THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
No 8
Vol. XXIV.
Hurricane Moves Toward Pensacola; Damage Is Feared
Temporary Field Hospital Erected at Sebring for Victims of
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Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 29, 2014
mile is being whipped by an 84-mile wind and the intensity of the gale is being increased. The damage has been done as yet, the Mobile Register declared over long distance telephone today. This was upward from 57 miles in January, and word has been received from Peninsula since 6 o'clock, the Register said, at which hour the city was being whipped by a 104-mile per hour vehicle.
Gave fears were felt for the safety of Pensacola, the last report said. The center of the storm had not been hit and it was believed to be near Pensacola.
West Palm Beach, Sept. 29—Carling for the injured, collecting the dead, and feeding the homeless elephant, said Sheryl Hodges of Florida today following the hurricane which laid waste a 70-mile area from 30 miles below Miami to Fort Lauderdale.
Deaths in the strenken area are not expected to reach more than 496. SIXTY percent of the bodies are firstly one hundred and fifty bodies have been recovered and in temporary morgues awaiting identification. Injured litters ranged from
Reports from Sering, where a temporary field hospital and morgue have been established, said the bodies of 40 men, women and children, who were drowned when the dam holding Lake Michigan collapsed, have been recovered.
Property damage in the stricter area is expected to exceed $200,000,000. More than $1,000,000 worth of automobiles were destroyed in Miami plane Miami, Hollywood, Miami Fort Landersal, were hurt bit.
Miami is now able to cope with the situation, city officials have advised, Relief trains carrying food and water were turned back at Kikane in the southern city, which is said to be acute. In Hollywood school buildings and churches have been torn apart into emergency hospitals and search in the deliquesks for victims begin with the town's surviving non-flooded residents have been recovered,
All night long trucks carrying rough boxes and floor pleased them way through the debris-strewn roads from West Palm Beach to Florida, three on official business were turned back Troops with fixed baysjumped patrol the roads every few hundred yards and moved in a row from county and city police.
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Bread lines appeared in the downtown business district of Miami. The honesty flied in lung lines to get the first food and pure drinking water was terrace the storm broke early Sat afternoon morning.
A relief train carrying 15 physician a staff of nurses and medicine are supplies, and two cars of state State administration the train and closely guarded it, its accompanying physician is injured and the injured are being cared for.
Washington, Sept. 20 - Coast guard ships were ordered to load with relief supplies and rush to the hurricane devastated city of Houston to begin to turn its manifold agencies to helping homeless and preventing starvation in the wake of the storm. President Coolidge called for an emergency full cooperation. Secretary Wilbur called out naval reservoirs in Florida to help in keeping order amid in providing relief, using the state militia at ready on duty.
Former Student is Badly Injured
Former Student is badly injured
Volney Holmes, *e* 26, an electrical
engineer here last week was
fried for causing a 1,000 volts of
acid shocked the arm his body.
Mr. Holmes is employed by the Waggoner Electric Co. of St. Louis and was working with a transformer, when the accident occurred. Some accidentally turned on some Holmes was against some
other. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis where his condition is considered dangerous.
Dorothy Blackmar Will Teach in Florida College
Miss Dorothy Blackman, K. U. 24, returned recently from New York for a brief visit with her parents before going to Florida, where she has accepted a position to teach French and accepted a position to teach College French at Tolosana, Tolosana.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSA*
Miss Blackmar has taken a year in the graduate school at Columbia University, majoring in French, for which she will teach her thesis, the residence and class requirements and finished her thesis, which has been accepted and approved. She also taught a six weeks' summer course in stage craft and play production in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, receiving a teacher's certificate at the close of the term.
Students May Earn
Tickets for Concert
by Sales Campaign
First Concert of This Season to Be Held Fine Arts Day October 18
A announcement was made from the office of the School of Fine Arts that students interested in the career offered at the school them. The plan is such that if they
students sell ten season tickets at $ 85 each, an extra season ticket which may be used or is sold granted them. This plan holds for the $ 85 and $ 88 tickets in proportion which last year, was made賜 by a number of students.
