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February 15,1893.
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Vol. XI.
LAWRENCE, KANS., FEBRUARY 15, 1893.
No. 20.
The Courier is published every Wednesday during collegiate year by the University Courier Pujlishing Co. Subscription $1.00 per year in advance, single copies 5 cents.
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J. F. MESSENGER, Local Editor.
EDITORIAL BOARD.
E. F. ROBINSON, Literary and Exchange Editor.
E. P. LUPFER, Athletic and Amusement Editor.
J. A. Rush, Managing Editor.
W. H. H. PIATT, R. R. WHITMAN,
Business Manager. Circulator.
There is a girl who talks so fast that she says "pfsr," for professor.
The youth who scales Mount Oread at the most rapid gait is not necessarily the first in the class-room.
The girl who talks to the Professor after recitation the most, does not always have the least numerical aggregate in the registrar's grade book.
The dry and wet theory, which was a noticeable point in the lecture Monday evening, is not altogether a thing of the past. The resubmissionists and the W.C.T.U. are the most eminent advocates of the respective theories in Kansas.
The demand for the new COURIER assures us that we have filled a long felt want in adopting the present style of the paper.
The primary qualification of the student is the power to concentrate his mind upon one subject to the exclusion of all else.
If the public insists upon sending cartoon valentines to the editorial board, we respectfully request that they do not leave one cent of postage to be paid by the recipient.
THERE is no authentic information that the legislature will duplicate the Spooner legacy, as some have supposed, but as a matter of legal form the legacy is appropriated by that honorable body for the pnpose of establishing a library in compliance with Chancellor Snow's wishes.
The February number of the Seminary Notes is a publication of unusual merit. The two leading articles by Supt. Meserve of Haskell Institute and B.W.Woodward deserve especial notice. The literary value of this publication is not thoroughly appreciated by all the students, and the present editors deserve great credit for the merit of the pamphlet.
The amount of sensational journalism that has been published over the recent oratorical contest and has continued to flow in an uninterrupted stream from the city press,has certainly awakened the staid old city of Lawrence to a knowledge of the fact that University politics cut no small figure in every University affair.
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The hearty reception given the COURIER in its new form, by students and faculty and advertisers, demonstrates beyond a doubt that the time was ripe for such a change as has been made. Forthcoming issues will be made vnee better and more attractive and no effort will be spared to make and maintain a college weekly that shall fittingly represent our University, and shall equal, if not excel, similar publications of other colleges.
The interest manifested in University affairs, by the papers and people of Kansas City, is very gratifying and we are assured that the good wishes of our friends at the mouth of the Kaw will attend any University enterprise. Our alumni are among the most prominent citizens of Kansas; from every side we hear of their success in the many avenues of business life. Not slowly but indeed surely, the West is awakening to a realization of our educational standard; the institution is recognized among the leading universities of the country, and its work furnishes an unquestioned criterion of a man's ability and industry. Some of the foremost men in the West are numbered among our alumni, and all point with pride to the rapid growth and spirit of aggressive progress which characterizes the institution on Mount Oread.
The editor of the so-called "independent" organ at the University in last week's issue indulges in an uncalled for and reprehensible attack upon Judge Thacher, that has called forth censure from students, faculty and townspeople alike. Judge Thacher is, and has always been, one of the best friends the University has, and for an organ, claiming to be a "representative University paper," to indulge in a bitter personal attack simply on account of a personal difference of opinion, is the evidence of a narrow mind and a vindictive spirit.
The people of Lawrence have been led to support this so-called "representative organ" on the plea that it sends its issue to the legislature in the interests of our University. But what must be the feelings of Judge Thacher, who is doing his utmost for our institution in
the Senate, to find upon his desk and upon that of his colleagues' a direct personal attack in the columns of a paper claiming to "represent the University."
The COURIER deplores such action and hopes the editorial in question was the result of the inexperience and rashness of youth, and not an evidence of the adoption of a sensational policy.
On Friday the tenth State oratorical contest will be held in Topeka. The University representative has the support and best wishes of the entire school, but every one who attended the local contest feels more than ever before that there is something lacking in the training of the participating orators.
We need a chair of oratory. The recent contest has fully demonstrated the fact that we are behind the times in delivery. One of the judges who has graded manuscript in the oratorical contests for several years has declared that the orations were the highest class productions he had ever examined for any of the contests held here, yet it is the opinion of all that our speakers need training.
The system of chapel rhetoricals has met with considerable opposition, but it has its benefits as well as its drawbacks. To compel all students to speak whether or no, is rank injustice. Some are naturally so diffident that no amount of training would give them confidence, or help them to speak without embarrassment, but to the great majority the system has met with general approval.
The students of the Law department all feel the necessity of training; fully one half of the collegiate students desire such training, and still we have no adequate provision for this want.
It is a question which vitally concerns our standing throughout the State. We cannot hope to compete with schools which are provided and equipped in this respect unless we are similarly prepared.
The COURIER earnestly desires that our regents take some action in this matter and that our faculty recommend the establishment of such a chair as soon as is practicable.
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PERSONALS.
Mr. Fox spent Sunday in Atchison.
Mr. Sweezey has returned to school.
W. H. H. Piatt went to Topeka Monday.
Chancellor Snow went to Topeka Monday.
D. E. Potter has been visiting his alma mater
Miss Banks, of Topeka, attended the Kappa party.
Mr. Buchan has just recovered from a week's sickness.
Miss Fullerton, of Beloit, is visiting K. U. friends.
Miss Mary Barkley spent Sunday at her home in Topeka.
Miss Bessie Hand returned to her home Sunday morning.
Miss Overton, of Kansas City, attended the Kappa party.
Miss McFarland, of Olathe, was up for the Kappa party.
Mr. Pettijohn, of Olathe, visited University friends Sunday.
W. W. Russ, an old student, was down from Topeka Sunday.
J. G. Wine was in Topeka Monday on oratorical business.
C. P. Crider, of Kansas City, Mo., attended the Kappa party.
Miss Jones, of Lebo, Kan., is visiting friends in the University.
Miss Grace Rector, of Topeka, visited K. U. friends last Friday.
Miss Orton went to Kansas City to attend a party last Saturday evening.
Frank Ringer has been confined to his bed by sickness for the past week.
Mrs. Etta Hadley Chase, of Worcester, Mass., is visiting Prof. Robinson's family.
LOGALS.
J. H. Carlson went home Monday night on account of the death of his cousin.
The junior laws are struggling with the difficulties in the law of Commercial Paper.
Prof. Robinson is now teaching the class in Plautus formerly taught by Miss Oliver.
Misses Jones, Overton and Bigger came up from Kansas City to attend the Kappa party.
It is currently reported in University circles that Mrs. Diggs will be one of the new regents.
A considerable effort is being put forth by a number of North college men in raising moustaches.
Mr. Wardner, of the Boston Polytechnic school is visiting his Phi Gamma Delta brothers of K. U.
The boys who took girls Monday night and spent the whole two hours talking to them enjoyed the lecture.
Mr. W. T. Sinclair and Mrs. Hattie Winchell were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's mother Tuesday.
E. C. Hickey spent Saturday and Sunday with his friends in Lawrence. His very bearing shows that he is a professor.
The outlook is that a large delegation from K. U. will attend the State oratorical contest and yell for Cooke.
The Courier is under obligations to the Registrar for a list of names of the Freshman class furnished our mailing clerk last week.
Prof. Brownell and Mr. Spangler are representing Congressman Funston in the Moore- Funston contest proceedings in this city.
THE glee club boys realized $25.00 apiece out of their recent trip. Those belonging to both the glee and banjo club received a double share. The efficient management has contributed in no small degree to the financial success of the undertaking.
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The Sigma Chi's gave a hop in Merchant's Bank hall last night.
Mr. Alden has had some pictures of his manly form taken, and any lady wishing to exchange with him should do so soon. Come early and avoid the rush.
A steadily increasing interest in chapel exercises is being shown. This is very commendable, and shows that the spiritual side of our natures is being developed.
A professor recently made a mistake and called the wrong class-roll. He marked the entire class absent and went on with the recitation without noticing his mistake.
Now is the voice of the loud-mouthed weather prophet heard on every street corner declaring that we shall have no more cold snaps or vile blizzards, but the meditative believeth him not.
If the street commissioner would keep the crossings between the city and the University in better condition the students might forgive him for his action of last spring. Until then, eternal enmity is the watchword.
