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UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
Entered at Post Office, Lawrence, Kansas, as second-class matter.
Published every Friday morning by the UNIVERSITY KANSAN Company
R. D. BROWN, Prest.    W. A. Snow, Sec'y.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
J. FRANK CRAG, Editor-in-Chief.
LOCAL EDITOR.
H. F. Roberts.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Albert Euberton,      Emma Bartell,
W. E. Koyster,       In- z Taggart,
Ellen J. Scott,       Fred H. Kellogg,
Herbert Hadley,       Carrie Sackett.
BUSINESS MANAGERS:
Harold Burnes,        W. H. Riddle.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
BETA THETA PI meets eycyr Saturday evening on fourth floor of Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA PSl meets every Saturday evening on third floor of Opera House block.
PHI DELTA THETA meets every Saturday evening on the second floor of Opera House block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA meets every Saturday evening in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CNI meets every Saturday evening on the fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
SIGMA Nu meets every Saturday evening in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
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.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. Manager, Abe Levy; Captain of Nine, John Davis.
PHILIOLOGICAL CLUB meets in room No 30 every other Friday at 8 p. m.
SCIENCE CLUB, meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 5 p.m. P. A. Wil-Ramson. President; Rob't. Rutledge, Secretary.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION.—President, F.E.
Reed; Secretary, F.H. Kellogg; Treasurer,
W.A. Snow.
SEMINARY OF HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
ORPHILIAN LITERARY SOCIETY meets Friday at 8 p. m.
ATHENEUM LITERARY SOCIETY meets every Friday at 8 p. m. D. H. Spencer.
President: Miss Corbin, Secretary.
CAMERA CLUB meets once per month. E.H.S.Bailley, President,E.E.Slosson, Secretary.
FOOT BALL ASSOCIATION meets every Saturday for practice. C. S. Hall, President; Chas. Wright, Secretary; Shields and Wixon Captains.
Y. M. C. A. meets every Friday evening at 7:30, room 11. President, E. L. Ackley, Secretary, C. P. Chapman.
W. Y. C. A. meets every Friday evening at 7:30, third floor University President, Emma Dunn; Secretary, Laura Lockwood.
ORATOMICAL ASSOCIATION of the students of K. S. U., L. T. Smith, President; C. P. Chapman, Secretary; Executive Committee: E. M. Munford, Chas Voorish, Fred Lideke.
The following gentlemen have announced their intention of entering the local oratorial contest: S. W. Naylor, D. H. Platt, H. D. Tucker, J. F. Lawson, W. S. McClintock. —Reporter.
We are acquainted with the Oratorical ability of three of the above named gentlemen and can assure our orators that it will be no easy matter to keep Washburn from obtaining the State contest this year.
W. T. B. is nothing if not sarcastic, but we are not entirely crushed yet and not withstanding his assertion to the contrary, our artic.e concerning "the minority of the mock iniators" has received the endorsement of the faculty and the majority of the mock iniators, they seeming to hold altogether different view of the matte.
INTER-COLLEGIATE athletic contests in connection with the similar oratorical contests seem to have become quite popular. Kansas and Ohio are now agitating the question. The Illinois colleges have tried the plan and have found it to work very nicely.—Lombard Review.
We see the importance that is being given to this matter by other states, Kansas can not afford to be behind in this if we are to enjoy the same standard in this that we do in most everything else. Other states are organizing athletic associations and we would like to hear from the other colleges of the state as to their opinion of the advisability and practicability of a Kansas InterCollegiate Athletic Association.
In order to meet the wants of the graduates of Lane University and other colleges we offer to them a non-resident Course in Philosophy. The aim is to encourage studious men and women to rise as high as possible in Christian culture. Persons not graduates who give evidence of sufficient intellectual attainments to pursue the course with profit will be admitted to this course of study. The completion of two years of the course of study leads to the master's degree. The completion of the full course of three years study leads to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.—Echoes.
We suppose the next thing in order is for high schools to begin granting degrees. Degrees are certainly becoming of little value when a University that can hardly aspire to the name of college much less to that of university grants the degree of Ph.D. It is certainly time to call a halt. What does it profit a man to have Ph.D. written after his name, no matter how high the standard of his University be, when a graduate of some third rate Academy may have the same degree and there is no outward distinction between the two?
Most students will take this issue of the KANTAN to their homes and perhaps it will be read by many that are contemplating entering the University. Knowing that it would probably be read by a great many that are interested in the University we have given considerable space to an account of the University and its working of a nature that is not found in the catalogue but that is what many persons are desirous of knowing. In addition to what is given in the article referred to we would most earnistly recommend any one that is contemplating entering college in the near future to consider the University well before deciding. The Kansas State University is recognized as one of the leading Universities of the country and the day is now past when a Kansan must send his children to the East to college. The number of Eastern schools that surpass the University is very small and many of them that pride themselves on their age and reputation will not bear a comparison with Kansas' own University.
Pat Graham's is the place to get your cobbling done.
The ball for the benefit of the Athletic Association came off last evening and was a grand success both socially and financially. The net proceeds will be close to Seventy-five dollars and though a small sum towards accomplishing the object for which the money was raised it will serve to give th: Athletic Association an impetus. Much more is expected to be raised by subsc iption. Many who did not buy a ticket have promised to give something to the fund and it is hoped that before a long time enough can be raised to justify the Athletic Associations beginning work to fix the grounds at the North end of the Campus.
