THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. No.12.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, OCTOBER 27,1904.
HAPPENINGS AT OTHER COLLEGES
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What Some of the Neighboring Colleges Are Doing.
Stanford University will have a new gymnasium, a library building, and also a great arch at the main entrance of their campus.
The Republican campaign managers of Indiana are planning to draft into service as stump speakers a number of the principal debaters and orators of the University.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,
HARVARD OBJECTS
Both the "Harvard Bulletin" and the "Daily Crimson" of Harvard claim that the artificial enthusiasm and exaggerated organized cheering attending the modern intercollegiate games has a harmful effect.
The "Syracuse Daily Orange" has collected clippings from the New York papers in regard to the great victory of the University last June in the Poughkeepsie races, and will publish these clippings from day to day. The University has a custom called the college sing, which occurs once a week, and at which time the college songs are sung.
The board of control of the University of Illinois recently took a brave stand for the interest of clean college athletics by debarring four foot ball players, who had played on semi-professional teams during the summer, from entering the teams of the University.
CAMPAIGN ORATORS.
SYRACUSE DAILY ORANGE.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
Columbia College is to have a new building for the School of Mines. Adolph Lewishon, president of the United Metal Selling Co., recently gave $250,000 for the building. It will be placed on the Broadway side of the quadrangle.
The University of California has just received a check for $108,000, which is the first payment on a gift of $600,000 for the building and furnishing of a new library. The gift comes from the estate of Charles F. Doe. A feature of the new library will be the seminary rocms, especially adapted to seminar work.
This new building will enable the students at Columbia to study the practical side of mining. They will no longer be obliged to travel in the west to gain this phase of their course. A mine will be dug under the University campus and the students will take their turns at shaft sinking.
California had a large torchlight procession Friday night.
CALIFORNIA.
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NEW GYMNASIUM AND ENGINEERINC BUILDING.
A Large Appropriation to be Asked for in Order to Meet the Needs of the University.
Chancellor Strong of the University today completed his report for State Auditor Wells, setting forth the needs of the University and stating what appropriations will be asked for. The principal amounts to be asked in addition to the regular income of the university from all sources, will be $125,000 for a new gymnasium building and $150,000 for a new engineering building and the equipment of the same. The present gymnasium is totally inadequate to the needs of an ordinary high school and is actually unfit to be used in connection with any University. It is located in the basement of Snow hall and is simply the unfinished basement with a shower bath and board partitions. It is proposed to erect a memorial gymnasium and Auditorium in memory of the Kansas soldiers of the Civil War. The new gymnasium will be a combination auditorium and exercising room with a seating capacity of
The sum of not less than $75,000 will be asked for a general recitation building. The large influx of students last September has crowded the capacity of the University to the very limit. The large number entering the College has made nine sections of the class in beginning rhetoric necessary
A building for use as a carpenter shop,pipe fitting and paint shop to cost $7,500 will also be asked tor.
A home for young women is also urged but no specified amount is asked for.
Additional special appropriations will be asked as follows:
For the completion of the Chemistry building $10,000; for the completion of the Law building;
$10,000; for the completion of Frazier hall $2,500; for additions to the lighting and heating plant $4,100; for partial equipment of Dyche's collection $2,000; for purchase of additional land $15,000 -Total $43,600.
Mass Meeting Everybody Attend.
In chapel Thursday [today] afternoon, at 4:30 sharp Rooters to organize. Other business of vital importance to student body Be loyal and come out.
3000 people. At present the chapel is too small to accommodate half of the large crowds that assemble at the institution on special occasions. The gymnasium is asked for and urged as the most needed above all others.
An engineering building, to cost, for the building not less than $100,00,and for equipment not less than $50,000.is the next most important special appropriation that will be asked for. This building is considered a necessity if the engineering work at the University is not to be seriously checked. The building will be arranged to accomodate all branches of engineering students and a great laboratory for the most advanced work in engineering will compose a part of the new building. The school of engineering here has had a remarkable growth in the last few years and this year had a far larger increase in attendance than any other department at the University. The work done here is considered as good as that done by any Western College and there is a constant and unfulfilled demand for engineer graduates from here.
The University needed and asked for two years ago, special appropriations of $33,000.
Two years ago the legislature was asked to grant, from the state to the University, for general expenses, $205,000. The sum of $170,000 was granted from the state and fees were placed upon the students which amounted to $20,000. Increase in the general fund for increase in the salaries of instructors and for salaries of additional teachers to the amount of $22,800 will be asked.
The University of Kansas is still in about the third class of universities as to income, having much less than half the income of the University of Missouri which is the University of Kansas' strongest rival. With the above appropriation it is hoped to place the University here on this basis more nearly where it should be and to finish the buildings that are now unfinished. This includes Fraser hall which was built in 1872.
The "Comelian," the junior class annual of Cornell which was seventy pages larger than ever before, is sold for only $1.50.
KANSAS EXPECTS VICTORY.
K. U, in Good Condition-Student Enthusiasm Growing-Secret Practice This Week-Captain Hicks Will Play-Washburn Confident-Odds on Game-K. U. Rooters Club to go to Topeka.
The game next Saturday between Kansas and Washburn College is attracting much interest in football circles throughout the state. The fact that Washburn beat the University last year, and that she has practically the same team this year, has given rise to much speculation as to the outcome of the game.
Betting upon the result has started already. The Topeka Elks have announced that they will back Washburn to the limit, and so far they have covered all the K. U money in sight. The Elks, it will be remembered, gave Washburn College five hundred dollars for beating K. U. last year. A good deal of money will change hands Saturday, as the K. U. supporters are confident of victory.
Secret practice has been held on McCook field this week and the men are getting in condition for the struggle. Captain Hicks is on the field again and may be in the game.
The crying need of Kansas at present is team work. Individually the men are probably as good material as K.U. ever had, but so far this year they have not played together. However Coach Kennedy is working the team hard this week and Saturday's contest will probably show much improvement in this department of the game. If the team plays together there is no doubt that Kansas will down the Congregationalists by a good margin.
Reports from Topeka indicate that Washburn will do its best to lower the colors of K. U. Coach Outland is putting his men through hard scrimmage practice every night and will have them in good condition by Saturday.
A large body of the Rock Chalk rooters will drown out the Washburn yells in the usual manner. The band will accompany the team on Saturday morning. A special train is being arranged for over the Union Pacific.
Michigan is to have a theatre on the campus. It will seat 600 and will be made by enlarging Angell Hall. The stage is to be constructed by Rice, the theatrical architect, and is to be complete in every way. The first play will probably be given by the Comedy Club about Thanksgiving.