THE KANSAN
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Entered as second class mail matter September 30, 1904, at the Lawrence, Kansas, Postoffice under the act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1908
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR.
Friday, February 7:
Holiday.
Monday, February 10:
Second term opens.
A LITTLE QUIZ WEEK SERMON
Right now when quiz week is here with all its trials and troubles, it seems to be an opportune time to thresh out that ever important question of a permanent student body. In a few days the results of the examinations will be over and the student will be face to face with his record for the past term. In only too many cases this record will not be what it ought to be or what it was expected to be. And then, to the freshmen especially, will come that annual "call from home and mother."
After the strenuous work, and disappointments perhaps, of a hard quiz week, it is only natural that a student should feel discouraged, and want to quit. Especially is this true of the first year student who has never gone through the experience before. And many do quit. There is by far too large a percentage of students here at the University who drop out of school with the beginning of the second semester.
The Kansan does not want to lecture or even perpetrate a sermon upon its readers but it does want to speak a word of encouragement to the student who is discouraged and planning to quit school. Now of all times is the moment to show your calibre. Go back into school the second term, with the grim determination of mastering your studies and not being downed by anything or anybody. It may seem discouraging at first, especially so if you have a condition or flunk to remove, but stick to your studies. Postpone your leaving school until after next quiz week and by that time you will be so firmly set in your own mind to finish school that only the faculty in arms could make you quit.
Because the diphtheria scare is practically over should be no
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reason why the University should not take active steps to provide a hospital or a proper place for the treatment of students suffering from contagious diseases. Among so large a student body as there is here at the University, there is always more or less danger of an epidemic becoming prevalent. The best safeguard against this is always being on the alert and ready to meet the foe before it gets in its deadly work. The medical faculty has done well with the facilities at its command but it needs better advantages. A hospital or cottage where students, ill, with anything that even suspicions of contagion, might be placed would be a big step toward
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The climax of the basket ball season was reached last night when Captain McCunes squad beat our old rivals M. S. U. Although the season started out with a number of defeats the team has shown good form in the last few games and has a splendid chance of winning a large percent of the contests yet to be played. This is the first chance the students have had of supporting a basketball team and they have done well. The crowds have been very large and the game promises to become one of the most popular of college sports. The new gymnasium with its splendid court will encourage more men to come out for the team and Kansas can expect even greater things of her basket ball team in years to come.
Afterthoughts
The story is told of a senior electrical who stayed up all night to study for a quiz, but lying down for a short nap an hour before breakfast, did'nt wake up until nine o'clock. The quiz came at eight.
Flunk! Flunk! Flunk!
They're the only words I can see.
Oh, would that I had a lowly two,
Or even a measly three.
Oh, well for the grinder lad—
He can make that said straight one.
Oh, would that I were a genius,
Or else a professor's son.
Oh, well for the grafter lad—
He can get grades at his will.
But the thought of the flunks that I
couldn't avoid
Gives me a cold, cold chill.
Things must be in a bad way at Yale if the play "At Yale," which appeared here Monday night, in any criterion. Six sons of Eli had to "row like h-1," in the words the hero, to beat a two-man crew in the Harvard boat, and this achievement was considered worth a night celebration by a mob of eight Yale students. Perhaps the atmosphere of the piece was true to Yale in one particular: Yale, being an old school, is rich in traditions, and certainly every feature of this play's plot is a hoary tradition on the stage. It seems to be a safe bet that there is nothing quite so un-collegy as a "college" play.
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