The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 12, 1910
VOLUME VI.
BASEBALL MEN TO WORK OUT
COACH EBRIGHT HAS IS SUED A FINAL CALL.
Twirlers Begin Practicing in Gyn Monday—Team to Be Chosen From 1909 Freshmen.
Next week will see the real starting of the base ball season at the University. Coach A. M. Ebright has issued the call for all prospective pitchers and catchers to report at the gym sometime next week to commence to work the kinks out their arms and to get used to handling the ball.
As soon as the weather moderates the diamond on MeCook field will be put in shape and daily practice there and on the golf links will soon develop the men who are to compose the team this spring.
"At the present time," said Coach Ebright today, "I am unable to say anything definite as to the men who will even try out for the team. Next week I expect a number of pitchers and catchers to report at the gym and from their work then I will be able to get a line on the season's batteries.
"The pitching squad is recruited largely from the freshmen, Heizer and Farrell being the only prospective twirlers who have had experience on the 'Varsity squad. In addition to these two men mentioned, Doyle, Sevins, J. C. Johnson, McMullen and Rogers, all members of the freshmen squad last year, will report for work.
"In Rockefeller, Huff and Hostettler I think I have catchers who can handle all the pitchers who wish to try out," said Ebright. "These men will be on the receiving line next week in the gym, and will try to keep the other ends of the battery busy.
"As to the other positions nothing certain can be stated. Of course I expect all of the eligible members of last year's squad to report but whether or not they will do so is a question. Walker Haller and Palmer have all signified their desire to play the game again, but in the main the team will probably be recruited from the freshmen team of last spring."
Mr. Ebright is very desirous that any one who feels that he has a chance to make the team shall try out. There are many positions to be filled and all candidates will be given a thorough chance to develop their ability to play the game.
Arrangements are being completed by Manager Lansdon for a long trip into Texas and Louisiana during the season. Up to this time arrangements have not been completed for this long trip, but they will be soon.
ECKE'S HALL WAS DARK
Neither T. N. E., or Delta Sigma Emerged From Obscurity.
Ecke's hall was dark last night. No melody of stringed instruments nor cadence of dancing feet floated from the third story to the ears of chance pedestrians. Neither was there any carrying away of signs of other evidence of "student" hilarity in the early hours of this morning. For, as you may have gathered by this time, the T. N. E. party, which was scheduled for Ecke's hall for February 11, did not happen. "Delta Sigma" did not emerge from the obscurity with which it has of late hedged itself about; to gambol in the bright lights on the spring floor.
TO MEET BAKER MONDAY NIGHT
HAMILTON'S TRACK MEN WILL MAKE DEBUT.
Last Year Kansas Took the Honors Easily, but the Coming Meet May Be Close.
Coach Hamilton's track team will have its first opportunity to show itself Monday night. On that evening the track men will meet the Baker team in the first meet of the year in the Gymnasium
Last year the Jayhawkers scored a walkaway in this meet, winning by a score of 66 to 19. The only firsts that the Preachers gleaned were the pole vault and the high jump. Their other points came from the seconds in the half, the quarter and the low hurdles.
The Baker team this year is said to be much improved. The new men they have are said to be comers. Kansas is an unknown quantity, but it is expected that some good records will be made by the locals.
Coach Hamilton has refused to say who would start the races for Kansas. Concerning the outcome of the meet, he said, "We hope to win and the chances are that we will. I would not say so positively, however, as there is nothing so uncertain as a track meet."
The meet will, of course, be in the nature of a try-out and all the men who can be given a chance will be allowed to show their abilities. Four men will be started in the dashes and in the hurdles. In the other events there will be only three.
A. S. Van Eman, a sophomore in the College, is spending the week-end at his home in Leavenworth.
All the short races will be run in trial heats and finals.
Miss Esther Wilson, instructor in German, is able to return to her work after a week's illness.
STUDENT COUNCIL MAKES DEFINITE MOVE.
REFORM FOR CLASS POLITICS
Governing Body Has Divided School Into Four Classes—Middle Laws Considered Juniors.
At a meeting of the Men's Student Council this week, action was taken with regard to the present system of class elections and rules adopted for the governing of all future elections.
The "political machine" work was given a telling blow by the insertion of a rule requiring a candidate to secure the signatures of a certain number of names to a petition before he may run for office. The other changes favor a more exact system of registration and a change whereby the fight for office is made between man and man rather than between parties or tickets.
The rules have been submitted to the Girls' Council for consideration and it is very probable that some alterations will be made before that body will ratify. At present the rules are as follows:
ARTICLE I. CLASS ELECTIONS.
The elections of the class officers of all classes shall be held on the Friday of the second week of regular school work.
ARTICLE II. THE CLASSES.
There shall be four sets of class officers in the university; Freshmen, Sophmore, Junior, and Senior.
