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THE HESPERIAN 13 of the Kansas agricultural college, who spoke briefly at the request of the Senvnar. The bust was cracked by careless handling on the part of some jokers (?) who abstracted it just before the meeting. A more serious injury was that done to the University in the eyes of those present from abroad in response to invitatious, as they did not fully appreciate tle joke. The Seminar will hold another public meeting in December. EXCHANGE. In our last issue the evil spirit of the print shop descended with ink besmeared hands and laid hold of our department with such tenacious cling that the last article came apart. The clip ping concerning " balloons " upon the last local page should have preceded the remarks about " balloons " in the exchange column. To those who may have imagined that we were taking the name of our esteemed rival in vain, this may serve as the elucidation of a mystery. A member of '95, speaking of her work at school last year, said : " The first term I ranked third, the second term I ranked ninth, and the third term I grew rank." Ex. While on the subject of " rushes " it might be well to state that the annual rush at Yale, through the management of athletic leaders, has been abandoned by mutual consent. He writeth best who stealeth best Ideas great and small, For the great soul who wrote them first, From nature stole them all. Ex. Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., takes great interest in athletics. They have seventeen tennis courts on the campus. The Freshmen class has lately erected a grand stand with a seat ing capacity of 150. The girls made the awning for the same. Ex. President Seth Low, of Columbia, used city police to prevent Sophomores interfering with Freshmen when assembled for entrance examina tions. His purpose is to break up rushing and less manly forms of hazing. Ex. Such was his purpose, but the regular rush came off afterwards, just the same. An incident closely connected with cane rush experiences : Darkibus nightibus, No lightorum j Climbibus gate post Hreechibus torum. &x The Sludivils' Journal of Kansas State Uni versity is a weekly full of news and common sense. It contains, however, some matter that very much resembles "plate work." We recognize the difficulty attending the issuance of a weekly journal, but we hardly think that filling of this sort is legitimate " copy " for college papers. The Daily Palo Alio is, in our opinion, a pa per that should become a weekly. There may be local conditions that make a daily necessary at Stanford, but they are not made apparent by the Palo Alio. Enterprise is characteristic of newspaper men, but it should occasionally be checked. We judge the paper from a purely lit erary standpoint. The number of advertisements that it contains would preclude the possibility of its being a financial failure. The Silver and Gold makes a plea for the or ganization of political clubs in the university of Colorado. We also notice a similar cry going up from other institutions throughout the West. This is a very proper move. The students who have only nineteen or twenty hours to occupy their attention, and who, for recreation, merely play foot ball and lawn tennis, should have some thing to do in their leisure hours. A political club will furnish this much needed relief from ennui. Besides giving practice to embryo orators, these clubs foster a spirit ot research which, in any educational institution, will soon be felt in the departments of history and econo mics. Chicago university opens with a roll of be tween Soo and 900 students. Whatever money will do is being done by the directors to make the U. of C. a leading institution. It has already become a usual question with Chicagoans (so they say) to ask the newsboys, before purchasing a paper, whether any new professors have been engaged during the day. A yell, characteristic of the surroundings but not suited to effete taste has already been pro posed by some enterprising individual. It is: U rah rah We we we, Spare-i ibs pork-chops U of C. The Blackburnian desires to see a " Womens' Oratorical League" established. Our friends in nii.x-iSc or, n little snrc over the fact that an In- IHIIIWin III w .. .. ' diana girl won first place in the interstate contest and relegated the young men to the rear. They argue that since women orators are becoming more and mute numerous each year, they are in the way, and are likely to hinder the onward march of the lords of humankind, and conse quently should have only women orators to com pete with. If we were the editor of the Black burnian we should have hesitated a long while before thus showing the white feather. The fact that a lady has won the prize should serve as an incentive for men rather than act as a wet blanket upon their ambition. We venture the assertion that the author of the article is not a noted woman suffragist.