UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FIFTY-SIX PER CENT SLAP OPPORTUNITY
High School Education Pathway Strewn With Quitters Along the Route
Fifty-six percent of the young people of Kansas who start in the race for a high school education never finish the course. This statement is confirmed by figures compiled by W. H. Johnson, high school visitor, for the University. Johnson bases his report upon the total enrollment figures for the high schools of the state during the years 1907-11 and 1908-12.
Of the total 8855 students who entered as freshmen in '07 only 3671 were in at the finish in 1911. In 1908 there were some 9133 freshmen and of this mumber only 4723 will graduate at the end of this present term.
The biggest percentage drop out after the first year, and the percentage loss decreases with each advancing year of the high school work.
HUTCHINSON GIRLS AFTER STATE BASKETBALL TITLE
Hutchinson High School, Feb. 27—(By莉 Arl Frost, Special Correspondent)—In a double-header basketball game between the Florence boys and girls' teams and the Hutchinson team on the local court Friday the 23rd, Hutchinson won both events, the boys' game by a score of 35 to 19, and the girls' 44 to 8. The evening before, Florence came out victor in a double-header contest with Newton.
The Hutchinson girls have only one defeat marked against them this year and they expect to make someone hustle for first place at the Lawrence tournament.
Cheer Up! It's Not So Bad Downs High School, Feb. 26—(By Don Davis, Special Correspondent)—The senior class is working on the play, "Not So Bad After All," with a cast of eleven members, six boys and five girls. The play will be given about April 1.
LECTURE COURSE BRINGS
MONEY FOR NEW BOOKS
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Burlington, Kansas, Feb. 28—(By Irving Brown, Special Correspondent)—The high school is supporting a lecture course of six numbers. The proceeds will be used to pay for athletic equipment and to buy books for the library.
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SILK POPLINS
We have just received by today's express, a full line of shades in Silk Poplins. This is one of the prettiest silk fabrics, for the price, that is shown over the silk counter. Full 23 inches wide and in all the wanted shades and the price will be very special for a few days, instead of 65c as we always sell 49c them, a yd
A. D. WEAVER
the Burlington daily and weekly papers.
ABILENE SELECTS STAFF
FOR 1912 PUBLICATION
Abilene High School, Feb. 28—(By John Glissner, Special Correspondent)—This year's "Helianthus," the annual senior publication, will have a cover, embossed with a large sunflower, and will be printed in orange and brown, the high school colors.
The editorial staff, is: Ben Haskell editor-in-chief; Carl Nicolay, athletic editor; Eva Dichl and Ruth French associate editors; John Gleissner managing editor.
Boys Have Their Day
Abilene High School, Feb. 27—Fourteen of the twenty-seven who will graduate this year are boys.
This is the first time for several years that there have been more boys than girls in a graduating class.
Olathe Debates Ottawa
Olathe High School, Feb. 26.—Two debates will be held between the Olathe high school and the Ottawa high school March 29, the question being governmental ownership and control of railroads. Olathe will send a negative team, composed of John Johnson, Rex Moody and Paul Lindsley, to Ottawa, while three girls, Grace Wedd, Nellie Foster, and Elizabeth James, will meet Ottawa's negative team here.
The Pi Beta Phi sorority will entertain the Signia Alpha Epsilon fraternity at a buffet supper, Sunday evening.
Chancellor Strong will return Saturday from Peoria, Ill., where he delivered a lecture today on "The Students' Response to the World of Man," before the state convention of the Y. M. C. A.
Allegretto's original candy. Smith's News Depot.-Adv.
SINGLE TAX AND ALASKAN
MATTERS TO BE SETTLED
Members of K. U. Debating Society Expect to Settle Wrangles of Long Standing.
The first regular meeting of the K. U.
Debating society will be held in Fraser
hall Friday evening March 1. The
club has made arrangements to meet
every week and debates will be held
at each of the meetings.
Tomorrow night the subject for the first debate is: Resolved that the federal government should build and operate a railway from the Alaskan coal fields to the coast. Olney, Hoyt and Soper are on the affirmative side and Campbell, Meissner and Gorsuch unhold the negative.
The subject for the second debate Friday night is: Resolved, that the adoption of the single tax plan would promote the welfare of the state of Kansas. Al affirmative, Mattoon, Huron, Washington, Marks, Jacobs and Bowman.
The subject for the debate on Friday March 8, has been announced as follows: Resolved, that a system of direct employment should supplant the contract system in municipal public works. Affirmative, Adair, Gorsuch and Miller; negative, Edwards, Guilfoyle and Morton.
Y. W. K. B AANQUET WILL
COST FIFTY CENTS A PLATE
A price of fifty cents has been fixed for admission to the annual membership banquet of the Young Women's Christian Association, which will be given in Robinson gymnasium Saturday evening, March 16 at six o'clock.