If any one finds himself mentioned in his COURIER in a manner not pleasing to him, if he will kindly bring his paper to our office we will take our little pencil and scratch out the offending words.
It is proposed that the faculty engineer the Glee club trip next year by equipping the singers and players with dress suits, assuming the management and pocket the proceeds. Possibly the club may have some voice in the matter.
Now that we are to have a new library building, why not have a new sidewalk on Mississippi street? A large number of students go to the University on that street, and it is very inconvenient to walk in slippery mud on the slanting side of a ditch.
The passage by the Senate of the bill for the Spooner library building to cost $90,000 is gratifying news to all. One of the great needs of the University is a new library building, and it now seems that the building is an assured fact. It will be located directly north of the main building, just outside of the present campus.
The Midnight club will give a ball in Fraternal Aid hall next Friday evening.
Professor and Miss Blackmar entertained the University class of the M. E. Sunday School last Saturday evening at their home on Ohio street. A large number were present and a very pleasant evening was spent.
At 11 o'clock last Monday a picture of the University was taken. The students were arranged on steps on the west side of the main building. The faculty stood on the ground in front, the football team next and the "common herd" behind.
Mr. O. W. Holmes spoke in chapel Monday morning, on the subject, "The Republican Party in Congress." He got off many sarcastic and soul-inspiring words, and advised the Republican party to not take an inventory of their poultry before the period of incubation is entirely passed."
Music hall has been converted into an art gallery—and a fine one it makes, too. The scheme of coloring for a background is admirable, and the arrangements for hanging are excellent. All day Tuesday Prof. Hopkins, Prof. Penny and the young ladies of the Art School were hanging the sixty water colors by the celebrated artist, William Goodrich Beale, which came from Boston, and the many oil paintings, water colors, etchings, etc., kindly donated by the art collectors in town, among whom are B. W. Woodward, donating 13 of his choicest paintings, Judge Thacher, donating 20 paintings and etchings, Prof. Marvin sending 15 of his choicest etchings, Mr. Bowersock, 5 fine oil paintings, Mr. Geo. A. Banks 9 etchings, including a beauty by the famous Whistler of London. The exhibit will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings, electric light being used for the evening exhibit. Neat programs are being prepared and there will be an art talk and musicale each afternoon at 2.30, and evenings at 8 o'clock. Saturday will be "students' day," and it is hoped all will avail themselves of this opportunity to view some of the finest art productions of Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City and Boston.
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Prof. Adams failed to meet his classes Thursday.
Prof. A. G. Canfield lectured in Sibley Friday night on "The Present Crisis in France."
The Glee Club sang Tuesday night at the State Council of the Fraternal Aid Association.
The Glee club will sing at the State oratorical contest Friday night. Two lower boxes have been reserved for the club.
Last week's illustrated and enlarged issue of the COURIER met a highly favorable reception. One thousand copies were printed.
Seminary Notes is out. The February number contains an article on the Indian problem by Mr. C. S. Meserve, Superintendent of Haskell Institute, and some "Anti-Slavery Reminiscences" by Mr. B. W. Woodward. The pamphlet is larger than usual, containing thirty-two pages. Every student should have Seminary Notes whether he belongs to that department or not.
A full house greeted the well known historian, Prof. John Fiske, at the opera house Monday night, in his lecture on the events leading to the discovery of America. Prof. Fiske is a thorough and searching student and displays great familiarity with every datail of the world's history, but his ability as a speaker was not calculated to inspire any great interest with the audience. The habits of careful analysis and investigation lead him to weigh every word; his mannerisms are noticeable, but his lecture may be considered one of the most instructive of the season.
He explained in an acurate and scholarly manner the wet and dry theories of the ancients, but to most of the audience the whole thing was rather a dry theory. The lecture contained many facts and showed great learning, and for the student who came there, as he would go to a recitation, to get information only, it was a very profitable lecture. But for the great number who wished to be entertained as well as instructed, it was unsatisfactory and many went away expressing dissatisfaction with the lectures so far presented in the course.
The Winfield boys are practicing baseball. Verbum sap.
Tom Bennett was in Kansas City Friday evening, where he delivered his contest oration before the East Side Literary club.
The first lecture in the new University extension course in Lawrence was delivered Thursday night by Prof. C. G. Dunlap. The class numbers over one hundred.
The baseball crank is still with us; the baseball guide for '93, the probabilities of our success in the league, and the respective merits of the baseball candidates, are all themes which afford the crank an opportunity to expound his baseball knowledge.
The Science Club's new song is:—
O come to the Science Club It.
You'll never be sorry a bit.
The great baboon by the light of the moon
Will surely appear at the "It."
O the monkey he got drunk
And stepped on the elephant's trunk:
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And what will become of the monkey—monk.
(Repeat.)
Frazier hall never looked prettier nor was it ever filled with a gayer or more brilliant company than filled it last Friday night. The occasion was the annual party given by the ladies of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity, and those who were so fortunate as to share their hospitality were among the fairest and best of the society of the University and city. In decorations the ladies made a special feature of the gallery, which was filled with a profusion of rugs, easy chairs, beautifully shaded lamps, etc., and formed a most attractive and cozy retreat. At an appropriate hour a dainty supper was served on the stage by Wiedemann, the popular caterer. The stage had a very pretty setting and the tables were nicely decorated. Buch's orchestra furnished the music which gave such an added charm to the whole affair.
The Kappas, always charming, appeared last Friday night at their best, and every guest felt the evening to have been thoroughly enjoyed, and went away voting the Kappas excellent entertainers.
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The boys in the engineering department are busily engaged in drawing plans for the proposed new machine shops.
A new lathe is being constructed in the machine shops by the electrical engineers. It is a beauty. This lathe, with the one just ordered from the East, will give the engineers five lathes.
Prof. Shepard and the junior electricals have been engaged the past week in calibrating volt meters sent from different electric plants in the state.
The electric colored lights at the Fraternal Aid entertainment Tuesday evening were worked by George Rush and Fred Miller.
Full arrangements have been made by the government to have Prof. Blake continue his fog signal experiments the coming summer, off New York Harbor.
Prof. John Fiske, of Harvard, visited the University Tuesday and expressed himself as much pleased with the institution.
The Glee and Banjo Club met Tuesday and distributed the club pictures. Each member got two pictures, one of each group.
A Negative.
The old man stood for some time at the juncture of the walks on the campus and seemed to be contemplating with disgust the large, bold sign-board which gave instructions to visitors. He was evidently a populist legislator; for although he was a curious looking old fellow, yet he had a certain air of dignity and importance about him (and also of unbaled hay and live stock) that could not be mistaken. As I passed I heard him mumble to himself: "Not by a dern sight. I guess I steered myself across these here pains before there was a timber on this blamed knoll, and I don't go spending myself for no blamed guide to show me through a school house." And as I went on I indistinctly heard something muttered about "spending the people's money fer derned nonsense."
LITERARY.
Negatives.
Although it was his first University party, yet he felt himself most intimately acquainted with every phase of college life. He had been flirting desperately all the evening with a charming little lady and was finally introduced to her. In sincere, yet unguarded tones, she remarked : "So glad to meet you; and do you know I used to know your father?" No, he did not know it, but he concluded it was probably true, for he had heard of the great age of the "college widow."
Two tramps forlorn, on Ninth and Main Sts. "One of the Finest" slowly advancing.
1st Vag. "H's got his eye on us, old hoss its Kitty bar the door."
2nd Vag. "You're too easy; stand back a little and I'll make the bluff."
He jerked a red bandanna out of his pistol pocket and stuffed a corner into his button hole. Brass buttons came up this smart young man and velled "Rock Chalk
The policeman passed on with many a scowl at "those d-d drunken students."
He was a University student, and as he stepped on the car he had that complacent, selfsatisfied air which accompanies the successful passage of examinations. Every seat seemed taken, but a benevolent old lady nudged along and made room for him beside her.
She scrutinized the young man closely for a few moments, when she suddenly remarked: "Why Willie Brown, how you have grown! and how is your mamma?" A deep crimson suffused his face as he assured her that she was well, and it was rather a wicked glare that he shot back at the smiling passengers, as he got off at the next crossing.
