THE UNIVERSITY TIMES
Friday morning by the TIMES COMPANY.
T. HUNT.
President.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
L. A. STEBENHAM, Editor in Chief.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
Fdgar Martindale.
N. M. Amouns,
P. W. Willman,
Maud Springer.
Florence Reasoner
E. M. Mumford.
JUS. D. BOWERSOCK, JR.
Secretary
EDITORIAL STAFF.
L. A. STEBENHAM, Editor in Chief.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
Stanton Smith,
I. N. Bear,
Heena Sullivan,
Tella Chapman.
N. W. Merrifield.
G. Holsinger.
C. E. STREET. J. FRANK CRAIG
TRIBUNE PRINT.
Entered at the postoffice, of Lawrence, Kansas, as second-class matter.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY
BETA THEA Pl. Meets on fourth floor of the
Opera House block.
PHI KAPPA PSI, Meets on third floor of Opera House block.
PIH GAMMA DELTA fraternity. Meets in the Eldridge House block, third floor.
KEEPING THE THETA Meets on second floor of Opera House block.
SIGMA CHA, Meets on the fourth floor east of the Oren House block.
SIGMA NC, Meets in the Eldridge House black third floor.
Pi BETA PHI Moe's every Saturday afternoon in homes of members.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA. Mees's every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA. Meet every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members
BASE BALL, Association, Manager; Prof. A.
Wilcox, Captain of the Nine; Charles韦松
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CLUB, Meets in Snow Hall.
PHILIOLOGICAL CLUB, Meets in room No. 33
every other Friday at 8 p.m.
TENNIS Association, President, F. E. Roel,
Secretary, F. K. Hollong, Treasurer, W. A.
Cockrum
SCIENCE CLUB, Every other Friday at 8 p.m.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, Every other week.
OROPHILIAN LITERARY SOCIETY. Every other week at 8 p. m.
ATHENAUM LITERARY SOCIETY. Every other Friday at 8 p. m.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS,
We do not wish to appear in undue haste about collecting our subscriptions, but as our subscription price is so low, we feel that any of our subscribers can pay it without waiting for a check at home. It takes money to run the paper, and as the subscription just covers the actual cost of the paper, we would like to have all subscriptions paid on or before Friday, December 7th.
Respectfully.
THE BUSINESS MANAGERS
ATHLETICS.
Some of the students are again agitating the question of athletics. While we heartily approve of the move ment and give it our hearty support, we hold to the belief that a large part of our students already receive a sufficient amount of exercise. In proof of this assertion we submit the following: All work on Hygiene hold that the best and most healthful exercise is walking. If this be true a sufficient amount of walking is all the exercise a student needs Some one may say that students cannot be induced to take exercise by walking But most of them do. Any morning go out into the hall, station yourself where you can not be seen and wait. As soon as the crowd begins to leave the corridors you will see a procession begin marching very slowly, it is true, but a continual tramp for an hour, from one end of the hall to the other. The next hour it is the same. At 1 o'clock you will see a timid boy take his hat and start out, he forgets something and must come back. He then spends several minutes looking through his pockets and trying to think what he has lost. At last she appears; he has found what he is looking for. He then starts out again. She is joined by another girl. He has lost something again. He then allows her to get a good distance ahead of him and waits patiently for the girls to separate. As soon as this occurs he quickens his pace and soon overtakes her. He has captured the prize at last. He now enjoys a few moments for a chat, he then takes his leave. he looks at his watch. 1:45 p.m. Great Scott! he is three-quarters of an hour behind time. He then sets out on a run and arrives at his boarding house panting and out of breath. Then inco
herent expressions about the distance to Topeka or Lecompton, he eats his dinner. If approached on the subject of athletics he will invariably be of the opinion that K. S. U. students have too much exercise.
N. B. This is written from the utterances while asleep of one of the above mentioned athletics.
AS TO DEBATES.
