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UNIVERSITY TIMES
Published every Friday morning by the TIMES COMPANY.
Editorial Staff.
F. E. REED, Editor-in-Chief
E. M. MUMFORD, JUS. D. BOWERSOCK, JR President. Secretary.
Associate Editors.
W. D. Ross, M. W. Wixon,
F. C. Schruder, F. Webb,
C. S. Hall, A. Fullerton,
W. L. Taylor, Fred Funston,
Gertrude Crotty, Emmy Battell,
Anna McKinnon, W. P. Harrington*
Business Managers.
F. W. BUTLER, WM. HILL
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
Entered at the Post Office of Lawrence, Kansas, as second-class matter.
BETA THERT Pt. meets on fourth floor of Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA Pst, meet on third floor of Opera House block.
PHI GAMMA DELTA, meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PHI DELTA TIRETA, meets on second floor of Opera House block.
SIGMA GIRL, meets on the fourth floor east of the Opera House block.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
SIGMA Nu, meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
PI BETA PHI, meets every Saturday af-
ternoon at homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA, meets every Satur-
dawn afternoon at the homes of members.
BASE BALL ASSOCIATION. Manager, Prof.
A. M. Wilcox; Capt. of the Nine, Charles
Voorhis.
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, meets in Snow Hall.
PHILIOLOGICAL CLUB, 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, every other Friday at S. p.m.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
ATHENEUM LITERARY SOCIETY, meets every Friday at 8 p.m. C.P. Chapman President; C.S. Mead, Secretary.
FOOTBALL 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, L. T. Smith; Secretary, R. D Brown.
Y. W. C. A. meets every Friday evening at 7:30, third floor of U. President, Flora Newlin; Secretary, Anna McKinnon.
Executive Committee—E. M. Mumtord,
Chas. Voorhis, Fred Liddeke.
ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION of the Students of K. S. U. L. T. Smith, President C. P. Chapman, Secretary.
Is our contemp now satisfied with "How it was done?" If not let him do it again.
Some of our "fair ones" seem to be waging war upon the Journal. Anything for a change. Nothing would be more novel and interesting than a little hair pulling.
Now for a University Annual. The time seems propitious; unanimity and sociability reign once more; all factions will partake this evening in a feast of good fellowship and if, as we believe, "How it was done" has been settled to the satisfaction of all reasonable ones, let us join hands and boom the Annual.
Since Harrison's inauguration, it is said that there is no such word as resign in the Democratic lexicon. We don't like to class the officers of the late Oratorical Association under that head, but will be obliged to unless they soon relieve a "suffering public." Gentlemen, your successors were elected some weeks ago. Please take down your sign or append an epitaph.
Chancellor Lippincott Resigns.
It was with the greatest surprise and regret that our students learned on last Tuesday morning of Dr. Lippincott's intention to resign his position as chancellor of our University. This is indeed a severe stroke to our institution, the upbuilding and advancement of which has been so rapid during the past few years. From time to time we have been pained to note the loss of some of our most competent professors, but the loss of the services of Dr. Lippincott, who as chancellor has stood at the head of our University for the past six years, and with untiring energy and zeal has labored earnestly and faithfully for its success, is most vital of all.
This decision of the chancellor is not a hasty one. We learn that he has carefully considered it in all its bearings and decided upon it as a question of personal duty. At the earnest solicitation of the Bishop of the Annual Conference, which is now in session, he has decided to accept the pastorate of the First M. E. Church of Topeka.
The Board of Regents have already been informed of his intention to resign, although he will continue to act in the capacity of chancellor until the end of the present school year.