Recently and most vividly the fact has been impressed upon my mind that the shirt is one of mankind's greatest boons. Just stop for a moment and consider what a gigantic part the
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shirt plays in modern civilization. Think, if you can, what society would be without it Only imagine yourself wandering through the interstices of a great city without that most necessary article of apparel-a shirt. Think of the cold, cutting manner in which you would be viewed even by your friends,and also by these bleak February zephyrs. The very thought is appalling. One never knows how valuable a thing is until he has missed it. A little experience I had recently brought this fact most vividly before my mind.
I was going to a swell party and did not think to inquire when I came home for supper if my laundry had arrived. I had just started to dress when suddenly the thought of that laundry dawned upon me. A hasty survey of the room satisfied me that it had not come. What was to be done? I hurriedly searched my dresser. Not a shirt—a clean shirt—was to be found. Jim's were all too small. On a dead run I dashed up town—only to be baffled again. Every store was closed. I stopped at Rob's room on my way back. He was not at home, neither was Tom. Hot, mad and disconsolate, I stormed up stairs again, and gave vent to my feelings by turning a few chairs, kicking the bedstead and giving the atmosphere generally a deep purple tinge. Finally in my desperation I tried on one of Jim's shirts. It lacked about an inch of coming together in the back. Something had to be done. It was too late to refuse to go. Miss M. expected me. I tried to fasten it together with a rubber. The coup-de-taut seemed successful. I stretched my neck. The collar shot up over my ears. Again I tried it and again the maneuver was repeated. That collar was more than ambitious. But after a long and desperate struggle my patience was rewarded. By a most careful adjustment of my head the collar stayed in place and I appeared at the party an hour and a half later, with the wan and sickly smile of the man at a picnic who suddenly discovers that his "galluses" are broken and that there is at least fifteen minutes intermission between the top of his trousers and his vest.
EXCHANGES.
Within the last few years a marked change has taken place in the college magazine. Formerly the college papers followed very closely the popular periodicals, and filled their columns with "scholarly" dissertations, and dry "instructive," and consequently uninteresting, fiction. But nowadays college writers have a far different task before them. They must interest and entertain their readers, not instruct them. Most of the college magazines of our leading institutions are realizing this fact. The Brunonian has the following to say in this regard:
"The attitude of the college press toward story writing is very suggestive. The longer stories seem to be growing fewer with every issue and the periodicals which are introducing fiction for the first time seem disposed to leave them alone altogether. College editors are waking up to the fact that the public demand condensation here as anywhere else; the age is too busy to listen to a man who cannot concentrate what he has to say. The modern writer of fiction must often say in a dozen words what his ancestors spread over a page and contrive to increase the artistic effect in so doing. He must also grant his reader what has been called 'a presumption of brains.' It is a fatal mistake to tell the reader everything; he must be allowed to find out for himself the meaning of hints dropped here and there. After all, he is most successful who can leave the most to his reader's imagination; he alone will be followed with interest to the end and re-read with increasing pleasure."
In rummaging through some old files of the COURIER this terse "Essay on Man" was discovered and its aptness forbids it to be forgotten:
→
"At ten, a child,
At twenty, wild,
At thirty, strong, if ever.
At forty, wise,
At fifty, rich,
At sixty—good—or never."
A joint debate has been arranged between the Universities of Michigan and Wisconsin.
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ATHLETICS.
New and interesting features in college athletics are being constantly presented to the public. The latest novelty is the mile running contest with quarter mile relays, which Yale and Harvard participated in on last Saturday, Feb'y 11th, at the Boston Athletic Association. Each man covered a quarter of a mile, when he was replaced by a fresh runner. Yale sent her strongest runners, among whom were Butterworth, Frank Laughlin and Sanford—all athletes of note.
At a recent meeting, in New York City, of the Inter Collegiate foot ball teams of the East, the following resolution was passed:
"No member of a graduate department nor any special student shall be eligible, nor any undergraduate who has registered or attended lectures or recitations at any other University or college, nor any undergraduate who is not pursuing a course requiring for a degree an admittance of at least three years."
It is quite clear that the foregoing resolution has been aimed at the University of Pennsylvania, and quite naturally, and with good cause, the "Old Penn" students are quite indignant about the matter. With persevering energy the University of Pennsylvania has gradually worked itself to the front, and now, when capable of placing a team in the field able to defeat Princeton and put Yale on her mettle, Yale, Princeton and Wesleyan combine and pass a resolution which debars all but collegiate students from playing in the college eleven. Pennsylvania's collegiate department is comparatively small in number of students, and all but two of last year's team are from other than this department. While by this resolution, Yale loses but one of her players and Princeton and Wesleyan, even though they weaken their own teams, will do anything in order to revenge the defeats they last year suffered at the hands of Pennsylvania. The resolution was unjust and contemptible and if it becomes a law will practically shut Pennsylvania out of the Intercollegiate League.
Wm. M. ROWE, Jeweler and Optician 835 Massachusetts Street.
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We'll all go down to Riley's, because he cuts our hair. He shaves the fat, he shaves the lean, he shaves the profs., he shaves the dead. Riley's barber shop, 727 Mass. St.
I write to inform the students that I am now at the Eldridge House barber shop. All bath tickets bought of me will be honored. Call and see me. ANDY REED.
Huddleston has the branch agency for the Jackson Laundry of Kansas City, and he guarantees all work first class. Work called for and delivered to all parts of the city.
Give your laundry business to Huddleston.
Willard has the neatest barber shop in the city. His work is first class.
For a clean bath or a first class shave, hair cut or shampoo, go to Willard's. He employs only first class workmen.
The Washburn and Harwood Guitars and Mandolins at Bell's.
New banjo and guitar music just received at Bell's music store.
The University of Chicago will not be represented by an "eight" at the World's Fair regatta next summer.
The total membership of the Greek letter fraternities in American colleges is estimated at about 77,000.
In the final settlement between Leland Stanford University and the University of California, it was found that there was due to each University $3,144.52 as its share of the net receipts from the football game.
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Rumors say Stagg will catch for the University of Chicago base ball team this season.
All who are interested in Athletics and Amusements, realize the benefits to be derived from a systemetized discussion and presentation of questions pertaining to the same, as well as to keep in tone with the advancement of these factors in other colleges. In this department, from week to week, will be presented the advancement of Athletics and Amusements in our own, as well as other colleges; and, working hand in hand with the Athletic Association we will endeavor to place the accounts of Athletics and Amusements upon a systematic and permanent basis.
With the ending of the football season, after which rapidly followed the holidays, the final examination and the arrangeing of studies for the new term work, Athletics in our University have existed in name only; but in a few more weeks the baseball season will be here and very few men will be in physical condition for it. Were we to heed the precedents of eastern colleges, our gymnasium, small as it is, would daily be filled with men in training for the coming ball team. There cannot be too much stress placed upon hard work and conscientious training as requisites for admission to membership in our future teams.
Success has not always attended us in former years, but, with the co-operation of every University student, we can succeed in bringing baseball to the standard set by K. U.'s representatives in other times of field contests. Many men who, with practice, would develop into splendid players, do not try for the team, either thinking they cannot afford the time or are too modest to appreciate their own qualities. This neither brings forth the best material nor shows the true University spirit. The spring team promises to be a strong one, and thirty or forty men will try for positions on the team. The management of the team is in the hands of Professor Adams, who is thoroughly conversant with baseball, and men will be chosen according to ability, and not according to favor.
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The $250,000.00 Yale Gymnasium has been formally presented to the University and at its completion stands the finest and best equipped gymnasium in the world. This alone is of interest to college students in general. The building is close to the Yale campus and presents an imposing appearance. There are three stories and a basement to the structure and each story, in turn, presents to one a marvel of beauty, interest and athletic usefulness.
The Denver Athletic Association is a firm believer in progress, and with each season is rapidly pushing itself to the front. The Association was formed in 1884 and in February, 1891, moved into its present building which had been erected at a cost of $200,000. The membership numbers 1,200, among whom are found many eastern college men of prominence. Their Foot Ball team was organized in 1891 and has never been defeated except by the University of Kansas, '92.
Base ball is not so popular, but considerable interest is being worked up, while previous records show that they have won about 75 per cent. of all games played. The Association is in a flourishing condition and promises to be one of the strongest organizations of its kind in the West. They are delightfully situated and that they are appreciated is shown by by the interest the Denverites take in the contests and out-door meets.
Three open meetings have already been given and while the records were rather low, yet each year shows an improvement upon former years.
