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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XXI
Redinger Relates Problems of Big Construction Job
Tells of Big Power Project Costing Millions More Than Panama
Canai
David Redinger, e11, now resident engineer on the construction work of the Big Creek Development, Southern California Edison Company, spake this morning to the upperclassman of the School of Engineering, on his experiences and problems with the Big Creek, Cal., development.
The Big Creek development is the greatest project, of its kind, ever undertaken, and is creating an expenditure of fifteen million dollars in excess of the amount spent on the construction 'of the Panama canal. The project, which will form the sun Joanquin Valley for Los Angeles and a half million power, will cost $275,000,000 when completed in 1955. The distance of the source of the power to Los Angeles is 240 miles.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924
Annual Expenditures 26 Million
The work consists of building large tunnels, one being thirteen miles long, and the other six. It directs the waters of the San Joaquin river through to its turbines, and building huge dams, one of which consists of 21,000 cubic yards of concrete. There have been 5,000 men on the work for four years to budget the annual budget of expenditures amounts to $20,000,000. Because of this work the Southern California Edison Company has become the largest individual user of dynamite in the world, having used n total of 5,335,000 pounds. Government require the work in the 1955.
Annual Expenditures 26 Million
Mr. Redinger, who has been associated with this work since 1912 when the project was first started has risen from the bottom to the top. He worked in all most every capacity before 1921 when he was made resident engineer
Commended by
According to members of the faculty of the School of Engineering, no Kansas University man preciously has ever handled the volume of work now directed by Mr. Rodinger. They recall Rodinger as a student of exceptional ability in electrical engineering. Assess Rodinger showed motion pictures on the development of his project.
No. 80
Funeral to Be Thursday
Mr. Redlinger spoke last night to a meeting of the Kansas City Engineers' Club, and the Kansas City section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, held at the City Club. Several hundred engineers were present, and after Mr. Redlinger finished his talk he was compelled to answer questions about his work for nearly an hour.
Services for Lydia McDonald Will Be Held Here
The funeral of Miss Lydia McDonia, former Lawrence wife, who died from over-exertion in Denver, will be held in the local Methodist church sometime Thursday and will remain without rest for several weeks in her capacity of nurse and it is believed that she became a victim of over-wrought nerves and froze to death while taking a walk in an arctic forest. McDonia was at Camp Travis, Texas, during the World War and in 1920-21 served as superintendent of the University Hospital here. It was characteristic of her as a nurse; give her pain relief; give her own strength beyond endurance in her work.
Miss McDonald is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McDonald, 938 Louisiana street, by five sisters, Mrs. Charles Kuchera of McLouth; Mrs. E. M. Baeer of McLouth; Mrs. C. C. Slawon of Tepea; Mrs. J. A. Young, of Seattle, Washington; misher, by McDonald of Lawrence; from four brothers, Andrew Donald of Lawrence; D. L. McDonald of McLouth; Paul McDonald of Topea; and Ira McDonald of Delta, Colo.
Doctor and Mrs. M. T. Suller will entertain the first and second year medics and the faculty of the School of Medicine at their home, 600 Louisiana street, Friday evening, from 8 until 10.
Medical Student Dies in Hospital at Rosedale
Wilbur Bulding, 25 years old, a senior in the School of Medicine, in training at the Bell Memorial Hospital, died Jan. 5 after a brief illness.
Mr. Baldwin was a member o Nu Sigma Nu, honorary medical fraternity, and of Delta Tau Delta. He is survived by his mother, Mrs W. C. Baldwin, McPherson, Kun; and two brothers, Raymond, Conway, Kan; and Edgar D. Ball, Bontebuck, Bentebuck, Karner City, Mo.
Funeral services and burial were held at McPherson.
Swarthout Attends National Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa
Meeting Most Successful Ever Held by Association, According to the Dean
D. M. Swearthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, left Lawrence Christmas day to attend the Muse Teachers' National Association conference, length. Pa. Dee Swearthout is the national secretary of the association.
"The convention was one of the most successful in the history of the association, both as to the attendance and as to the papers read and the discussions held," Dean Swarthout said.
One of the most interesting meetings was held by the heads of the music departments of a number of the middle west state universities according to Dean Swarthot. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss problems in music and arts which are common to state schools. The meeting was found so helpful that it was voted to continue it as a permanent organization, especially the concessionally featured feature of the conference. Dean Swarthot said, was a recital given by Pittsburgh musicians.
