UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
Medicine Is Aided By Guild Practice Asserts Scammon
Porter Lecturer Outlines History of Profession to Group of Students
"Unless the modern medicine guilds persist through the social and economic changes which the most of the world is undergoing at the present time, the study and practice of medicine will be much poorer." Dr. Richard E. Scammon asserted this morning at a convoction for students in the School of Medicine. Dr. Scammon is dean of medical sciences at the University of Minnesota and is a graduate of this university.
The speaker's lecture concerned the guilds of medicine and he compared the guilds of several centuries age with the present-day ones. He stressed the importance of medicine as a profession saying that there were one million people in the United States who administered to our health. This estimate included doctors, nurses, and any other person who improved health conditions. "In 1928" Dr. Scammon said, "4 billion people died in our health care due to the depression this month has been reduced to two and one-half billion dollars. Health has been the sixth item on the American budget for the last 30 years."
Medicine Has Roman Basis
He went on to say that medicine was neither a corporate, individual, nor collective profession but was a combination of the two. Medicine has preserved fragments of the old guild systems of medieval times," he declaimed.
"The operation of medical science," Dr. Scammon stated, "has a Roman basis rather than Greek. Medicine in Rome was not really recognized until the year 2 A.D.; before that, it was in a continual state of chaos.
Medicine Has Roman Basis
Dr. Scanmon continued by saying that in medieval times everybody possessed medical lore. In the East, the Arabic and Jewish doctors were very famous and contributed much to the progress of medicine.
"Medicine also developed as a function of the church. Each monastery had hospitals and medical service. One of the main reasons for the development of the medical hospital was the widespread curse of leprosy. During this period the church staged the best health campaign in history."
Profession Trains Students
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1934
Profession Trains Students
Later medicine became secularized and the doctors become a recognized part of the community. Teaching helium was at this time the guilds played a very important part in the history of medicine. Men worked in a body and these guilds took on their present form.
Dr. Scannom compared medicine with other professions, showing the major differences between them and stressing the fact that the medical profession had certain standards which it maintains. "A physician in good standing," he stated, "does not advertise. Any knowledge he may obtain through research she shares with his colleagues but his right are also by virtue of the medical profession trains their students through their hospitals, schools, internships, and other work. Physicians limit their competition by a definite code of conduct, and they engage in exchange of services in type cases or unusual problems.
Dr. Seamanm was the speaker this year for the Porter lectures which are delivered annually at the University and at the School of Medicine at Rosedale He will speak tonight at the Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City on "How Measurement Came Into Medicine."
DATE SET FOR SUMMERFIELD
SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION
Preliminary examinations for candidates for Summerfield scholarships at the University of Kansas, will be held in 10 cities on Saturday, April 7.
The 239 outstanding boys of the high school senior classes will appear in one of the following cities: Lawrence, Wichita, Abilene, Chanute, Dodge City Great Bend, Downs, Colby, Sabetha and Belleville.
The highest 25 or 30 will be invited to come to the University for final tests
Kansan Board to Meet
The Kansan Board will meet tonight in room 107 of the Journalism building to select candidates for the editor-in-chief, and the managing editor of the University Daily Kansan. The board will meet later in the week to elect the officers, who will take office next week and hold office until the end of the term.
University Graduate Dies
U. S. Attorney in Porto Rico Succumbs After Month's Illness
Ira K. Wells, '83, until two months ago judge of the United States district court in Porto Rico, died yesterday morning in San Juan, Porto Rico, following a month's illness. Mr. Wells formerly lived at Seneca, Kan.
After his graduation from the University in 1893, Mr. Wells lived in Seneca until the United States entered the World War. He offered himself for commission as a Panama an apostle marshal at Balloon where he aide an excellent record.
After the war, President Harding sent Mr. Wells to San Juan as district attorney. In the Coolidge administration, he was brought back to the United States as assistant attorney general and later in the same administration was sent back to Porto Rico as judge of the court district. Mr. Wells gained considerable attention in his fight against fraudulently obtained oil leases on government land in which he was finally successful.
