THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
VOL. XI.
LAWRENCE, KANS., APRIL 6, 1893.
No. 27.
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EDITORIAL BOARD.
T. D. BENNETT, Editor-in-Chief.
C. R. TROXEL, 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 OREAD youth who makes the greatest success socially, is very apt to make a superb fizzle intellectually.
Vacation took most of our athletes out of town. Those who remained devoted part of their time to base ball practice.
HONOR was done the university in the selection of Prof. A. S. Olin, Superintendent of the Kansas City, Kan., schools, as a member of the new state board of education.
THE BAKER students have arisen in their righteous anger and laid out a new base ball ground. The old one has been ploughed to prevent the unseemly progress of athletics in that most saintly institution.
THE STUDENT politician is at present closely watching for the assessor. The right of suffrage costs about two days' labor on the city streets, or three dollars in legal tender. The street commissioner has recently had a lot of blank summons printed, and in all probability the student voters will be called out two or three at a time or requested to labor in different parts of the city. The different members of the faculty who have to work on the boulevard will probably occupy the important offices of supervision. It is rumored that the professors of the departments which received appropriations last winter will pay their poll tax in very good cash.
It would appear from the number of organizations at the North school that have sprung into existence this winter that the Laws have a regular organization fever; Junior Supreme Court, Senior District Court, Moot Court, Kent Club, two military organizations and a Shakespeare Club. Not only do the majority of the law students belong to these various societies, but an active movement is on foot to start a new one,—The Society of the Cherokee Strip Boomers. Of all these, the most patriotic and well known belong of course to the military branch of the law department. The valor of their bosoms is great indeed and the memory of the great Topeka conflict and the part they took on one side or the other will ever be cherished by Junior and Senior alike. Probably the class of '93 will adopt some kind of a G.A.R. association before they leave school for good. Certainly it would be most appropriate.
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The pleasant evenings are said to be arousing the musical talents of the glee club from their temporary lethargy. The serenaders are abroad in different parts of the city.
IF THE NUMBER of new spring dresses worn on Easter Sunday was equaled by the number of souls converted, the church membership would assume monstrous proportions.
THE REHEARSAL OF "TWELFTH NIGHT," which the COURIER representative has been allowed to witness is more than creditable. The time and effort which has been bestowed on the various parts have more than yielded the expected results. The leading parts are exceptionally good and far in advance of the usual amateur productions. Every student will attend and a large part of Lawrence's population will testify to the real merit of our actors. To the generous assistance of those worthy friends of the institution residing in Lawrence who will contribute in a large degree to the success of the play, the Athletic Association acknowledges its deep indebtedness. The financial success of the production is assured.
THE FOSSILIZED governing power which prohibited the unseemly manifestation of any interest in the athletic field at the straight-laced institution in Baldwin City has been condemned for such uncalled for action by every lover of justice in the State. The baseball field will probably be ploughed up and sown with hay seed; the tennis courts of the college will be covered with moss to be grafted on the backs of any whose zeal is greater toward physical culture than their enthusiasm for theological studies. Such regulations are puritanical in the extreme, and no institution can be esteemed progressive when the administrative body attempts to apply eighteenth century principles to a twentieth century student body. The Baker Blue Laws cast a serious reflection upon the breadth of ideas in the minds of the respectable body which promulgated such monuments of Puritanism.
ONE OF the most interesting features of Harvard's exhibit at the World's Fair will be two plaster casts representing the typical college youth and young woman of the United States.
WHEN YOU see an unusually becoming spring gown worn in a most attractive manner it does not always signify that the owner has been reading "Sartor Resartus," or that she even knows anything about the gentleman who wrote it.
DON'T let the spring fever find a resting place in your bones. It sometimes requires a little determination to overcome "that tired feeling" which generally appears about this time of the year, but when a man is thoroughly in earnest in his school work he has no time to devote to ennui.
IN A RECENT conversation with one of the University alumni, who is at present a prominent instructor in Topeka, the following opinion was given in regard to the present oratorical status of our institution: "It is impossible to understand the lethargy which is manifested by the faculty in regard to this important study. I have always stood by the University and repeatedly advised my pupils of the excellent instruction to be had here, but when the boys in Topeka see the results of the oratorical contest, and understand how little attention is given by the faculty of K. U. to this most interesting study, I feel that I am contradicted by the greatest evidence the University produces of her standing to the people of Topeka, namely: her standing in the oratorical contest. There is only one explanation of the low ranking of the University in the state contest; you have almost no instruction in speaking, no interest manifested by faculty, and no longer any reputation to sustain."
The force and truth of such observations cannot fail to impress itself upon all who have followed the record of the University of Kansas in the oratorical field. Certainly it is a poor one.
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A PROTEST will be filed at the meeting of the Board of Regents, which convenes to-day, against the present organization of the faculty, that deserves especial attention. At present, in accordance with the organization completed a few months ago, the faculty, as a whole, has no voice in affairs, but all power is exercised by a council composed of five members from the faculty of the School of Arts and two members from the faculties of the other schools. It was thought this would simplify matters of government, but the result has been far from satisfactory. Complaint is made that it is paternalistic and undemocratic in its tendencies and non-representative in practice. For in the selection of the five members from the School of Arts the dead and foreign languages captured four of the five places, while the great departments of English, and of Mathematics, and of History and Political Science have no representation at all. Consequently these departments must necessarily suffer and it is alleged that this is all wrong. Again it is stated that in the selection of the representatives from the different schools personal feelings and private interests have sometimes prevailed, as is quite evident in the case of Prof. Blake, who should, by all the rules of right, have been second member from the Engineering department. It is further protested that the office of registrar should not be given any member of the faculty, as at present, since it gives an undue advantage to one department in influencing students in the selection of their studies. All these are matters of vital interest to the welfare of the University, and it is incumbent upon the Board of Regents to carefully investigate the merits of the protest, and if the present system gives rise to favoritism and to unequal and unfair representation, it should be changed or abolished.
The boys are learning slowly but surely that they cannot fool with Prof. Robinson. To begin asking questions just before time to read is certain to bring down upon the poor unfortunate's head the wrath of the old gentleman and pay for the sport of the class.
Miss Allie Mason was on the hill Thursday.
Prof. Kellogg has returned from Leland Stanford.
Miss May Bigger of Kansas City, is visiting in Lawrence.
D. D. Gear spent vacation visiting his brother in Kansas City.
F. A. Lutz went home to-day to look after his ice business.
Edson of Topeka is visiting with his Phi Psi brothers this week.
W. O. Watson of Hutchinson visited the University last week.
Mr. Aaron Breck of Washburn viewed the sights on Oread Tuesday.
□ Miss Clarkson of Topeka attended the Phi Psi hop Wednesday night.
Mont Hollowell, of Wichita, is attending the Phi Psi convention this week.
Misses Alden and Bigger of Kansas City attended the Phi Psi hop last night
A. G. Canfield will speak at Music hall Sunday afternoon on Phillips Brooks.
Dr. C. L. Burke, a former K. U. student, visited his alma mater Wednesday.
Mr. Seymour Davis, the new state architect, will plan Prof. Blake's new building.
F. J. Savage returned Wednesday from his vacation with a tired look on his face.
Fox and Faulkner were Atchison boys who spent vacation at home and Kansas City.
Mr. Doran was down from Topeka to attend meeting of Ex. Com. of Alumni Association.
Miss Bertha Ensign, a member of the senior class at Washburn, visited the University Tuesday.
Blackman will represent the Junior member of Y. M. C. A. in Kansas City and will read a paper on that work.
PERSONALS.
Miss Allie Mason was on the hill Thursday.
Prof. Kellogg has returned from Leland Stanford.
Miss May Bigger of Kansas City, is visiting in Lawrence.
D. D. Gear spent vacation visiting his brother in Kansas City.
F. A. Lutz went home to-day to look after his ice business.
Edson of Topeka is visiting with his Phi Psi brothers this week.
W. O. Watson of Hutchinson visited the University last week.
Mr. Aaron Breck of Washburn viewed the sights on Oread Tuesday.
Miss Clarkson of Topeka attended the Phi Psi hop Wednesday night.
Mont Hollowell, of Wichita, is attending the Phi Psi convention this week.
Misses Alden and Bigger of Kansas City attended the Phi Psi hop last night
A. G. Canfield will speak at Music hall Sunday afternoon on Phillips Brooks.
Dr. C. L. Burke, a former K. U. student, visited his alma mater Wednesday.
Mr. Seymour Davis, the new state architect will plan Prof. Blake's new building.
F. J. Savage returned Wednesday from his vacation with a tired look on his face.
Fox and Faulkner were Atchison boys who spent vacation at home and Kansas City.
Mr. Doran was down from Topeka to attend meeting of Ex.Com.of Alumni Association.
Miss Bertha Ensign, a member of the senior class at Washburn, visited the University Tuesday.
Blackman will represent the Junior member of Y. M. C. A. in Kansas City and will read a paper on that work.
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LOGALS.
The Phi Delts will give a hop Saturday night.
The Phi Gams will give a box party at Twelfth Night.
Prof. Templin has received a lot of new psychological apparatus. How will this strike the sophomores?
Several letters have been received by the chancellor, asking for infected bugs. Most of these letters have come from Texas.
Holmes of the law department is rapidly coming to the front as a scientific boxer; he has, however, a great tendency to hit below the belt.
It is said that when the Junior Laws reached the subject of Pledges, a number of the most backward students were thoroughly posted on the lesson.
The Registrar is issuing a bulletin describing in detail the requirements for admission in languages at the University and the character of the work desired of the high schools.
The Easter music rendered at the Episcopal church will be repeated next Sunday. Prof. Penny's ability as director of the chorus is fully demonstrated by the excellent quality of the music.
The literary critic was in the corridor, holding forth to his companions, just as a COURIER man passed by. "Any man like Harold Barnes, with a hitherto tolerably good reputation, who will perpetrate such a pun as his way-side pun, in the Review article, which he had evidently weighed in his mind for some time previous, is beyond pardon. After I'd taken the trouble to wade through his old article; then, too, the way 'e did it—" "Great Guns!" ring off with such poor attempts, will you," said a listener, while a ma-ma wail went up from the surrounding crowd, as the critic sauntered away through the doorway, humming an old song about the far distant country where the Suwanee river is said to be located.
