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LAO ASTRÁ PER ASTERRA
Courier.
VOL.I.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, DECEMBER 10, 1878.
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Fred. S. Lord is at Baxter Springs.
Miss Abbie Gunn is at Fort Scott.
Miss Minnie Cain is teaching music in Tyler, Texas.
Miss Brownie Sellers is at her home in Tyler, Texas.
Tommy Tuttle is in business at Baxter Springs.
The Nicolay boys are farming in Osage county.
P. O. Smith is in a dry goods store in Atchison.
Colin Slavens is a Sophomore at Asbury.
J. Travis Burney, is studying law at Peculiar, Mo.
C. L. Burke is attending a medical college in Chicago.
J. L. Dumars is teaching school in Johnson county.
Henry Shepard, ex-student, recently visited the University.
Miss Ada L. Tweed is attending college at Colorado Springs.
Miss Jo. March intends to resume her studies in the University, in January.
He is now known as James J. Houston, Register of Deeds, Garnett, Kansas.
Miss Gracie Gleason, of Eureka, has been visiting friends in the city.
Miss Lou Jones is teaching in the city schools of Burlington.
Carl C. Blackshire is visiting in Virginia, and expects to return to school next session.
Herbert D. Crandall is in business at Linwood in Leavenworth county.
Walter H. Challis is traveling salesman for the grocery house of Sam'l Cupples and Co., St. Louis.
Miss Hattie L. Reddick is teaching school near Solomon City.
E. Bierer, Jr., is visiting in Lawrence, and will spend the winter here.
Al. Phenis, a former student, spent several days visiting his alma mater, since our last issue.
Geo. M. Huffaker, ex-student, is connected with a broker's office at Council Grove.
Miss Elizabeth Cramer, who attended the University last year, is at her home in Neodesha.
Frank Wilmoth has returned to Lawrence, after several months' absence in Topeka.
John G. Johnson, a student of 1873-5, is practicing law in Garnett.
Misses Alice and Fraa Smith are teaching near Oakaloosa.
Misses Alice and Eva Smith are teaching near Oskaloosa, and expect to resume their studies in the University after the holidays.
James Harris, becoming tired of leading the life of a bachelor, was recently married in Paris, France, and left for Heidelberg, to finish his studies.
John Robinson, formerly of Fort Wallace, is now in the employ of Brown and Hunter, post-traders, at Ft. Lyon, Col. Robinson contemplates going to Europe in the spring.
Miss Mollie Gamble, ex-student, recently visited the University. Since leaving the institution, Miss Gamble has been teaching in Leavenworth county, and in the Indian Territory.
Mrs. Gen. Fraser and her sister, Miss Florence Saunders are residing at Kenosha, Wis. Miss Saunders visited her many friends in Lawrence last summer.
Miss Kate Smeed, who has been taking an advanced course in instrumental music, in Philadelphia, for the past two years, is expected home to spend the holidays, after which she con templates a trip to Europe.
Harry E. Hunt, who was with us last year, intends to enter the medical department of Harvard College in the spring. He has been sick the greater part of the time since leaving us, but is now, we are pleased to state, rapidly recovering.
Frank P. Payne, having recently graduated from the Law Department of Michigan University, has hung out his shingle at Emporia, and is doing well. Frank will be remembered by many of the older students, who will be pleased to learn of his prosperity.
C. S. Cross, one of our old boys, now holds the responsible position of paying teller in the First National Bank of Emporia. While among us, Charlie stood high in the estimation of his fellows, and was generous to a fault. We chronicle the success of none of the boys with more gratification than we do that of Charlie Cross.
C. F. Fishback, a student of the University several years ago, is now one of the professors in the Olathe Academy and Business College, an institution enjoying more than a local reputation. While a student, Fishback was noted for his marked ability; he possessed considerable oratorical power, and was a general favorite among the students.
Music is an educator. It is potent against evil. In the home where music is there are bright eyes, happy faces, and harmonious spirits. David took his harp to drive the evil spirit away from Saul. The Germans have a proverb that where music is not, the devil enters. Nothing will drive impatience, restlessness and disorder from the school room as will music, and in their places it brings patience, study, and order. Music should be heard, if not taught, in every school in the land.
"Music is a fair gift from God, and near allied to divinity."
Students, do not be in a hurry to get through your studies. If rightly improved, every moment of University life will bring abundant reward.
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THE INFLUENCE OF A COLLEGIATE EDUCATION.
It is undoubtedly the natural right of a student to stand upon Mt. Oread and gaze with satisfaction on the beautiful city of Lawrence, surrounded as it is by sloping hills and far reaching valleys: his very soul is made to sympathise with nature as he looks upon her wondrous works. His eye loves the blue vault of heaven, the fields, the trees and the river winding far into the distance. To him there is an inspiration in the healthful atmosphere: he scans the distant horizon and "watches the ever changing clouds go fleeting past and leave him to muse upon their mysterious loveliness." He gazes with admiration upon our alma mater, towering high in her rocky firmness, and within his inmost heart he appreciates all the advantages she offers.
Before proceeding to my subject it will not be improper for me to state a few things in regard to the importance of literary societies in a University. We may say that such societies are valuable in four ways:
Firstly. They make us self-reliant, and wear away by constant practice the usual timidity of our boys and the almost excessive modesty of some of our girls. When we have learned how to think and then to express what we have thought, we have made one step towards becoming men and doing manly actions.
Secondly. Societies cultivate extemporaneous speaking and the art of elocution, which is considered by a great many persons of distinction as writers and speakers, to be one of the best of human acquirements.
Thirdly. The acquisition of knowledge is reduced to a practice, and we are even stimulated in its pursuits.
Fourthly. The bonds of friendship are strengthened, good manners are cultivated, and unrivalled social influences are exerted. All students ought to join a good, orderly, progressive, literary society; because in such, some of the most important branches of learning are taught, which can be learned as well in no other place.
The influence of education upon civilization and the development of the world, is a subject, the discussion of which, to use an old trite expression, would require volumes to discuss accurately and adequately; and yet we have the right to talk about almost any thing, but always within the bounds of propriety. It is my intention to pass over the almost unlimited amount of human progress neither rapidly nor slowly, but at a moderate length, to show my views on this subject.
A collegiate education has always had a great influence upon politics and free government. Our representatives generally obtain their education inside of college walls. There are those in this world who show much shrewdness, although they have never received education either collegiate or otherwise. Yet they would have been far more useful citizens had they become educated and thereby fitted themselves for true citizenship. The people in our country are each and every one, sovereigns; they can never wisely manage the affairs of government if left to grope along in ignorance and mental degradation. One of the axioms of our government is that the people must be intelligent. Every young man that has a collegiate education becomes a sensible voter and an intelligent citizen. The voting masses should be educated masses. There are always some things which even the most learned do not understand, but every new ray of knowledge dispels some darkness, under the cover of which, corruption does so much deadly work.
The college Professor is an important character in the political and social world. His influence is felt everywhere; his ideas are inculcated in his pupils; thus we see how important it is that our teachers should be well educated in points of almost vital importance to the student. Their position is at once grave and peculiar; the constitution of a student's mind, and the direction of his thoughts are determined by his surroundings, and those surroundings should be determined by good men. Education quickens the spirits of our students and brightens that golden chain which counteracts injurious things and serves to quicken our impulses to a higher and purer life.
Education exerts a great influence in counteracting wrong tendencies. Through the influence of education our glorious country will reach that period in its existence which our great statesmen and orators continually point out to us. But while the public mind is more dazzled by these accounts of our resources, and of our prompt and powerful progress, than by the stories of mythology, we must, by universal education, guard against those unseen forces that find their origin and development down deep in the hearts of that portion of the American people who would work our ruin and blast our prosperity. No matter where we are born, whether in Europe, Asia or America, we are responsible to one great, unlimited power for our limited power. This one principle stands out face to face with us in our civilization. We can live up to this principle only by education; then if we become educated and thus give our influence to education, so that this influence really controls us in all our actions, both political and social, what sublime glory is in store for us! No doubt each and every one of us often look forward into the future and wonder whether there will be some thing for us to do. The experience of others tells us that if we are willing to work in the world's great field, there will always be a place for each of us.
Education has a natural tendency to elevate. It is with the mind as with the soil, cultivation shows its advantages. The higher the course of education we take, the more severe are the studies and the sterner the discipline the mind receives. The college should be recognized as a place of privilege and honor. It raises us to an advanced degree of civilization. Some cannot or will not appreciate all the advantages offered. Some young men are said to have felt the power of religious influences moulding their minds and hearts. Sometimes a young man fails, and sometimes, by an almost divine power, he is prevented from going further on his course of destruction, and brought back to the path of duty. In college we find the best test of character. Like silver and gold tried by fire, her true sons are produced. Our minds were not given to us for our own private use alone; and having obtained an education from others, we should use our influence and resources for the good of the public. We are all bound by our indebtedness to educators and their teachings, to do what we can to promote the best interests of society. It must be clear to all that our influence depends upon our intellectual training; then our influence is the influence of education. Educated men only, assist in forming public opinion, in making plans for improvement in educating the people, in benevolence, and all in all have an influence in promoting the social, physical and political interests of the world. The influence of education, therefore, is a great blessing to mankind. Education raises a higher order of men and
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thereby qualifies them to enter upon high spheres of usefulness.
The national education shows the national character. Its influence is felt nowhere as it is here. The history of a nation's education affords the only key to its life, and is a just and never-failing standard for the estimation of its advance or retreat in the great march of civilization. The influences of education are multitudinous and are inextricably interwoven with all life's great problems, but in the study of this subject there lies that which furnishes the best of food for thought, and which will prove an almost invaluable aid to those who would continue on the road of educational progress. If the cause of education will keep even step with our increase of numbers, its influence will show itself on all. If the principles of the Christian religion shall animate our people as in the youthful years of our republic, then will the words of Macaulay, as to her future fate, be remembered only as the prophecy of an enemy of free institutions and an advocate of monarchies. If the grand old clock which the "men of 76" set in motion is out of order, if the pendulum is swinging a little too fast, if any of its almost perfect machinery has be come deranged, we must employ skillful workmen to repair and restore it to its former beauty in appearance and precision of movement.
