UNIVERSITY KANSAN
Entered at Post Office, Lawrence, Kauai, as second-class matter.
Published every Friday morning by the UNIVERSITY KANSAN MANAGEMENT.
M. McKINNON, Press cnt.
E. W. CALDWELL, Vice President.
    W. A. ~NOW, Secretary,
    H. S. HADLEY Treasurer,
    EDITORIAL STAFF.
H. F. ROBERTS, Editor-in-Chief.
    LOCAL EDITOR.
R. D. BROWS.
ASSOCIATZ EDITORS
R. K. Whitman,
Maude S. ringer,
Dwight E. Porter,
D. E. Babbitt.
E. F. Robbins or
Fleile J. Scott,
Heiden Simpson,
W. S. Smith,
C. A. Peabody, Paul Merrill.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
Societies
SCHOLEN CLUB Meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 8 p. m. President, E E Slosson; Vice President, E C Secretary, M A. B. Barber; Treasurer, Rapp Liddekek; 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.
PHILIOLOGICAL CLUB. Meets in Room No. 29 University building, every other Friday at 8 p. m. President, Miss Anna McKinnon; Secretary, Dr. Wilcox; Treasurer, Jus D. Bowersock.
DER DEUTSCHE VERENE. Meets at the residence of Pref. Carpathy every other Christmas; s. p. m. on weekdays. Great Secretary. Miss Anna McKimpson; Treasurer. Miss Elsie Scott.
KENT CLUB. Meets in Room 4 University building, building. President, James L. Wallace; Vice President, Porter Administrator; Secretary, Wm. A Foster; Pressurer, Samuel Feller; Sergent-at-Arms, A L Getty;s; 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, at 3 o'clock p.m., m. President, Margaret Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, Adolph Krebblet.
PILARMACAUTICAL SOCIETY, Meets every other Friday at 8 p.m. President, V. T. Baaz; Vice President, W. S. Amos Secretary, Miss Laura Grabe; Librarian, J. Simm us; Treasurer, E.l. Youngberg; Executive Committee, J. W. Keenlery; P. Muller; Corresponding Secretary, J. G Peckham; Local Correspondant, H. A. Adams. Admits Pharmacy students only.
ADEPHELIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Organized Nov. 1, 1889 Meets in Adelphic Ha1. University building, south wing, 3rd floor, every Friday evening at S o'clock President C. P Chapman Vice President, C. S Griffin; Secretary, E. P Fisher; Treasurer, H. R. Linville Citistic, G. O. Virtue Admits all non-fraternity students in the collegiate department.
THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY LITERARY CLUB. Organized January 31, 1890. Meets in University Club Hall University building, north wing 3rd floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock. President, Howard A. Pearls; Vice President, I. H. Morse; Secretary, J. E. Baker; Assistant antit secretary, C. H. Sears; Treasurer, H. F. Roberts; Executive Committee; H. F. Robers, R R Whitman and R D. Brown. Admits all students in the collegiate department.
Fraternities.
BETA THETA P1. Meets every Saturday evening on 4th floor of Opera House Block.
PHI KAPPA PS1. 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 THETA Meets every Saturday
evening in A. O. U. W. Hail.
SIGMA CIGH Meets the 4th floor east of Opera
Brave Block.
SIGMA NU. Meets every Saturday evening on 3rd door of Eldridge House Block.
PI BETA PHI. Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPA KAPPA GAMMA. Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STUDENTS OF KANASA STATE UNIVERSITY President, Jus D. Bowersock; Vice Pres
sident, W. W. Brown; Secretary, W. D. Ross; Treasurer, W. E. Rowe; Executive Committee, M. E. Hickey, C. H. Sears, W. E. Curry; Committee on non-fraternity shares, C. S. Hall, E. C. Hickey, D. R. Krebbiel.
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. Carmen Curran meets once per month.
CAMERA CLUB meets once per month
P. Kendall, H. S. Bailey; Secretary, E.
E. Nilsson.
TELEGRAPH CLUB. President, Prof.
