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UNIVERSITY TIMES.
Published every Friday morning by the TIMES COMPANY.
E. M. MUMFORD, JUS.D. BOWEROCK, JR President. Secretary.
Editorial Staff.
F. E. REED, Editor-in-Chief.
Associate Editors.
W. D. Ross,
F. C. Schraeder,
C. S. Hall,
W. L. Taylor,
Gerturde Crotty,
Anna McKinnon
e Eubanks.
F. Mixon,
F. Webb,
A. Fulterton,
Fred Funston,
Emma Bartell,
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 THETA P1, meets on fourth floor of Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA Psi, meets on third floor of Opera House block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA, meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA THETA, meets on second floor of Opera House block.
SIGMA CHI, meets on the fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
SIGMA Nu, meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
Pi BETA PII, meets every Saturday afternoo at homes of members.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, meets every Sat
durafternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA, meets every Sat
adult afternoon at the homes of members.
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. Manager, Prof.
James Ilicox; Capt. of the Nine, Charles
Voorhia.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, meets in Snow Hall.
PHILOGICAL CLUB, meets in room No.
30 every other Friday at 8 p. m.
SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. President, F. E. Ritter, F. H. Kallogg, Tresser, W. A. Snow.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p.m.
OROPHILLAN LITERARY SOCIETY, every Friday at S p. m.
ATHENAEMUS LITERARY SOCIETY, meets
President, s. G. S. McAdrey, Secretary
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, meets every Saturday for practice. C. S. Hall, President; Chas. Wright, Secretary; Schields and Wixon, Captains.
Y. M. C. A. meets every Friday evening at 7:30, Room 11. President, L. T. Smith; Secretary, R. D. Brown.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION of the Students of K. S. U. L. T. Smith, President; C.P. Chapman, Secretary.
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. Mumtford.
Chas. Voorhis, Fred Liddek.
We are indebted to W. T. Caywood for the able manner in which he has managed and edited this number of the TIMES. The supporters of the TIMES are numerous enough to enable us to find the most able assistance within our ranks when we are called from our post of duty.
Here's to the Annual! Two thirds of the eleven factions in the University have signified their intention to support and encourage the enterprise. A most able board of editors has been chosen, and with the exception of a few disappointed office seekers and grumblers, all are in sympathy with the movement.
Prof. Arthur Marsh of the State University, with his family consisting of wife and two children, will leave for New York July 3d, on the completion of his work at the University. Prof. Marsh will arrange his affairs in New York and Boston, procure his instructions from Harvard and then set sail. He will go direct to Germany. The board of Regents will meet the 15th to consider the question of successors to Chancellor Lippincott, Prof. Marsh and others. State Journal.
A University Annual.
Pursuant to adjournment of the first meeting of the various delegates appointed to consider the publication of a University Annual, a second meeting was held last Friday to consider the report of the committee on constitution and by-laws. The constitution reported by the committee was adopted with a few amendments. It provides for a company to be composed of the non-fraternity students of the Pharmacy Department, the non-fraternity students of the Law Department, the non-fraternity students of the Collegiate Department, and the nine fraternities.
It further provides for a board of twelve editors, each faction having one representative. From the twelve are elected a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a board of publication, to be composed of an editor-in-chief and two business managers, who shall bear equally all financial responsibility. Each editor is held responsible for the sale of twenty dollars worth of Annuals. Such are the main features of the constitution adopted last Friday.
In accordance with the constitution the editors elected by the different factions met last Monday for the election of officers. The following were elected: President, — — Hill; secretary, Nettie Goodell; treasurer, Dent Hogeboom; board of publication, W. A. White, editor-in-chief, with F. L. Morris and C. E. Street as business managers. The remainder of the editorial staff is as follows: Pi Beta Phi, Mary Manley; Kappa Alpha Theta, Julia Benedict; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Laura Lockwood; Sigma Nu, S. M. Simmons; and Phi Kappa Psi, J. A. Mushrush.
As will be seen from the above, the staff is a strong one, and insures the success of a first class Annual.
The constitution, in a spirit of fairness, gives all a just representation, and there seems to be no reason why all should not join in making the Annual one worthy of the University.
