newton and their work. The next meeting will be a week from next Tuesday. Every one interested in mathematics is invited to be present.
Fred Penfield is rewinding the armature of the Westinghouse alternator which was burned out by lightning on Wednesday evening of last week.
Mr. J. H. Dowden has left school for the present. He expects to engage in teaching.
Miss Alice Irwin of Baldwin visited the University Wednesday.
The Sophomores are preparing for their "spread" which will take place soon.
The Kansas Academy of Language and Literature.
The Thirteenth annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Language and Literature now being held in this city, is proving a most enjoyable and profitable occasion to those in attendance.
The academy was organized in 1884 by a few members of the State Teachers' association who were especially interested in the study of language and literature. For a few years the membership of the academy was almost entirely