Harold L. Butler, former dean of fine arts, acted as chairman of the voice conference. Dean Butler sent correspondence to Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence. Dean Swearthwt stopped on his recourse from Pittsburgh at Springfield, Ill., where he drilled and lead a hurle churec on Sunday in the winters past service.
The next meeting of the Association, according to Dean Swarthout, will be decided within the next six weeks. Invitations from St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Baltimore, been received, and it is quite possible that it will be held at one of these points next year.
Youth Movement Evident
Convention Shows New Attitude Toward Life—Shultz
"The youth movement was very much in evidence at the Students Volunteer Convention, held in Indianapolis, on Saturday. "It is not a movement of any one country nor a national organization with a national executive office at New York or Chicago, but it represents the part of the youth of the country."
This attitude creates a desires in the youth of finding new methods of solving old problems, according to Mr. Shultz. It was with this spirit that the convention faced such large and ancient problems as war, economic injustices, and relations between races.
"There seemed to be a great desire to find new truth. It now remains to be seen whether the courage to follow new truth was also present in the more than 0000 people in attendance there," said Mr Shultz.
"It is hoped that the K. U. students, on a whole, will avail themselves of the opportunities to hear reports of this great convention, by those who attended it and in turn received their own study and solution of those problems that effect the every day life and the work-a-day world."
The Black Sea is unique among oceans and seas of the earth in that below a depth of 600 feet its waters are stargazing, and lifeless.
The vertical distance from the highest point on earth to the lowest point in the sea is more than eleven and a half miles.
Committee Favors Careful Selection of Our Immigrants
Numerical Limitation Based on Quota Provision of 1890, According to Report
Would Use 1890 Census as Basis
"A conviction that the census of 1890 should be used as the basis of any percentage law has been growing rapidly," the report states.
In western Europe here in 1890 than in 1910, this provision would decidedly cut down the number of such immigrants. Immigrants from northwestern Europe furnish us with the best material for a better government; they have higher living standards than other immigrants, average higher in intelligence, are better educated, more skilled, and better able to understand our form of government. A percentage limitation on the 1890 census is sound American policy based on historical facts.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 8.-Numerical limitation and careful selection of immigrants, with a quota provision based upon the census of 1800, are advocated in the report of the Committee on Selective Immigration of the Eugenics Committee of the United States, made public to day by Prof. Irving Fisher, chairman of the Eugenics Committee.
"Immigration is a long-time investment in family stocks rather than a short-time investment in productive labor," is the keynote of the report. A system of consular certificates for intended immigrants, based upon inspection abroad, mental tests for all applicants to the average American intelligence as a requirement for admission, and severe restriction of the present system of bonding aliens admitted on appeal, are also advocated.
"It is not a question of racial superiority of northwestern Europe; of racial inferiority of southeastern Europe; of national superiority as to which of these two groups of nienna as a whole is best fitter by tradition, political background customs, social organization, education, skills, occupation, education adjusts to American education"
Quick Action Called For
"Experts have told us that had mental tests been in operation, and had the 'inferior' and 'very inferior' immigrants been refused admission to the United States, over 6,000,000 of whom would vote to vote, and to become the mothers of future Americans, would never have been admitted. It is high time for the American president to take steps for the degradation of American citizenship."
Ten of the architects who submitted plans in the last two competitions to the Beaux Arts Institute at New York were given second mentions. This is the lowest of the three awards made by the Institute but placing at all is considered a honor.
Members of the Committee of Selective Immigration, presenting this report, including Madison Grant, chairman; Robert De C. Ward; Charles W. Gould, Lucien Howe, Albert Johnson, and Francis H., Kinnicutt.
Last Week Coldest Since 1919
The lowest temperature reached during the recent cold war was 14 degrees Celsius. It was Jan. 5, according to Prof. C. J. Posey, of the department of geology. The University records go back as far as 1873 when the temperature was 26 degrees Celsius before lowering the lowest temperature on record for Kansas. Last week was the coldest since Jan. 3, 1919, when the thermometer registered 16 degrees Celsius on Jan. 3, 1919, 1887, 1884, and 1880, when the temperature was 20 degrees or more below zero.
