UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
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VOL I.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 14. 1890.
Locals & Personals.
E. D. BROWN...LOCAL EDITOR
Bill Nye. Monday the 17th.
Where, shall we have our bonfire
Where shall we have our bonfire?
Phi Psi hall to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock.
Percy Porter of Kansas City will enter soon.
Lute Lewis and Nate McCague are Phi Gams.
H L. Call of Topeka was in the city Sunday.
Prof. MaeDonald led chapel exercises this week.
No. 21.
Robert Pollock has entered the Zoology class.
The chart for Bill Nye opened this morning.
Misses Beard and Harrison were visitors Monday.
Prof. Green did not meet his classes Tuesday.
Sam McRoberts of Baker was in Lawrence Monday.
The Sigma Nus gave a party Friday evening.
J. C. Manning visited the University Thursday.
George Mull was among Thurs day's visitors.
Prof. W, S. Franklin visited Kansas City Saturday.
It is reported that Dolby is no longer a Phi Gam.
Duncan Collins visited the University yesterday.
Billy Bromelsick was among Tuesday's visitors.
R. McCurdy of Minneapolis, Min. was a visitor Tuesday
Prof. Wilcox has charge of the Herodotus class this year.
II. F. M. Bear spent last Saturday in Kansas City.
Prof. Sterling failed to meet his classes Monday morning.
Miss Parg's mother and sister were on the hill Monday.
Excelsior Club met last Saturday evening with C. S. Hall.
The Phi Psis will celebrate their 14th anniversary.ry Feb. 17.
What if Bear ——. There is no
if about it. Bear is to win
Regent Moody was at the University the latter part of last week.
The new K. K. G's are Misses Orton, Chapman and Harriot.
Miss Webter and Miss Monroe visited the University Tuesday.
H, B. Hoyt of Pamona, Kansas was at the University Wednesday.
Luselt, secretary of the city Y. M, C. A., was on the hill Thursday.
Whit Churchill a student of three years ago was in the halls Monday.
Prof. Bailey was able to resume his work at the University Monday,
Baker expects to send three hundred students up to the contest.
There was a Faculty meeting at the end of the fourth hour Friday.
Adelphic Literary society met last Friday evening in Athenaeum hall.
Tooth brushes by the thousand, very low at Woodward's.
Bion S. Hutchins of the Clay Center Dispatch was a visitor Friday.
The REVIEW will be on sale tonight containing the winning oration.
The Kansas University Literary Club was organized last Friday evening.
C. A. Peabody and James Owle are Phi Psis since last Saturday night.
E. L. Ackley led the meeting of the city Y.M.C.A.Sunday afternoon.
Prof. Hopkins is said to be quite a musician as well as an English scholar.
Miss Ella Gibson spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Kansas City.
This year's Freshman class in Chemistry is an unusually large one
Miss Nellie Hawkins received a pleasant visit from her sister Thursday.
Miss Margaret Bodkin of Omaha, Nebraska is visiting with her cousin Gussie Price.
J. W. Nourse spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents in Kansas City.
Miss Annie Monroe expects to leave soon for California on account of her health.
The Phi Psis celebrated Saturday night's initiation with a banquet at Wiedemann's.
Miss Hattie McCague was able to return to her classes, Tuesday, after a brief illness.
The gentlemen of Phi Delta Theta entertained their lady friends Friday evening
M, I. Sterling a brother of Prof Sterling was in Lawrence the first part of the week.
The rush Tuesday afternoon for tickets to the Oratorical Contest was remarkable.
The training class of the Y. M. C.A.will meet with Chapman tomorrow evenihg.
Del Valentine the new regem made his first official visit to the University Friday.
The Old and New club met last Saturday evening at the residence of Prof. L. E. Sayre.
McPherson and Overton succeeded in getting their names in the High school "Mercury."
Prof. Wilcox lectured before the young ladies of Pi Beta Phi last Saturday afternoon.
We announced last week that the contest to-night would be held at Bowersock's Opera House. This was a mistake. The contest will take place in University Hall.
Stuart O. Henry and wife both old University students have just returned from Europe.
The KANSAN Company held a very harmonious meeting at the end of the 4th hour Friday.
There were only fourteen double failures this term; a marked decrease from last term.
Mayblosscm is the new Perfume Woodward has it.
Mrs. Chas, Grovenor and Miss Crane were on the hill Thursday.
E. D. Eames now walks by the aid of a crutch, the result of a little accident.
Riggs and Gettys talked resubmission to the people of Sibley Friday night.
Miss Birdie Atwood of Manhattan will visit with her Kappa sisters today and to morow.
M. W. Wixon returned Monday from Kansas City where he has been for the past week.
Mr. J. A B. Bear of Paola, the father of orator Bear, will probably attend the contest to-night.
It is not true as reported that adies will not be admitted to membership in the new Literary Club.
Jay S ars drilled with the Business College Military Company last week. Birds of a feather gather no moss.
Nye with other support in the place of Riley will fill the Nye and Riley engagement. He will be here on Feb. 17.
Orator Hill of Baldwin was among Monday's visitors, as was also Mr. Markham one of Baker's delegates.
W. T. Reed and Bruno Hobbs attorneys of Kansas city, Kansas, expect to attend the contest this evening.
V. L. Kellogg had another interesting article in Sunday's Journal concerning the winter birds of Kansas.
Fred Lidldeke lectured to the people of Cedar Junction, last Friday night on the subject of "Subsidies."
