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VOLUME IX.
SHOULD UNIVERSITY DEVELOP ORATORS?
Debating Council Will Decide Question of Joining Oral- torialAssociation
THE CONTEST AT DES MOINES
All Members of Conference Except Kansas and Nebraska Will Send Representatives in April
Will the University join the Missouri Valley Oratorical Association? This is the question which confronts the Debating Council for decision next week.
Debating League May Interfere
Nebraska on Fence Also
Several weeks ago a proposal was made by several colleges in the Missouri Valley athletic association that the members of that association hold an oratorical contest on the evening of the annual track meet at Des Moines in April.
GRAPES GO BEGGING
All the schools in the association with the possible exception of Nebraska and Kansas, who have not yet decided definitely, will send representatives this year.
A member of the debating council here said this morning that some objection to the encouragement of oratory in the University had been encountered. He also said that the work in debating at the University especially the number of debaters who are trained each year, is large for a school of this size, when one compares our University with other institutions of the same standing.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 29, 1912.
No Petitions Yet to Fill_Hamilton's Place on the Council
Another matter which will have some bearing on the decision in the matter is the fact that a pentangula debating league, to include the Uni versities of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, and Kansas has been proposed and is being pushed by Texas, Colorado, and Missouri. If the University joins this league, only two debates a year will have to be prepared and the teams will have two members each, consequently the oratorical matter could be given more attention.
No petitions to fill the vacancy in the Men's Student council, made by the resignation of Sandy Hamilton, have been filed with Arch MacKinnon yet. These petitions must be handed in by March 5 or the vacancy will not be filled until that time. If not, the college would not have its full representation.
It is rumored that petitions are being circulated for William Moore, a special in the College, and for Charles Hill, a junior in the College
GEM EXPERT TO TALK
Geo. F. Kunz of Tiffany's, Sends Word Will be Here Soon.
A telegram received from Dr. Geo, F. Kunz states that he will be in Lawrence about March 6 or 7 and that while here he will give an illustrated lecture on gems and precious stones. Dr. Kunz is the world's greatest gem expert. He has been employed by Tifany and Co., of New York as head of their gem department for many years.
Dr. Kunz, while on the Pacific coast, delivered this lecture at Stanford University, the University of California, and at Los Angeles. He will stop on his return trip at Denver.
Girl Defeats Men in Debate Miss Iris Gross, freshman scientist, won the extempire debating contest in Mandel hall of the University of Chicago, defeating four junior college men.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
SCOOPERS ENTERTAINED
Professor Higgins Shows The News-
paper Men a Jolly Lily.
The members of the Scoop Club were entertain last evening at the home of Professor Higgins. The evening was spent informally in a discussion of newspaper work and Professor Higgins made a short talk of the relation of the modern newspaper to the political and the economic life of the nation.
Professor Higgins as chairman of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association to investigate certain reforms in criminal procedure, and as a member of the executive committee of the American Institute of Criminology, has had much to do with newspapers and newspaper reporters, and in his talk last evening he pointed out what he considers is the trend of the modern newspaper.
JUNIOR LAW WILL
PUBLISH A BOOK
Guy Von Schritz Tells His Experiences on Cattle Range
Guy W. Von Schritz, president of the junior laws, is the author of a book on Western life, entitled, "The Passing of the Cattle Days." The book is now in the hands of the publishers.
Several articles dealing with out-of-door life written by Mr. Vor Schritz have appeared in several magazines in the past few months. Last November, in "Field and Stream," appeared an article on the hunting of deer, "After Black Tail in New Mexico," and in December an article entitled "Priature Chickens." In "Country Life in America," a story will appear later on the "Beal Ranch in New Mexico." The Bea Ranch is one of the largest ranches in the United States, consisting of 800,000 acres.
Mr. Von Schritz illustrates his articles by photographs taken by himself. All of his stories deal with out-of-door life.
Bulletin
As the Daily Kansan goes to press an effort is being made to get Senator Beveridge to speak in the chapel at 4:30 tomorrow. He is in Kansas City.
MUSEUM ROOF IS HOLEY
Sieve-like Top Endangers Valuable Paleontological. Specimens
The roof of the museum is in a bad way. There are twelve places where it leaks at the slightest precipitation. This causes more damage than would naturally be expected, since the water runs on down through the third floor into the second floor.
