THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MAY ADJOURN GENOA PARLEY UNTIL JUNE
Conference Suggests to Russians a Second Meeting at The Hague
NUMBER 152
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS. MONDAY, MAY 15, 19922
U. S. IS TO BE INVITED
Government Officials at Washington Say Bid Will Be Refused
Genoa, May 15—The political subcommission of the Genoa conference sent a reply to the latest Russian note proposing that the Genoa parley adjourn until June when delegates from the Allies and Russia will meet at the Hague. The United States has been formally invited to join in the Hague conference, the Russians were informed.
"This is our final move. If they refuse, we have nothing further to say. I sincerely hope the United States will accept our invitation to be present."
Events at Genoa now wait upon replies from Russia and the United States
"We,propose to meet the Russians at the Hague around the same table on terms of absolute equality." Lloyd George announced today in explaining the Allies' plan to adjourn the Genoa conference.
The suggestion that the United States be invited came from France. The idea seemed to be that the Russian negotiations there had broken down because Russia wanted credit and the Allies could maintain it. The United States is to be invited in order that she may supply these credits.
Washington, May 15- State department officials today declared that America's answer to the invitation that the United States participate in an international conference on the issue of Hugo, Jue 15, would be a negative.
The invitation, as forwarded by Ambassador Child from Genon, was received by the state department at 10 o'clock this morning.
PROF. EIKENBERRY LEAVING
There was nothing to indicate any change in the American government's position which caused it to decline to participate in the Genoa conferences.
Education Faculty Member Accepts Eastern Position
Prof. W, L. Eikenberry, of the department of Education will leave the University at the end of the present school year, to accept a position in the State Normal School at East Stroudsburg, Penn. He will have charge of the department of biological sciences there. His work will include not only teaching the students but also the supervision of training teachers in his. His salary will be increased by more than one-third over what he is now receiving.
Since coming to Kansas five years ago, Professor Elkberry has organized the science teachers in the public schools of the state and has given an impetus to the standardization of this work throughout Kansas.
Professor Eikenberry has a national reputation as a worker in his field. He is a joint author with Prof. Otis W. Caldwell of one the first successful general science texts written. This book is widely used not only in the United States, but also in England. Last year Professor Eikenberry published a book entitled "Problems in Organic Chemistry" on one on "The Teaching of General Science." The last named is the only work of its kind yet written.
Dean Kent Supervises Kansas City Contest
Dunn R. A. Kent, of the School of Education, has charge of a prize scholarship examination content which it receives from the Kansas City Kan. High School.
The prize is to be $10.00 in each of five fields, English, languages, maths matters, sciences, and history. The decision of the judges is to be made by May 22, so that the prizes may be awarded at commencement time.
No student can enter the contest in more than one department and both the maximum and minimum enrollment is limited.
Acacia Banquet
The Acacia fraternity held a banquet Friday evening at the S-ottish Temple in Kansas City, Mo., on "memorization of the Annunciation was held afterwards for all De Molays who are seniors in high school.
K. U. Alumni Help Build New Okmulgee Library
The new city library at Okmugleme,
Okla., being erected at a cost of
$100,000, has inscribed on it the K. U.
building in its construction in a striking way.
Warren S. Belows, c"11, of Oklahoma City, is the contractor for the job. The chairman of the Okmugleite library board is Asa Dutton Kennedy, '80, and L. L. Cowley, who attended law school at Oklahoma University of the same board. This board has directly supervised all the construction of the library.
L. L. Cowley in a letter to the Alumni Association of the University also that Robert Smith, 116, is practicing in Okmulgee.
EMINENT GEOLOGIST IS TO SPEAK WEDNESDAY
Will Talk on Relation of Geology to Future Development of Country
Eliot Blackwelder, eminent geologist, will speak to the general public at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Room 208 Haworth Hall on the campus of the University to the future development of the country. The lecture, which will be of a general interest rather designed for persons professionally interested in geology, is regarded as one of the best resources given as at the University this year.
Professor Blackwelder will also be the principal speaker at the annual founder's day banquet of Sigran Gamma Epsilon, honorary geological and mining fraternity, Wednesday evening.
Formerly head of the geology department at the University of Illinois, he becomes professor of geology at Leland Stanford University next year. He has spent years in doing commercial geology work, and has been operating in the eastern Kannas fields. The Colony gas field, from which Lawrence receives most of its gas supply this year, was discovered by Professor Blackwelder.
Feeling that the lecture will be of general interest, the faculty of the department of geology is extending a cordial invitation to the public to hear lectures. Attendance may May 17, at 4:30 in Room 203 Haworth Hall.