Pay your subscription if you wisn to receive the COURIER after May 1st.
S. J. Hunter will represent the University Y.M.C.A.in the Y.M.C.A.convention at K.C. and will read a paper there.
The article in the last Review by Harold Barnes is one of his best and was greatly appreciated by his University acquaintances.
The advanced English composition class were asked to write for Oednesday a description of the way in which they spent their vacation.
The friends of V. A. Rankin will be glad to know that he is pleasantly located at 833 Kansas Avenue, Topeka. He is doing successful work and is enthusiastic for K. U.
Mr. J. A. Rush returned from Denver Monday, where he had gone to secure a position with a legal firm as soon as school shall close He reports success and says Denver is the only city in the West.
A young lady from Topeka visiting in Lawrence last week was passing the Athletic field witT a friend and inquired 'Is that the stock yards. The board should label the field at once.
A number of students and young people of the city were entertained last Saturday evening at the home of Miss Emma White in a charmingly unique manner. The occasion was the celebration of all fool's day, and the young men all having assembled at the starting point, set out to find the fair fools, of whose whereabouts they were in total ignorance. After a considerable search the young ladies were located in the vicinity of the water tower, and as a reward of the industrious search and its pleasant culmination, all partook of a most excellent supper. Small wit and less wisdom was the order of the evening, and by a unanimous vote the greatest fool was declared to be the man who lost his way on Tennessee street.
After May 1st only subscribers whose subscriptions are paid, will receive the COURIER.
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The State Board will visit the University next week to make arrangements for the erection of Chancellor's residence and library.
The chancellor's residence and the library building will be erected by the regents, and Prof. Blake's building by the Board of Public Works.
Foster has resigned his position as secretary of the local Union of Christian Endeavor. He has done a great deal of difficult work and it is quite a loss. But he was so crowded with his own work that he had to give it up. His successor has not yet been elected.
The Review for April was out Tuesday. It contains a very interesting article by Hon. John J. Ingalls on the various differences between American and European railway traveling. A number of other articles are also meritorious and the number is altogether meritorious in its make-up and contents.
Prof. Sayre is preparing for the Pharmaceutical Association which meets at Wichita, May 13-15, at which time no less than six papers will be read as contributions from the Senior class of the department of Pharmacy. These papers will include some original researches in the analysis of the constituents of plants and medicinal preparations from the market. Prof. Sayre who is chairman of the committee on adulteration is now making numerous preparations of medicinal substances sold over the state. He finds there are those who are selling medicinal preparations without a license and palming off on the public some inferior goods. He believes it is the duty of the state to have the dispensing of medicines under strict surveillance and that such frauds as are practiced upon an innocent public ought to be exposed. Is is the duty of the State Board of Pharmacy to prosecute all cases of illegitimate practice in the dispensing of medicine. But the legislature has not provided them with sufficient funds for carrying out such prosecutions. The Board has done a good deal toward maintaining a high standard of pharmaceutical practice but is very much handicapped for want of such assistance as the legislature might easily afford.
Thursday, April 13, Mr. W. B. Brownell will lecture to the Status of Woman class on "The Property Rights of Woman." Mrs. Ella W. Brown, of Holton, read one on the same subject last year and it was very interesting. This one promises to be not less interesting. All students not engaged at that hour (4 o'clock) are cordially invited.
The numerous friends of Mr. Chas. Johnson, 92, will be pleased to learn that he has been chosen one of the few who represent this class, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, on Commencement day. The Kansas men seem to size up very favorably with the effete Knickerbockers, even if we do have an obstructed legislature.
While in California, Prof. Kellogg lectured on "Chinch Bug Infection" before the State Horticultural Society. It is reported that Prof. Kellogg may go to Leland Stanford, Jr. If the University permits this it is a great mistake. Mr. Kellogg is one of Kansas University's bright men whom she cannot afford to loose and ought to make it an inducement to him to remain.
Prof. Bruner, of the department of Entomology in University of Nebraska, visited the University last Saturday to get pointers concerning chinch bug infection. An effort is being made in Nebraska legislature to establish an experiment station in the State University of Nebraska. He also reports that it is not likeiy that they will get the extra $150,000 asked for by the University.
The executive committee of the Alumni Association met Monday afternoon at Mrs. Wilcox's. The members of the committee are Mrs. Wilcox, Miss Sutliff, T. F. Doran, and Prof. Engle. It was decided to have a banquet and Miss Sutliff and Prof. Engle were appointed on the committee of arrangements. Ernest Robinson was selected to respond to a toast for the seniors. For the remaining toasts Mrs. Nicholson and Messrs. Gleed and Doran, all of Topeka, were appointed as a committee to arrange.
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Some girls of Abilene inquire kindly of Baker, Rush and Perry of the glee club.
During vacation Prof. Hopkins visited the Baptist College at Ottawa. The wing of the main building has just been finished at a cost of $17,000. It makes a fine appearance and when finished will be almost as large as our main building. They have two very nice buildings now, the other being a hall for young ladies. It contains rooms for twenty-four persons besides, parlors and reception rooms. The various rooms in the building have been furnished by different congregations or individuals. What is the matter with K. U. having halls upon the hill? It is especially needful to have one near the athletic grounds for the athletes.
A student whose home is in a part of the state where the temperance proclivities are dubious returned to Lawrence Tuesday. He was unable to determine his location. Everything looked strange. All around him appeared to beloug to the great unknown. These strange unfamilliar scenes added to that gouness which follows quickly after a booze was greater than he could endure. In the midst of his despair he exclaimed! Where O where am I at? A moments reflection and his course was decided. He addressed several cards to himself to places where he thought he might be. One was address to Lawrence. All were mailed and the young man fell into a sweet sleep. When he awoke a new day had dawned. Old familliar scenes about his room and the hours greeted him a dull stupidity, a heaviness and a conscious enlargement of the head were some of his sensations. This did not seem strange for after returning from the post office he had thrown himself upon the bed without undressing and had fallen asleep. Shortly the mail came and he receive the following card:
MR. ___, MY DEAR SELF:—I am lost and do not know where to find myself. I have sent this card out on the search. If it reaches me at Lawrence, Kansas I can pretty well determine my where abouts. Your true friend in need. ___
J. L. Hallington and D. F. Baker will sing in the Presbyterian choir in the future.
Meeting of Kansas Academy of Language and Literature.
The Kansas Academy of Language and Literature will meet in Lawrence, April 12 and 13. The meeting will be opened in Music hall Wednesday evening. The other meetings will be held at the University.
This organization is doing fine work in our state and is one in which every student ought to be interested and especially so since we have no less than six representatives on the program. The work Prof.Carruth has done on "Dialect Notes" is a guarantee that this will be a subject of especial interest.
The notables in Kansas literature will be present and among them will be business men, lawyers and professors. To hear and see the people who are now and will make Kansas literature is not a privilege to be enjoyed every day and as much time as can be spared should be given to the meetings.
By the kindness of Mr. T. E. Dewey, of Abilene, of the executive committee, we are able to give the readers of the Courier the program in the main part, though perhaps not exactly as it is rendered.
PROGRAM.
Dialect Notes. W. H. Carruth, Lawrence Literary Notes.A. G.Canfield, Lawrence Kansas Bibliography,C.M.Watson,Lawrence Symposium on great novelists:
Howells ...B. W. Woodward, Lawrence Sienkewicz...H. G. Larimer, Topeka Hawthorne...E. M. Hopkins, Lawrence Scott...John McDonald, Topeka Eliot ...Mary A. Humphrey, Junction City
Symposium on great poets.
Shelley...H. D. Gray, Topeka
Byron...H. S. Dechaut, Abilene
Lowell...A. W. Dana, Topeka
Browning...W. A. Quayle, Baldwin
Shakspere...W. H. Wynn, Atchison
Burns...Albert Fullerton, Beloit
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Phi Kappa Psi Council.
The fourth bi-ennial council of the fourth district of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity began its sessions yesterday in Fraternal Aid hall, with a good attendance of delegates from the chapters composing this district. The fourth district includes chapters located at Northwestern University, Michigan University, Wisconsin University, Beloit College, Wis.; Iowa University, Minnesota University, Kansas University, Leland Standford and the Alumni associations at Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Portland, Oregon.
Yesterday forenoon the delegates visited our University and expressed themselves as being very agreeably surprised at the high position occupied by Kansas in the field of higher education. The council in the afternoon after the organization and reports of committees and reports from chapters, listened to a paper by J.A.Rush of this chapter on the Shield,the fraternity publication. After a lively discussion of the paper,a model initiation ceremony was given by the members of this chapter with Mr.Fred Miller as the victim.
Last evening a reception was tendered the delegates by Kansas Alpha at Fraternal Aid hall which was very prettily decorated with the pink and lavendor of the fraternity. Music, dancing and refreshments passed the time all too quickly.
This morning the council re-convened and Mr. Harl Myers, of Iowa University read a paper on "The Duties of the Chapter Historian," followed by discussion, after which Mr.Joseph P.Morsman,of Michigan University, presented a paper on "The iniatory step to securing a Chapter House." The morning session closed with a paper by Mr.W.M. Ewing, of Northwestern University, on "The Phi Kappa Psi Ritual. Its object should it be carried out? Should it be elaborated?"
At the afternoon session Mr. G. Fred Rush, of Chicago, read a paper on "The College Fraternity as a Social Institution." After the reports of the various committees Mr. Richardson was elected as one of the members of the
executive council of the fraternity and Chicago was chosen as the place for holding the next council in 1895. The council then adjourned to Kansas City where the members of the Kansas City Aliumni Association give the delegates a banquet at the Midland to-night.
Will White Will Read.
Will White of the K. C. Star will read, or do something we do not just know what, and it is safe to say that it will be full of interest for all those who can hear it. Throughout his reading he will introduce a few of his friends viz:
Colonel Hucks, Mr. Bill, Mr. Chenny Foley, Elder Twiggs, Mr. Bills Brother and The Old Man Bemis, also Mr. C. Algernon Briggs.
