1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 P THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN. --- 5 THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANASAS SUMMER SESSION. Published in the afternoon of Tuesday and Friday by students in the department of Journalism, from the press of the Department of Journalism Application made for entry as second-class matter at the postoffice at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subseriation price twenty-five cents for the six weeks' session. Phones: Bell K. U. 25, Home 1165 Address all communications to THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN, Lawrence, Kansas. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912. HELPING THE POOR BOY HELPIING THE FOOK BOT Andrew Carnegie's ten million dollar gift to the University of Edinburgh to assist poor boys has proved a failure, according to a report from that institution. It is pointed out that the great Scottish university is getting as many students but that they are of a different class than formerly, then their assets were poverty plus brains and a special desire for learning, today their assets poverty minus brains and a special desire for learning. As in the United States, there have been in England youths who have had a burning desire to "know" for its own sake. Again as in this country, these boys were poor, and the University of Edinburgh provided every facility for them to "make their way." Not by making the work easy, but by giving them opportunities to earn their bread and butter while attending school, the university authorities gave real assistance 'the poor boy. Enter Andrew Carnegie. Anxious to help these poor boys he offered the university ten million dollars. The lft was held up for several years. The hard-headed Scottish educators noted to think about it. They sued that this fund would induce ys to enter the university who had special desire for education; it ould appeal to them as an easy dor, or following the line of the mous resistance the youth of twenty tive chose a scholarship It was mos' accepted. can't v the institution thinks the tis is largely wasted and the was ing value of the institution im- er- tied. wo in the beginning, the best way clearp a boy is to help him to help of elf. ing ser FIGHTING PELLAGRA Pellagran, that mysterious disease, more horrible than leprosy, and more fatal than cholera, has appeared in several localities in Kansas, will be fought with all the scientific skill the University of Kansas can muster. The disease first appears as an affection of the skin, later developing severe constitutional and nervous disorders, a wasting away of the flesh, and then insanity. While it is peculiar to northern Italy, several hundred cases have appeared within ten years in Georgia and Kentucky. The first case in Kansas appeared in Oswego in 1911. Italy offered a king's ransom for a cure or preventive, the celebrated Lombroso spent his life trying to learn its secret; both were unavailing. Professor Hunter of the entomology department began his work on pelagia last fall. He will first try to learn if the disease is carried by mms. To this end he has cultivated blies in an artificial stream and will be allowed to bite a pellagronent. Five monkeys arrived at University from Africa last week. These flies will be allowed to bite the monkeys in an attempt to find out that carries the disease. With this found, the medical school take up the fight and search forum that will counteract the grra germs. other theory is that the disease is caused by mal-nutrition. An investigation along this line will also be carried on by the University. - BOYS BETTER IN "MATH" The relative mathematical abilities of boys and girls and of the white race as compared with the black are among the subjects taken up in a monograph just issued by the United States Bureau of Education. The monograph is entitled "Mathematics in the Public and Private Secondary Schools of the United States," and considers the ability of the boys and girls as shown only in the type of school indicated by the title. "It it seems to be the general opinion that the average boy shows more ability in mathematics than the average girl, but also that he does not work so faithfully," says the monograph. "In a mixed class this greater ability of the boy and the greater faithfulness of the girl react most advantageously on each other." "Another fact that is noted is this: In elementary algebra the girl does as good work as the boy; in geometry not nearly so good. In advanced algebra and trigonometry the boy shows an ability which is far ahead of the girl. Yet, we are free to confess that his greater natural ability is often outclassed by the steady, patient endeavor of the girl. Perhaps it would be safer to say that the girl does not show as great an ability as the boy, even though she may have it. "In regard to the relative tendency of boys and girls to choose elective courses in mathematics the answers to a questionnaire indicate that boys are much more inclined to elect such courses than girls are." In investigating the relative mathematical ability of the colored race, a questionnaire was sent to eleven well-known Negro schools and colleges in the South. "The general feeling in the institutions covered by this report," says the monograph, "is that the difference between the races in the matter of mathematics, in so far as any difference exists, are due to conditions rather than to race characteristics. Five of the schools feel that there is no difference due to race. Two are of the opinion