Judge Wells is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Paul Moloney and Miss Loretta Wells.
Assault Complaint Is Filed
Ambrose Wolken Proteins Against Alleged Attack by Two Men
A complaint charging assault was filed this morning in the county attorney's office by Ambrose Wolken, c '35 against Jack Harris and Andy Tanner, Lawrence men. The alleged attack, according to Wolken, took place in front of the Alpha Kappa Psi house, 1053 Massachusetts street, last evening. According to Wolken's story, Harris lent his car to two University women to take to Ottawa on a shopping trip. After finishing their shopping, the women decided to drive on to Richmond, the former home of one of the women, about 17 miles south of Ottawa. They are supposed to have offered Wolken, whose home is in Richmond, a ride back to Lawrence, which he accepted. He was attacked after he had left the car here in Lawrence.
Warrants for the arrest of the two men have been sworn out, according to Dick Stevens, county attorney.
Simpson Predicts Victories
Half-Mile Team May Win Event a Kansas Relays
Bob Simpson head coach of the Iowa State University track squad, predicts that his entries in the mile and half-mile relays will have a good chance to win these events in the Kansas Relays here on April 21. He believes that the half-mile team has the best chance of winning, but previous performances indicate that the mile team will not be out of the running.
The half-mile team is composed of Don Sheetts, Ike Nelson, Tom Scott, and Kerneth Wessling. This team should according to Coach Simpson, be able to threaten the present half-mile relay record of 1:28.5.
Due to the graduation of two of the members of last year's two mile team Iowa State will not be represented in that event this year. Last year the Cyclone two-mile relay team composed of Vernon Guse, Earl Labertow, Lyle Chisolm, and Lyle Chapman tied the Kansas record in this event.
In the history of the Kansas Relays, Iowa State has sent four championship teams to the affair. Only Indiana holds a higher number having won five victories. Missouri, Texas, and Northwestern also hold four each.
Stockton Returns From Trip
Gist to Address Social Workers Noel P. Glist, professor of sociology, will go to Topeka tomorrow evening to address a class of social workers under the aupires of the Kansas University in the Emergency of Unemployment" at the Citizens Building at Washburn College. The University of Kansas and Washburn College are collaborating in this school for social workers.
Gist to Address Social Workers
Captain J. F. Zajicek of the department of military science is in the Fort Leavenworth hospital recovering from an attack of internal hemorrhage, it was learned today at his home. Captain Zajicek is in a serious condition, but it recovering as well as can be expected. He was taken to the Fort Leavenworth hospital Friday.
Captain J. F. Zajicek III
Stockton Rentals From Trip
Dean F. T. Stockton of the School of Business, returned yesterday from a week's business trips connected with the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He visited Grand Forks and Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis, Minn. While at Grand Forks, he spoke at the initiation banquet of the North Dakota chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma.
Noted Kansans
Given Publicity Recently
In Paris Papers
The University has been getting publicity in the Paris press during the last few months, according to a letter from Arthur G. Billings, 33, to the University Daily Kansas. The French and English papers have written up the recent exploits of Glenn Cunningham. An article also appeared in the Paris edition of the New York Herald which told of Chancellor E. H. Lindley's conference with President Roosevelt concerning the CSEP.
Mr. Billings was a French major wha-
at the University, and is now studying
at the Foundation des Etats Unis, Cite
Universitaire, Paris, France, a house for
American students, who are attending
the university.
Convocation to Honor Leaders in Scholarship
Mendenhall, Friends University President, Will Give Address
The eleventh annual honor's con-
cavation will be held in the University
auditorium at 10 a.m. Thursday at
which time 10 per cent of the students
of the senior class who are leading in
scholarship and the leading scholars in
the lower classes of the different
schools will be honored.
The honor award of the year will be made to the man from the class of 1933 whose name will be announced at that time. He will receive the award because his influence upon the University in the past has been considered most helpful. He will be chosen by a committee appointed by Chancellor Lindley.
