UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
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VOL 1.
Locals & Personals.
R. D. BROWN...LOCAL EDITOR
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 28,1
The Betas entertain to-night.
The Shakspere class had a quiz Monday.
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Monday.
Harry Deford, of Ottawa was in town Sunday.
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A. L. Sloan was in the halls again Monday.
Miss Gussie Prise was seen in the
Monday
Miss Margaret Bodkin of Omaha was a visitor Monday.
Chas. Spencer was on the hill Thursday.
W. T. Little of Abilene was at the University Monday.
The Psychologies which the class ordered have arrived.
Miss Blakeley of Junction City was a visitor Monday.
The Logic class will finish the work allotted, next week.
Hon. E, B. Allen was visiting his son E. P. Allen Tuesday.
Prof. L. A. Sayre is leading chapel exercises this week.
D. E. Babbitt will recreate in Kansas City to morrow.
Bryce Crawford will spend to morrow in Kansas City.
Eames had Prof. Dyche's animals out carrying them Monday.
H, S. Hadley will spend to-morrow at the mouth of the Kaw.
A number of University people took part in "Little Lord Fauntleroy."
The KANSAN directory is revised again this week and is correct to date.
Quite a number of students eat their dinners at the University these days.
C. II. Obear was registered among the visitors at the University Friday.
Miss Margaret Botkin returned Tuesday to her home at Omaha, Nebraska.
A few more days of pleasant weather will bring out the ball and tennis men.
Prof. Templein's little daughter was quite sick last week,but is nearly well again.
C. A. Peabody will go to Kansas City this afternoon and stay until Monday.
The Freshman Chemistry class are becoming familiar with the usual blow ups.
The Plantus class has a quiz on Roman history every other Friday. One is due to-day.
Paul Merrill has taken Fred Pickering's place as business manager on the KANSAN.
Joe Jacobs of last year's class in engineering is in an engineers office in Monterey Mexico.
S. T. Gilmore came up from Kansas City to take part in "The Little American Lord."
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A contracting firm from Topeka were examining the foundations of the main building Monday.
The program fot the first regular meeting of the University Literary Club is posted.
Paul Hudson will go to Topeka this afternoon and will attend the Unity Club ball this evening.
Mr H. Spencer Hadley will deliver a lecture at Cedar Junction to-night.
E. L. Ackley returned Monday from Ma hattan, where he has been for a few days past.
The dramatic portion of Adelphic played a scene from Hamlet before the society Friday evening
W. S. Amas was called to his home at Baldwin, the first of the week, by the illness of his mother.
Prof. Miller lectured before the Unity Club Monday evening on "Savanarola" the Italian reformer.
G. A. Hanry has returned to school after a short absence occasion by the illness of his father.
The Freshman French class has finished reading Gautier's La Monie The class will now read Racine's Attila.
Prof. Carruth will deliver a lecture at Paola next Wednesdays evening on, "A Poor Man in Europe.
P. B. Gillette, an old K. S. U. student, now a rising lawyer at Kingman, Kansas, visited old scenes last week.
Prof. Dyche is nosily engaged in mounting his Rocky Mountain goats and will soon place them in the museum.
The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A's of the University will hold a union meeting to-night in Room 11. The subject will be Missions.
There are two or three students, that we know of, in the University, who could be "sat on" with great profit to their classes.
J. G. Miller who graduated from the Law school a few years ago, looked over the Law school and the University again Monday.
Prof. L. I. Bloke will talk to the Unity Club Monday evening about Electricity. Those who can attend may be sure of pleasant and instructive entertainment.
The Delta Gammas who were here last Friday denied that they had any other object in making the visit than the indefinite one of "looking over the ground."
W. H. Brown '87, now employed by the United States government in natural history work is on his way to Cape Colony and will not return to Washington till some time in May.
Eva F. Smith, a student of K. S. U. in the "seventies" is now an art student in the Cooper Union classes, New York City, and writes some pleasant letters to her home paper at Oskaloba.
A University to be called the Methodist Protestant University of the West," is to be established in Kansas City, Kansas. Land to the amount of $100,000 has been donated by the citizens.
The students who expect to take Psychology during the next half term have sent directly to the publishers for their text books, thereby getting them at a greatly reduced price.
The Science Club elected officers last Friday evening. The officers elected were as follows: President, E. E. Slossan; Vice President, E. Case; Secretary, Marshall A. Barber; Treasurer Fred Liddeke; Librarian, Prof. Marvin; Reporter, W. S. Smith.
Hunt C. Gardner, a former student has accepted the position of assistant buyer with the Ridenour & Baker Wholesale Grocery House of Kansas City. O. L. Morgan also has a position with the same firm.
The University Literary Club held a meeting last Friday evening at which its organization was completed and officers elected. The following are the officers chosen: President, Howard A. Pears; Vice President, C.S. Sears, Secretary, J.E. Baker, Treasurer, H.F. Roberts; Executive Committee, H.P. Roberts, R.R. Whitman and R.D. Brown.
Rev. A H Stote will deliver a lecture at the Methodist church on Saturday evening March 1, subject, "The History and Polity of the Baptist church. This is the fifth in the course of lectures given by the ministers of the city before the young people of the Epworth League. Students are cordially invited to attend and spend a pleasant evening.
Miss Gussie Prise very pleasantly entertained a company of friends Friday evening with a progressive high-five party, given in honor of Miss Margaret Bodkin of Omaha. The two first prizes were very handsome hand painted card cases with cards, and were won by Miss Orton and Mr. Hadley. The two second prizes, silver paper knives, were won by Miss Daughade and Mr. Davis. Miss Prise is a pleasant entertainer and a most enjoyable time was had by all.
