The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-21
University News.

SO The management of the Commence
mem exercises of Missouri University
has decided TO dispense with the usual
flow Of oratory by imported orators
and 70 let the students prepare a pro-
gram Of their own. A Glee Club of
the Senior class will give a musical en-.
tertainment and a Dramatic club is
preparing something to take the place
Of the usual ''good advice" of the
"big'' speeser For the FIRST time the
campus will be made the scene of con-
certs and receptions. Tue old ',down-
town dances will be replaced by bril-
liant balls ir the University dormitor-
les. A baseball game with Kansas
University and a competitive drill BY
1u' the Cadet Battalion will also be new
NisSs features Of the occasion.
seri1s June % has been declared State
as In University day at the Worlds Fair.
Uouy All the Stale Universities OF the United
cour States will be represented. A large
iesP' delegation OF Missouri University stu
MISS dents and alumni will attend.
The law students of Missouri uni
o'ne versltY held their annual Mock Trial
last Friday night. The scene OF the
PROV plot was the new Club building recent
'ScA ly erected by the University faculty
nus The testimony purporied to disclose
NJ the "sportyn doings of the faculty
0uu when off duty behind the Climb house
unu walls. Professor W. G. Brown of the
Chemistry faculty and Dean Pickard
M OF the Academic department were
presented as the principal characters
gr Other members OF The Faculty were
at brought IN an interesting way. The
u" Mock Trial is the ''blggest'' even of
"a the school year, many former law
the students coming for hundreds of miles
DO to attend it, within a few hours after
OF tickets we're placed on sale not a seat
ci was left and by Friday night some
early purchasers were selling out at
fancy prices, The trial always proves
. great hit because of the jokes and
~''roaSts' brought out in the testimony.
Walter Birch, who has just been
nominated for Representative by the
Democrats of Audrain county, will
probably be the youngest member Of
the next Missouri Legislature. If elect.
ed be will be a few days more than
twenty-five years old when he begin 5
his duties. He Is a lawyer, a graduate
of the University of Missouri. While
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state debates. During his campaign
he spoke at almost every school house
in the county and gained the nomina-
tion through a large country vote.
In reply to a communication sent
out from the State University a few
weeks ago asking an expression from
the editors OF Missouri on the reasons
why farmer boys choose law, medicine
or similar professions instead Of agri-
culture when they enter the University
the editor Of the Moniteau County Her.
aid says:
"The most common reason is that
the farmer boys who aspire to higher
education have been up against the
hard knocks OF practical agriculture
and are not fascinated by the pretty
theories spun out by college professors.
The average country boy who works
his way through college is the son oil
poor parents who insiill into HIM an
energetic lire. Progress In farm life
10 slow and ikesome according to theil
diagnosis. Say that you will, you
can't convince them that there is moi
more long hours Of hard labor on thu
farm than In the trades and professions
They know better for they have beef
there and really understand what i
means to be tired.
Those boys who desire a life Of men
tAl attachments must have times TO
reading and opportunity for %sthdyinl
human nature, and the professions ar