THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. No. 36.
SERIOUS COASTING ACGIDENT.
Bobsled Collides With Coal Wagon and Serious Injuries Result.
Three members of the Quivera Club of 1345 Vermont street, were seriously injured while coasting on Adams street Saturday evening. They are Miss Laura Marvin of Fort Scott, arm broken; H. P. Green, a freshman engineer, from Kansas City, and a member of the KANSAN board, arm broken; Fred Coston, sophomore engineer, knee shattered.
The party, eleven in number, went out for an hour's coasting after supper, but on the first trip collided with a coal wagon at Tennessee and Adams streets. Arthur Hixon, who was guiding the "bob," saw the wagon but supposed that the driver would clear the road. In making the turn to avoid the team which kept straight ahead, the sled was overturned and the members of the party near the back of it were thrown against the wagon. Several were bruised and scratched besides the three who were more seriously hurt.
Of the three, Miss Marvin escaped with least injuries. She was able to be up the next day, and went home Monday with her father who came as soon as he heard of the accident. She will return to the University as soon as she recovers from the injury.
Green sustained a compound fracture of the arm, and it will be sometime before he is able to be out.
Coston will be confined much longer than the others owing to the nature of his injury. The patella was broken into several pieces, and it was found necessary to open the knee Monday and stitch the pieces together. Doctors Jones and Naismith performed the operation. Physicians think he will suffer no permanent affliction from the injury, but it will be several weeks at best before Coston can even leave his room.
SNOW DEBATERS CHOSEN.
Snow Literary chose its representatives to the debating squad Saturday night. They are : Messrs. Earhart, Ramsey, Douglas, Kenny, Stockwell, and Rhineley. Snow society has devoted an unusual amount of time to debating work this year and the squad is in good shape for the preliminaries which are to be held soon.
Our definition of a brute in human form would be a driver of a wagon who, after a collision with a bob-sled, when people were lying maimed and wounded, never stopped or even turned his head to see the havoc that had been wrought.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FEBRUARY 16, 1905.
CHEMICAL RESEARCH CLUB.
The instructors of the department of chemistry are considering the organization of a club for the encouragement of original research. Membership will be limited to those engaged in chemical research work, and the club will be cooperative, each member rendering assistance to the others by reports of work accomplished and by suggestions and criticisms on the work of others.
The work which has been done heretofore by Professors Bailey, Franklin and Bartow, and that which is being demanded by the public from this department at the present time has made necessary some systematic organization of this kind.
Perhaps no department of the University has so much to do with the practical problems of the commercial business outside of the University as does the chemical department. There are now eight or ten instructors and advanced students engaged in research. The problems they have to solve at present are those concerning oil, gas, water supply and sanitation. In this work they are constantly examining mineral substances from all parts of the state and are thus helping to develop our material resources.
The annual party given by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity Tuesday evening in Fraternal Aid Hall celebrated the anniversary of the granting of the Kansas charter, and was an unusually pleasant occasion. Red shades on the chandeliers, and smilax made it one of the prettiest annual parties giveu for some time.
THE SIG ALPH PARTY.
The guests were received by Merrell Lindsey, Earl Gafford, Richardson F. Filkin, Miss Kittie Plumb, Miss Alice Rankin, Miss Olga Newton and Miss Ruth Barnett. The grand March was led by George Belt and Alice Sinclair, and the programs were given out by Adele Marks, Harry Busch, Anna Hawk and Bert Satterlee.
Out of town guests were: Misses Helen Lindsev, Anna Harrison, Calla Cattelle, Maude Bates, Messrs, Curry and Donaldson of Topeka; Misses Mabel Senhausen, Blanche O'Neil, Messrs. Brewster, Cranston and Earle, Leavenworth; Miss Kittie Plumb, Emporia; Leonard White, Delphos; Miss Madge Boaz, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bowman, Misses Marion Gage, Vesta Lackey, Hazel Campbell and Gertrude Satterlee, Elmer Sanford, Roscoe Chambers. George Mossbacher, Leo Crabbs, Raymond Riffee, Roy Pierce, Ed O'Neil, Dave Eider, S. Busch, Marvin Creager, and Clay Anderson of Kansas City, Missouri.