In the campaign just closed, the revision of the tariff was made, as every one knows, the great issue. Debates were held in every town and district through out the land, and this question argues pro and con, yet most of the debates, not all of them, have been declared un satisfactory by those who were really searching for knowledge on that intricate subject. The reason is not hard to find, Party victory or personal victory at any cost, seems to have been the leading impulse in nearly every case; protectionists accused the tariff reformers of dodging the question, and tariff reformers on their side, accused the protectionists of insincerity. Each side made statements, which were as plain to be seen as the end of a man's nose, until at last a person became undecided as to which was the perfect fool. We clip the following from a Chicago paper which we think, takes the right stand in regard to debates and discussions. It is certainly an article which deserves more than passing thought:
"In this day of much discussion on the Tariff we see, on both sides, ten men who are convinced to one man who is convincing. A discussion, if it does nothing else, should at least leave both parties to it more open, more tolerant, more in love with light and with each other; but in politics and in religion how many of us can come out of a talk in that spirit? It would be a good plan to pin upon one's mental walls some "Golden Rules in Making up one's Mind,"—like these, for instance:
1. Be humble before the largeness of a subject.
2. Be honest in confessing ignorance.
3. Hold the truth always above the present issue.
4. Never argue for personal victory.
5. Wish to see objections to your view.
6. Be willing to be overthrown in argument.
Still better, pin up these words from Emerson: "Courage to ask questions; courage to expose our ignorance. The great gain is, not to shine, not to conquer your companion,—then you learn nothing but conceit,—but to find a companion who knows what you do not; to tilt with him and be overthrown, horse and foot, with utter destruction of all your logic and learning. There is a defeat that is useful. Then you can see the real and the counterfeit, and will never accept the counterfeit again. You will adopt the art of war that has defeated you. You will ride to battle horsed on the very logic which you found irresistible. You will accept the fertile truth, instead of the customary lie."
The following is a special in the Kansas City Journal of Nov. 6, from Rich Hill. Mo:
"The campaign closed in this county to-night with a grand rally at the mines, which was addressed by Hon. Webster Davis of Kansas City. The most pronounced enthusiasm prevailed, and the points of the speaker, which were numerous and convincing, were well relied upon, no doubt, but that if Mr. Davis could have made speeches in this county the Democratic party would have been a thing of the past. No speaker has ever created so much favorable comment."
Mr. Davis was a University student of 1884-5 and will be remembered as taking a prominent part in "Old Orophilion." Thus another of her sons takes his place as an orator in the cold, cold world. Mr. Davis is now a rising young attorney of Kansas City. It might be mentioned that he may be found once every month banqueting at the Brunswick with the Betas.
Students, for a clean shave McCulloch Bros., the students barber, is the place
Stop in at McCullough Bros. for you shave.
"And yet he fled."
FALSE FRIENDSHIP.
Few of these mortals here below, Whom we eat' friends an a' that; If found us by misfortune low, For a that; For a that; For a that; its gospel truth for a' that; Its gospel truth for a' that; Its gospel truth for a' that; And worth is not ava that.
Gangsek that shivering begged wrote; Misturtone's child, and a 'a' that;
If friendship's loving smiles relax,
For a 'a' that;
For a 'a' that,
And a 'a' that;
That merry balls, and friendship's calls
Once wrung his waits for a 'a' that.
to go your lonely mansion
And see if it’s no a’ that;
make around him his press and sigh.
To do his will with the hat:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
For a’ that, and a’ that.
These men need will cause wh’en wealth decreas
Likewise his friends and a’ that.
But cast him from your mansion high,
a beggar poor and 'a that.
Wo woe to him, to see a sigh,
To see him fa' for 'a that;
For 'a that, and 'a that;
A beggar low and 'a that.
A beggar low and friendship's pio.
Be sought by them fa' for 'a that.
When friendship has some gain at stake,
*some toon to crave, a 'that'
Then Heaven! it grieves to see them make
*a for that, a that*
For *a* that, *a* that.
For *a* that, *o' that'.
Hath neither was peace nor fervent love:
But selfesh ends for *a* that.
Yet Heaven, forbid I should commit
Yet purjured wrong as a that;
That such purjured must admit,
Fervent warm and a 'the'
For a that, and a that;
For a that, and a that;
What still remain, in fall or fame,
Unchanged the same, for a that.
