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BETA THETA PI meets every Saturday evening on fourth floor of Opera House block.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
PHI KAPPA PSI meets every Saturday evening on third floor of Opera House block.
PHI DELTA THETA meets every Saturday evening on second floor of Opera House block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA meets every Saturday evening in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CHI 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.
P1 Beta Port meets every Saturday after noon at the homes of members.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA meets every Sat
aury afternoon at the homes of members
KAPPA ALPHA TIETA meets every Sat
urday afternoon at the homes of members
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. Manager,
Prol. A. M. Wilcox; Captain of the Nine,
Charles Voorhis.
PHILOLOGICAL CLERM meets in room No 30 every other Friday at 8 p. m.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. President, F. E. Reed, Secretary, F. H. Kellogg, Treasurer, W. A. Snow.
SCIENCE CLUB, meets in Snow Hall every other Friday at 8 p. m. Ed Esterly, President; E. E Slisson Secretary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
ORGANIZED LITERARY SOCIETY meets every Friday at 8 p.m.
ATHENEUM LITERARY SOCIETY meets every Friday at 8 p. m. in W. D. Ross, president; Fred McKinnon, Secretary.
Y. M.C.A.meets every Friday evening at 7:30, room 11. President, L.T.Smith Secretary, R.D.Brown.
FOOT BALL ASSOCIATION meets every Saturday for practice. C. S. Hall, President; Chas Wright, Secretary; Shields and Wixon, Captains.
ORATORICAL Association of the Students of K. S. U. L. T. Smith, President C. P. Chapman, Secretary; Executive Committee: E. M. Munitord, Chas. Voorhis Fred Lidlcke.
MR. F. G. ADAMS, Secretary of the State Historical Society, has our thanks for a copy of the Sixth Biennial Report of the above society.
Mr. H. F. ROEIERS has charge of the locals and personals, and all contributions to that department should be handed to him. All other matter should be handed to the Editor in-Chief.
We find the following complimentary notice of two University boys by the Iola Register:
We observe that Vernon Kellogg and Will White are to taks charge of the editorial and local work on the Lawrence Journal. This lets out our good friend Col. Greene, we suppose, who has done good work and lots of it for the Journal these past eighteen months. But it lets in two mighty bright boys. Kellogg is the son of the Attorney General. White is well, he is Will White, who, in addition to being pretty, can get up more local with less news than any man in
Kansas. The Journal is to be congratulated.
An Extract from Regent Moody's Address.
[Delivered in University Hall, Friday, September 13, 1888.]
The University is the highest institution in the free school system of the state. To enter its halls and graduate from any of its prescribed courses is the crowning act of school life. All other schools of the state lead up to this. They are the seedcorn, the tender shoot or the stalk; this is the full grown corn in the ear. When fully equipped it is an institution which provides the means of acquiring the fullest, and the greatest, and completest information in any branch of learning. This is the ideal University. It is the place where the highest attainment can be reached in any special study, as well as thorough general instruction. It is the place for the specialist, where he can go to the utmost verge of scientific and literary investigation, even to the burning into the socket the flickering candle of wisdom. To this end the appliances must be multitudinous and complete. The known wisdom of the world must be here gathered in books, laboratories, instruments and teachers. And while we have not yet such an institution, it is one which the fathers of this state long since planned, and in good time will come. It is like everything else in this world, it is a thing of growth.
Around this central idea of the University will be gathered the different technical schools. And since classification is necessary to comprehend and define the material objects of the universe or the potencies of the mind, even down to the primordial atoms and forces, as it appears to me the departments and the schools of each department of a great institution of learning, must fall into line and be arranged in some natural order. Since Aristotle there has been no branch of learning taught or known without its classification. In the good time coming we shall quite likely have within the three departments of the Literatures, the Sciences and the Arts many schools. Within the department of the Literatures at least three, as follows:
I. The School of Philology; Where all the principal languages shall be taught, together with a history of their origin, their mutations, their interdependence and cognates.
