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VOLUME IX.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 22. 1912.
NUMBER 65.
KIRMESS WILL SHOW KANSAS IN HISTORY
State Historical Society
Kanzas Braves, Spanish Explorers And Pioneers to March in Pageant.
COWBOYS TO SUPPLY THE NOISE
The Old West and The New Kansa to be Shown in Symbolic Groups Next Saturday.
The historical pageant at the Spring Kirmess will present a vivid picture of the development of Kansas from the earliest history up to the acme of civilization, the coronation of the Queen of the Kansas Kirmess.
The pageant will be made up of about 250 persons in costume, including historical groups, the Queen and her family, the performers, and the University of Kansas band.
Kansas Indians with war-paint and feathers, form the first historical group. Then come the Spanish explorers, in velvet suits, high boots, plumed hats, and swords, a band of gallant adventurers who sought Kansas as the land of gold. Coronado, their leader, was the first white man in Kansas. The Spaniards failed in their search for Eldorado, but years later, the Kansans found it in the gold of the wheat fields. COWBOYS WILL "SHoot UP" CAMPUS
Next come the Hunters and Trappers, with furs and traps; then the Pioneers, with guns on their shoulders, walking besides the Prairie Schoeffer, with the dog's teeth peering out between the curtains, an "old dog Tray" tied under the wagon.
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and Star Soloists Entrance Audience
With a jingle of spurs and a crack of the whip, the Cattlemen come dashing by, with lariats and revolvers. Next in the pageant, connecting the new with the old, comes the K. U. Band, playing old Kansas tunes, like "John Brown's Body," and up to college songs. Even the Crimson and the Blue" is a link between the past and present, for the modern words and written to the tune of an old war song. "The Death of Ellsworth."
ENTER, QUEEN ON PALFREY
After the march of all nations, come the daughters of the commonwealth, a group of fifty senior girls carrying a Sunflower chain. Next comes the crown bearer, who is Milred Roberts, the smallest girl in the freshman class. Riding on a white "palfrey the Queen of the Kirmess, Lucile Wilkinson, tall and stately, wearing a pale green gown with gold sunflowers.
Following the musicians, come the national dancers, representing the influx of other nationalities into the state, the people of foreign nations who have resided to Kansas and have found a home on her broad and hospitable prairies.
Pi Phis Were Hostesses at F. A. A Hall Friday Evening.
FIRST SPRING PARTY
The active members of the Pi Phi sorority were the hostesses of the first spring party this year, when they entertained their friends with a formal dancing party at Fraternal Aid hall Friday night.
The out of town guests were Ava and Cornelia Hardcastle of Emporia, Hazel Kelly of Paloa, and Helen Banges, Bruce Porter, Mary Darlington, Lillian Abram and Ruth Mervine of Kansas City.
The guests were received by Mrs Allan, Leota McFarlin, Lucile Wilkinson, Helen Thomson, Geneva Wiley and Ethel Stone.
The dancing hall and receiving rooms were decorated throughout with potted plants and Japanese lanterns. Ice and coffee were served all evening in the reception rooms on the second floor.
Morris Blacker '09, of Kansas City, spent the week end at the Phi Psi house.
The pageant leaves the gymnasium at 2 o'clock, winds through the campus to Fraser Hall, where the coronation ceremonies take place at 2:30, and at 3:00 will begin the dances of the Kirmess.
Following the Queen are her at tendants, dressed in white with yellow sundowners. In this group are the smallest senior girls. After the coronation of the queen, her power dance before Her Royal Highness, on the lawn in front of Fraser Hall.
SKILTON'S SYMPHONY PLEASED
Prof. Preyer and Hubach Took the Flowers—Orchestration Valhalla Was Especially Delightful
The second concert of the MusicFestival was held in Robinson Gymnastium Friday afternoon. The second number an orchestra suite by the American composer MacDowell, was much appreciated. The composition represented forest scenes, and to the listeners who followed the suggestion of the title, it was truly reminiscent of the spirit of the woods.
Professor Prever of the School of Fine Arts played a concert by St. Saens. It was wildly applauded. Mr. Czorkwyny's violin solo also appeared tremendously delightful to the audence. Professor Hubach's bush, was an instrument that well marched the flowers that his admiring friends showered him with.
But the crowning effect of the concert was the final number, from Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold." The music is taken from the final of the opera when the Gods triumphantly enter Valhalla, over a glorious rainbow path, bridging a chasm of thunder clouds and whirling tempest. The audience, even to the most thoughtless freshman, was completely under the spell of the orchestra leader and his lightly poised wand of melody.