Five of the places were won by juniors, working on an "Entrance to a stadium." These men were Phelps Cunningham, Harry Peterson Robert Jonk, James B. Eldridge and Gilbert Kessler; each four live on their own. Analysts "a Well-Head," who by Horace Wattkins, R. M. Wakefield Mayoral Linscott, George A. Stannard and Earlene C. Burke.
Ten Architects Receive Mention in Competition
News Tabloids
Venice, Italy, Jan. 7.—An intense cold wave throughout Venetia, for the first time in hundreds of years, has frozen the lagoons and canals of Venice, some to an inch or more in thickness, so as to permit people to walk across the "street." Gondols service is tied up.
London, Jan. 7. "The biggest dock fire in fifty years is raging in West India dock Hear Poplar. The Concern Hospital has been opened, already have been destroyed.
Washington, Jan. 7.—On two more ballots today the senate failed to break its deendock over the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee and adjournment was taken until tomorrow.
Leavenworth, Kane., Jan. 7.-Taking advantage of an opportunity to escape after his guard had slipped and fallen on the ice ground, Alton E. Arnett, a prisoner of the disciplinary barracks here, still was at liberty last night. Private Charcoal Man, in the grip of authority of the警证, said Arnett leaped upon him after he had fallen, took his high-powered rifle and twenty rounds of ammunition and then forced him to exchange clothes.
Debate Team to Argue With Kansas Aggies on Court of Justice
rof, F. B. Ross Will Be Judge;
Meet to Be Held Here
in February
The next inter-college debate will be held here with K. S. A. C. Feb. 29, according to Prof. Bryan A. Lincoln, debate coach. K. U. will have the negative side of the question, "Resolved that the United States should enter the Permanent Court of International Justice?" Teachers College at Emporia, will be the sole judge of the debate.
The marriage of Joanna Gleed, Mus. B., 21; to Richard H. Wargitta took place Dec. 31 at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Charles Edwards, the daughter, Chatham E. A. Edwards, of Lawrence, read the marriage service.
Troubles for this debate will be held in Green Hall, at 3:30, Tuesday, Jan. 15. Candidates will prepare a six-minute speech, on either side of the question. "Many men in the university who possess strong, emotional skills have trouble for inter-collegiate debate," said Professor Gillman. "Unless they appear in the forthcoming tryouts, the probability is that Kansas will have an unsuccessful debating season." In the Missouri-Kansas debate, held Dec. 21, upon this same question, Mr. Gillman answered the affirmative, was defeated, Judge Porterfield, of Kansas City, Mo., was judge of the debate. Professor Gilkinson, had no complaint to make against the decision. He accredited the award to the superior speaking ability of the Missouri team, Montgomery, EF, and El Paso Fields, c25, and Penelope Fields, I26, with Corpus Christi, c25, as alternate, constituted the KU, team.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wagstaff attended the University, Mrs. Wagstaff is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, and Mr. Wagstaff is a member of Sigon Chi, Mr. and Mrs. Wagstaff, who was a member of N. M., on a wedding trip, and upon their return will be at home at 1812 Vermont street.
Chinese emigration began in the seventh century.
Members of the University R. O.
T. C. will come in proper uniform
for Jayahawk pictures at the drill
variety, Wednesday, Jan. 10.
L. E. Sisson Talks on Word Changes Over Star's Radio
Former Students Wed During Vacation Week
About April 16, Kansas will now a triangular debate with the Universities of Oklahoma and Colorado. The question will be: "Resolved that France is justified in occupying the Ruhr." The Colorado affirmative team and the Kansas negative will meet at Boulder, Colo. Kansas affirmative will meet Oklahoma (negative) at Norman, Colo. Negative and Oklahoma affirmative will debate at Norman, Okla. Tryouts for these debates will be held shortly after the beginning of the second semester.
Odd Changes in Meaning of Various Terms Explained by Professor of English
"Words are almost as interesting as men and women; and like men and women, they often change in character as they grow old," said Prof. L. E. Sisson, professor of English, at the University of Kansas, over WDAF, Kansas City Star, Monday night.
