THE KANSAN.
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
Published every Thursday morning and Saturday night of the school year, by the Kansas University Weekly Publishing Association.
Office in Fraser Hall, room 16a.
Down Town office, **M** Massachusetts St.
Editor in Chief.
J. W. Kayser.
J. W. Kayser.
Business Manager Managing Editor
Earl Campbell. R. L. Douglas
Asst' Business Manager
C. L. Van Fleet.
Members of the Board
Frank H. Blackmar
H. W. Davis
Howard Farnsworth
Herbert P. Green
Wallace F. Hovey
Frank L. Guy
Minnie Owens
Roy Moore
Roy Roberts
Omer Miles
Alma Manley
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Entered as second class mail matter September 30, 1904, Lawrence, Kansas Postoffice under the act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Address all business communications to Earl Campbell, 301 W. Adams.
Friday a member of the athletic board sauntered up to the KANSAN desk and said the athletic board had decided to give one complimentary admission to the KANSAN for each of the coming baseball games. He went on to say that the athletic board had also voted to give one complimentary admission to each of the regular players who came out six days in the week for at least two hours practice, also the out of town correspondents would be given one complimentary. When asked, "Why this action?" he replied, "Oh., the athletic association is a thousand dollars in debt, and we want to make it up as quickly as possible."
At this, we promptly returned the one complimentary admission to the athletic board, for if we had accepted it, our feelings would have been akin to those after we had taken a nickel from the cup of a cripple. So at present the debt of the athletic board is only $999.65. In its economy the athletic board is yet needlessly extravagant. Those nine complimentary admissions to the players could be dispensed with and the players themselves could be charged half price admission at least. Think how that debt of $1,000.00 would vanish at rate of 9 times 35 cents per game. The athletic board could also exact a small fee from each man trying to make the team, that would cover any wear to the bats and the diamond. It won't make any difference as to the game the boys will play, and the debt of $1,000.00 will be reduced.
Hail to the era of economy! The time when men loled in the luxury of complimentaries is past. Who the "watchdog of the treasury" is under the present administration is not known, but let him keep well in mind the axiom "that each complimentary dispensed with reduces that $1,000.00 in that proportion." The present athletic board has many things to enshrine it in memory, and not the least is ECONOMY and UNANIMITY.
The two magnificent schedules of baseball and football for the coming seasons are enough to make the present athletic board immortal, but the $1,000.00—softly.
From the nature of the Bulletins placed upon the general bulletin board, one would be led to believe that a branch office had been established in the University of Kansas for the Ladies Home Journal puzzle department.
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Prof. McKeever of the Psychology department of the Manhattan school attained notoriety this week by his statement that men quit smoking cigarettes for only two reasons: religion or the love of a woman. Day Pierson says the Professor speaks rightly and Day doesn't base his observations on theory entirely.
Merging seems to be the order in the college world at present. The latest is the proposed union of Harvard college and the Massachusetts School of Technology. If this happens, the largest student body in the world, under one authority, will be gathered at Cambridge.
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It is reported on good authority that the Sophomore class voted, not to interfere in any united way with the coming Junior Prom. If this be true the class of '07 should be credited with one of the wisest actions of any class in years. Whatever arguments can be brought to favor the continuance of the May day rough and tumble there are few to commend the Junior Prom mixup. At best it is a scrap with cab-drivers and hall proprietors and has of late years annually caused the arraignment of some half dozen students before the police court on the charge of "Destruction of property."
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DEAN MARVIN HONORED.
Professor F. O. Marvin, Dean of the Engineering School, has been appointed chairman of the General Council of the Sigma Xifraternity, by its president, Prof E. L. Nicols. This position is second in importance only to the presidency itself.
The chief function of the office is the establishment of new chapters of the order. All applications for new charters have to be submitted to this chair.
Charters were recently granted to the Universities of Missouri and Colorado. Professor Marvin will install the chapter at Missouri and Professor Ward, of Nebraska, the one at Colorado.
PRACTICAL SURVEYING.
Professors Hoad and Hubbard are putting to practical use the out-door surveying of the sophomore engineers.
For the past two weeks, under the direction of the instructors, the boys have been working with transit and level establishing co-ordinates and permaent monuments in squares of two hundred feet on the new campus The direct purpose of the survey is to make an accurate and detailed topographical map of the University grounds. Eventually when new buildings are erected these points will furnish data for subsequent surveys.
Y. W. C.A.MEETING.
The meeting of the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday in charge of the sophomore girls, was led by Miss May Pickell, president of the association. The topics for the day were."Cheerfulness,Happiness and Helpfulness," the discussion of which consisted of quotations from prominent authors and from the Bible, given by sophomore girls.
Miss Bessie Livers sang "Grass and Roses," and Miss Kate Reynolds, "Oh Master, take us thru' the gates!"
Miss Felicia Hart was nominated as secretery, to take the place of Miss Inez Kilgore, who is no longer in school.
An item of great interest to many was the reading of a letter from Ruth Ewing Hanson, who graduated from the University three years ago and is now a missionary in China.
Dr. Holmes, who spoke in chapel last week, will probably be the speaker at the meeting next Wednesday.
We are selling a great deal of Armor's Sylvan Series Toilet Soap just now; 3 cakes for 25c at Hale's Red Cross Pharmacy, 711 Mass., St. Sommer's Orchestra. Music for parties and receptions.
Frank Parker, '08 engineer, is spending Saturday and Sunday with his parents in Kansas City.
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