The third and last concert was in a large part, a local production. Professor Skilton in the first performance of his symphonic poem, "A Carolina Legend." To judge from the almost wild demonstration of approval that came at then end of the rendition, the music was not only of great beauty, but of a style clear and simple enough to be comprehended by an audience of ordinary people. This fact does not imply popularity in a disparging sense, but rather that it appealed to that inborn feeling for harmony that is in every man and makes the love of acoustic harmony a real and valuable human faculty.
The work of the Lawrence Lady's chorus was on a par with other efforts of local talent and showed careful and painstaking preparation. The rend-
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SHE SAW HIS HORNS AND BURNED THE PAPERS
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SENIOR PLAY TRYOUT
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Through a misunderstanding, the tryout for the senior play was announced for last Friday night. The tryout will be held Wednesday, April 24 at 7:15 in room 116 Fraser hall.
The Extension Division of the University of Kansas has one less package library on socialism since a landlady at Harper took the liberty last week of showing her opinion regarding such literature.
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A young man rooming in her house had secured from the University a number of books dealing with socialism. He had left them on his library table. The landlady, in cleaning up his room, found the volumes which to
tion of the Flying Dutchman choruses was well received.
The solo work of Miss Genevieve Wheat and Miss Lucile Stephenson was highly satisfactory, to judge from the few notes that were received by the singers.
The young man wrote an anxious letter to the Extension Department explaining the matter, and the department has decided to excuse him. The proper kind of retribution to call down upon the landlady has not yet been decided upon.
Professor Skilton was highly pleased with the result of the concerts.
"I hope to see a greater interest man- nified next year, however," he said "especially among the University students."
ENTERTAIN A HUNDRED
FRIENDS IN EAGLE HALL
Mu Phi Epsilon was hostess last Saturday evening at a reception and dance to a hundred of their friends in Eagle's hall.
Memebers of Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority Act as Hostesses at Reception and Dance.
On the receiving line were lhe Corle, Ehel Hess, Cora Reynolds, Mrs. Skilton, Mrs. C. E. H. Hubach, Ms Harriet Greissinger, Maud Mauld Miller.
The hall was decorated in the colors of the sorority, royal purple and white. A number of the out-of-town guest was here for the occasion, among the being John Wooty of Kansas City, the Worthy Grand Treasurer of the sorority.
TEST NITRO-GLYCERINE
Drug Laboratory Sets Standard for Heart Stimulating Tablets
At the request of the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, D. C., A. E. Stevens, under the direction of Dean L. E. Sayre, of the School of Pharmacy, has just completed a working standard for the medicinal preparation, nitro-glycerine.
As a great number of the nitroglycerine tablets, commonly used by physicians as a rapid heart stimulus in cases of heart failure, are worthless, the United States Department of drug chemistry called upon the University's drug laboratory to determine a standard by which all nitro-glycerine preparations can be measured.
All nitro-glycerine preparations, from now on, will be tested and graded according to the standard of the Kansas set by the University of Kansas.
SENIOR GIRLS PLAN TO DO SOCIAL WORK
Miss Nadia Thomas Explains the Movement as Being National
A meeting of the senior girls was held this afternoon at which Miss Nadia Thomas presented plans for social service work, in which every senior girl was urged to take some part.
Records of each senior were taken as to the time she would be able to give to the social work, the line of work inerted in and the community in which she would probably be located. This is in view of associating every individual with some kind of church, settlement, institutional work in the community in which she is to spend the ensuing year.
"This is a national movement," explained Miss Thomas, "to get hold of college graduates and keep them in touch with social Life and conditions. Although the movement is under the authority and is being promoted by the national Y. W. C. A." she continued. "It has no official connection with the organization, and seeks to include not only women of the association, but all college women. The association,'she added,' is merely a clearing house between the prospective workers and community work."
Miss Maude Brown '10, of Kansas City. visited at the Kappa house over the week end.
Charles Blackmar '10, of Kansas City, and at Adolph Spangler '10 spent Sunday at the Phi Psi house.
Miss Ruth Walker and Myra Luce spent Sunday in Kansas City.
Humphery Jones of Hiwaina spent Sunday at the Phi Delt house.
A meeting of the students of the College has been called by the president for Tuesday morning at 12:15 in chapel. The speaker for the Student's Day program will be selected.
