GLEE CLUB CONCERT. Westminster has turned out a Glee Club this year of which we may well be proud. Their third annual concert was given Monday night, April 6, and was a decided success. The club this year shows the effect of the work of past years and is an unusually strong organization for a college of this size. Their concert Monday night was greatly helped by the two soloists, Miss Miller and Mr. Williams, and by the Westminster Quartet. The programme was well rendered, and was good both from a musical standpoint and as an entertainment, consisting as it did of selections from the best composers for male voices. The audience was agreeably surprised at the work of the club and went away pleased. LECTURE COURSE. Whitney Brothers, the singing sons of a Methodist minister, gave the most entertaining number of the Student's Lecture Course, on March 9. Their programme was well selected and their rendition of it was exceedingly artistic, and was highly appreciated by the audience. The reader was of the "best ever" class. Roney's Boys, the sixth and last number, appeared before a crowded house on March 20. Mr. Roney has played in Fulton two or three times in previous seasons, and is sure of large and appreciative audiences at each performance. The work this year is high class and reflects great credit upon the boys and their trainer. BLUE JAY MINSTREL. The minstrel given by the college boys on the night of March 12 was enjoyed by a large audience. The star "coons" were "Bunny" Black, "Chick" Whiteside and "Peewee" Woods who were aided in fun making by "Cy" Sevier who filled exceptionally well the role of interlocutor. "Zack" Taylor proved himself very efficient in the art of "massaging the ivories." Every man connected with the minstrel entered into it with the spirit that would make any college enterprise a success and each performer deserves a part of the praise. We think this should be made an annual event as it proved a success from every point of view. Rev. Dr. William Hayne Leavell, of Houston, Texas, gave a most pertinent talk in chapel March 7. His subject was, "Simple, straight-grained Goodness." He emphasized the importance of young men striving for good character rather than fame or fortune. A recent article in the St. Louis Republic tells of a young cripple, Peter Fischer, who is coming to Westminster for his college education. He comes as a ministerial student under the care of the Presbyterian Board of Education. EXCHANGES. The editor has made an interesting comparison of the Exchanges on the table this month and presents the results hoping that it may suggest one or two things to those interested in our paper. Only the literary departments of the papers have been examined and the material classed under three heads: first, stories; second, literary articles--that is essays and other material in the form of prose that could not be called fiction; and third, all material in the form of verse (it would be hardly fair to call them all poems.) "What shall we say to these things?" Of course we realize that mere size does not give value to the literary department and that the number of stories, etc., does not determine the size; for two long stories may require more space than four short ones. But of all the papers we have examined we have found the best stories, the best written literary material, and the best verse as a rule in those papers that have the largest literary departments. Readers of the MONTHLY, please notice how our paper compares with others in the above column and sit down at that table of yours and write, write, write. One or two of the Exchanges we receive do not make it clear from what college they come. We believe the name of the school and the location should be printed on the paper so that one would have no trouble finding it. We wish to commend the William Woods Record for "The sketch of Moliere's Le Burgeois Gentilhomme." French students will read it with interest. The Stylus of Park contains the oration which won first place at the State Oratorical Contest. We wish Mr. Orr success for the coming interstate. The Kansas State Oratorical Contest was won by R. A. Mack, of Kansas Wesleyan, who spoke on "The Common Cause." Iowa Wesleyan won the state contest of Iowa. ALUMNI Several of our alumni have been in Fulton recently: John J. Rice, Jr., '06, of St. Louis, spent Sunday with his parents. Rolla E. Peters, '02, of St. Louis, was here on business. Rev. Walter McAfee Langtry, '89, of Clayton, Mo., visited relatives. John W. Crockett, '06, of Sweet Springs, visited here several days following the conference in Mexico. We have also had visits from former students, within the past month, Carlyle Thomas, of Mexico; Morgan Knapp, of Cameron, Mo., and Lawton Gordon, of St. Louis. Rev. Walter F. McMillin, '02, has accepted a call to the Lafayette Park Presbyterian church of St. Louis. R. S. Branch, '03, of Chicago, spent a few days in this city looking after the interests of King-Richardson Publishing Co. Rev. O. L. Byrns, '01, pastor of Laddonia Presbyterian church, has resigned and will take charge of a church at Idabell, Okla. J. B. Jones, '00, is with the advertising department of the the Kansas City Journal. WESTMINSTER LIFE. The latest fad is to have your hair clipped. Next! Dick Souther has come back to the "Dorm" for those good oldfashioned meals. Joe Barrows is said to have been recently made a member of the Ananias Club. How many "Blue Jays" do you want? Send your order to Ferguson and Ready. Have you noticed that pretty little mustache quietly stealing out on Harry Stocks' lip? Thomas walks about as though he had something on his head and nothing on his stomach. Cata made quite a hit, it is said, while attending the officers' conference of the Y. M. C. A. Professor Knight recently had an honorary degree conferred on him, "Professor of Base Ball." Spencer was given a shower bath ducking for his interfering with dorm business, the other day. Tucker is noted for his wonderful memory. He keeps it in his pocket book and then he forgets where he put it. The Anti-Barber's Association is growing. McCready and Thomas have had their hair cut a la Bill Pipkin. Spring holidays will be a little late this year, in order to conform to the dates made for the base ball team's trip. Mitchell, Foster, Pankey, Dalton, Fisher, Penney, and the Southers have all been recently visited by their parents. Patterson Reed, why do you eat so much gravy? Reed: It loosens up my joints, I am trying for base ball. The picaninnies of the darkey mission, in their recent minstrel honored Jim Allen, by making him the subject of several jokes. One section of the minstrel gave a show at Auxvasse recently. They had a very good house and it is said they lost only 20 cents on the trip. Some of the faculty seem to be ardent base ball "fans," judging from the way they fan the boys off of the list of eligible base ball players. Professors Gage and Wells were both on the sick list a part of last week. We all hate to see our professors sick, but we do en joy the holiday. It has long been a mystery to which gender Cory belongs. But the letter he recently received does away with all doubt. It began "Miss Vale Cory, Dear Madam:" Quite a number of our students attended the recent laymen's conference in Mexico. Branch and Tucker sang in the male quartet which furnished music for the convention. 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