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VOL. XXV
County Club Work in Kansas Schools Progressing Well
Twenty-five Meetings Held by University Visitors During Holiday Programs
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Country club work in the counties, county along Kansas is progressing throughout Kansas to reports received by Fred Ellison at Lafayette Alumni Association. During the Christmas holidays programs were Pratt, Janet Janssen, Jabassee, Pratt and Kingman counties.
In Douglas county, Olin Fearing o, Lawrence, graduate of the class of 1920 and letter-man in basketball, was the principal speaker at the high school reunion he won. George Chumos, a member of the University of Kansas debating team, spoke in Harvillery Eskridge, Alma and Paxico high schools of Wabaue county. John Bunn, freshman in the Class of 1938 in Pratt and Kingman counties.
Prof. John Ise, department of economics, talked at the high schools i.e. Guineer, Quinton, Graindale, and Grinmiller. Dr. John Jr., Jr. is chairman of the Gove county club, Professor Ise also spoke in Wakeeye in Trego county, whose club is under the leadership of Clarent Cromb, Mr. John Arthur Cromb is the president.
S six speakers visited ten counties, and spoke at 15 meetings at high schools. Two students from Chimos spoke at four high schools in Wabusaun county, of which Paul K.
John Bunn, freshman coach, went to Pratt where he spoke at the high school. He was the assistant dept of the Pratt county club. At Stafford, Cohn Spoke tunn the nason meeting of the chamber of commerce in Princeton and a high school and a meeting of alumni and students. He referred a basketball game at Praston and laid out the court.
H. W. Hargis, head football coach
spoke at Central High and Junior College
and Argentine High School in
Roadside High School next week.
Dr. F. C. Allen's proposed trip 1. Dr. F. C. Allen's visitation was not made because of the arrangements. Leavenworth and Brown counties are planning to have
Approximately three hundred campus maps have been delivered to high schools. Three hundred and seventeen maps have been paid for and Mr. Elsworth expects that about three hundred, hundreds of maps in all will be sent out.
Fred Elsworth, secretary of the Elk
Alumni Association, said that in man
of the high schools there are a number
of University, good programs were presented by the county club. According to the Elk Alumni Association, it is expected
out to all county club officers concerning
the meetings and it is expectable
grams can be made within a few days
Holds Position of Secretary of Music Teachers
Folders and other information are still available for county club leaders, Mr. Ellsworth said. Letters have already been received from the superintendents and teachers of the school districts, as well as from the county staffs of the care of the Alumni Association, expressing appreciation of the maps and programs.
Dean Swarthout Honore
Dean D, M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts, was elected secretary for the fifth consecutive year at the annual meeting of the fifty-fourth edition of the Music Teacher National Association held last week in Minneapolis.
Meetings of universal interest were attended by musical education of prominence from all over the States. Students took part in sessions covering phases of musical education. The program of musical events included compilatory concerts conducted by the Minnesota Symphony orchestra which is to play at the University of Kansas musical festival in Merritt, Mississippi in May and a full evening's program by St. Oliva choir of 660 voices, which is the most esteemed standing choir in America today, were
nso 500 Gwenn was chosen for the 1928 convention. While Mr. Swarthout was in Minneapolis he visited with Dean Dyer, who has been from University of Kansas and is studying at Columbia University, and also with the Rev. Mr. Krush Jennings who is well known in city, having been the pastor of the church here.
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Bulletin Accepts Article of Economics Professor
In the December issue of the Bulletin of the National Tax Association appears an article written by Jens P. Jensen of the department of economics. The title of the article is "The Impasse in Bank Taxation" and because of the present congressional discussion of changes in bank taxation.
Professor Jensen has also been appointed an associate editor of the Bulletin of the National Tax Association, M. H. Hunter is the editor.
Dramatic Club Offers Work in Stagecraft at Student Tryouts
Study in Costume and Scenery Design to Be New Phase
of Training
The first Dramatic Club tryout was held this afternoon at 3:30 in the Little Theater in Green hall. Tomorrow at 2:30 a second tryout will be held. At this tryout candidates are supposed to furnish their own material they may be from a magazine, a hood, or a play, just so it is excomparable.
This year something new has been introduced since students can try out for staircase art as well as acting. "If anyone has had any experience in painting scenery, designing costumes, or make up, they should by all means participate," Joelyse Goughs, CSU, chair of the craftry committee, said this morning.
The first trytray requires no previous preparation. This afternoon each person was asked to act out a pantomine on the stage without any scene props. Many of them drew few lines from a play handed to him by one of the committee.