III. The School of Rhetoric; Where shall be taught reading, oratory, the elements of criticism, poetry, prose and all studies and exercise connected with the use and construction of the sentence of the English language.
II. The School of History; Where shall be taught the story of the world's people, comprising their laws, customs, commerce; their distribution and personal habits; the origin of races, their migrations, amalgamations and extinctions; a vast field for the archaeologist.
In the department of the Sciences there should be at least eight schools, and first schools pertaining to inanimate nature;
1. The School of Mathematics; Pure and not applied.
V. The School of Biology: In which would be taught metaphysics, mental and moral philosophy, logic and in short all laws and sciences pertaining to the mind.
IV. The School of Astronomy. Those pertaining to animate nature might be as follows:
II. The School of Physics.
III. The School of Chemistry.
which have been determined from time immemorial.
In the department of the Arts, we would naturally have three schools,
II. Painting.
III. Architecture.
1. Music.
That we have not all these schools, and that we have not as complete a University as the above classification would indicate, it is simply because it is young yet, and the state is too poor to supply the camp and garrison equipage. Seventy-five thousand dollars a year is a very small sum of money to be expended annually for this high mental food demanded by the hungry minds of the young people of the state, and the sum appears at its true size when we come to figure it according to the per cent on each dollar of taxable property. It takes just about two-tenths of a mill on the dollar to raise this sum; which is just twenty cents on one thousand dollars of assessed property, and which means twenty cents for every three thousand dollars of wealth in the state; for property is listed at about one-third of its true value. The University then in my opinion has gone beyond the political cry of the pauper and demagogue. It has reached that point in its growth which insures not only its existence, but its power. There is no turning back, nor standing still; it will move with an irresistible momentum onward. It will daily gather to itself friends who will ever be on the alert to defend and aid it. Some wrathful modern political Titan may swear in his soul to shake it down from Mount Oread, but the lightning from the people's Olympics will annihilate him. The chancellor, professors, employees and regents may all come and go; their work at most is only ephemeral; their day is soon done; their light soon goes out; their power soon ends. Each in his turn must go out while others come in; but the University, that mightly incorporeal soul of aggregated wisdom which is housed within these temples of learning, that will live; that is permanent. It will last while the throbbing heart and brain of the millions which people our state pray for the divine light of knowledge. Its life does not depend upon the contingency of chancellor, professor or regent. When I look down into your bright eyes and countenances I can see the future promise and hope and stability; nay the immortality of the University.
While the University has doubtless passed beyond its babyhood, it is quite certain is has not reached full manhood. It has not the physical and financial endowment required for this, but it has great mental activity and exhibits that vitality which insures long life. It has had a long struggle not exactly for existence, as Darwin would put it, but a struggle to get beyond a poor existence. The professors have had to make its cause their own, and in some instances donate part of their salaries to it, and their labor in vacation, and build museums of natural history, and go poor and ragged in their heart's devotion to its interests. But I am glad to say that during all of its early trials and viscissitudes, the underlying and settled principle of the University has never been shaken. It is, that there shall be established and supported by the state, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the state, an institution, where the humblest child without regard to sex, color or financial condition may be educated; where the greatest learning and highest culture may be had at the least expense, and where no sectarian tenet or political dogma may dominate. An institution of learning, where the priest and the politician may be heard, but where neither priest nor politician shall rule. You have perhaps heard much said of late about practical education. Don't be deceived by juggling phrases! Learn, young men and young women, at the outset, that all education is practical; that there
is nothing in fact practical without education; that knowledge precedes practice, action and use, and that these are only applied knowledge. The school is established to show you easy and pleasant paths, in and over which you can reach the practical. This is education, and out of this comes every power which man possesses over matter, or man.
The Opening Address.
An address, to the students of the University, by one of the regents could not help but be of interest to all students, and last Friday morning University Hall was well filled with students eager to listen to our distinguished regent.