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Residence 1041 Tennessee Street, Lawrence.
Office over Woodward's Drug Store
A. L. ASHBY,
= DENTIST.=
Over Daily's Queensware Store.
E. D. F. PHILLIPS, M. D.
733 Mass. St., Up Stairs.
Residence 437 Elm St.
Telephone 82. LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Home Bakery.
J. H. JOHNSON, Prop.
West Warren St., - - - Lawrence, Kan.
Short Order Meals a Specialty.
Fresh Confectionery and Cigars on hand.
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Watch Abe Levy's ad. See those pipes at Smith's.
The giddy rush is over and the girls are trying to find out where "they are at."
Clayton, 1027 Mass. St., repairs shoes Fine Cigars and Tobaccos at Smith's.
Shoes made and repaired by Clayton at 1027 Mass. St. Give him a call.
The late tragedy was a bloodless one. A sort of French affair.
Sheet music and books at special prices to students, at 'Olin Bell's.
Hollingbury is getting in his spring and summer styles. They are the nobbiest and cheapest in the city.
Subscribe for the new COURIER. Only 50 cents for the remainder of the year.
W. M. Clayton is the man to mend your soles.
Guitars, mandolins and Banjos to rent at Bell's.
Smith keeps a fine line of tobaccos and cigars and all the latest illustrated papers.
One of the English Profs. spent a part of the week admiring the valentines down town. We wonder!
Prof. Saunders, the guitarist, is the composer of some very fine solos for that beautiful instrument, and 'Olin Bell, the music dealer, has them for sale.
The COURIER is the best advertising medium in Lawrence.
The seniors are looking wise and thinking hard these days.
West Lawrence society is all excitement over two approaching weddings in high life.
The students have it in for the hackmen,but the hackmen are happy just the same.
Considerable heat about the new COURIER. Get your Sunday papers at Smith's.
WEIDEMANN
The University Banjo and Mandolin Club is the best in the West. R. S. Saunders is its leader and he is now ready to give instruction on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
Has opened his
OYSTER PARLOR
For the season, and makes a specialty of
Supplying Parties WITH ICE CREAM, Fruits and Confectionerv. BANQUETS A SPECIALTY.
GO TO THE
FAMILY SHOE STORE
—FOR—
FOOTWEAR MASON'S.
THE KAW RIVER STUDIO
Is giving Special Rates to Students, Clubs, Classes, Groups, etc.
Inspect my work before placing your orders.
J. L. MORRIS, Photographer 826 Mass. Street.
R. J. SPIETZ, Lunch Counter and Bakery CIGARS AND TOBACCO 917 Mass. St.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Pharmaceutical Society—Meets in the lecture room, Chemistry building, every other Friday at 3 p. m., E.F.Wallick, president, Miss Mary Chapin, sec'y.
Adelphic Literary SocietyMeets in Adelphic hall. University building, south wing, 3d floor, every Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
CLUBS.
Science Club-Meets in Chemistry building every other Friday at 8 p.m. President, Dana Templin; Secretary, E. S Tucker.
Seminary of Historical and Political ScienceMeets in room 14, University building, every Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. F.W.Blackmar,director.
Philosophical ClubMeets in room 20, University building, every other Friday at 8 p. m.
Camera Club-Meets once a month. President, Prof. Williston ; Secretary, E.C. Case.
Telegraph Club—President, L. I. Blake; Secretary, E. Blaker.
Memorabilia Club-For the collection of statistics and relics relating to the history of Kansas State University. President, M.W.Sterling;Secretary,V. L.Kellogg.
Kent Club—Meets in North College every Friday afternoon at 1:30. Admits law students only.
University Glee Club-Meets in Music Hall every Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Prof. Penny, director; John A.Rush,business manager.
Y. M. C. A. Meets in Music Hall every Sunday at 4 p.m. President. S.J.Hunter.
Oratorical Association of the Students of the Kansas State University—President, C. S. Griffin; Secretary, Kate Riggs.
University Athletic Association President, Prof. Marvin: Secretary, W.H.Piatt: Treasurer, R.K. Moody. Includes Tennis Association, Base Ball Association, and Foot Ball Association.
Lecture Bureau—President, Prof. Templin.
FRATERNITIES.
Phi Beta Kappa—Honorary collegiate fraternity.
Beta Theta Pi—Meets every Saturday evening on fourth floor of Opera House block.
Phi Kappa Psi—Meets every Monday evening at the homes of its members.
Sigma Xi—Honorary scientific fraternity.
Phi Gamma Delta—Meets every Saturday evening at the homes of its members.
Phi Delta Theta—Meets every Saturday evening on 3d floor of Journal building.
Sigma Nu—Meets every Saturday evening on 3d floor of Eldridge House block.
Kappa Alpha Theta—Meets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
Sigma Chi Meets every Saturday evening on 3d floor of Opera House block.
Kappa Kappa GammaMeets every Saturday after noon in its hall, 2d floor K. of P. hall.
Pi Beta PhiMeets every Saturday afternoon at the homes of members.
UNIVERSITY JOURNALS.
The University Review—Editor-in-chief, Albert Fullerton. Published monthly by the Kansas University Publishing Company.
The University Weekly Courier—Editor-in-chief, T. D. Bennett. Published every Wednesday morning by The Courier Company.
The University QuarterlyFor the publication of the results of original investigation. V. L. Kellogg, Managing Editor.
Seminary Notes—Published monthly by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science. Prof. F. W. Blackmar, Treasurer.
CADY & OLMSTEAD,
JEWELERS,
1024 and 1026 Walnut St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
DANCING CLASSES.
MISS GEORGIA H. BROWN'S Dancing Class for Children is open every Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Merchants Bank hall. Class for adults Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
WATKINS NATIONAL BANK. Capital $150,000. Surplus, $13,000
We do a general banking business and solicit your patronage.
J. B. WATKINS, PAUL R. BROOKS,
President. Cashier.
DR. C.E. ESTERLY, DENTIST,
Over Woodward's Drug Store.
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WILLIS,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
New and Old Students are
Invited to call.
South Tennessee Street.
UNION PACIFIC.
The Old Reliable
Is always ready and willing to make the lowest possible rates and furnish the best accommodations to all who apply. We charter cars on short notice, and guarantee satisfaction.
For full particulars as to time of trains, rates, etc., call on
J. P. ROSS City Office, Eldridge House Corner.
N. H. GOSLINE, Staple and Fancy GROCERIES.
Students trade a specialty. 811 Mass. Street, - - - - Lawrence, Kan.
JOHN STEINBRING,
841 Mass. St.
Cigars, Confectionery and Bakery
LUNCH COUNTER.
MOAK BROS.
BILLIARD PARLORS.
Choice Tobacco and Cigars. 714 Mass. Street.
BLOMQUIST BROS., Merchant Tailors.
527 Minnesota Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KAN.
E. A. Gildner,
CATERER
Short Order House. FINE CONFECTIONERY AND FRUITS A Specialty.
A Specialty.
BANQUET ORDERS SOLICITED.
CHAS. HESS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Choice Meats, Sugar Cured Hams
AND SAUSAGES.
No. 837 Mass. St. Telephone 14.
DAVIES,
THE STUDENTS TAILOR Fall and Winter Suits AT LOWEST PRICES.
WOOLF BROS.'
LAUNDRY.
Best Work in the West.
ABE LEVY, Agent. 821 Mass. St.
BEAL & GODDING,
Livery, Hack, Boarding and Sale
STABLES.
We make a specialty of BOARDING HORSES.
Telephone 139.
Opposite Lawrence House.
AD ASTRA PÈR ASPERA
Vol. XI.
No.21.
February 23,1893.
THE
UNIVERSITY COURIER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS,
LAWRENCE.
JOURNAL PRINTING CO.
LAWRENCE.
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BUY YOUR HATS___
OF
THE STUDENT'S HATTER, ABE LEVY.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
From the Cheapest Reliable Makes to the Finest
FOR SALE FOR CASH On Easy Payments
BY
'OLIN BELL.
845 Mass, St. Lawrence, Kan.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MY PRETTY MAID?
THE FIELD & GIBB Book and Stationery Co.
Lawrence, Kansas.
is the "right" way to start,and will take you with comfort,certainty and economy.
It does not make much difference where or when, if you get started right you will have no trouble.
