THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIX
EMPLOYERS TO FIGHT THE MINIMUM WAGE
NUMBER 122
Threaten to Go Into Court If Industrial Court Makes Any Ruling
IS NO DEMAND, THEY SAY
Declare Any Order Infringing Private Contract Could be Fought
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 28.1999
Topeka, March 28—Lawyers today give their views on the amount of money a Kansas working girl needs to clothize herself and on the minimum wage for women that should be established by the Kansas Industrial court.
Earl Evans, of Wichita, and B. I. Litevitch of Salina, told the industrial court it had no jurisdiction over the matter of wages for women at present, because there was no public demand for the fixing of wage.
Evans told the court that all women workers in Wichita were receiving wages above the present minimum of $8.50 a week. Liewitch told the court that in Salina an immigration aboutation had left their families in Salina banks were held by employed women; that girls took up 50 per cent of the Christmas savings club cards and that last year one Building and Loan Association opened seventy-five new accounts with working women. Evans said that conditions do not demand the action taken by the industrial court.
Topela, March 28.—Attorneys for the employers of women today threatened to go into court and fight any order the industrial court might make, fixing a new minimum wage for women.
They told the court that the employers could go to the regular court and knock out any order that might be made infringing upon the right of private contract where there was no public demand for emergency.
TALKS ON VOCATION CHOICE
Do What You Want to Do Advises Miss Torrison
Choice of a Vocation was the general subject of a talk by Miss Torrison, first assistant of the Chicago College Bureau of Occupations, in a convoction for women yesterday afternoon.
"The most important thing in choosing an occupation is to select, first, the thing that you want to do. Then you must choose the thing that you can do."
"Ask yourself some questions. 'Am I a leader or a follower? Am I creative or imitative? Am I active or am I static? Am I a talker or a silent person?' Get in any sort of position you are fitted for."
Private interviews with Miss Torrison on Wednesday may be arranged for at Dean Blitz's office.
Miss Helen Bennett head of the Chicago Collegiate Burden of Occupation, was unable to fill the announced engagement because of bronchial
"Choose a position you like and for which you have or may have some training, begin at the bottom to work up, even though you are a college woman, and then," declared Miss Torri son "you will find happiness, fame money, and the chance to serve your fellows."
Miss Terrison's time has been completely filled since her arrival by personal conferences with women of the University.
Dean Anne Dudley Blitz, after talking with the girls who have had conferences, says that the girls feel that they are receiving help of great value from one who has definite, or all information in the business field.
Report Several Tickets Sold for Junior Dinner
Miss Eva McMullen, who is in charge of the Junior Women's Dimen to be held at the Commons Thursday evening, reports that a large number of tickets have already been sold "We are very anxious" and get Junior women to attend and get acclimatized with each other," said Miss McMullen.
The price of the dinner is 50 cent and tickets may be obtained at Frasso check stand until Thursday. The women are to meet at Robinson Gymnasium at 6 o'clock to enjoy a short social hour while the tables are being arranged at the Commons. The program will consist of 'special music, a number of readings and a few short speeches.
Fourth Lenten Recital by Skilton Wednesday
The fourth Lenten program recital by Professor Skilton will take place Wednesday afternoon at Fraser Hall at the usual hour of 4:30. The assisting artist will be Miss Marcelie Privat of the School of Fine Arts. The program is Fantasia and Funhouse in G minor, Bach Sonata.
Sonata Cramatica (First Move
... Mendelsohn
Aria "He was despaired" ... Handel
Miss Privat
sonata Carrimalta (First Battle
ment)
Yon
Iora Mystica
Bossi
icheroer
Capocci
COURSES FOR SUMMER
SESSION ANNOUNCED
Will Open June 12—Catalogs May Be Secured at 119 Fraser
The Summer Session Catalogs are off the press and are ready for distribution at the office of R. A. Kent, dean of the Summer Session, at 119 Fraser Hall. Any one who is interested in the courses to be offered may have this detailed information by calling for one of these catalogs at this office.