ARTICLE III. METHOD OF HOLDING
The elections shall be by the "Australian Ballot System." The names of all nominees for offices in each class shall be placed on the same voting slip, all those running for the same office being grouped together, making all slips for each class. Each class shall have a separate polling place.
IV. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
On the Friday before election there should be a general registration of all voters. These voters shall register in the class with which they vote. A registration committee appointed by the president of the student council will decide the class with which doubtful voters are to vote, and also regulate the time and place of registration.
ARTICLE V. CLASSIFICATION OF WOMEN
The classified list of voters shall be posted in a public place on the Monday morning before election. Only those registered will be entitled to a vote at the election.
Each person shall vote with the class with which he is enrolled. In three-year courses, first-year students shall vote with the freshmen, second-year students with the juniors, and third-year students with the seniors. In two-year courses, the first-year students shall vote with the freshmen, and the second-year students with the seniors.
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All who are candidates for a degree or who are graduate students shall be classed as seniors.
ARTICLE V1. ELECTIVE OFFICES.
The officers to be elected in each class shall be a president a vicepresident, a secretary and a treasurer, except in the senior class, which shall also elect a manager of the senior play, a chairman of the
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WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Sunday warmer Sunday.
Girls Plan Entertainment.
The first of a series of afternoon entertainments which have been planned by the girls of the University will be given Saturday afternoon, February 19, at 1247 Ohio street. Every girl in the University is invited to attend. Ten cents admission will be charged, the proceeds to be used by the University Y. W. C. A. in carrying on its work.
H. A. Kohman, who has the master baker fellowship in industrial chemistry, has been invited by the University of Wisconsin to deliver an address at that institution on the 2nd of March, on the subject of his research.
TIGER'S TAIL WAS TWISTED
HAMILTON'S FIVE TIED 29 KNOTS IN IT.
The Game Last Night Was a Cross Between Football and Wrestling—To Clash Again Tonight.
It has been officially announced that spring football practice has started at Missouri University and verily we believe it. What is more, all the men who played in the "near" basket-ball game last night must be out for the team. Kansas got away with the game by a 29 to 15 tally, and was mighty lucky to have as wide a margin as that, for it is not conducive to fast basket-ball to spend half of the time getting off the floor and the other half escaping the embraces of your opponents.
The Kansas representatives were not especially lamb-like either. The first half started with a clash. Both teams were trying the strength of their opponents. Missouri drew first blood with a goal by Cohen. Then the real war started. The feature of this hall was the sensational tackle of Johnson by Hackney, as the Kansas captain was tearing down the north side line.
The second session was better from a basket-ball standpoint Kansas started fast but could not hold the pace, and though the game was at all times safe for the Jayhawkers, the visitors showed at times flashes of speed that exceeded any of the locals' performances. The particular bright stars of the Tiger quintette were Cohen at center and the fast little guard, Hackney. This gentleman has caused considerable woe here before and he had all the symptoms of wishing to do it again. If all his team had been as good as he the score might have been different.
Captain Johnson and his coworker, Long, did the best work for Kansas. Johnson made a great record in throwing free (Continued on page 4.)
WOMEN WISER THAN THE MEN?
MEN "FLUNKERS" IN GRE MAJORITY.
Outnumber Women Five to One Professors Wonder What Figures Mean.
The University "flunk list" is a thing of gradual growth. All week long the workers in the Registrar's office have been busy compiling the list and, the returns from all the schools of the University are not yet in. The total casualties in the Schools of Engineering and Law are among those not yet reported.
The list of failures in the College is now complete, and one fact which the figures show has turned the Dean and the heads of the departments into human question marks. That one fact is that among the members of the freshman class who technically severed their connection with the University by failing in more than one-third of their work, there are five times as many men as women, though the class is made up about equally of men and women, "What's the reason for this condition?" the professors are asking themselves and one another. "Are the women naturally brighter than the men? Are the courses made easier for women than for men? Are the men lazier than the women? Are outside attractions stronger for men than for women?" All these questions and many others are being propounded, but so far no one has come forward with an answer. Nearly all the freshmen who have failed in more than a third
Nearly all the freshmen who have failed in more than a third of their work have been permitted to stay in school. They have been allowed six weeks of grace in which to show their ability to master college work.
The University office has not yet given out the exact figures on the failures. Dean Templin said yesterday that the failures in the College numbered about the same proportionately as in previous years.
GLEE CLUB RETURNS.
This Week's Trip Was a Great Success.
Tomorrow the glee club will return from its spring concert tour of the state. Tonight the men sing at Alma and complete the week's trip. The club appeared in Abilene, Emporia, Salina, Fills worth and Lindsborg this week, and at every stand large crowds greeted them.
John Power, a bass singer with the club returned to Lawrence today for the Phi Delta Theta matinee mess. He said the singers were tired out, not so much from their concerts as from the social affairs prepared for them.
A. H. Jurley, '09, is spending the week end in Lawrence, at the Phi Gam house.
SOPHOMORE DANCE, Friday, February 18th
ADMISSION 75 CENTS