Between 135 and 140 names will be listed on the program.
The program will also include the singing of "America," led by Dean D.M. Swarthout, the repeating of the Lord's Prayer, the presentation of the Honors of 1934 and the Honor Award of 1933 and the singing of "Crimson and the Blue."
W. O. Mendenbach, president of Friends University, Wichita, will be the speaker of the day. His subject will be "Facts vs. Truth."
Thieves Enter Kappa House
Robbers Escape With Loot Valued at Approximately $250
By breaking through a basement window, thieves entered the Kappa house sometime during vacation and holed loot valued at approximately $250.
Radios belonging to Dorothy DeLano c'37; Jane Case, ca'37, Tally Lepper, fa'37, an accordion and also a radio belonging to Jane Battaille, c'38; and a typewriter and a radio belonging to Elisy Seymour, c'35, comprised the loft.
WORK OF GRADUATE LAUDED BY PROMINENT ART CRITI
James Penney, '31, has recently been lauded for his paintings exhibited at the Roerich gallery in New York E. A. Jewell, well-known art critic, singled Mr. Penney out for high praise in his criticism of the exhibit, which included the work of several prominent New York artists.
The articles taken were not covered by insurance.
Mr. Penney won a scholarship to the Art Students' League in New York while he was assistant instructor in the department of drawing and painting during his senior year at the University. As an undergraduate in the department, he won a medal for a painting at the Mid-west Artists' exhibit in Kansas City. Last year he was called here from New York by Prof. Albert Bloch to take charge of the summer session in the department of drawing and painting.
BOYCE TO PRESENT SERIES
OF EDUCATIONAL LECTURES
E. C. Boyce, professor of engineering,
and state sanitary engineer left last week
for the University of Southern California
where he is to present a series of educational lectures at the annual Institute of
Public Administration, pieces of the School of Citizenship and Public administration, beginning today
and continuing until April 6.
Professor Boyce will lecture each day before the section on water supply and sanitary engineering. Regular class sessions will be held both afternoon and evening thereby permitting public attendance which will be held in the evening.
which will be held in the evening.
'Chuck' Hornbostel And Glen Dawson May Enter Relays
NUMBER 120
Entrance List for Annual Track Classic Grows as Schools Send Applications
The possibility of Glenn Dawson, Tulsa A.A., and Charles Hornbostel of Indiana, entering the 1,500 meter event in the forthcoming Kansas Relays was announced recently. Both have signed their desire to run this event as well. Graham who recently established a new indoor record in the event.
The University of Washington in St. Louis which holds the distinction of sending in the first complete list of entrants has been followed by the entrance of Big Six, Missouri Valley, and other conference schools. Word has also been received of the intention of many other junior colleges and colleges to send men to the relay events.
Last year 49 schools were represented, including 16 universities, 26 colleges, and seven junior colleges. The program for the Relays to be held April 21, closely follows the program of last year with the exception that there will be included seven university class relays, four college class relays, one junior college class relay and nine special individual events.
Of secondary importance will be the high school relays which will be held April 20. Two classes of schools will enter, Class A and B. Last year 98 high schools were represented at the relays, including 42 class A and 53 class B schools.
NUMBER SYSTEM CHANGED
The third major competition on the relays program will be the Missouri Valley A.A.U. decathlon event which was won last year by Charles Childress of Warrensburg Teachers College of Warensburg, Mo. This event is open to all amateur athletes whether or not they are enrolled in a college or university. Chanlengue cups will be the awards for the winners.
Classes of Contestants Will Be Designated by Colors
A system of numbering that will be more convenient for the contestants and more illuminating for the spectators will be adopted at the Kansas Relays, April 21.
Heretofore numbers have been assigned each team in each of the relay races according to its order in drawing, and it has therefore been necessary for runners in more than one race to change numbers each time, and that runner still another number while competing in a special field or track event.