The first Summer Session, begun in 1904, had an enrollment of 134 students. The last session, that of 1921, had an enrollment of 1309. In the seventeen years that the University of Kansas has had a summer school, all of the students have been enrolled, which is over one-eighth of the total of the enrollment of the whole University since its founding in 1866. It is believed by those in charge of this year's Summer Session that the enrolment will be much greater than ever because of the unusual attractions which are being offered. Among them are the special coaching classes, and the fact that Dudley City will be here for the entire summer session for instruction in je
The six-weeks courses of the summer session will begin June 12, and the fall sessions will open courses will open July 24. Monday, and close Friday, August 18.
WILL BEGIN HOSPITAL SOON
Bids for Construction to be
Opened April 21
According to John M. Shea superintendent of buildings and grounds, bids for the construction of the new $400,000 Bell Memorial Hospital at Rosseland will be opened by April 13. The new hospital when completed will be a four story structure of three separate sections, each containing approximately two hundred beds. All outside building material will be grey sandstone. The architectural plan is drawn by R. L. Gamble, state architect.
Mr. Shea says that work will commence on the hospital site immediately after the contract is let, and the center section which will be the administration building will be ready for occupation on September 1.
Struggles For Life As Twin Sinks Away
Chicago, March 28—Rosa Blazek struggled for life as her Siamese twin sister Josefa, faced death.
The twins, forty-three years of age,
are the only ones extant known to
the medical profession. Josepha was in a stupor at the West End Hospital and Rosa prayed for life. Rose would gladly follow her sister to death
it were not for Franz, a bright-eyed
twelve-year-old son, she told Dr.
Benjamin H. Breakstone, leading Chicago surgeon and writer.
Shanghai, March 28.—An attempt by two men believed to have been Korean Revolutionists to assassinate Baron Tamaa of Japan today resulted in the injury of both of the would-be assassins, the capture of one of them three foreigners. Baron Kanata, who was embarking for Japan after having paid an official visit to the Philippines Islands, escaped uninjured.
Rosa was buyant all morning and spoke freely with her son Franz, but lapsed into a state of semi-coma later in the day.
Physicians today were still uncertain whether the death of Josefa would mean Rosa's death also.
A public recital will be held in Friar Chapel this evening at 8:30 o'clock by the music students of the School of Fine Arts. The public is cordially invited. The program for the recital appeared in Friday's Kansam.
COMMITTEE TO STUDY HEALTH AND HOUSING
Five Faculty Members Will Delve Into Hygienic Conditions of Students
STUDENTS TO INVESTIGATE
Particular Attention Will Be Given to Heat, Light and Ventilation
A comprehensive study of residence and University buildings has been undertaken by the University committee on hygiene and sanitation, which is a sub-committee of a larger body authorized earlier in the year by the University Senate to make a serious study of health, hygiene, and housing with reference to the University population. Of this committee, Prof. N. P. Sherwood of the department of bacteriology is chairman. The other committee members are: A. H. Jewell of the department of bacteriology; F. P. engineerering of bacteriology; F. P. O'Brien of the School of Education; and Elizabeth C. Sparge of the department of home economies. Two members of this committee are also commissioned by the State Board of Health.
The committee proposes, at this time, to make a careful, scientific study of housing conditions and residence provisions in all fraternity, sorority, cooperative and boarding houses. It is intended that the results of this investigation, after they have been tabulated into the handbook, general findings, will be at the attention of the administrative officers, the housing committee of the University, and also made available for others officially concerned with the health, hygiene, and housing of students. Such a procedure should operate to render successive smaller inquiries pertaining to residence conditions unnecessary and undesirable. Particular attention will be given to the kind and adequacy of heating, cleaning, and ventilation systems; of study, toilet, and sleeping facilities; of natural and artificial lighting
The actual investigation of conditions and the collection of facts will be accomplished for the committee by an advanced class of senior and graduate students who have had special training and preparation for the work to be done. The team will design the students who will work in teams of two so as to guard against errors or omissions in the work by simply checking each other. Teams of girls will investigate the girl's residences. Teams of men will be charged with the houses for men. The teams will proceed under the immediate direction of the teacher, for the class work. The scoring card to be used by these teams for the residence buildings, their condition and equipment consists of two printed pages of condensed inquiries. Each team will be provided with extension rulers, the score card a photometer, for measuring the alumination, and in some cases a thermometer, for measuring the humidity of the air in the rooms. It will require approximately two hours to complete this phase of the work for one of the larger residence buildings.