Music Club.
On February 7th the regular students of the Music Department met for the purpose of organizing a music club Its object being to gain a higher musical culture, some knowledge of the lives of great composers, and a better acquaintance with each other,—in fact a combination of pleasure and profit for the members.
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The Dean of the department gave his hearty encouragement and sympathy to the idea, and the Music Club is an established fact. The Faculty granted the use (if Room 30 for its use on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons in each month. The new club starts out with good prospects of success with Miss Ida Burr as President, Miss Margie Brown Vice President, and Mr. Adolph Krehbiel as Secretary and Treasurer.
The germs of decay so often lodged in ponderous titles were carefully guarded against, the modest name of "Music Club" being deemed sufficient for all purposes of identification. Each member has the privilege of inviting two guests to the meetings of the club. A program will be rendered at each meeting by the members of vocal and instrumental music, with short sketches of composers, and other interesting musical features.
The Constitutional Method.
The question of the grades in the oratorical contest was again called up last week by the College Life, published at Emporia College. It seems that in making out the grades the exact method of marking provided for by the constitution was accidentally overlooked. The mistake and its result are thus commented on by the Life:
No contest ever passes without causing some dissatisfaction among the friends of the defeated orators. In the late contest there can be no question, in any view of the case, regarding the first place. Mr Naylor led his competitors too far for that. We maintain, however, that he did not commit to being too loose in the past, and propose in this article to show what effect a rigid adherence to them would produce.
Acr V., Sec. 6, of the Kansas Inter-
Collegiate Association constitution says:
* * The grades of each judge shall be ranked 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. * * If no orator be ranked first by four or more judges, the orator the sum of whose ranks is the least shall be awarded first prize. * * The first prize having been awarded, the average of the remaining orators shall be again ranked 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., and the second prize determined in the same manner as the first.
Applying this rule we find that Naylor, with a total of 15 (in ranks) has first place. Omitting entirely his grades we erkrank the other six orators as follows:
Prescott's ranks  3, 6, 1, 2, 5, 5, total 19 rank!
Parker's  4, 1, 2, 5, 5
Parker's  4, 1, 2, 5, 5
Marshall's  5, 2, 5, 5, 4, 4  "21",
      5, 2, 5, 5, 4, 4  "21",
Ruggles  1, 2, 3, 4, 2  "20",
This gives Hill second place.
Prescott's ranks . 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4 total 16 rank 'Boris' 's      3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 10 'K        4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 10 'Mackenzie' 's      3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 10 'Michael Ish' 's      3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 10 'Ruggerie' 's      1, 2, 5, 3, 1, 10 '16' '16'
Next, omitting Hill's grades, we have the following result:
Thus giving Bear the third place and Prescott the fourth.
Ranking by this method it will be seen that had Bear been ranked one higher by any one of the six judges he would have tied with Hill on ranks, for second place and would have won second place by his percentages. But he wasn't ranked one higher.
Science Club.
The Science Club held its regular meeting last Friday evening in Snow Hall. The principal feature of the evening was a paper on "Book Illustration" by Prof. Marvin. This was his second paper before the club on this subject, and treaten more especially the methods of the present day. He described the various processes now in use and the mechanical work required to produce a good engraving or etching. The payer was illvstrated by many fine engravings. Six different methods of engraving were considered some of them requiring great skill and care. The paper was valuable both from an artistic and a scientific standpoint, and came from Prof. Marvin with the weight of authority.
The Club will meet again a week from to night.
The reason why the Freshman class here has never organized is suggested by an episode which took place at Cornell last week. The Sophomores kidnapped the president of the Freshman class and the Freshies could not resume work until they had rescued their official,
Athletic Column.
EDITOR, R. R. WHITMAN.
Our next issue will contain a short article on "Lawn Tennis as a college game."
Salina Wesleyan has a fine tennis player in the person of Prof. Scott.
Considering the ever increasing interest which is being taken in Athletic sports by the students of all American Universities, and the consequently important factor which athletic training is coming to be in a collegiate education, it seems strange that here tofore so little space in our university papers has been devoted to this subject.
The KANSAN recognizes the benefits to be derived from a systemized discussion and presentation of athletic questions and news, and intends to give some space in each issue to these subjects. It will be our aim to avoid as much as possible publishing mere athletic gossip and trash as is customary in so many newspapers, but we shall try to present only that which is of interest and importance.
The University is just now trying to organize its athletics on some systemastic and permanent basis, and we shall pay particular attention to the methods used by other colleges in supporting and conducting their various athletic interests.
We shall attempt to analyze somewhat the adapt ability and value of the various athletic interests, for introduction into University life. For the development of athletics in our colleges is not an end but a meaus, and the desirability or undesirability of work in this line, should be regarded from the standpoint of the scholar rather than that of the spirit. We shall also present briefly any new points in the playing of the various games.
All local athletic events will receive careful attention, and we request it as a favor, that students hand to us all items or articles which they think are of especial interest. A careful account of all contests held under the auspices of the newly formed athletic association will be presented. These are some of the things to which our athletic column will give attention, and it is hoped that the true athletic spirit may be increased in the University, by placing before the students a more exact knowledge of what college athletics really are.
The delegates from the various colleges interested in the new intercollegiate athletic association, the temporary organization of which at this place Saturday, February 15th, will meet in Topeka early in March to perfect the organization. The delegates report that great interest is being manifested in their respective colleges concerning the association, and the outlook for its success is good. The one thing more than any other that has tended to keep the interest in athletics here at the University down, has been the lack of contests with other colleges. Give us the requisite number of contest college athletics of Kansas, and the University will show what can be done in maintaining good college teams.
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