L. I. Blake; Secretary and Treasurer, W.
S. Franklin.
Y. M. C. A. Meets in University building, R o m 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 COURIER
Editor-in-Chief, Walter J Sears. Published every Friday morning by THE COURIER COMPANY.
We have now at the librarian's desk in the library, a new card scheme which is a great saving of time and labor. It consists of a series of cards of different colors arranged in compartments in a drawer, by which three questions concerning books drawn from the library are answered at a glance:
1st. Who has the book?
1st. Who has the book?
2nd. What book is it?
3rd. When is the book due?
The scheme is simple and yet ingenious, and is the invention of Prof. Blake. We cannot under take to describe it in detail but we believe it will involve far less labor on the part of the librarian than the old method.
By the constitution of the State Oratorical Association, after the choice of first orator has been made by the judges, the remaining contestants are re-rated, the one receiving the rank next highest to the winner, is given first place and so on, throwing the winning orator out altogether. According to this Bear's position is third instead of foorth, and if he had received a high enough ranking to tie Hill he would have beaten him on the averages. These "ifs" don't amount to much now but it is interesting to think of what might have been—or rather of what ought to have been.
We have received much advice from many sources as to the way the KANSAN "ought to be run." We are humbly grateful for suggestions of course, but we do not propose to lay down any "policy" in the management of the paper, as has been hinted. This is all we have to say, and all we need to promise; this this paper while in our hands shall be managed first, last and all the time in the best interests of Kansas State University. We promise to do this, and to keep the KANSAN impartial, independent and conservative, and loyal to the whole body of K. S. U. students. If we succeed in carrying out this idea, what better "policy" do you want
A number of our exchanges come addressed "University Times." The Times is a defunct paper, the KANSAN having taken its place. We would request those of our exchanges who have been addressing the Times to change the address to the KANSAN.
ARE we going to have a college annual this year? We fear not. Nobody seems to have time enough to devote to the matter. After all we think it would be better to let the college annual go for a ye r if necessary, and devote our surplus energy towards getting the athletic scheme well started. Plenty of genuine work is needed in that direction.
The State Oratorical Contest was in our opinion one of the best advertisements for the University that could have been asked. Not that old K. S. U. needs advertising in the ordinary sense of the word, but to show students from all over the state the superior educational advantages of the State University is a matter of pride to every student. One remark we heard made by a visiting student was, "Well, the University students have good reason to be proud of their institution." Indeed we have. There is not another college in the State or in the neighboring States which can compare with K. S. U. in the amount and character of the work done. We say this, not from a narrow provincial standpoint, but from the standpoint of acknowledged fact. The "size of it" is just this; the state of Kansas is more abundantly able to offer broad and higher educational advantages in State University, than any denominational or private institutions in Kansas can begin to do. We are proud of K. S. U. and we have abundant reason for it. It is not merely local pride,—pride in the institution alone, with its thirty-three able and enthusiastic professors, and its 530 earnest and loyal students. More than this, every K. S. U. student feels doubly proud of the state which has founded the University with a view to the broadest and best culture of its citizens. In every way the influence of the University is making itself felt and is growing with the State and in unison with the intrest of the State. The high standing which Kansas University maintains abroad is due to the constant energy with which the government of the University has labored to bring its work up to the highest possible standard. The effects of this are now being seen. We expect next year to see a large influx to the State University from other colleges in the State if we may judge by the statements we heard. We heard many a student leave Lawrence with the expression on his lips, "Well I'm coming to K. S. U. next year."
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AFTER this issue we will have positively nothing more about the contest, but before we leave the subject we wish to show you the markings from a rather novel point of view, to show how the human judgment varies. First as to the markings on Thought and Composition:
Analysis of Contest Grades.
First place was given by
Ray to Ruggles,
Johnson to Naylor,
Benson to Prescott.
Second place was given by
Ray to Prescott,
Johnson to Parker (!)
Benson to Hill.
Third place was given by
Ray to Naylor,
Johnson to Marshall and Ruggles,
Benson to Parker.
(Note this curious link of Naylor with Marshall and Parker; Judge Johnson ties Marshall and Ruggles.