Columbus, Ohio, March 28—Cool mines in southern Ohio began to close down today in preparation for a mine explosion of the bituminous miners April I.
FORD CAR HAS UNLUCKY RUN
While Mr. Cunningham was gone after some one to rescue his car, several crew members gathered around the car and pushed it back onto the road.
Four large: operations in the hocking Valley Field stopped early today and will not reopen until the controversy is ended, mine owners announced. Other mines will be shut down this week, they said.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
"Doggeon, ain't the luck," exclaimed A. W. Cunningham, B.S.95 as he looked at his Ford touring car with the radiator resting against a tree half way down the embankment in front of the Engineering building
A. W. Cunningham is Surprised at Waywardness of Car
While Mr. Cunningham, who lives at 1316 Vermont Street, was in the building, his car, with the top up, was driven down the bank by the high wind blowing yesterday aft fern. The pedator, light, front fenders, and the fan were damaged considerably when the tree stopped the car.
Radio Music is Feature at Phi Kappa Psi Dance
K, U's first radio dance was held Friday night at the Phi Kappa Psi hapter house. Music was heard broadcast from Kansas City and Den
Radio Music is Feature
Although the amplifier used was not strong enough to make the music all over the house, enough music could be heard to permit dancing by many couples. Several other concerns and dances are being planned in the future by Robert Smith, who has a radio out of his in the chapter house. Mr. Smith says the only concern is that he is being lecting it, because every large town is now broadcasting music, lectures, etc., and it is quite a problem to select the town where the music is to come.
CONGRESSMAN AN AID FOR K. U. POSTOFFICE
Little, An Old Graduate Was Prominent in Student Affairs While Here
E. C. Little, A. B., *83*, LL. B., *86*,
congressman from the second district
who has been instrumental in securing
the new post office for the University is another of the "old girls"
of the city. Other other services for his Alma Mater.
With the present baseball nine practicing for the spring games it is interesting to note that Mr. Little, in the spring of 1879 called a meeting of pitchers and catchers. That was the beginning of athletics for K. U. E. C. Little and Charles F. Scott were the batteries for the first baseball game that the University nine played. Also Mr. Turner pitched 100 yard dash in 10-2 laps.
The Kansas Review, the first student magazine published here, had Mr. Little as its business manager. That and other publications which he sponsored were successes financially, and this included an important part of the Kansas Review, Dwight Thatcher, publisher of all the student publications in those days said: This was not only the first time a students' publication had been paid for, but it was the first time that any one of them had been paid in full at all."
Back in the "old days" it seems that Hat Speeches were in vogue on the junior class day. The junior went on the platform with the seniors who made a speech and gave them an stove-pipe hat. The junior Hat Speech in 1825 was made by Solon Schoenberg in Charles F. Scott; in 1882 by E. C. Little, and in 1883 by Y. W. Morgan.
The first University dance was given in Fraser Hall during the fall of 81 with Mr. Little in charge. "There was a terrific struggle every year to divide the honors of the junior ball," one of the "old grads," said, "but with Little running things there was no kicking."
Chicago, March 21. The conference between coal operator and union officials to be held here tomorrow may serve as the "opener" of negotiations for a truce to prevent the threatened shutdown April 1, it was viewed here today.
Washington, March 8.—The house adjourned shortly after r. reconvening today out of respect to the memory of Representative Parish, of Texas, who died last night from injuries received in automobile accident at Wichita Falls.
