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TO MY ORATION.
Oh! product of long hours of thought
Oh! child of all my hopes and fears
How may weary days you've brought
To me, days full of woe and tears;
But yet there's comfort to my soul.
A sweet reyenge I yet will gain
When, listening to the lofty whole,
My audience shall write in pain.
—Pulse
LILAC BLOSSOMS
Lilac blossoms, lilac blossoms,
Fill the breezes with perfume!
Beckon gayly to each passer
Nodding every purple plume!
Oh, no painter's hand can trace,
Though he strive with cunning hand,
Half the beauty and the grace
Scattered free throughout the land!
TRIED TO BREAK UP THE BAN QUET.
The Freshman's Toastmaster at Ann Arbor Abducted by Sophomores.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. May 9. To night was the date set for the annual banquet of the Freshmen class, and the last few days have been anxious ones for every patriotic Freshman. In days gone by the Freshman banquet was the time for the Sophomores to even up old scores with the Freshmen, and it was no unusual thing for the president, toastmaster, or some other high factotum of the Freshman class to be spirited away by the Sophs and held a captive until the banquet was over.
Of late years class spirits have deteriorated, and no such schemes have been carried out. It remained, therefore, for the present Sophomore class to make a bold attempt to break up the banquet which the Freshmen enjoyed to-night.
Frank J. Evans was selected by the Freshmen as toastmaster. He is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity, and, as he was sitting in his room yesterday afternoon working upon his toasts for the evening, he was summoned to the rear of the house. Arriving there, he was pounced upon by half a dozen Sophomores, who gagged and bound him and rushed him into a closed carriage. Five Sophomores jumped in and the team started, going in a southerly direction. They went to Salina and thence to Moorville, a quiet burg sixteen miles from this city. There they placed Evans in a bed and took his clothes away from him. The intention of the Sophomores was to keep Evans confined until Saturday morning, as it would break up the banquet if the toastmaster was missing.
and discovered the captive bound and gagged in bed, with the five abductors acting as guards.
The Sophomores made no resistance, and the victorious Freshman returned to the city about 5 o'clock this morning and retired to his room, where he remained all day, surrounded by a strong guard of Freshmen to prevent another attempt. He is now safe and sound, and presided at the most successful banquet which the class has ever given. The faculty have made no investigation of the case yet, but one is probable, and the Sophomores who were implicated are on the anxious seat.
The Freshmen were on the alert, and they discovered Evans' absence about 7 o'clock last night. A guard went to the stables about town and ascertained what teams were out. Parties of about ten each were made up and went to Ypsilanti, Dexter and Salina. The latter party was on the right track, and in consulting with the village marshal learned that the party had started for Moorville. A $5 bill enlisted the service of the marshal to the Freshmen and they started in pursuit. Arriving at the tavern there the Freshmen surrounded the house while the marshal entered
It can scarcely have failed to come to the mind of almost every student this year who has seen something of the past to call up comparisons between this year at the University, and former years. And there is one thing which comes most prominently before his mind, namely the phenomenally quiet condition of affairs among the students. There has been no "scrapping," and the disgraceful and puerile college paper fight which disgusted the faculty and the more reasonable students last year, has been wholly wanting. We have had our two rival weekly papers, but each, instead of devoting its valuable space to running down the reputation of the other, has striven as far as possible to work for the common good of the University and the students. And among the students how has it been? The lack of feuds and quarrels has made a more united and generous spirit prevalent, and the general interchange of good will and good feeling, with a general absence of clique jealousies has been remarkable for K. S. U. Students who were here last year will remember the per-petual turmoil which agitated the University,—that is the under graduate portion of the University—over the immortal old Oratorical Association. Now as we look back on that squabble we are all inclined to laugh, that such a petty thing should have stirred up so much up roar. This year, barring an occasional tiff, as one combination or another has been formed and operated, everything has been peaceful and serene,—and how much better everybody feels on account of it. There has been better work done in the University, and there has been an unusual manifestation of true college enthusiasm. We have organized and put in running order a splendid athletic association, which has put new life into all the athletic interests in the University;—we have seen the establishment of the two most important honovary fraternities in the United States; we have had the best year of society work, that has been for some time; we have seen the election of a Chancellor, with immense enthusiasm; we have seen the building of the Lawrence High School, which is to be a finely equipped fitting school for the Uni-
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vorsity; we have seen the accession of several new professors to the faculty, and the enlargement and broadening of the courses; we have seen push, energy, interest and unbounded enthusiasm and faith in the students of the University. In fact, K. S. U. has "boomed" this year, and with her nearly 600 students, has seen one of the pleasantest, quietest and most sucessful years in the history of the institution, and last but not least, we should make a great mistake if we did not slip in the customary remarks that the present Senior class is the largest and smartest that has ever graduated from K. S. U. (Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen, will please keep still and wait till their turn comes.)
Dolly Graeber's fleet of boats is the finest in Kansas and the sudents enjoy them.
If you feel lazy take a sail; if you feel active a row.
With the excellent advantages for rowing every student in the University should take a boatride once a week.
CRISP CONDENSATIONS.
There were 40,321 physicians in the Japanese empire at the beginning of the year.
The bridge over the Firth of Forth cost the lives of fifty-six workmen during the seven years of its construction.
A fan made of human hair is displayed at a London store. Even what appears to be beautiful face fringing the sticks is real hair.
The phonograph is to be utilized in preserving the language of the Passa-
mquoddy Indians by a plan arranged by the Massachusetts society.
French engineers propose to construct a bridge across the Bosphorus. It will reach from Roumell-Hissar to Anatoli Hissar, and will be 2,590 feet long, with a single arch.
Emperor William's riding horse is shot with a new shoe. It is in two parts, and has on its lower surface a rubber like composition, the object of which is to prevent the horse from slipping.
Nevada cattiemen are troubled by the cruel trait of the *maspie* which leads P to pick out the eyes of cattle. The spectacle of living animals with their eyes picked out is said to be a common occurrence.
A Vienna baker is advertising his business by putting a gold ducat in one loaf out of every thousand that he bakes. The people in the poor suburb where his shop is situated fairly fight to buy the loaves.
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