The Kansas University Weekly.
VOL. I.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 25,1895.
No. 9.
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D. D. Gear Local Editor
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AFTER the memorial service had been definitely arranged for, we sent requests to a number of Prof. Robinson's old pupils for short letters suitable for publication at this time, and we give herewith the replies which have been so far received. The kindly interest which those asked have taken in assisting to make the feature a creditable one is a most pleasing assurance that the Professor still lives, in spirit, even here below among mortal men. '75,'76, and '78 vie with the eighties and the nineties, all eager to join in honoring their old teacher
and mutual friend. So long as a student shall live who sat in the Professor's classes, the memory of him and of those days will be a pleasure and a help.
We regret very much that considerations of space and times should have compelled us to shorten some of these communications. However, we think we have included the best and the most distinctive part of each letter, omitting, for the most part, only repetitions in one, of the sentiments of another. We wish to express our thanks to those who have so kindly contributed these letters, although we feel certain that most of them came from love and respect for the Professor.
THE University has paused for a day in the midst of its regular work, to pay tribute to the memory of its three lately departed friends, and we deem it worthy to devote this issue to the occasion, as the best memorial which we, in our humble way, may offer in honor of these noble men, who have done so much, in their several ways, to build up this institution to what it is. Their work is the monument of their worth. But we can say nothing of them which has not been better and more fitly spoken by their old and intimate friends whose words we publish today. They are the men who may rightfully speak at this time, and to them we listen.
We are indebted to Mr. Fred. B. MacKinnon of the Agora, for the loan of the excellent cut of Prof. Robinson which appears in this issue. The cut is from the latest photograph taken of the Professor.