He has also done work in the United States and in Alaska for the U. S. Geological Survey, and is an able supporter of the Carnegie foundation in China. Last year he was vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At present he is member of the Teton Petroleum Syndicate.
FACULTY KNOCKS NEW TARIFF
Protest Removal of University
Duty-free Privileges
Scientists and administrative officers in the University have sent out a petition for duty free privileges in the Fordney Tariff bill. In former bishops, universities and colleges were exempt from payment of duty on imported materials used in the laboratories.
The Fordyce bill provides for the raising of duties from twenty-five per cent to fifty-five per cent, on science instruments and materials and no duty free privileges are to be recorded universities and colleges. Educational institutions from all over the country are required to take part in the privilege. The petition at the University of Kansas has about forty signers.
Before the war, this university imported much of its scientific material from foreign countries, but for the past five years, very little has been imported. Many of the instruments which are made in Europe cannot be duplicated in developing countries, necessary to import them in the laboratories. A high tariff bill will increase the expenses of the laboratories to a great extent.
At a business meeting of the Graduate Club held Thursday afternoon at 130 o'clock, the following officers were elected for the coming year: resident, Sherwin Finch Kiley; first vice-president, Chester Long; second vice-president, Robert H. Montgomery; treasurer, John McLean; treasurer, Keatherine Doering
Sherwin Finch Kelley Heads Graduate Club
A committee was also appointed and arrangements made for the annual picnic for graduate students which will occur Thursday May 18, at Beamish University. The meeting will be on West Ninth Street. This meeting will be the last one held this year.
BEGIN FINAL CAMPAIGN FOR MEMORIAL FUND
Plan to Reach All Former Students Who Have Not Subscribed
FEATURE RADIO SPEECHES
The Grand Total Now Is $825,
000, and It Is Steadily
Increasing
Increasing
The time intervening between now and commencement on June 5 will be used, according to a statement by Alfred G. Hill, secretary of the Memorial Corporation of the University for teaching all the graduates who have not yet far been asked to contribute to the Memorial Fund.
The corporation is this week mailing out letters to such persons in thirty-three different states, compassing part of the territory already covered in the regular local campaigns but appealing to those students who have not had an opportunity to contribute.
Local campaigns under the direction of memorial representatives are this week being carried on in Oklahoma, Illinois and Missouri. Henry McCurdy, who put over the campaign materials, is ready to open the St. Louis drive, Chancellor E. H. Lindley been scheduled to speak before the St. Louis chamber of commerce on Wednesday night, and also at the K. U. banquet of the alumni and former students of the city. The St. Louis Post-dispatch bureau will make a fifteen-minute radio talk for broadcasting from its station.
The drive in Tulsa has already started under, the direction of Basil Church, and is being extended to the rest of the state.
Within the state John Porter is visiting Neosho, Wilson, Greenwood, EIK, Chautauqua, and Woodson counties ounce. Charles Gleason will be in Kingman, Barton and Edwards counties ounce. James Dyer opened tonight to Dean Dyer as the principal speaker. Sixty out of 105 counties in the state have already been canvassed, most of which are in the eastern part. The drive is gradually being extended westward. Within the next two weeks local campaigns will begin. The county officials, leaving finally about thirty to be reached by mail.
The total for the Memorial fund to date is about $252,000. Mail returns are coming in steadily, $300 being the corporation this morning.
"The mail campaign is in reality only started," said Mr. Hill this morning, "and the experiment has brought us even closer to being from alumni and former students."
an typical of the spirit in which contributors are pledging to the fund. Mr. Hill cited a letter received today. It contained a check for the first payment on a pledge of seventy-five dollars and the contributor added, "I am sorry that I can't give $500 instead of only seventy-five."
K. U. TO HAVE FAIR EXHIBIT
Professors W. A. Dill, A. W. Olmstead, H. M. Elisey, T. E. Johnson, C. T. Nelson and Mr. Alfred Hill, alumni seize, compose the University committee on the exhibits for the Kansas Free Fair which will be held at Topela the week beginning September 11.
K. U. Women to Authors' Meet Margaret Larkin, c2', recent winner of the Kansas Authors Club's $100 prize with her poem, "Good-bye" will be the guest of the club at their convention in Wichita next week. She will appear upon the program reading several of her noams.
The committee decided that in order to put the University before the public in a more attractive light than had hereditary been done by various exhibitions, a working exhibit would be put on. It was suggested that laboratory classes would be sent to Topena to give some practical demonstration of the equipment used in the different courses. This it is believed would make the exhibition more attractive than anything that has been attempted before.
