The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME VI.
NUMBER 3
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 21.1909
VICTIM OF THE RIVER
ED. WIHEDEMANN DROWNED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at Congrational Church.
The funeral of Edward H. Wiedemann, who met a tragic death in the Kaw river Sunday afternoon, will be held at the First Congregational church at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The services will be conducted by Rev. W. W. Bolt pastor of the church. The coffin will be open at the family home, 935 Massachusetts street, from 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
The drowning of Wiedemann occurred just above the waterworks pumping station, where he had gone swimming with Tom Johnson and Jay Bond of the football team, Tim Schotts, an instructor in the gymnasium, and Harry Kemp, the poet. Tom Johnson was the first to enter the water and as he is an expert diver, the other members of the party were interestedly watching him. No one saw Wiedemann go in and just how the tragedy occurred will never be known. He was missed after a few moments, and one of the boys went up on the bank to look for him.
As he was not there the alarm was given and the entire party began searching for the body in the water. Jay Bond and Tom Johnson kept diving until they were completely exhausted but without success. George Weyermiller, a cousin of Wiedemann and an expert river man, came to the spot in a launch and after a half hour's work succeeded in finding the body. All attempts at resuscitation failed, though Dr. Keith worked nearly an hour with the assistance of the members of the swimming party.
Ed Wiedemann was one of the best known young men of Lawrence, and numbered as his friends people all over the state. He was graduated from the University with the class of 1909, and by hard work and perseverance won the fellowship in bacteriology for this year. He had expected to take an interest in his father's confectionery business next year.
Y. M. C. A. Stag Friday Evening.
The annual stag reception held every year by the Y. M. C. A. will be "pulled off" in the Gym Friday evening. This year the boys will also provide a supper for all who will come. The "stunt" committee will entertain the guests from seven to eight on the basket ball floor. At eight the supper will be served on the second floor. Among the speakers of the evening will be Chancellor Strong and Dr. Burdick. In order to assist the refreshment committee, all who expect to attend should register at the check stand or Myers Hall Thursday and receive tickets.
WILL ELECT CHEER LEADER.
Mass Meeting at Varsity-Freshman Game Tomorrow.
On Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock there will be a mass meeting of all the students on McCook field for the purpose of practicing the University yells. At that time Coach Kennedy will have the Varsity team play with the Freshman squad. As this will be the last hard seriimage work before the Normal game on Saturday, the mass meeting will give an opportunity of seeing in action the men who are to fight the gridiron battles for the University this year. The cheer leader, who will be elected tomorrow noon, will lead the first yell practice.
ENROLLMENT IS 1750.
Sale of Athletic Tickets Small This Year.
This year's enrollment in the University had reached 1750 this morning. Corresponding to this time last year there has been a slight gain. It will be a week yet before it will be known whether the school has grown materially in numbers this year.
Not quite 750 athletic tickets have been sold thus far. This is an extremely small number, considering the advantage to be gained. Those who have "put off" buying their tickets should remember that there is a football game on McCook Saturday.
Walter West
One of the saddest deaths on the summer was that of Walter West, a former K. U. boy, who was drowned in Colorado, June 7. West and Miss Ethel Alexander of Phillipsburg were engaged to be married and were on their way to the home of a country minister to have the ceremony performed when a torrent of water from a cloudburst swept down Willow Gulch, near Matteson Colorado. Both young people were drowned.
Faculty Reception.
The University orchestra held its first meeting for the year in the chapel last night. A number of the old members of the orchestra are back this year, and there is a lot of new material for positions which will strengthen the organization.
Dr. F. A. Wilber was in Leavenworth over Sunday in the interests of Westminister House.
The annual reception to new students given by the Chancellor and members of the faculty last Saturday night in Robinson gymnasium was well attended. Upper class men joined with the freshmen in greeting the professors and old acquaintances.
SCORED ON THE 'VARSITY
FRESHMEN MADE FIRST TEAM
WAKE UP.
Practice Fast, Bringing Out Speed in First Squad—Coach Mosse Now On the Job.
The football situation at the University is full of snap and vigor at present—the preliminary settling into shape for the hard grind that is to make another ever-victorious season for the crimson and blue. The most important scrimmage work so far this year was held at McCook field last night. The 'Varsity was put through a hard scrimmage, warming up with the Lawrence high school lads and later going against the speedy and promising freshman squad.
Coach Kennedy is whipping the regulars into shape at a rapid rate. That he has done wonders already in bringing out the possibilities of speed that are latent in the team, is the opinion of "Tub" Reed, the giant guard of last year, who was present at the practice last night. Reed will spend several days in town helping in the work of bringing out the points of the men, and is enthusiastic over the outlook.
The freshmen scored once on the regulars last night, and the coach made use of the occurrence to wake the squad up to a realization of what is expected of them next Saturday.
For the game with the Normals, Kennedy will use the lineup as previously announced, except that Maxwell will go in as right guard instead of Spear.