I know how easy it is to decry the present and fear for the future, but if we educate the masses, and thereby cause this influence to be exerted in the cause of right and justice, I feel assured that He who holds the destinies of nations in the palm of his hand will secure for us a leader, greater than Caesar and pure and patriotic as Washington or martyred Lincoln.
Whence come the men who are ruling our destinies to-day? Not from the slums, not from the mansions of the rich, but from the virtuous and healthful homes of the tillers of the soil, where the mind may grow and expand in the "contemplation of Nature in all her various moods."
It is among this class of people that the influences of education should be exerted. It is here that the great problem of our national existence is to be worked out. It is here, as it always has been, that our strength lies.
If we would be an enlightened, progressive and prosperous people, we must educate. Let it be the vocation of all our citizens to be true to their calling. Stand up for universal education, and never fail to remember that it is intelligence alone that builds up a nation, and that ignorance is a reproach to any people.
BOOKS.
R. W.E.T.
The value of books as a means of culture is recognized by all. They are the best substitutes for teachers, and next to a good college they occupy the first position as educators. A book is a voiceless teacher, and a good library is a school in itself. By reading, a person is brought in continual communion with the living thoughts of the best men of both past and present. Whatever is profound, delicate, refined, or witty, is accessible to the lover of books, and they give him more extended knowledge and greater thoughts. The reader becomes a citizen of every country, and events of all ages are brought to his view. If a young man improves his time before he starts out in the world to care for himself, he may become acquainted with more countries than any traveler ever saw.
The most original thinkers acknowledge the debt they owe to the great minds of the past, whose wisdom has been housed in books. But one may abuse this privilege just as he may any other. The continual cramming with knowledge is more of a detriment than a help, for if one does not ponder upon what he reads, he will not be benefited, and his knowledge will rust away from lack of use, and leave him nothing behind. It is said of Southey, that he gave so much attention to the minds of other men that he never found time to look after his own.
The reader should be careful in his selections, and choose none but good books,—books that leave some impression upon his mind when he lays them aside. Such as give simply a passing thought are injurious, because they unfit the mind for the perusal of more solid works. No student can spend his spare time better than in the perusal of useful books.
Here the question arises, What shall he read, and how shall he read it? Shall he use his own judgment as a guide, or shall he read the books approved of by usage in the past? How can he acquire a taste for the masterpieces of literature? Most students are incompetent to select for themselves, and in these days of free libraries it is no easy matter to determine what is best to read. The beginner is too apt to select some speculative work that he is not capable of understanding. Such works as those of Mill, Spencer, and Darwin, are intended for the well developed mind only. Biographies are to be preferred, by the beginner, to histories, and histories to philosophies. Let the reader select some work that he is capable of understanding, and then read it carefully, and not just because it is popular.
The reading of books is useless, unless some wisdom is drawn from them. They wear out the reader and give him no intellectual culture in return. Their use should be to stimulate and replenish the mind, and give it food to work with. One cannot expect to read everything, and it were better that he did not attempt to do so, but read only as much as he is able to thoroughly digest. C.
A few theatrical Misses: Miss Effie Germon is Mrs. Smith; Miss Lillie Eldridge is Mrs. Tom Ryan; Miss Clara Morris is Mrs. Smith; Miss Kate Claxton is Mrs. Charles Stevenson. There are a few attractive unmarried actresses.
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise; but early to ryes and tardy to bed, makes a man's nose turn cardinal red."
If early to bed, and early to rise, would make men healthy, and wise, I'd rise at daybreak—cold or hot—and go back to bed at once,—why not?
An orator who was much in demand at political campaigns being asked by an admirer the secret of his success, replied: "When I have facts, I give 'em facts; but when I haven't, I yell and saw the air."
Schiller could never write a line of poetry without the smell of rotten apples near, and when he died there was not enough money in his desk to pay his funeral expenses.
Harvard has the largest library in the United States. 160,000 volumes.
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“DIZZY ACTORS.”
Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield), is an antiquated old beau, a silly old dandy, who curls his thin, grey locks, and is generally dubbed "Dizzy."
I am not prepared to state, however, that from his pet name was called the broken-down actors of the United States, and that sort of audiences which in former days was understood as "quizby."
However fierce the sting of poverty may be—however heavy the hand of fate may be upon him—the Dizzy never doubts his own talent; if others roll in wealth while he suffers the pangs of hunger, he attributes it to "luck" which favors others less deserving of fortune than himself, or to a depraved and degenerate public taste, that cannot recognize nor appreciate a good actor when it sees one. Notwithstanding, there are instances of terribly dizzy people being remarkably successful. There is a story told of a certain actor who started starring a few years ago — with a "specialty" of his own in the shape of a fearfully and wonderfully bad sensation piece; the profession could not determine which was the worst, his acting or the play. A manager telegraphed that he would give him five hundred dollars for one week's performance. He replied:
"I accept your $500 for the week. Have sent parts and book."
Back came a dispatch saying :
“No—mistake—fifty ($50) for the week.”
The young star flashed back the answer:
"All right; I accept $50 for week. Have sent parts and book."
Time and experience, they tell me, have now made a very fair actor of him.
The worst and most famous as the worst of dizzy actors was, without doubt, McKean Buchanan. He used to be a sugar broker in New Orleans, got stage struck, and "sailed out" as star. He was a good fellow, witty, well-educated, tall and fine-looking. He had many friends, some of whom encouraged his mania as a joke, and others from kindly feeling. He was the best tempered man that ever lived—if one might judge by the beaming smiles with which he received the laughter and derisive applause which greeted his Shakespearean efforts, for nothing short of Hamlet, Othello, and such parts, would he appear in.
"My wardrobe," he would say, "is too good for anything but old Bill."
And in those days no one in the West and South had seen the like of his costumes. It took a mountain of velvet to make him a king's cloak, and in one of his fearful rushes on the stage, in one of Othello's jealous frenzies, he would say to the actors standing at the wing:
"Stand aside, minions! Make room for my three-ply — imported from Lyons, every inch of it! Blood! blood, Iago! blood!"
For his first few engagements he was utterly dumbfounded because the audiences "guyed" him, but he got used to it after a while, and accepted the popular verdict; he disarmed criticism by avowing himself as the worst star actor in the civilized world, but he never truly believed that that was really the case. He had a curious habit of losing his breath between his sentences, and catching it up again with the exclamation of "a!" thus, he would say;
"Tis—a—he—a" "Tis—a—she—a!" and—
“Hang out—a—”
“Our banners—a”
"On the outward—walls—a-"
"They—a—come—a!"
"The cry—a-"
When the actors would suggest new readings to him, he would loftily reply, "Look at the house! there isn't standing room in front. I think my old readings will do well enough."
star was too smart to dismiss so good a business manager as that, for such a trifling weakness, which he met and overcame in another way. After the performance he would almost invariably sit down with the agent at draw poker, and never failed to win back all the money. He used to say he had to play twice over for every dollar he got.
He was as fine a poker player as he was bad as an actor. He had an agent to travel with him, who in his business was invaluable; he had a thousand virtues and one vice, which vice was that he would rob Buchanan regularly every night of the larger part of his receipts, whether great or small. But the
A certain facetious low comedian says that of all modern actors, "Dr. Landis, of Philadelphia, is the most wondrously dizzy. He came to New York last winter, after inflicting himself occasionally on long-suffering Philadelphia, until there were signs of riot and revolt in the air when his name was mentioned there. He knew he was talented, but was only kept down at home by petty local jealousies; so he came, and at one of the minor theatres astonished, and, for a time, amused its patrons by a round of tragedy impersonations. It is hard to say what he played worst, but probably his Hamlet was the most ghostly thing ever beheld outside of a morgue. In disgust at his lack of success as a tragedian, he had a piece got up for him in which to burlesque tragedy—which seemed to be his strong point. In it he killed everybody in the cast at least once, and was himself killed four times. Multitudes would have rushed with fond anticipation and delight to witness the proceedings had one of the four times been real; but as all were, like himself, only sham, people kept away from the theatre, and finally he abandoned the stage in disgust.
"He used to drive the famous Count Joannes to frenzy by his challenges to play for the championship."
"How long," said a crushed tragedian to a ticket clerk in a depot, striking an attitude, "how long will it take a first-class actor to get to Podunk?"
"No longer," replied the clerk, "than it would any other first-class darned fool!"
Mr. E. F. Thorne was once acting with a man who was as dizzy in the words as in his art; in reply to every speech he would thrust his hand into the breast of his coat, and, striking an attitude a la Sothern, would say, "I, sir, am an American gentleman," which praiseworthy and patriotic statement was irrelevant, and afforded no clew to the plot of the play, and even more vague in furnishing a cue upon which to give an intelligent rejoinder.
Wearied at last by the glittering but monotonous generality, Mr. Thorne, on his side, struck a tragedy pose and responded:
"Prove it! Prove that you are an American gentleman and I'll show you where we can make a barrel of money!"
These interpolations into the rightful text will give the uninitiated reader a good idea of what is meant by the technical term of "gagging."
Very different is the female to the male dizzy. While he is painfully skirmishing for forage in the outlying precints of civilization, she purchases for a fabulous sum a wardrobe in Paris, a piece in London, and "an opening" in New York, where her "youth, beauty and talent" are rung the changes on by the press; if she is a passee "society lady," who has concluded to honor the stage with her presence, then her "accomplishments and literary ability" become the theme of every tongue, and in all human probability she is said to write her "own play," like the great American champion Dizzy Actress Anna Dickinson.
In every case she has the control of money; most generally it percolates into her pocket through that mysterious channel aguely known as "a backer"—that Mrs. Harris, of the theatrical Betsy Gamps—with the difference in favor of the Fothringays of the stage, that "there is such a person, Sary."
