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VOL I.
Locals & Personals.
B. D. BROWN ... LOCAL EDITOR
J. D. Miller is able to be with his classes again.
J. C. Thoburn visited the University. Saturday.
The Trigonometry class had a quiz Monday.
Bert Fesler, of Topcka, was at the University Saturday.
Henry Alback, of Kansas Ctiy,
was on the hill Saturday.
Miss Ella Gibson did not attend her classes the first of the week.
Miss Mamie Barrett spent last Sunday at her home in Ottawa.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 2 1890.
Cyrus Crane, of Kansas City, spent Sunday with friends in the city.
The Shakspere class took a quiz this morning on "As You Like It."
Mr. J. D. Miller is the new Phn Delt- We congratulate all concerned,
E. L. Ackley spent the latter part of last week in Ottawa on business.
Mrs. S. A. Amos, of Baldwin, visited friends at the University Monday.
Dent. Hogeboom, of Topeka, spent Sunday in the city with his Phi Gam brothers.
Potter and Hall conducted a meeting at Burnett's school house last Saturday evening.
Mrs. G. E. Penton, of Mount Pleasant Iowa, was a visitor at the University Saturday.
Prof. J. H. Canfield lectured before the Kent Club last Friday on "The Lawyer, His Relation to His Client and to Society."
F. A. Lutz left Sunday morning for his home at Beloit. He hopes to be back again during commencement week.
Miss Helen Simpson has been detained from her classes for some time on account of a visit from the fashionable malady, the grippe.
The young ladies of Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity will hold their annual commencement party this year on the evening of June 6.
W. E. Higgins, principal of the North Topeka schools, visited Saturday with the Phi Delts and others of his friends here.
Dr. Hoss, Professor of Elocution at Baker, lectured before the North side Methodist church last Saturday evening. We understand he had an audience that could appreciate him.
E. Y. Hill, of Baker, was in town Monday on his way to Lincoln, where he goes as second orator from Kansas to the inter-state oratorical contest. He went by way of Topeka to go up with Naylor and Tucker.
Mr. Frank C. Thompson, of Topeka, and Miss Fannie E. Pratt, of Kansas City, were married at Grace church, Kansas City, April 16. Both are old University students and were very popular while they were here. Mr. Thompson is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Mrs. Thompson is a Kappa Alpha Theta.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA
One of those informal social gatherings always productive of so much pleasure, took place Thursday evening at the home of Miss May Walker. The guests assembled at an early hour and in the presence of Theta's charming grace felt that "joy comes, grief goes we know not how" and the hours sped all too quickly in dancing and playing cards. Refreshments were prettily served and merriment reigned supreme. But the time came to depart as it always will, and each wended homeward feeling that another pleasant event had been added to the happiest recollections of college life.
THE SWEETPEA'S PLEASURE TRIP
Sweetpea's Pleasure Trip presented ed at the Opera House last Friday night was a decided success. The play was a translation from the French, translated and adapted by Prof. A. G. Canfield. In addition to the pleasing plot of the play, life and vivacity was given a number of spicy local hits. It also possessed what is seldom seen in a comedy, a thread of human philosophy running all through it. The leading part, that of a fat butcher who had made a considerable fortune at his business was taken by Prof. A. G. Canfield and was well done. That the Prof. should be a success in such a part is the more remarkable where we consider his usual graceful dignity. The part of Mrs. Sweetpea was taken by Miss Hattie McCaguen who sustained the role of an old lady with much more effect than might have been expected. The part of Miss Dorothy Sweetpea, the only living descendant of the aforesaid two Sweetpeas, was taken by Miss Marcella Howland and could scarcely have been improved. The part ot villain, journalist, dude, over and philosopher was taken by Prof. W.H. Carruth. Prof. Carruth was perhaps as much at his base on the stage as any other member of the company and sustained his part well. R. R. Whitman, very naturally, played the part of a capitalist and a successful rival of Prof. Carruth for the hand of Dorothy. It is believed however that Prof. Carruth is still "laying" or him and will probably pay him off about examination time. Thus to the compensations of this world balance each other.
Harold Barnes played the part of George Washington Crow, a "culud gentlemen" in the employ of Mr. Sweetpea and did it with good affect. Almost his only fault was a tendency now and then to mix a little Dutch and Irish with his brogue. Harvey White, as a clerk of Sweetpea, reminded you of the humple Uriah Heep. Roberts and Chapman had inferior parts but did them well. Altogether the entertainment was quite a success. Those who attended enjoyed themselves and the Athletic Association is about $75 better off.
The Botany class began work in the laboratory Wednesday. They complain, as all classes do, that the work this year is being made especially difficult.
WE WIN.
Hurrah! Hurrah!!
A special to the KANSAN this morning from Lincoln, announces that Kansas has won first place in the Inter-State Oratorical Contest and Illinois the second.
PI BETA PHIL
Hurrah! Hurrah!!!
After Prof. Blackmar's lecture a luncheon was served by Miss Mamie Snow. This was only the beginning of festivities. During the evening the Pi Phis entertained the Kappa Kappa Gammas at the home of Miss Emma White. They played the part of gallants with so brave a grace that nearly all the Kappas fell in love, a thing which was never heard of before. Beside the young ladies, another pretty feature of the occasion was the presentation to the Pi Phis by the Kappas of a basket of carnation pinks, the fraternity flower of the Pi Phis. Such mingling together of the members of different University societies is to be commended and we hope to see the good example let by the ladies of Pi Beta Phi, quite extensively followed.