The number of men out for practice is larger every night. Among the new men out last night were Verne Smith, Frank Ford, a substitute end last year, Daniels, who is promising halfback material, and Erskine Brownlee.
Arthur St. Leger Mosse, the assistant coach, arrived in Lawrence today and from now on will be Kennedy's right hand man. Mosse took his first look at the men at practice this afternoon.
The editorial room of the Kansan has been removed to room 14 of the basement. Any one wishing to pay a subscription, leave advertisement or news may call at the office or use 'phone K. U. 25.
New Editorial Room.
The regular Thursday midweek meeting of the Y. M. C. A. at Myers Hall will be addressed by Dr. Powell pastor of the Presbyterian church. He will outline the Bible study work to be conducted during the year.
MAY VISIT DR. COOK.
Prof. L. L. Dyche Contemplates Eastern Trip this Winter.
A visit to Dr. Cook, the Arctic explorer, will be included in the itinerary of Prof. L. L. Dyche, if the latter carries out his present plans of going east this winter to visit the large museums there and to attend the meetings of several scientific societies.
RETURNED FROM ITALY.
Dr. Cook and Professor Dyche have been close friends for many years. In 1895 Professor Dyche accompanied Dr. Cook on an expedition to the north which met with disaster. Their vessel was injured by the ice and they were obliged to abandon it on the open sea and return home on a passing schooner.
Professor Hubach and Party Are Home Again.
The party which accompanied Professor Hubach to Italy for a summer's study of music returned Sunday. They left Lawrence the first of June and continued their work until August 18. After their studies were completed a sight seeing trip which occupied the remainder of their time abroad was taken.
GAINED MUCH MATERIAL.
The party was composed of Professor and Mrs. Hubach and three sons, Charles Barkdull, Mrs. Milo Treworgy, Miss Agnes Husband, Miss Harriet Gerissinger, Miss Maude Cook, Miss Florence Heizer and Miss Kate Reynolds.
Collectors Make Large Catch From Puget Sound.
During the past summer a University collecting party spent eight weeks on Puget Souud gathering material for the museum and for class room uses. The party consisted of Prof. C. E. McClung, Prof. W. J. Baumgartner, Dr. Roy Moody W. R. Robertson, and W. H Cook.
Puget Sound is one of the best places in the country for the collection of animal life, and collectors from fourteen states and from three countries were at Puget Sound Marine station where Professors McClung, Baumgartner and Moody gave lectures.
The equipment of the mining engineering classes was moved today from the basement of Fraser hall to the new geology and mining building.
B. L. Sheridan of Paola, after visiting a few days at the Phi Psi house left for New Haven, Conn., last week to continue his studies in Yale.
The Big Annual Stag
In the Gym Friday evening at seven. A BIG SUPPER this year. All men are invited. Get TICKETS at Check Stand, Myers Hall or the booth tomorrow and Thursday.
ART EXHIBIT NEXT MONTH
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS TO BE SHOWN.
Kansas Art Association Has Been Admitted to Membership to American Federation.
The paintings for the eighth annual art exhibition which will be held in the museum the first three weeks in October, will be here the latter part of this week. The one hundred paintings, many of which are masterpieces, are being shipped direct from New York where they have been shown at various exhibitions.
In speaking of the exhibit this year, W. A. Griffith, professor of drawing and painting at the University said, "the exhibit this year will be up to the standard of our exhibit last year. The mere fact that more than twenty of the paintings we had last spring were at the Alaska-Yukon exposition shows what a high standard it was."
Mr. Griffith further states that the Kansas Art Association, which has had in charge such exhibits as will be in Lawrence in October, has been admitted to membership in the American Federation of Arts which was recently organized under the direction of the National Academy of Arts. The president of this federation is Charles Hutchison of Chicago, the vice president is J. P. Morgan, Jr., and the treasurer, Frank Millet Since the Kansas Association is a member of the federation all the pictures that the federation sends out will be shown here.
Blodgett Spoke Sunday.
Mr. Tom Blodgett, of the Cox-Blodgett Dry Goods Co., of Wichita, delivered an address on "True Manhood" in Fraser Hall Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Simply but effectively Mr. Blodgett sketched some of his boyhood experiences incident to his life on an Illinois farm. Then he told of how he was able to realize his ambition to attend college and of the temptations he met there. His definite decision to live the Christian life was of great help to him then and in later life. From his experience as a business man, Mr. Blodgett was able to say emphatically to the boys who heard him that the Christian had the true manhood which caused a man to make good in any activity.
Governor Johnson Dead.
Governor Johnson of Minneosa who delivered the commencement address here in 1908 died at a hospital in Rochester Minnesota this morning.
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Prof. C. M. Harger of the department of journalism was invited by the Kansas City Star to be one of the guests on the Star automobile run which is now in progress, but the extra work incident to the opening of the school year obliged him to decline.