The dizzy ramifies through every department of the histrionic art—from the star to the supe. I remember a dizzy little Dutchman out West, who was burning to become an American actor and could not be made to understand in those days of predeliction for drinking at the "well of English undefiled," that his terrible accent was an impediment to his playing Hamlet and the like.
In a dramatization of one of Cooper's novels he was given just one line to speak, and invariably brought down the house when he bawled out at the top of his lungs:
"Ein pote along ter site!" ("A boat alongside!")
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In the same theatre was a lean, lantern-jawed cockney, who, in despair of ever getting a syllable to utter, determined one night to attract the attention of the audience, and crown himself with glory by indulging in some by-play of his own brilliant invention. The piece happened to be "Metamora," with the gentle and lamb-like Forrest as the "big Injun." Our cockney was one of the (speechless) Indian tribe, and got himself up bravely in red paint, feathers, leggings, tunic, moccasins, and a tomahawk. In one of the great tragedian's addresses to the red man, this supe pretended to consider himself as the one red man especially appealed to, and bursting into a shrill war-whoop, in the middle of Forrest's soliloque, he rushed down to the right hand corner of the stage, and wildly brandishing his tomahawk over his head, he indulged in a frantic war dance that set the audience screaming with laughter; but his triumph was of brief duration, for, breathless with astonishment and panting with rage, Forrest instantly prepared for action. With one mighty bound he cleared the intervening space between the center of the stage and the corner, and grasped the affrighted supe by the throat, forgetting in his tremendous passion the character he was impersonating and his surroundings. He shook the man till he shook him on to his marrow bones, and then roared out:
"You fool, what are you doing here?"
"Mr. Forrest—I—" stammered the half-strangled supe, "I —I was honly hacting a bit, sir."
No longer of the rank and file, that ambitious actor has been for many years past the captain of the supers at the___
theatre. He abounds in reminiscences, usually beginning:
"When me an' Forrest was hacting 'Amlet, at the ole — ."
—Celia Logan.
GIFTS OF THE GODS TO MAN.
They gave him light in his way,
And love, and a space for delight,
And beauty, and length of days,
And night, and sleep in the night.
His speech is a burning fire;
With his lips he travailleth;
In his heart is a blind desire,
In his eyes foreknowledge of death;
He weaves, and is clothed with derision;
Sows, and he shall not reap;
His life is a watch, or a vision,
Between a sleep and a sleep.
—Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon
EDUCATION FOR THE KITCHEN.
The friends of genuine social improvement may congratulate themselves that the progress of education is beginning to take effect upon this important department of domestic life. Cooking schools are springing up in many places in this country and England, and the English are taking the lead in organizing them as a part of their national and common school system.
Of the importance, the imperative necessity of this movement, there can not be the slightest question. Our kitchens, as is perfectly notorious, are the fortified intrenchments of ignorance, prejudice, irrational habits, rule-of-thumb and mental vacuity, and the consequence is that the Americans are liable to the reproach of suffering beyond any other people from wasteful, unpalatable, unhealthful and monotonous cookery. Considering our resources and the vaunted education and intelligence of American women, this reproach is just. Our kitchens are, in fact, almost abandoned to the control of low Irish, stupid Negroes, and raw, servile menials, that pour in upon us from various foreign countries. And what is worse, there is a general acquiescence in this state of things, as if it were something fated, and relief from it hopeless and impossible. We profess to believe in the potency of education, and are applying it to all other interests and industries, except only that fundamental art of the preparation and use of food to sustain life, which involves more of economy, enjoyment, health, spirits and the power of effective labor, than any other subject that is formally studied in the schools. We abound in female colleges and high schools, and
normal institutes supported by burdensome taxes, in which everything under heaven is studied except that practical art which is a daily and vital necessity in every household in the land.Prof. Youmans,in Popular Science Monthly.
THE SEA ISLANDS.
Nowhere on the face of the earth is there such a collection of islands as that which is strung along the coast of the United States from Key West to Charleston. The archipelago of the China sea or the Bahamas possibly includes as large a number, but they are scattered over a much larger space. The Sea islands are all flat, never over ninety feet high, and are composed of a sandy alluvium in some cases, in others of a soil formed of coral abraded to dust, while others, again, combine both formations. They are often divided from each other, or from the adjoining main-land, only by winding, but deep, creeks through which the tide flows. These channels are sometimes so narrow and overgrown with long sighing sedge that one is hardly conscious that the banks represent distinct islands separated by the waters of the ocean. But, although their formation would seem adapted to render these islands monotonous and uninteresting, they are really full of attraction, for they are often overgrown in the most enchanting manner by oak forests, groves of palm, and lianas, while the delicious sea-breezes of a semi-tropical clime, and the historic legends and associations of the past invest them with a wonderful poetic haze, like the golden vapor which sunset weaves over the roofs and spires of a distant town.—S.G.W. Benjamin in Harper's Magazine, November.
THE SORT OF GIRL TO GET.
The true girl has to be sought for. She does not parade herself as show goods. She is not fashionable. Generally, she is not rich. But, oh! what a heart she has when you find her! So large and pure and womanly. When you see it you wonder if those showy things outside were women. If you gain her love, your two thousand are millions. She'll not ask you for a carriage or a first-class house. She'll wear simple dresses, and turn them when necessary, with no vulgar magnificat to frown upon her economy. She'll keep every thing neat and nice in your sky parlor, and give you such a welcome when you come home that you'll think your parlor higher than ever. She'll entertain true friends on a dollar, and astonish you with the new thought, how little happiness depends on money. She'll make you love home (if you don't you're a brute), and teach you how to pity, while you scorn a poor, fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy.
Now, do not, I pray you, say any more, "I can't afford to marry." Go, find the true woman, and you can. Throw away that cigar, burn up that switch-cane, be sensible yourself, and seek your wife in a sensible way.—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT.
By way of ascertaining just how fast we can think, experiments, with the use of several kinds of apparatus, have been made by scientific men. In all the experiments the time required for a simple thought was never less than the fortieth of a second. In other words the mind can perform not more than twenty-four hundred simple thoughts a minute, being the rate for persons of middle age. From these figures it will be seen how absurd are many popular notions in regard to the fleetness of thought, how exaggerated are the terrors of remorseless memory that mortals have invented for the moment of dying. And we may reasonably "discount" also the stories told by men saved from drowning, cut down before death by hanging, or rescued from sudden peril from other causes. No doubt a man may think of a great multitude of experiences, good or bad, in a few minutes; but that the thoughts and emotions of a long life may surge through the mind during the seconds of asphyxiation is impossible.
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STUDENTS.
The word student is most properly applied to a person who earnestly strives for higher mental attainments. It is also applied to all who are under instruction in academical and collegiate institutions. The subject admits of many methods of discussion. By giving the words good and bad respectively moral and immoral significations there might be but two classifications; and by giving them meanings more generally understood in college halls, as applying to standard of scholarships, there also might be but two classifications. I do not wish to discuss the subject especially from either stand point, but in a general way speak of characteristics which could be classed properly under different heads.
From a moral stand point it is hard to draw the line between good students and bad students. There is a kind of moral arrangement in which good signifies plus, and bad signifies minus, and between these electrodes, all students arrange themselves according to their positiveness or negativeness. One who studies faithfully, whose life is marked by moral rectitude, is very sure to be near the positive end, while he who idles his time, whose life is marked by moral turpitude is very sure to be near the negative end.
Now it is a fact, that what seems to be the true relation one may bear to either pole, often proves untrue.
In a criminal prosecution, if a doubt arises in evidence, the criminal has the benefit of that doubt. This is not so in the judgments of men in the ordinary affairs of life. If one has the reputation of being mean, all meanness with which it is possible for him to be connected is attributed to him. And then if one is generally thought to be very upright, he escapes many just judgments that should be set against his credit. So the good student gets more than his just reward, and the bad student suffers penalties for others. It pays to be good. Our institutions of learning have subtle registers, which, though ever so intangible, keep very plain and substantial records of the different degrees of the ability of students, though, indeed, it sometimes happens that these registers are affected by deflecting influences. So that a student may have standing above his merit, or possibly below his merit. It is observed, that in manner of recitation, students are of two classes—the noisy and the silent. Persons in the noisy class are characterized by restlessness, a willingness to say something on all questions.
Yet it does not pay in all things to be dignified. The silent class admits of a subdivision. Those who are right ninety-nine times in a hundred, and those who are sometimes right,and sometimes wrong. A student in the silent class very seldom speaks unless he is spoken to. He attends closely to his books, and his answers are at once short, manly and decisive. Persons in the first class of this subdivision are by far the most noble type of students. They are of the best blood of our country, and are destined to become most influential. I believe, as a rule, it is better for one to be constitutionally adapted to the noisy class, than to be of that subdivision of the silent class where one is sometimes right and sometimes wrong, because the index of the college register is more likely to deflect in his favor; and here again is seen that characteristic in human nature which would deprive a criminal of the benefit of a doubt. If a student is very generally correct and there is a doubt it goes in his favor; but if the student is not very generally correct the doubt goes against him.
Man is, indeed, a creature of circumstances. Circumstances which place students in their respective classes are many and diverse in nature. It is a most favorable circumstance that one is endowed with a large brain of fine quality. But one may be thus endowed, and there be other circumstances unfavorable to its development. It is very unfavorable to have a brain of coarse quality, although there be much in quantity. The student whose wants are all provided for without any thought on his part, in that respect, has much the advantage of him who has to provide for himself. Distress and anxiety of mind are the bane and enemy of successful and profitable study. There are influences surrounding every one, which tend to prevent intensity of thought. The power to set aside such influences should be most cultivated. Some students pray before beginning a recitation. In this there is both philosophy and religion; for if he who prays believes that he will be divinely benefited, he has at once renewed confidence in his ability. Figuratively speaking his burdens are placed upon the shoulders of the Lord.