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PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES NECESSARY TO CHURCH
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Said Chancellor Strong At Christian Conservation Congress at New York Today
SCHOOLS DEVELOP MORALS
Cooperation Therefore Necessary- More State University Students Than in Church Colleges
New York, April 22—As one of the three principal speakers before the national meeting of the Christian Conservation Congress here today, Chancellor Frank Strong told the congress that the church must take a stance in the university and college efforts of the country, "putting aside the prejudice of sect, and ceasing to demand of the generations now in our colleges the same modes of religious expression that were adequate for our ferefathers."
The church was described by Dr. Strong as responsible for "the crystallization of human hopes, a vague defining of the world demand that the relations of life be so adjusted that every man shall have a desire to develop his life and do the best service for his generation."
He declared that "the university has had an almost determining influence on the moral and religious development of Christianity and there must be the strongest possible alliance and cooperation between the church and the university." He charged that the church "has been blind to its duty towards education in the state," though the number of students per Christian denominations in public universities is larger in some states than the number in denominational colleges.
"In America," the Kansas educator warned his hearers, "the church can not get along without the public universities."
Mrs. Day of New York City, is visiting her daughter, Miss Edna D. Day, of the home economics department.
Miss Ruth Mervine and Miss Lillian Abrams of Kansas City, will arrive tomorrow to attend the Pi Phi party.
Clem Parker '11, of Kansas City, was in Lawrence Friday night to attend the Pi Phi party.
Asa Black 09', of Wellington, was a guest at the Phi Delt house over Sunday.
The University of Minnesota has abolished the old fee system and established a new system in all of the colleges. One fee will be charged for the entire year.
The University Mandolin Club, which will give a Concert in Chapell Wednesday evening
WILL STUDY CRIME AND ITS PREVENTION
University, Through Professor Higgins, Is at Head of Statewide Movement
FOR BETTER CRIMINAL LAWS
Although Kansas Penal Code is of the Best, It May be Improved Says Professor Higgins
The University has added another to its growing list of activities to benefit the people of Kansas. The Regents at their last meeting authorized Prof. William E. Higgins of the School of Law to perfect plans for the formation of an organization that shall undertake the scientific study of crime, criminal law and procedure, and to formulate and promote measures for solving the problems identified therewith, in Kansas.
The University is connected with such a movement through Professor Higgins, who participated in the formation of a national organization, known as The American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. He is now a member of its Executive Committee and of the standing committee on State Branches and it is a part of his official duty to procure the formation of a similar organization in Kansas.
UNIVERSITY HAS APPROVED
The University authorities, recognizing the important service of such a body and in accordance with the policy of fostering those matters that will be of direct benefit to the people, has approved plans whereby a state organization with the above object may be formed.
The following local committee to perfect plans and procure attendance has been appointed: W. H. Carruth, George Imnes, F. W. Blackmar, F. P. Smith, Dean J. W. Green, A. Henley, Merle Thorpe, R. R. Price, W. E. Higgins, Judge Hugh Means, and Dr. S. T. Gillispie.
The committee has organized with W. E. Hickins as chairman and R. R. Price as Secretary. Invitations will be sent to citizens of the state representative of the sciences of law, sociology, medicine, psychology, penology, police and philanthropy to meet in Lawrence under the auspices of the University on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18, 1912.
STUDY IS NECESSARY
Concerning the plan, Professor Higgins says: "It is safe to say that this is an important opportunity for direct benefit to the state of Kansas. For some time we have had a period of agitation over matters connected with the administration of criminal law and the treatment of offenders. "A period of construction is required, a thorough, scientific, and continued study of the entire field is necessary—thorough, in order to avoid incomplete and inconsistent legislation—scientific, because measures of actual conditions—continued, because laws are not self operative, and, men must be trained to meet the ever new problems which arise in the actual arrest, trial, conviction, and treatment of offenders.
"Kansas has one of the best codes of criminal procedure in this country and is admittedly free from the technicalities advertised in the newspapers and magazines, yet increased efficiency is always possible, and Kansas is entitled to the best. The University will perform a high service to the state by the successful formation of an organization that will accomplish this."
The Weather!
"Everything's lovely," cooed Baro Meter this morning when interviewed by a Daily Kansan reporter.
Brother Thermo agreed with him but was rather cold and distant about it.
Notwithstanding Thermo's chilly demeanor he agreed with Baro when the latter promised fair weather for tonight and tomorrow.
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