The Santa Fe Route
The Students' Boarding Place. CONFECTIONERY AND CIGARS. OYSTERS IN ALL STYLES. Board per week, $3.00. Meal tickets, $3.50. 816 Massachusetts street.
DEALERS IN
AND LUNCH COUNTER.
KLOCK'S RESTAURANT
College Text Books and Supplies. Miscellaneous Books, Artists' Materials, Picture Frames, and Art Novelties.
Any BOOK not in STOCK FURNISHED at SHORT NOTICE.
W. H. SEARS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
729 MASS. ST. LAWRENCE, KAN.
McCONELL
Has the largest and best selected stock of
SPRING SUITING, PANTS, ETC.
IN THE CITY.
A liberal discount to Students.
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COURIER.
Vol. XI.
LAWRENCE, KANS., FEBRUARY 23, 1893.
No. 21.
The Courier is published every Thursday during collegiate year by the University Courier Publishing Co. Subscription $1.00 per year in advance, single copies 5 cents.
Address all communications and contributions to the editor-in-chief; all business communications to the business manager, and subscriptionv to the circulator, Lawrence, Kansas.
Entered at the Lawrence postoffice as second-class matter.
EDITORIAL BOARD.
T. D. BENNETT, Editor-in-Chief.
J. F. MESSENGER, Local Editor.
E. F. ROBINSON, Literary and Exchange Editor.
E. P. LUPFER, Athletic and Amusement Editor.
J. A. Rush, Managing Editor.
W. H. H. PIATT, R. R. WHITMAN,
Business Manager. Circulator.
The manager of the crew at the naval school at Annapolis has challenged the U. of Penn. to a race on the Severn above Annapolis, June 10.
The man with his moral plane at such an altitude that he cannot endure or understand the frailties of common mortals, is the first to excite suspicion. The one we all love is he who is ready with quick perception and sympathy to help us correct our errors.
If a popular and unprejudiced vote of the audience at Topeka could have been taken, Julius Weidling would have been almost unanimously declared the choice of the assembly as the one best qualified to represent Kansas in the inter-state contest.
TRUE oratory is that which inspires conviction in the audience; it is not the ability to express thought or voice sentiment, but the ability to make the expression suit the thought.
MEN are often like wagons; those whose tongues are loose rattle along at a great rate, and are apt to be adjudged unsound, but those which endure the greatest strain make the least noise.
The test of oratory has been changed by the brilliant management of college oratorical contests to a test of literary ability. The recent state contest has fully demonstrated the fact that the speaker who carries conviction with his utterance, who moves his hearers, and calls forth simultaneous applause, has no show with the literary genius, whose delivery, however mediocre it may be, is consistent with the canons of prescribed form.
In recommending that $12,000 of the Spooner bequest be set aside for the erection of a Chancellor's residence, the senate committee acted most courteously and justly. For years a Chancellor's residence has been a necessity to our rapidly growing University, and it now seems additionally appropriate that Chancellor Snow should be the first to occupy it. For through him did our institution receive this most magnificent gift—the largest, indeed, ever bestowed on a state institution. The Courier feels that it but voices the sentiment of the students and friends of the University in affirming that no wiser nor more just disbursement of the funds could be made.
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The true representative paper of the University is that paper which is the truest and most accurate record of University events and affairs. It is our intention to express the University sentiment irrespective of class interests, to preserve an unprejudiced attitude toward all individuals or organizations and to make the issue of University patriotism paramount. There is enough of general interest to all without recording either personal feeling or class prejudice, but when the occasion demands the justification or defense of any University interest we trust the COURIER will not be wanting.
THE part which some of the students assumed in the recent political agitation at Topeka has met with severe condemnation by the faculty.
The University is not a political machine. If its students are of one faith they are permitted the full enjoyment of their opinions, so long as they do not identify themselves with the University while participating in political agitation. Our college yell was meant for the relief of effervescing spirits of youth on the field of athletic tournaments or in the halls of an oratorical contest, but as for a cry to be used in ranks of political agitation—never.
WHEN the temporary trouble of the legislature has passed, we have every reason to believe that our institution will receive a full appropriation for the pressing needs of the different departments which are at present waiting, as it were, with bated breath for the action of the legislature. It is well known that the present allowance does not fully meet the demands of our growing institution, we are held down by the lack of funds necessary to the expansion of any great enterprise. The department of nearly every professor in the University is crowded by Kansas young men and women who understand the great importance of higher education, who expect to use the knowledge acquired on Mount Oread toward strengthening and building up the Kansas commonwealth.
With such motives, and with the necessity of expansion which is so earnestly advocated by all, we can truthfully believe that our cause
will meet with the legislative recognition so urgently needed. It is to be hoped that the munificent bequest for the library, to which the attention of the State legislators has recently been called, will furnish a precedent for a more generous policy which will be pursued in the future toward the greatest institution of the State.
The following from the Kansas City Star is the acknowledged feeling throughout the State in regard to the enterprising spirit manifested by the University and Prof. Dyche in securing room at the Columbian exhibit for his unrivaled collection:
In view of the possibility that Kansas may not be able to furnish any legal appropriation for an exhibit at the World's Fair, it is comforting to know that Prof. Dyche's collection of stuffed animals from the State University is already on the ground, and they will make quite a respectable show, even if the obstructionists at Topeka shall succeed in withholding the means for an agricultural display. Besides the women of Kansas are preparing some things for the Fair on their own hook, and that means that the State will not be quite left out in the cold.
THE Record has extended some very malicious crumbs of comfort to the K. S. U. representative at the Topeka contest. The local contestants have been indiscriminately characterized as plagiarists and a lot of honor seekers. The article is altogether uncalled for and evidences a malicious and unaccountable antipathy toward any one who has been connected with the local contest. In defence of the K. U. orator we are certain that he has done as well as he could, which is all any one can do. The University is not disgraced nor will it ever be by the honest efforts of any student, however lacking he may be in ability. The deepest disgrace which can attach itself to our institution is the fact that such a man as the writer of the article in question, who was formerly a student at the University, should publish anything so unpatriotic, so illustrative of the spirit of Benedict Arnold.
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PERSONALS.
Miss Jane Fullerton went home Tuesday.
Clarence Shepherd has been visiting Mr. Fieganbaum.
Miss Nettie Atkinson spent Saturday and Sunday in Topeka.
Coleman has gone to Chicago to work on the World's Fair grounds.
Mr. Levy spent Sunday in Topeka.
President Boyd of Oklahoma University visited K. U. Monday and Tuesday.
Chancellor Snow went to Topeka Tuesday. It was suggested that the students adopt resolutions asking for his immediate return.
Miss Mabel McDougal, of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Kate Adams, of Topeka, spent Sunday with her sister.
Miss Minnie Lucas, of Topeka, spent Sunday with Miss Kelly.
Miss May Maxwell, of Topeka, is visiting Miss Kelly.
Harry Bowman, of Newton, visited his sister Tuesday.
Miss Clara Maun, of Lane University, was in Town Wednesday.
Tom Franklin, of Seneca, reviewed old scenes the past week.
Stevens has returned from Topeka since the "war."
Prof. K. Geza von Dome came down from Leavenworth Saturday.
LOGALS.
When you see a girl coming down stairs with another girl on either side, one in front and one behind, the girl in the middle wearing a pensive look, the countenances of the others displaying looks of mingled satisfaction and rogueishness, it is safe to assume that the pensive looking girl has secured the assistance of the other girls in order to avoid walking down stairs with some young man.
The senior laws finished Pleadings under Judge Benson Monday evening.
The editor-in-chief and the managing editor were in Topeka last week, watching the war.
The senior laws took up the study of Partnership Tuesday, under Prof. Brownell.
The art exhibit at Music Hall last week was a success artistically and financially.
Miss Belle Roberts gave a delightful card party yesterday afternoon.
The World's Fair Chorus meets every Monday evening at Music Hall.
The subject of Corporations was taken up by the senior law class Tuesday, under Prof. Green.
The "Robinson Rifles" are tender subjects of comment. They are more warlike at home than abroad.
The Glee and Banjo Club has been asked to give a concert in Ottawa. The boys will probably respond on March 3.
The Northwestern Law Review of Chicago, H. S. Hadley, editor-in-chief, is a highly creditable publication and is proving a great success.
One of the few really excellent attractions in the lecture course will be the Mozart Symphony Club at the Opera House Friday night, and the credit for securing this attraction is due Prof. Penny.