The Lord will not solve his mathematical problems, while he is loitering around the streets, nor translate his Greek and Latin while he handles a billiard cue; but in faith believing, his burdens the Lord will carry, so that he may exert all his mental energies in the work assigned him. The power of concentrating thought is strengthened in every endeavor to relieve the mind from distracting influences. Among students are noticed all the general characteristics in the human family. The high dignitary, and the common clod of humanity; the prominent politician, and the uninfluential individual who habitually falls in with the common order of things. There is a very common character in society known as the toady. This word was primarily toad-eater, from an ancient practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (supposed to be poisonous) so that their masters might pretend to effect marvelous cures. From this vile service the word conveys the idea of a fawning, ignoble person, and has the force of sycophancy. In other words, a toady is one who fawns after favors, and will act as an informer, or belittle himself to any extent to gain the attention of his superiors. Who of you cannot remember, in the school days of your childhood, certain boys and girls who, because of officiousness in keeping their teachers informed as to the short comings of their playmates, were called "tell tales," or "tattlers." These boys and girls have grown out of childhood. Some of them have found their way into higher institutions of learning, and as students, like those of "candied tongue," would, "lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning."
Different motives prompt different students to study. With some there is an hereditary appetite for knowledge. They take to learning naturally, and are never satisfied except when in search of its hidden treasures. It is often the case that misfortune directs one into the way of knowledge, and early disappointment has been known to change the plans of one's life and cause him to seek for a more substantial enjoyment grounded in truth. In this, a homely face, or ungainly form has often proved a blessing, and the opposite is equally true, for a handsome face, or comely form, in very many instances, has lead a good brain to the utter ruination of its most noble qualities.
The University of Kansas is destined to take its stand in the first rank of colleges in the United States. From its halls will go out some men and women whose power and influence for good will be felt throughout the entire civilized world. Yet many, very many, will fall far short of their expectations.
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ROME.
Rome, the "eternal city," founded by Romulus, on the left bank of the Tiber, peopled by robbers and refugees from the surrounding nations, gradually increased into importance, until she became the proud conqueror of the known world, the head and center of all civilization, the history of her foundation and "early days" wrapped up in poetic legends, which, even though they do not always breathe truth, yet, like the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, present a true idea of the customs and character of the Old Romans. Her government was a monarchy for 243 years, when Tarquinius Superbus and all his family were banished on account of the misconduct of his son Sextus. The age of the Roman Republic—B.C.510-B.C. 30—followed. For the first 150 years she was engaged in a struggle for existence, and "the conquest of Latium opened the way to the subjugation of the world." In this struggle is developed that courage, perseverance, energy and patriotism which afterward so distinguish the Romans.
During this period the Roman constitution was framed, the result of a protracted series of struggles between the plebians and patricians. Nor did the dissension between the two classes cease until the patricians were destroyed as a caste, and the plebians admitted to the highest offices of the State. Yet the Republic was never a democracy, as at Athens. The power was in the hands of the rich. "It is not under kings nor democratic influences and institutions that Rome reaches pre-eminence, but under an aristocracy. All that is most glorious in Roman annals took place under the rule of the Patricians." Every advantage the plebians obtained was gained inch by inch, and every inch was hardly contested. How dis similar from the government of Athens. In Athens the people ruled. It was a democracy of the purest type. There was not that open rupture between orders, which so characterizes the beginning of the Republic.
In this period Rome commenced that policy which did not end until the world lay prostrate at her feet. The battles which the Grecians fought were in defence of their liberty, those of the Romans for self aggrandizement. One great, fixed resolve—the conquest of the world—governed all their actions. Their indomitable will arose again and again amid reverses. They determined to succeed, and they did.
War as a trade is to be condemned. "It foments all the evil passions; it glories merely in strength; it worships only success. It makes a pandemonium of earth, and drags to its triumphal car the venerated relics of ages." Nevertheless, it results in some good, although it may not be anticipated at the outset of the conflict. The Romans pursued war as a trade, to gratify a thirst for power, never wavering, never resting, until they accomplished their aim. Nor did this aggressive policy change as long as there were nations to subdue, and then, like Alexander the Great, they sighed for other worlds to conquer. The pay of the Roman soldier was about 16 cents per diem. He, like the Spartan soldier, belonged to the State. He enlisted expecting to die and was prepared to die for Rome. It was his duty. While such sentiments pervaded the breast of every Roman, there was no encouragement for a painter or a philosopher. The road to honor was by success alone. Military science was perfected. The Roman legion be came invincible. In connection with this came executive talents, which enabled the Romans to rule the nations conquered by them. And, as masters of the world, they became proud, imperious and overbearing. Yet, this system of warfare results in one good, at least, in giving a great impulse to civilization, just as the crusades resulted in a benefit to Europe. Her language still exists in the Italian, French, and Spanish tongues. Her laws form the basis of our own admirable code.
In the meanwhile the morals have gradually changed. In vain did Marcus Cato speak against the vices and corruptions of the age. Nor did his stringent measures as censor avail. Luxury and her attendant vices had found their way into the capital. The conquest of Greece by Lucius Paulus Emilius, afterward surnamed Macedonicus, filled Rome with Grecian sculpture and painting, yet this was but the commencement of the devastation of Greece. Athens was despoiled of her fine statues and paintings. All the movable monuments of her grandeur were transported to embellish and raise to a higher pitch of glory the "Epitome of the Universe." Corinth surrendered the most valuable pictures, and the island of Rhodes gave up its statuary. Everything rare or beautiful in the world was taken to Rome. Hither the pro consuls resorted to squander the immense sums extorted from their provinces. In architecture, she adopted the Corinthian, the most ornamented. "Roman architecture is overdone with ornament." She invented the arch, heretofore unknown; and by combinations erected imposing structures.
In the midst of this, civil war rent the State, and Rome as a republic fell. It was a revolution in accordance with the necessities of the times. Order was better than anarchy, even though a despot reigned. Their aggressive policy was changed. The emperor merely aimed to preserve old conquests and not to make new ones. Rome was beautified still more. Grand buildings, temples, and columns arise. The Colosseum was erected in the middle of the city. It is built of traserline, faced with marble, and decorated with statues. It could seat 285,000 people. What an immense structure! Fine private edifices were built, the finest of which was Nero's. It is entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with jewels and mother of pearl. The supper rooms are vaulted, and the compartments of the ceiling, inlaid with ivory, are made to revolve and scatter flowers upon the banqueters below. The chief banqueting room is circular, and perpetually revolves in imitation of the motion of celestial bodies. The roads and aqueducts still exist, a monument of her greatness. Rome was and is unsurpassed in her material grandeur. Her remains now embellish Italy, making her the home of the fine arts.
It is seldom that any nation is allowed to have a great ascendancy over other nations unless the general influence of the dominant State is favorable to civilization; and when this influence is perverted the ascendancy passes away. And thus Rome, her mission having been accomplished, falls to Vandals under Genseric, in A.D.476. S.
During the year, the readers of the Courier may expect to be entertained and instructed by articles from such ex-students as Osburn, Timmons, Tremper, MacLennan, V. F. Brown, Houston, Altman, F. P. Clarke and others, whose literary merits need no comment from us.
The popularity of Dickens in this country may be judged from the fact that there have been published here not less than 24 different editions of his works.
The next lecture of the University course will be delivered on Tuesday evening, the 10th inst., by Chief Justice Horton.
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TWO DANGERS THAT THREATEN SOCIETY.
The agitations of socialism are becoming more general and intense, both in this country and Europe. It seems that there is a plan among the socialists in Europe to vacate the continental thrones by assassination, though the plan, if one there is, has thus far been carried out in a bungling manner. Of course, all these attempts to remedy, by brute force, evils in the present social organization, are as futile as they are dangerous. No one believes it possible to force radical and sweeping changes in society, without a disastrous result. If any class is bettered, it must be by legitimate means and moderate methods. A resort to physical force awakes the tiger in men, and sends them flying backward along the path of civilization into an age when physical force was supreme and moral right almost unknown. Force must be met by force, and the side that has brains, money, and arms, to back it is sure to be victorious—and that side is the side of law and order. When the fight is over, the condition of the conquered is ten times worse than before. Men must learn to reach the causes of the evils that afflict them, in a legitimate way, and it is comparatively easy to do this in a country ruled by the ballot. When reason is master, rather than ignorance, the ballot will take the place of guns, and win what force cannot.
But while upheavals of brute force are to be guarded against as destructive of all social order, it must not be forgotten that society has an enemy even more dangerous, because it works in an insidious way under the authority of law. This evil is the control and shaping of legislation in the interests of a minority of the people, and to the detriment of a majority. It is the history of nations that a small class sets itself up to work for its own interests, and to the injury of the entire people. This effort assumes various shapes, but the favorite is under the guise of legislation. The average American citizen has great regard for law, and sometimes forgets to inquire into its justice. He submits to its authority, even though that authority may not be based upon right. In this he is right, because bad laws are not to be broken, but remedied. Every nation has been troubled by a class of men that lived by levying tribute upon their fellow men. Once that tribute was fixed by a king and collected by his agents, and around him there grew and flourished a favored class that drew support from this tribute. Manners, men, and even forms of government, change, but these gentlemen who desire to live off the industry of others, we have with us always; and they propose to accomplish their ends in a purely legal way. They are shocked at the mere suggestion of a division of property, and
agitated at the mention of communism, for their keen sense of honesty makes them abhor these things; but if, through the maze windings of legal intricacies, or even by a direct form of legislation, they can fill their own pockets, all is well. Law is the measure of some men's morality. It bounds their action. If it permits wrong, well and good; it is law, and they are justified. Some of the veriest rascals unhung are the most particular observers of the law. Professional lobbyists set traps to catch unwary but honest people. To spring these traps a stroke of legislation is wanted. They secure it, and in justification say, "Is not this the law?" While communism works in the sub-strata of society, attempting to undermine, weaken and finally overthrow it by force, unjust legislation saps the energy and prosperity of the people and works sure ruin. Our Republic is founded upon principles of right and justice to all men, and a violation of those principles is a dangerous attack—it matters not whether the violation comes from a red-handed communist, who would hesitate at nothing to get that which is not his, or whether it comes from the elegant, able, but wily gentleman, who, with his colleagues, puts through some legislative measure for his and their benefit and to the injury of others. Both are equally at war with society, while between them there is mutual hatred. And it is usual for one to cry out against the other while he perpetrates his own villainies.