Laboratory Classes to Demonstrate at Topeka
The only difficulty now presented to complicate this plan is the fact that the regular laboratory classes in the fall semester will not be in session.
Mur. Marilyn Culp Berry, K. U., graduate and winner of the Authors Club's short story prize, will also attend the convention.
Prof. F, E. Kester, of the department of physics, will deliver an address Thursday, May 18, at 4:30 p.m. in room 305, Chemistry Building, on the subject, "Atoms and Molecules, Oid and New."
Retiring Sigma Xi Head Is to Give Final Talk
This is the address given eglory two years by the retiring president of Sigma Xi, upon his retirement from office. The subject is one of the most important and interesting subjects in modern physics at the University of Chicago during the last decade having revolutionized the foundations of science.
The meeting is open to the public and the subject is of such a nature as to be of interest to all who attend.
ARCHITECTURE MEDAL AWARDED TO BIRCSAK
At the annual banquet of the Archi-
tural Society, which was given at the
First Presbyterian Church last
Saturday evening, May 13,
an announcement of the chapel medal given by the
Institute of Architecture was awarded to Edgar F. B. Irisack, e22.
This medal is awarded annually to the senior architect who has completed
work with the highest scholastic standing.
Scholarship is Won Annually by Senior Having Highest Standing
The Thayer medal which is presented to the students who have shown the greatest progress in the Class B. Project Design, was awarded to Miss Ora Nicholson and Arthur B. Harris.
The Scarah Fraternity Medal, given for the best analytique design, was awarded to M. L. Stuhl.
Prof. Goldwin Goldsmith acted as tastmaster. The subjects of the toasts given were taken from class problems. The program consisted of rides by E. M. Tanner, B.S./16, who is now with the J. C. Nicholson, B.S./18, W. R. Rose, Rose and Peterson at Kansas City; R. E. Scamell, B.S./11 of Topeka; "BILL" Ienchoer, B.S./21, who is now with Sanderlin and Rescke, architect at Kansas City. Speeches were also made by representatives of each class. The seniors were represented d by D. K. Harris and Rescke, architect at A. B. Harris, the sophomores by G. Greyer, and the freshmen by P. Cunningham.
Other guests were Mrs. H. E. Scamel of Topeca; J. Leland Benson, B.S.2; Lee Soxman, B.S.21; Miss Julia Carman, B.S.20, B.Egeon L, Chandler, B.S.21; Mrs. Alice Chittenden, Professor Goldsmith's mother, E. C. Johnson, in charge of construction of the building at High Lawn in revenue. A place was for Mrs. Goldsmith who was unable to attend because of illness.
The Librarians Are Real Human Beings
A telephone rings once and a cah concerning a book is answered. I rigs again and a startel librarian exclaims, "Oh, dear, Julia's stuck at the Commons and its raining awfully outside..."
What do librarians think about?
Tomes and bindings and dead authors' names?
Are they mumbling long lists of alphabetical matter while they check in the mail and prepare becks for cataloging? No, no, Zoonaster. No, a peep behind the scenes will convince one of that.
"I made it just as smooth and creamy as could be. Now the way you do it, ...," and the discourse ends with "covering the thinness of aluminum nails."
Meanwhile the idiosyncrasies of a professor, whose mounting wrath concerning a delayed book has called him to the telephone thrice daily for the lecture, became less cussed and notes compared. The talk drifts to salad dressing.
"I'll bring her right over, my car's here," proffers another, and she hastens away.
"Take an umbrella," adds someone else, and hurries after her.
WEATHER REPORT
Another jangle announces the telephone. An excited discussion ensues centering about the rainy day and its probable effect upon certain tickets to be gotten rid of. At this moment Julia returns and—discussions? Yea verily, but they lean not upon librarian topics, Zoraster.
Weather generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday afternoon in west and central portions.
Arizona Gang of Eight Put to Flight By Expressman's Rifle
EXPRESS MESSENGER FOILS TRAIN BANDITS
STOPPED TRAIN BY BOMBS
Huge Posse Trails Golden State Limited Robbers—Head For Mexico
Tuscon, Arizona, May 15.—The old west returned today when one hundred men armed with six-shooters and riding cow ponies struck off over the desert on the trail of seven fleeing train robbers. The men, fleeing in flivers, the modern mount of the train robber, held up the Golden State Limited near here shortly after midnight. The train, racing across the desert, was bought to a sudden stop, stopping half of his horse-torpedoes placed on the rails by the robbers. As in the old days of the pony express, it was the express messenger, Harold Steward, who broke up the robbery.
He unimilbered his heavy rife which hung in the express car, and when his magazine was empty one man lay dead and seven were in fight.