A telegram from Tucson, Arz., received yesterday announced the sad news of the death of Miss Edith Grubb. Death was due to consumption. Miss Grubb was a former student at the University and was an exceptionally bright scholar. A wide circle of friends, including the members of her Sorosis, the Pi Beta Phi, sympathize with the relatives in their bereavement.
The editor sat in his sanctum, Letting his lessons rip, Racking his brain for an item, And stealing all he could clip.
The editor sat in the class room,
As if getting over a drunk ;
His phiz was clouded with awful gloom,
For he had made a total flunk.
The editor returned to the sanctum, And hit himself in the eye. He swore he had enough of the business, He would quit the paper or die.
What Next?
O, gentle Kansas, prythee tell,
To ease our troubled spirits, vexed
With doubts which every moment swell,
Just what you will do next.
-U of Mo. Argus.
The COURIER will sell you an elegant bicycle cheap.
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LITERARY.
Negatives.
I was calling the other evening when my hostess asked me in the most enthusiastic tones if I didn't want to see her darling little baby sister. "I know you will like her, the little dear, I am sure you will." With a feeble, sickly smile I assured her that I should be charmed to see the baby, but not to put herself to any trouble, and if the child was asleep I would wait until another time. No trouble at all, she assured me. The little treasure wasn't asleep and she would get her immediately.
I felt a crisis was at hand and braced myself for the struggle. Now I am free to confess I don't like babies. Nothing so "rattles" me as to have a baby sprung on me. I never know what to say or do. Babies all look alike to me: Soft, round and wriggly, with their little bald heads, their red mouths and their staring eyes, reminding one of burnt holes in a blanket. They are certainly the most curious beings that ever lived. Then a baby seems to have very peculiar judging or roaring faculties, and is certainly without the first principles of ethics or etiquette (at least this particular baby was).
When it was brought in, I looked at it and smiled; and the baby screwed up its face and began to cry. I changed my expression to one of thoughtful mein; the child stopped crying. Ah! I thought, a sensible little being after all; she can appreciate an intelligent face, (for I flattered myself mine was such, in my sober moods). But, alas, I must have been in error; immediately the child began to show signs of unrest and disregard for my feelings. I began to talk to her, and then felt foolish. My hostess' suggestion that I kiss her (the little darling) didn't relieve my embarassment. Nor did the baby seem to enjoy it either, for she began most vigorously to kick and squirm (more bad judgment on her part) with one little fist firmly clinched in my hair and the other in one or both of my eyes (I am uncertain which) she gave herself up to her emotions and wept.
My consternation and confusion cannot be imagined. I felt that I must do something, In my extreme embarassment I pulled out several fists from my eyes, swinging my watch until it stopped, and tossed the little imp, and cooed to her in the most outlandish fashion until I felt that my flesh throughout must have turned as red as a salmond's, and I longed for the seclusion of a cold solitary stream where I could plunge myself in and drown.
As no such place was available, finally in my despair and discomfiture I lost possession of my usually cast-iron nerves, and the child fell to the floor. With a look at me that would have cooled any thing less than Pluto's fire or my heated brow, my hostess picked the "little treasure" up. Immediately the child stopped its howling, nestled down in her arms and cooed as contentedly as a dove. As soon as etiquette would permit I took my departure. and as I turned my burning brow to the cooling zephers I could not, nor can I yet, arrive at any sane conclusion as to what ailed that child.
What a strange, sad havoc the relentless advance of time makes in the ranks of one's opinions. Up to within a few days, the writer had fondly nursed and caressed the delusion that there could be no greater simpleton than the man who, on the first day of April, could be led astray by those antiquated jokes, the innocent looking, brick-loaded hat and the dollar with a string tied to it. Now, alas! even this belief, cherished from infancy with touching solicitude, has been dispelled by the light of later experience, and relegated to a place among the ghosts of what were once striking realities. Just as firmly as the writer formerly believed that the April fool was the fool par excellence, just so firmly does he now believe that there are fools, in comparison with whom the April fool fades into insignificance. The cause of this disgraceful rout of early opinions is in this case of recent date, and as is usual in a great many other cases, its origin can be attributed to the intervention of woman.
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in resources, they-I am speaking of the girls—had run athwart the idea of an April fool party. The party was to be given somewhere, like other parties are, and the fellows were to find out where "somewhere" was.I haven't the least doubt but what the same kind of a party would have been given in a city of a hundred miles square.
Well, to go on with the story, about nine o'clock I found myself in West Lawrence, anxiously looking for "somewhere." Along came B—from choir practice. Now B—had received a tip from some source, and told me that the party was to be held at W-'s, adding that he did not know for certain where she lived. It was my belief that W—lived away up on Tennessee street and so off we started, both dead tired, for I had been walking about an hour, while B—had taken a jaunt of six miles into the country just before supper. At last we reached the end of the street car track. No lights, no music, no laughter or anything that betokened the nearness of a party. Only the heavy breathing of two perspiring, foot-sore men, and the ghastly glare of the flickering street light.
"Fools!" muttered B—, "I remember now, W— lives up on the hill, on Oread Avenue."
And away up that abominable, homicidal Adams-street elevation we toiled, and then over towards North College. At last a light.
"Ha, ha, ha! here we are; it takes me to find a place," gleefully exclaimed B—.
"Yes," said I, with simply killing sarcasm, "you have succeeded in finding Prof. S—'s new house."
"Oh, well, don't get hot about it, we must be within a rifle shot of W—'s."
"Considering that any well regulated rifle will carry half a mile beyond the most distant boundary of the city limits, I find a great deal of solace in your suggestion!" This was deadly, but I had launched it with malice aforethought.
And we went on silently, moodily, disconsolately, an occasional groan or half-stifled imprecation breaking in upon the monotonous sound of our footsteps. Wilted shirt bosoms, dusty
shoes, and dirty faces; we were in fine shape for a party. Upon again turning into Tennessee street we met a couple hurrying along whom we knew.
"They're going to W—'s, let's ask them where it is," whispered B—.
"Never! Thank heaven, I have some pride left," was my haughty reply.
We arrived at the end of my pride and that of the next block at the same time. Here we met J—, whom we humbly asked if he knew where W—lived.
"Yes, up at the end of Tenn—"
That was enough; we left J— in the gutter, a bruised and battered mass.
"It's no use," said B—, looking back at our prostrate victim, "we had better give up the search. There is nobody like an April fool."
"An April fool, sir, an April fool," said I, with the greatest possible emphasis, "is simply not in it with a natural born, all-the-year-round fool!" H.
Wesleyan will have a biological exhibit at the World's Fair.
A school of law is soon to be opened in Tokio for Japanese women.
It is reported there is a great deal of hazing going on now at Purdue.
The first woman's university in Germany is soon to be established.
The number of "cuts" allowed in some of the leading colleges is as follows: Yale, 24 per year to juniors and seniors; to sophomores and freshmen, 18; Williams, 30; Dartmouth, 21.
There are nine dailies, one tri-weekly, two semi-weeklies, 44 weeklies, 55 bi-weeklies, 288 monthlies, and over 100 bi-monthlies and quarterlies published by the colleges of the United States.
The total attendance at Harvard during 189192, including the summer school, was 2,409 while the number this year, including 500 persons who attended the winter night school, is 3,466, or an increase of 1,057.
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ATHLETIGS.
By the way, Taylor, Marmaduke's half back is the same man who played with Baker last fall. He is attending school at Marmaduke.
Leland Stanford, Jr.'s University base ball nine played its first game on Washington's birthday. They are rather ahead of us in the way of climate.
The base ball management of Doane College at Crete, Neb., is anxious to secure a match game with our University nine. They contemplate making a trip into Kansas this spring and are trying to arrange games with Kansas colleges.
The cinder running track in the McCook field is nearing completion and may be in condition to run on in a week or so. This will fill a long felt want as at present candidates for field day exercises are without a place on which to train.
Baker is anxious that more games of base ball should be arranged in the triangular league. There is no reason why this should not be done as six games are none too many to test the superiority of the teams. Our committee on base ball will very probably take the matter in hand.
Hal W. Reed, well known in inter-state collegiate foot ball circles and always a welcome guest at K. U., has transferred his headquarters to Chicago. As Mr. Reed is a warm friend of the University his move means much. Mr. Reed proposes joining the Chicago Athletic Association, and K. U. may expect an invitation to play foot ball with the C.A.A.
Eastern papers report Yale seniors to be reveling in sports outside of base ball this spring, namely: top spinning and hoop rolling. This is confined to seniors alone and bids fair to become more than a passing fancy with the sportive seniors. The Topeka Capital says that if the fad continues we may yet hear of a top spinning contest between Yale and Vassar, or the University of Kansas and Bethany College at Topeka.
There is scarcely a newspaper, whether it be a mighty city daily or an insignificant country weekly, but what is at this time of year giving its readers its opinion on base ball. Especially have the "new rules" furnished copy for many three or four paragraph articles and in some instances the wise sage has been given an entire column. Few authorities on the game agree as to what will be the consequence resulting from the change in rules. But as a whole the change must be but small. The much talked of spring meeting of the National League which was held in New York city the 7th and 8th of March, accomplished but little, and now every base ball crank in the country is expressing his opinion regarding the change.
Now in reality the results of that meeting were very meagre indeed, the only changes worth mentioning being the following:
"The bat must be made wholly of hard wood, must be round, and not exceed two and onehalf inches in diameter at the thickest part or forty-two inches in length."
"The pitcher's dromedary shall be marked by a white rubber plate 12 inches wide, so fixed to the ground as to be even with the surface, at the distance of 60 feet 6 inches from the outer corner of the home plate, so that a line drawn from the center of the home plate to the center of second base will give 6 inches upon either side."
The pitchers distance has been increased sufficient to ensure the batting percentage to be raised somewhat but not enough to warrant the much talked of newspaper slugging game. By moving the pitcher back to within 3 feet of the center of the diamond, quite naturally gives him a better opportunity to watch runners on first and second base thereby diminishing base running. Withal the changes will be slight, and, even if batting is increased, the public will be the better pleased, for the average base ball devotee above all things likes life in a game.