If J. Ira Brown cannot keep the crossings in better condition than the middle of the street, he should favor a long suffering community with his immediate resignation. The crossings leading to the University are especially neglected.
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary collegiate fraternity has elected six members from the senior class and will elect four more at commencement. Those already elected are: W. D. Ross, R. D. O'Leary, Thornton Cooke, S. J. Hunter, Miss Alberta Corbin and Miss Edith Manley.
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The Senior Pharmics met last Thursday and decided on pins, class motto, etc. They ordered $78 worth of programs and 16 pins worth $5 each. Mr. Youngberg will be their class orator.
The State Oratorical Contest.
The State Oratorical Contest took place last Friday night in Topeka. K. U. was represented by a large delegation. Many of our boys fearing they would not be there in time went Thursday morning, and every train that left Lawrence from then till Friday night carried University students.
By eight o'clock the Grand Opera house was nearly filled with college students from various parts of the State and the yelling began. Baker and Washburn were confident of winning and made the fact known. The K. U. delegation was too much scattered to get in their best work, but we had the advantage of the best yell, and "Rock Chalk," could be heard above the din. No tin horns were allowed to be used and the very best order was preserved throughout the evening.
The program was opened by a song by the Washburn Chorus club, consisting of six male and eight female voices. Then followed prayer by Rev. Embree. The first oration was by Wm. M. Carle of the College of Emporia. His subject was, "The Foundation of Republican Government." He was quite graceful in general appearance and gestures, but his voice was wanting. He expelled too much breath to have a clear voice, and his delivery was monotonous.
Since our space here is limited and the orations have all been published and read by most every one, we will make no mention of the subject matter of any of the orations.
The second speaker was Chas. N. Riehl of S. W. Kansas College, Winfield, who took for its subject, "The Great City." He spoke early and forcibly, but began with his voice its utmost tension and had no room to work p. He soon got hoarse and before the end is voice seemed nearly given out.
with a vocal solo, that received a merited encore.
Miss Hallie Walker, instructor in Voice Culture at Washburn, then entertained the audience
The third orator was M. S. Rice of Baker University, on "Government and its Functions." He was a favorite from the time he stepped on the stage. His voice had a natural-ruggedness and force which was pleasing, and his delivery was not so monotonous as either of those who preceded him.
W. C. Coleman of the State Normal was the next speaker. His subject was, "The Philosophy of Reform." His delivery was easy and forcible. The best feature of it was that he attracted little attention to himself, but kept the audience thinking of what he was saying.
Charles Wagstaff of Salina, then gave a trombone solo that received an encore, but he did not respond.
The fifth speaker was I. F. Bull of Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina. He talked as if he was soliloquizing. He seemed to forget once, but by a clever ruse of taking a drink succeeded in remembering his part.
The next speaker, Julius Weidling of Washburn, spoke on "Heroism in the Realm of Thought." He showed a good deal of training and his delivery was most pleasing. He was very confident of his own ability and attracted much attention to himself.
The University Glee club then made a great hit with a song that received an encore.
Thornton Cooke followed with his oration on "The Struggle for Liberty." He appeared easy and composed, and if he had had the necessary amount of training to bring out his voice he would no doubt have ranked much higher than he did.
The last speaker was John Kjellin of Ottawa University, on the time worn theme, "Through Difficulties to the Stars." He was under some disadvantage on account of deficient enunciation. Otherwise his delivery was easy and natural.
The program closed with a song by the State Normal Institute. After a half hour's time, during which the audience were entertained by the University Glee club, and by an exhibition
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of the great enthusiasm always attendant on such occasions, the decision of the judges was announced.
Following are the markings of the Judges:
State Oratorical Convention.
The convention of the State Oratorical Association met in the parlors of the Hotel Throop Saturday morning, President Wine in the chair. Only orators, delegates and representatives of college newspapers were allowed in the convention. The committee on credentials appointed consisted of W.M.Thorne,State Normal School; S.S.Hageman,Ottawa University; and E.V.D.Brown,Kansas Wesleyan University,Salina.The committee reported favorably on all the credentials presented,with the exception of those of the delegates from the Washburn College Association.After an amendment to include in the report the name of Willis Dunham as first delegate from Washburn college, he being thereto entitled by virtue of his having won second place in the local contest,the report of the committee was adopted.
The convention then went into committee of the whole to determine which of the two delegates claiming election as second delegate to to the State convention, C. D. Welsh or Warren Finney, was entitled to a seat in the convention. The committee reported through its chairman, E. T. Hackney, in favor of Warren Finney as legally elected second delegate from Washburn, and Mr. Finney was given a seat in the convention.
The committee then elected the officers of the association for the ensuing year. This was attended with very little eccitement, as the constitution provides which association is entitled to the different offices and delegates each succeeding year. The following is the result:
President, Forrest Woodside, of the State Normal School.
Vice-President, C. W. Miller, of the College of Emporia.
Secretary and Treasurer, J. W. Curry, of Winfield College.
In accordance with the decision of the judges, W. C. Coleman was declared orator to represent the Kansas Intercollegiate Oratorical Association at the Interstate Oratorical Contest, to be held at Columbus, Ohio, and M. S. Rice of Baker University, first delegate to the interstate convention. Willis Dunham of Washburn College, was then chosen second delegate, and H. Q. Banta of Ottawa University, third delegate to the interstate convention.
After due consideration the application of Midland College, Atchison, for admission into the State Association was rejected.
An amendment to the constitution affecting the control and distribution of the funds of the Association was made. An amendment was also made striking out section 3, of article X., referring to the deposit by each association of five dollars, as a provision for a deficit at the State contest.
The convention adjourned, after a vote of thanks to the Executive Committee for the manner in which the business of the Association had been conducted.
The Adelphic next Friday night will debate upon the subject, Resolved, That the XV amendment to the constitution of the United States should be repealed. Aff., A. S. Griffin, Andrew Foster. Neg., A.K.Hogg, Dean Foster.
FROM a World's Fair point of view, the University and the women of Kansas are about all that can be depended on from the Sunflower state.
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Reflections.
COMMUNICATED.
The fundamental idea of an oratorical contest is a battle between speakers and not between writers. Our present system of marking has for its aim the subversion rather than the carrying out of this predominant idea. That the Darwinian theory does not obtain in these intellectual struggles is not the fault of the judges but of the system. Of course the frailty of man and his susceptibility to outside influence is a very potent factor in the formation of a just judgment. This force is always present and it is one that it is impossible to eliminate, so at this time we need not take it into consideration.
The great fault with our present system of markings is that we have two sets of judges upon two different branches of the subject, when in truth there is only one branch and a call for but one set of judges. This one branch is the art of oratory. A person who would not be able to repeat the alphabet intelligently before an audience, may, by the happy selection of his subject and choice of material, be given three firsts by the judges on thought and composition; while the true orator, the man who, by his eloquence can sweep all before him, would very likely receive the last place by the same judges. This has often happened. Now when it comes to the contest see what an advantage one has and how useless it is for the other to try at all. In the summing up of ranks who is it that wins, the true orator? No; it is the writer, or perhaps the fellow who excels in nothing, but, owing to the force of circumstances he slides through with passable mediocrity.
To obviate all this let us have but one set of six judges. These judges should attend the contest, and mark upon the delivery, upon the oratory. Then the oration should be handed to the judges and passed upon as to thought and composition. It is impossible to judge an oration until you have heard it delivered. This plan is bound to give satisfaction, or at least come nearer to it than the present one. I have attended seven local, five state and one interstate contest, and in each and every instance dissatisfaction was expressed with the decision and it could all be traced back to the blind guess work way we have of marking.
Now as to the judges. It is painful in the extreme to see men of supposed ability lacking the courage of their convictions, that is if they have any. It is absurd, childish, to suppose that in six or eight men there will be two or three who are the exact counterpart of each other in ability. A judge is not appointed in order that he may enlarge his circle of friends by marking all the orators as tied for the first and second places. If he is afraid of hurting any one's feelings let him resign and give his place to one not so considerate. A judge's duty is to see and determine to a certainty who deserves the first, who the last and to whom the intermediate positions belong. There is nothing quite so ridiculous as a judge placing any two men as tied in his own individual markings. There are as many places to be awarded as there are speakers, consequently a tie is entirely out of the question.
