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Kansas University Weekly.
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There will be a mass meeting of students and instructors of the University in the chapel next Monday at one o'clock to consider the question of withdrawing from the state oratorical association. The person or persons who tore down the notices last week to prevent a meeting of this kind were very narrow minded.
About P C. Young, '92.
We notice by the Neodesha Register that P. C. Young, the county attorney of Wilson county, has served notice on the Pullman Palace Car Company that it will get into trouble if its porters do not quit selling whiskey as they pass through Wilson county. And that reminds us that Mr. Young is one of the county attorneys who has managed to make public sentiment sustain the enforcement of the law. Whatever the case may be in the cities, there is no doubt at all that in the rural communities the surest way for a county attorney to win popularity and support is to enforce prohibition—Iola Register.
Dr. Fenn.
Few men who have moved for a week in Lawrence and University circles have exerted an influence so wide and wholesome as that exerted by Dr. Fenn who conducted chapel exercises last week. His entire freedom from dogma, his generons attitude toward those who differ from him, and his clearness of insight into spiritual truth, are alike characteristic of this admirable gentleman.
Socially, he maintains an equally pleasing attitude, and pleasant memories of his conduct and teachings will linger long in the minds of Lawrence people.
The Agora.
In these degenerate days, when the country seems fairly to be going "Chap Book" mad, the Agora, with its refreshing vigor, always appears as a welcome visitor.
The February number, just at hand, is fully up to the standard. The continued articles by Roberts, Ware and Blackmar are as interesting as ever, the last being finely illustrated. A memorial on Judge S. O. Thacher, by Hon. S. H. Perkins brings up again recollections of a great and noble soul, while a poem by Mrs. C. S. Baker shows considerable merit.
The talk of the department editors is entertaining as usual; the review of Nordau by B. W. Woodward, and the remarks on the use of correct English by Prof. Carruth, deserve especial mention.
No Magnetic Pole.
It is a nearly universal belief among students and teachers who have made no special study of the subject, that there exist places or points on the earth's surface toward which the magnetic needle points. That this is an error any thoughtful person can see by examining a map showing compass variation. If there were magnetic points or poles the lines of no variation would coincide with geographical meridians; but there is seldom, if ever, such coincidence. There appear to be vast areas toward some parts of which the needle points; but from very few localities does it point to the same place. Very little is yet known concerning the earth's magnetic conditions which are the cause of the peculiar action of the magnetic needle. S.
The preparatory medical students organized into a body yesterday to further the interests of a school of medicine in the University of Kansas. Prof. Olin Templin will lecture to them next Tuesday from five to six.
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