The Kansas University Weekly.
VOL.I.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JANUARY 24,1896.
No.20.
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Wilbur Gardner . Editor-in-chief
J. H. Henderson . Associate
C. A. Burney . Associate
D. D. Gear . Local Editor
A. A. Ewart . Associate, Athletic
A. V. Schroder . Associate, Engineering
Ruth Whitman . Associate, Arts
C. J. Moore . Associate, Arts
Hilliard Johnson . Associate, Arts
H. E. Steele . Associate, Arts
Grace Brewster Literary Editor
Don Bowersock . Associate
Alice Rohe . Associate
Prof. Adams . Associate
Jas. H. Patten Managing Editor
W. N. Logan . Associate
C. C. Brown . Associate
Entered at Lawrence postoffice as second class matter.
AS ANNOUNCED last week, it is proposed to organize a chess club at the city Y. M. C. A. rooms Saturday evening. All who play the game should be present. A chess tournament at this time of the year ought to arouse considerable interest, and with an organized club to forward the project, it would be possible to arrange for some intercollegiate contests.
THROUGH AN oversight quite a blunder appeared in our last issue. The first paragraph on the editorial page, signed "H. M. B.," should properly appear as the conclusion of the "History of the Game Tennis," under the
literary department. If our readers will return their copies to this office, enclosing return postage, the managing editor will have the paragraph cut out and pasted in the proper place.
It is very embarassing for a person to come upon the hill a few days before the newspaper election and find his name posted conspicuously as a candidate for an office which he has not sought and may not desire, and yet we know that this has occurred at both elections. Those who are making nominations should consult the wishes of the proposed candidate beforehand and avoid the possibility of placing them in an awkward position.
"The Civil Government of Kansas" is the title of a very neat little volume of one hundred pages recently issued from the press of Eldredge and Brother, Philadelphia, written by Prof. F. H. Hodder. The book opens with a very interesting brief sketch of the history of Kansas down to the adoption of the Wyandotte constitution and the admission of the State into the union January 29,1861. Then follows a plain and concise explanation of the machinery and workings of the government in state, county, township, school district and city. The method of levying and collecting the various taxes is also shown. The last chapter is devoted to "Party Organization and Elections," the operations of which are very clearly displayed. In an appendix is printed the constitution of the state. The book is a very clear and concise exposition of the government which most closely effects the people, and it has received most complimentary notice by the press of the state. It is to be hoped that teachers and school boards will show as ready an appreciation of an excellent text book.