Now as to the speakers. Rome on her seven hills and the tawny colored king of beasts walking the deserted streets of Carthage surely were never so badly overworked as political parties, freedom, equality, civilization, progress, government and reform. Is it possible that in the whole realm of human thought there is but one subject for an oration? I am just as loyal as any one and think that representative government is about the proper thing, but when I hear the fact iterated and reiterated from 8 p. m. to 1:20 a. m. I almost wish I lived in "Russia, where the curse of absolute government must inevitably work its own ruin." It must be a pleasure indeed to live in Turkey, where you hear nothing of the "Mayflower," "Marston Moor," or "Bunker Hill." In the onward march of the car of progress if some one would load it full of orations of this character and then let it go on, on, triumphantly on, clear out of sight, they would hand a name down to posterity and at the same time work the emancipation and receive the benisons of a long suffering people. Then let us tear up the track to prevent the car's return, and exclaim, in our new found freedom, "Peace on earth, good will toward man."
CUP.
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On Tuesday evening about thirty couples of independent students and their friends gathered in the Merchant's Bank hall for a dance. The announcement that there was to be a "barb hop" caused no little comment among the knowing ones when it was given out that the dance was to take place, but could those who winked so wisely have looked in upon the young people on the evening of the party they would have been obliged to admit that the experiment was a great success and the "Annual Barb Hop" has probably come to stay, and will become one of the most important events of the social year at the University. The hall was tastefully decorated, but the main feature of the evening was the unusual flow of good fellowship which seemed to pervade the very atmosphere. Weidemann served an elegant supper during the evening, but it was not until the wee sma' hours that the independents separated, well pleased with themselves and their experiment.
The Historical Seminary meets Friday afternoon. There will be a discussion of the Hawaiian Treaty of Annexation, Geography and History, Helen Wynne; Economic and Commercial, W. Kinzie; Provisions of the Treaty, Miss A.A.Humphrey; Political,A.F.Sherman.
The Kappa Gammas had a "swing" Tuesday night at the residence of Miss Georgia Wilder. Each girl took a blanket and they all put up for the night and cooked their own breakfast in the morning. Misses Nichols, Isabell and McGowan were initiated.
There was a great rush for seats for the concert Friday night. Some of the boys were down at 4 o'clock in the morning. The chart was opened at 7:30 and before 9 o'clock every seat was taken except a few in the back of the balcony.
The programs of the Independent party were very appropriate. A unique design was printed on one side consisting of the word "Independents" in bold type enclosed in a neat frame of barb wire with a monogram K. S. U. in the center bristling with barbs.
LITERARY.
A True Ghost Story.
On Canadian soil not far from the city of Ontario stands a desolate stone mansion. It should perhaps be called a castle, for it is a stupendous structure with moat and battlements and stands alone on a rocky eminence overlooking the St. Lawrence river.
The ancient house had been in the possession of the same family for almost a hundred years. Indeed no one knows when it was built. The oldest residents of the vicinity, however, can remember when the present owner first took possession, and can recall something of the mystery connected with his occupancy.
It seems the house belonged to a noble English family. Upon the death of the head of the household the old mansion fell to the lot of the younger of two brothers. However, the older of the two, a roving, reckless fellow, came over first to take possession for his younger brother who was to follow later with his young wife and child. Their voyage over was an exceedingly sad one, for the young husband sickened and died. He was buried at sea and the wife with the sole heir went on. They lived with the older brother about two years, but his moody, violent nature and his apparent dislike for the child made their home anything but a happy one. The mother was taken with a fever and when she recovered from her delirium which lasted many days she was told that the child had met with an accident and had died. Heart-broken, she returned to her friends in England, and the old man was left to live his sombre life alone.. A spirit of gloom settled down over the old mansion and the place was shunned by all the neighborhood. The owner became gloomy and morose. He took but little care of the property and the mighty structure gradually crumbled into ruins.
But of recent years several younger members of the family had come to live with the lonely old man, and a part of the structure had been wrested from the general destruction, repaired
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and rebuilt. The place now presented a strange, even grotesque appearance. Like some great insect which had but partly cast off its old shell, the newer structure only added to the general gloom of the crumbling mansion.
On a bright afternoon in midwinter a charming young American girl, a distant relative of the family, came to spend the Christmas holidays. This girl, Josephine Blanch, was not more than twenty years old, bright, pretty and unusually attractive. She was one of those reckless, rollicking girls who seem endowed with the characteristics of a boy; who fear nothing, but who, because their spirits are indomitable, seem incapable of fear.
The advent of this young girl seemed to remind the old place of its former happy days. Party after party was given, and the Christmas festivities were a continual round of pleasure.
On Christmas evening, after the guests had all departed and the family had retired, Josephine was passing her invalid aunt's room on her way to bed, when the old lady asked for a little wine. Finding none in the side-board, she took a candle and started for the wine cellar. As has been said, she was not of a timid disposition, and so felt not the slightest fear as she descended the dark stairway. The stairs were of that old fashioned spiral kind, found only in very ancient houses, which ascend from the basement to the very top of the building.
As she descended, the flickering candle cast a feeble yellow light against the walls and made grotesque the ancient staircase. The wine cellar was some distance from the stairs, and as she walked through the damp and lonely rooms, even her bold spirit felt a strange, uncomfortable sensation. So large were some of those underground rooms that the flickering light of the candle scarcely made visible the dark, mossy walls. Nothing could be heard but the echo of her own footsteps and the muffled splash of the river as it beat against the castle walls. With such surrounding, her thoughts naturally turned to stories of dungeons, of fearful underground rooms of torture and damp and dismal prisons. With her mind filled with such
thoughts, she reached the wine room and, having procured the bottle of wine from off a musty shelf, she started to retrace her steps.
As she neared the stairs she thought she heard something beside her own footfalls and the washing of the waves; a dull repeated thud, as if something damp was being dropped or dragged on the wet stone floor. The noise ceased and, thinking it was only her imagination, she began to ascend the stairs. But now again came that same sound. She turned, and in the dim light of the candle she beheld a horrible sight.
At a short distance from her, in the gloom, she beheld on "all fours" the hideously misshapen form of a man. Indeed, it seemed almost a beast as it crouched there, covered with slime and ooze. Its long matted hair hung over its face and shoulders, while its body was clothed in filthy, tattered rags. Although its face was hidden by a long, sordid beard which almost reached the floor, yet a pair of glowing greenish eyes shone out from under shaggy brows and fairly transfixed the girl. Gradually nearer and nearer it came, and with each movement of its flabby feet a dull sound re-echoed through the empty vaults.
She was spell-bound by the sight. The moments seemed ages that she stood there eyeing that terrible monstrosity. At length, mustering all the nervous strength she could command, with an almost superhuman effort she roused herself and dashed up the stairs into the room above.
After some time she composed herself sufficiently to administer the wine to her sick aunt and retired to her room. But she could not sleep. In vain she tried to persuade herself it was all a fancy, a dream. The fearful impression that scene had made upon her she could not shake off. After a feverish night she arose pale and haggard. At the breakfast table she spoke of the incident in the hope that her friends would laugh her out of it, but their faces grew grave. All knew many a ghostly tale of the old mansion, and some had even heard it widespread that the old man knew more of the dis-
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appearance of his nephew than he cared to tell. But very little was said, no explanation was given and the meal was finished in silence.
The next day Josephine departed for her home in "the States," but the effect of that night's experience was more than she could stand. Indeed, the shock to her nervous system was so great that three months later she who had never feared anything, died of nervous prostration.
What this phenomenon was that she saw it is impossible to state. The idea that it was a ghostly apparition is of course absurd. That it was a mental hallucination is scarcely probable. The fact that she saw something seems true beyond a doubt. But however this may be, who and what it was remains unknown. What freak of nature, what slum of the earth, or what evidence of crime or great family secret she may have discovered, will forever be shrouded in mystery. Years have come and gone since then, but the old ruined castle still stands—now more desolate than ever before; only the bats and owls and lonely night birds inhabit it. The damp rocky caverns still re-echo the muffled roar and splash of the waves as they beat against the basement walls. All, save the mystery, is dead and forgotten.
A Winter's Sunset.
Cold white hills with flame lit up,
Rich red wine in silver cup;
A failing, fading, chilling light,
A lingering, golden breath of day,
Before the frosty brow of night.
Visa Mortis.
R. D. B.
Mellow and fresh as the dawn,
But sweeter far
Is the gold when the day is gone,
And the evening star.
