UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
RELIC OF OTHER DAYS
Old Class Albums Bring to Light Funny Pictures—Discovered In Spooner Library
If you would care to see how George O. Foster looked when he was a student, or how Uncle Jimmy Green parted his hair 25 years ago, go to the library and look at the collection of University pictures and class albums, which date back to 1890. The relics were found a few weeks later. Spooner Library and have been added to K. U.'s mementos by gone-days.
There are five albums in the collection and half a dozen group pictures. The glee club and banjo club each have pictures and also the faculty of two different years when the total number of members was about 25. The prize picture is one taken of the entire University and was sent to the World's Fair as a part of the educational exhibit of Kansas. The faculty members grace the first row and close behind them are the football heroes, attired in their "K" sweaters. In the rear of these the students. There are about 300 per cent of the entire group and the picture is believed to have been taken in 1892.
STYLES WERE DIFFERENT THEN
CLASS PICTURE CUSTOM
In the image, the dresses were small it was the custom for each graduating class to leave an album, with a picture of each graduate in it. This was abandoned about 1800. Some of them have a polished oak back, with a silver inscription, "Class of '91," on it. The dress of the students in 1890 in comparison with the styles of top-dress albums and pictures interesting relics.
STYLES WERE DIFFERENT THEN High collars with loosely tied neckles were worn and moustaches hid the lips of nearly all of the faculty members and many of the students; Double breasted coats, with two rows of pockets underneath the neck of the wearer, were also in style in those days. Prof. F. H. Snow was chancellor of the University at the time these pictures were taken.
DEAN SAYRE PUBLISHES
FOURTH EDITION OF TEXT
Dean L. E. Sayre, of the School of Pharmacy, sent a revision of his book on Materia Medica to P. Bishkhanov and wrote in Delphin, Pa. The title of the book will be "Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy." The new edition, which will be the fourth, will be a volume of 143 pages, 100 more than the last edition.
The third edition is completely exhausted. Books of materials of medicine must be revised frequently to conform to the legal requirements regulating the sale and dispensing of drugs and foods.
Dean Sayre's book is used as a text and reference in the School of Pharmacy. The dean expects the students to be sent out by October sixteenth.
SUMMER STUDENTS MADE
GOOD USE OF LIBRARY
The summer school students appreciated the inviting opportunities and order of Spooner Library, with its 110,000 volumes and over 1100 periodicals, and "used the books intelligently," according to Miss Carrie Watson, librarian. Fourteen members of the regular library staff were invited to participate in orientation; and "voracious" is the way one of the departmental librarians describes the eager response to the advantages by the summer reader.
The long row of latest purchases on the shelf above the card catalogue cases presents a wide variety of interests. By means of the $20,000 annually allowed to the different schools for the purchase of books and periodicals, new books are arriving all the time; new York and New York with New York and other Eastern dealers are not expected for several weeks. The latest addition to the accession room has been a shipment from the bindery of nearly 150 bound volumes of various magazines.
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GIVES SCHOLARSHIP
FOR FRESHMAN WOMEN
A scholarship for freshman women, the gift of Mrs. J. B. Watkins of Lawrence, has been announced by the scholarship committee, through which it is given. The amount of the scholarship must be made to a Kansas woman, preferably one who is working her way through the University.
The scholarship committee is composed of Prof. Eugenia Galloo, Prof. Hannah Oliver, Miss Esther Wilson, Prof. Grace Charles and Dr. Idy Hdey. Applications for the scholarship are now being received.
PRIMA DONNA TO SING
Alma Webster Powell to Appear Under Auspices Extension
Dr. Alma Webster Powell, primadonna soprano of international reputation, has been secured by the University Extension Division to deliver her Lecture-Musicale here Oct. 23, in Chicago. The public will be admitted free.
Division
Dr. Powell is not a stranger to the people of K. U., as she appeared here a year ago last spring in a recital in Frasier Hall. Her program made a decided hit and was one of the most popular entertainment numbers of th year, according to F. R. Hamilton, head of the extension division.
Dr. Powell holds the degrees of LL., B., Mus. B, A. M., and Ph. D. The title of her letter-musicule is *Music by the People* which shows that music is an essential part of human life, increasing and decreasing with social pressure. Much has been done in Berlin, Munich, Prague and other foreign musical centers.
SEEK POLITICAL HONORS
Many Kansas Men Enter State Contests
Two Kansas University graduates are carrying on an exciting campaign to decide who shall serve during the next two years as congressman from the fourth Kansas congressional district, and who will be elected school class of 1903 already has had two terms in his present office and at the primary in August was unanimously renominated by the Democratic party. Miller, who graduated from the College in 1895 and from the University in 1897 is the Republican nominee.
Bowersock Theatre Tonight DANIEL FROHMAN Presents MAE MURRAY in a drama of New York Life— "The Big Sisters"
Other K. U. men are figuring in state politics also. Ed. C. Little, Republican nominee for congress from Oklahoma, is one of the classes of 1883 and 1886. W. Y. Morgan, a member of the class of 1885, who is running for re-election as lieutenant governor, has for opposition S. Warren, a graduate of the School of Law here.
While W. C. Lansdon, Democratic candidate for governor, is not an alumnus of Kansas, he was, however, associated with the institution for many years as manager of athletics. Carey J. Wilson, running for re-election candidate here in 2014, graduated here in 2013. W. D. Ross, candidate for re-election as state president of public instruction completed his work in K. U. in 1893.
Form Life Partnership
Miss Mildred Joss, c'19, Miss Jane Waters, c'18, and James Frederick, c'17, went to Bonner Springs, Thursday evening, to attend the wedding of the latter's sister. Miss Margaret of the latter's family, at the Farm of Fine Arts and; the music, Jess Fisher, is a senior in the law school. They will make their home at 1911 Rhode Island Street, while Mr. Fisher finishes his law course.
Printers Enter University
Among the hundreds of new students who have attended KU, this fall are approximately twenty-five youths who have learned the printing trade and expect to make part of their way by working in the different Lawrence printing establishments. Many of them have entered the department of journalism for study.
Printers Enter University
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