(Note this curious link of Naylor with Marshall and Parker; Judge Johnson ties Marshall and Ruggles.)
Fourth place was given by Ray to Bear, Johnson to Hill, Benson to Naylor.
(Note this also. The three best orators given the same rank in thought and composition.)
Fifth place was given by
Ray to Parker,
Benson to Bear.
(Curious linking of names here too.)
Sixth place was given by
Ray to Marshall,
Ray to Marshall,
Johnson to Prescott Benson to Marshall
(Prescott and Marshall stay together here you see.)
Seventh place was given by Ray to Hill. Benson to Ruggles. (Johnson having given both Marshall and Ruggles 3rd, has no 7th place. His lowest marking is 6th to Prescott.)
In Delivery the variations a
equally interesting.
First place was given by
Ware to Naylor,
Bowers to Naylor,
Ho g to Hill.
Second place was given by
Ware to Hill,
Bowers to Bear,
Hoag to Ruggles.
Third place was given by
Ware to Bear,
Bowers to Prescott,
Hoag to Bear.
Fourth place was given by
Ware to Prescott,
Bowers to Hill,
Hoag to Marshall.
(Here we have another difference of opinion. Marshall, Hill and Prescott are strung on the same string.)
Fifth place was given by
Ware to Marshall,
Bowers to Ruggles,
Hoag to Naylor.
(Naylor and Marshall keep company here for 5th, you see.)
Sixth place was given by
Ware to Ruggles,
Bowers to Parker,
Hoag to Prescott.
(Note this equitable (?) marking.)
Seventh place was given by
Ware to Parker,
Bowers to Marshall
Hoag to Parker.
(Parker and Marshall always rustle each other hard when it gets down towards the bottom. This time you see they have it all to themselves.)
The study of the markings in this way is interesting. We find that in Thought and Composition, Ruggles varies from 1st to 7th. Hill from
2nd to 7th; Prescott from 1st to 6th;
Naylor from 1st to 4th; Parker
from 2nd to 5th; Marshall from 3rd
to 6th.
In Delivery, Prescott varies from 3rd to 6 h; Naylor from 1st to 5th; Bear is even again, varying only from 2nd to 3rd; Parker strikes the key-note twice on 7th and once on 6th; Marshall hovers between 4th and 7th, with an intermediate 5th; Hill has from 1st to 4th; and Rugles from 2nd to 6th.
Now if the study of these things won't awaken a sense of awe, at the different degrees of excellence in which different orators are regarded by different judges we give it up.
THE Courier came out last week with a new staff of editors. From the editorial sentiments expressed by the new management we may expect that our rival contemporary will be conducted in an impartial and creditable manner. Hitherto the columns of both papers have been entirely free from adverse references to each other. This is the only wise and sensible plan, and we pledge for the KANSAN the continuance of the same principle in the future. It is unfortunate for both of us that we are here. But the fact stands. We are here, and what are we going to do about it. Combine? Not just yet. But as long as the KANSAN and Courier run as two rival weekly papers in Kansas University, let both be managed with a view simply to promoting the interests of our institution. Let us join in the effort to make these two weeklies as long as they continue, really representative papers. This is the way we look at it, and we are confidant; the same view is held by the Courier's management.
The perennial topics of graduation appointments, class day exercises, and college annuals are already beginning to crop out in college papers. The tendency of students' opinion seems to be against the elaborate programs and exercises which are launched forth every June on the usual weary multitudes, packed like sardines into the usual chapels which were originally made to hold about a third of their number. The painful weeks of preparation, the excitement, the hurry, the anxiety,—all to get ready for the supreme moment of glory, the climax of American college life, when, amid breathless silence, a row of young men and women fall in line before the president, who with becoming gravity bestows on each,—a small roll of paper tied up with a pink ribbon! We have often wondered what it is that keeps an audience from bursting out laughing at this ceremony. No doubt there are those who think this unconventional way of looking at college commencements a little improper, but as a matter of fact, we believe something would be gained by doing away with a part of the turmoil and useless ceremony that renders Commencement Day in the average American college, a regular "Dies irae."
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