Albert LeMoine, secretary of the Men's Student Council and a senior in the School of Medicine, was taken to the Rosedale Hospital suffering from an attack of acute nephritis.
The two worst places are over the entomology room and over the paleontology laboratory. In these two rooms the condition in such that when it rains the cases must be moved away from the walls and be covered up in order to preserve the valuable specimens.
For two weeks Mr. LeMoine has been unable to attend classes on account of a severe case of tonsilitis. His present illness is the result of tonsilitis. It will be several weeks before he will be able to be on the hill.
SECRETARY OF STUDENT
COUNcil TO HOSPITAL
The "Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette" has accepted a series of four articles written by C. C. Young, state water analyst, on subjects relating to the practical uses of chemistry. Two of them have already been published; one in the January number entitled "Protection of Farm Wells," and the other in the February number entitled "Dry Fire Extinguishers." The other two will appear in the March and April numbers.
C. C. YOUNG WRITES ON PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY
WADE IN MUDHOLES
IN FLANNEL TROUSERS
Mexican Cayuses Balk an Gleemen Walk to Hotel After Concert
500 TURNED AWAY AT CLOVIS
ORCHESTRA PRACTICES
OPERA TICONDEROGA
Baro Meter announces that it will be generally fair tonight and tomorrow, but Thermo Meter with his usual inconsistency reports that it will be decidedly colder.
The Weather.
Advance Reports of Concerts From Amarillo Caused Crowded House --Members in Good Spirits
special to the Daily Kansan.
Clovis, New Mexico, Feb. 24—The members of the glee club were of the unanimous opinion to day that New Mexican mud was more deleterious on freshly pressed white trousers than the type of mud generally encountered in Lawrence.
End to Mother of University Profes sor in Kansas City Last Night.
The trouble was caused by the obstinacy of a pair of Mexican cayues and a squeaky omnibus to which the club's return to the hotel had been entrusted. Though the club had experienced no trouble in getting to the concert despite the rain, on the return trip the contrivance stopped in the middle of the largest and worst mud hole in the vicinity.
Special to the Daily Kansan.
After vain threats against the team, the driver and the town in general, the boys were forced to roll their trousers to their knees and wade through several blocks of sticky oozy mud to reach the hotel.
On there arrival here the members were treated to another one of $k$ those dinners, which the trip has been so full of, by the Clovis Railroad Club. The Harvey house at which the dinner was given was decorated in Kansas. C. Herby, a former University of Kansas student, delivered the welcome address.
The biggest hit of the trip thus far was made at Armillaro, Texas on the night previous to the Clovis entertainment. Every member of the club was at his best and it was the general opinion of the audience that the concert was the best ever given by a University Glee Club in the city.
The audience at this place was probably the largest that the club will have on the trip. Over fifteen hundred were crowded into the Grand theater at which the concert was being held, and dozens were turned away from the doors which were closed at seven forty-five by the fire-chief.
KANSAS DEVELOPED BY OPTIMISM AND IDEALISM
Word was received at the University this morning that Professor Hubach's mother, who has been ill for some time, died in Kansas City last night. Professor Hubach received word that his mother was worse, while with the Glee club in New Mexico. He arrived in Kansas City before her death. Funeral services will be held Saturday after noon.
Professor Carl Becker Said This Spirit Aided More Than Natural Resources
"The spirit of Kansas has made Kansas a great state," said Prof. Carl Becker, of the department of history, at the regular meeting of the Y. W. C. A. in Myers hall yesterday afternoon.
"Confident optimism and idealism more than natural resources developed this great western state. The historical traditions of the Kansans, their patriotic sentiment, their tendency to boast about their state make the Kansas spirit a distinctive evidence of the Western turn of mind The Kansans gained this spirit by their resourcefulness and their stubbornness.
MRS. HUBACH DEAD.
Fine Arts Students Wil Present Dean Skilton's Original Work
THREE ACTS ARE COMPLETE
Plot Turns About a Ghost Story of Revolutionary War Period— Staged Early Next Fall.
Orchestra practice on the four-act opera "Ticderoenge," which was written by Dean Skilton, and will be given early next fall by students of the School of Fine Arts, was started this week, under the personal supervision of Dean Skilton.
"Ticoderoga is based upon a
legend of Colonial days in America.