These students passing the first try-out will not notice or appear at the first time they are tested. At this time they are to be prepared to quote a few lines of something they have learned.
Harefore there have been two thieves immediately following the opening of the theater. This year the tryouts were postponed until after the dramatic club play, and it was announced that
The members of the committee is in charge of the trousals to Darrohs Gregg, Bob McClure, and Ray Pippet, and Fred Koster; and Miss Mary Meyers, faculty represen-
The K. U. Dramatic Club is the old organization on the campus designed for dramatic organizations existed during this era under the name which it now bears.
Cuts May Count Double Many Students Fail to Return on Time Monday
"Will the Monday counts cut double?" is the question many students are asking each other. "I can't afford to have them there." It needs to be remarked.
The "K" book and the University catalog both announce that Christmas is over. However, since Monday was a legal holiday many students thought there would be no classes and consequently they were left in tears as they saw the announcement in a Kansas City paper that classes would begin immediately in the next morning's edition.
University officials were swamps with telegrams and long distance telephone calls last Sunday from students and faculty at the University of Arizona in Inspiring, then classes would begin.
There is no general rule for the University that absences on the day of exam count double. Certain schools of the University have the double cut rule, and certain professors in those schools are required to take less adapted it on their own initiative. Whether or not the application of the rule will be a matter for the individual professors and for the demands of the schools which have such rule requirements.
The University of Michigan, and their members of the Big Ten, will have two football teams each for the three final games. They will also be one complete schedule of eight games. All men on either team must be scholastically eligible under the western region.
Construction of a new university clinic and hospital for crippled and diseased children will soon begin at the University of Minnesota.
The conventere for a new dairy building that will cost approximately $50,000 was laid last Tuesday at Iowa State College at Ames.
Six members of the Iowa State football team were honored by being mentioned on the all-conference eleven.
Spalding Concert to Be Presented Monday Evening
Albert Spadling, violinist, will present the second number of the University concert course Monday evening, Jan. 9, in the new auditorium.
American Violinist to Give Second Music Recital of University
Course
Spalding is recognized as one of the most noted American composers a century ago. His compositions have already been pub lished. His songs, piano and violi compositions have found their place in the music world and among recent artists. During the past summer, in addition to doing some literat- ural work, he spent considerable time in composing.
When he graduated from the Bologna Conservatory at 14 he received a degree in Music from the University of Mozart, and made his professional debut in Paris with Addinia Patti at the Chateau. His American opera career began in New York's as soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, which is the direction of Walter Damon.
Mr. Spaking was born in Chicago, and inherited much of his musical genius from his mother who was for a time the conductor of the Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Thomas. At seven he began playing the violin and later his principals teachers; the famous Flor de Matteucci, Buitrago in New York and Lefort in Paris.
Since then he has appeared with great success in practically every civilized nation of the universe, including America, Canada, England France, Italy, Holland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Spain, Cuba, Germany and Poland he scores of smaller cities and towns throughout Europe.
Mr. Spaffling is today one of the most popular of any of the world famous violinists and plays every season on his own country and an average of about sixty concerts a season in Europe or some other foreign country. He has performed in several institutions, twenty-five piano numbers, thirty songs, three chamber music quartets, four orchestral compositions and endless transcriptions and art.
Use of Abbreviation
Is Not Objectionable
Xamas, recording to a Latin poster in Fraser hall, is not an objectionable abbreviation. It originated as folios;
A Merry Christmas poster on the same bulletin board reminds us that the early eighteenth century many features of the Roman Saturnalia. They borrowed the date, to begin with, since the Saturnalia was born in September. They borrowed also the use of evergreens for decorations, and the gifts of gifts, the gifts to relatives and friends, and the general merriment and hilarious now associated events.
In the early centuries of the Christian era, the custom grew up of abbreviating the Latin Dominus (Gord as DS, Spiritus (Spiet) as SFS, etc., in DS, Spiritus (Spiet) as SFS, etc.) these words from the common nama lord, spirit, etc. In like manner, the Greek XPICTOE (Christ) was abbreviated as XC, and was felled by the Greek Cleans (cleans) words were too holy to be written out in man-made letters, and that the abbreviation should be a symbol, not a representation of the name. Such the inscription of the names of the manuscript of the manuscript in plain black. And so, in Xmas the X is really a relief of an attempt to render a special worship and respect to the name of Christ. The "mma" is from the Latin mamma, a mass or religious celebration.
"Facts and Figure about Kansas Cities" is a featured article in the December issue of the Kansas Municipality which came out during the holidays.
