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UNIVERSITY TIMES
Published every Friday morning by the TIMES COMPANY.
E. M. MUMFORD, JUS. D. BOWERSOCK, JR.
President. Secretary.
Editorial Staff.
F. E. REED, Editor-in-Chief.
Associate Editors.
W. D. Ross, D. H. Spencer,
F. C. Schraeder, F. Webb,
C. S. Hall, A. Fullerton,
W. S. Swank, Fred Funston,
Gertrude Crotty, Emma Bartell,
Anna McKinnon, W. P. Harrington.
Business Managers.
F. W. BUTLER, WM. HILL.
Entered at the Post Office of Lawrence, Kansas, as second-class matter.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
BETA THEFT Pt, meets on fourth floor of Opera House block.
FIIH KAPPA Pst, meets on third floor of Opera House block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA, meets in the El dridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA TIEFA, meets on second floor of Opera House block.
SIOMA NU, meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
SIGMA CIRI, meets on the fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
Pt BETA PHI, meets every Saturday afternoon at homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA, meets every Sat
adurnay afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. Manager, Prol.
A. M. Wilcox; Capt. of the Nine, Charles
Voorhis.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, meets in Snow Hall.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. President, F. E REED; Secretary, F. H. Kellogg; Treasurer, W. A. Snow.
SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
PHILIOLOGICAL CLUB, meets in room No 30 every other Friday at 8 p. m.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
OROPHILLAN LITERARY SOCIETY, every Friday at 8 p. m.
ATHENEUM LITERARY SOCIETY, meets every Friday at 8 p.m. W. D. Ross President; Fred McKinnon, Secretary.
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, meets every Satur day for practice. C. S. Hall, President Chas. Wright, Secretary; Schields and Wixon, Captains.
Y. M. C. A. meets every Friday evening at7:30, Room 11. President, L. T. Smith; Secretary, R. D Brown.
W. Y. C. A. meets every Friday evening at 7:30, third floor of U. President, Flora Newlin; Secretary, Anna McKinnon.
Executive Committee---E. M. Mumford Chas. Voorhis, Fred Lidkee.
The Review election takes place next Monday. The Times hopes for the selection of a staff which will continue to guide that journal steadily onward in its upward course.
Ir is said that the Freshmen at Washburn have suddenly become devout and zealous in pursuit of divine truth. They have begun the study of the Greek testament.
GARFIELD University, at Wichita, will celebrate its first years work in the new building June 12th, commencement day. The graduating class in the different colleges comprise some ninety three students.
A Medical Department at the University is needed. Some are in favor of erecting an institution at Topeka, others at Kansas City Kansas, but in our opinion it should be at Lawrence. To be sure Kansas City Kansas and Topek hospitals would be of some worth to a department of this nature, but it would be a great deal better for all the Universities to be together. Paola Times.
It Is Third.
The vague rumor concerning the mistake in the casting up of grades in the late Inter State Contest which has been going the rounds the past few weeks has little foundation as far as altering the position of the Ohio man is concerned—but it has some significance when applied to the rank of Kansas. It is now generally admitted that Brewster was entitled to third place instead of fourth. The mistake was due to an oversight of the President and Secretary in summing up the grades. The correction places Ohio first, Indiana second and Kansas third. (We are only too glad to accept the correction brother Reporter.) Now remove a few of the inconsistences which appear in the marking of the judges and there might be justice, with Brewster ranked either first or second. How does it come that judges cannot be elected who can for the time being throw aside all local prejudice and render a fair decision free from any semblance of state pride?
It was surprising to note the unanimity with which each and every judge, chosen from a state represented in the contest, marked his representative first. Five out of the six judges in this contest come from states so represented and in each and every instance the contestant of the state from which there was a judge selected was ranked highest by that judge. Kansas had no judge, and if she had had, who knows but that he might have given way to the same pride and placed Brewster in the right hand corner? But we are satisfied. Our man made a noble effort—secured a position in the first trio and despite the partiality of the judges we do not complain.
