Kansas University Weekly.
139
Prof. Blake went to Wichita Monday to deliver a lecture.
The Phi Delts held an informal hop at their hall last Saturday.
Mr. F. H. Gilmore made a visit to his home folks Saturday and Sunday.
The new bath room for gentlemen has not been giving entire satisfaction.
A large percentage of the psychology class was left without text-books the first of the week.
The Sigma Chis were obliged to change the date of their spring party from May 1st to Thursday, April 30th.
The beginning German class completed the reader this week and will take up Schiller's Wilhelm Tell next Monday.
Mr. Jacques Morgan of Kansas City, Mo., a former University student, was in Lawrence Saturday and attended the Indoor Meet.
County Superintendent T. S. Johnson of Mitchell county was a visitor at the University Monday, the guest of Prof.Olin. Mr.Johnson is a member of the State Reading Circle Board which met in Topeka Tuesday.
The amature stampings and magnet castings for the two phase dynamo, designed by the Senior class, have arrived at last. The Seniors are rushing their work of constructing the machine, that they may have time to make complete tests of the finished dynamo. It will be the first two phase dynamo owned by the Kansas State University.
Prof. W. H. Carruth has just received an invitation from the University of Pennsylvania to be present at the opening of the Bechstein Germanic library of philology and literature. This library was the private one of Professor Bechstein of the University of Rostock who was a connoisseur of valuable books. It contains about 15,000 volumes. Some time ago Prof. Carruth offered to pay for one-half of this library for the University of Kansas if the regents would pay the other half, but this generous offer was not accepted and now the University of Pennsylvania has purchased it.
The new University catalogue is nearly ready for publication. It shows a total enrollment of 890 students. Aside from the special students in the School of Music this is a gain of seventy-five over last year, but including these students the catalogue will show a gain of fifteen. The enrollment in each of the schools is as follows: School of Arts490,a gain of 64; School of Law120,a gain of 21; School of Pharmacy 63,a loss of 3; School of Engineering 91,a loss of 9. This is the first year that the school of engineering has had a lady student.
At a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society last Friday Mr. Gilmore gave a talk on the manufacture and use of the hectograph pad. The questions of the last State Board examination were discussed and all were of the opinion that it was a very difficult examination and the boys who passed are to be complimented.
The many friends of Mr. E. C. Case, '93, will be pleased to know that he has recently passed an examination for the degree of Ph. D. in the University of Chicago, magna cum laude.
Mr. E. C. Murphy has received from the Carnegie Steel Company at Pittsburg, Pa. sixteen copies of their Pocket Companion, for use in the class in Engineering.
The tournament between the University Chess Club and the city players which was announced for April has been postponed until some time in May.
Mr. Fred MacKinnon left Lawrence for his new field of labor in Chicago, Tuesday. His hosts of friends extend to him best wishes.
Mr. P. A. Williamson, '90, who has been taking special work in Chemestry and assaying, left for Colorado last week.
Mr. W. H. Starkey, Law '91, died at his home in Osage City on Monday of this week.
Miss Lynn Kennedy '98 has left school temporarily. She will probably return next fall.
The Senior Pharmacy students are beginning their thesis work.