"Probably few people know that in the period of the Revolutionary War, when 'Yankee Doodle' was written, the word maceron was in common use to signify a 'fop', 'dude', or 'girl'. I also heard the song now, the word macaroni suggests. I imagine, slender tubes of flour paste, and they wonder what in the world they have to do with 'Yankee Doodle'. If one were to paraphrase the verse it would read something like this: 'Yankee Doodle came to town, Yankee Doodle came to town, Yankee Doodle came to town, dandy. He stuck a feather in his cap and called himself a fop or dude'," said Professor Sisson.
Associate Piarases with People
Professor Sission pointed out that words, like men and women, often pass from one social rank to another. For instance, if a word comes to be largely used by vulgar people and not by common ones, it phrases, it is sure to fix its stalling. The word fist is a perfectly good word and is still used, but not in places where once it could. It would be a brave lover now who would venture to compliment his lady by going into maitures over her beauty. This was the reason he chose of names for "delece palm," and "grateful fingers," but beautiful fist won't do.
"Often the changes through which words pass, as the centuries go by, are very interesting," said Professor Sisson. "In the seventeenth century a pupil could compliment his teacher by saying he was a very painful man; for painful then meant 'miniskaking'. Probably one could be wrong in this regard, but painful in both the older and the newer meaning of the word.
"The word naughty has passed through interesting changes. It comes from naught and meant at first 'worthless,' 'good for nothing' and, as applied to morals, 'bad,' in a general sense. When Portinia says that a 'bad' is a 'bad' or 'wicked' world, and the word was a strong and dignified one in Shakespeare's day. In our time, the word is used chiefly to denote the petty faults or offenses of children, and so has lost much of the dignity and force it need to have. The well-trodden animal was originally shag; it comes to us from the old sport of cock-fighting.
Slang Becomes Good Usage "A little over one hundred years ago the slang word gerrymander was formed. It is now well established in the political language of the United States. To gerrymander is to divide a state into districts for the choice of candidates, an unbridled and unfair way, with a view to giving a political party an advantage over its opponent. This was done in Massachusetts when Elbridge Gerry was governor and was attributed to his influence. Some clever person observed that one of the newly laid-out districts took, with little imagination, the shape of a fantastic monster. A map of this monster was indicated, and the monster was dubbed gerrymander, a word made up from Gerry and salamander.
"And now the appropriate word with which to close this little talk on words and their ways, is the word good-by; but instead of saying good-by, I am going to close with the phrase of which good-by is a contraction and corruption, and say 'God be with you!'
K. U. Librarian Presides at Meeting in Chicago
inch photograph of each student.
Prof. and Mrs. Frank E. Jones announce the birth of a son, Friday, Dec. 28, whom they have named Walter Raymond. Professor Jones is an instructor of English in the School of Engineering.
Owing to the numerous mistakes made in registration of previous years, the registrar of the University of Cincinnati requires a one-year
Earl N. Manchester, University librarian, presided over the college reference section at the mid-winter meeting of the American Library Association at Chicago, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Mr. Manchester was also chairman of the university library section.
This mid-winter meeting is primarily a meeting of the council, which is elective, to transact business between the annual meetings held in June.
"While in Chicago, I looked at furnishings for the new building which will probably be finished dur- er the summer," said Mr. Manchester.
Torch Into National Organization; Becomes Mortar Board Chapter
Installation of the local chapter of Torch, honorary society for senior women, into the national society of Mortar Board, took place at the home of Miss Alberta Corbin, New Year's night. The active members of Torch became charter members of the organization.
Dean Sarah Blanding of the University of Kentucky, national vicepresident of Mortar Board, had charge of the initiation, which was followed by a faculty advisers of Torch. Those who were initiated were Leona Baungerart, Roh Ohmer, June Judy, Rebecca Leibengood, Lillian Mayer, and Elizabeth Dinkel. Eleven members of Torch Were also initiated.
Dean S. Blanding, University of Kentucky, Vice-President,
Has Charge
There are six members of other chapters of Mortar Board now living in Lawrence, but the only one present at the installation was Mrs. John R. Dyer. The other members are Mrs. May Sargent, Mary Sargent, Mrs. H. C. Thurman, Ruth Hoover, and Miss Margaret Barto.
Nine girls are chosen from the senior class annually by the nine active girls and faculty committee. They are chosen for scholarship, leadership and service. They are initiated in the spring of their junior year and the members are announced at the first convention during the fall semester. The chapter will be known as the Torch chapter and is the twenty-seventh chapter of the national organization in the United States.