Students may also pay one one-half of the price of a ticket, now, which will be paid at the time of the first encounter. The remainder of the ticket is to be paid for by
Many orders have been coming into the Fine Arts office during the week for the concerts to be given here by the museums of a number of the university Course.
"Because of the size of Robinson gymnasium compared to the larger auditoriums of the country there is no in seat in the room where the finest boardroom is located. Every seat is a good seat and although some of the seats further ahead have already been reserved, many good seats are left that are directly adjacent to the room. The first number of the course is to be Oct. 13. It will be in connection
All students are requested to secure their tickets by mail order. Checks should be made to the University Concert Course. Post dated checks will be accepted. The order should contain a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Y. M. C. A. Plans Meeting
Wallace R. Bacon of Atchison to Be Main Speaker
The first of *n* series of weekly evening meetings under the direction of the university Y.M.C.A., will be at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Meyers Hall. The regular series of meetings will take the place of the regular non-会议 held by
The main speaker for Tuesday night will be the Rev. Waltseh B. Eacon, Bacon and of Attition, who will talk on "Rolling in College Life." The Reverend Mr. Bacon has spent five years in China engaged in educational work; he is the head of the school and teaches Mrs. T. A. Larremore will sign. In addition to the Reverend Mr. Wallace's talk there will be the oration of the Day, which will study some certain problem for several weeks in a forum-like manner. According to Clyde Randall of the University of Texas, treating problems was inaugurated at the Y. M. C. A. conference at Eates Park the past summer and was found to be a surprise. "Already groups have been formed to discuss and develop the problems of "Students and World Peace" and "What of College Doing to Me?"
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corriling to Harold Smith, president of Association, there probably will be a few new gatherings later in the year.
All classes and other University business will be suspended from classes until the students allow staff members to attend the funeral of their deceased.
E. H. Lindley
--the members an opportunity to contribute collectively. Hundreds of other tags have been disposed of outright at the campus by the Jay James and members of Pt Equion Pp, rep organises inter-fraternity Council, directed the campaign among the organized groups.
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Flood Fund Grows as Organizations Solicit for Relief
All Expenses for Campaign
Being Donated; Money
To Be Checked Up
Tonight
"The contributions will be in the form of a free will offering" declared the author, "but it is hoped that an average of 50 cents for each student will be paid."
A corps of Jay Ann and Epi Leonard Pie were on the campus today selling tags to students for the purge. The group is members of southern Kauai, the movement is being directly sponsored by the Office of Student Counsel and at least forty students have volunteered their services to carry the campaign to every school.
MONDAY, SEPT. 20, 1926
The blue tag, which are being used as a means of identification of contributors, were sent to the various campus organizations in order to give
All expenses for carrying out the work have been met by donations, according to Professor Dawson. The handbills which were distributed were printed by the University Daily Kansan. The tags were furnished by the university and were advertised in the movement were furnished by students.
Floods Rum Iowa Lands
The amount of money raised on the HILL will probably be known later this evening, Mr. Dawson said. The city has given over $1,600 to the fund.
Official reports state that at least 500 families in the devastated area in the Noeches, Verdigris, and Cottonwoods have been reported, and the灾情 have been reported, and the
damage has been estimated at $3,500,000. The loaded area extends from the base to the ground and can easily direction through Coffee Greenwood, Wooden, Allen, Chase
2,500 Acres Under Water and Many Abandon Homes
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Men Try Out for Glees Club
One more than one hundred men have tried on one of the four clothes, according to Pref. T. A. Larroneire, director. A final tryout will be held in October, when a number of contestants is expected to be increased by at least ten or twenty more. With the completion of the tryouts, 60% of the winners will be announced.
Chicago, Sept. 20. - flood waters
overdrain over acrees of
savable land throughout town today,
following a week-end of recurring
flooding.
In the Des Moines area alone, two thousand were forced to abandon their homes as the water from two rivers ran down the streets and spread through the lowlands.
Districts near Sioux City, Cedar Rapid, and Des Moines were rebooted under water this morning.
Three Wounded in Allies
The United States sailors were wounded Sunday in fighting on the Yangtze river, according to a dispatch today. The United States gunboat Pigeon was attacked with rife fire and the ship was sinking. Han Yan Wu and Wu Chang at the junction of the Han and Yangtze rivers.