The Betas will entertain informally at their chapter house next Friday evening.
GO-OPERATIVE FIELD WORK.
A Large and Important System of College Work.
Arrangements have just been completed whereby the University of Kansas joins a number of eastern Universities in offering a summer course in field geology. For a number of years Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Chicago and other eastern Universities have been giving summer courses in field geology and have had an arrangement by which they mutually agreed to give credit for such summer work should students choose to go from one University to another.
A number of the Universities have joined the list for giving credit and also the list of Universities giving summer field work has greatly increased. The University of Kansas has conducted a course in summer field work in geology for ten years, and this year has made arrangements by which its name will appear in the "Joint Announcement" of summer work. The Universities now giving summer work are: John Hopkins University, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Ohio State University, University of North Carolina, Syracuse University, Western Reserve University, Leland Stanford Junior University, and University of Kansas. In all eighteen Universities, including the list given above agree to give credit for summer field work in geology done at any of these Universities above named.
Y. W. C. A. COMMITTEES.
The chairmen of the Y. W. C.
A, committees for the year are:
Social, Miss Hedwig Berger.
Bible Study, Miss Amy Langworthy.
Mission Study, Miss Kate Hansen.
Devotional, Miss Ruby Jack son.
Practical Service Miss Mabel Davis.
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Intercollegiate, Miss Grace McKnight.
Finance, Miss Henrietta Gebhart.
LEFEVRE POSTPONES.
Prof. McClung received a telegram from Professor Letevre stating that he would be unable to lecture Thursday afternoon on account of illness in his family.
The class in Ensemble playing has been taken by Professor Wiley in place of Dean Skilton. This is of instruction in playing music at first sight. The pianolist is aided by two pieces the violin and cello. The class meets Saturday morning at the down town studio.
AT OTHER COLLEGES.
A logic machine is the latest. Prof. Rieber of California University says his invention will do away with all syllogistic errors.
Carnegie Institution has a new president. R. S. Woodward of Columbia succeeds N. P. Gilman. The latter is the foremost authority on profit sharing and a leader in economic thought generally.
South Dakota colleges have had an athletic conference at Yankton at which the general rules of the Topeka conference were adopted. Seven colleges were represented.
Carlyle is said to be seeking a football date with Minnesota for next year.
The Illinois University has a cooperative association for students The membership fee is $2.00 which is refunded at the end of the student's college career. The profits are divided among the shareholders according to the amount of work done.
Following the action of the Cornell men, who decided not to tip their hats to the girls, the girls have retaliated by an agreement not to smile upon the boys.
Michigan is said to be as careful in the development of her debating teams as with her famous toot-ball teams. Even the physical condition of her debaters is carefully looked after. Regular meal hours are prescribed and all luxuries such as pies and puddings are strictly prohibited.
Heston, Michigan's crack halfback will coach the Drake University football team next fall for a salary of $1,250.
Russia has recognized American brains by appointing Prof. Hilgard, soil specialist of California University, to a position which affects 3,000,000 square miles and 1.000,000 people. He is to supervise agricultural experiments looking towards increased production and a better general condition of the peasant class.
U. ALUMNI HONORED.
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E. C. Case, a graduate of the University in the class of '93, who is now professor of geology in the Wisconsin State Normal, has just been awarded a grant of eight hundred dollars to be used in the investigation of Permian fossils. Professor Case will spend the summer in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The grant came from the Carnegie Institute at Washington, D. C., which showed Professor Case a similar honor two years ago.
The basket ball team plays the State Normal school team Saturday night at Emporia.
Dr. Naismith will deliver the Hygiene lecture, requested by last terms class, next Friday at 4:30 in Snow Hall lecture room.