The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-30
BRYCE AT THE PROM.
Enjoys Frolic of the Students at Nan.
sas University.

lawrence. Kan, April a0.-The
British ambassador, the Right Hon.
James Bryce, member of many learn
| ed societies and historian of the HoIv
Roman Empire and the America !,
| commonwealth, sat on a caYnn chair
in the sitting heat of the IIuivsrsit1,
OF kansas gymnasium for three-quar-
eeTs % an nour last night, waiting
Tor the Junior farce to begin. Then
he stayed half hour longer to see
the play, after which he said If was
most interesting, and went back TO
chancellor Strong's in the best of
spirits, as II he were not 70 years old.
The Junior farce, written words
and music by juniors, was something
of puzzle to outsiders who didn't
know the local hits, but the ambassa-
dor didn't mind. He had been to q
baseball game in the afternoon for
two innings and was ready for anv
complicated adventure. The play was
clever, though the weather was hot
1t was fortunate that the ambassador
wore a turnover collar with his even
ing clothes.
The hall was decorated for the occa-
sion and the frat" pennants were rar-
ticularly interesting to Mr.. Bryce He
wanted to know what they all meant
Finally The curtain rolled I'D. thu or
chestra struck up, and the performers
were off like real musical comedy act
ors. The music was catchy, the lyrics
were good, and The girls acted like pro
fcssionals, while the boys chorus was
not half so bad as the average sta pc
production. The Student Count was
the name of the farce.
There were lots of "grinds' on the
profs which the distinguished visitor
took In good part and smiled at under
his bushy eyebrows. His own rres-
ence was recognized by a auip on an
assignment Of $50 pages from the Amer
lean Commonwealth for outside reading.
1t was not until a quarter OF II that
the ambassador was willing to admit
himself sufficiently tired to go home.
The farce was to last a half hour long
er. and was to be followed by dancing
until early morning.
The junior prom came at the end
of fatiguing day. It's no Joke to
be an ambassador when you're out
on a tour of the country. Mr.. Bryce
began at 10 in the morning with
an address in the chapel. This was
followed by luncheon at Chancellor
Strong's home, after which went on a
motor car ride to Eudora
II was immensely interested in the
incidental comment brief stop was
made at McCook Field, where Prof.
Jesse Macy of Iowa college explained
to him the fine points of the game.
Back again and a change into evening
clothes for dinner at Prof. F. H Hold
der's. Then an hour of standing at
reception for the faculty at Chancel-
Tor Strong's: Then an hour and a
quarter at the prom
But at the end of it all Mr.. Bryce
insisted that he was not a bit tired,
and that he had undergone many
more strenuous days in Washington.
and that the University of Kansas
is a most interesting institution. His
only qualification was that if he had
stayed to dance he would have limited
himself to two quadri1les. Mr.. Bryce
makes no secret of his belief that an
ambassador should ask questions, not
answer them; but he was willing to
concede a junior prom" was not
his European experiences.
The ambassa dor left for Kansas
City at S:15 o'clock this morning on
the Santa Fee