that colored students generally are not the equals of white students. One school was not able to make any comparison. Three did not reply to the question regarding a comparison of the races. Replies were made by both white and colored teachers who have had years of experience in colored schools and in some cases in white schools. MEIKLEJOHN TO AMHERST MEIKLEJOHN TO AMHERST In electing Dean Meiklejohn of Brown its next president, Amherst has gone directly against a current which has resulted recently in the bringing to New England colleges of so many Western educators. It has also, for only the second time in its history, selected a non-Amherst man for its executive. But it is not likely that there will be any persons who will find fault with the choice. Dr. Meiklejohn has a splendid record as an administrator; President Faune, indeed, describes him as the ablest college dean in the country. But he is primarily a teacher and his present associates are unanimous in the belief that he will not consent permanently to surrender this part of his work. And if he doesn't, Amherst will again be the gainer, for his courses in logic at 'Brown are regarded as about as good as any that the University has to offer. The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter has completed a tabulation of the amounts of money made by Hopkins's undergraduate students during the scholastic year. About one-third of the students, of fifty, work, and their earnings for the eight months total $7,000. Every variety of occupation is represented, newspaper work, chemical experimentation, computer work, and the largest individual amount is $800, made from newspaper work and magazine contributions. One student averages $50 a month from short stories and verse, and one naively confesses that he wins $5 a month at poker.-The Daily Student, Indiana University. THE SAD, SAD GRIND OF OUR COLLEGE LIFE A little boy who was very much puzzled over the theory of evolution questioned his mother thus: money. "I don't know," the mother replied, "I never knew any of your father's people." "Mama, am I descended from a monkey?" Cornell Widow. Ma—You've been dringing. I smell it in your breath. Pa—Not a drop, I've been eating frogs' legs. What you smell is the hops. —Harvard Lampoon. "Weren't you fired by the enthusiasm at Princeton?" "No: by the Dean." "No; by the Dean.' —Tiger. Salesman—"Rather neat article in herdashery, don't you think? Very exclusive—only $10." The Simple One—"Yes, that excludes me." She—"What do the students do after vistory?" —Tiger "Lost my taste for art." "How's that?" "My palate is gone." —Yale Record. victory?" He—"They tear up generally and rent the midnight air." She—"And when they're defeated—what then?" He—"Then they tear up things generally and rent their winter clothes." —Tiger Shorty—A dance reminds me a great deal of a trip to New York. Longy—Why. Shorty—Getting on and off the train Yale Record. Visitor—Where does that barber get such a fine lot of jokes and short stories? Native—Oh, he does a lot of clipping. Chaparral. "Miss Bole," said the skylight in the fair co-ed on the other end of the sofa, "If I were to throw a kiss what would you say?" "I'd say you were the laziest man I' ever met." Minnesota Minne-Ha-Ha. DR. DAVID SNEDDEN ON LIBERAL EDUCATION --of Eye, Hand or Foot. "Neither parents nor public are satisfied with results," says Dr Snedken in his article, "What of his educational education?" in a monthly issue of January, 1912. "Institutions are inefficient in their methods and much of the work done is without a clear purpose and is, therefore, largely浅 as regards the inner ends of a liberal education. "While vocational education trains man to be a producer, "the essence of liberal education," he says, "is found in the conception of man as a user," and only that education which trains a man to appreciate the labors of others, to enjoy the highest degree of satisfaction, to cast a wise wite role, to sympathize with all humanity, is really liberalizing. And it is doubtful, in the mind of Dr. Sneden, whether, Latin, algebra, chemistry, and even history, taught with only the aim of mastery in view, are really liberalizing. Every subject taught should use to the extent dent brought into hand. How high school Latin is really useful? Dr. Snedden says in effect that we should attempt to educate the tastes rather than to give a store of classical information. If teachers do not do this, advertising will, for the annual expenditures of advertising exceed by 30 percent all organized education, and advertising is a large factor in deciding what people wear, what they eat, what they do and see. It is the business of the really liberal education to safeguard against undesirable outside influences which will later attempt to direct the choice of the pupil. The teacher must compulsory study of Latin, Greek, algebra and Shakespeare, which he does not consider directly related to modern life. "Not in the things of the past," he says, "but in those of the present should education find its beginning and its results." STUDENT OPINION The editor is not responsible for the views expressed here. Communications must be signed as an evidence of good faith. Editor Summer Session Kansan: Editor Summer Session Kansas: The University of Kansas, like most great universities of the day, is making special effort to come into closest touch with the people, and to demonstrate its eminently practical side, along with the development of the humanities. It seeks to be a great laboratory, where the problem is worked on in miniature. In