About 100 bullets struck the Pigeon whose crew repelled the attack, and all 82 sailors were slight, according to the dispatch received here.
Twenty-five thousand acres are under water, the weather bureau at Nassau County has noted. Great property damage has been done. Crums were leveled by the beating rains—which around the basin could cause flooding. Rail traffic is practically stopped. At least five are known to have died as a result of the high water pressure.
Three Wounded in Attack
Mee Try Out for Glee Club
Wire Flashes United Press
Harlingen, Neb., Sept. 29—County Judge Willem M. Brymer today began a five day diet on bread and water to convince his critics that the diet which he administers to prohibition law violators is not harmful. The 75-year-old man was fed the same morning after getting several slices of rye bread. During the time in which he kept to this diet he lost 17 pounds. If he suffered no ill effects by Friday, he will continue it another five days.
New York, Sept. 20--Another American woman has won swimming hurdles in the Olympics of Marathon, Mr. Lottie Sheenwalt this morning to find herself famous after completing the distance of 44 miles in 14 hours and 35 minutes.
of Texas to investigate and report on the alleged murder of Minnex and other Mexicans, while under charges of other state authorities in Kansas.
Washington, Sept. 20-, following a request for action from the Mexican government, Secretary of State Kelkley today telephoned the governor
R. O. T. C. Enrollment Approximately Equals Number of Last Year
changes in Uniform Make More Military Than One Formerly Used
Enrollment in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is practically the same as last year. Lieut. H. F. Meyors, member of the staff in the charge of
A new uniform will be used this year. The entire uniform is cut on lower lines and the cost is more than usual because the uniform is more needy. Brass buttons and sheath
baccalaureal, and said Saturday. The quota for the advanced course is full but there will be no more than 10 students may enroll in the two year basic courses, and several man enrolled at SSC.
der straps are new features of B uniform. The regular uniform can simulate of blue trousers and coat but or calf pants, black trousers and capitae wear white trousers.
A number of new Springfield 2623 calibre target rifles have been received for the target range, according to the manufacturer. The rifle weighs as much as the service rifle and has an trigger pull of about eight pounds. The magazine holds five cartridges, and its motion adjustment allows motion adjustments for both elevation and windage. The rifle ranges is located in the basement of Fowler shops and will be ready for use by the time chosen in target practice are organized.
The 75 mm, anti-aircraft gun used in practice that year has been sent to Fort Sill. In its place the enlisted will use a three-inch gun firing a slightly larger shell. This gun is not safe and is mounted on a raftersmatter.
The next formation of the unit will take place next Wednesday afternoon at 4:30.
Annual Sports Pow-wow Is Planned for Thursda
The Sports Poow-wow, an annual affair of the Women's Athletic Association will be held at 4:00 p. m., Thursday in Robinson gymnasium. Students will be given an interest new women students on the hill in athletics and to help them get acquainted with the various forms it offers in the University. All University women interested in athletics are welcome to attend. The W.A. A. will be hostesses.
The following committees which will have charge of the Posew-ove, have included the president of W. A. A. Refreshment committee, Joe Staplen, chairman; Margaret Kennedy, Joan Kirkmian; Entertainment, Kevin Dumont; and the board are chaired by the sports managers who are; Mary Eleanor Filkin, basketball; Margaret Curry, track, basketball; Mary Eleanor Swimming; Alice Tauga, Signs; Ann Botfosher committee; Joe Brown, biking; Publicity committee; Dorothy Dory, Alive Gun
Mrs. Ruth Hewitt is faculty adviser for the association this year, she has just returned from Columbia and has been her Masters degree in Physical Education.
Building Program of Past Summer Nears Completion
New Sidewalk Is Being Laid Across Parade Grounds; Work on Tunnel to Begin
"The main part of the program of the building and ground department for the summer has been completed."22 The first day of work is the department of buildings and grounds, this morning. "Although there are many jobs that we could not get to in so short a time, we feel that much is accomplished. The new sidewalk that is being hit across the parade ground in front of Fowler schools is the last large piece of art in the city."23 The Dyate museum to the Union Memorial building," said Mr. Ball.