The legend concerns a true ghost
story which has baffled psychologists
for a century and a half, and which
has included "Parkman in a
volume of "Mountainia" Wolfe,
and in a ballad by Robert Louis
Stevenson, "Ticoderoga."
"The opera 'Ticondoroga' is a little difficult to classify," says Dean Skilton, "since it is neither a comic or a grand opera, though it contains both humorous and serious situations. It was my intention to present one of our most curious legends in dramatic form, and to combine it with scenes from our colonial period in a manner neither trivial or tedious."
The opera is in four acts, the first of which is a prologue in Scotland in which the prophecy is made under peculiar conditions and in the presence of the heroine, who is then a child. The second and third acts take place twelve years later near Albany, New York, and are full of mirth and gayetty. Here the heroine is brought without warning face to face with the great crisis of her life. A playful fortune-telling scene leads to the denouement of this part of the opera. The fourth scene is in the English camp the night before the battle of Ticondoroga. Here the prophecy made in Scotland is fulfilled for the heroine, and there is a tragic ending.
"DAD" HERMAN WRITES
FROM SUNNY ITALY
H. C. Herman writes from Genoa, Italy, in a letter to Roy Stockwell, of the Y. M. C. A., that thus far he and Mrs. Herman have enjoyed their trip immensely.
Former Y. M. C. A. Secretary Tells o a Week in England -Is Satisfied With Oxford University.
They spent seven days in England. While there they were kept "on the jump," seeing most of the many places of interest. Some of the places visited were Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, House of Parishioners, and Herman was highly impressed by Oxford University and saits it is a grand old place.
From England the two crossed the Channel into Germany, stopping a short time at The Hague, arriving at Colgene on the fourth. From Cologne they passed on through Switzerland to Genoa arrived there on the seventh. From Genoa they took their boat to India.
PROF, CADYS SISTER TO
SING IN FOUR LANGUAGES
Miss Ruth Cady, who will give a recital in Fraser hall tonight is a sister of Prof. H. P. Cady and formerly lived in Lawrence. She is an excellent entertainer as she has been a professional concert singer in the East. Her numbers will be rendered in Italian, German, and French, as well as English.
Many Dartmouth Seniors Seek Office At Dartmouth College seventy-three members of the senior class or one third of the entire membership are candidates for the twenty-four Commencement Class Day and permanent class offices.
She will be assisted by Prof. Carl A. Preyer, pianist; Harriet Gresinger, pianist; Wort S. Morshe, violinist;邓老师, violinist; William Dalton, violoncelloist; and Anne Swweeney, accompanist. Prof. Preyer will give two piano solos of his own composition.
MILITIA TO BE INSPECTED
Major Ayer, of the Regular Army,
Will Review University K.N.G.
There will be a joint inspection of the University and Lawrence city companies of the K. N. G. in Robinson gymnasium on the evening of March 30. The militia will be inspected by Major Ayer, of the regular army, and according to Captain H. E. Steele of the University company, there is going to be a good time after the inspection is over.
The officers will retire to another part of the building for a social hour and the basket-ball floor will be given over to boxing and wrestling matches between the stars of the two companies.
Besides the University Company A and the Lawrence Company H, the headquarters of Lawrence, composed of several commissioned officers, will be present.
SUSPICIOUS STOCKMEN BESEIGE LABORATORIES
When Poisoning is Suspected University Determines the Truth by Analysis
A farmer living at Sylvia sent a request to the University of Kansas today asking aid in determining whether or not poison had been placed in the food of a valuable horse that had been sent some of the food for analysis.
"The laboratory receives many such cases," said Dean Sayre, this morning. "And a great deal of work of this texicological character must be provided for. It seldom happens that the suspicions of the farmers are well investigated and when he is neglected or refused for the man's mind must be set at ease."
In the cases of loss of cattle death has been caused in some cases by the eating of poisonous weeds. A second crop of sorghum, which is fed a good deal by Kansas farmers, has been known to produce toxic action. It has also been found that damaged alfalfa had poisonous effects on animals.
eating of poisonous weeds. A second crop of sorghum, which is fed a good deal by Kansas farmers, has been known to produce toxic action. It has also been found that damaged alfalfa has had poisonous effects on animals. The farmers of Kansas are continually receiving aid from the analysts at the University. There is hardly a week goes by but that some farmer sends to the drug laboratories substance to be tested; such as grain and fodder which has produced bad effects on cattle, or food which is thought to have been poisoned by some of the farmer's enemies who wish to kill the pet dog or family horse. The University analysis test the substances and report to the farmer their findings thus saving much worry and helping to solve some of the problems of proper feeding.