There should be a new scheme for the selection of judges for the coming contests. It is very urgently demanded.
The Seniors have formulated a new plan for Class Day. It is somewhat similar to that of some eastern colleges and will be quite a new feature for K. S. U. For its success the co-operation of all the other classes in the University will be necessary. It will not be a day merely for the Seniors but for all Collegiates, Laws, and Pharmacists. Distinct class organizations will be required for the furtherance of the scheme and if properly carried out it will be of much interest to all. For further information call on any member of the Senior class.
The topic of the Bacchalaureate sermon to be preached by Rev. Dr. O. N. Tuttle, of Baltimore, Md. will be, "Christ-Life the object of our supreme endeavor." The topic of the oration before the Literary Societies by Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson, of Chicago Illinois, will be the "Culture of Character." Both of these gentlemen are noted for their high scholarly attainments and are famous pulit orators.
The question is, when is Washburn's base ball team going to materialize? Unless an appearance is put in shortly we will claim the championship of Kansas colleges. Come on boys. Put up, or take to the woods.
A Regent's Opinion.
Hon. Charles S. Gleed one of the regents of the State University, was interviewed by a Topeka Capital reporter, the opinions he expressed appearing in that paper yesterday. We would be pleased to reproduce the entire interview, but space forbids, and we must content ourselves with a few of the many good things which Mr. Gleed said in the course of his remarks.
"The University" he said gets more respect and affection now than ever before and I am certain deserves more than it gets. It is in a remarkable harmonious condition—internally and with the outside world. It is not yet appreciated as it should be by Kansas for our people have never yet taken time to appreciate half their good things, the Univeasity among the number.
"Outside of Kansas, in educational circles, the University commands great respect. Harvard accepts its degrees—which it does from no other western institutions excepting the University of California and the University of Michigan. Our reputation outside of Kansas is due to the individual reputations of the members and to the standing of the students who go out. Every educator of consequence in the United States knows and admires J. H. Canfield. Every natural Historian knows Frank H. Snow. Arthur G. Canfield and W. H. Carruth are masters of modern language teaching and are poets fast gaining a national reputation. The mathematicians and engineers sent out by Miller and Marvin are running railroads and building railroads all over the country. Blake has few superiors as a physicist—particularly in the great modern field of electricity. Wilcox, of the Greek chair; Robinson, of the Latin chair; MacDonald, of the chair of music; Sayre, of the chair of pharmacy; Bailey, of the chair of chemistry; Green, of the law department; Arthur Richmond Marsh, the brilliant young professor of English, and his able assistant, Charles G. Dunlap, and the other worthy men and women of the list are famous or getting famous rapidly
"The Moody law is not perfect, but it is good and can be made just right by the time it has been tried two years. The University will make progress under it. The abolition of the preparatory work, as provided by the Moody bill, has already resulted in the establishment of a first class high school in Lawrence for which a new building is about to be erected at an expense of $35,000. It can never be said again with the least truth that the University is a Lawrence school.
The most important addition to the faculty made recently is in the professor of History and Sociology. Frank W. Blackmar, of Baltimore. President Gilman and Prof. H.B. Adams of Johns Hopkins university, recommended him to Prof. Canfield in the very strongest terms, and Prof. Canfield in turn presented his name to the regents, saying that the recommendation of the gentleman named was enough for him. He is a California; has had large experience as a teacher; has done much important government work and is in every way a thorough scholar. He is married,
has two children, is a Republican and a Methodist. He is said to be a fine talker and writer.
"This change leaves Prof. Canfield the chair he has long desired—American History and Civics. This ought to be clearly understood by all. Prof. Canfield was asked to name particularly the work which he would like to retain, and to suggest any changes in the course that should be made to harmonize the work of the two new chairs that were to be created. A special committee of the regents went over the entire ground with him and together they elaborated the plan which the board has just adopted. Prof. Canfield's department will afford most unusual facilities for original investigation, broad reading and independent thought. Hereafter any student may devote fifteen hours a week for two consecutive years to this broad and fascinating field. Added to this are special courses in constitutional law, in public finance and banking, in international law and diplomacy, and in local law and administration."
