Show O i hectares and Entertainments O o OOOO 0 e Dr Utter will lecture at the University on the evening of the on the subject of Literary Forgeries Dr Utters Utter's ability as a lecturer is well known and should insure a large audience The debate between the Delta Phi and the Zeta Gamma societies took place last Monday night the former society according to the decision decision decision de de- ef of the winning judges the honors The question debated was Resolved that the nationalization nationalization nationalization na na- of industries would not be beneficial beneficial beneficial bene bene- to the people of the United States the Delta Phi defending the affirmative and the Zeta Gamma the negative Although some points of the question were hotly discussed the greater part of the debate was slow and dead The arguments of the affirmative seemed to be strong enough but there was no connecting link between the arguments of t the e three debaters The champion champion champion cham cham- pion led off in a harangue in which he so scattered scattered scattered scat scat- his points that his colleagues were unable unable unable una una- ble to collect them to any great advantage during the remainder of the evening Two of the debaters on the negative side did good work but their colleague utterly failed to sup support support port them The champ champion n as did also the champion of the affirmative affirmative brought up poi points ts tsin in his summary that had not been introduced before Mr Ridges for the Delta Phi and Mr Moss for the Zeta Gamma made some good speeches but the address of the evening was Avas made by Mr L. L E E. E Young Delta The piano selection at the close of the debate debate debate de de- bate was Avas excellent and was Avas deservedly encored Miss R Rush u h is a very pleasing and made a very good impression on her audience c. Wrights Wright's l lecture last Wednesday on the brilliant achievements of Napoleon from the year 1800 to the defeat of the French army at Leipsic in 1813 was Avas one pe ogle of the most interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting of the series The Lieutenant described the great improvements that were made in inroads inroads inroads roads canals and harbors the code of laws that was compiled and th the many other cent acts that were set in execution during the Consulship of Napoleon He narrated the them m military successes leading up to Austerlitz the greatest of Napoleons Napoleon's battles explained the plan of that battle aud and described crib d Napoleons Napoleon's campaign in Russia The retreat of the French army from Moscow and the horrible suffering the soldiers endured on that retreat were described in a very interesting manner The destruction of the French fleet by Lord Nelson was spoken of and the fact brought out that Napoleon was as a naval commander an utter failure The Lieutenant is of the opinion that the secret of Napoleons Napoleon's fall was his utter selfish selfish- ness He began nobly by loving France he ended by caring only for himself He tried to grasp the whole world and he wound up by grasping nothing If he had stopped after the peace of Vienna he would have been the greatest military success in the worlds world's his his- tory In his next lecture the Lieutenant will describe describe describe de de- scribe the Battle of Waterloo and tell something something something some some- thing of the life of Napoleon at St. St Helena The first meeting of the Mathematical Society Society Society So So- will be held on the evening of Saturday the in st st. in room 28 at 7 Professor Kerr will lecture on the General Outlines of Mathematical Science and musical exercises will vill also be provided for A A. general invitation is extended to everyone and we may rest assured assured assured as as- that the proceedings will be interesting especially so to those in any way interested in inthe inthe inthe the subject of mathematics All collegiate students who ar are are taking mathematics are constituted constituted constituted con con- members of the society and the constitution constitution con con- constitution and laws la by-la s which will be presented at the meeting provide for the admission of all new members There was a lot of fun and excitement going on among the last Friday afternoon The Normal Society was in session in room 32 and the question of suspending the constitution and proceeding with the election of officers came up The motion was put to the house and the result announced by the chairman Then began a wrangle over parliamentary rules and the provisions of the constitution objections were raised and questions put and and before long there were two chairmen each try ing to preside over the meeting and each having hav hay ing a secretary The Kansas Legislature with its two houses of representatives is nothing in comparison Mr was one of the incumbents incumbents incumbents in in- of the chair while Mr backed up by Mr Decker led the opposition In the midst of the storm adjournments were effected effected effected ef ef- a after ter which the crowd retired to the halls and indulged in a general free-for free every all-every- man man himself himself discussion in which Professor Stewart also took a hand A little while later some of the leaders of the two factions including including Including in in- Decker Moss Nil- Nil ghie and nd Misses Foster and Farnes Fames met to together together together to- to gether and were trying to tu adopt measures to patch up the difficulty An editor of Tim TIlE THE CHRONICLE called upon them and they seemed to be getting along without friction but they were entirely uncommunicative uncommunicative-in in f fact ct their loss of memory was lamentable Further de developments developments developments de- de may be looked for this week The following gentlemen have been elected officers of the Zeta Gamma for the third term James Moss president J. J E Thurgood vice vice- president J Jos os Ford secretary D. D W. W Moffat treasurer P. P Dunyan corresponding secretary |