THE KANSAN
The official paper of the University of Kansas
Kansas.
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Entered as second class mail matter September 30, 1904, at the Lawrence, Kansas. Postoffice under the act of congress: March 3, 1879.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1908
If the colleges that lose are the ones that would abolish football, Missouri ought to be heading the list.
It seems rather strange that the annual custom of giving a public reception to the football team has been eliminated this year. Not only has no reception been held, but no K's, as yet, have been distributed. As hard as the football man works for his alma mater, the latter ought to show its appreciation by at least a K and sweater.
The latest developments in the crusade against football prove beyond a doubt that it is no passing agitation but is prompted by serious motives. Whatever be the demerits of the game, and no one can deny that it has them, it has the quality of arousing more college spirit than any or all the other college sports. College spirit is a long leap toward a successful institution and should be cultivated. If football is to go, it will be some time before a worthy successor can be found.
Now that we have decided to have a debate with Baker the male population of K. U. should get its pugilistic tendencies under control so that when the Methodists come nothing will be done derogatory to the dignity of K. U. There is an inexplainable longing, way down in every K. U. man's heart, when he sees a Bakerite to steal his hat and roll him around in the dust awhile. This is probably a clannish or feudistic tendency that originated ages back when Baker was the first college in Kansas and beat K. U. at football. If you feel that desire to give the Methodists a good "walloping" a coming on, and think you can't restrain it, you go up to Lake View the day of the debate and stay until Baldwin has its normal population again. They will be our guests this year, save up your strength for the evil day, next year.
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MIDAS.
A PERMANENT STUDENT OF CHEMISTRY II.
(Continued from Wednesday.)
Perhaps in his bluer moments "Midas" realizes that after all the best place for a mining engineer is under ground, but he gives no sign. He appreciates the fact that this repetition of the same things all the time will grow monotonous and undermine his nervous system so he has adopted as his motto; "Cut—and let the chips fly where they willl!" and takes a vacation with all the coolness of desperation. He takes his misfortunes philosophically whether they be large or small. If his apparatus vanishes in the laboratory he consoles himself with the thought that there was something so hopelessly wrong with it that the other fellow couldn't possibly get any results with it anyway. If the thing explodes just before he gets a result after he has spent hours on it, he merely dodges the fragments and soliloquizes "Verily, a little chemistry is a dangerous thing". His courtesy is always up to the highest standard of the Chemistry Building. He always says "thank you" when he makes a purchase at the supply window even though the department has raised the price of corks every day in the week. Once he is known to have demurred at paying for quiz paper on the ground that the lowest criminal doesn't have to buy the rope that hangs him, but he was a fresman then and didn't understand the economic principles involved. Another time he perpetrated a raid on the store-room, secured all the labels with skull and crossbones that he could find and pasted them on the professor's hat, but then, most every fellow has some kind of a past.
He has gained at least one thing from his Chemistry. He knows how to make cheap fireworks that delight the hearts of all the small boys in the block, and his audience never thinks of the formula.
"Midas's" quiet hours are spent in trying to evolve an hypothesis as to the effect of twentieth century living on the death rate of profs and in calculating from this the possible time, when, under a new management that has not become attached to him, he can hope to "get through" Chemistry II.
Gave Coach a Watch.
iowa Breaks with Minnesota.
Last Thursday night the football boys gave Dr. Outland the most complete and as enjoyable a surprise as he ever experienced. Over a month ago the boys planned to get a watch for the popular coach, and chose Walter Stahl, Elmer Hill and Glen Millice as the committee to choose the watch. Last Thursday word was passed to the boys that the watch was to be presented that night at 8 o'clock in his office.—Washburn Review.
Iowa has severed athletic relations with Minnesota. The intolerant arrogance of Dr. Williams, the Minnesota coach, is assigned as the reason for this step.
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