How pleasant it is to go in the Library and sit down to study and just about the time that you are interested in your lesson have some one take his position near you and begin an animated conversation, then when you give up in despair the endeavor to study and start to talk to somebody yourself, immediately be pounced upon and told to keep quiet or get out of the Library. It is little things like this that make one weary of life. It is all well enough not to allow talking in the Library but when some one else can talk and you can't you don't see the use of the rule. Because a person is in a way connected with the faculty it does not make the noise of his conversation any the less annoying and he and others who enjoy the privilege of talking in the Library should be ejected to the hall, even if it would cause them to feel bad.
THANKSGIVING has come again and with it the usual vacation. It brings to every college student the mingled thoughts of reverence and pleasure—reverence for a custom armly imbedded in our social system and pleasure by the thoughts of home and rest.
To-morrow college halls will be deserted and all over this broad land of ours happy reunions will take the place of monotonus recitations, some there are indeed who will forget the import of the day and loose the benificient influences it has in store for the more considerate, but the former are the exception among that class of men and women who frequent colleges and universities. Students lay aside their work, some going home to enjoy the accustomed blessings around the parental board, others less fortunate remaining behind. After a few days recreation all will return and after a cordial greeting resume their studies with renewed vigor and more searching application.
A negro was elected class orator by the seniors at Cornell, but, owing to the manner of his nomination, resigned his position. He refused to hallow "the method of college poli-aces" to be used in connection with ti's name.
Where Honor Is.
Washburn Peporter.
When you want a shave or hair cut, call on Andy Reed.
Facts About the University.
At a recent meeting of the Faculty it was decided to publish the annual catalogue during the fall term, instead of waiting as heretofore until the close of the University year in June. This will be an advantage over the old method in several respects, and will conform to the established usage of the best eastern colleges. A catalogue at the end of the academic year is stale as soon as issued, and the only argument for such delay has been the fact that in this way only was it possible to give the full attendance of students. This argument was considered insuperable in the earlier years of the history of our University, since the number of new students in the second half of the year was then almost as large as in the first half. But the development of the University from its early condition as a preparatory school into an institution whose real character is somewhat in unison with its name, has continually increased the difficulty of securing an entrance into classes after the work of the year has fairly commenced. Hence the attendance of the first term is not now materially increased by the accessions of the second term, and their remains no good reason why a fresh catalogue should not be issued early in the year. Every student will then possess a handbook of information for actual guidance during the work of the academic year, and the Board of Regents will be able to place a new catalogue, instead of a last years almanac, in the hands of the members of the Legislature. The copy for the forthcoming catalogue is already in an advanced stage of preparation, and we are permitted to publish the following interesting facts concerning the attendance of students. The total enrollment of 493 exceeds that of any previous year in the history of the institution at so early a date. The number of regular collegiate students is 204, a very gratifying increase over the 131 of last year. Of this number 143 are young men and 61 are young women. Last year there were only 35 young women in the collegiate department. In the total attendance of 493, there are 323 young men and 170 young women, the proportion of the sexes being almost identical with that of last year. The law department exhibits a notable increase in numbers, there being already an enrollment of 56 young men,—and more coming. The Pharmacy department numbers 28 young men and 3 young women. There are 13 young women in the advanced course in music, and 61 special students, 53 young women and 8 young men, in various branches, including music, painting, drawing and preparatory medical studies. In only one department of the University is there a serious diminution of attendance as compared with the preceding year. This is in the department of Elementary Instruction, and the falling off in the number of subfreshmen from 207 last year to 138 this year is one o
the most encouraging facts in the present situation, especially when considered in connection with the equally eloquent fact that the enrollment in genuine University courses is more than correspondingly increased. Next year the number of preparatory students will be still further reduced, and year after next the preparatory department will have entirely disappeared. The University will then for the first time be able to devote its entire energies to its legitimate work and can fairly c aim equal rank with the best educational institutions of the land.
The 204 Collegiate students of the present year are distributed as follows:
Postgraduates ... 13
Seniors ... 24
Juniors ... 16
Sophomores ... 36
Freshmen ... 103
Specialists ... 12
The representation of undergraduate students in the several collegiate courses is as follow :
Latin Scientific... 62
Modern Literature... 35
Classical... 32
General Scientific... 17
Civil Engineering... 17
Electrical Engineering... 12
Natural History... 4
The fact that more than one-third of the collegiate undergraduates are taking the Latin Scientific course is to be explained not simply from the instrinsic excellence of that course, but from the greater facility with which the State High Schools are able to provide instruction in the Latin and German required for that course, as compared with the French and Greek required for the other courses. The small number of students in the special Natural History course, although larger now than at any previous time in the history of the University is by no means an index of the amount of instruction given in that department which reaches all students of the collegiate classes.
With the addition of Messrs Blackmar, Winkler, E. C. Franklin, Stevens, and Hopkins, the Board of Instruction now contains 33 members The new Professors and Assistants are winning golden opinions from both students and the public, and the Alumni of the University and the citizens of Kansas, whose institution we are, may rest assured that every effort is being put forth by an able Faculty to extend to Kansas young men and women "the highest culture of which the age is capable." The generous appropriations of the last Legislature for books and other educational apparatus are being expended with great care, and our libraries, laboratories and museums are being enriched by the latest and best appliances for a thorough intellectual training. The University of Kansas has outgrown and outlived the once deserved appellation of a Lawrence High School, and now stands confessedly at the head of the public school system of the State. That this position is universally conceded is emphasized by the fact that no less than 40 students from other Kansas Colleges entered the University at the beginning of the present term.
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