The base ball diamond on the McCook field has been leveled and rolled and is now in excellent condition.
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The annual Oxford-Cambridge eight oared boat race took place on the Thames four mile course on March 21st. Both crews broke the record of 19m. 24s. made by Oxford last spring. The race was won by Oxford in 18m. 47s, while at the finish Cambridge was but 4 ft. in the rear. The pace was fast from start to finish, Oxford leading Cambridge but a few feet during the entire race. This makes the 49th Oxford-Cambridge race, Oxford having won 26 and Cambridge 22 of the races, while in 1877 the race was a tie. It is quite evident that Englishmen are ahead of us in oarsmanship, as the American four-mile record held by Yale-'88 is 20m. 10s.
The indications are favorable for much competition and a big success on Intercollegiate Field Day. Our Athletic Association is receiving communications from other colleges outside of the Triangular League colleges and no doubt the majority of colleges of note in the state will send representatives to take part in at least some one event. The colleges of Kansas have made great strides in the advancement of athletics in the past few years and in the near future we hope to see Kansas men take part in the Interstate Field Day exercises held at Mott Haven.
The senior class at Cornell is to build an athletic club house as a memorial. The Red and Blue.
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IT IS ALWAYS ON TIME.
WHAT?
The Union Pacific
Of course that is nothing new; everybody is onto that and when they want to make an eastern connection sure, or take a through train to Chicago without a change they go to J. P. Ross, or J. T. SHANKLIN for their tickets.
JOHN STEINBRING, 841 Mass. St.
KANSAS BAKERY. LUNCH ROOM.
MONARGH SHIRTS
ARE THE BEST FITTING AND BEST WEARING
PATENT
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DON'T SMOKE Any except Good Cigars, WOODWARD HAS THEM. TRY "PICCADURA."
McCONNELL
Has the largest and best selected stock of Spring Suitings, Pants, etc., in the city. A liberal discount to students.
E. A. Gildner, CATERER.
SHORT ORDER HOUSE.
Fine Confectionary and Fruits A SPECIALTY.
Banquet Orders Solicited.
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Eddy Motors and Generators. Paranite Wires and Cables W. T. OSBORN & COMPANY, ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES,
Repairs and Construction.
705 Delaware St.
KANSAS OITY, MO.
While in K. C., drop in at Morton's, 1024 Main St., for lunch or a dish of their delicious ice creams.
Smith keeps a fine line of tobaccos and cigars and all the latest illustrated papers.
Get your Sunday papers at Smith's.
Willard has the neatest barber shop in the city. His work is first class.
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.
Fine Cigars and Tobaccos at Smith's.
YOU DO
If you want to buy anything in the Dry Goods and Carpet line you should first see the great stock of the city.
The latest and newest styles found in eastern markets. The great assortment of Silks, Velvets and Paris Suits. The great assortment of Silks and Dress Goods for Graduating, Wedding and Party purposes.
The great Kid Glove Stock.
The Corset Stock.
The Hosiery Stock.
Overshadowing in all departments.
GEO. INNES.
We are equipped as never before and are prepared to sell you everything in our line on the most satisfactory basis.
Where did you get that wheel? At Howell's, it's a scorcher.
See those Clio Wheels at Howell's.
Howell sells the Imperial, the best wheel in the world.
Lotta Barber has the largest and most complete millinery stock in the city.
BARLOW GUITARS
BARLOW MANDOLINS
BARLOW BANJOS
ARE
THE
BEST
NOTICE.-The "Barlow" instruments are recognized every where as being "the finest grade." To see them is to buy no other. To try them means to "use no other."
PIANOS, ORGANS,
Largest Stock. Best Terms. Lowest Prices.
LEGG BROS.,
811=813 MAIN ST. KANSAS CITY, MO Largest Stock of Music in the West.
Carpenter's Shorthand Institute.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
MAJESTIC
LIGHT
ROADSTER,
Price Pneumatic Tire,
$115.
Midland Cycle Co. 900 Mass. St.
LAWRENCE, KS.
CALL ON J. M. JONES,
706 Mass.
Street.
Fancy Grocer.
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100 ENGRAVED
VISITING CARDS from
COPPER PLATE,
ONLY $1.00.
Jaccard's Kansas City
CLASS PINS,
MEDALS,
ETC.
1034 Main Street.
Go to Weber for new spring styles. The Leis Drug Co. carry all the best grades of Toilet Soaps.
Spring suits lower than the lowest and in the latest styles at Weber's.
Students all!!! You can buy books at half price at Crew's old stand! Call at once.
Hair and Cloth Brushes good and cheap at the Leis Drug Co.'s.
Some K. U. stationery, embossed steel "Kansas State University" for heading. Very fine and less than factory price. 745 Mass. St.
The Principe Cigar is a clear havana filled 5 cent cigar. The Leis Drug Co. have it.
See those pipes at Smith's.
Give your laundry business to Huddleston.
Hollingbury is getting in his spring and summer styles. They are the nobbiest and cheapest in the city.
Derma Royal and K. S. U. Bouquet soap at Barber Bros. Drug Store.
The luxury of a bath sponge can well be afforded for health. A sponge bath every night add much to one's comfort.
Did you ever use Florida Water in the bath? It's nice, and don't you want a bottle from Raymond's.
Lotta Barber has the University hats. See them.
All the latest styles in hats and trimmings at Lotta Barber's.
Full line of Mrs. Gervaise Graham's Toilet preparations, including Elder Flower Cream and Face Bleach at Barber Bros. drug store.
Everybody eats with Staley & Dunlap. The best restaurant in the land.
Sell or exchange your old text books while they are in date, for new books at Glick's.
Staley & Dunlap's, 932 Main Street, is the best place to get a meal.
The second half term is here. Sell your old books to Glick.
Go to Staley & Dunlap's for your dinner or lunch when in Kansas City.
B. Glick, 535 Main Street. He deals in new and second-hand books.
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.
Morton's, Kansas City, candies are unexcelled. A sample box will convince you.
HEADACHES, from over work, from over play, cured at Raymond's.
See those lovely hats at Lotta Barber's.
For a clean bath or a first class shave, hair cut or shampoo, go to Willard's. He employs only first class workmen.
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F. D. MORSE, M.D.
Residence 1041 Tennessee Street, Lawrence.
Office over Woodward's Drug Store.
H. JAESCHKE BAKERY
Fresh Bread Delivered to Any Part of City. Special Rates to Clubs. 825 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
BLOMQUIST BROS.,
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MERCHANT TAILORS,
527 MINNESOTA AVE. KANSAS CITY, KAN.
CHRIS EPLEY,
RESTAURANT Meals at All Hours. No. 726 Massachusetts Street.
C. E. ESTERLY DENTIST,
Over Woodward's Drug Store.
L.O.McIntire & Co.
Is the place for University students to buy their Dry Goods. The most Complete Assortment and the lowest prices is what you'll always find there.
English "King of Scorchers"
. . . AND . . .
LADIES' CLIO WHEELS. JUSTUS HOWELL, 842 Mass. St., Lawrence.
WHEN YOU COME TO
CALL ON
KANSAS CITY
J.F.SCHMELZER SONS
541-543 MAIN ST., And See their Large Line of
Spalding and Reach Base Ball Goods.
Wright & Ditson and Schmelzer Tennis Goods,
Or call on their Agents: FIELD & GIBB, for Lawn Tennis Goods, or J. D. SMITH, for Base Ball Outfits.
J. W. ROBERTSON.
E. M. ROBERTSON.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
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Any BOOK not in STOCK FURNISHED at SHORT NOTICE.
The Boot and Shoe House of
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.
N. H. GOSLINE, Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES.
Students trade a specialty. 811 Mass. Street, - - - - Lawrence, Kan.
Beal & Godding,
LIVERY AND HACK
STABLES
We Make a Specialty of Boarding Horses.
Telephone 139. Opp. Lawrence House.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MY PRETTY MAID?
It does not make much difference where or when, if you get started right you will have no trouble.
The Santa Fe Route
is the "right" way to start, and will take you with comfort, certainty and economy.
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.
A. L. ASHBY,
=DENTIST.=
Over Daily's Queensware Store.
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.
WATKINS NATIONAL BANK.
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Surplus, $13,000
We do a general banking business and solicit your patronage.
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Vol. XI.
No. 28.
April 13, 1893.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
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For full particulars as to time of trains, rates, etc., call on
J. P. ROSS. City Office, Eldridge House Corner.
KLOCK'S RESTAURANT
AND LUNCH COUNTER. The Students' Boarding Place.
CONFECTIONERY AND CIGARS. OYSTERS IN ALL STYLES.
Board per week, $3.00. Meal tickets, $3.50.
816 Massachusetts street.
WOOLF BROS.' LAUNDRY.
Best Work in the West.
ABE LEVY, Agent. 821 Mass. St.
CHAS. HESS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Choice Meats, Sugar Cured Hams
Telephone 14.
—AND—
SAUSAGES.
No. 941 Mass. St.
MOAK BROS.
BILLIARD PARLORS.
Choice Tobacco and Cigars.
714 Mass. Street.
J. D. BOWERSOCK, Prest. WALTER L. HOWE, Cashier.
PETER E. EMERY, 2nd Vice Prest.
L. BULLENE, Vice Prest. H.B. TOPPING, Asst. Cash'r.
Lawrence National Bank.
U. S. DEPOSITORY.
Capital, $100,000.
M. E. H.
W. D. WOMACK The Bicycle Man
Sells all kinds Of first-class Bicycles
For cash Or on the Installment Plan,
In the Country or In the City.
ADDRESS OR CALL ON
W. D. WOMACK,
KANSAS CITY, MO.
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Willis,
Photographer.
New and Old Students are Invited to call.
South Tennessee Street.
CADY & OLMSTEAD,
业
Jewelers,
Stationers,
AND DEALERS IN
fine Art Goods.