The safe-guard against each of these enemies is just law, wisely executed. In our country the power to have this abides in a majority of the people, but, to be able to exercise that power, they must have a knowledge of the science and ethics of law. It appears as though such a knowledge will be necessary to the perpetuity of our form of government. "Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your Republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by barbarians in the twentieth century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth,"—is the prophecy of Macaulay.
But the diffusion of a knowledge of the science of law, and with it an integrity that loves justice, will furnish even our political and social fabric with a protection against some Caesar or Napoleon, and as well against plundering barbarians.
The College of the Sisters of Bethany, at Topeka, has an attendance of about eighty students. The object of the institution is the education of young ladies. The name does not refer to any Order of Sisters, but is in honor of that home in Bethany which Jesus visited, and suggests a model and example. Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Vail, D. D., L. L. D., is President. There are preparatory and collegiate courses. The latter includes a junior, middle and senior year. The institution was started when Kansas was a Territory, under a charter giving it the rights of a college, granted by the last Territorial legislature. In 1870 the old charter was abandoned and a new one adopted under the general statute.
Col. G. P. Smith, father of the late Prof. Byron C. Smith has collected the writings of his son, and, we understand, will publish them. This will be welcome news to the friends of Prof. Smith. While in the Greek Chair at the Kansas State University, he formed a wide circle of friends and admirers, and not only there but wherever he was known. He was a man of unusual talent and culture, and his writings, though few in number, will be read and treasured.
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It is a worthy ambition that would supply the Kansas State University with a law department, fully equipped with the means to give every student desirous of it a thorough education in law. That there should be such a department was the intention of those who first gave the University a beginning by their patient and earnest work. As the institution has grown and gathered to itself, in a large measure, the young talent of the State, this need has become more apparent. Already Kansas has furnished many promising law students to institutions of other States, and there are a large number of students now in attendance upon the University who desire to take a course in law. A promising beginning has already been made, under the tutorship of Mr. J. W. Green. As yet, the State has made no provision for a law department connected with the University, but it is sincerely hoped that it will do so. A Kansas legislature might almost immortalize itself by taking the matter in hand and providing that for which there is not only an earnest desire but a keenly felt want.
A marvelous case of development of genius has recently occurred in New York. A Miss Ida Hutchings, daughter of Prof. Hutchings, the rapid calculator, has suddenly developed a power to do numberless things which she has never learned. Her education is limited, but she speaks different languages, both living and dead, produces beautiful poems, sings like a nightingale — although her voice is said to have always been weak, and she never received any instruction — not only soprano, but contralto, tenor, and even basso, and in different languages, and in a manner generally attained only after years of study, improvising both words and music, and she recites like a queen of tragedy.
It seems that there is an effort in the scientific world to make the spots on the sun accountable for natural phenomena which cannot be accounted for in any other way. Mr. M. C. Meldrum, in a paper on "Sun Spots and Rainfall," states that the rainfall, as recorded at fifty-four stations in Great Britain, for a period of several years, was 0.75 of an inch below the mean when the sun-spots were below their mean, and 0.90 of an inch above it when the spots were in excess, and the corresponding values of thirty-four stations in America were 0.94 and 1-13 inches. This would seem to lead to the conclusion that increased or diminished rainfall is coincident with the appearance of spots on the sun.
At Topeka there is an Academy of Music and Languages, under the direction of Mrs. P. Amanda Washburn. A feature of the school is monthly concerts, whereby pupils can acquire that ease and freedom of performance which can only be acquired by appearing before an audience. During the summer vacation a musical institute is held. The regular course of instruction in the Academy occupies four years. In the department of languages, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Greek, are taught.
Lane University, at Lecompton, has about fifty students. Prof. Tohill, A.M., is President of the institution, and Prof. Bartlett, A.M., professor of Moral and Mental Science.
It is said that the Faculty at Oberlin is composed of little, dried up old persons, who came into the world ready grown to maturity. They never were young; never had the instincts and passions of young men and women. They know how to make rules and are well stuffed with book-learning. They conceive of the nature of young men and women, as something entirely prone to evil and to be repressed. They also think that young men and women should not enjoy each other's society. These views, and their enforcement in the form of rules, have resulted in a turmoil at Oberlin that has attracted amused attention from all quarters. There is but one Oberlin.
The city of Leavenworth has an Academy of Science, which holds regular meetings,has a large membership, including the most cultured people of the city,and, to sum it up, flourishes. Would not a similar organization be excellent for Lawrence? Science can be so popularized as to attract and hold the attention of the merest tyro in scientific study, much to his own improvement. Lectures and scientific discussions would be of benefit, especially to the student who is just entering a University course.
Rev. David Swing has a poor opinion of the truthfulness of this generation. He was informed that there was a society in Chicago, the members of which were fined for telling the truth in a regular meeting. "The modern lie," says Swing, "glides from the tongue with the lightness and gracefulness of a joke. If such a society has been formed, they may just as well consider all other societies in the land and all corporations as branch associatlons. That body need not solicit members—the living generations were born into it."
It is said that Superintendent Doty, of Chicago, excels Solomon or Confucius as a paragraphist. His one-line sentences for the government of teachers and pupils are bewilderingly oppressive.
While in an oratorical frenzy, the Rev. Joseph Cook exclaimed, "Allow me to pluck up the territory of the American Union as Milton's angels did the hills of Heaven. A gentleman arose and said "I object."
Gen. Fraser once said to his class in logic: "Don't fear the large words now; they are perfectly harmless, being but asses clothed in lion's skins."
That famous Richmond colored preacher who holds that "the sun do move," is making a model to illustrate his theory of astronomy.
The winter session of the State Normal School, at Emporia, will begin January 1st. There are now about one hundred and thirty students in attendance.
The students of the Agricultural College pay Prof. Platt for instruction in vocal music.
A majority of the differences in this world are about words. Gen.Fraser.
East Texas University, at Tyler, has just been opened. It can accommodate five hundred students.
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THE OLD AND THE NEW.
The first catalogue of the University of Kansas appeared in 1866. A reference to it brings back the days when the University was in its infancy, its growth and prosperity yet to be, and foreseen by only a few of its most sanguine friends. To those who know the institution as it now is, a fair idea of the progress that has been made can be obtained by a retrospective view. The first catalogue furnishes a starting point from which the history of the institution can be traced through twelve years of contest with difficulties that seemed almost insurmountable. Dependent upon the bounty of the State, the University has shared the struggles and the triumphs which have marked the history of Kansas.
In 1866, the Faculty consisted of E. J. Rice, President, and professor of mental and moral science and belles lettres; D. H. Robinson, professor of ancient languages and literature; F. H. Snow, professor of mathematics and natural sciences. Albert Newman lectured upon hygiene and sanitary science. There were fifty-five students in attendance; twenty-six ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen. Forty-eight were from Douglas county, two from Shawnee, one from Allen, one from Wabaunsee, while three registered from other States—one from Missouri, one from Illinois, and one from Ohio.
What is now known as the old university building was occupied at that time. It had eight recitation rooms and a chapel. There were then, as now, two courses of instruction, the preparatory and collegiate.
The catalogue is silent as to the number of students in the collegiate department in 1866, but, if our memory serves us rightly, there were none in the collegiate department proper.
Now, the Faculty consists of ten members. Almost 400 students are in attendance. Twelve States of the Union, and forty-one counties of Kansas, are represented. The new university is 246 feet in length,98 feet wide in the center, wings 62 feet each, and the main audience room is 94 feet long by 56 wide. There are 54 rooms in the building, all designed for the work of instruction. The Natural History department has over 50,000 specimens. Apparatus for experimenting has been provided, and there is the nucleus of a library.
EXCHANGES.
REVIEW OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
We have received the November number of the Kansas City Review of Science and Industry. It is fully equal to any of its predecessors in point of scientific worth and literary merit. The leading article is a paper by Prof. Snow, already familiar to the readers of the Courier. "Peruvian Antiquities," by E. R. Heath, M. D., is a very valuable and interesting description of the wonderful relics found in the land of the Incas. In an illustrated article by Rev. James French, of Denver, the writer attempts to prove that the Great Pyramid, built by Cheops, was for the purpose of prophecy. He claims that in the pyramids are found hieroglyphics and inscriptions foretelling the advent of Christianity and the exodus of Judaism; argues that man has not existed in Egypt in a civilized state for 13,000 years, as claimed by scientists. The antiquity of man in Egypt is based upon the discovery of pottery and other solid substances, buried beneath the alluvial deposits of the Nile. May not the pottery, on account of its specific gravity, have sunk in obedience to the law of gravitation? The article is very ingenious. The number contains much other scientific
and miscellaneous matter. The subscription price of this excellent magazine is $2.50 a year. We notice the publishers offer to all those who will subscribe to the current volume (Vol. II), to give the whole of the first volume for $1.00, making $3.50 for the two volumes—a fine opportunity to obtain a large amount of excellent reading matter.
Among our exchanges we are always glad to receive the Industrialist, published in the interest of the Agricultural College of this State. It is full of useful as well as entertaining reading matter. It especially deserves the patronage of the industrial men and women of Kansas.
The Niagara Index is the perest exchange we receive. It seems to take special delight in cutting and slashing, and is the recipient of a great deal of criticism from contemporary papers. But from the general appearance we should judge it able to hold its own.
The Student Life, from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., is almost our beau ideal of what a college paper should be; good type, well selected articles, and the spice of college news. We wish you success.