Occupations of the mayors of Kansas towns, women officers, dates of corporation, and progress in public utilities have been compiled in the preparation of data for the directory of the League of Kansas Municipalities.
Municipalities Magazine Gives Facts on Cities
Another feature is a discussion of air-made and air-lift wells to overcome sand troubles, by L. E. Perry (Machinery Machinery Company of Chicago).
Kansas Municipalities is a magazine issued monthly by the League of Kansas Municipalities at Lawrence.
The St. Joseph alumni in a meeting held Dec. 29, formed a permanent organization and elected officers for the coming year. P. E. Parnay, 95 was elected president, J. W. Mitchell, 96 was secretary, Rory Lindsey, 13 secretary.
St. Joseph Alumni Elect Officers for Next Year
Dean George C. Shad of the School of Engineering and Architecture, and Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the meeting. R. I. Douglas, Ll. B. 79, A. B. "10," temporary chairman of the organization, presided to assemble
Patent Sought for Antennae Which Involves Entirely New Principle
New Aerial Invented by Professor Alter Is of Vertical Type
A vertical type aerial, involving a new principle, invented by Dineenor Alter, professor in the department of astronomy, is now in the process of being manufactured in Professor Alter's workshop located at his residence. With the completion of labor saving devices he expects to be able to make each aerial in forty-five minutes; life aerials being made in the same unit.
Two persons in Laverne now have the radios equipped with the new netron K-30. McCannell and K-20 have been produced to data and production in exile. The two dozen have been sent back to the United States.
The six insulated wires in the arcia connected in series with the central wire are connected to the receiving set by induction. The central wire is a condenser.
The new aerial weighs about five pounds when packed, assembled, and shipped. The weight is sufficient to install the device. The outside boastal may be made in aluminum or polyester. It is that the new type is more or less protected from the elements and will require a seal.
The new aerial consists of six insulated wires and a seventh wire enclosed within a small cable which serves as a central receiving member. The wires are mounted on parallel and parallel on wooden separators, and the complete unit may be attached to a board projecting from the caves of a house or to a pole. The standard aerial of this type is 30 feet long, although it may be made of greater length.
The advantages of this new device are that much abrupt tuning may be achieved, and it also is improved and the elastic greatly eliminated. Professor Aler believes that the perfect nerial is one that can detect vibrations without loss of volume and his new type of aerial was constructed with two small air cells coupled with the central receiving member and lead to make an electric reservoir that frees the current
Detroit Meeting Ender
Campus Delegation Returned to School Today
Criticism of the Christian church mission policies, particularly denominationalism; the need for co-workers to be involved in field; the significance of the alliance between the church and the economic machine which makes nothing but a financial gain from the church; the desire for an indigenous church; and the superiority complex of the white race were phases stressed during the period leading to the tenth quadrennial convention of the Student Volunteer Movement held in Detroit, Dec. 28 to Jan. 31.
The accomplishments of the church on the mission field and the view point of the missionary were also excavated. The work involved 3,000 Canadian delegates, nations from many countries, and a general survey of the whole situation.
Five of the six students representing the University of Kansas had returned to the campus this morning. Those who had returned were: Ausei Zuckerberg, Enderle, Katherine Sullivan, and Marion Leigh. Sunday noon the Kansas delegation gave a luncheon in honor of the Nebraska and Colorado delegates. Students from the Waco school Eddy and John Nippe, missionary to China, gave brief speeches.
Saturday afternoon the Kansas delegation crossed the Detroit river to Windsor, Canada. Visits were also made by many of the delegates to the Negro section of Detroit, the Ford Station and other areas of the K. U. delegation also visited the plant of the Detroit Free Press.
Latin Letter Out to 800 Teachers During Vacation
Two Methods of Teaching Language Explained in December Bulletin
Several ways of meeting varying ability among students are suggested in the Kansas Latin Latter for Dwts. to improve their reading by the extension division and the Latin department of the University, with a lawer, assistant professor of Latin.
the contract method is recommended as a means of keeping every pupil interested and progressing in their studies. The teacher makes out three assignment contracts to cover the work of a given period, one of which is the A the B the C the third the C contract. If the student completes the C contract, he gets a grade of C; if the B, the grade of A the grade A. The A contract requires that material than the B, and the B more than the C. The basic essential of all three contracts is satisfactory completion, in the minimum requirement of class work.
For the problem method the teacher prepares slips or cards, each beading specific problems. Of these problems, a certain number must be solved for the grade A, a lesser number for the grade A, a lesser number for C, and a minimum number for C.