(1)
SPECIAL attention given to fine Copper Plate Engraving, Wedding and Commencement Invitations, Calling Cards, etc.
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
SUITS
Made to Order of the Latest Spring Novelties for $20.
. AT .
DAVIES, THE TAILOR.
MY SPRING STOCK OF
SHOES and OXFORDS Are Daily Arriving. PRICES LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. HUME'S.
Lawrence, Kansas. 829 Massachusetts St.
MRS. WADE'S BAKERY.
Home Bakery.
Home made Cakes and Pastries a specialty. The most delicious Cakes and Pies furnished students' parties on short notice. 1029 Massachusetts Street.
J. H. JOHNSON, Prop.
West Warren St., - - - Lawrence, Kan.
Short Order Meals a Specialty. Fresh Confectionery and Cigars on hand.
THE NEW YORK
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Write to W. B. Fouts, Agent, 301 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Mo., and get a catalogue with description of the best typewriting machine in the world.
JULIUS BAER,
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SPECIAL AGENTS
TELEPHONE 2415
OKONITE
TRADE MARK.
WIRES AND CABLES.
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General Electrical Supplies.
522 Deleware St. Kansas City, Mo.
W. D. GREENE, MANAGER.
FRANK RIDDLE
-
Telephone 15, 923 MASS. STREET.
GROGER.
R. J. SPIETZ, Lunch Counter and Bakery CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
917 Mass. St.
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.
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See the Late Styles ...
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ABE LEVY'S.
Summer Shirts, Underwear, etc.
ABOVE BUTTON HOLES
FRONT 21/8 INCHES HIGH
BACK 1/2 INCHES HIGH
E & W YOKENA LINEN
TRADE MARK
FIRST AIR MILITARY EXAMINATION OFFICE
CAR LOADS
. . OF NEW . .
Spring DRESS Goods AND SILKS.
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CAKE the train to the city and store and let us show you what we can do for you.
T
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KANSAS CITY.
WEIDEMANN
Has opened his
OYSTER PARLOR
For the season, and makes a specialty of
Supplying Parties WITH
ICE CREAM,
Fruits and Confectionery. BANQUETS A SPECIALTY.
PIANOS AND ORGANS For Cash or Easy Payments. 'OLIN BELL.
845 Mass. St. Lawrence, Kan.
LAWN TENNIS GOODS.
New 1893 Racquets, Championship Balls, Tennis Nets, Poles, etc., etc., Also the new "Short Strap Belt," and the "Ideal Trouser's Guards" for bicycle riders.
The Field & Gibb Book Go.
Lawrence Agent's for Schmelzer & Son's Tennis Goods.
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Vol. XI.
LAWRENCE, KANS., APRIL 13, 1893.
No. 28.
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.
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EDITORIAL BOARD.
T. D. BENNETT, Editor-in-Chief.
C. R. TROXEL, 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 WEATHER is inspiring to the athletes and McCook field is the scene of daily practice that betokens defeat to all opposers of the crimson on the field of athletics.
NOTE TO THE PRINTER-If the athletic editor kicks on this article, tell him to slide for second
THE PRODUCTION of "Twelfth Night," given last Friday was considered by many the most creditable entertainment presented in the Lawrence opera house this year. The entertainment was a decided financial success and the generous contribution of time and services given by our amateurs deserves the thanks of all University people. The Athletic Association is indeed fortunate in being so well represented before the footlights.
OF ALL venomous reptiles, the gossip carries the largest supply of poison.
A PUERILE attempt is being made by the lecture bureau and its subservient minions to prove that the student body does not know enough to take care of itself and is in need of a wet nurse. The statement is openly and brazenly made that the autocratic faculty committee of three, which now absolutely rules the lecture bureau, can select better representatives of the student body than can the students themselves. Shades of Reno and Riggs and Steele and Templin! Are we come to this? The very men who once cried loudest for student representation now declaring that the students don't know enough to attend to a little business transaction and must needs have a guardian committee appointed! It is indeed strange that the student body in a reputed democratic institution shall be thus subjected to paternalism most obnoxious and highly detrimental. If the faculty is determined to run the lecture course then let it be called by its right name, and not by the false title of a "student's course." But by far the wiser policy, and the only one that will succeed, is to make the entire management elective by the student body. The students of K. U. can be trusted to take care of their own interests as they have amply demonstrated in the Athletic Association and in the Oratorical Association and in every organization in which they have entered. Then away with this paternalistic wet nurse theory that treats our students as babes and not as men and women.
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A DEBT of honor is contracted oftenest by those whose honor affords mighty poor security.
IT IS CERTAINLY harrowing to poetic sentiment to be obliged to "bone" when the very atmosphere of the spring days invites us to get out doors and hustle around, but always remember that there is a class room atmosphere that needs some serious consideration. The examination atmosphere is looming up in the distance and warning us against the seductive influence of balmy breezes and soft moonlight.
THE FACULTY of the University of Minnesota have decided to replace the wearisome commencement orations with an address by some distinguished speaker. The step is progressive and it is a matter for serious regret that our own faculty did not display as commendable ideas in the selection of the K.U. commencement program. It is well enough to recognize the merit which the hard workers have undoubtedly earned by continuous grinding, but at the same time the public have a few rights and our own system of wearing everybody clear out by long-winded student orations is decidedly out of date.
THE MANNER in which the various colleges of the country are alleging that President Harrison is to be exalted from the humble position of an ex-president of the Union to a college professor, is something extravagantly humorous. First, Stanford University had him secured as a law lecturer at a most fabulous sum, to inculcate constitutional law into the California youth. Now comes the State University of Indiana and announces that the presidency of that most powerful education factory will be tendered President Harrison. In the meantime it might be just as well for the other colleges who are afraid the ex-president will be unable to secure a paying job, to postpone such senseless advertisements until Mr. Harrison has time to inform the college public that he is not a candidate for the position of instructor in any theatrical college.
It would appear that the zeal of the finance committee of the Athletic Association has led two of its members to forget discretion and to indulge in some antics that resemble a poor quality of horse play. When a committee is appointed to manage an affair it is always wise to allow it to do so unless it calls for assistance or shows itself incapable. As neither was the case in the management of Twelfth Night, the generous offer of services by the "generalissimo of the athletic field" and his loud boasts of patriotic sacrifice of time were not only amusing but were very ill timed and obnoxious to all really concerned in the presentation. It is hoped that this will check a rising ambition.
FROM AN ALUMNUS standpoint the college life marks the great epoch of transition from boyhood to maturity. At no time of life is character shaped so rapidly, and habits fixed more firmly. In this last training which we undergo before meeting the great responsibilities and practical application of our theoretical knowledge which will come with the contact of business life, we are shaping the character that will be ours from now until the end. In after years when we meet the companions of our present work, what a world of retrospective thought will gather round the memories of our college days. We will judge ourselves and our advancement by the progress they have made. If another has achieved honor we wonder in what way the path led, that we have missed it, and the only answer that wasted opportunity and neglected time returns will be, "Industry alone is the path to deserved success."
"Stop not, loiter not, look not backward, if you would be among the foremost. The great Now—so quick, so broad, so fleeting—is yours; in an hour it will belong to the Eternity of the Past. The temper of life is to be made good by big, honest blows; stop striking and you will do nothing; strike feebly, and you will do almost as little. Success rides on every hour; grapple it and you may win, but without a grapple it will never go with you. Work is the weapon of honor."
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PERSONALS.
Gear is learning to play tennis.
Mustard went to K.C. Saturday.
C. H. Lease went to Wichita Saturday morning.
W. B. Poinsette of Lansing was a visitor last week.
Miss Loader says she is going to leave school next week.
Fred Ellis, President of the Freshman Class, has gone home.
Bub Wilson and --- went boat riding Saturday afternoon.
Johnson and Kutz took levels at the Indian school Saturday.
W. L. Rigney of Ft. Scott looked through the University last Thursday.
Herbert Levy, Vice President the of Freshman Class, took sick during vacation and will not return this year.
The Twelfth Night was the talk of last week.
When Lange goes boat-riding he gets "stuck" on a sandbar.
The way to sing is to "watch the leader," and to not laugh.
"My Lord, we are going to lose the best man in our frat."
Prof. Wilcox lectured the audience on time in music Friday morning in chapel.
Mr. B. W. Woodward read a paper before the Seminary last Friday afternoon on "The New Spain."
The tennis players are a disturbing element in the University and raise more racket than any other class.
Mr. F. H. Crole, the representative of Baker Athletic Association, was in town Saturday, looking after Baker's interests in Field Day's Contest.
LOGALS.
Many words of praise have been heard for the presentation of Twelfth Night, It certainly speaks well for Lawrence talent.
W. B. Brownell will read a paper before status of woman class on the property rights of women next Thursday at 4 o'clock.
The Laws are progressive. They have organized a class in Shakspeare and are reading "Twelfth Night" under the direction of Jim Challis.
J. L. Harrington will have fourteen terms' work to represent his work for this year. What is the matter with faculty the committee on studies?
The rumor is going the rounds that the frats have made a combination to rush the leading barbs privately to keep them from organizing a new frat.
The Baker representative, Mr. Crole, says that the M. E. Conference is not running the athletics of Baker and that she will be in the ring until K. U. knocks her out as usual.
Rushing students through a recitation in order to cover so much ground is a serious mistake made by some professors in the University. Quality and not quantity of work done should be the standard.
The freshman class is a headless concern now. The president, Mr. Ellis, has gone home and Mr. Levy of Wichita, the vice-president, will not be able to return until next year. What will the freshies do?
A mania for pictures has struck the German department and now the walls of the west room have all the appearance of an art room. The effect is very agreeable and might be imitated by other departments.
Friday morning's chapel service had the largest attendance of the year. Miss Mame Berry and Mr. Bell sang solos and were much appreciated by the students. Something like that would impel attendance.
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Bedell and Lyon have moved to 1112 Tennessee street.
Jim Kelsey makes as warm an actor as he is a ball catcher.
Prof. Bailey took his chemistry class to the gas works Friday afternoon to learn how gas is made.