Word of the robbery was telephoned to Tucson and in two hours four posses, each headed by a deputy sheriff, had taken the trail.
The pursuit led toward the Mexican border, less than one hundred miles distant, but over a desert country where water holes are few.
The train, stopped by the handlers, was cut in two, the engine and express cars being moved down the track nearly a mile from the passenger coaches. Just as the handlers were about to begin their work of looting the express car, however. Steward opened fire and the robbery was over.
The engine and express car were shoved back down the track, passenger coaches picked up and the train proceeded toward Los Angeles where the coach drivers were not aware that anything out of the ordinary had occurred.
BOOSTS COMMUNITY SERVICE
Doctor Naismith Believes Benefit Will Come From Move
Doctor Nalsmith believes that large benefits are going to be derived from the new Community Service move, which will be delivered at the present time for Lawrence.
According to Doctor Naismith the colored people are going to be most benefited by the Community Service program. It will give them opportunities for consistent consecutive work in all other ways as well as physical.
The work of the Boy Scouts and the Campfire Girls will go on and be benefited by the new move. Doctor Naimish also thinks that the singing of the children of Lawrence, which has been neglected in the past, will be given more attention and be improved. The plan is to lay great emphasis on singing in all school and community work.
The length of duration of this community move will depend entirely upon the interest that the citizens of Lawrence take in it. If the people take the interest in it that they are expected to it will grow to be a permanent part of the program of the city.
Doctor Naimith said, "If the Community move is put over, we can form men instead of having to reform boys to make men out of them.
Letters From Registrar To High School Seniors
This is graduation time in all of the high schools over the state and the Registrar's Office has been sending out personal letters of congratulation to each of the graduates of this year. So far the office has sent out 9,500 letter of congratulations over accredited schools. Some have not sent in reports yet.
The Registrar expects to send out 10,000 letters altogether. This is a much larger number of graduates than the schools turned out last year for the Registrar's Office sent out 8,000 letters then.
These letters urge the student to go on with his education and it is needless to say what institution is suggested.
Anna Elizabeth Smith, A.B.13, who is present principal of the English and Spanish Day School at San Luis Potosí, Mexico, will come to Lawrence on Saturday for the countermatch of a month's vacation at her home at Delphos, Kan.
Engineers and Laws Are Confided In By Lindley
"I like to have these family get-together, to talk confidentially to the School of Engineering without publication of what we say," said E. H. Lindley, chancellor of the University an engineering convention in Marvin Hall.
"I request that what I have to say in regard to the recent engineer-law affair not be printed."
The Chancellor spoke in a slightforward and candid manner, giving his opinions of the actions of the two schools and commending their fine spirit. He addressed a similar convoction of the law students in Green Hall later in the morning on the same subject.
DANCERS ARE READY FOR MAY FESTIVAL
Program is Composed of Class and Individual Dancers
The May fete is the wok. k of the women's department of physical education, and has been prepared d as class wok. k in the gymnasium. It is under the direction of Miss Margaret Burt, Miss Rita Hoover and Beth Smith.
All the costumes are finished and the dances perfected. The programs are completed and the field has been fitted with settings for the fete.
The last rehearsal for the May Festival* to be given Tuesday, May 16, at 5:30 o'clock on the Stadium Field, was held this afternoon. On Friday, places were assigned and the sequence of dances arranged. This afternoon the music was practised with the music and the centre program rehearsed.
The thirteen dance represents "Spring in an Old-Fashioned D garden." Besides the class dances, there are three pieces by Virginia Haynes and Virginia Haynes have the roles of the old-fashioned girl and boy, Isaiah bith Duniel, as the fairy queen, does a solo舞, Grace Smith, Hazel Eberhard, and Lorna Dillen are the dancers.
The price of admission is thirty-five cents and tickets will be sold at the east entrance of the Stadium. The lunches for sale after the program.
YOUNGSTERS HOLD FIELD DAY
Lawrence Grade and Junior Highs Contested
Junior High and the elementary schools of Lawrence staged their annual track meet on the Stadium field Friday afternoon. About 1400 pupils and 600 junior high pupils contested for blue and red ribbons. A crowd of several thousand persons turned out to view the meet.
Before the track events, there were field day exercises of Danish dance, Seven Steps dance, Indian Club drills, mass calisthenics, Mole drill, palm ballet, and pliament for those exercises was given the Ghi Mu Alpha orchestra.
Exhibits of work done in the classroom were on display at the Junior High School throughout the day, 'n the evening the Junior High School band, orchestra, boys' glee club, girls' glee club, boys' quartette gave the-annual concert at the First Methodist' burch.