"It is proposed to put no man in Chancellor Lippincott's place until his fitness is as nearly a certainty as the most thorough investigation can determine. I do not think the board has overlooked a single essential qualification in its ideal of a man who will be acceptable to the people of Kansas. It is believed by every member that the chancellorship is the most important office in the gift of the state—considering the power which a chancellor may exert on the rising generation as well as on those already risen. I am sure the feeling which some have expressed to me that ministers were not even to be considered for that place is not shared by any member of the board. The selection will be made because of demonstrated qualifications and not because of any particular previous calling. Many things have been said in print in favor of the selection of a man who has devoted his life to educational work. So far as my own views are concerned (and I think my associates are like minded) no man is more truly an educator than a minister of the right sort, one who views men and things in a truly broad and generous way and adds to the humanities a great learning and a great strength for doing. I cannot properly speak of any man who is being considered". —Tribune.
Ir is to be regretted that so many students, after having thoronght raining in the department of English, upon passing to recite in the other departments entirely ignore their Anglo Saxon training.
There seems to be the prevailing opinion on the part of these student's that no matter how mutilated and ungrammatical their language, so long as it conveys the thought, though often very obscurely, it is bound to be accepted by the professors. In most instances each professor's attention is entirely absorbed in his particular branch, and he cannot justly be expected to devote his time to the improvement of a students English. Hence, it oftens happens that with many professor's there is necessarily permitted an ill usage of English, such as would in no wise be tolerated
in the English department. But to say that there is a professor in the University who does not recognize and appreciate good English on the part of his students would be far from the truth.
If a student continues to use poor language while at school there certainly seems to be but little hope of his amending when thrown out upon the miscellaneous world. Yet he is sure to come in contact with educated people who will not fail to observe his conversational blunders, blunders which in many cases may count sadly against their author, although he may not keenly feel them as such at the time.
A man may be a profound philosopher, he may have made great strides in Science, literature and art, but after all, the world measures his scholarship by his ability to impart his knowledge to fellowmen with clearness and precision. And to be able to do this at the present day, in our country at least, a thorough command of English is indispensable.
The only effectual way for a student to acquire good usage of English is for him to become his own conscientious critic. He must ever be on his guard and strive to express his ideas in correct language even in the most common conversation.
Now that this departmentt seems destined to suffer a severe blow by the withdrawn of our worthy Professor Marsh, it devolves upon regents, faculty and students to rally together as one man and declare that English in our institution shall not be permitted to lag.
In the University Times of April 19 a list of 100 books most advantageous for one to read was given. Books from Shakespeare's Dramatic works to Gulliver's travels were mentioned but no hint was given that there was such a book as the Bible. We have heard of the tough character of the State University; we have heard good Methodist brethren—yea ministers thank the Lord that they had no representative in the State University but we had no idea that the state did not know of the existence of the Good Book. If you want a Bible for the library send down brother Reed. — Wesleyan Lance.
We had already read the Good Book and supposed that every body else had at least seen it and thought that sufficient recommendation; nevertheless we lay the blame of its omission to our typographer. To be sure our copy is considerably worn and we may have occasion to accept yout kind offer. As for the "tough character" of the University—we draw the line there, and are willing to compare records with any denominational institution in the state. For example, by a recent census, almost if not quite, half of our students are found to be members and regular attendants of some church—and they are not obliged to go either. As for the assertion of your "good Methodist brethren" and "yea ministers" who have sons of "well konwn character" to be educated, we agree that it would not be well for them to be allowed the least liberty or freedom of action and for all such the "reform schools" at Baker, Winfield and Salina are well adapted. K. S. U. has all she can do to provide means for the education of the moral and industrious young men and women of Kansas.
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