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Kansas-Nebraska Debate.
The local committee in charge of the Kansas Nebraska debate received five questions from the Nebraska committed Wednesday. The local committee has the privilege of choosing from these, the subject of the debate. They are:
1. The Initiative and Referendum.
2. Whether or not church property should be taxed.
3. Whether or not the recent decision of the Supreme Court on the income tax was right.
4. Whether or not corporatlons should have preference over individuals in case of insolvency.
5. Whether or not the sugar bounty is constitutional.
Prof. Clarke gave a critical analysis of the works of the old masters in the lecture room of the Physics Building yesterday afternoon. The lecture was illustrated by a collection of a hundred large photographs.
H. W. Smith, '97, received a visit from his father and mother Tuesday.
Prof. Adams gave a very comprehensive account of the recent English elections before the Historical Seminary last Friday afternoon.
Prof. Dyche was one of the speakers at the reception in Journal Hall last Friday evening in honor of the visiting populist editors. He told of his struggles for an education. The editors visited the University Saturday morning. A luncheon was served in their honor and Prof. Blake entertained them by his phonograph while they were on the hill.
The University Faculty was well represented on the program of the State Horticultural Society which met in Lawrence this week. Prof. Hayworth spoke on "Irrigation in Horticulture" Wednesday afternoon and Prof. Dyche and Chancellor Snow addressed the Society Wednesday evening. Prof. Dyche's subject was "Horticulture in Greenland." Among the exhibits at Fraziers Hall where the society met was the University collection of injurious insects of Kansas.
Law Locals.
Lucas and Homer are the latest additions to the Junior class. There are now five races represented in this class, the Caucasian, the African, the American, the human and Stanley.
A number of the Juniors have joined the American Historical Seminary which was organized at Prof. Hodder's home last Monday evening.
Tom Wagstaff was so absent minded as to imagine himself in a smoking car last Tuesday.
Guyer announces himself as a candidate for short stop on the base-ball team next spring.
The continued pleasant weather has obliged Ferguson to visit the barber. When he entered the class the other morning his most intimate friends hardly recognized him.
It would be well for some of the members of the Junior class to study some elementary text book on the English language. Grammatical errors and the wrong use of words in recitation occur entirely too often.
The afternoon class composed of those who had missed the lectures on the U. S. Courts has completed its work and disbanded.
Rucker has left school. He expects to return after the holidays.
John Games,'96, will enter school some time next term.
The Junior class will begin the study of Domestic Relations in connection with Constitutional Law after the holidays.
Judge Humphrey will be with us after the Christmas vacation, to take charge of the class in Constitutional Law.
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