And rosy is Life's young light,
And its noon-tide sun-
But sweeter the rest at night,
When the work is done.
There are two traveling scholarships at Harvard, two at Columbia and one recently established at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Special Rates to Clubs.
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ATHLETIGS.
Frank Crawford, Yale '91, who trained Baker's foot-ball club last year, has been elected captain of University of Michigan base ball team.
The most recent invasion of masculine fields of occupation, has occurred at Tufts college, where a co-ed was elected by the senior class as foot-ball manager. - Ex.
Several of the colleges in the Northwestern Base-ball league are in favor of dropping the University of Minnesota, and taking in Chicago or the University of Illinois. Chicago would probably decline for this year.-Chicago University News.
At a meeting of the Athletic board Tuesday, action was taken looking toward the celebration on the grounds of McCook Field, of an intercollegiate field day. A committee consisting of Prof. Shepard, Matteson and Champlin was appointed to have the grounds put in order and to see that a suitable running track be at once prepared. It is proposed to build a cinder track that can be used in all kinds of weather and which will serve as an excellent place for training foot ball men. The committee decided to rent the rink for base ball practice and active work will be begun as soon as the selection of applicants for positions is made. This insures a good team for the coming contest with our neighbors in base ball. On request of the managers of the foot ball and base ball teams, Mr. Moody was appointed business manager of the two clubs. His selection will prove highly satisfactory to all concerned and will ensure an aggressive business policy that is badly needed.
For a clean bath or a first class shave, hair cut or shampoo, go to Willard's. He employs only first class workmen.
AMUSEMENTS.
Hollingbury is getting in his spring and summer styles. They are the nobbiest and cheapest in the city.
BARLOW BROS. MINSTRELS.
The opera house will be occupied Saturday evening by Barlow Bros.' Mammoth Minstrels. Everybody and everything are promised to be absolutely new, and not only to possess novelty, but genuine artistic ability.
MOZART SYMPHONY CLUB.
The finest musical treat of the winter will certainly be the concert of the Mozart Symphony Club on Friday night. No one who appreciates good music—music of really high grade and well rendered—should miss this concert. The chart opens to holders of course tickets on Wednesday morning. This concert is in both the lecture course and the music course.
"A Fair Rebel."
"Our German Ward."
"A Fair Rebel," which has crowded the Grand Opera house at Kansas City every night this week, will be at the Opera House here next Monday evening. This will no doubt be one of the best attractions of the season. The play is a very strong comedy. The chief episode in the play shows the escape by an underground tunnel of the Union prisoners at Libby prison.
The very laughable musical comedy entitled "Our German Ward," will be presented at the Opera House on Thursday evening by Middaugh's Musical Comedy Company. This is an excellent company, numbering some sixteen artists; among whom might be mentioned the following well known players: Mr. Allen Wightman, Wm. Woods, M. L. Kinsey, Wm. J. Woods, George L. Behrens, Fred Sawyer, Miss Maie Woods, Jessie D. Middaugh and Fannie Ogden.
Mrs. Anna E. Rodman is agent for the authorized edition of the life of Blaine. Students should see her. She is prepared to make special rates to you.
Subscribe for the new COURIER. Only 50 cents for the remainder of the year.
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See those pipes at Smith's. Clayton, 1027 Mass. St., repairs shoes Fine Cigars and Tobaccos at Smith's.
Shoes made and repaired by Clayton at 1027 Mass. St. Give him a call.
W. M. Clayton is the man to mend your soles Smith keeps a fine line of tobaccos and cigars and all the latest illustrated papers.
Get your Sunday papers at Smith's.
The University Banjo and Mandolin Club is the best in the West. R. S. Saunders is its leader and he is now ready to give instruction on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
Huddleston has the branch agency for the Jackson Laundry of Kansas City, and he guarantees all work first class. Work called for and delivered to all parts of the city.
We'll all go down to Riley's, because he cuts our hair. He shaves the fat, he shaves the lean, he shaves the profs., he shaves the dean. Riley's barber shop, 727 Mass. St.
Give your laundry business to Huddleston.
Willard has the neatest barber shop in the city. His work is first class.
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CHRIS EPLEY. RESTAURANT.
Meals at All Hours. No. 726 Massachusetts Street.
O. P. LEONARD,
733 MASS. ST.
Up Stairs.
TAILOR.
Has just received a large stock of goods for the spring trade. Students will save money by examining these goods before purchasing their spring wear.
W. M. M. ROWE,
Jeweler and Optician 835 Massachusetts Street.
GEO. FLINN, Custom Boot and Shoe Maker.
WEST HENRY STREET
LAWRENCE, - - - KANSAS.
All Work at Reasonable Rates. Repairing a Specialty.
DANCING CLASSES.
MISS GEORGIA H. BROWN'S Dancing Class for Children is open every Saturday at 2:30 p.m.at Merchants Bank hall. Class for adults Friday evening at 8o'clock
WATKINS NATIONAL BANK.
Capital $150,000. Surplus,$13,000
We do a general banking business and solicit your patronage.
J. B. WATKINS, PAUL R. BROOKS,
President. Cashier.
C. E. ESTERLY, DENTIST,
Over Woodward's Drug Store.
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WEIDEMANN
Has opened his
OYSTER PARLOR
For the season, and makes a specialty of
Supplying Parties WITH ICE CREAM, Fruits and Confectionerv. BANQUETS A SPECIALTY.
GO TO THE FAMILY SHOE STORE FOR
FOOTWEAR. MASON'S.
THE KAW RIVER STUDIO
Is giving Special Rates to Students, Clubs, Classes, Groups, etc.
Inspect my work before placing your orders.
J. L. MORRIS, Photographer 826 Mass. Street.
R. J. SPIETZ, Lunch Counter and Bakery CIGARS AND TOBACCO 917 Mass. St.
J. JOHNSON & SON,
MEAT MARKET.
Fresh and Tender Meats
Always on Hand.
A.G.MENGER & CO.
742 MASSACHUSETTS ST. IS the Largest in the city. The selections are choice. Prices as low as the Lowest. Everyone welcome.
F. D. MORSE, M. D.
Residence 1041 Tennessee Street, Lawrence. Office over Woodward's Drug Store.
A. L. ASHBY,
=DENTIST.=
Over Daily's Queensware Store.
E. D. F. PHILLIPS, M. D.
733 Mass. St., Up Stairs.
Residence 437 Elm St.
Telephone 82.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Home Bakery.
J. H. JOHNSON, Prop. West Warren St., --- Lawrence, Kan. Short Order Meals a Specialty. Fresh Confectionery and Cigars on hand.
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WILLIS,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
E. A. Gildner,
Invited to call.
New and Old Students are
South Tennessee Street.
UNION PACIFIC.
The Old Reliable
Is always ready and willing to make the lowest possible rates and furnish the best accommodations to all who apply. We charter cars on short notice, and guarantee satisfaction.
For full particulars as to time of trains, rates, etc., call on
J. P. ROSS.
City Office. Eldridge House Corner.
N. H. GOSLINE, Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES.
CATERER
Students trade a specialty. 811 Mass. Street, - - - - Lawrence, Kan.
Short Order House.
A Specialty.
JOHN STEINBRING,
841 Mass. St.
FINE CONFECTIONERY AND FRUITS
BILLIARD PARLORS.
KANSAS BAKERY. LUNCH ROOM.
MOAK BROS.
Choice Tobacco and Cigars. 714 Mass. Street.
—AND—
J. D. BOWERSOCK, Prest. WALTER L. HOWE, Cashier.
PETER E. EMERY, 2nd Vice Prest.
L. BULLENE, Vice Prest. H.B. TOPPING, Asst. Cash'r.
Telephone 14.
BANQUET ORDERS SOLICITED.
Lawrence National Bank.
U. S. DEPOSITORY.
Capital, $100,000.
SAUSAGES.
CHAS. HESS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
No. 837 Mass. St.
THE STUDENTS TAILOR.
Choice Meats, Sugar Cured Hams
Call and examine my goods before placing your order.
Spring and Summer Sutis AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
DAVIES,
LAUNDRY.
WOOLF BROS.'
Best Work in the West. ABE LEVY, Agent. 821 Mass. St.
BEAL & GODDING,
Livery, Hack, Boarding and Sale
STABLES.
We make a specialty of BOARDING HORSES.
Telephone 139.
Opposite Lawrence House.