The young ladies of Pi Beta Phi held their regular meeting last Saturday afternoon at the residence of Prof. Snow. They were addressed by Prof. Blackmar who talked about Spanish missions in southern California. The Spaniards were the most hardy explorers in the early history of this country and had got a good foot hold in California before the English were very firmly established along our eastern coast. Many interesting ruins of these old Spanish missions are yet to be seen. Prof. Blackmar's residence in California coupled with his general familiarity with history gave him extensive acquaintance with his subject which he discussed in a very interesting way.
PROGRAME FOR TO-NIGHT.
The following literary work will be done on the hill to-night:
PROGRAME FOR TO-NIGHT,
Paper...The Greek Drama.
H. S. Hadley.
Translations from the Greek Drama.
R. D. Brown.
Aeschylus. Sophocles. Aristophanes.
H. A. Peairs.
Influence of the Greek Drama on Later
Dramatic Literature.
M. McKinnon.
Declaration.
D. E. Potter.
DEBATE.
LITERARY CLUB.
Resolved. That attendance of students at Chapel exercises should be compul-
Affirmative. Negative.
R. R. Whitman. Will Snow.
W. M. Curry. Frank Moore.
ADELPHIC.
No. 31.
Declamation ... H. B. Hall
Essay ... A Sweezey
Poem ... W. S. Smith
Essay ... E. C. Hickey
Oration ... R. D. O'Leary
Resolved. That the present system of gage has a bad effect on the work of students.
DEBATE.
Affirmative. Negative.
C. Corbusier. J. B. Park.
E. F. Moore. H. White.
SEMINARY.
How shall the government furnish money for the people.
Ex-Gov. Charles Robinson.
A prehude on Some Early Experiments.
Prof. Blackman.
Athletic Column.
R. R. WHITMAN ... EDITOR.
Arrangements have been completed for a series of four ball games between our nine and that of the college of Emporia. The first two games will be played here next Friday and Saturday, May 9th and 10th, and the last two at Emporia Friday and Saturday May 30 and 31st. Seats will be erected on the ball grounds for the games here, and everything done to make the series a pleasant one The college of Emporia has a well organized club and is showing great enterprise in arranging games for it this spring.
Friday, June 6th is the date set by the Athletic Board for Field Day. The exercises will probably take the place on the ball grounds, where seats will be erected. The following is the programme as adopted by the Board:
m. —Tennis Tournament. prize $10,00 to be divided between the winners of the singles and doubles.
Messrs. Sherman, Hall and Bowersock form the committee which is to have general charge of field day and they will put forth every effort to make the day successful.
11 a. m—Boat Race . . . . . . . . . price $ 5.00
2 p. m—Slow Bicycle Race . . . . . . . . . 1.50
High Kick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.05
Egg Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
Standing Broad Jump . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
Standing High Jump . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
Mile Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00
Three Legged Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
Throwing Heavy Weight . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
Patting it Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
100 Yard Dash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Running Broad Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
Running High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
Hurdle Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Long Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
Hop, Skip and Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
The tennis team goes to El Dorado next Saturday for a series of match games. Teams from Wichita and Topeka will probably be at El Dorado at the same time, and the winning team and player may safely be said to be the champions of the state. The El Dorado team is a good one having won second place at Excelsior last fall and having also defeated the Topeka players last year.
If the trains run conviently our team may possibly stop at Emporia for a game on Friday afternoon.
Graeber's two rowing shells are rented for each afternoon from two o'clock until eight, and our rowing teams are doing some splendid work just now. There are six teams and the time is so arranged that each team practices every afternoon. With the good excellent course on the river, this feature of athletic work should take a prominent place here, and from the interest shown this spring it seems certain that it will. It is to be hoped that next year K. S. U. may have some four or eight oared rowing shells and regularly equipped crews. The following are the teams now practicing. Brown and Barber, Hadley and Robinson; Royster and Riddle; Palmer and Robinsons; Peaurs and Fullerton and Roberts and Peabody. A prize of five dollars has been offered for a race on field day.
A tennis tournament will be held
on the West Lawrence courts this afternoon and to-morrow to select the players for the games at El Dorado next Saturday. The player winning first place will play the singles and with the player winning second place will form the team for the doubles. Play will begin to-day at half-past two o'clock. The following players have entered their names to Mr. Sherman at the time of writing and there will undoubtedly be several others. Those entered are Bowersock, Brooks, Canfield, Sherman, Sears, Nourse and Whitman.
The ball nine will play a match game with the Indians at Haskell Saturday at three o'clock. The Haskell nine possess a good battery but are not extra strong in the field. The game will be interesting and there should be a good attendance from among the students. The game is to be played on the Haskell grounds.
Arrangements are being made to have the crack tennis team of the Kansas City Club play a match game here in the near future. The Kansas City team always takes a high place in the tournaments of the Southwestern Association.
The ball nine will probably play a match game with the nine from William Jewell College, at Chelsea Park, in about two weeks. Definite arrangements have not been made yet but will be in a day or two. William Jewell College is located at Liberty, Mo., about twenty-five miles from K. C. Their orator won the last Missouri oratorial contest.
The money subscribed for the Athletic Field Fund is being rapidly collected. When this is all in the fund will amount to about seven hundred dollars. Thus the good work goes on.
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SUITABLE FOR SPRING. Low Shoes for Ladies and Gents in Many Styles.
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