The Denison Collegian, a sixteen page paper, published at Granville, Ohio, is a model of neatness and good wormanship. Denison University may well be proud of her paper.
The Earlhamite, published monthly by the Ionian society of Earlham College, in the matter of typography, is good.
For a wide awake, newsy college paper, the most fastidious can find one of this description in the College Courier, published at Monmouth, Illinois. Its articles are concise and to the point. Come often.
The American Journal of Education is a literary paper of much worth, as the most of our Kansas teachers and students can testify, and too well known to the majority of our readers to need comment. But we would advise every man, woman, and child in the State of Kansas, interested in the cause of education, to subscribe for the paper. A specimen copy will be sent to any address upon the receipt of a three cent stamp. All correspondence should be directed to Mr. J. B. Merwin or Mr. R. D. Shannon, St. Louis, Mo.
The November number of the Campus, Meadville, Pa., is at hand. Its articles are very chaste and instructive. The typography and general appearance are excellent.
The College Herald, University of Lewisburg, Pa., is a 12 page paper published monthly by the Theta Alpha and Euepian literary societies of the University at Lewisburg. The November number is well adapted for home reading.
The Wittenberger, published at Springfield, Ohio, is a fine specimen of college enterprise, and is an honor to the institution. In the November number may be found several instructive and interesting articles. One article, especially, on the "Evil of Cramming," by Prof. W. H. Wynn, is well worth reading.
The Kansas Collegiate has issued a 12 page holiday number. It shows decided prosperity.
The last number of the Pastime is on our table. It has doubled its size since our last issue. The last number contains more solid matter than heretofore, yet it has not decreased in its wit in the least.
Since our last we have received the Deaf Mute Index, published by the State Mute and Blind Institute, of Colorado. O.J.Kennedy, an old student of the University, is editor in chief.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Thanksgiving is over.
Christmas is coming.
The small boy is happy.
The law class now meets at 8 o'clock in the morning.
W. C. McCann has accepted a position in Bates' book store. Game is very plenty, and quails come into the market in large quantities.
Why is Prof. Robinson's Plautus like Gaul? Quod, ea divisa est in partes tres.
A sad night scene: Four students rolling salt barrels into the street, and upsetting dry goods boxes.
The Oreads, like the Orophilians, have abolished the society paper. A majority of the members were in favor of having the paper, but through some means the motion to abolish was carried.
On the 19th of last month our University was visited by two gentlemen, Regent Woodward and Hon. T.D. Thacher. They seemed highly pleased with the work being done by the various classes. Come again, gentlemen.
The Oread and Orophilian literary societies have each appointed a committee of three to secure a commencement orator. The following gentlemen compose the committees: For the Oreads, Messrs. Smith, Gleed, and Parker; for the Orophilians, Messrs. Jenkins, Hayes, and Burney.
Why don't the students take more interest in manly sports? Some time ago a meeting of the students was held, and a committee appointed to see the President of the Faculty concerning a gymnasium; this committee has never made a report, and something should be done.
The Chair of Physics, Astronomy, and Civil Engineering, has been offered to a gentleman from Princeton, N. J. He is highly recommended by President McCosh, and the astronomer, Prof. Young. If he accepts, we have no doubt but that the University will have obtained a good instructor.
Regents Beatty, Ingalls and Reynolds met at the University on the 18th of November, and were engaged in examining the workings of the departments for nearly three days. This was done for the purpose of suggesting to the Board of Regents any changes that might be necessary for the good of the University.
Hon. S.O. Thacher lectured on the subject of "Hard Times," at University Hall, on the 12th of last month. This lecture was followed by one delivered on the 21st, by Judge N.T.Stevens. All our students should attend these lectures, as they are not only instructive but also entertaining.
At last the Law class is started, and is composed of the following members: J. W. Wallace, R. A. French, S. C. Usher, C. S. Gleed, L. L. Davis, C. K. Douglas, S. W. Brewster, T. H. Kennedy, H. T. Smith, G. W. W. Yates, and B. D. Palmer. Some of these gentlemen are studying law in down town offices but are taking this course in order to make their work more thorough.
Will Stevens is disconsolate over the prolonged absence of his "old woman." She left Thanksgiving eve to enjoy turkey, in consequence of which, Stevens has been cold ever since. Indeed, he has gone so for as to apply for a divorce. Jenkins returns just as we go to press. Stevens looks warmer even now.
There seems to be a great deal of interest taken in the game of chess by some of our students. There is a chess club regularly organized, and championship games between the following named gentlemen are now in progress: E.C.Little,S.O. Henry,E.C.Meservey,W.M.Thacher,C.A.Peters,W.G. Raymond,L.L.Davis,S.T.Williams,and H.G.Humphrey. At last accounts,Humphrey was ahead,but Davis was close to him.
A Thanksgiving Reception was given to the ladies of the G. E.B. Club, on the evening of the 28th inst., at Frazer's Hall. The following gentlemen were managers, and to them the success of the party is undoubtedly due: J. D. Patterson, Louis Ehrgott, W. H. Dildine, and G. E. Patrick. The hall was beautifully and tastefully decorated, and the music furnished by Gardner's orchestra, of Topeka, was elegant.
All is quiet in this region at present writing. The late disturbances have created a great deal of excitement, but it has now nearly all subsided. Although we sincerely regret that the unfortunate occurrences of the past two or three weeks ever happened, we think that the lessons that have been so dearly learned by some will prove beneficial to all. Of one thing we are certain, and that is, we now understand the law. With one exception, no arrests have been made by the city authorities, and some of our students are happy.
The lecture on the subject "Temperaments," delivered in University Hall on the eve of the 27th of November, by Hon. Geo. R. Peck, was a literary treat to the students of the University and their friends. Mr. Peck is a forcible and pleasing speaker, and treated his subject in a manner interesting to all. The lecture was listened to with rapt attention, and was highly appreciated by all who heard it. Mr. Peck is a favorite of the students of our University, and will receive a most cordial welcome whenever he may see fit to come and see us.
The Cadets seem to be a little under the weather. We can not see why it has taken two or three months to get the company into running order. Almost all of the boys who returned this year, and were members of the company last year, are one by one falling out, and to-day the K. U. Cadets do not, including officers, contain twenty effective men. It is true they have revised their constitution, and appointed Dr. Howe drill master, with the rank of Orderly; but what does this amount to when there are no men to drill? There is one thing that all know, and that is, that there has not been enough genuine backbone displayed in the management of the company. There has been too much strife, and too little order, and unless some one wakes up and does his duty, in less than three months the once famous K. U. Cadets will be a thing of the past.
Our genial friend Prof. Patrick, is acquiring a wide reputation as a chemist. His name was published in all the Kansas City papers, in connection with a second class yeast powder controversy, for nearly two months, and here lately he has been engaged in making an analysis of a boy's stomach, who was poisoned some time since by his inhuman father, at Olathe, Kansas. After the Professor had spent some three weeks in examining the aforesaid stomach, he was gratified, we suppose, by finding the presence of a large quantity of strychnine. Upon the result of this analysis, the prisoner was convicted of murder in the first degree, and now languishes in durance vile.
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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
COLLEGIANA.
Several of our students voted in Lawrence at the last election. Now we are not often given to moralizing, but consider it our duty to give the boys a little advice which may keep them out of trouble in the future. To us it is clear that students coming from other portions of the State have no right to vote here. An amendment to our constitution says: "For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while a student of any seminary of learning." They have a similar law in New York, where a test case was recently tried, in Cattaraugus county. A young man, whose parents lived in Orleans county, attended a Catholic school at Alleghany, Cattaraugus county, and while there, fitting himself for the priesthood, exercised the right of every American citizen—the right to vote. He was tried for illegal voting and found guilty. We make the following extract from the Judge's charge to the jury, as it fully covers our case, and would have weight in our Courts:
Now, I do not intend to instruct you that this constitutional provision precludes a student from acquiring a residence at the place where he attends college, but the fact must be established by evidence other than that which is afforded by his sojourn in the place as a college student. A change of residence may be effected by a change of location with the intent to make that location a new home, as distinct from any intent to return when some temporary purpose is accomplished. But a change of residence is not effected by an intention alone, or by change of location alone. Both must concur. And the intent must be evinced by consistent acts which denote an abandonment of the former residence and the selection of a new home. You may find here that defendant never intended to return to Orleans county as his home, from his declaration and his conduct, but you must also find before you can decide, that he acquired a new residence—that he intended to make Cattaraugus county his future home, and evidenced that intent by corroborative acts. If he expected to enter upon the duties of a Catholic priest at the place of the college at the expiration of his studies, a starting point would exist in support of the theory urged in his behalf. But even these expectations must have been emphasized by some act of preparation before he could acquire a new residence—some act which would color his intent and consumate his purpose. It therefore follows, if the evidence does not disclose any circumstances which distinguish his case from that of the ordinary one of a college student, intent upon prosecuting his studies, but who has left the parental roof to carve out his own future for himself, it fails to meet the requirements of the law for the acquisition of a new residence, and the main question in the case will turn upon your conclusion upon this subordinate one.
We have no desire to abridge the right of any student to vote, but merely advance this information that no one may get into trouble from an ignorance of the law (for every citizen is presumed to know the law).
Besides, we do not want our institution to acquire the reputation of being a partizan institution. A student has as much right to engage in politics as anybody has. If he be qualified, it is not only his right, but his duty, to vote, but the proper place to exercise the right is not in Lawrence but at his home. Let us keep politics out of our University.
Prof. Patrick's class had a short vacation last month, the professor having been subpoenaed to testify in a murder trial at Olathe. The prisoner was charged with poisoning his son, whose stomach was examined by Professor Patrick, and strychnine found therein.