The chancellor expresses the warmest of feeling for the University and its success. In the future as in the past, whether connected with the University or not, we may be assured of his earnest cooperation in all which will promote the welfare of our University. Ever since entering the educational field Dr. Lippincott has been one of the leaders in the advancement of modern educational ideas. He has established a national reputation as one of the leaders in educational work. His success at the head of the Scranton (Pa.) schools, as well as the acceptability with which he filled the chair of Mathematics at Dickinson College all recommended him in the highest terms as a man eminently fitted to promote, guard and defend the interests of our University. This he has done since 1883 in a manner highly acceptable to the students, faculty, friends and officers of the University. It is due almost entirely to the keen foresight, judicious management and fine executive ability of our worthy chancellor that our institution has successfully passed through all the critical periods of restricted legislative appropriations, and not withstanding all obstacles and difficulties has steadily advanced until to day it is recognized as the leading University of the West.
Having assumed charge of the University when, as one of our state papers has put it, "it was little more than a conglomeration of professors and preps," he has made many beneficial changes and substantial improvements; and to-day our preparatory department has almost vanished, and our corps of instructors almost doubled; Snow Hall, one of the finest pieces of architecture in the west, has been added and the future of the museum established upon a firm basis. The faculty has been increased from nine to thirteen members and with a present provision for three more, the number of assistants from four to nine; the department of Pharmacy has been established and has
taken a decidedly high rank among like departments in other institutions. The Art department has been established, and the Music department has been brought to its present recognition. The salaries of the faculty have been generally increased, the appliances and apparatus have been increased thrice the former amount.
Through the individual efforts of Dr. Lippincott the University has come into great prominence before the people of the State.The future of the University is surely bright,and the impetus given by Dr. Lippincott will be of long duration.
The whole student body is deeply grieved at the loss of such a wise counselor, able executive and pleasant official,and in returning to the pastorate Dr. Lippincott will carry with him the best wishes of the whole student body for his success in the future as in the past.
What's the Matter.
It is a fact that cannot be too much regretted, that there is a woful want of enthusiastic union in all of the many schemes put on foot in our University. There was a time when this was not so. Then all the students would join, and when a thing was started it was bound to go. Now we see a constant factional fight in every organization. Years ago, though not very many years ago, there were two literary societies on the hill, their halls were always crowded, their members always present. A student who was not a member was an exception. Look at them to-day. Still two societies—but such societies—there are very seldom more than twenty or thirty present at the meetings; the members with few exceptions care nothing for them, and they are used as mere political tools. Yet with all these disadvantages it is a fact to be noticed and remembered, that in our late local oratorical contest, every one of the orators was a member of one of these societies.
This lack of enthusiasm is not confined to one place. In time gone by enough loyalty, and thrusting aside of selfishness and selfish purposes were shown so that we, as students, were able to prepare and publish a catalogue of events—An Annual—yet for the past three or four years there has been none published, just because we cannot throw aside our politics long enough to work for the good of our sometime Alma Mater.
It has likewise been the fate of all our physical contests to go by the board. Once we had a field day, but now we are afraid someone, not of our faction, will beat our man.
When hallowe'en or any other such time comes, we must go around and paint on the sidewalks, calling one another names, and doing other as mean tricks. We must do this, instead of all going out together in a spirit of unison. It is high time to call a halt on all such actions, and when we do that and unite in one body, then can we expect to accomplish something, and not till then.
We have not enthusiasm enough to organize any kind of a musical club to represent us; not even a chorus or a glee club.
Fine weather for Senior plugs. Where are they?
Miss Kate Stephens, formerly professor of Greek in the Uuiversity, has an exceedingly interesting article in this month's Forum entitled, "Advanced Education of Women."
Miss Stephens gives a short resume of the great advance made by women in educational matters, during the last one hundred years, dwelling particularly on the history of women in our colleges.
Girls were first admitted to the public schools in Boston in the year 1789, although the schools had been established for one hundred and fifty years, and the laws of Massachusetts declared that "all children were to be taught in the public schools. But as the phrase, "the people" in the Constitution of the United States, is construed to mean "all men," so then the phrase "all children" was construed to mean "all boys." Several academies for young ladies had been established a few years previous to the opening of the public schools, and in 1825, a public high school for girls was established in Boston, this closed after a year and a half for financial and other causes. A few years later the Georgia Female College, the first to be devoted exclusively to women, was founded. Mount Holyoke Seminary was also founded about this time by Mary Lyon. From this time on the advancement of women into our colleges has been rapid.
