THE KANSAN The official paper of the University of Kansas. EDITORIAL STAFF: EDITORIAL STAFF: PAUL W. HARVEY - - Editor-in-Chief EUGAR MARKHAM - - Managing Editor BUSINESS STAFF: BUSINESS STAFF: R. K. JOHNSTON - Business Manager HOMER BERGER - \ Assistant Bus. Mgr JOSEPH W. MURRAY, - - Treasurer CARL EDDY, - - Circulation Mgr MEMBERS OF BOARD. ROY K. DEITRICH HENRY F. DRAPER FLAVEL ROBERTSON LOUIS LA COSS PEARL STUCKY J. E. MILLER CARL CANNON W. E. HAMNER Entered as second-class mail matter September 30, 1904, at the Lawrence, Kansas, Postoffice under the act of Congress, March 3, 1879. Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the school year, by the Kansas University Publishing Association. Address all business communications to Robert K. Johnston, Business Manager, 511 Ohio Street, Lawrence, Kansas; all other communications to Joseph W. Murray, 1129 La. St., Lawrence, Ks. Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance; one term, 75c; time subscriptions, $1.75 per year. Office in Basement of Fraser Hall. Phone, Bell. K U 25. THURSDAY FEB. 10, 1910 The only hope for the continuance of the game of football as an intercollegiate sport at the University lies in the action of the rules committee. Unless the rules committee makes satisfactory modification in the game a meeting of the football heads and governing boards of conference schools will be called. At this meeting Kansas will vote for radical revision of the rules or the introduction of Rugby. Missouri, through the influence of President Hill, will probably be for Rugby. Washington has never had much success with the gridiron sport and is in favor of dropping it altogether, and Nebraska, Ames, Iowa, and Drake will almost surely favor the retention of the game as it now is, or take whatever changes the rules committee may adopt. It will be impossible for the Missouri Valley schools to come to any concrete understanding and the conference in Kansas City will not change the rules. Unless the rules committee, itself, does some real revision, football, if the regents' resolution is allowed to work out, will be a thing of the past at the University. While the football, as now played, may be dangerous in some respects, the University has never had many accidents. In 1896 there was a player killed in the last few minutes of a hard game. He was not in the best condition at the time. That is the only fatality that the football squad has ever suffered. There have been some bones broken in years past and some players have been severely injured for the time being. But none of these injuries has been permanent. In the past four years injuries have been so scarce that very few men have even had to be taken out of the game on their account. The wide spread and constant objections to the game under the present rules show that there is something wrong and proves that the revision four years afo, when the open play was introduced, has not been at all satisfactory. The question then arises as to the method of future revision. Shall the game be made more open or shall the old style with modifications be introduced? This question has just about split the followers of the game into two equal camps. This sharp division explains how difficult it is to revise the rules. The rules committee is doubtless willing and ready to revise the rules. But they do not know what to do and unless they do the right thing the game is probably lost for Kansas. One thing is sure, and that is that on Friday and Saturday night either Missouri or Kansas will be foiled in the attempt to annex the championship of the valley in basket-ball. It's the Jayhawkers' turn to win beyond a doubt. But that is what we all thought last Thanksgiving day. UNIVERSITY NOTICES Dr. S. M. Zwemer will talk to the Y. M. C. A. at Myers hall tonight at 7 o'clock. Bishop S. M. Griswold of Salina will speak in chapel tomor row morning. Chancellor Strong will address the Graduate club in the classical museum of Fraser hall tomorrow evening. The Kansas and Missoupri basket-ball teams will play in Robinson gymnasium Friday and Saturday evenings. Dr. Paul Shorey of Chicago will speak at the vesper service Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Those suffering from the effects of bad colds can get relief by using Rexall Cold Tablets, sold only in 25c boxes at MeColloch's drug store. Bananas and oranges at Vic's Last Week of SHOE SALE Here's the Shoe Buy of the Year! Men's and Young Men's Footwear, the de luxe fashions of the winter season, the acme of elegance in modeling and construction, never sold in regular season for less than $4.00,$5.00,$5.50,$6.00 and $6.50 in our big annual clean-up as follows : The $6.00 and $6.50 Nettleton's for . . . $4.95 The $5.00 and $5.50 Nettleton's for . . . $4.25 Thompson Bros.' $4.00 and $4.50 Shoes for . . . $3.35 C Second Term Text=Books and Supplies We have everything for your work. ROWLANDS' College Book Store "Where Students Go" TWENTY STUDENTS WILL GO The Y. M. C. A. Meets This Week in Topeka. At least twenty students will attend the sessions of the twentyeighth annual convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Kansas to be held at Topeka February 10-13. Dr. W. C. Payne, of the University Bible chair will go for part of the convention and probably several other students will attend some of the sessions of Saturday