UNIVERSITY KANSAN
Entered at Post Office, Lawrence, Kansas, at second-class matter.
Published every Friday morning by the UNIVER
SITY BANSAN Company
M. MCKINNON, Press 'ent.
E. W. CALDWELL, Vice President.
W. A. SHOW, Secretary.
H. S. HADDEY Treasurer.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
H. F. ROBERTS, Editor-in-Chief
LOCAL EDITOR.
R. D. BROWNS.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
R. E. Whitman.
E. F. Roberts c.
Maude S. ringer.
Ephra J. Scott.
Dwight E. Poiter.
Hawthorne w.
D. K. Hinton.
W. S. Smith.
BURNE 8 MANAGER;
C. A. Peabody.
Paul Merrill.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
Societies
Science Club Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 5 p. m. president, E. E. Slosson; Vice President E Case, Secretary, M. A. Borer; Treasurer, Fred Liddeke; Librarian, Prof. Marvin; Reporter, W. S. Smith.
SEMINARY OF HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. Meets in Room 14, University building, every other Friday from 4 to 6 p., m. Director, Prof. J. H Canfield; Vice Director, Prof. F. W. Blackmar
PHILLOLOGICAL CLUB. Meets in Room No. 20 University building, every other room. President, Miss Anna McKinnon Secretary, Willcox, Treasurer, Jus D. Bowersock.
DER DEUTSCHE VEREN. Meets at the residence of Prof. Carcuth, every other Thursday. Groty, p. Secretary, Miss Aina McKinnon; Treasurer, Miss Ellie Scott.
KENT CLUB Meets in Room 4 University building. President, James L. Wallace; Vice President, Porter Edminster; Secretary, Wm. A Foster; Treasurer, Samuel Felder; Sergent-at-Arms, A L. Getys; Executive Committee, James Nichols, Albert Caughey. Admits Law students only.
MUSIC CLUB. Meets on second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in Room 30, (Music Room). University building "b" of o clock p., President, Brenda Butler Vice President, Margie Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, Adolph Krebblah.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. Meets every other Friday at 5 p.m. President, V. T. Boaz; Vice President, W. S. Amos Secretary, Miss Laura Grabe; Libarian, J. Simmons; Treasurer, Ed. Youngbery; Executive Committee, J. W. Kenerly; P. Muller; Corresponding Secretarv. J. G. Peckham; Local Correspondant, H. A. Adams Admits Pharmacy students only.
THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY LITERARY CLUB Organized January 31, 1890. Meets in University Club Hall University building, north wing, 3rd floor, every Friday evening at S o'clock President, Howard A. Pearls; Vice President, I. H. Morse; Secretary, J. E. Baker; Assistant secretary, C. H. Sears; Treasurer, H. F. Roberts; Executive Committee; H. F. Roberts, R. W. Hrithman and R. D. Brown. Admits all students in the collegiate department.
ADDELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Organized Nov. 1, 1889. Meets in Adelphic Hall, University building, south wing, 4rd floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock. President. C. P. Chapman; Vice President. C. S. Griffin; Secretary, E. P. Fisher; Treasurer, H. R. Linville; Critic, G. O. Virtue. Admits all non-fraternity students in the collegiate department.
Fraternities.
BETA THETA PL Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House Block.
PHI KAPPA Pst. Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Opera House Block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Eldridge House Block.
PHI DELTA THUEA. Meets every Saturday evening in A. O. U. W. Hall.
SIGMA CHI Meets every Saturday evening on the 4th floor east, of Opera House Block.
SIGMA NU. Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd floor of Elidridge House Block.
PI BETA PHI. Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA Meets every Sat urday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPA KAPA GAMMA. Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
Miscellaneous.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STUDENTS OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY President, Jus D. Bowersock; Vice President, W. W. Brown; Secretary, W. D. Ross; Treasurer, W. E. Rower; Executive Committee, M. E. Hickey, C. H. Sears, W. E. Curry; Committee on nonfraternity shares, C. S. Hall, E. C. Hickey, D. R. Krebblich
UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION President, W. H. Carruth; Secretary, F. H. Kellogg; Treasurer, W. A. Snow. Includes Tennis Association, Base Ball Association and Foot Ball Association.
CAMERA CLUB meets once per month.
President, E. H. S. Bailey; Secretary, E.
E. Slosson.
TELEGRAPH CLUB, President, Prof.
L. I. Blake; Secretary and Treasurer, W.
S. Franklin.
Y. M. C. A. Meets in University building, Room 11 every Friday at 7:30.
p. m. President, E. L. Ackley; Secretary, C. P. Chapman.
Y. W. C. A. Meets in University building, north wing, 3rd floor, every Friday evening at 7:30, p. m., President, Miss Emma Dunn; Secretary, Miss Laura Lockwood.
University Journals
THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW. Editor-in-Chief, H.F.M. Beer. Published monthly by THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY.
UNIVERSITY KANSAN Editor in Chief
H F. Roberts. Published every Friday
morning by the UNIVERSITY KANSAN
COMPANY.
THE WEEKLY UNIVERSITY COURER.
Editor-in-Chief, Walter J. Sears. Published every Friday morning by THE COURIER COMPANY.
