Kansas University Weekly.
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The Chancellor's reception tonight.
Miss Gertude Bouhgton is visiting in Topeka this week.
The Adelphic society now meets regularly on Thursday nights.
The family of Dr. S. W. Williston has again been quarantined on account of scarlet fever.
Mr Lewis Heil,'97, returned Monday from Topeka where he attended the oratorical contest and visited his home.
The Kansas City dailies of this week were generous in their praises of our Mr. Dudley Eaton, the charming first tenor of University Glee Club fame.
Rev. Dr. Fenn of Chicago conducted chapel exercises this week. The Doctor possesses a pleasing personality which gives an added charm to his instructive and inspiring words.
In the battle for colors, at the depot last Friday afternoon, Mr. W. T. Walker was struck on the head with a heavy cane by an Ottawa student; whether purposely or accidentally is not well known. It was a severe blow. In the evening Mr. Walker became worse, but by Monday he had recovered sufficiently to be in attendance at his classes.
The University Republican club met Wednesday evening at the court house to nominate of a delegate to represent the club at the State Republican convention at Wichita next month. This convention will choose the Kansas delegation to the National Republican convention at St. Louis. Mr. R. J. Hopkins was selected as the representative of the club.
A jolly quartette of University students, consisting of Messrs. J. H. Outland, Jno. Dryden, P. R. Stout and W. K. Smith, were the lions of the occasion, last Friday evening, at the Tonganoxie Friends, Academy, where they were invited to furnish the music for the midwinter commencement, and to enjoy the banquet. Mr. Smith's bass attracted special attention as it always does, and with the careful training which his voice is receiving, we predict for him a successful career as a singer.
Prof. Stevens is preparing to try some interesting experiments on growing plants; he is trying to find out why the stem of a plant grows up while the roots grow down. He proposes to eliminate to a degree, the influences of light and gravity by allowing these forces to be applied to the plant from all directions alike. The will do this by revolving the plant on a vertical and on a horizontal axis at the same time. This is one of a series of experiments the Professor has been trying, some of which have given very interesting results. For this test he has purchased an Edison motor and will run it by storage battery.
Between four and five hundred students, besides a large number of other Lawrence people went down to the Santa Fe depot Friday to see the Baker—Ottawa train pass through on its way to Topeka. The large number of ladies present inspired the chivalry of the gentlemen to what may perhaps be termed a questionable degree.
The WEEKLY is now the only weekly publication in the University of Kansas. If you are as proud of it as you seem to be, send a few copies to your friends at a distance. Twenty-five cents will secure a subscription for the remainder of the school year.
At the meeting of the Economic Seminary on Monday, Prof. F. W. Blackmar reviewed Prof. A. G Warren's "American Charities" and Mr. C E. Rench reported upon current Economic legislation.
Secretary U. S. G. Plank of the city association last week conducted the half-hour's meeting of the University Young Men's Christian Association.
Mr. P. A. Claassen, University orator, and Mr. Arthur McMurray, Kansas University delegate to the State Oratorical Association, went to Topeka a day early to be ready for the fray.
The K. U. Lawyer will hereafter appear monthly, thus leaving the WEEKLY without a single weekly competitor.
Prof. A. M. Wilcox returned to his classes Monday after an illness of several days.