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THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL.I. No.31
OUT OF POLITICS.
Stockholders of Kansan Approve Competitive System.
The stockholders of the Kansan adopted plans for reorganizing the board on a competitive basis Monday, and from this time positions on the board will be entirely independent of political factions.
The major sections of the plans as adopted provide for a board of fifteen members, two of whom shall constitute the business department and thirteen the news department. All places are to be secured only by competition, and two members shall be appointed at the end of each se- ester from those who have been competing for places on the news staff. In March each year, one competitor shall be selected as assistant business manager from those who have been in the competition for places for the past year. Every one in the business competition is allowed ten per cent. of all business he secures.
Two week's non-service of any member of the board loses him his place, and the vacancy shall be filled by a special competition.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FEBRUARY 2, 1905.
The editor-in-chief, the associate editor and the business manager shall retire after one year of service, and their successors shall be elected from the junior members of the board, except in the case of the assistant business manager, who becomes business manager without further appointment.
All the profits of the paper shall be divided among members of the board according to their duties and the length of their service.
The plans contemplate changing the paper to a daily as soon as practicable, and to that end a sinking fund will be set aside for the purchase of a press in conjunction with the Graduate Magazine.
The new members of the board who were appointed Monday from the first term competitors are: W. F. Hovey, F. H. Blackmar, R. L. Douglas, H. P. Green, F. L Guy, and Howard Farnsworth.
WILL MEET MISSOURI AND IOwA.
The debating council decided at their meeting Tuesday noon to accept the terms offered by the University of Iowa.
The subject of the debate is: "Resolved: That the General Interests of the Public Demand the Maintenance of the Open Shop."
This debate will be held here. The same question will be debated with: the University of Missouri at Columbia. Kansas has decided to take the affirmative side in the Missouri contest while the side with Iowa has not yet been chosen.
SOME MEMORIES.
Thirty years ago, September, 1874, the writer entered the University of Kansas as a member of the faculty. Wonderful changes have taken place since that time. Then, the University consisted of two departments, the collegiate and the preparatory. John Fraser, the acting chancellor, and nine other persons constituted the faculty. Of the ten, Chancellor Fraser, D, H. Robinson, Professor of Latin, F. W. Bardwell, Professor of Engineering and Drawing, and Byron C. Smith, Professor of Greek, are deas.
In the early 70's, there was on the faculty a man of foreign birth, named S. W. Y. Schimonsky, a graduate of the Polytechnic School of Berlin, well read in the ancient classics as well as the German, and an engineer of first class ability. He was intense in his hatreds and intense in his friendships. The effort of his life in the University seemed to be to keep in close touch with his students. He had a great liking for them, and they liked him, especially when they were given their grades. He had no low grale students. After final examinations, and Schimonsky had made his report to the office, it was found that the grades below 100 were few and far between, and on the other hand many were they who had received 100, 102, 105, and even 110. The boys were delighted. Asked to explain what he meant by reporting such a record, the professor's reply was that those were his best students, and so good were they that they actually leaned over.
At a reception of the faculty and students, some young men and women were having a fine time with the Professor, whose broken English furnished them an inexhaustible fund of amusement. One young woman, emboldened by the Professor's willingness to be pleasant and agreeable, took it upon herself to ask him how she should pronounce his name. She said that she and others, discouraged in their attempts to pronounce it, would like to know from him the proper method. She could spell it—S e-h i-m o-n s-k-y, but to pronounce it was beyond her ability. With a smile spreading over his wrinkled face, the German professor replied that she would not be far wrong if she should anglicize the name, and say She-monkey.-E Miller in Jan. No., Graduate Magazine
FACULTY TO PLAY HAND BALL.
Some of the faculty members are trying to organize a team from the faculty to play hand ball this Spring. Professors Abbott, Hopkins and Lincoln are among those who are encouraging the plan and they hope to have a team ready for practice before long.
ON TRIP.