The article in the Courier of last week replying to our editorial of the week before on the fraternity question was a sensible one and well written. There are many mistakes in its statements, however, notably in the one referring to the colleges in which fraternities are located. We shall not stop to make any corrections or criticisms, but we are ready to give facts to prove every statement we made. There is one wrong impression which the gentleman writing for the Courier seems to be under. The KANSAN had no intention of implying that all non-fraternity students were such from necessity. We know that is not the case, and we recognize the right of non-fraternity students to maintain and express their own views on the subject. Our article was directed solely against those who give vent to such nonsense as "Barb" was guilty of. The KANSAN is a friend of the fraternity system, but it does not on that account propose to misrepresent any other body of students. A nonfraternity man if he is a gentleman, is just as good as a fraternity man. Those of either class who are not gentlemen are entitled to no respect, it matters not who they are. The KANSAN intends to be fair to all and unjust to none.
It has been the policy of the KANSAN to avoid any reference to matter appearing in the Courier, which might tend to bring on a newspaper fight in the University. We have occasionally seen things which we would have been inclined to sharply criticise in any other paper but the Courier, but for the sake of peace in the University we have said nothing. We feel however, and that has been a very general sentiment in the University, that the interview with Dr. Thwing published in last week's Courier is a disgrace to University journalism. We reproduce a few extracts:
"It's done; the Regents have spoken their little piece. After a
"I was exceedingly fortunate Wednesday evening in meeting the Chancellor elect. He seemed delighted to meet a representative of a University journal. (No doubt.) I am sure I was delighted to see the Doctor. We went into the mutual business at once.!"
deal of spitting and spurting and fussing and mussing, the new Chancellor has been selected."
Again "Yes, those were remarkable striking features; they were a study.—I read them."
"He is happy to be the possessor of a darling wife and child."
This is enough. The article is signed "Jay," who is, we doubt not, the editor-in-chief himself. Now this "familiar" style of interview may be considered quite chic by some, but the majority of sensible people consider it extremely bad taste. In our opinion it approaches impertinence when a young man uses such language in reference to an interview with a gentleman like Dr. Thwing, as "we proceeded to our mutual business at once." And the idea of referring to the work of the Regents in their long continued and patient endeavors to secure a good man as Chancellor of the State University, as "speaking their little piece," "spitting and spurting and fussing and mussing, is both discourteous and impudent.
We had intended at first to say nothing on this matter, but the universal disgust and condemnation which the "interview" produced, and the repeated requests to criticise it, have cause. us to say thus much.
Now dear Courier, you can come out next week and score us right and left if you want to. It don't make any difference to us if you do. It will produce no effect. We have no desire to pick a newspaper quarrel with you, but we do want it distinctly understood, that we consider it a disgrace that such stuff as that, should go out as the product of University journalism; and the majority of the students think the same.
HE rejoices best who rejoices last. We thought last week that since the Chancellorship question remained still uncertain, it would be wiser to wait until Dr. Thwing, who had been elected by the Regents, had given his acceptance. Our course proved best as things have turned out. We had hoped that with the installment of a man like Dr Thwing would come a new era for the University, an era in which the newspapers and the politicians would wield less influence in the control of the *University than they have in the past. It is the bane of the State universities everywhere, that until they begin to get a national reputation and become firmly established, they are subject to the same sort of political jobbey that to an extent controls all the other State institutions. No cool, sensible man of ordinary intelligence, can doubt that such an influence is baneful and depressing. Kansas University is now beginning to grow out of these influences, but there still seems to remain a sort of lingering sentiment among
some of the newspapers of the State, that the State University is simply one among many public establishments, which should be made to conform in every respect to the political bias of the State politics. The absurdity of politics influencing education should be apparent to every broad minded citizen. The idea of regarding the University as a training school for any political creed, if carried out, would wreck completely our system of higher public education. Yet this is just what those newspapers and politicians demand who are fearful lest any thing be taught the students which may lead them to study the respective merits of protection and free trade. We give this only as an instance. Now what has all this to do with Dr. Thwing. Well it has just this to do with him. No man of broad culture and intelligence, who can command the respect and the admiration of the students and educators of the State, and whose ability would fit him for a Chancellorship, will ever come to an institution like ours if he feels that in doing so he must sacrifice his high ideals and yield his better judgment to the wishes of a partisan legislature and a meddling partizan press. The University is going ahead rapidly and is gaining in strength throughout the State, but it makes us sick to think of the senseless prejudice and unreasoning opposition with which its every move is met. The Regents had selected a splendid man as Chancellor,—a grand and able man, who would have carried the University right to the front. No sooner was he selected ed than some of the strongest papers in the State began to violently oppose him because he was not "a Kansas man." When will this nonsense stop. Well it is over with now, and if the Kansas newspapers which saw fit to oppose Dr. Thwing on such grounds as these, have in any way influenced him to return a negative answer,they doubtless have reason to rejoice. It should be matter of regret to every broad minded and intelligent citizen.
The student who does not take advantage of the privileges of one of the literary societies is throwing away two-thirds of his College opportunities. Some one has said that literary work is worth any six studies, and we believe that is true. The precious stone, no matter how valuable it may be, does not show any of its brilliancy until it is highly polished. In this day a man or woman cannot make a complete success in life with a good amount of "book learning;" we need the polish which shall enable us to shine out and cast about us refulgent rays of powerful influence—Chaddock.
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