'ALETTE CLUB IS TOLD
ABOUT THE "TEDDY BEAR"
A critical review of the pictures shown at the Art Exhibit was given by Miss Arta Briggs and Miss Elsie McGee. The art was answered by giving current art topics.
The regular meeting of the Palette held with the president, Miss Naya Forgas.
Miss Lida Le Seur responded with a short history of the rise and development of the "Teddy Bear," and its popularity with children.
CROWDED HOUSE HEARD
FIRST BAND CONCERT
Mrs. Lyons, as soloist, made a decided hit by her singing of "Sevilla" by Dessauer. The band numbers were well received, and the "Mimuet" by Paderewski, brought an extra long round of applause.
The audience at the Band concert last night was the largest that has ever attended a similar event at the University.
The Girls' Glee Club of Fairmount College will make a two weeks' trip beginning March 16, that will include many Kansas cities. The manager reports that every city visiteed last year and many other cities have been asking for dates but most of them can not be filled. Sixteen girl will make the trip.
The concert last night was the first given by the Band this season, and plans are being made for giving a series of concerts at the steps of the Museum building in May.
Girls' Glee Club to Tour State
THESE MEN WILL REPRESENT KANSAS
Teams for Inter-Collegiate Debate Chosen by Council This Week
TWO CONTESTS IN ONE NIGHT
Colorado Debates Here, and Oklahoma at Norman in Latter Part of March.
Colorado team—
Carl Carson.
Harvey Heller.
Worth Rodebush.
Oklahoma team—
Milton Minor.
Roy Davis.
Frank McClelland.
Minnesota—
Milton Minor.
Allen Willur.
The men who will represent the University in the debates with other schools this year were selected by the debating council this week. The first two debates will be held on the same day, during the latter part of March.
In the Colorado contest, which will be held at Lawrence, Carl Carson, who was a member of the Ashland high school team which won the state championship last spring; Harvey Heller, who debated at Baker last year; and Worth Rodebusch, a senior in the College, will speak for Kansas. They will uphold the affirmative of the question, "Resolved, that the recall should be applied to the state judiciary." Milton Minor, who was on the Oklahoma team last year; Roy Davis, who was on the Alabama team last year; McGee, a junior in the School of Law, speak on the negative of the same question against Oklahoma at Norman on the evening of the Colorado debate here.
The Missouri debate will be at Lawrence this year, in the latter part of April. Milton Minor and Allen Wilbur, who won second place in the interfraternity debate last year, will represent the University on the affirmative of the recall question.
AUTHORITY ON ATHLETICS
WILL SPEAK IN CHAPEL
Captain Palmer Pierce, President of National Collegiate Athletic Association Comes Tomorrow
Captain Palmer E. Pierce, of Leavenworth, Kansas, will speak in chapel Friday morning, on the honor system in college athletics. Captain Pierce has been president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association since it's organization in 1905. This Association is composed of seventy of the largest colleges and universities in the United States, and is very prominent in the forming of the rules for all athletic events.
"Colleges and Universities enrolled in this Association agree to take control of student athletic sports, so far as may be necessary to maintain in them, a high standard of personal honor, eligibility, and fair play, and to remedy whatever abuse may exist."
Captain Pierce in his presidential address before the Association in 1909, expressed the sentiments of the association in regard to the control of athletics, as follows:
Captain Pierce has always been very much interested in inter-collegiate athletics, as is shown by his long term of office in the association. His talk will interest all of the students, and especially those who are athletically inclined.
EQUAL SUFFRAGETTES MEET
Former University Graduate Will
Sneak at Meeding Tonight.
There will be a meeting of the College Equall Suffrage League Friday afternoon, March 1, at 3:30 at Myers hall. Dr. Helen Brewster Owens, of New York, will speak. Mrs. Owens who is a graduate of the University has been active for three years in suffrage work at Cornell. This spring she is giving her time to organizing the Kansas counties and interesting the students in the colleges of the state, in equal suffrage.
All of women of the University are invited to hear Mrs. Owens, and to meet her during the informal social hour after the meeting.