If the hearty support is given to this undertaking that it deserves, there need be no fear but that an editorial staff and business management of acknowledged ability will make the year 1889 memorable for the publication of the best Annual that has ever been issued from the University. Let all give the Annual not only hearty sympathy but material support.
The members of Beta Theta Pi in the legislature were given a complimentary banquet by the local members of the fraternity, in Topeka, on the evening of March 1st. The banquet was held at the Copeland. Gov. Humphrey was present as an invited guest, with Beta representatives, J. V. Admire, J. R. Bunton, Jos. Reeder, and J. J. Shields, enrolling clerk of the house.
Beta Banquet.
The following were also present:
Hon. C. W. Smith, ex-regent of the University; Hon. David Overmeyer, Prof. F. W. Phelps of Washburn, Prof. J. E. Williamson of Topeka High School, Hon. Jas. Smith, private secretary to the Governor;
Frank P. McLennan of the State Journal, W. H. Kent, P. L. Soper, H. L. Call, A. L. Allen, T. F. Doran, and Eugene Quinton.
Neither the sumptuous banquet nor
the presence of such congenial spirits were inclined to make the occasion otherwise than enjoyable. Eight colleges were represented. The preliminary steps were taken for the organization of an Alumni Chapter.
Kansas Miscel!anies.
In giving this latest Kansas book to the public, the author has earned a place among the unmistered literateurs whom we never think of addressing as Mr. Longfellow, or Mr. Shakespeare.
It is not that the book relates anything new that it is of such rare literary merit, but rather that it tells things old in the newest style.
The title of the book is a complete index to its contents. "Battle Corners" is Mr. Prentis' masterpiece. The plot of this little drama is laid in that "dark and bloody" region where the states of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, and the Indian Territory, corner.
Here, "among these wooded hills and rugged hollows," the battles of Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge, and Wilson's Creek—the three acts of this epic drama—are graphically described in all their gloomiest and ghastliest grandeur. Garnished with all the graceful imagery, beautiful fancies, and sublime pathos, that cultured taste and refined imagination can devise, they unfold the entire panorama of civil war to the reader.
Mr. Prentis assures us that he has selected these battlefields because it was here that our Kansas troops wrought such acts of dauntless daring and undying fame.
But in drawing aside the draperies to disclose these deeds of splendid heroism and masterly execution, he reveals every battlefield upon which the war-drum throbbed or life-blood ebbed during the late war.
For this reason "Battle Corners" will be read and tear-stained by every volunteer or veteran who lives to enjoy the country he helped to save.
Following this article is a brief history of Kansas journalism; and if you do not believe the boys of '57 who, at "Battle Corners," performed those chivalrous feats, whose mention is an inspiration, have been as brilliant in the acts of peace as they were brave in the face of death, read the tribute which Mr. Prentis pays to Gov. John Martin, Senator Plumb, Maj. Hudson, and a score of others not less conspicuous to-day.
The second half of the book is even more miscellaneous—consisting of a short sketch of Jim Lane—the political magnus giganticus of territorial times, and numerous lectures and literary articles which the author pleads guilty to having perpetrated upon the Kansas public in recent years.
"The House of Bourbon," delivered before the literary societies of the State University in 1887, and "The World a School," presented at the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1875, are admirable productions, and have won Mr. Prentis a wide reputation as a popular lecturer.
and most effective rhetorical figure, and this he wields with the skill of a master.
Every line of "Kansas Miscellanies" bear the stamp of its author's inimitable style. Elegant in diction, felicitous in expression, and ample in detail, Mr. Prentis displays a style scarcely excelled by Scott.
the metaphor is his most frequent
But better than all, his productions are punctuated with those enjoyable pleasantries which fascinate the reader, while they brighten the else too somber web of narrative with threads of purple and gold.
In fact, good humor constitutes the "irreducible sentiment" of his composition. Add to this the intense enthusiasm with which Mr. Prentis speaks of everything Kansan, and you have a combination of rich qualities which makes this the choiceest book yet contributed to the Kansas shelf.
CAL DWIGHT WARE.
Athenaeum.