The name of the new fraternity is Beta Alpha Rho Beta. Some think there is too much Beta about it.
Prof. A. G. Canfield addressed the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, on "Phillips Brooks."
Mr. Neil's parody on biblical style in the advanced composition class has been the source of much favorable comment.
The German department is receiving a great number of stsreopticon views for the lectures to be offered by this department.
Mr. Willis Gleed of Topeka will read a paper before the Seminary next Friday afternoon on the "Law and Lawyers."
Prof. Saunders has invented a new arrangement to be placed on a guitar for the purpose of increasing the number of strings. The professor has ten on his,
Watson and McLaughlin rode on the "blind baggage" from Lawrence to Emporia. The boys have nerve and grit but there are times when only these qualities are equal to the occasion.
McCall, who for the last two weeks has been in the office of the Fort Scott and Memphis R. R.at Kansas City, is back again. He will remain here until the first vacancy occurs, when he will return.
It is to be regretted that one of the fraternities in the University was either so thoughtless or so inconsiderate as to have a party on the same night of the Twelfth Night entertainment. At such times all other University events should be declared off, or postponed until after the presentation is over, as one of the fraternities commendably did.
Linville says that he had a very pleasant time on his trip over the southeastern part of the state and should like to repeat it. There were some things about it so very pleasing that he prefers not to make them known just now.
The University band meets every Friday evening and it is reported that it is doing good work. This is a move in the right direction and will be just the thing to arouse enthusiasm on foot-ball excursions. What is the matter with getting the boys out for the base-ball games?
A certain young lady was calling on a certain other young lady last Sunday evening, when a K. U. boy called on the first young lady. On being told where she was, the certain young man went for her and told her that her mother had sent him for her. She went. Who was he?
The United States government is thinking of establishing an experiment station for "The Weather Service" in the new physics building. There are only three of these stations in the United States, one at Harvard, Washington, D.C., and Rose Polytechnic School. In view of the small number of these stations we should consider ourselves very fortunate in having a station placed here. This is largely due to the efforts of Prof. Blake, who has received several favorable letters in regard to this matter.
Prof. Blake lectured in Kansas City before the Y.M.C.A. University Extension class last Friday evening. The subject was "The Manufacture of Light"—The Molecular Constitution of Matter; The Kinetic Theory of Gases; Temperature; Radiant Heat; Atomic Vibrations; Spectroscopic Research; Wave Theory of Light; Combustion; Incandescence; Ether Under Stress; High Potentials with Rapid Alternations; Elihu Thomson's Experiments; Nikola Tesla's late Researches; Light Without Heat; Langley's Experiments on Phosphorescence. Nikola Tesla's Researches are the latest, and scientists are spending much time on this method of lighting. No wires are used, but the air around the arc light is so heavily charged with electricity that a brilliant light is given off from the arc.
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W. C. Fogle attended the district Y.M.C.A. convention at Kansas City, Saturday.
The young ladies of the University will probably be pleased to know that now, as Mr. Holmes no longer has the whole financial responsibility of "Twelfth Night" on his hands, he will have some leisure time.
The following is a part of the program for the Inter-State Oratorical Contest to be held in May:
"The Greatness of Personality". . . . M. J. Jones, O.
"Cavour". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. H. Hopkins, Ill.
"Philosophy of Reform". . . . W. C. Coleman, Kan.
"Webster and the Constitution". . F. A. Heizer, Iowa.
"The Judgments of History". . . J. H. Kimball, Mo.
Professors Haworth and Williston are working hard to get their exhibit ready for the World's Fair by the appointed time. Prof. Williston has been collecting for some time and will have a very considerable display of the building stone of Kansas. This will probably be the best advertisement Kansas building material will soon get. The stone is cut into six or eight inch cubes and smoothed or dressed as ordinary building stone.
Prof. Haworth, for want of funds, began collecting only ten days ago and is making his collection with remarkable rapidity. He has received a car load of lead and zinc ores and pig lead from Galena, from Lyons 1000 pounds of rock salt and from Medicine Lodge an equal amount of gypsum; from Pittsburgh and Wier City, metallic lead and zinc. The specimens of lead and zinc ores and metals are very fine and will make a fine display.
For the building stone and metal exhibit of Kansas there is a room twenty feet square. Within this room a new floor will be placed, about fifteen inches above the floor of the building. In each corner on the south side of the building will be two square pyramids fifteen feet high, on the sides of which will be placed the lead and zinc ore specimens. A few feet from toward the north side are two octagonal pyramids fifteen feet high. These will be covered with the metallic lead and zinc. In the center of the room will be a case four feet square and
nine feet high. In it are three shelves, each shelf containing smaller shelves, arranged in pyramidal form. These shelves occupy five feet of the lower part of the case, while the upper part is solid and arranged for placing glass tubes and globes to be filled with lead and zinc. This is Prof. Haworth's plan and will be very pretty.
Just beyond this square case will be Prof. Williston's double case of building stone. This case is eleven feet long and has three shelves with large glass doors for the finer specimens. In the rear of the room is a similar case, to be used for specimens of gypsum, rock salt, lead and zinc ores. In the corner opposite will be blocks of rock salt and gypsum weighing several hundred pounds. Around the raised floor, except between the square pyramids and each octagonal and square pyramid, where there will be steps, will be a wall thirty-two inches high made of blocks of rock salt and gypsum. The blocks will be placed alternately and give a fine effect. The large case in the center of room will be raised fifteen inches by building stone, and thus give it much better effect.
Considering the shortness of the time and limited means, Professors Williston and Haworth have done exceedingly well.
The Greek Museum.
Prof. Wilcox is giving a series of talks on Ancient and Oriental art and on collections in the art museum. The three talks already given have been confined to things in the museum exclusively, and this week pretty much the same work will be gone over for the benefit of those who could not attend last week, and besides the matter included in last week's talks, the casts, plates and photographs will be noticed.
After they have been gone over this time, everything which can be removed will be taken away and new ones put in their place, and a series of talks will be given upon them.
The purpose is to enable students who are not studying Greek to understand and appreciate the objects in the museum and the things of Grecian life and manners. It seems to Prof.
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Wilcox that each student should know something outside of his regular course.
As soon as possible, slides will be obtained with which to illustrate the subjects in his talks on art in the future. They may not be got in time to be used much this year except for those delivered toward the last of the term.
In Prof. Wilcox's office are several valuable and expensive books representing Greek life, manners and art. After the talks on objects in the museum have been finished, he will talk upon the subjects represented in these books. They are folios and some of them cost as much as forty ($40) dollars in London. On account of their size, only a few can be accommodated at a time and no one is allowed to take them from the office: They contain many cuts and illustrations, some in water colors, and much interesting material. One of them, a folio, is a "Collection of Views of Life in Greece," as they appeared to Dodwell in 1801 to 1805.
Regents' Meeting.
The regent's closed their meeting Saturday. It was not a long one but considerable work was done. By virtue of his office Chancellor Snow was made president; Gov. Robinson, vice-president, and C. R. Mitchell, auditor. The members of the building committee are composed of Gov. Robinson, Senator Rogers and C. R. Mitchell. As the funds for the chancellor's residence and the library building are taken from the Spooner donation and not from funds appropriated by the state, this committee will have full charge of the erection of and selection of location for these buildings.
Most of the work of the regents related to the disbursement of funds for the next two years, and consideration of plans and locations for the new buildings to be erected by the regents. The architects selected were Van Brunt and Howe, of Kansas City. The selection is a wise one, for the gentlemen are experienced in the way of library buildings and are spoken of in the highest terms by those who are acquainted with them. Mr. Van Brunt is the inventor of the "stack system" of library construction
which is undoubtedly better than old styles. By this system absolutely fire proof sections are provided for the books. These sections are built of iron and stone and other incombustible materials so that the damages which might occur from fire or the dangers of taking fire are practically reduced to a minimum. The stack of the library or that portion of the building in which the books are kept will contain five stories each about seven feet high. The third floor of the stack will be just a few feet below the floor of the reading room of the library. No matter whether the east or west side of Oread avenue is selected for the library building the stack will be located on the hillside.
There were several changes made in the position of members of the faculty, none of which were made a day too soon. Prof. Hodder was made a full professor in the department of American History and Constitutional Law. Prof. Hopkins was made full professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. Profs. Stephens and Kellogg were raised to the rank of associate professors. The salaries of those who were advanced in position were raised together with the salaries of Prof. Engle and Miss Galloo. No changes were made among the officers of the University and all will remain until the June meeting as at present.
One of the wisest actions taken by the regents was in establishing the rule that all students should on entering pay a registration fee of $5 which should be appropriated in purchasing books for the library. This is an action that should have been taken long ago and certainly displays the wisdom of the present board.
Phi Delta Theta.
The gentlemen of Phi Delta Theta fraternity gave a very pleasant little party last Saturday evening in their halls in the Journal building. When the Phi Delts entertain it is safe to say that a good time is had. This time was no exception to the rule and the pleasant company tripped the lightly to the strains of Saunders' music until 12 o'clock, when all reluctantly and slowly left the hall.
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The New Library.
The Spooner Library building, if completed in accordance with the plans presented, will be the handsomest structure on Mount Oread. It will, in all probability, be located on the east side of Oread avenue, just opposite the Woodward property, while the Chancellor's residence will be located just below on the hill side with an Adams street front. This will leave room for a dormitory and for a gymnasium on the north half of the Bullene tract.
The new library building will face west and will be built in the latest and most modern style, with all the most approved facilities. It will be constructed of stone with red brick or Colorado sand stone trimmings, and will be three stories in height. The front entrance will be especially handsome with its imposing portico and its great doors. It leads directly into the second story where, on each side of the vestibule, are seminary rooms, 20x23 feet, designed for a meeting place for seminaries and clubs that hold regular sessions. Farther on and occupying the center of this floor is the reading room, 50 x 75 feet, fitted out with reading tables and splendidly lighted from both sides. In the alcoves at the farther end are places for the newspapers and magazines of the day.