WHY?
Why *cous* is *maunt* me, like this?
Two or three treckles, the sauceless nose
Lins like cherries and made to kiss.
Kiss by others since, I suppose.
Kiles by other since, I suppose. Worse than yours; there. Breezes and breeze fondle the rose. Breezes and breeze fondle the rose.
Tell me, for that is the rose less fair:
One wind comes as another goes.
Ordo aeclorum, why should I care?
Beezes and Fumble the rose.
Lips like cherries and made to kiss.
Two or three freckles, the sauciest nose,.
On out it why does it haunt me like this?
Kissed by others since, I suppose.
OUR CONTEST.
Association or no association, charter or no charter, arbitration or arbitration, faction or no faction, let K. S. U. have this winter a grand oratorial contest.
Letus send to Emporia this winter a man—or lady—who can win the U. State Contest the fourth time for K. S. U. We have already taken the prize three times out of five. There is no reason why we cannot hear away the olive branch every year. Our institution, our training, the number we have to select from, in fact, in almost everything we have an advantage over our sister colleges.
Now is the time for University spirit to manifest itself. Here is the place and now is the time for us all to pull together.
Shall we let Baker, who gloated so friendily over the defeat of Kansas in the Inter-State, shall we let her distance us in this race?
Then we must be up and doing. We must have a good local contest. If we can pursue every good speaker in the University to at least try, in the local contest, our success at Emporia next February is assured.
Did you ever write a composition on "Spring"? Did you ever write a thesis or forensic? Did you ever speak before your school at home? Well, if you have, begin to day and write an oration for our January contest. And even if not successful you have gained a good deal. So choose your subject and go to work.
Remember it is a free for all race and the best horse wins. The track is broad and the premiums liberal. So if you have one drop of enthusiasm in your blood for old K. S. U., go to work, talk it up, and then when the days of February come, we will again have an opportunity to show our neighbors—Baker, Ottawa, Washburn and Emporia—that we still have good lungs and can yell with greater vengeance than ever—Rock-chalk Jay Hawk- K-U.
Much of the prejudice against inter collegiate contests is due to the fact that they are said to be detrimental to good scholarship. In order to discover the real state of the case in Cornell University, a thorough examination was recently made in that institution of the records
of the men who engaged in intercollegiate sports since the opening of the college. The result showed that the average scholarship for the year of each man who rowed on the crews was 70 per cent, that of base-ball players 73 per cent., and that of the track athletics 76 per cent., a standard of 70 per cent, being necessary to graduate. 54 per cent. of all these men graduated, which is 7 per cent. above the University per cent. of graduation. These results would seem to show that intercollegiate contests, when kept within reasonable limits, do not interfere with the general scholarship of educational institutions. —Ex.
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Kansas has out striped her older sisters in many different ways. The history of the development of her natural resources and the increase of her population has no parallel in the history of any state in this Union.
The growth of her towns have been phenomenal. To think of the thousands of miles of railroads built within her borders during the last few years, almost startles one.
We need have no fear for the position Kansas will occupy in this union when her material resources, wealth, population and business enterprise, is called into account.
But we would like to call the attention of our readers, and indeed of all admirers of a free educational system, to the fact that Kansas will soon be eclipsed in the struggle to educate the masses, if she does not take more active measures for the advancement and permanent welfare of the system.
We are not saying that Kansas has not reached an advanced stage of educational development, but we do say that the critical moment is at hand when Kansas must make redoubled efforts for the support of a fine educational system, or be content to remain behind in the race.
Now is the time to strike. And the next Legislature should be made to feel that they are not doing their full duty to the people, without making farther permanent arrangements for the support of free education; from the primary school to the University.
The last Legislature of California realized on what an uncertain footing the State University was situated, while compelled to draw its support from the bianual appropriations of that body so they passed a law giving the State University the proceeds of an annual tax of one cent upon each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the State. This means $82,000 for the present year and an annual increase of the income, in proportion to the increase of wealth in the State.
By this method there is no danger that the progress of the educational institutions of the State will fall behind the annual advancement of wealth in the State.
