Semi-Weekly Kansan.
10.60
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. NO. 1.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 17, 1904.
5 Cents per copy.
GREAT MASS MEETING
Students of K. U. Demand a Semi Weekly-Faculty in Too-Every One Plzdged to Support it.
Friday at noon there was a big mass meeting held in the chapel that was attended by a great mass of students and the faculty was well represented. The call was for a decision regarding a University of Kansas publication and the results were most gratifying in every respect. The enthuiasm and interest were in evidence on every side and the Semi-Weekly Kansan is bound to go through successfully and to the best interests of the school.
Speeches were made by representatives of each of the several schools and each pledged himself to support the paper and work for those who support it on Massachuessets Street.
Chancellor Strong who has the interests of the university permanently grounded in the bottom of his heart started the speech making. He spoke of the needs of the university and the importance of a paper in relation to an institution.
Professor Hopkins followed Chancellor Strong and dwelt more upon the support a paper deserves and how it is going to get this support. He asked that all wanting to try for places on the paper see him. This will increase interest, get students to working and test their qualifications.
Professor Wilcox spoke on behalf of the faculty and said he was certain that the faculty would stand by the paper and thought every member would subscribe. Professor Van der Vries was next on the program, though all were extemporaneous, and his talk was regarding the support the athletic association would give a semi-weekly paper. Prof. Van der Vries was most encouraging in his remarks, as were all of the others.
Student speeches were now in order and were led off by Mr. Keyser who showed his loyalty to the Rock Chalk school by pledging his support and all of his influence. Among the others who spoke were Mr. Funchuss of the pharmacy department and Mr. Kepner of the engineers. Any one who heard these remarks certainly cannot doubt that Kansas has as loyal a lot of sons and daughters as any state in the Union and the way the speakers expressed themselves was most creditable.
As an ending all who would
pledge their support to the paper and do all they could for it and above all patronize the Kansan's advertisers were asked to stand and raise their hands. The crowd arose to the man and held up their hands.
MINING ENGINEERS TO ORGANIZE
The mining engineers will have their first meeting at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the basement of Frazier Hall. This year's freshman class contains more mining engineers than any class since the mining school was introduced, and the enrollment in the mining school bids fair to catch up with some of the other departments in the engineering school. The mining engineers feel deeply the loss of their fellow student, Mr. Asa Haworth, who died very suddenly in the summer.
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The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity have issued invitations for their annual reception to freshmen girls,to be held Saturday. Sept. 26 at the home of Mrs. Wheeler on Kentucky street.
Dudley Doolittle is candidate for county attorney on the Republican ticket in Chase county. He has the best wishes of his host of friends in the university. This is another time where K. U. steps to the front with a senior of one year.
INTER-FRAT DEBATES.
Prize Silver Cup--Much Interest Being Arcused.
For the first time in the history of the University there will be inter-fraternity debates this year. There will be representatives chosen from each fraternity and these men will meet and make roles and by-laws. The contests will be held later in the year and are looked forward to with interest. Several prominent fraternity men have already expressed much interest in the coming "frat" contest and there is no reason why they should not prove of much interest and stimulate the general debating interests of the school.
Mr. Ewing Hebert, editor of the Hiawatha World, and a good friend of Kansas University, has offered a silver cup to be held by the fraternity winning the final debate. Professor Frazier is working hard on the proposed discussions and complete arrangements will doubtless soon be completed.
GENERAL ATHLETIC NEWS.
Football Men Hard at Work Coach Kennedy Satisfied.
The football practice opened very auspiciously this season with many new men and nine old ones to make up the material that Coach Kennedy will have to deal with.
Doctor Bert Kennedy who made the Washburn team last season is the head tutor for the Jayhawker squad this year, Harold Weeks having entered business in Michigan. One clause in Weeks's contract with the athletic association was that he should be released should he enter business and there was no difficulty. Weeks was a successful coach and did great work with the Kansas men last year. He brought out an almost remarkable eleven, considering the green material and difficulties that he had to overcome. "Boss" Weeks has the qualifications for a good coach and should he ever decide to cast his lot with the gridiron tutors a bright future awaits him.
Bert Kennedy is an old star Kansas quarterback and knows the game from start to finish He was assistant coach on Pennsylvania and has a more flattering reputation in the East than in the West, though he is known all over this section. Above all Coach Kennedy is a man that is one of the fellows and knows how to get more good hard work out of his men than the ordinary coach. The ability to get the men to work harmoniously is a rare qualification for a coach They are so impudent and commandatory.
Practice began September 1 and has kept up unceasingly ever since until there were more than forty candidates out last night. This is very encouraging and especially when one considers that these men will average in weight upwards of 163 pounds and have nearly all had experience. They are a husky lot and an exceptional bunch of good material.
The practice so far has been light steady work but within a short time the real hard work will be begun when a man will find out whether or not he has the making of a football player.
The work has so far been chiefly punting the pig-skin, falling on it and running open signals.
Among the old men who will make up the list are Captain Hicks, Donald, Ackarman, Fleishman, Brunner, Pooler, Chappell,
Michaelson, and probably Pete Allen. Cooke will also be out and probably one or two others. Hart is making a good showing at quarter and plays a good snappy game.
The new men are too numerous to mention but some should easily make the 'varsity eleven. Among the new men are Russell of Marysville, Read, of Kansas City, Hulkin of Cawker City, MacClennan brothers of Atchison, Green and McCarty of La Harpe, Young of Winfield, Root of Lincoln, White Mankato, Livingston, Meyers, Milton and Asher of Fort Scott; Morrow of Wellington; Alhborn of Smith Center; Barnes and Thoms of Blue Mound; McNaughton, Tongonoxie, and Blood of Emporia. There are many more than these and some very promising men but Captain Hicks nor Coach Kennedy can neither keep an exact line on the new material while it is coming in so fast.
The new pledges of Pi Beta Phi are Miss Mary Ruckle and Lucretia Hart of Hiawatha, Winifred Blackmar of Lawrence and Mary Hyden of Holton.
The Sigma Chis are wearing colors for Walter Guy of Winfield and Richard Best of Columbus.
SCRIMMAGE BEGUN.
Wealth of Good Material-Fast, Heavy Men.
Yesterday afternoon Coach Kennedy put his pupils through the first scrimmage of the season of 1904. It was a scrimmage, hard and constant while it lasted. Both the first eleven and the scrabs showed up exceedingly well considering the amount of training they have had.
From the showing yesterday some of the average teams over the state will not cross Kansas's goal line this season. This is what Kansas University and supporters hope for anyhow.
There was a good crowd of spectators yesterday and there was general satisfaction with the showing made. Every soul in K.U. is going to support the team this year.
The training table will start to-day at 1202 Kentucky. Among the men to be on are: Capt. Hicks, Brunner, Ackarman, Denald, Fleishman, Michaelson, Chappell and Pooler.
Davies, a mighty good man from the Normal, is now out regularly and should make the team.