Descending to the first floor by fine broad stairways, will be found a larger hall to be fitted up as a sort of auditorium. On this floor will also be found the unpacking room, the collating room and the lavatories. Ascending to the third story one will find the Library Hall, $ 5 0 \times 5 0 $ feet, which is to serve as the place, par excellence, for holding all University receptions, banquets, etc. In front and to each side of the landing will be seminary rooms, similar to those on the second floor.
The books will be kept in what are called the stacks, a fire-proof building attached to the rear of the portion just described. This portion will be five stories of eight feet each, with the third floor on the level with the second floor of the front portion. The stacks will be in easy reach from this floor by means of spiral staircases, so that any book can be readily
secured. The stack will be lighted and ventilated so that students doing special work requiring research in the library will probably be allowed admission. All in all, the new building will be most complete.
Twelfth Night.
The expectations that had been aroused by the announcements of the production of Twelfth Night for the benefit of the Athletic Association were in no measure disappointed. The production will rank among the very best of all those given by our amateurs, and worthily continues the success of the "Shaksperian revivals" begun by A Midsummer Night's Dream. There was the same careful study of the accessories of scenery and costume, the same regard for the lesser details, the same evidence of individual dramatic aptitude in those chosen for the cast, that have given amateur theatricals in Lawrence their enviable reputation, and made them something different from what ordinarily goes under that name, something more serious, more valuable, more capable of comparison with what professional actors attain. It is already high praise for our local dramatic representations that they suggest the comparison with what well equipped companies accomplish.
The general opinion rendered a half-unconscious and so much the more sincere tribute to the excellence of the several actors when it remarked "how fortunately the actors were chosen for their parts." That really means simply that all entered fully and intelligently into the spirit of their roles, and really conveyed to the spectator the impression of the characters they were impersonating. If all did not tread the stage with the freedom and ease of veterans, or wholly free themselves from the consciousness of their identity in delivering their lines, yet throughout it was surprising how little interference there was from this source with the general excellence and adequacy of the interpretation. The play ran with vigor and with smoothness from beginning to end.
Of the individual actors there will be differences of opinion. But there will hardly be
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dissent from the statement that none of those who took the principal parts have much surpassed the work they did in Twelfth Night. Mr. Russell Whitman as Malvolio was never so effective. He was almost too good a Malvolio, and put his friends in some alarm lest he had discovered some latent affinity for the part which they had never detected. Miss Brown has rarely been seen to greater advantage than as Viola, and if we were not afraid of turning Mr. Hall Riddle's head we should say that he looked enough like her twin brother, in the careful make up and exquisite costume that helped confuse them, to deceive others besides the actors who were predisposed to the deception by their lines. Miss Marcella Howland acted the part of Olivia as well as she looked it, and that is saying a good deal, and Mr. Ernest Robinson brought to the part of the Duke a good presence, a musical voice, and intelligent reading of his lines.. Mr. John Whitman again showed his versatility and his unusual comic ability in a role more difficult in some ways than any he has assumed before, and his Sir Toby Belch was admirably supported by the Sir Andrew Aguecheek of Mr. Fred Miller, who happily surprised those who may have some misgivings at entrusting the important and difficult role to a comparatively untried hand. Mr. Miller's Sir Andrew was a conspicusus success, and the same must be said with emphasis of Miss Don Bowersock's Maria, which was given with immense dash and spirit. Mr. Sears as Clown pleased us less, which is not saying that he pleased us not at all. Indeed we should not be surprised if the Shaksperian Clown and Fool were the very hardest roles to carry off successfully, and if Mr. Sears did not satisfy us that he was just the sort of being Shakspere was thinking of, that does not in the least call in question the sincerity and talent of his impersonation. This comic group, completed by the effective Fabian of Mr. Abe Levy, deserves great praise for the success with which it struck and kept the mirthful and mirth-provoking pitch of jollity so continuously sustained. We cannot go quite as far as the dramatic critic of the Journal, who found the only incentive to a laugh in the irresistible contagion of the jollity of the actors, and gave them the who e credit of redeeming by force of their good spirits the unrelieved dulness of a tame and ill- constructed play.
Our reading of Twelfth Night had not left with us, we confess, that melancholy impression that he seems to have derived from it, and we have to admit having been so undiscriminating
as to smile at Sir Toby and Malvolio even without the excusing contagion of their bodily presence. But even with this reduction, the measure of credit due the actors of the comic parts remains exceedingly generous.
The minor parts—and that includes those who have only to be in the proper place at the proper time and "dress the stage"—were satisfactorily filled, and if they could not contribute as much as the others to the effect of the play, they could have as effectually spoiled it; for the most insignificant part becomes very conspicuous when it is carelessly or badly done. The costumes were rich, and the pictures presented by the grouping of the actors were very pretty. The dance with which the final scene closed was extremely graceful and charming to the eye. The new scenery permitted several adjustments of the stage that gave effects agreeably varying what is within the traditional range of the opera house. The two scenes in Olivia's garden were essentially new in their impression. In the evenness of all these matters of detail it was evident how much was due to the patience and persistence in training and management of Miss Brown and to the attention and suggestion behind the scenes of Mr. Alfred Whitman, as well as to the efficient aid of their stage assistants. The music rendered by Prof. Saunders, together with Messrs. Blaker, Perry, Wehrner, Sherman, Alden and Green, all of the University Banjo Club, was of exquisite tone and melody, and added immeasurably to the success of the play and the enjoyment of the audience. Much of the music was arranged by Prof. Saunders and the most critical could not criticise their execution. The Athletic Association has once more to congratulate itself on the help that its friends have shown themselves so ready to extend it, and to express its great obligation.
Chinch Bugs.
The work in the chinch bug laboratory has begun and it is found that the infection is working on the healthy bugs with good effect, notwithstanding the fact that the cold weather hinders infection to a great extent. The demand for bugs is being made much earlier this year than last; the first batch of bugs sent out then was the 20th of May. The reports are that considering the poor condition of the wheat and the dryness of the soil, the damage which the bugs are likely to do will be great, and thus the early demand for infected bugs.
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LITERARY.
My First Story.
Well do I remember my first attempt at story writing. I had just passed my sixteenth birthday when I became afflicted with a desire to become known as a literary genius. My one ambition was to obtain recognition from the literary world. I wrote dramas, poems, and even wrote a "Short History of Polygamy," but they all shared the one fate of being returned unused.
Shortly after the return of my "History of Polygamy," I received a note from the publishing company suggesting that I try writing a story. Feeling much encouraged I made the attempt. My story was an account of the heroic efforts of a mother to rescue her child from a horrible death. I spent more than a week writing it, and when it was finished I felt certain of its success.
As soon as I had forwarded it to the publisher, I began to speculate as to how long it would be before I should know of its fate. A week passed and no letter came; two weeks, and still no letter. What could be the matter? Surely the story was good (?) A third week had almost passed before the reply came, and I well remember that in my eagerness to open it I almost destroyed the letter. It read as follows: "Your story has been accepted. Enclosed find check for $5.00. You will find your story published on the third page of the Globe, a copy of which we have sent you."
I opened the paper and turned to the third page. Yes, there it was—my story. Mine until the climax was reached, where, for some reason, the text had been changed. Instead of my beautiful ending, I read there: "The mother, after all these efforts to rescue her child finally saved it by using Castoria. Only 50 cts. a bottle." C.A.PEABODY.
My Old Home.
I was born in a small town in the state of Missouri. The inhabitants were essentially Dutch and continued to live only because no
thought of doing otherwise had ever occurred to them. The society of this small town was divided into two classes,—those who raised geese and those who did not. We did not. In one corner of our back yard, however, was a small pond to which neighboring geese came, and thus we became identified with both classes Our pond was always open for the benefit of the geese raisers and we were always ready to sympathize with those who raised no geese.
The town had but two places of interest; the penitentiary and the gas works. Our house was situated near the gas works, but as we never used gas there was no especial advantage in the location.
The house was small and barn-like, and no landscape gardener had ever come into competition with the one persimmon tree which adorned the yard. One stepped directly from the front porch onto the sidewalk. I have since been told that the advantage of a porch so situated is, that it is conducive to sociableness. One had only to reach out his hand to stop passers by, and once stopped, they were usually some time in getting under way again.
My one window which let in the sunlight, the moonlight and the gas works, looked out upon the duck pond and yet that one window and that small pond were enough to satisfy my youthful fancies. Such is life; and I am frank to admit that a new brood of goslings, or a few green persimmons (in the mouth of the other boy), brought as many smiles to my face then, as the receipt of a government check does now.
Another peculiarity of the house was, that the stairs leading to the second story were on the outside of the house. This was unfavorable to my plan of undressing down stairs by a fire and then making a run for the bed.
My room was on the second floor. I say mine, and yet only a small portion of it was mine, for the room was filled with the relics of a save-everything-for-future-use family, and I well remember that each night after a successful trip to my bed over boxes, flat-irons and dumb bells, my one prayer was that that passage way would not become blocked before morning.
C. A. PEABODY.
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ATHLETICS.
The committee on arrangements for the Intercollegiate Field Day, to be held on McCook Athletic Field, May 20th, 1893, has taken the following action:
1. The Field day contest shall be open to any Kansas college which confers the Bachelor's degree.
2. Each contestant must furnish the committee with a certificate signed by the President or the Registrar of the college from which he comes. The certificate must set forth that the person named therein is a student in good standing in the collegiate department of the college from which he comes.
3. An entrance fee of fifty cents will be charged. One fee will admit the contestant to as many events as he may desire to enter.
4. All applications, fees and certificates must be in the hands of the committee on or before 12 M., May 10th, 1893.
5. The Association will give a first, second and third prize. The first and second prizes will be medals, and the third prize will be a ribbon.
6. The college whose representatives receive the greatest number of points will be given a banner worth $15.00. In determining the number of points, first prizes shall count five, second prizes shall count three, and third prizes shall count one.
7, Amateur athletic rules shall govern each event.
8. The judges appointed by the Triangular League Committee shall select their assistants.
We are glad to note action has been taken in this matter, as too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of our men getting out and training for Field Day. So far very little interest has been manifested by the aspiring contestants, but at least three men should be placed in training at once. In connection with the events mentioned in previous numbers of this paper, a one mile, quarter-mile relay race will be introduced. That is to say, four of the swiftest
quarter-mile runners will each run a quarter of a mile, relieving each other at the quarter as each completes his distance.