Ocidental College, which cleaned up a goodly number of the events in the Kansas relays 10 years ago, is considering coming east again this year. Joe Pipal, director of athletics, writes that an unexpected victory over Pomona College has aroused interest in track there. He has a pole vaulter who does 13 ft., 6 in.
This year all contestants in the university class will wear black designations; in the college class, red; and in the junior college class, blue. Each school will be given a designing letter and each contestant a number to go with the letter, and the letter and number will be the same for all events. Much confusion that has arisen here-tofore will be obviated, it is believed.
Entry has been made in the Kansas relays by Oklahoma Baptists, holders of the college class half-mile record at 3.21. Kansas Teachers at Pittsburg have won the mile two years in succession, now holding the record at 3.173.
Kirksville Teachers College, Kirks-
ville, Mo., will have teams entered in all the relay events of the college class at the Twelfth Annual Kansas Relays at Lawrence, April 21.
Clyde Littlefield, track coach at the University of Texas, has entered a dozen men in the Kansas relays, including Forrest Wilson, who has done the high hurdles in 15 seconds, and Frank Hubbell, who has hurled the lavelin 195 feet in practice.
Emporia Hornet trackers will again enter the Relays and will defend a record in the two-mile relay which was set by the members of the Hornet track squad last year. The team last year also took second place in the 880-yard relay, second in the hurdles, and third in both the distance medley and one-mile relay.
Nine Women Seek Degrees From Law School At University
Nine women now in the University of Kansas want to be lawyers, and two want to be engineers or architects, according to a survey made by Geo. O Foster, registrar.
The nine who would be lawyers are in a group of 332 now in the School of Law, or preparing to enter it. Men in engineering courses number 491.
The greater number of students -515 women and 250 men are preparing for educational pursuits and 599 (570 men and 29 women) plan to enter medicine. Students in nursing number 163. Business interests 394 men and 67 women, 101 men and 60 women are interested in journalism.
Eighteen men and 43 women are planning careers involving religious, social or charitable service.
White and Kelley Chosen As Graduation Speakers
The speakers for the sixty-second annual commencement at the University of Kansas were announced today by Chancellor E. H. Lindley.
Famous Editor and Bishop to Address Commencement Groups
The baccalaureate sermon the night of June 10 will be given by Francis C. Kelley, Catholic bishop of Oklahoma, and the commencement address Monday evening, June 11, will be given by William Allen White of Emporia.
Bishop Kelley is a native of Canada and has been bishop of Oklahoma for the last ten years. He was the founder of the Catholic Church Extension Society of U.S.A. and was appointed acting president, in 1905. When the society was established canonically by Pope Pius X in 1910, he was again appointed president. He founded in 1906 and was for many years the principal magazine. He was captain and chaplain of the 32 Michigan voluntary infantry during the war with Spain.
He was educated in the affiliated colleges of Laval University and received his LL.D. degree from Notre Dame University and the Ph.D., and Litt.D., from Louvain University. He is the author of "When the Veil is Rent" and several other books.
He was sent to France as an observer by the American Red Cross in 1917 and was a delegate to the Russian Conference at Prinklep in 1919. He is a trustee of the College of Emporia and Rockefeller Foundation, Roosevelt Memorial association, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, is widely known as an editor, author, and public speaker. He has been editor of the Emporia Gazette since 1855.
He is the author of "The Court of Boville," "The Old Order Changeth, "God's Puppets," "Life of Woodrow Wilson," and "Life of Calvin Coolidge," and several other books, and is a contributor to magazines and newspapers.
KANSAS DEFEATS ICHABOS
IN RETURN TENNIS MATCH
Gaining revenge for an earlier defeat, the Jayhawker tennis team won from the Washburn Iehabods at the University auditorium last Tuesday, two matches to one. The Kansas team won both matches but lost the doubles content. Kenneth Kell defeated Captain Tom Chittenden of the Washburn team 6-4, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 from Voss in straight sets 8-1, 6-1, 7-5 and Devon and Chittenden teamed together to defeat Voss and Kell 9-7, 6-3, in the doubles match.