this it has been highly successful in many fields. I wish to suggest a fall butfertile field for further experimentation that will be of general value. New theories in the science of government are plentiful, and experiments are to be seen at many places. But other theories should be worked out in actual practice and the results presented. I shall make no suggestion as to the use of the initiative, the referendum, the recall, the priory of a new constitution to be taught of the class or student activities. But tht growth of all these ideas in different states and nations, warrants the student of civics in seeking how more fully to secure the full, free expression of the voters when he votes whether on men or measures. At present voters are generally given the choice to choose two men or two measures, though they may not like either. They cannot agree on a general average or find a golden mean. The tendency of the times is to array them in extremes. Here certain theorists come in with plans as of proportional representation and the preferential ballot. These theories could profitably explain why not try them out and University. Why not try them out and give the state of Kansas the benefit of the results? For example, where a number of persons are to be chosen to a board or body of two or more members, let them be chosen by some one of the several plans of proportional representation, such as the single-vote, Hare, Hare-Speech, Hare-Cridge, or the restrictive, the cumulative, the governor, the Gove plan, or other form of effective voting. Then it may be demonstrated which of these would prove most suitable to our people. Or, the preferential ballot may be tried, wherein each voter casts his vote for every candidate for any one office, but indicates his preference among the candidates by marking them 1, or 2, or 3, etc., according to his preference. Such system has greatly been desired in the primary elections and has been embodied in the practice of voting well as elsewhere, but what is needed is to work out a simple, practical plan for counting the votes afterwards, especially the choices after the first, under our system of precinct voting, county canvass of precincts and state canvass of counties. The preferential ballot offers a solution of the lills that follow the naming of a candidate or official by more plurality vote, as it assures a majority choice. But a way to count the voter confusion needs to be developed. Here is a fine and absorbing field for 'laboratory' work. Respectfully submitted, J. C. Rupenthal. CULTURE OF WESTERN COLLEGE Calvin Dill Wilson, who has just published through McClung's a book on "Working One's Way Through College and University" has some definite notions about the Western university as distinguished from the Eastern university. "the University of the West," he says, "may be declared to be in a special sense the university of the future. Already the cosmopolitan center of the world, she carries a distinction among knowing people that is quite equal to that of Yale, Harvard or Princeton. The elderly man of the middle West tells you with pride that he is a graduate of Yale; the man of middle life in the same region tells you with greater confidence as the omaha of the University of Michigan. - Governor Foss of Vermont will lead the state in a bid to return from the University of Vermont, year "It seems to us, though the proposition would be widely disputed, that the Western university man has that great thing, modernity, above the Eastern graduate. Many people are of this opinion and we are already in the midst of a time when students from the West are not attending Eastern schools except for specific ends that cannot be attained elsewhere. Students in the middle West are turning their faces toward the great institutions that lie in the direction of the Pacific." Take This! A supplementary course on "The Advantages of Lawrence" is offered to all Summer Session Students. You can arrange the hours to suit yourself and the "credit" will be in proportion to the thoroughness with which you pursue the subject. You can make it a purely cultural course by putting emphasis on the historic and scenic features of the town—and that line of study will bring rich returns. But if you wish something of a "practical" nature you will investigate the trade advantages of this place, which offers you the markets of a city without the corresponding prices. Judicious buying in Lawrence will enable any student to save the cost of a Summer Session course. The Merchants Association Fraternal Aid Association LAWRENCE, KANSAS Women Against Death, Old Age, Loss Insurance at Reasonable Rates for Men and $5,000,000 PAID BENEFICIARIES The Watkins National Bank Capital $100,000. Surplus $100,000. Cor. Mass. and Quincy Sts. Issues its own Letters of Credit and Travelers Checks. One who is now abroad writes: "I am glad to say that we have found your Travelers Checks very convenient and the Bankers who are your correspondents have every where been very polite and obliging." The only way to carry your money in safety. Banking of all kinds solicited Particular Cleaning and Pressing Pressing FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE Lawrence Pantatorium 12 W. Wareeh Both Phone 506 J. G. Curbey Barber Shop is the only first-class shop in Lawrence where every man gets 2 clean towels Theatre Barber Shop Ross Cleland Official Soda Squirt at Swede Wilson's Finest Sunday Dinners Those Shoes You Want Repaired Ed. Anderson's restaurant Take 'em down to R. 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