Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs “=” before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected. Vol. I. APRIL, 1893. No. 4. THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY =CONTENTS= PENOLOGY IN KANSAS, _F. W. Blackmar_ BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, _F. H. Hodder_ PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY LAWRENCE, KANSAS _Price of this number, 50 cents_ Entered at the Post-office in Lawrence as Second-class matter. COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. E. H. S. BAILEY W. H. CARRUTH E. MILLER F. W. BLACKMAR C. G. DUNLAP S. W. WILLISTON V. L. KELLOGG, MANAGING EDITOR JOURNAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1893 KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. Vol. I. APRIL, 1893. No. 4. PENOLOGY IN KANSAS. BY F. W. BLACKMAR. The Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing has been noted as one of the best prisons in the far west. And indeed in some particular features it is quite remarkable. Among its especially good qualities, as compared with other prisons of similar nature, are its financial and economic management and its thorough discipline. Its financial management shows it to be practically a self-supporting institution. The institution has been fortunate in securing good management and in the utilization of the labor of the prisoners, by means of the contract system of labor, as well as in performing nearly all of the work in connection with repairs, improvements, etc. But especially has it been fortunate in its location immediately above a rich vein of coal, so that a shaft could be sunk within the prison walls for the working of the mine. (See figure 4.)