THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. No.18.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, NOVEMBER 17, 1904.
THE WORK IN JOURNALISM.
Twenty Freshmen and Five Seniors Now Taking the Course.-Noted Lecturers to Tell the "Journalists" the First Principles of the Work.
The Kansas City Star of a recent date had this query, "What has become of the School of Journalism in the Kansas University, is it dead? In reply it may be said that it still exists and was never more alive than at present.
The students in Journalism this year work in two distinct divisions; the senior class, which is the newspaper class proper, and the freshman division, which is taking reporting in place of the usual freshman rhetoric. In the senior class there are five students; a small number because three years of preliminary work in English and other subjects is required before their course can be taken. As the newspaper class has been in existence only two years few have completed the required preliminary study.
In the freshman department there are about twenty taking this course. They do the news gathering while the seniors do the editing, in connection with a study of the general form and make-up of the leading newspapers of the United States.
In the second half of the semester, in addition to the regular class work, there will be lectures by prominent editors of Kansas, and some from other states. Among those who will address the class this year are Captain H. M. King, of the Globe-Democrat; "Del' Valentine, of the Clay Center Times; Henry Allen, of the Ottawa Herald; Chas M. Harger, of the Abilene Reflector; William Allen White, of the Emporia Gazette; Chas. Finch, of the Lawrence Gazette; and possibly B.B. Herbert, of Chicago, founder of the National Editorial Association. These men will simply tell what they have learned about running a newspaper from their own personal experience as editors.
Last year a large number of such lectures was given; among which those of Ed Howe, Col. D.R Anthony and Tom McNeal attracted the most attention.
It required much tact and diplomacy to induce Ed Howe to lecture, for he had said in his characteristic way "that the proper place for the longhairedyoung things who wished to learn the newspaper business, was at the feet of some city editor of a daily newspapar, who had never seen a University." Whether he has changed his mind with reference to this point after his visit is not known, but one thing was noticeable, that after his visit the University had the pleasure of reading in the
Atchison Globe, the first complimentary notice that had appeared there for twenty-five years.
CLUB CHOOSES PLAY.
The Dramatic Club has decided to present William Gillette's, "All the Comforts of Home," some time shortly after Christmas. Gillette wrote such successes as "Too Much Johnson," "Secret Service" and "The Admirable Crichton" and "All the Comforts of Home" does not fall behind the others in the interest it affords as being the work of a distinctively American playwright.
"All the Comforts of Home is an excellent sample of the American comedy before the inundation of French and German themes which we have been given in the past five years.
The Dramatic club presentations have always been known for the careful attention to detail in costume and scenic investiture, but Coach Frazier and Manager Guernsey agree that this year's effort will surpass all past ones including "Rosemary," which made such a big hit last spring.
Gillette's plays, written as they are by an actor, are particularly "actable," and the one chosen by the club should be a great success.
Professor Frazier is not yet ready to announce the personnell of the club.
K. U. ENTHUSIASM AT ST. LOUIS.
5 Cents per copy
More Cheering for Kansas than for Washington—Kansan's Idea of Tradition Meets the Chancellor's Approval.
Chancellor Frank Strong attended the K. U.-Washington College football game in St. Louis last Saturday. He remarked in chapel that there was almost as much cheering for K. U., as for Washington College. The alumni who are in St. Louis were responsible for the cheering, showing that they remain loyal to their Alma Mater. Dr. Strong said it was gratifying to find so much enthusiasm for K. U. at such a distance from the institution. He referred to the editorial on traditions in the last issue of the KANSAN and suggested that the County Clubs could do much to make tradition.
The score of 12 to 0 made in Saturday's game does not indicate the relative strength of Kansas and Washington University. Kansas made two touchdowns in the first half and then played a kicking game. The field was slippery and muddy and Coach Kennedy did not care to wear out the men by running up a big score.
K. S. A. G. NEXT.
Scrub Team to be Taken With the Reguulars and Will Be Used Most of the Time—Onward Drive for Missouri.