At the last meeting of the Board of Regents, held November 21st, Prof. H. S. S. Smith, of Princeton, was chosen to fill the chair of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering, made vacant by the death of Prof. Bardwell. Prof. Smith is a young man, a graduate of Princeton, and comes highly recommended by President McCosh, and his fellow members of the faculty. The transfer of Physics to the Chair of Astronomy is a wise one both on account of the intimate connection between the subjects and because it will enable Prof. Patrick to devote his whole time to his specialty—chemistry. Engineering will eventually be placed in charge of the Chair of Mathematics. Prof. F. O. Marvin retains his place as assistant professor of Astronomy and Engineering. Three new assistant professorships are asked for—one in Ancient Languages, one in English and History, and one in Mathematics. They should be supplied, since these departments are at present in an overcrowded condition.
On the evening of the 21st the course of lectures in the Law department was begun. The committee displayed their wisdom when they chose Hon. N. T. Stephens, Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, to inaugurate the course. The lecture was able and eloquent. The lecturer stated that what Kansas wants is more educated lawyers, and fewer pettifogers. Logic rules the courts; vehement gestures and stage effects are of little avail. Our laws should be simple and made by educated men. All who heard the lecture were profited thereby.
Judge S. O. Thacher delivered the initial lecture of the University course on the evening of the 12th ult. The Judge chose for his subject "Hard Times," pointing out their cause and remedy, teaching that to him who labors is an abundant harvest. The lecture was logical and evidenced careful thought.
Miss Kate Stephens entertained the students of her department at her father's residence, northwest of town, on the evening of the 9th ult. The weather, being inclement, prevented a full attendance, but those present were amply rewarded for braving the elements. Music, dancing and refreshments were a part of the programme. A splendid time is reported.
A committee of the Board of Regents, consisting of Messrs. Beatty, Ingalls and Reynolds, were in session on the 19th and 20th ult. They transacted a large amount of business, among other things preparing a report of the condition of the institution for presentation to the Board.
The Junior class are making preparations for an entertainment to be given on the 15th inst The programme will consist of readings, declamations, essays, orations, and music.
Prof. DeMotte of Bloomington, Ill., recently visited the University and was impressed with our advantages and surroundings.
Prof. Snow has lately added to the entomological cabinet a large and beautiful collection of lepidoptera from South America.
The best microscopes made reveal objects one-eighty-thousandth of an inch in length. It is estimated that 2,000 molecules of water arranged in a line, would just be visible under the microscope, hence it would take 8,000,000,000 molecules to make an inch in length.
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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LITERARY.
Joaquin Miller's next volume is to be "Songs of Italy." Joseph Cook earns about $25,000 a year by lecturing.
Within the last seven years there have been more than 500 publications concerning Dante.
Three thousand dollars worth of works on chess were lately found in the library of a deceased professor of the University of Pennsylvania.
The last relative of Thomas Hood has just passed away. Mrs. Frances Freeland Broderip, only daughter of the humorist, died at Cleveland, in the 49th year of her age.
A newspaper printed in the Indian language, and called "The Pipe of Peace," has recently been issued. This is a method that may do more towards civilizing the Indian than the Quakers or the army.
Papyrus manuscripts have been found in the Egyptian Catacombs, apparently several thousand years old. Manuscripts have been discovered in large numbers in Herculaneum.
Among the recent issues of the Japanese press is a version of the Apocalypse of St. John, made from the oldest Greek manuscript, by Rev. Nathan Brown, an American missionary.
D'Aubigne's great work on the Protestant Reformation, begun more than 40 years ago, will be completed in a few days by the issue of the concluding volume.
Rev. John Lang, of Edinburg, has completed a dictionary of the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain, which contains 22,000 entries.
Mr. Bullen, of the British Museum, is compiling an elaboate bibliography of Uncle Tom's Cabin, for a new edition of Mrs. Stowe's novel now in preparation by Messrs. Houghton, Osgood & Co.
Gen. Eaton, after a long search, has procured a copy of the life of George Washington, in Latin prose, edited by J. N. Reynolds, and composed by Francis Glass, of Ohio, as far back as 1825. It was published by the Harpers in 1855. It is a very rare book, and curious as it is rare.
SCIENTIFIC.
Boston is the city of lectures. Speakers who cannot draw paying audiences in this city are able repeatedly to fill the largest halls there. Attendance on at least one course of lectures every winter is a weakness with those Bostonians who do not countenance theatres. Of late the managers have interspersed the lectures with concerts and dramatic readings, to the high displeasure of the admirers of the platform orators. Exchange.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the most active and efficient of scientific societies.
One of the most valuable discoveries of modern times is a process for the permanent protection of iron from rust and atmospheric influences.
A Paris worker in metals finds himself with a head of green hair, from some unknown chemical cause. His wife, who is a kind of Xantippe, calls him a "greeny."
The Sierra Nevada mine is at a depth of 2,200 ft.; Consolidated Virginia and California, 2,050; Gould and Curry,1,900; Savage, 2,309, and Hale and Norcross, 2,300.
Four per cent. of all the coal laden vessels that have left English ports, for the last five years, for destinations south of the equator, have lost their cargoes by spontaneous combustion.
An accident in a factory led one of the owners to experiment as to the cheapest and best substance for making garments incombustible. He found it to be a five per cent. solution of ammonium phosphate.
Prof. Tyndall contradicts the statement of the London Times that he once suggested that the earth must have received the germs of life from some other planet. He says he never entertained such an opinion.
England has an exalted idea of the inventive genius of America. It is asserted by Punch that American babies crawl out of their cradles, take critical surveys of them, invent improvements and obtain letters patent.
Dr. Wachsmuth, of Berlin, says that if one-third part of oil of turpentine is added to chloroform, the latter can be administered as an anaesthetic without the risk usually attending it. The turpentine prevents pulmonic paralysis, sometimes induced by chloroform.
Necessity is the mother of invention. A patent was lately issued for a coffin torpedo, which consists of a canister containing powder, balls, and a firing trigger, so arranged that should any attempt be made to open the coffin, the torpedo would be instantly exploded, with a loud noise, and deadly balls sent in all directions.
FACETIAE.
Miss Harriet Hosmer has discovered how to change limestone into marble. It is done by the application of damp heat and great pressure. By this process she is also able to color marble all conceivable shades, producing a manufacturing article at much less cost than the real, or rather that produced by nature, for this is equally real, produced by a process similar to that employed by nature herself.
The "Sweet Bye and Bye" is alluded to as the "saccharine future."
A wide spread evil—a big umbrella in a crowd.
In a Danbury clothing store is a card announcing, "Perfectly fitting garments—every article sets as good as a hen."
Professor, in Physical Geography: "Where on the globe is eternal spring? Junior Prep.: "In a rubber factory."
We don't care a straw what Shakspeare says, "A rose by any other name would" not "smell as wheat." Make an oat of this."
How many apples did Eve and Adam eat? Eve 8 and Adam 2; total, 10.
We often find that an eloquent speaker is like a river greatest at the mouth.
"How intoxicating the moon is to-night," said a certain Freshman girl. "Yes," replied her companion, "that is because the moon is full."
"I am standing," said a student in a public meeting, "on the sacred soil of liberty." "You are standing," yelled his creditor, "on the soles of a pair of boots you have not paid me for."
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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
"The single skull race!" exclaimed an old lady as she laid down the morning paper. "My gracious! I didn't know that there was a race with double skulls."
A member of the K. U. C. dropped in very suddenly on a class mate, and found two of the boys sitting opposite each other at a table, on which was a paper covered with mysterious marks. "John and I have been getting up a new system of logarithms," says the disconcerted host.
A kissed his girl the other night, and asked her if she felt his moustache. "Oh, no!" she said, "I felt a little down in the mouth.
Prof. (in physiology): "Mr. Y., have you ever put your head on any one's breast and listened to the heart-beats?" Mr. Y. (blushing): "Yes, sir." Mr. Y. couldn't see why the class laughed.
A MODERN DRINKING SONG.
Fill high the bowl with Fusil Oil ! With Tannin let your cups be crowned ! If Strychnine gives relief to Toil, Let Strychnine's generous juice abound ! Let Oil of Vitriol cool your brains, On, animated atoms brew- And fill your arteries, hearts and veins, With glee—and infusorial glue!
Vine! *That* died out in '58—
What fool would have it back? And how?
The "cup that will inebriate
And never cheer," they sell us now.
"The conscious water saw its God
And blushed."—What of it? Don't you feel
That water knows the Drugger's rod,
And blushes now—with Cochineal!
Bring on the Beer—Fresh Copperas foam!
With Alum mixed, in powder fine,
How could my foolish fancy roam
In search of whiter froth than thine?
Thy Indian Berry's Essence spread
Through amber wavelets, sparkling clear,
Benumbs dull Care—strikes Feeling dead—
And narcotizes Shame and Fear!
Far down thy bubbling depths, Champagne! Drown'd Honor, Love, and Beauty lie— They fought th' unequal fight in vain- Shall we, too, merly drink—and die? Sweet Acetate of Lead, forbid！ Fill every drink with pangs—and tell What torture could—and always did Anticipate the stings of Hell！
Miss Gertrude Bullene, of the class of '77, went last week to Kansas City, to be bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, Mr. T. B. Bullene, Jr.
Miss Nettie Robinson, one of the oldest members of the I.C. society of this University, is visiting in Lawrence.
Mrs. Lizzie (Campbell) Huffman, a student of the days gone by, is here visiting the friends of her school days, her home now being at Carthage, Mo.
Miss Vara Gunn has returned home from her visit in Massachusetts, having, while absent, attended Dr. L. Soreni's Summer School of Languages, at Amherst.
Miss Ella Hadley has gone to spend two or three months in Chicago.
Prof. Smith has accepted the chair of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering, and will enter upon his duties in January.
Lady and gentleman arguing vigorously as to whether there are female angels. He: "Well, I can prove from the Scripture that there are no women angels." She: "Oh, no you can't." "Yes; you must remember the passage, 'And there was silence in Heaven for the space of an hour.'" She: "___!"
Dedicated to the University students who attended the ball last Thanksgiving eve :
"Dear Father: Have been obliged to purchase several new books of reference recommended by professors. Please send $8.00 by return mail, and oblige
Your Loving Son."