ONLY TOBACCS ARE TAKEN
IN JAYHAWK CAFE BOBBERY
Thieves entered the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio street, early last Friday morning and carried away 12 cartons of cigarettes and a box of cigars, valued in all at about $20. No cash was taken. Entry had apparently been made through a south window near the front of the cafe. The screen lock as well as the window bolt had been broken.
It was the first robbery at the cafe in more than six years, the owners said.
The group voted to adopt their constitution as it now reads. The next meeting will be tonight at 9 o'clock in Marvin hall.
STEEL KEY GROUP SELECTS
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
Ford Dickie, e'35, has been chosen to head the Steel Key organization for the coming term. Other officers are as follows: vice president, Chevey White, e'35; secretary, Robert Lingo, e'35; and treasurer, Eugene Grav, e'35.
Banking Charges Apt to Be Passed On to Customers
Many Merchants to Collect 1 or 5 Cents on Checks Given in Payment for Goods
The Bankers Service Code which went into effect in Lawrence yesterday will have a direct influence on the students. A fee from one to 10 cents will be charged for services rendered in connection with the cashing of these checks and this fee in many cases will be shifted from the merchant to the student.
For example some merchants who have large dealings with the students said today that they will cash checks in payment of bills free of charge, but will have to charge for merely cashing checks. Other merchants say they will charge for cashing them in either case. When the merchant deposits a check on an out-of-town bank he is charged 5 cents for a check on another Lawrence bank, the clearing house charge is 1 cent.
Will Affect 600 Students
A meeting will be held tomorrow noon by the Chamber of Commerce in the Hotel Eldridge for discussing the various charges on these checks. The bankers contend that these charges are to protect them from the small depositor, explaining that a charge is to be made for cashing and receiving for deposit checks from out of town banks and from local banks. There also is a clearing house charge, a federal check tax, and a ledger entry charge.
Approximately 600 students have banking accounts in the city of Lawrence, which is about 16% of the student body. In 1922, Watkins National bank alone had over 2000 accounts, and it was estimated that 75% of the students at that period banked with Lawrence banks.
Very few self-supporting students have bank accounts, and nearly 65% of the accounts are held by women students. A few students have savings accounts, which are built up largely from summer work and are drawn from at various occasions throughout the year.
Lose on Small Accounts
In 1923, there were six banks in the city of Lawrence. All of these carried a large number of student accounts which were very unprofitable to them. One bank failed to show a profit for the student accounts. Another bar of student accounts. This condition brought about a change in regard to the student accounts.
A 50 cent fee per month was instituted for all these accounts of less than $50 average balance. This fee was meant to discourage small accounts rather than to make a banking profit. It was much easier for the bankers to add this to say, "I'm sorry, but we do not want your account" and there were few student accounts which were worth handling.
About two years ago the federal check tax of 2 cents on each check went in which further eliminated the small depositor, and later the charge for cashing out-of-town checks.
LINDLEY TO BE INTERVIEWED
ON HUNDREDIT BROADCAST
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will be the guest speaker on the 100th athletic interview of the University's radio station, KFKU, at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5.
Chancellor Lindley will be interviewed by E. R. Brel, who has been conducting the interviews, and will answer questions concerning the more general phases of athletics; the place of athletics in a college curriculum; and some of the problems of administering athletics in a college.
About a year ago, the Chancellor spoke in an athletic interview program, giving his impressions of the Olympic games at Los Angeles, where he was one of the half-dozen "Commissioners" from American universities.
With the program Thursday, Professor Elbel will have completed 180 broadcasts of 15 minutes each, the additional 80 covering athletic question box programs, radio sports reviews, and similar broadcasts.
Students Give Pontomime
Five University women presented a pantomime entitled "Calvary" as a special feature of the service at the First Methodist church, Friday evening. Those taking part were Harriet Daniels, fa35, Bonnie Jean Daniels, c36; Margaret Hays, fa35, Erma Rizley, and Anna Welch, c36.