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THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL.I. NO.22.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, DECEMBER 3, 1904.
FOOTBALL JOLLIFICATION
Monday Night is the Date.
Monday night has been set aside as the occasion upon which the victories of the past season will be lauded and magnified, and when the worthies who have so faithfully executed their charges on the gridiron in defence of the crimson and blue, will be awarded the great "K."
The band will meet at the foot of the hill on Tennessee and Adams and a crowd will follow it to the top of the hill where a general reception will be given the season's notables. Chancellor Strong and Mrs. Strong and Dean Green will be present and some others who are expected to say a few words that express the feeling of admiration that fills the air in praise of the football men of the season of 1904. None of the football men will be called upon to make a speech, so those having the matter in charge say, unless the player agrees before-hand to comply with the wishes of the crowd. This is the last opportunity that will be given the students and faculty to show their appreciation of the good work.
Let Everybody Be Out.
THE JUNIOR SPREAD.
Informal But a Most Successful Occasion.
Thursday night the Junior girls gave their first "spread" of the season in the gymnasium. They gathered at Vic Keller's and marched up the hill with the eatables about 6:30. Table cloths we spread on the floor of the "gym", and about sixty Juniors sat around the heaps of sandwiches, salad, oranges, apples, grapes and bananas. Never did a class spread have more or better things to eat.
After lunch, the floor was cleared and dancing begun. Some delay was occasioned by the tardiness of the musician, but it was made up for when he did arrive. One of the enjoyable features of the evening was a German Waltz, girl's choice. There was such fun that it was encored a number of times.
After the concert at Fraser hall a number of other classmen came over and joined in the pleasure, and they pronounce the Juniors "jolly good fellows." The dancing ceased at 11 o'clock when the lights went out. The Junior girls say this is only the first of a number of like affairs.
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THE CHANGELLOR'S APPRECIATION.
The Chancellor wishes the KANSAN to say that he very much appreciates the helpfulness of the students when his mother met with an accident some time ago.
MANDOLIN GIUB WEDNESDAY
Best Mandolin Club in History of School —Creditable Showing Assured.
The University of Kansas Mandolin Club will give its Annual Fall Concert in the University Chapel next Wednesday evening, December 7.
The Mandolin Club this year is easily the best club the University has ever had. The peculiar instrumentation with especially arranged music gives an orchestral effect that is unusually pleasing
The members and their positions are: first mandolins, Hein Goldman, Wallis Wilson. Omer Goyett; second mandolins, Oscar Skoftstadt, Frank Bedell, Clyde Funchess; third mandolins. Roy Camburn, Jerome Beatty; guitars, Walter Guy, Glen Bramwell, Sam McReynolds; banjo, Chas. Seewir; flute, Frank Brock; cello, Erank Sorgatz; drums and traps, Albert Lander.
This 15 piece orchestra has been directed by J. L. Newhouse and Heim Goldman.
It is dependent only upon its own members. Only K. U. students are connected with the club and only members will appear on the program or go on the trips.
Roy Camborn, Wallis Wilson, Clyde Funchess and Frank Sorgatz make up a quartette that will sing new college foolishness.
Clever specialties and solos will be given by the club men
The club as a whole plays varied styles of music but the greater part of the program is new popular music.
At all except two towns the club has all its expenses guaranteed beside the usual per cent. After each concert the club will play for a K. U. dance or reception.
The program opens with the "K. U. Mandolin Club Overture" and closes with "Hop Lee," a Chinese murder in two sharps and one flat.
The students from Wyandotte county met Friday, and organized a county club. The following were elected as officers.
WYANDOTTE CLUB.
The admission for the concert next Wednesday evening is 25 cents Tickets may be obtained at the check stand or of club members.
The club will take a ten days trip at Christmas.
Elmer Sigler, president; Richard Speck, vice president; Alfred Richter, secretary and treasurer. This county is well represented in the University and its organization has been a long looked for event. Some good work is expected from Wyandoite representatives.
Three fraternities will have line parties.
BASKET BALL PRACTICE BEGUN.
Hicks and Pooler Among the Likely Candidates—Eating Club Teams to Organize-Faculty Team Playing Regularly.
The unorganized state of the basket ball team is due to the fact that last year's Captain, Pete Allen, is not in school this year, also on account of the trouble the latter part of last season about the eligibility of players.
The schedule of this year's games has not been arranged, but it will probably include the the local teams of Baker, Ottawa, Emporia, Washburn, Haskell, and Missouri, and it is rumored that some of the big teams of surrounding states will be included. Wisconsin and Iowa are the principal ones mentioned at present.
The foot ball season is over and basket ball now takes the energy of the athlete. Basket ball is in a rather chaotic condition as far as organization is concerned but this does not prevent practice. Twice a week. Tuesday and Friday nights at 7:30, the players are meeting. There are always more than enough present to have a game, among whom are a number of the old players. Only a few of the foot ball men have come out as yet but next week McCoy Adams, Michaelson, Pooler, Hicks, and Chappell will join the squad.
Besides those trying for the regular team there is much interest among others who play basketball simply for the exercise. The faculty team is out every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons playing the scrubs. A number of the boarding clubs about town intend to organize teams this coming week.
CAPT. HICKS IS COACHING.
Captain Hicks is in Sumner county this week coaching the Sumner county High School football team.
Regent T. W. Butcher secured Hick's services last week when he was here.
Sumner county has had an exceptionally strong football team this year but has one or two post season games with semiprofessional teams which it is anxious to win. So the Sumner officials induced the great end of K.U. to go down and teach them a few tactics new to the high school aggregation.
Prof. J. A. Craig, of the department of Semetic Languages and Literature and Hellenistic Greek of the University of Michigan, will speak in University hall, December 13, on "The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylonia and Persia."
EAST MAY DEBATE WEST.
Cornell and Wisconsin Lay Plans for Forensic Contest—Darmouth Abolishes Fraternity Politics.
Last summer a communication was received by Professor Frankenburger, of the University of Wisconsin, from the University of Cornell in regard to a western debate. They said that they were contemplating a debate with a Western University and that they would like to hear from Wisconsin. Professor Frankenburger responded that a debate between the two schools could undoubtedly be arranged. No reply has been received from Cornell as yet, although they have received a further request that a debate be negotiated.
Yale and Harvard musical clubs gave a joint concert in New Haven last week. Harvard was represented in this concert by clubs numbering over ninety men.
Ice practice for theVarsity and Freshmen Hockey teams of Columbia has started at St. Nicholas Rink. Elementary team work is being practiced.
THE NEXT CAPTAIN.
The freshman class at Dartmouth has unanimously pledged its members to cast unpledged ballots in all elections, and to refrain from bartering votes. These resolutions have now been adopted by all classes in the college. Since their adoption elections have been free from all the objectionable features which "fraternity politics," had introduced into college affairs.
So far no captain for next year's football team has been selected but there is an unanimous opinion that Bert Pooler will be the successor of Captain Hicks.
There is no other candidate and it is probable that no one could beat Pooler anyhow. In "Plucky" Pooler Kansas will have a competent field general and one of the best known players that ever donned a Jayhawker moleskin. He has won more than one game for Kansas and has at all times retained absolute self control.
Pooler is deserving of the very great honor and praise that he has won.
Among the guests who will be invited to the Engineer's Banquet are: Mr. J. M. Mead, Assistant Engineer of the Eastern Grand Division of the Santa Fe, and Mr. G. Bloom, Principal Assistant Engineer of the Rock Island. Last year Mr. John Punell, Superintendent of Topeka shops and Mr. A. E. Stillwell were invited.