The oration was clear, forcible and one of the best ever delivered on a similar occasion in the University. We would like to give to our readers the entire speech but cannot do it for lack of space. A part of the speech was devoted to the future of the University according to the Regents' idea of what it should be, and as there are many of our readers who were amenable to attend, the part in question is published in another column. From a perusal of the extract it will be seen that the Regents desire to see the work of the University very much widened in the course of the next few years, and if the past counts for anything, it will not be long before their desire is accomplished. If the plan as set forth in the address is carried out the University will be surpassed by none in the country, and it is needless to say that a speedy execution of this plan is the wish and hope of every student and friend of the University.
We have a sad event to record this week. All old students remember Frank Firestone who was here last year. He left his home at Anthony last Saturday evening for Kansas City. The same evening his father left Kansas City, and they undoubtedly passed each other on the road. Frank spent the day visiting Kansas City friends, and at 4 o'clock, just as he was about ready to leave for Lawrence, he received a telegram stating that his father had suddenly died of heart disease while on the train near Wichita. He reached Lawrence about 11 o'clock, and after settling up his affairs, set out at once for St. Louis to meet his mother and cousin, and take the remains to their old home in Lisbon for burial. Frank has our hearty sympathy in his great misfortune. It is extremely doubtful whether he will return to college this year.
A gratifying interest is being taken in our ball nine this year, and to tomorrow those managing the nine will endeavor to get the ground in condition for practice. Two circus rings are on the ground and it is desired to remove them. If each student will make it a point to go to the grounds to-morrow and do an hours work it will be a very easy job to get the grounds in good condition for practice. If no help is volunteered it will be more than the members of the ball nine can accomplish alone.
This work should receive the attenf of every student whether he plays ball or not. The ball nine is something to be proud of, and enough appreciation of it should be shown to call forth an hour's work.
A movement is on foot to endeavor to secure a course of lectures this winter. It is intended to have the course comprise five lectures. A ticket to the entire course is to cost only two dollars. The speakers are to be George Kenman, Nye and Riley, Robt. McIntyre, George W. Cable, and Hon. Will Cumback. Every one of these men have a national reputation. If one should be asked to pick out the six most familiar names of lecturers, it is safe to say that five of these six would be included in the above list of names. If any one of above named gentlemen were to lecture in Lawrence it is safe to say that half of the students of the University would pay the amount of the whole course to hear one of them, and to hear all of them for two dollars is a rare opportunity and every student in the University should avail himself of the chance to hear all of these lectures at the price of one.
Last spring when Nye and Riley were billed to appear here the tickets to the one lecture sold for two-dollars, the price of the entire course.
The following brief sketch of one of the prominent professors of the University is found in the Boston Musical Herald for September, and is highly complimentary to Prof. MacDonald, coming as it does from the leading musical periodical of the United States:
Mr. William MaeDonald was born at Providence, R.I., the son of Rev. William MaeDonald, a widely known and highly esteemed minister of the M. E. Church. He planned for a college course, but failure in health prevented the carrying out of that intention. The summer of 1881 was spent in England, and after two years of enforced idleness, he entered the Conservatory in January, 1882, and continued until graduation in 1884. He became organist of the First Congregational Church at Brighton, in 1882, and in 1883 of the Broadway M. E. Church, South Boston, devoting at the same time considerable time to teaching.
In June, 1884, Mr. MacDonald was elected Dean of the Department of Music in the University of Kansas, entering upon his duties in September following. This position he now holds. The work in music was at once entirely reorganized, complete courses of instruction provided, all with a view to keeping the musical work entirely in harmony with University work in other directions. Attendance from the first has been very satisfactory, and the department is now regarded as one of the strongest and most efficient in the institution.
Since going to Kansas Mr. MacDonald has organized the Kansas State Music Teachers' Association, of which he has been three times elected president. He also organized, and was for two years president of the Kansas School Music Association, an organization having for its object the introduction of music into the public schools; and he was for three years vice-president of the Music Teachers' National Association. In the service
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