Chinese Students Meet
Hold Second Annual Conference in Kansas City
The Chinese Club of Kansas and Missouri held its second annual conference in Kansas City on Dec. 29 and 30. Chinese students from the two states attended the conference.
New officers for the coming year were elected: P. F. N., graduate student in the University, president; Siang C. Chu, c'24, English secretary; E. D. Ven, c'24, Chinese secretary.
Send Semester Grades From Registrar's Office
Various problems confronting Chinese students in this country were discussed; one was the promotion of better understanding of China in this part of the country; another was the development of a better understanding between the students and teachers at the city as a City. A plan was discussed for the presentation of a Chinese play sometime in the near future.
Semester grades will be sent to everyone from the registrar's office according to George O. Foster, registrar. Stamped and self-addressed envelopes should be handed in to him at the registration desk. Boys wishing their grades sent out.
Dr. E. H. Lindley left for Kansas City, Mo., this morning where he gave a talk at the Traffic Club this week and will return sometime tomorrow.
Formerly, students who wished to get their grades have sent envelopes to each of their professors. This year, as soon as the grades come in they will be transcribed to the blue cards and sent out to the students
Member of First University Class Dies of Pneumonia
Frank L. Weaver Completed Requirements for Degree in Last Spring Semester
Mr. Weaver was born at Colum-
sa, O., on Christmas eve, in 1842.
he reached the age of 82. Many
people regret to hear of his death
from the 19th century, but he
received his degree of Bachelor of
science, with the class of '23.
Frank L. Weaver, member of the first class of K. U., died last night at 11:45, at his home in Pueblo, CO, from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Weaver was a member of the class of 73. Funeral services will be held at Salina, his old home town, at 10 Thursday morning.
Returned After Fifty-one Years
Mr. Weaver was a member of the school teacher north of Lawrence and did not return to school that year. In the meantime he was attending school to attend school the following year.
A year ago last fall, while on his way back from Des Moines, In, where he had attended the national G. A. R. meeting for that year, he had met with Chancellor Lindley. During this interview he decided to attend K. U. and receive his degree. With the aid of Dean Walker of the School of Engineering, he was able to end up again in K. U. and receive his degree.
When Mr. Weaver entered the school at this time he had been away from school fifty-one years. To the very day of his death he was a scholar and lived a life of philosophic learning. He possessed a personality that carried him into the hearts of others.
Was. Civil Engineer
In active life Mr. Weaver was a civil engineer and a civil engineer of Saline county, at Salina. Here also he conducted a real estate business and was responsible for the building of the Salina district to be filled with dwarfs later years he opened a estate office in Paccho, Colo.
Mr. Weaver is survived by his wife, four daughters, and two sons. Two of the daughters are residents of this vicinity, Mrs. J. M. Sanderson of Lawrence and City, Ms. Willard Weaver, a son, also is a resident of Kansas City. His son Roy is in business in Pueblo, Another daughter, Mrs. Verna Stubblefield, residences in Meredged Cal. The body will be in Merced, Cal. Mrs. Robert White, of Salina, where Mrs. J. M. Sanderson, Mrs. John A. Butler, and Mr. Willard Weaver have gone to attend the funeral.
Poor Flues Cause Loss
Numerous Fires in Student District This Year
An inspection of records shows that there have been a number of small fires in student districts during this school term, most of them the result of insecure chimneys and defective flues. Losses in general have been small, one fire, occurring in 1924 in Mississippi, resulted in a loss of $1100.
A house at 1144 Indiana celebrated the New Year with a roof fire which was detected five minutes after 1924 was ushered in. A similar fire occurred at the same place Oct. 22 of 1930, with practically no loss in either case.
A roof fire broke out at the home of Prof. M. W. Sterling, 1129 Louisiana, Jan. 5. As yet, no estimate of the loss has been reported. The Bible Chair house suffered a small loss from a similar fire Dec. 26.
Only one of the thirteen fires in student districts has been the result of carelessness. This one, occurring Nov. 20 at 1244 Louisiana, was caused by a cigarette stem dropped. A small loss was reported.
Installation of an automatic telephone system to replace the manual telephone system destroyed by the earthquake is being considered in Ja-
The W. S. G. A. Book Exchange will be open Thursday, Jan. 10, from 9 to 12.
Margaret Bright.