The laboratory method has been found to be especially usable in work in prose composition. When this method is employed, the students work on the sentences in stias time, not on the characters. The teacher moves from one to another, correcting and explaining errors. Only absolutely perfect sentences are counted as correct. The completion in one class period of perhaps twelve words will be an A, of nine B, of six a C, of D, of less than three n failure.
The Latin Letter calls attention to additional illustrative and informative material just received from the Screwdriver School, which may be borrowed by any Latin teacher on payment of postage. Over two hundred such items are now available.
Soap is suggested as a humble but effective medium for models of columns, buildings, furniture, statues, reliefs, and all sorts of utensils.
Suggestions are offered to Latin clubs for appropriate celebration of the holiday, which took place in December, and for a special marriage of Mary of our Christmas customs.
Simple Faith in Report Leads Student Astray
On one of the through trains coming from California by way of Amarillo, which carried many of the students from our campus, all of them had a willed peace and harmonious. To be sure every one had tasted the getting back to the old grind, but it had to be done that way. He decided to face the cold hard facts.
But their comfort was soon to be disturbed. When the train stopped at Wellington a young man boarded, but without luggage.
"Where's everybody going?" he asked. "Gosh, I never saw so many kids going back so early."
"Early?" some of his nearer list eners questioned.
"Why yes. You knew we weren't having school tomorrow not you?" Whereupon he was deluged with questions.
"I know what I'm talking about. The Kansas City Star had a story on Tuesday, Jan. 2, and of course it meant the third. Boy, here's one that's not going back until school this year," Emphoria, "I'm going to see my girl."
And he got off at Emporia while the rest of the gang rode on wonder ing. "Is it no or is it not so?"
But they arrived in Lawrence one day sooner than did the lad who had been with them. He went to their Monday's classes which were very much in session. And the lad—well, the only trouble with him was that he got to the correction on the story he read.
The Honor College at Oregon Agricultural College publishes the names of offenders as part of their punishment.
Special honor privileges are being given to 158 junior at the University of Oregon who did exceptional work in their studies last year.
Seventeen men were awarded letters in football at the University of Iowa this year. Of the 17, 10 are expected back next year.
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Father of "Bill" Hargiss Is Sick With Pneumoni
T. F. Harps, father of "BJH" Harps, newly appointed football coach of the University of Kansas, is cribbage king in Pittsburgh. He is showing slight improvement following an unexpected early after physicians had given up his son.
"Bill" Harges has enclosed his plans to attend the meeting of the National Conferences' Association in New York because of his father's condition.
Final Dress Rehearsal of "The Doll's House" to Be Held Tonigh
Tickets for Tau Sigma Recita Now on Sale at Women's Athletic Office
The final dress rehearsal for the on-camera presentation of "The Dawn of the Planet" will be held at the auditorium. Lighting effects will be tested and final suggestions offered to the Director.
Tickets are on sale at the women's athletic office, by the Tan Sigma members, and will be sold at the doors of the women's athletic office for $8.00 glancing at 8. Seats are not reserved, and students are urged to be present on time as the custum will rise promptly with the Moss Margaret of the women department of physical education.
This recital is primarily to show what can be done in the way of using the new terminology. For this reason little other than curtains will be used for setting according to Miss Barbo. The big reason for Tau Sigma will be given in May.
The music for the recital will be furnished by an orchestra, with the exception of one number, which Dean George Callahan, who has been connected with the K. U. Dramatic club in recent years, is stage manager, and the electricians and stage are men students of the University.
The program tomorrow includes:
Part I
Sypsy Love—Madge Gaunt.
Gypsy Doll—Mangrove Gaudin
Dutch Doll—Josephine Dana.
Fairy Doll—Helen Spence.
Bungress Ann and Andy—Winogen
Lacy, Ruth Ehlerls
Fairy Toni—Henlen Spence.
Harlequin and Columbine—Virginia
Allan, Helen Spence.
Three Clouds (Groteque) - Gertrude Oelman, Majorie Taylor, Pauline Christian.
"Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" - Rebekah Mcpherson, Frances Bliss, Lorela Evans, Leoni Potucket, Katie Reid, Sarah Reid, Lotie Potucket, France Bjoe, Joseph Duna, Mudge Gaunt, Maryjess Freeman, Virginia Lee Carter, Virginia Hunan, Rebekah Thompson, Helen Spence, Ether Ehcher, Gertrude Ouchman, Wimengo Kavaris, Ferry Sparrow, Lucille Evans, and Fausti Obstant.
Divertissement—Part II.