A K. U. Graduate Has Job at Carnegie Tech
This work is detailed and as fa reaching as possible, encompassing a short personal history of every agent and salesman plus their respective successes and failures in the in the business.
Miss Oakland Maupin, a former graduate fellow in psychology here is now at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Miss Maupin is in the personnel bureau there and her special problem, she writes, is to collect dependable data concerning insurance agents and salesmen.
According to the Insurance Field, this new work promises to prove valuable in revealing certain significant human differences which will be of great assistance in helping general workers to assemble nurses with better results.
Fire partly destroyed the roof of Wila Wentin one of the University co-operative houses, yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. Sparks from the chimney were responsible for the blaze. The house will require an entire new roof. None of the contents of the house were damaged.
Fire at Co-op House
JAYHAWK WINS MEET WITH AGGIE WILDCATS
Manhattan Aggregation Fails To Place in Seven of Regular Events
RELAY GOES TO KANSAS
Captain Bradley Scores Five Firsts and One Second for Crimson and Blue
Saturday's dual track meet between Kansas and the Kansas Aggies resulted in a decisive victory for the team, as the relay race had been run, stood to 41 in favor of Coach Schlademann's proteges. As usual, Capt. Everett Bradley was high point man of the first five priests and a second to his credit.
At the start, the Aagies took the lead, scoring a first in the 100-yard dash, Irwin breasting the tape a few inches ahead of Bradley. In the next event, the mile, James evened things up by finishing some distance in the lead of Mathais, of the Aagies, who placed second. From this time on Kansas took the lead, and proceeded to walk away with the meet. In seven games, the Aagies failed to place a man, while Kansas contestors placed in every event but two, the 220-yard dash, and the vollea tault.
The two-mile race was the feature of the day. Massey led the field for the first five laps; on the seventh, Kykendall, the lengthy Aigie distance man, took the lead, only to lose it again when Massey spurted at the sound of the gun for the last lap. The second time, the team took the lead for the second time, and despite a brilliant sprint by Massey, managed to hold it to the finish.
In the relay, Irwin running for the Aggies against Firebaugh, gave the second runner a slight lead over Kellert. Kellert ran a wonderful quarter against Chapp, and turned over a good ten yard advantage to Griffin. He touched hands with two to touching hands with O'Leary, the Kansas anchor, O'Leary finished about thirty yards ahead of Rilly, the fourth Aggie runner.
The summaries: .
100.yard dash—Irwin, Aggies, first;
Bradley, Kansas, second. Time 10 seconds.
Mile-James, Kansas, first; Mathias, Aggies, second, Time, 4 minutes 35 seconds.
Quarter mile—O'Leary, Kansas, first; Firebaugh, Kansas, second. Time 50 3-5 seconds.
Half mile—Brown, Kansas, first,
Meidinger, Kansas, second. Time
1 minute 59 4-5 seconds.
220-yard dash - Irwin, Aggies; first;
Riley, Aggies, second. Time 22 2-5
seconds.
120-yard high hurdles—Bradley,
Kansas, first; Kearney, Kansas,
second.
Time 15:3-5 seconds.
High jump- Glaskin, Kansas, and Jennings, Aggies, tied for first. Height 5 feet 9 inches.
Two mili—Kykendal, Aggies; first;
Massey, Kansas, second. Time 9 minutes
45 3/5 secs.
220-yard low hardies—Biley, Aggles, first; Kearney, Kansas, second. Time, 24-4-5 seconds.
Broad jump—Bradley, Kansas; first;
Ribcough, Kansas, second. Distance,
22 feet 14 inches.
Pole vault—Hope, Aggies, and Dodson, Aggies, (tied for first). Height 11 feet 9 inches.
Dicus—Bradley, Kansas, first; Broady, Kansas, second. Distance 127 feet 1 2-1 inches.
Spot put—Bradley, Kansas, first; Broady, Kansas, second. Distance 42 feet 1 inch.
Javinne-Bradley, Kansas, first; Matthews, Kansas, second. Distance, 162 feet.
Relay—Won by Kansas (Firebaugh Kellett, Griffin, O'Leary) Time 3 minutes 27.3-1
Starter—Gwynn Henry, C. of E.
Definite word has been received from Denver relative to the Industrial Research Group to be held this summer. Those men who are interested are asked by Laurence Walworth, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., to concern concerning the matter. Groups will also be held in Wichita and in Onuha, Nebraska—Laurence Walworth, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
W. Y. Morgan, A.B./S.85, candidate for the Republican Nomination for Governor, spent Sunday at the Phi Gamma Delta House.