THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. No. 44
MANAGER PLANK RESIGNS.
Will Remain Until July.
U. S. G. Plank, for two years athletic manager of the University, tendered his resignation to the athletic board last Saturday, and will sever his connection with the athletics of the University next July. When Mr. Plank offered his resignation, he asked that it take effect at once but at the request of the board he will have charge of the athletic work for the remainder of the year.
There is absolutely no foundation to the report that the athletic board took exception to Mr. Plank's close management of the athletic fund. He could not agree with the board on the matter of policy and method of procedure, and offered his resignation in the interest of harmony in the board. The funds have in
every case been conscientiously used according to the direction of that body.
Mr. Plank came to the University two years ago after a successful management of the athletics at Haskell Institute where he was disciplinarian. He has been at all times most conscientious in his conduct of University athletics, working for what he believed to be the best interests of the institution. This year, as the athletic board did not feel in a position to conduct a season of basket ball, Mr. Plank took charge of the team and managed the games on his own responsibility, and guaranteed to finance the team out of his own private account.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MARCH 16, 1905
No plans have been made as to the athletic management for next year,and probably nothing definite will be done for some time.
SOPHOMORE PARTY.
The Sophomores will give another party at Fraternal Aid hall, Friday night, March 17. The party promises to be a large and successful one in spite of the fact that many students will be at the track meet in Kansas city on that evening. The tickets will be seventy-five cents.
THE TYPHOID SITUATION
The prevalence of Typhoid symptoms among students has caused a great deal of concern in the past few days and the heads of the chemical and medical departments are making every effort to locate the source of the dangerous germs. There are now about a dozen cases of typhoid among students of the University, some of them quite serious. The first symptoms of the disease appeared in the 1300 block between Louisiana and Vermont streets but the cases are now scattered all over town. The attempts to trace the germs to the flood or milk supplies of the boarding clubs has not been successful. The City water supply is comparatively pure, and the phrscians do not think that can be the cause of the trouble.
Professors Barber and Bailey are making careful analysis of the water from the cistern just west of Fraser hall, which supplies all the drinking tanks in the University. Professor Barber said yesterday that while there is some organic matter in the examination of the water reports that he found no Typhoid bacillus but that there was an unusual number of bacteria present which is a dangerous symptom and that the only sate method is to boil the water for family use.
Chancellor Frank Strong: -
TYPHOID ANALYSIS.
At your request I have made some analysis of the City Supply water and of the Cistern water used at the University. The analysis of the City supply show that while it contains considerable organic matter, and on some days more than was present in an analysis made several years ago by Dr. Bartow, yet on the whole the increase is not marked enough to render the water suspicious. The percent of nitrogen as nitrates, which would indicate previous contamination with sewage, is not higher than usmai. From all the determinations made and considering the usual character of the water, it does not contain enough organic matter to render it unsate for domestic use. It would be safer however, in any city, to boil the water. If after boiling, the water is allowed to settle, and the clear liquid is drawn off, this process will also precipitate considerable of the iron, and thus make the water have a better appearance.
In regard to the cistern water used for drinking, the chemical analysis shows that it is very free from organic matter of recent origin, but the presence of some nitrates and phosphates, indicates possible contamination at an earlier date. If the roofs could be kept absolutely clean, this would afford an ideal source of supply for drinking purposes.
E. H. S. BAILEY
Respectfully submitted,
E H S BAILEY.
KANSAS GONFIDENT.
Track Team in Excellent Condition.
On Friday night in Convention hall, Kansas City, Kansas will meet Missouri in the fifth annual track meet. Our boys are in good form, everything is ready as far as arrangements are concerned and the only thing needed is a crowd of loyal K.U. supporters with spacious lungs and yards of colors.
The results of former contests
YEAR PLACE M.S.U. K.U.
1901 Columbia 61 27
1902 Lawrence 71 25
1903 Columbia 75 29
1904 Kansas City 45 40
Bailey and Barnard are ready to guide Jackson of M. S. U. on his exploring expedition around the two mile course. Butler and Morrow make a team that is sure to win the high and low hurdles from Six and Salisbury of the Tiger team. Butler also has great ability in pole vaulting and will win this event easily. Driscol, who will run the mile and half-mile makes a specialty of surprises, so Ellis the fast Missouri can depend on an interesting time in the half-mile run. Anderson, Parker's M.S.U. rival weighs 190 pounds and will be an easy mark for the Kansas City boy.
M. S, U. lost a fast man and a sure winner in Bushyhead, the fleet-footed redskin who ran away from K. U. last year. Instead of Bushyhead, Dance and Wilson will start on the sprints with the K. U. men. Finch is in fine condition for the fifty yard dash and McCoy delights in leaving a trail of dust on the 440 yard course. The management will not give out the exact man who will run each sprint and there may be surprising changes in the arrangement of runners. The mile relay race is a very uncertain affair but it will not be dreaded by K. U.
Ackerman is in good form. He has practiced with so many different sized weights in his preliminary training that vague rumors as to his ability to put the 16 lb. shot over forty feet have reached the daily papers and Anderson of M.S.U. is simply working overtime to meet the requirements. The fact is that no one except Dr. Naismith and Ackerman himself, knows how far he can put the leather covered lead.
5 Cents per copy.
Last year everyone who could raise the cash went down to Kansas City Thanksgiving, and a glorious victory was the result. The track team has trained in cramped quarters during the cold weather and has spent the afternoons during the warmer weather running over rough roads for the glory of old K. U. They are to compete with a team which has had the advantage of a season's indoor work and which will be backed by 800 students from Columbia who come to Kansas City fully expecting to glory in another defeat of their rival.
MUTINY.
Let this be looked at with awe by future generations.
On a bright March morning in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and five, a crowd of brave engineers did then and there cut the qualitative analysis class of one Hamilton Perkins Cady. They declare that forbearance was no longer a virtue and that they were driven to this last recourse in desperation. They appeal to future generations for vindication of a precedent which will rank beside the student uprising in darkest Russia.—By one who wasn't there.
LOCATION OF THE NEW GYM.
While the location of the new gymnasium has not yet been decided upon, Dr. Naismith has studied three or four sites which will be presented to the board of regents at their next meeting. The purchase of additional land, which the last legislature prescribed for, makes the site for the new building a rather more difficult one to settle than it would otherwise be. At present the best situation would be, says Dr. Naismith, just north of the museum. Other locations thought of are, McCook field and one or two sites near the Chemistry building.
The fact that the new building is to be of as much importance as an auditorium as a gymnasium makes it necessary that it be situated as near the center of the campus as possible. Just now that place would be near the museum, but the rapid growth that the University will doubtless make, in the next few years, must be taken into consideration as a good site now might be a poor before long.
IMAGE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.
H. T. Pigg and Antonio Tommasini, senior engineers have invented and constructed a seyllo graph in the electrical engineering laboratory in connection with their thesis work. Their invention shows the irregularity of the electromotive force in an ordinary current. By a number of mirrors and reflectors, a perfect representation of the current and the electromotive force with its irregular waves is thrown on a screen in a darkened room.
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The engineers are planning a party to be given at Fraternal Aid hall the 25th. This is the first party, other than the annual stag banquet, ever given by the engineering school.
Edmund and Wharton Bartholow who have been very sick with typhoid fever at the home of their aunt on Massachusetts street are rapidly recovering and will be back in school soon.
Joe Pulliam of Depaw University visited at the Beta house Tuesday.