Divertissement—Paris —Blu
Blue Danube—Josephine Dame,
Damie Guent, Margaret Tartin,
Pascal Petit, Jerome Argini,
Alain, Ruth Ebert, Gertrude Oelman,
Rebehak Thompson, Wingene Lacy,
and Fern Snyder.
Vintage—Gertrude Oelman, Marjorie Taylor.
Diana—Josephine Dana.
Grand Finale.
Will Rogers to Talk Here
Address to Be Given Sometime During Last of March
The Forensic Council of the University of Kansas after several months of effort has secured Will Rogers to come to the University to speak to them. He will come with the latter part of March and will speak in the auditorium.
Mr. Rogers has increased his popularity immensely by his recent trip to Mexico in the interest of peace beaches and nature reserves, and will also be one of the four great personalities to speak over the radio Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Dodge Brothers. He has been a frequent guest, Mark Twain of the United States.
The usual price of admission to Hall Will Rogers speaks is $2.50, but the Forensic Council is arranging the price so that the student body can be afforded the best possible opportunity, by cutting the price so that it will not be over $1.00.
Members of The Nalads, national swimming society for women at the University of Iowa recently gave a water pageant entitled "Sua Sand."
Municipal authorities of Alexandria, Egypt, are sending three young Egyptian women to England for hospital training.
The band of the University of Iowa gave a concert in Des Moines. After the concert a banquet was given for them at the Des Moines Country Club
Faculty Members Attend Meetings During Vacation
Sessions for Advancement of Study Draw Many From University of Kansas
Members of the faculty attended conferences for the advancement of study and work in their own particular fields.
Dr. Schaeffer Reads Paper
The department of zoology was represented by A. A. Shuffler, professor of zoology, who read a paper before his section, Pimmore After, U. G. Mitchell and C. H. Abbens, professors of mathematics, and E. B. Stouffau, daim of the Granatum Department of meteorology, and the department of meteorology.
Why children who are mentally ill often show an interest and social interaction in the face of psychological problems of psychopaths of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The meetings of the Association for the Advancement of Science were held Dec. 25-31 in Navalwood, Tenn., to discuss new developments in ontology assembled. Several from the department of ontology were present and real papers, including Dean Paul B. Lawson, professor of ontology; Dr. Jeffrey M. Cormier, ontology; Rory Summers, professor of ontology, and Philip A. Readlo, also professor of ontology.
Wheeler Delivers Address
Miss Corn Down, professor of bacteriology, attended a conference of the Society of American Bacteriologists in Rockcastle, N. Y.
neerobel Debevers Adams
R. C. Schaefer
and W. H. Sloebner, professor of geology, were delegates from the University at the meeting of the Geological Society of America; R. H. Weisher, professor of psychology, delivered an address on "Some Basic Elyptias in Auto Learning"; before the annual convening of the Association held Dec. 25-28 in Columbus, Ohio, where 403 psychologists representing college and university unions were gathered. J. P. Guillard, professor of psychology, and his wife also attended and represented K. U.
James C. Mullan, F., H. Hodker and D. Paulatzon, professors of history, attended a conference of the Association of Social Sciences. Stuart A. Queen, professor of sociology, was at the meeting of the American Society of Social Science, also in Washington.
Proof, H. C. Thurman, of the department of German, attended the conference organized by the society held at Louvainville, Ky., from Dec. 28 to 30. The association embraces arts of the modern languages, Spanish, Italian and Scandinavian.
He present at Meeting Professor Thurman met Prof. John Hess in the University of Hawaii is a former member of the University department of romance languages and is now head of the department of German at the University of New York.
Earl N. Manchester, director of the Library, spoke on the program of The American Library Association as its midwinter meeting in Chicago on
Mr. Manchester apends on "Identification and Registration in Student Libraries." He said that student books are not available to students, possible for librarians to know, thus public, and thus an opportunity in musea to display books as well as books and for students to sign fictitious names and either keep or hold overtime the books for reference.
Mr. Manchester offered as a solution of this problem a system already available in his office, the Minneapolis campus, Minnesota University, and several other large schools, that of registering the students for the library as their place and basing them in a card, as public libraries do. This card must be presented in order to check out a card.
In an interview today *Mr. Manchester* said that undoubtedly the stage in the growth of this school will be reached when it will be necessary for teachers to buy out of the 1,600 books checked out each day now, very few go astray.
Mel Ling Song, a graduate of Wesleyan and Wellesley universities, has shattered all traditions at her recent Guggenheim visit, the married Gen. Chang Kai-shek.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey recently gave a speech at the University of McGill on the subject of "Modern Youth."
Mr. Glenn Parker, B.S. in business 26, is now in the Chicago office of the Topia Daily Capital.