Then too, the public schools of the State should be made to feel that they are a training school for the University. They should be made to feel that the University is prosperous, just in proportion as they turn out the sons and daughters of Kaucas with minds well equipped to proceed with the task of obtaining a higher education. Every community of a certain population should be compelled to maintain a higher school competent to give its scholars a rudimentary education, so that they can at least enter the Freshman class of a standard University. With schools of this description situated in every village and hamlet in the State, those who did not wish to or can not obtain a higher education will be equipped sufficiently to enter the everyday walks of life.
THE Shield of Phi Kappa Psi contains an article on rushing and initiating men prematurely which, it read and acted on might be of benefit to at least one K. S. U. fraternity. The system of rushing is bad at best, and should be discouraged. The proper way, it seems to us, would be to leave a man alone until he has gotten acquainted with all, and then he will be competent to decide where he belongs. The only reason that we can see that any fraternity could object to this plan, is, it is afraid to stand on its merits, and wishes to rush a lot of men in before they get acquainted with men of other fraternities, or, in many cases, before they know the real nature of a fraternity.
As the time of the next session of the Legislature comes nearer, the University must begin to be looking after her interests. Through some over-sight, some of the departments of the University have not fared as well as others, although none have been especially favored. The Law department has been rather neglected by the State Legislators. The University Law library does not deserve the name of a library. Nearly all the books in the Law library are the private property of Professors Green and Summerfield. Mr. Hobbs and a few other students. The students are compelled to thrust themselves upon the good nature and accommodations of the attorneys of the city. Instead of being able to get some benefit of the much promised Law library of the Kansas State University, the students must depend on the private libraries of Lawrence. Again, the department is cooped up in a little side-room which is used as a class room, a court room and a library. Prof. Green is one of the best instructors in the west and it is due to himself and the Legal Profession of the State that the department receive better treatment at the hands of the Legislature. The Law department has a wide reputation and with "half a show" will rival Ann Harbor, Harvard or even Columbia colleges. K. S. U. has every reason to be proud of her Law Alumni and of the class of students in the department at present, but surely they can not be proud of the almost utter neglect of the department, which is, in the future, to supply the material for the leading profession of the country.
Some students who come here from other institutions seem to have a little trouble about having grades transferred. One thing that seems unreasonable, yet it is true, is that a professor of one department will accept grades from a certain institution, while a professor in another department will no taccept grades from the same institution. Consequently the student must be made a "target" and have questions "shot" at him for a few hours in some particular study to gratify the love of adventure of some of the professors. It might be more creditable to the workings of the institutions if there was some regularity about admitting students to the University. It is not entirely clear to the minds of many students why the preparatory work in some departments is more important than in others. A KICKER.
THERE may be nothing in a name, but the Times always gets out on time.
Prof. Marvin received $1,200 worth of instruments for the civil engineering department last Thursday. The instruments were manufactured by the famous Fauth & Co., of Washington, D.C. Among the instruments was an Alt-Azimuth, which cost $850, and is to be used in either secondary or primary triangulation, or as an astronomical instrument. This instrument is considered a fine one, and has all the latest improvements. It has two micrometer eyepieces by which an angle can be read to single seconds, an eight inch verticle are read by two verniers to ten seconds, has an eighteen inch telescope with a two inch aperture, a micrometer eyepiece and an angular eyepiece to be used for astronomical purposes. The instrument is a mate to the one made last summer by the same firm for Columbia College.
The Professor also received a $350 Transit Theodolite, a smaller instrument and to be used in secondary triangulation. It has an eight inch horizontal circle, reading to ten seconds, a five inch verticle circle, an eleven inch telescope with a one and one-half inch aperture. A $25 Steinhilottorope to be used in giving signals at a long distance was among the list. These additional instruments partially fill a long felt want and they will very materially assist the students of the higher classes in pursuing the mare complicated studies in engineering.
TOOT-PICKS at Raymond & Dick* only 5c for 2,501.
All wool socks for 35 cents at Abe Levy's.
Andy Reed gives the cheapest and best shaves, hair cuts, and baths in the city.
Good gloves at Abe Levy's.