Before giving Miss Stephens' figures in regard to the colleges which have admitted women, it will be necessary to make a short quotation, Miss Stephens says: "In collecting certain data upon the growth of the idea of the education of women, it became necessary to seek a predetermined limitation in the number of institutions to be investigated. Of the more than two hundred so-called colleges for women and institutions for their "superior education," reported by the Bureau of Education, it was evident that all were not able to carry a student through the advertised curricula. The selections of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae were therefore resorted to. There are perhaps other colleges open to women which offer advantages as considerable and courses as thorough as those passed upon by the associations."
The first college to open its door to both young women and young men was Oberlin College in 1833. In 1863 the University of Wisconsin did likewise. Vassar College opened, for women only, in 1865. The University of Kansas opened in 1867, admitting 29 girls all in the sub-freshman class. In 1870 the University of California was opened: then came the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan and the Northwestern University the same year. In the year 1871 Wesleyan University and Syracuse University opened; then Cornell in 1872; Boston University in 1873; Smith College, 1875, and the same year Wellesly College opened with 314 students. Harvard Annex, 1879; Bryn Mawr College, 1885; Coelyn College, Princeton, N. J. was established in 1887 for the purpose of offering to women the instruction of Princeton College.
The number of women in attendance at the above colleges during the school year 1887-1888 was 3526. distributed as follows : Boston University 195; Bryn Mawr College 81; University of California 47; Cornell 102; University of Kansas 180; University of Michigan 281; Northwestern University 95; Oberlin College 796, of these over half were in the music and art departments, 52 in the classical course, 57 in the philosophical course, 107 in the literary course; Smith College 367; Syracuse 195; Vassar College 297; Wellesley 627; Wesleyan University 14; University of Wisconsin 134; Harvard Annex 103.
Women have occupied positions on the Board of Trustees of Boston University, Vassar College, Northwestern University, Wellesly and Harvard Annex and have given good satisfaction. In most of the above colleges women have held, and hold now, professorships and their success in nearly all cases is as marked as that of the men. Speaking of the salaries of women as compared to those of men, Miss Stephens says of our University, "in the University of Kansas women were at first given the same salary as men. Lately they have received scant courtesy or recognition, although the success of each one has been pronounced."
To the young men who have been educated here, side by side with the young ladies of our state, it seems incredible that so short a time ago women were regarded as incapable of even mastering a common school education, much less a collegiate one.
In point of fact, if a young man has any conceited ideas of woman's inferiority, let him go to college and see some bright sister, and may be not such a very bright one either, graduate above him, and it rapidly dispels the illusion. We are proud of the University of Kansas because it was one of the first to recognize the equality of sex in education, and we trust that from its halls will go forth an influence which will tend to place women on an equality with man in all things.
Art Lecture.
A fair sized audience assembled in the Art Room last Friday night to hear Mrs. Emery's lecture on the Madrid Gallery; and all who had the good fortune to be present were delighted, as the speaker handled her subject admirably. She said that although Spain might well feel humiliated at the position which she, as a political power, holds among nations, yet she has every reason to be proud of her art gallery at Madrid for it is the finest in the world and compels a pilgrimage from all civilized countries. The period of its greatest advancement dates from the 16th century, when the miners of Peru and Mexico sent their wealth to fill the coffers of Spain, thus giving the rulers of that country the resources by which to encourage art. This gallery received the aid of both the king and the church, and as a consequence many of the productions are religious and court scenes. This collection of gems is more refined than any other, and there can never be its equal until it is destroyed. In closing the speaker gave excellent descriptions of the principal productions of Murillo, the painter of heaven and earth, the universal favorite, and also of several other Spanish artists.
Mrs. Sophia Grubb will give a lecture one week from to-night which also promises to be very interesting.
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