State Historical Society
THE KANSAN.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
VOL. I. No. 53.
INTER-SGHOLASTIC MEET.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, APRIL 20, 1905.
The track teams of the four leading schools of the University are working down into form for the first annual inter-scholastic meet, which will be held next Saturday, April 22. This event has roused an unusually healthy interest in track athletics, and the track aspirants constitute a squad almost equal in number to the football squad of last fall.
Close Contest Next Saturday—Teams in Good Form.
120 yard high handles (trial);
The events for next Saturday's meet are as follows :
100 yard dash (trial);
220 yard dash (trial);
2 mile run;
1/4 mile run;
100 yard dash;
220 yard low water trolleys (trial);
120 yard high hurdles;
220 yard dash;
1/2 mile run.
220 yard high hurdles;
220 yard high hurdles;
1 mile run;
1 mile relay race; (each school enters four men.)
The field events which are a part of the meet are arranged as follows :
5 Cents per copy.
Shot put;
Broad jump;
Discus throwing;
Pole vault;
High jump;
Hammer throw.
Some of the events are practically decided before the meet, but the "sure things" are so well distributed among the various schools that the outcome of the contest is by no means certain.
Butler will surely win the pole vault for the Engineers, and their hurdlers are pretty sure of success. The Medics are sure of the long distance runs, the Laws will stand a good chance in the sprints, while the College men, from present indications, will have to depend on a number of middle distances and second places for their chance of winning the meet.
Law School--Michaelson, Driscoll, McCoy, Ackerman Hicks and Luckey.
The College—McReynolds, Miller, Mitchell, Young, Sterling, Finch, Hovey, and Lapham.
The team. s who will represent the various schools are:
Engineers—Williamson, Parker, Morrow, Barnard, Young, Groene, Russel, Davies and Butler.
Medical School-Bailey, Russell Cross and Riney.
ATHENIAN SENATE WILL BANQUET DE-
BATING TEAMS.
The Athenian Senate is planning to give a banquet Friday night after the debate to the Iowa boys and the members of our own debating team. Wilbur Parker represents the Senate on the debating teams this year.
TO DEBATE FRIDAY.
The debating teams of the University will meet the teams of the Universities of Iowa and Missouri in contest for the perennial laurels, next Friday evening. April 21.
poria, middle law, represents the law school in the team. He is a graduate of the State Normal in the class of'02, and is a member of the Phi Delta Phi honorary traternity.
C. A. Ramsey, college '07 is a graduate of the Fort Scott high school, and prominent as an orator while in that institution. He comes from the Snow society.
Kansas and Iowa will discuss the question, "Resolved; That, the trades unions are justified in demanding the closed shop," in she chapel that evening. At the same time the Kansas-Missouri debaters will take issue on practically the same question—"Resolved: That, the best interests of the general public demand the maintainence of the open shop." Kansas has the affirmative of both debates. and thus defends both sides of the proposition.
The Daily Iowan gives the following short biography of the
Wilbern Parker, C. A. Ramsey, B. A. Earhart.
men who represent Iowa: Mr. Ramseyer is a graduate of the State Normal, class of '02. He was one of the attorneys for the defense in the recent mock trial of Iago, and the other two men were also connected with the case as witnesses.
Geo, A. Schoenman, of Des Moines, received his preliminary education in Wisconsin, then
The six men who are to represent the University Friday evening were selected in a series of try outs extending over a
was leader of the Hammond freshman contest in '04 and leader of the general debate this year.
The men who will meet the Tiger in his lair are: F. E. Tyler, graduate of the high school of Clifton, Clay county, and a sophomore in the college. He is a member of X. Y. Z. and was alternate on the Kansas-Colorado debate last year.
Frank Tyler., R. O. Douglas, R. L. Douglas
moved to Des Moines and went through the Iowa College of Law, Drake University. He is now in the law department of the Iowa university doing graduate work. Mr. Schoenman did some work in debating at Drake. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi, the law traternity.
R. O. Douglas, college class of '07 is a graduate of the Mound City high school. He is an active member of X. Y. Z. debating society.
J. E. Kelley is a native of Hudson, Iowa, and a graduate of Tilford Academy at Vinton. He
period of two weeks, and they represent the best available debating material in the institution. The personnel of the Iowa squad is: B.A. Earhart, college class of'06, of Oxford, Sumner county, is the senior member of the teams. He is a member of Snow society, and was on the debating team of the Kansas-Colorado debate in 1903.
Wilbern W. Parker of Em-
R. L. Douglas, a freshman in the College, is a graduate of the Cherokee county high school in 1903. He represents Snow society of which he has been president since January last.
METEORITES TO BURN.
Dr. Snow's Rock Collection is Growing Rapidly.
Sometime ago an article was published in the Kansas City Star describing the "Heavenly Harvest' of Kansas. The story was copied by many papers in the West and Dr. Snow's name mentioned in connection, consequently he is kept busy opening letters. In addition every morning, the postman brings two or three pieces of rock weighing from three to ten pounds, and with a stamp and tag attached. The stones are usually copper ore, petrified tree trunks, or limestone formations that in no way resemble a meteorite. Dr. Snow is very tired of being the victim of such a weighty correspondence.
The following from a Kansas farm hand, is a fair example of the letters he receives:
"Dr. Snow. Dear Sir.
I se by the Kansas City star that you are interested in Curious Stone's, I have 4 or 5 Stones 2 look's like loves of bread. 1 looks like a hogs Stomach, and 2 are quere shape. They are not so very hevy. I just thot if you was in Smith Co. Kansas that maybe you would like to se them. please excuse my boldness in writing you.
Your in Resp
J. H.
VINGENT MAY BE MANAGER.
The Athletic Board is having troxble finding a suitable man to manage the Athletic interests next year. A man who has been suggested is W.D. Vincent who was captain of the football team of 1902. W.D Vincent is at present Superintendent of schools in Washington, Kan. The position of manager requires rn infinite amount of tact combined with rare business ability. What is really needed is a five thousand dollar man for a fifteen hundred dollar job.