HIS SHARE AND MINE.
Tennyson incessantly smokes an old fashioned clay pipe, loaded with Virginia pigtail tobacco. But that is not what enables him to write poetry.
He went from me so softly and so soon. His sweet hands rest at morning and at noon;
The only task God gave them was to hold A few faint rose-buds—and be white and cold,
His share of flowers he took with him away; No more will blossom here so fair as they.
His share of thorns he left—and if they tear My hands instead of his, I do not care.
His sweet eyes were so clear and lovely,but To look into the world's wild light and shut:
Down in the dust they have their share of sleep. Their share of tears is left for me to weep.
His sweet mouth had its share of kisses—Oh What love, what anguish, will he ever know?
Its share of thirst, and murmuring, and moan And cries unsatisfied, shall be my own.
He had his share of summer. Bird and dew Were here with him—with him they vanished, too. His share of dying leaves, and rains, and frosts, I take, with every dreary thing he lost.
He, in his turn, with small, still, snowy feet,
Touched the Dim Path, and made its Twilight sweet.
—Mrs. S. M. Piatt.
The phantom of the cloud he did not see For evermore will overshadow me.
THE WORDS OF STRENGTH.
There are three lessons I would write— Three words as with a burning pen— In tracing the eternal light Upon the heart of men.
Have Hope. Though clouds environ now And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow— No night but hath its morn.
Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven, The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth, Know this God rates the hosts of Heaven, The inhabitants of earth.
Have Love. Not love alone for one,
But man as man, thy brother call,
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities on all.
Thus have these lessons on thy soul— Hope, Faith and Love—and thou shalt find Strength when life's surges rudest roll, Light when thou else wert blind.
— Schiller.
UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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B. W. WOODWARD & CO.,
Druggists ,
ROUND CORNER, - Massachusetts and Henry Streets.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
HOLIDAY GOODS!
Mrs. GARDNER & CO.
Have the Finest Assortment of
Ladies' and Children's Furs In the city. Sold CHEAP FOR CASH LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
A. STORM
The Pioneer Stove Man of Lawrence AGAIN ON THE WAR PATH!
STOVES,
Tin, Sheet-iron Copperware.
Practical Sheet-Metal Worker.
Roofing, Guttering and Job Work a Specialty.
ADAMS & HOSMER. General Commission Merchants.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED HOUSE OF THE KIND IN LAWRENCE.
S. W. Corner of Henry and Vermont Sts.
MITCHELL & HORNE,
BARBERS!
OF THE
Popular Crystal Palace Shop,
Offer special inducements to University Students and public generally by their
UNDER FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Reduction in Prices!
Hair Cutting, 25 cents : Shampooling, 25 cents ; Shaving, 10 cents.
Best workmen in the West employed. Give the boys a call.
W. M. CULBERTSON.
NO. 110
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF COAL, Office No. 110 Massachusetts Street.
L. D. L. TOSH, (Class of 73.)
Attorney at Law
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
LAWRENCE, - - KANSAS.
CHEAP CASH STORE GEORGE MARCH,
Foreign Domestic Dry Goods
No. 111 Mass, Street, - - Lawrence, Kan.
GO TO LAMON'S GALLERY!
No. 125 Massachusetts Street,
FOR THE MOST STYLISH PICTURES Taken in Lawrence.
SHOT GUNS, RIFLES AND PISTOLS, SHOT POUCHES, FLASKS,
Shot, Caps, Lead, Sein Twine, Fish Hooks, Lines,
Poles, Pocket Cutlery,
AND EVERY ARTICLE USED BY SPORTSMEN,
70 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kan.
C. W. W. YATES,
DRUGS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
OILS, DYE STUFFS, COMBS, BRUSHES,
Patent Medicines,
FANCY GOODS.
Perfumes, and Toilet Articles Generally Also, Pure Liquors for Medical Purposes.
IOO Massachusetts St.,
LAWRENCE, - - - - KANSAS.
DIRECTORY.
W. W. FLUKE,
MUSIC STORE, AND DEALER IN ORGANS,
Planos, and Singer Sewing Machines.
BROMELSICK'S
SHIRT DEPOT. HEAD BUARTERS FOR HATS,
Caps, and Gent's Furnishing Goods.
HUTSON & KLOCK.
RESTAURANT AND MANUFACTURING CON- fectioners.
A. G. MENGER.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN BOOTS and Shoes.
H. W. MACAULAY.
H. W. MACAULAY,
LAWRENCE BUSINESS COLLEGE. THORough Business Course.
MARK ANTHONY'S
IS THE PLACE TO GET YOUR BARBERING done in the best style. 123 Massachusetts St.
University Students and all their friends will find the best assortment of
Boots and Shoes
AT LOWEST PRICES, AT
HUMES' ONE PRICE HOUSE, 125 Mass. St., Lawrence, Kansas.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
THE HOTEL OF MARYLAND.
SECOND SESSION COMMENCES JAN. 29.
Full course of study in Ancient and Modern Languages, in Metaphysics and Political Science, in Mathematics, in Natural Sciences, in English Literature and History, in Civil Engineering. Special courses in Natural History and Chemistry. Alhigher course of Normal Instruction for Professional Teachers
A COURSE OF LECTURES
On various topics, embracing Science, Literature, Art, and Law, by some of the most eminent men in the State.
MUSIC.
Vocal, Piano, and Organ, by a competent instructor.
For any desired information, write to
J. MARVIN, Chancellor,
Lawrence, Kausas.
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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
We cordially invite all TEACHERS and STUDENTS of the State University to call at our immense stock of
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING Especially adapted for this season of the year, such as fine.
CASSIMERE SUITS. Genuine Black Worsted and Imported Broadcloth Suits, Also BLACK,BROWN,and BLUE
BEAVER, WORSTED & CHINCHILLA OVERCOATS.
At ALL PRICES, and equal in every respect to the best custom make; also a large stock of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS AND CAPS, &c., &c.
We shall always keep THE BEST, THE CHEAPEST, and THE LARGEST Stock of First-Class Clothing ever shown in this vicinity. We consider it no trouble to show our goods, and our motto is,
"STRICTLY SQUARE DEALING."
Your obedient servants,
STEINBERG BROS.,
87 Massachusetts St.
THE BOYS!
A. J. CONNELLY,
IS THE
BOYS'S SHOE MAN
——OF LAWRENCE.——
He keeps in Stock the
FINEST LINE OF BOOTS, SHOES.
AND
RUBBER GOODS
Ever sold in Lawrence, which he will sell at lower prices than any of them. You will always find him on the
COR. OF MASS. AND WARREN STS.
Cash Grocery House.
Famous for First Class
GROCERIES
AT Bed Rock Prices!
FRESH OYSTERS AND CELERY ALWAYS ON HAND!
Students, Remember the Sign,
CASH GROCERY HOUSE,
J. S. HENDERSON,
143 Mass. St., Lawrence, Kansas.
Monuments, Tombstones Mantles
PARNHAM & BAILEY,
P. O. Drawer, 240.
MANUFACTURERS OF
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
P. M. HAMLIN,
LIVERY STABLE
Students are especially invited to call on me for Rigs of all kinds.
THE JOURNAL
BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
THE MOST COMPLETE FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK IN THE STATE.
ESTABLISHED IN 1862.
CLOTHIERS.
J. HOUSE & CO.
LAWRENCE, KAN.
University Books,
Paper, Scratch Books, Pens, Inks, Pencils, &c.,
A. F. BATES' BOOK STORE, 99 Massachusetts Street.
Turkish Bath
AND
ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
No.60 Vermont Street.
Special attention to Chronic Diseases and Nervous Affections of all kinds.
TERMS REASONABLE.
DR. R. DOBBINS, Proprietor.
DALEE.
University Photograph Gallery. South Tennessee Street, LAWRENCE, KAN.
Photographs taken from card to life size by the Lightning Process.
"VENIENTI OCCULI MORBO."
r. Thos. Yarnold,
ENGLISH PHYSICIAN,
Treats all Chronic and Complicated Diseases.
Office 169 Mass. St. Residence 163 & 165, up stairs.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Crystal Palace Barber Shop
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, UNDER NATIONAL BANK.
MITCHELL & HORNE, Proprietors.
ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCKS
Boots AND Shoes
In the City to select from at
BED ROCK PRICES
CAN BE FOUND AT
R. D. MASON'S.
WILDER BROTHERS. Manufacturers of
SHIRTS.
Underwear, Collars and Cuffs,
TO ORDER FROM MEASURE,
Opposite Durfee House, - - LAWRENCE, EANSAS.
Measure for future reference solicited.
Dr. SMYTH,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Oculist and Aurist,
WHEN YOU ARE IN WANT OF
GOOD CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS.
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps,
You will find the Largest Assortment at LOWEST PRICES of
CHEAP CHARLEY'S
Kansas Marble Works.
GRIGGS BROTHERS, Manufacturers and Dealers in
Foreign and American Marble, Monuments, Headstones,
Tablets, Mantles, &c.
37 Mass. St., opposite P. O., LAWRENCE, KAS.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
W. BERGMAN.
INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING EMPORIUM.
No. 69 Mass. St., LAWRENCE, KAN.
The Latest Styles of Mens,' Youths' and Boys' Clothing and Furnishing Goods kept constantly on hand.
Students especially invited to call and examine.
CREW & NEWLIN Booksellers
Booksellers.
The Largest Stock of Books, Standard, Miscellaneous, School and Scientific, in the State. Libraries and Students furnished at lowest discounts.
S. G. McCONNELL.
MERCHANT TAILOR. 75 MASSACHUSETTS STREET.
Latest styles of goods on hand. A liberal discount to Students.
H. W. HOWE, DENTIST.
Office 105 Mass. St.
NITROUS OXIDE FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH.
BUY YOUR PAPER AT THE KANSAS PAPER STORE.