The Kansas foot-ball squad will play the State Agricultural College at Manhattan next Saturday. The "farmers" have a weak team this year, and the University expects an easy victory.
Last Saturday Washburn smothered Manhattan by a score of 56 to 0. Kaasas, however, will not try to run up a big score against their opponents and will be content to win by a comfortable margin. The game will serve as a sort of last practice before the battle with Missouri on Thanksgiving Day at Kansas City, and mostly scrubs will be in the game.
Coach Kennedy will devote the week to perfecting team work and getting the men into condition for the big game next Thursday. Brunner will not be able to be in the game Saturday, but it is expected that he will play against Missouri. The remainder of the team came out of the contest with Washington in good shape.
The line-up Saturday will be:
KANSAS          K. S. A. C.
Rouge         1 e          Evans
KANSAS K. S. A. C.
Rouse 1 e Evans
Fleishman
Donald 1 t Brown, Lindsay
Royer 1 g Munsell
Michaelson c Wilkinson
Davies r g Thompson, J.
Ackerman r t Cooley
Hicks r e Shear
Pooler q Thompson, R.
Green l h Walker
Myers, McCoy r h Kirk
Ise, Russell f Scholz
K. U. LOBBYISTS—ALUMNI WIN OUT.
Lobbying in the halls for a few days in the hope of "cinching" a place on the college paper or athletic board may, for a time, injure one's class record, but later events generally show that the time was well spent.
The University is hearing every day of alumni who secured positions on a recent eventful Tuesday.
Clyde Allphin, a star football man for four years, and who pitched on the 'Varsity for three years, was elected Attorney of Wichita Co. by the largest vote ever received by a candidate for office in that county, namely, four more than five-sevenths of the total vote cast. Allphin was graduated with the '02 law class, and his many friends here will be glad to hear of his big success.
Herbert Hadley, '92, was elected Attorney-General of Missouri in last Tuesday's election. With the exception of Roosevelt he led the Republican ticket.
Solon Gilmore, A. B. '86, LLB. '88, who has been practicing low in Kansas City, Missouri for several years, was elected to
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FRESHMEN 0. HASKELL 0.
The Freshmen football team played a tie game with the Haskell Indians' second team Monday afternoon on the Haskell grounds.
The Freshmen did fine work considering the amount of practice they had had and also considering that the Indians are coached by the coach of the regular team. Both teams were repeatedly held for downs. Neither side did any sensational work or resorted to any trick plays but both sides played straight football throughout the entire game.
The playing was mostly in the Indian Territory and the Freshmen gained two yards to the Indians one.
With the whole team out and a little more practice the game would have been a walk away for the Freshmen.
They will meet again Saturday afternoon on McCook field. and by practicing hard the rest of the week, the Freshmen should win.
ENGINEERS GUT CHAPEL.
Rules for Freshmen—Co-Eds Mad.
The women of California heartily disapprove of female rooters. The mere rumor that they were going to yell at the Stanford game was enough to cause a big indignation meeting on their part.
The Syracuse sophomores have adopted rules for the freshmen, according to which all freshmen must wear green caps, must not smoke on the campus, must not sing more than twenty minutes after chapel, and must carry the football team from the field after each game.
Arrangements have been made at California for a production of "The Star of Bethlehem," an adaptation of an ancient miracle play by one of the English faculty there, in the Greek theatre. It will be presented by Ben Greet and his company, assisted by students of the University.
The engineers at Minnesota have inaugurated an anti chapel crusade, the control of which has been vested in a sort of vigilance committee. The duty and pleasure of this committee is to waylay any engineer who obeys the engineers' mandates and goes to chapel. Several of the faithful have been vigorously pounded for their adherence to devotion
Instead of issuing an annual this year, the class of 1906 at South Dakota has decided to raise funds for the local building of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
Frank Smith,'02, president of the Y. M.C.A.in '01 and '02 spoke to the Y.W.C.A.last week.