SMOOTH BALL BOYS Swing Around Circle The basket ball team accompanied by Manager Plank, left Lawrence Saturday morning for a week's trip through Nebraska and Iowa. The men who composed the team were Bliss, Winnagle, Barlow, W.J. Miller, M. B. Miller, Russell and Captain Adams. There were games scheduled to be played at Lincoln, Omaha, Des Moines, Oscaloosa, Ottumwa and Fairfield and the team expects to return about next Sunday morning
After the trip is over Manager Plank expects to have a series of return games, and also games on the home grounds with other teams, probably Baker and Kansas City Y. M. C. A. Tigers. Most of these games will probably be played on Saturday nights.
On going to press the result of only one game has been heard from, that which was played with the Nebraska Wesleyan. (Methodist) at Lincoln on last Saturday night. In this game K. U. was defeated by a score of 52 to 37 W. J. Miller was the star of the K. U. boys, as he threw eight goals and scored more than all the rest of the team together. The Kansas boys passed the ball better than their opponents but for some reason their aim for the goal was not as accurate.
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WESLEYAN GO'LS F'LS TOT
Atwood, forward 4 0 8
White, forward 8 0 16
Lowell(capt.)cent. 7 10 24
Smith, guard 1 0 2
Kuns, guard 1 0 2
KANSAS GOL'S F'LS TOT
Bliss, forward 0 0 0
Winnegal, forward 2 0 2
Barlow, forward 2 2 6
W. Miller, center 8 5 21
Adams(capt) g'rd 2 2 6
M. Miller, guard 0 0 0
Totals 14 9 37
BARB GIRLS GIVE ANNUAL SPRING PARTY.
DARD GIRLS OIVL ANNUAL SPRING PARTY.
The party given in F. A. A. hall last evening by the Barb girls of the University of Kansas added one more to the list of annual parties which have been given since the holidays. The event was largely attended by college and faculty friends and many features tended to make it one of the most brilliant social events of the season. As the guests entered the ball room they were received by Miss Alma Leidigh, Miss Carlotta Clark, Miss Robb Young, Miss Dana Gatlin and Miss Marguerite Dixon. The grand march was led by Miss Moses and Mr. Ray Barton and the programs were booklets of white decorated with the monograms G. B. in gold. These were given to the gnests by Miss Eugenia Winship and Miss Pearl Sellars.
OMAHA Y. M. G. A. BEATS KANSAS.
In the basket ball game at the auditorium Monday night the Y. M. C. A. boys beat the lads from Kansas by a score of 31 to 24.
From the outset it was a game full of ginger. The Kansans played fast clean ball, but their lack of experience told against them. If the team comes here later on in the season the Young Macks will not find them so easy, for that Sunflower team is on its feet and going some all the while. And then there's a man in it called Miller; he plays center, and he tosses the ball in the basket like pouring water in a hogshead. He knows how almost as well as does Clark of the Young Macks.
At the end of the first half the score stood 14 to 8, and the 1,000 people who remained after the skating was over to see the game shouted almost as vociferously as though they were present at a football game.
In the second half the Sunflower boys came out of it; they shook off their trance and got very much busy. Several free goals from field went to their credit and continual touling on the part of the Young Macks gave them a decided advantage which they lacked in the first half. Bliss and Winnegal featured their blocking ability and for a time it looked as though the Sunflowerets were going to do things. But they couldn't keep up the pace. Nebraska took a spurt and showed the Jayhawkers hadn't won the game yet—not yet.
Truth is, the game was without a crisis. The swift lads from Kansas couldn't find the pocket often enough to do them much good, but they frequently made spectacular plays which won the house.—Omaha Bee.
FOR A SCHOOL OF MINES.
Representative E. B. Schermerhorn of Cherokee county, introduced a bill in the house Tuesday, providing for a school of mines to be operated in conjunction with the State University and to be located at Galena. The bill further provides for a board of three regents who shall have charge of the school, and carries with it an appropriation to maintain the school for two years.
PHARMACISTS ENTERTAIN.
Eighty students attended the Pharmacy party in Everett hall last Friday evening. The Pharmacy students wanted something to make them forget the work of the past term and so decided to dance. The programs were arranged for twenty numbers. Sommer's orchestra of seven pieces furnished the music.
The pharmacy students will give a dance once a month during the spring term and then annual spring party sometime in May.