Although the new Auditorium, the nearly completed Union Memorial Hall, and other contract jobs, have attracted much attention from returning students, many of the improvements on the HIH are in the building and grounds department.
New Reservoir Finished
The new reservoir by the power plant was the first job finished. The concrete heating tunnel from behind the reservoir and about three weeks were spent in building it. A three-inch steam pipe is hid in it and a sidewall is built on top of the tunnel from the entrance of the Watkins home to the roof. An onewall on stone wall was贴 along the wall.
Another tunnel was constructed from Marvin hall to the new location of the Observation room. This tunnel here due to the thick rock stratum. The Observatory was moved west of Marvin hall last to make room for the new building.
Oread High Remodeled
Oread High Remodeled
Much time and labor was spent on the staircase. Watkins定理. The road was graded and gravel and chat were used to surface it. The red tile roof street car stained. He grew his hat careful considerable community.
New showers, were installed in the Oread Training high school and the interior was remodeled and new ewelling was constructed in Fraser church. New fire brick were laid in part of the furnaces in the power plant. The heating system was repaired and some plumbing was replaced in the Chemistry building and the Spawner-Thayer museum. A new ewelling was constructed south of theouth entrance of the stadium.
House Mothers to Meet
Several Changes in Personne Noted This Year
Many house mothers of last year have returned again this year, but the number of new mothers has have new ones. There will be a meeting of the house mothers Monday morning.
M, F. G, Godell is the new house mother at the Alpha Chi Omega chapter. Ms. Godell, Mo and last year was house mother for the Alpha Chi security at Daken.
Mrs. O. D. Lee, house mother of the Algae Gamma Delhae's last year is ill and will not be able to return until the first of October.
Mrs. Alice Harrison Allen, who else
11 years was the Tri Delta security
man with the Tri Delta security
was with the Tri Delta at Budker,
house mother for the Delta Zeta her
Pri Delta Theta fraternity has Mrs. Pki C. Hammond of Mexico, Mo. for its house mother this week. Ms. B. Hammond is the mother of the Delta Uplift fraternity at the University of Missouri. Prev to last year she was Alpha Chi Baum
Mrs. Margaret Topping, house mother for the Alpha Cip Omnega here last year, is now with the Alpha KappaLambda fraternity.
Delta Sigma Pi, commercial fraternity, has Mrs. McKnight for house mother.
Sigma Alpha Epiphany fraternity no house mother and the Kapsi Sug has not decided on one yet. For the first time, she is acting as house mother.
Nu. Sigma Nu, medical fraternity has no house mother now, but a professor is living with them.
Plains Antelope Received From Foreign Expedition
The skull and pellet of a sub-gatorna gorilla, technically known, or a plains antelope not quite so technically designated, has been received at Dyche Museum by H. T. Martin, an anthropologist who specializes in Anthropology. This sub-gatorna gorilla, a gift of L. B. Rebert, a former K. U. student, once habitated the vast Gobi desert in Mongolia, that is before it was shed into its new and eternal form. It was brought to a muddy loot in the house of Dyche on Orcad desert.
Mr. Roberts was the tapographer of the Third Anvilic Expedition of the American Museum of History, but last year he was accused by the university to be unknown figures of Mongolia.
The specimen may be mounted later
First of W. S. G. A.
District Teas to Be
Tuesday Afternoon
Dean Agnes Husband Will Meet All Women Living in Unit South of Hill
The first of the W. S. G. A. district for University women who are not members of any organized house will be given Tuesday afternoon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in central Administration building. All women who live south and east of the camps, taking Fifth street as a boundary on the north are invited to attend the tea and become acquainted with the other women in the district.
Miss Agnes Husham and Miss Elise Neenvander-Schmidt will be present to meet all those who attend and, in addition, Ruth Shaw, P.F., second vice-president of the W. S. G. A., who is in charge of the grant, of the initiative board, of the intensive initiative board will be on hand to meet the women who attend.
Alice Van Messel, c27, representative to the group administrative of the tea. Hand Farmer, c27, in charge of refresherments and Margaret Dreamon, f20, will have charge during the dinner during the afternoon. The tea will be over by 4:30 on that any who attend the behind the door Y. W. C. A. wrapper.