Fifteen or twenty enthusiastic members of Atheneum and as many outsiders, met in the society's hall, Friday evening. The fact that the fraternity jamboree took place that night kept hardly any of Atheneum's members from attending the session. The program, as usual, was good. Mr. A. F. Sherman read a selection in a very creditable manner; he was followed by Miss Corbin, who also read. The society is always delighted to listen to this lady. The worthy president then delivered an oration on "Little Things," which showed no little thought. After recess, the question: Resolved. That the practice of voting bonds to railroads is a good one, led to a very animated discussion. Affirmative, J. O. Worden and A. Fullerton; negative, M. Wixon and C. S. Hall. After disposing of what miscellany came before the society, it adjourned and each person went away feeling that the meeting had been a pleasant one, and one that furnished much food for thought.
The following program will be performed to-night:
The following program will be performed to-night:
Essay...H. Armstrong.
Oration...H. S. Hedley.
Reading...Guy Sackett.
Declamation...Miss Tinsley.
Essay...Chas. Kesler.
Oration...W. D. Ross.
Affirmative, E. S. Meade and F. C. Simpson.
Negative, H. S. Deverell and R. E. Blackman.
Palladium.
The speakers at Palladium last Saturday night had the advantage of a mighty incentive to imagination and eloquence, for their eyes could look beyond the audience and survey the concourse of citizens who had gathered around the Cyclone bonfire on Massachusetts street.
The flow of words, the eloquent rhetoric, and the logical arguments, which enchanted us, and seduced us into reverie not dull, may never again be heard in the State of Kansas. But the impressions made that night, and the convictions confirmed by those debates can never be effaced by the feeble efforts put forth by rival societies.
When Kriebel and Dalby and Enns and O'Leary endeavor to engage the attention of intelligent people, those who listen to them are apt to be electrified. Enns talked in poetry, and we judge that if he should compose an Ode to Spring, no average editor
could reject it. We were wholly unable to enumerate or distinguish the number of cheers that greeted his pointed and well rounded utterances.
The question of the admission of Utah as a state was weighed in the balances and found wanting.
Next Saturday night.
P. L. SOCIETY.
Orophilian.
The following program will be ren-tered this evening :
Orophilian had an enthusiastic meeting Friday evening. The special feature of the program was the debate, which reminded one of Orophilian in "Ye olden times," it was so full of life. The question was, Resolved. That country life is more conducive to the highest development of morality than city life. The affirmative was upheld by Culver and Hunter in an able manner. Whitman and Enns had the negative and made it lively for the country fellows. The decision of the judges was two for the affirmative and one for the negative. Albert Morgan and his sister favored the society with some good music.
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. O. Haury.
Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. E. Hickey.
Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soderstrom.
Orations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) R. D. Oleary.
Orations . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) O. M. Sherer.
Debate: Resolved, That our Cabinet officers should have seats in Congress.
Affirmative, H. E. Copper and Mr.
Whitman.
Negative, W. T. Caywood and L.
T. Smith.
Kent Club.
The club assembled last Friday night under a new constitution, under a new chairman, Mr. Wayde, and under a new administration, as Caughey was pleased to inform us in his Current Events
The democrats were very despondent and preferred to turn away their eyes from the dismal present and to gaze back upon the "good old times." One of their number, Enns, wandered back as far as George II and read a paper on Sir William Blackstone.
Why didn't we law students live in those good old times? How delightful would it have been to keep twelve terms in the Inns of the Inner and Middle Temple. A term in those times was kept in a very easy manner, indeed. The student had to be present at a prescribed number of meals usually five per term, and perform an exercise nine times. An exercise was performed thus: After dinner, one of the barristers handed a slip of paper with some legal jargon on it to the student. The student read a few lines, and all barristers present made a slight bow to the reader taking the paper from him and telling him it was quite sufficient. Blackstone managed to take $k^-$ dinners in five years. The la.
Blackstone managed to take his 60 dinners in five years. The laziest American could have beaten that
The debaters, Workman and Lawton, Pollock and Poehler, aroused the democrats from their pleasant dreams of the past and assured them in powerful speeches that their man should have been elected, that indeed the president of the United States should always be elected by popular vote.
Adjourned by unanimous vote
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