Henry Churchill King, president of Oberlin College, will be the principal speaker of the evening.
Cooley Hollowell, a freshman in the College, from Wichita, has pledged to the Keltz.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
KRESS 5-10 AND 25 CENT STORE
SECOND ANNUAL
Blue Ribbon Embroidery Sale
WE have named this sale the BLUE RIBBON EMBROIDERY SALE because the VALUES we will put on sale take FLIRST PLACE over any previous offerings. Positively never before have we been able to give the EXTRAORDINARY VALUES that we offer at this time. Our ENORMOUS PURCHASING POWER coupled with our marking these goods at an extremely LOW MARGIN OF PROFIT, enables us to offer HIGH GRADE EMBROIDERIES at prices 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 their actual worth.
Greatest Embroidery Values Ever Put on Sale!
Monday, March 4th to Saturday, March 9th
There are two sales daily, one at 10 a. m. and one at 3 p. m. The goods will be put on the counter 30 minutes before sale time.
Do not for a moment imagine that we have sacrificed our standard of quality in order to sell at this low figure. The several assortments contain some of the daintiest and most beautiful patterns we have ever received.
Don't miss this opportunity to effect a big saving in the purchase of embroideries for your spring and summer wardrobes.
A descriptive circular giving the date and hours that the different assortments go on sale is being distributed at the store. Ask for one.
Watch Kress Windows.
Senior Girls Meet Friday-There will be a meeting of the young women of the senior class in chapel, Friday, March 1, at 12:15.
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Sachens—The Sachems will hold a meeting at the Phi Psi house Thursday, March 7.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
French Circle—The regular weekly meeting of the French circle will be held at 3:30, Thursday afternoon February 29.
K. U. Debating Society will meet at one o'clock Saturday afternoon March 2 at Squire's to have their picture taken.
Lecture:—"The Awakening in the Orient and its Effect on the Occident" will be the subject this week at Westmister hall. Hours 4:30 on Tuesday Friday afternoon.
Voice Recital—The third number of the Fine Arts winter recital course will be given in chapel Thursday, February 29, by Miss Ruth Cady, soprano. Miss Cady will be assisted by Professor Preyer and an instrumental quartet.
Social at Westminster hall—A social will be given at Westminster hall on Saturday evening, March 2. The feature of the evening will be the presentation of the Modernized play of Hamlet by an experienced cast of students. All students of the University are invited.
EIGHTY-FOUR VOLUMES ADDED
TO THE LIBRARY LAST WEEK
Senior Annual Meeting—It is desired by the management of the annual that the following system be used in the senior write-ups. The year in which the class honor was obtained should be numbered according to the year in school. For example: John Smith makes varsity football his junior and senior years. Kansan second year, debating team first year. His record will read: John Smith, varsity football (3, 4) Kansan (2), Varsity debating team (1). Clubs and organizations need not be numbered.
Several new books have been placed on the shelves of the library in the past week.
They are: Scottish Text Society, 60 volumes; J. W. Gregory, Cretaceas Bryoyoa, two volumes; American Street and Interurban Association, Proceedings 1910-11; John Hopkins, University Studies in Political Science; E. Brauer, Construction of Balance; James Roberts, Weights and Measures; Wiley and Harvey, Foods and Their Adulterations; A. A. Clapley, Wind-Band and Its Instruments; C. B. Cady, Music Education, 3 volumes; T. Fillebrow, Resonance in Singing and Albert Gehring of Musical Training, Kebhel, Chapters of Opera, A Book of Operas, and Panforte and Its Music; H. H. Hourue, Psychological Principles of Education; W. J. Barrett, Psychical Research; H. A. Bruse, Riddle of Personality and Scientific Mental Healing; Joseph Collins, Way with Nerves; Stephen S. Colvin, Learning Process.
PROFESSOR YOUNG WILL
SPEAK IN ILLINOIS
Professor C, C. Young, of the School of Engineering and Chemist of the Kansas State Water Survey, will speak before the Illinois Water Supply Association on March 6. The talk will be, "Artesian Wells of Western Kansas."
He Will Address Water Supply Association on Articels Wells of Annapolis
The association is connected with the State University at Champaign and is composed of those interested in obtaining and conserving an abundant supply of water in the State of Illinois. The meeting next month will annual meeting of the Association, and will last for two days, March 5 and 6.