An invitation will be extended to all the new women at the University at the regular Monday night lecture in the 2016 summer board will be introduced at that time. All other women in the district are asked to come not get acquainted preparatory to the lecture in the group later on in the semester.
The next tea in the series will k
give thursday afternoon at 3 a.m.
in the women's rest room in centr
al administration building and will k
in charge of Arlene Roberta, B,
will be for some events.
The six districts into which
Lawrence residence section has bee
divided.
Leaders' Class to Be Held for Men at Gymnasium
H. G, Aliphan, director of gymnastics, announced this afternoon that Mr. Aliphan will work will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday during the season.
Mr. Aliphan is particularly mission-
friendly and new students to try out for the class. Several of them will continue the work. A number of
gymnastics exhibitions will be given during the year, among other things. A visit to the morning of the homecoming football game between Sebekia and
Tryouts for the class will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30. For those who are unable to report at home, tryouts will be given Thursday at the same hour.
Notice to Freshman Men;
In order to secure seats in the fremont section of the roofters' section all freshmen must present their active tickets at the gymnasium before 4:30: West afternoon. Be sure to let the ticket saleman in the athletic office know that you are a freshman. These seats are on the second floor, on the 26 yard line.
Bill Rice, cheerleader.
Jayhawker Wins First in College Yearbook Contest
Arts Craft Guild Award
Honors University;
Missouri Takes
Second
This is the first time that the Jayhawker has ever been ranked among the first. Practically every college and university in the United States enters this contest, including schools with three years the enrollment of our students; and with resources at band far greater than those available for K, U.
Word was received this morning from the Burger Engraving Company, engravers for college and university annuits, that the Jay Hawker has been honored by the Art craft contest, conducted each year by the Arts Craft Guild of Chicago.
The "Southeast," University of Missouri, year book which won first place in the "Missouri State College" place last year, and the "Hudson" of the University of Wisconsin, took
The judges for the Arts Craft Guild who determined the winners are printers and engravers of national import. The judges for this contest include everything from the engraving work and typography to its literary merit, general layout and advertising. Even the humor section omitted in their careful scrutiny.
"It is another case of 'Beat Misman',
and Jack Kinnail, the editor of the
best college annual published in the
Kroh, (27), was business manager."
Clifton Anderson, editor of the ISFT
Dachshacker, and that every "east
writer" should be able to author a
mother winning year book as well as
his honor prize for the University of
Texas.
Four From Lawrence to Attend Annual City Managers' Conference
Ecursion Trips for Delegates
Planned for Attractions
About Pikes' Peak
Four members of the executive staff of the International City, Management Association. Fraser hall, will host the annual meeting of city managers in Colorado Springs, Sept. 21, 22, 23. They are John G. Stata, secretary executive; Harold D. Smith, secretary executive; Harold D. Smith, municipal consultant for the League of Kansas Municipalities; and Charlene O. Senior city manager of the City Manager's Magazine.
Mr. and Mr. Stutz left sept. 14 for St. Paul, Minnesota, where they joined a group of city managers who are en route to the National Park before the convention. Mr. Stenir left Saturday, and Mr. Willmott and Mr. Smith left Sunday. Sessions on the program include "The City Manager" and "Proposal." "The City Manager and Local Political Groups," "Managerral Functions of a City Manager," "Municipal Finance" and "Training for an Apprenticeship System."
Excursion trips for the city managers and their families will be conducted to Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, and other points of interest in the Pike's Peak region, by the Cohort. About two hundred managers and their assistants are expected to attend the convention.
Kansas Phi Delta Theta Chapter Receives Award
Word was issued at noon today that the University of Kannas chapter of Phi Delta Theta had won the Hare Award for outstanding achievement given to the chapter of Phi Delta Theta for ranking highest in the university in all-round scholastic activities.
According to word from the central office, California Beta chapter of Leiden Stanford University was an ex- winner of the previous year was Washington Beta chapter of Whitman College. The Harvard trophy is awarded annually by the alumni club at Harvard University, Cambridge.