The event is quite a new feature in college circles and was introduced by the Boston Athletic Association on Feb'y 11, at which time Harvard defeated Yale. It is also contemplated that a mile walk and a 440 yard dash will be added to the list of events.
Oxford has refused to accept Harvard or Yale's challenge to row, but will send a crew to the World's Fair regatta.
Washburn has accepted an invitation to play an exhibition game of ball with U. of K. on April 29th. The game will be played on the McCook field.
Exhibition games will in all probability be arranged with Baker and Ottawa. The management is taking the proper steps in this manner, as we have but one scheduled game on our home grounds. It is not at all probable that games can be secured with the State Universities of Iowa, Nebraska or Missouri, and, this being the case, as many games as possible should be arranged with teams near us.
The practice game played on last Saturday demonstrates quite clearly that our men are sadly in need of the practice which many were unable to get before that time. However, but a short time will elapse before the management will select the regular team. The base-ball men are taking quite an interest in their work and there will be plenty of material to select from.
The base ball manager is endeavoring to make arrangements for a game with the Kansas University, to be played at Kansas City, and it is probable that he will succeed. If he fails to do this he will arrange for a trip which will include Kansas University, Baker, and Washburn College. This will make a nice trip for the team and, needless to say, they will meet worthy foemen. Let us hope that the boys will have better luck than they did on their last trip south. —Nebraskan.
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The junior laws had an examination on commercial paper Tuesday.
Dr. Bigsby of Oxford, Eng., gave a delightfully instructive address in chapel Tuesday.
The senior laws have elected Hill for tree orator and Bronson for green bag orator for the class day exercises.
Between the wild winds of Tuesday and the unruly spirit of the laws, the wooden approach to North College came tumbling down.
At the Phi Psi Council, held here last week, J. A. Rush was recommended for president of the fourth district which includes this chapter.
The maids of honor in Twelfth Night are the recipients of many deserved compliments. They were Misses Innes, Churchill, Mason, Isbell, and Biggar.
The invitations announcing the marriage of Miss Bella Sinclair and Mr. Fred Dobson, on April 26, are out. The cards are very pretty and unique.
Peter Jackson.
The noted Australian champion will appear in Uncle Tom's Cabin, at the Opera House, Monday night. The Kansas City papers unite in saying that Jackson is the best pugilist actor on the stage and excells Corbett and Sullivan. His rendition of Uncle Tom is true in every detail and the boxing bout with Choynski is especially interesting.
"The White Squadron."
"The White Squadron," which plays at the Opera House next Saturday evening, is the same which played nearly all last season in New York city and much of this season in Chicago, doing the biggest business of the year in each place. The play itself is decidedly unique, the scenes being laid in Brazil at the great Congress of Navies in the harbor of Rio Janiero, and the effects include very fine special scenery, properties, a sacred ox and silver train of six llamas.
Ladies' Waists, New Corsets, Fine Mitts and Gloves. Lots of new things at NEWMARK'S.
The COURIER will sell you an elegant bicycle cheap.
JOHN STEINBRING, 841 Mass. St.
KANSAS BAKERY. LUNCH ROOM.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN.
Midland Hotel,
Owned and operated by the Grand Avenue Hotel Co., Jas. B, Smith, Prest.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Personal property, at
PASSON'S CHEAP BAZAAR 723 Mass. St.
GREAT QUITTING SALE.
Nothing like it ever witnessed before in Lawrence. We are going to quit business and must sell our entire stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods within thirty days. Sale begins
SATURDAY, APRIL 15.
No fake sale, no deception, but a bona fide quitting sale. Cost and value not considered. Don't mistake the place.
Progress Clothing Company,
733 MASS. ST.
Next to A. Mark's Jewelry Store.
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Eddy Motors and Generators.
W. T. OSBORN & COMPANY, ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES,
Repairs and Construction.
705 Delaware St.
While in K. C., drop in at Morton's, 1024 Main St., for lunch or a dish of their delicious ice creams.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Smith keeps a fine line of tobaccos and cigars and all the latest illustrated papers.
Willard has the neatest barber shop in the city. His work is first class.
Get your Sunday papers at Smith's.
See those Clio Wheels at Howell's.
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ARE THE BEST FITTING AND BEST WEARING
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Shitrs made. Therefore the Most Economical to Buy.
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DON'T SMOKE Any except Good Cigars, WOODWARD HAS THEM. TRY "PICCADURA."
Where did you get that wheel? At Howell's, it's a scorcher.
Fine Cigars and Tobaccos at Smith's.
Howell sells the Imperial, the best wheel in the world.
If you want a beautiful hat, go to La Mode. The latest styles in Leghorns and turbans.
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Midland Cycle Co. 900 Mass. St.
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CALL ON J. M. JONES,
706 Mass.
Street.
Fancy Grocer.
BARLOW GUITARS
BARLOW MANDOLINS
BAROW BANJOS
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Notice.—The "Barlow" instruments are recognized every where as being "the finest grade." To see them is to buy no other. To try them means to "use no other."
PIANOS, ORGANS,
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LEGG BROS.,
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Largest Stock of Music in the West.
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100 ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS from COPPER PLATE, ONLY $1.00.
Jaccard's KansasCity
CLASS PINS,
MEDALS,
ETC.
1034 Main Street.
Go to Weber for new spring styles.
Go to Weber for new spring styles. The Leis Drug Co. carry all the best grades of Toilet Soaps.
Spring suits lower than the lowest and in the latest styles at Weber's.
See those pipes at Smith's.
Give your laundry business to Huddleston.
Come and look at our new line of Parasols. They are fine and cheap.At NEWMARK'S.
There is no place in this neighborhood where you can find such a good assortment of materials for graduating dresses as at Weaver's.
Hollingbury is getting in his spring and summer styles. They are the nobbiest and cheapest in the city.
Emondson will mend your soles.
Our Silk Gloria for Dresses is new and stylish, at NEWMARK'S.
Derma Royal and K. S. U. Bouquet soap at Barber Bros. Drug Store.
Weaver sells more graduating and commencement dresses than all the other stores combined. Why? Because he shows the largest assortment and makes the closest prices.
Go to Emondson's, next to McIntire's, for neat and first class shoe repairing.
University girls, have you seen those lovely small hats at La Mode?
Glick's is the best place on earth to buy new books, or to sell old ones.
All the latest styles in hats and trimmings at Lotta Barber's.
Full line of Mrs. Gervaise Graham's Toilet preparations, including Elder Flower Cream and Face Bleach at Barber Bros. drug store.
Everybody eats with Staley & Dunlap. The best restaurant in the land.
Sell or exchange your old text books while they are in date, for new books at Glick's.
Staley & Dunlap's, 932 Main Street, is the best place to get a meal.
Go to Staley & Dunlap's for your dinner or lunch when in Kansas City.
B. Glick, 535 Main Street. He deals in new and second-hand books.
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.
Morton's, Kansas City, candies are unexcelled. A sample box will convince you.
The University girls' favorite hats are those new style Leghorns at La Mode.
For a clean bath or a first class shave, hair cut or shampoo, go to Willard's. He employs only first class workmen.
If you are thinking of a dress for commencement day, you can find just what you want at Weaver's.
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F. D. MORSE, M.D.
Residence 1041 Tennessee Street, Lawrence. Office over Woodward's Drug Store.
H. JAESCHKE, BAKERY
Fresh Bread Delivered to Any Part of City. Special Rates to Clubs. 825 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
C. A. PEASE & SON,
907 Mass. STREET. BUTCHERS. Lawrence, Kansas.
CHRIS EPLEY,
CHRIS EPLEY,
RESTAURANT.
Meals at All Hours.
No. 726 Massachusetts Street.
C. E. ESTERLY, DENTIST, Over Woodward's Drug Store.
L.O.McIntire & Co.
Is the place for University students to buy their Dry Goods. The most Complete Assortment and the lowest prices is what you'll always find there.
English "King of Scorchers"
AND LADIES' CLIO WHEELS. JUSTUS HOWELL, 842 Mass. St., Lawrence.
Has the largest and best selected stock of Spring Suitings, Pants, etc., in the city. A liberal discount to students.
McCONNELL
E. A. Gildner,
CATERER.
SHORT ORDER HOUSE.
Fine Confectionary and Fruits A SPECIALTY.
Banquet Orders Solicited.
J. W. ROBERTSON. E. M. ROBERTSON ROBERTSON BROS.
Undertakers
AND DEALERS IN
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Furniture,
718 MASSACHUSETTS St.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
TELEPHONE No. 90.
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SPECIAL ROAST, FINE, - - -
At Red Front Tea Store.
G
GENTS
SEE OUR NEW BLUCHER CUT SHOES, IN COFFEE,
TAN AND BLACK. . .
LADIES SEE THE NEW
TIES. . . . . . . .
MASON'S.
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THE FIELD & GIBB Book and Stationery Co.
Lawrence, Kansas.
DEALERS IN
College Text Books and Supplies, Miscellaneous Books, Artists' Materials, Picture Frames, and Art Novelties.
The Boot and Shoe House of
A.G.MENGER & CO.
Any BOOK not in STOCK FURNISHED at SHORT NOTICE.
742 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
IS the Largest in the city. The selections are choice. Prices as low as the Lowest. Everyone welcome.
N. H. GOSLINE, Staple and Fancy GROCERIES.
Students trade a specialty. 811 Mass. Street, - - - - Lawrence, Kan.
Beal & Godding.
LIVERY AND HACK
STABILIS
We Make a Specialty of Boarding Horses.
Telephone 139. Opp. Lawrence House.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING MY PRETTY MAID?
It does not make much difference where or when, if you get started right you will have no trouble.
The Santa Fe Route
is the "right" way to start, and will take you with comfort, certainty and economy.
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.
A. L. ASHBY,
=DENTIST.=
Over Daily's Queensware Store.
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.
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,
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