ENFORCED THE TEN-HOUR
CREDIT RULE FOR FRESHMEN
The Pi Beta Phi sorority hold initiation, Saturday evening February 17th for the freshmen who have completed ten hours work in the University. Seven freshmen were initiated: Constance Fennell, Genevieve Herrick, Nora Cubbon, Sophie Smithmyer, Mamie McFarlin, Elizabeth DeBord, and Marguerite Graybill.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority entertained the Sigma Chi fraternity at dinner Tuesday evening.
-FISCHER'S SHOES ARE GOOD SHOES
The Elect in Fashion's Realm
The more you know about the new styles the better you'll like the 1912 spring footwear that make our store the place where women have to linger.
The more you know about price-marks elsewhere the more certain are you to come here when your buying time comes.
Do you know that it is the policy of this store to sell the kind of shoes that are not sold in the average store and that in order to do that we choose the very smartest models that the skilled makers of this country produce?
The hand that guides this shoe business is always holding out something to cause men and women of Lawrence to sit up and take notice of their footwear needs.
OTTO FISCHER
813 Mass. Street.
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
March 15-21 Inclusive.
Seventh annual Institute for Religious Education. President Henry Churchill King and President Frank K. Sanders, speakers.
Friday, March 15-21.
High School Conference.
Bible Institute.
Sunday, March 17
Veasper, president King of Obern
Colllege speak.
President Sanders of Washburn College. 3:30.
President King. 4:30.
Friday, March 29. Engineers' Dance.
Second half-term begins Wednesday. Anril 3
Indoor circus in Robinson gymnasium.
Friday, April 5-8.
Easter Recess.
Sunday, April 7.
Easter.
Sunday, April 7.
Monday and Tuesday, April 8 and 9 Meeting of the State Editors Association.
Friday, April 12.
Junior Prom.
Thursday, April 18-19.
Music Festival.
Saturday, April 27.
Spanish Play, "Zaranqua."
Wednesday, May 1.
Holiday.
Friday, May 3. Sophomore Party.
Grad Appointed Drug Analyst.
Grad Appointed Drug Analyst.
Robert K. Dillingham, of Moreland,
Kansas, who graduated from the
School of Pharmacy last year, is now
filling the vacancy in the drug labor-
源性 caused by the recent appointment
of Mr. F. E. Rowland to the position
of State Drug Inspector.
Palette Club Eats Together. The Palette Club met Tuesday fternoat at the home of Miss Neva 'boster, 1324 Tennessee Street. Each member answered roll call by giving a current art topic. A two course uncheon was served.
Dean Sayre Goes to Kansas City.
Dean Sayre spent yesterday in Kansas City, accompanying his brother that far, after a few days visit is returning to his home in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Black Helmets Convene. The Black Helmets will hold their regular meeting Thursday night at the Beta House.
Miss Katherine Dolman will entertain informally Saturday afternoon, for her guests Miss Alice Brown of Atchinson and Miss Gertrude MacClennan of Topeka.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority entertained the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at a dinner last evening, from six to eight.
FOR SALE—Small investment buyers good little business in Lawrence, with steady income. Requires an hour's attention every few days Address, Box 600, Eudora, Kans. LOST—A Waterman's fountain;
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
For Sale.
A Waterman's fountain; between Fraser hall and 113 Louisiana. Finder please call Bell 1818 or LOSH. A watch display "E"
1081-A lady's watch, engraved "E. E." with fob and lab, key attached to it. Finder please call Home phone 912.
KANSAS CITY THEATERS.
SAM S. SHUBERT ALL THIS WEEK OVER NIGHT
WILLIS WOOD THIS WEEK
The Girl of My Dreams
Next Week The Grazi Paris Grand Opera Company.
Next Week, Jules Layolle's French Grand Opera Co. of New Orleans
Early Creations
Protsch, Tailor
717 Mass. Street Lawrence, Kan
ED. W. PARSONS,
Engraver, Watchmaker and Jeweler,
A Fine Line of SPRINGSUITINGS KOCH THE TAILOR.
R. B. WAGSTAFF
ON MARCH 1st
Fancy Groceries
ON MARCH 1ST The Peerless Cafe
will occupy rooms at 906 Mass.
Old friends welcome and will be glad to meet new ones.
FORNEY
Shoe Shop
1023 Massachusetts St.
HARRY REDING, M. D.,
EYE, EARS, NOSE, THROAT GLASSES FITTED F. A. A. BUILDING Phones—Bell S13 Home S12
ED ANDERSON
RESTAURANT
Oysters in all styles
Rexall Orderlies
"One at Night Makes the Next Day Bright." 10 and 25c Boxes.
McColloch's Drug Store
Nicely furnished rooms for four or five men. Board in same house. Good terms, "Midway" boarding club. 1042 Ohio. Bell 2325.
Kennedy Plumbing Co., 937 Mass.
St. Phone 658—Adv.
DALE, the Printer 1027 Mass St.
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