The ladies of the M. E. Church will provide a supper to-night for the benefit of visiting students and others.
With the students from Baldwin the question is this. "Is it better to attend the Oratorical ball or Baker University?"
R. M. Cook of the Nortonville News will take in the contest tonight and will write up the University for his paper.
Dr. Marvin, Rev. Mr. Gardner, of Storm Lake, la., and Dr. H. S. Gardner and Mr. Hume we, e among vesterdays visitors.
Misses Dailey and McMillan and Mrs. R. K. Tabor went down to Kansas City Wednesday to hear Jefferson in The Rivals.
It is currently reported that some of the colleges composing the Oratorical Association are likely to with draw from the association.
Mrs. Stewart O, Henry, formerly Miss Thatcher, has consented to come on from Denver to take the part of Lady Larridale.
Last Monday evening Prof Snow lectured before the Unity Club on the "Geographical Distribution of Plants and Animals."
Fred McKinnon will leave soon for Arkansas City where he will assist his father in the hardware business. He will return to school next fall.
Tom Curry of Nortonville, a brother of W. M. Curry will attend the contest-to-night. Misses Wright and Lemon of Nortonville will also be here.
Corlett, President of the local Oratorical Association at Baker, was up Tuesday after tickets for the Baldwin people.
The class in Sophomore Elocution met Wednesday afternoon for the first time. The class is under the charge of Prof. Dunlap.
Prof. Scott, instructor in Eloction in the Kansas Wesleyan, is here to witness the first effort of his school in an inter-collegiate contest.
Miss May Russell has again returned to school. She has been kept at home for some time on account of the illness of her mother.
Last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webster entertained a number of city and University people in honor of Miss Stacy of Topeka.
H. B. Pearls, a brother of Howard A. Pears has resigned his position as a teacher at Haskell and returned to his old home at Vinnland.
Original of the Romances, of the Round Table — Helen Sutiff.
Notes and News. The Many.
The Shakspere class have finished the required introductory work in Dowden's Shakspere Primer, and are now at work on the play of King Lear.
All interested are invited to attend.
The Atlanta Constitution speaks of John Sullivan of Kansas City, an old University student as "one of the energetic pushing men of the great west."
Prof, Robinson has a special class in Plantus for the beneat of those students who cannot take it with the regular class on account of conflicting studies.
Prof. F. O. Marvin lectured before the young ladies of Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity last Saturday afternoon. His subject was "Etching and Etchings."
Prescott the orator from Salina arrived yesterday morning. He is the first on the ground. In this cas heover it will not be the early bird that gets the worm.
On account of the contest to-night the Philological club will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The following program will be presented; Sources of As You Like It.—A, G. Carfield.
L. T. Smith, a graduate of last year and at present teacher of sciences in the Emporia High School expects to assist in giving the University yell to-night.
Students of the University should be willing to put themselves to some inconvenience if it is necessary, in order to afford pleasant entertainment for their guests this afternoon and to-night
Prof. and Mrs. Carrnuth entertained Tuesday night, those students and professors who assisted in the performance of the "Garroters" last week. A few other students were also present.
An athletic as well as an oratorical convention will be held here to morrow. All the colleges comprised in the Oratorical Association will send delegates to the Athletic Convention and an Inter-collegiate Athletic Association will probably be formed.
Prof. Blake, Ed. Simpson, Fred Simpson, J.F.Noble,J.M.Noble and J.E.Wright attended the meeting of the National Electric Association at Kansas City Tuesday.
Mr. R. R. Whitman is "sporting editor" of the KANSAN and its readers will be indebted to him chiefly, for the notes on college athletics, which will be a regular feature of our local page.
Fourteen of the most able literary young ladies of the University have expressed their intention of becoming members of the University Literary club. We predict that this number will be trebled in a short time.
Athanaeum held a meeting last Friday afternoon and appointed a committee to dispose of its furniture. It is understood that part of the furniture will be turned over to the Literary club and the remainder sold to liquidate the debts of the society.
The following is the order in which the orators from the different colleges will speak to night: Prescott of Kansas Wesleyan; Naylor of Washburn; Bear of the University; Parker of Ottawa; Marshall of Emporia College; Hill of Baker; Ruggles of the St. te Normal.
In concluding his recent lecture at the Plymouth church Prof. Dyche said that at present the Kansas Universities collection of North American animals is excelled only by the collection in the National Museum at Washington and if specimens continue to be added as they have been during the last few years it will be but a short time until our museum will be unrivalled by any in the country.
Athletic Notes.
The organization of a boat crew is being talked of.
The Universities of Emporia, Ottawa and Salina have recently organized local Athletic Associations similar to the one here.
An Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association" will probably be organized Saturday. as all the colleges have sent delegates, instructed to form some such organization.
The prospects for a strong University ball team were never more flattering. The ball committee of the Athletic Association, Hickey, Voorhes and Esterly, is an energetic one, and will see that only the best of material goes into the nine.
The Athletic Association has been offered the use of the Chelsea Park Ball ground, in Kansas City for any Athletic contests with Missouri Associations. One half of the proceeds from any contest is also offered.
The secretary of the local Athletic Association has received letters from the Universities of Nebraska and Dakota, with respect to our sending our ball and tennis teams to Lincoln at the time of the Inter-State Oratorical contest. A number of other colleges will probably send representatives and an interesting contest is anticipated.
You will always find the newest things in collars and cuffs at Bromelsick's.
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