and Sunday. Chancellor Strong, who is president of the state association this year, will preside at the opening service at the Baptist church this evening. Dr. C. M. Sheldon will conduct the devotional service at that time, and F. L. Thompson of St. Louis will deliver the address of the evening. The convention theme is "Fundamentals" and some of the ablest speakers of the country will speak on the thought of fundamentals in Christian life and in association work. A. J. Elliott of Chicago, international student secretary for the Middle Wsst, will speak on "The Investment of Influence." Many upper class men will remember hearing "Dad" Elliott here two years ago. Dr. Frank T. Bayley of Denver and E.C. Carter of New York will be prominent speakers. University students who have heard these men are very enthusiastic concerning their ability HISTORY OF QUILL CLUB Electrical Engineers Met. The Electrical Engineering society met in Blake hall at 7:30 Wednesday evening. A debate was held on the apprentice system. Prof. C. A. Johnson spoke on the advantages of the Westinghouse system at Pittsburg. The apprentice system of the General Electric company of Schenectady, N.Y., was favorably discussed by Prof. Geo. C. Shaad. These two companies train Engineering school graduates for practical work. Dr. Zwemer Entertained. Dr. S. M. Zwemer was the guest of honor at dinner last night at Sara Robinson hall. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Payne and Professor and Mrs. A. M. Wilcox were also present. After dinher Dr. Zwemer spoke before a joint meeting of the cabinets of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Graduate Club to Meet. Graduate Club to Meet. The Graduate club will hold a meeting in the classical museum and the adjoining lecture room at 7:45 tomorrow evening. The Chancellor will address the club. All members of the Graduate School are expected to be present. Told to Members by Professor Hopkins. Prof. E. M. Hopkins spoke to the members of the Quill club Tuesday on the early history of the organization with which he was familiar since the club was an outgrowth of his prose invention class. The members of this class had so much enjoyed their discussions that they asked to have the course extended. As Professor Hopkins could not make such arrangements the students continued to meet once a week to discuss their literary productions among themselves. To perpetuate the organization the charter members, who were all seniors, invited several of the juniors to join them. The question of a name for the club was discussed at that time and the Quill, which was suggested by Dr. Hopkins, was adopted. For a period the criticism at the club's meetings was so uniformly complimentary that the organization became almost a mutual admiration society. This seemed to be responsible for a loss of interest among the members. For the last few years, however, the criticism has been spirited and the club is enjoying a vigorous existence. KICK COLUMN. Editor Kansan: Can you tell me what this University is coming to? Is everybody who cannot get into a fraternity going to start one of his own? Within the last month there have been three so-called national organizations established on the hill. Frats, frats; is everybody going to be a frat man? A BARR Dr. Zwemer to Y. W. C. A. "The bigger we are in our minds, the smaller the world is," said Dr. S. M. Zwemer, in his talk before the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday afternoon. With this sentence Dr. Zwemer urged the girls to consider seriously the great social problem of womanhood in the Moslem world. Dr. Zwemer has done missionary work for twenty years in Arabia and is able to speak from personal experience of the great opportunity for teaching nursing, and medical service in Turkey, Arabia and India. He spoke of the Mohammedan religion as it had left its imprint and impress on womanhood. There, woman has no legal rights. She counts one-fourth in questions of inheritance. In court the testimony of one man is equivalent to that of two women. A VALUABLE COURSE. Comprehensive Study of History of Journalism. The course in journalism at the University is strengthened this term by the offering of two hours of work by Professor F. N. Raymond, in the history of periodical literature. The course is a comprehensive one, starting with the beginnings of journalism and tracing its growth in Europe and America down to the present day. Professor Raymond has been for the past ten years gathering the material which he presents in this course working in this country and abroad. He obtained a large amount of the material by research work in the British mu seum. It is believed that this course is the only one of the kind offered in an American university. ATTEND THE for a course in Bookkeeping, Shortband, Typewriting and Penmanship, Lawrence National Bank Building, Telephone 717. Protsch Spring Suiting The Watkins National Bank Capital $100,000 Surplus $50,000 Undivided profits $20,00 B. Watk Pres, C. A. Hill, V. P Undivided profits $20,00 J. B. Watkins, Pres. C, A Hill, V. P. C. H. Tucker, cashier. W. E. Hazen, assistant cashier. Staple and Fancy Grocerie 839 Massachusetts St. Both Phones 25 Special Attention to Spreads R. B. Wag staff Programs and Invitations Made to order. 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