Washington, March 28.-Abolition of the civil service system of selecting government officials and a restoration of the old plan of having appointments on political recommendation is favored by Attorney-General Daugherty. This was revealed today by testimony of Daugherty before a sub-competition of the House Appropriation Committee.
To have been the first graduate from the University of Kansas who was chairman of a state convention, or a delegate to a national political convention from Kansas was Congressman Little's great honor. He was the first graduate of K. U. in the United States, but in battle he first graduate to represent the United States in diplomatic service abroad; and the first graduate of the School of Law to be nominated for the Supreme Court.
Preparations were under way for the meeting between Frank Farrington, head of the Illinois union miners, and the operators.
WIRE FLASHES
Noted Y. M. C. A. Worker Tell- Classes of U. S. Duty to Immigrants
RINDGE SHOWS NEED OF EUROPEAN PEOPLE
TALKS TO RESEARCH GROUP
Many K. U. Students Will Spend Summer As Industrial Laborers
Laborers
F. H. Rindge, secretary of the Industrial Department of the National Y. M. C. A., has been speaking to a number of groups at the University today. This morning at 8:30 and 9:30 o'clock he spoke to a combination of Economics and Sociology classes on "The Message of Europe."
Mr. Rindge discussed the immigration question and while commenting on our relation and duty to other countries he quoted a foreign speaker who summed up the situation in six "We need. You can. You ought."
At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon he talked to an advanced class in business administration on "The Human Side Business and Industrial Democracy."
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon Mr.Rindge spoke in Fraser chapel to the Industrial Research group and to others who were especially interested. One interesting phase of this meeting was a presentation of how Engelman would speak without speaking their language and without the use of an interpreter.
Plans for this summer in service groups were thoroughly discussed. There is to be special industrial research work done in Denver, Omaha, and Wichita this summer, and any student interested can be placed in a position in some industry or social organization with enough classes, including railroad expenses to and from the place of employment.
The group will make inspection and observation trips to study movements in this field. The summer service work will extend over a period of six or eight weeks, but those who wish to do so many continue in employment until the end of the summer. Mr. Ridge leaves tonight for Man
The object of the summer's work is to study industrial and social relations. Those who are in this work will meet together in an industrial and social seminars under expert leadership to study these problems and to exchange ideas this spring. At these meetings there will be addresses by prominent social leaders, labor employers, and others.
hattan where he will conduct discussions such as he has led here. From there he will go to Colorado and then in to the coast.
STUDES INVENT TIRE TESTER
A new invention to test the relative wear on automobile tires caused by the different kinds of pavements is being worked on in Fowler Shops by Harry March Frank Goodnow and "Pill" Wells in connection with theirses for the B. S. degree in civil engineering.
The idea was conceived by Prof. C. Wiliamn, of the department of civil engineering. A shaft run by an electric motor propels four wheels around on a circular section of pavement. By increasing the speed and pressure the relative wear on tires caused by brick, asphalt, concrete and other kinds of pavement can be auscertained.
Three Senior Engineers Contrive Machine to Test Wear
The Goodrich people have worked out a means of testing tires, but in their method only one tire is tested at a time and their idea is to test tires and not so much the wear caused by the different kinds of pavement.
Kappas and Wankantas Win in B. B. Semi-Finals
Authors Club Entertains For Dorothy Canfield
Kappa Kappa Gamma won the championship of the K division in women's intra-mural basketball, last night, when Pi Beta Pi was sdefeated 38-23. Wankanka won from Chi Omega with a 39-6 score. Tonight the two winning teams will play for the large silver loving cup awarded to the winner of the tournament.
This year, for the first time, the organizations we're divided into two groups and a small cup was given to the champion team of each division. It became the cup last year. It becomes the permanent possession of the organization holding it for three consecutive years.
Dorothy Cantfield Fisher, daughter of the late Dr. James Hulme Cantfield of the department of history of the University of Kansas and later librarian by a dinner given in her honor by the Author's Club of New York, in the club rooms in the Carnegie Building. Mrs. Fisher is the author of several books and essays. Her husband John R. Fisher is also a writer and critic.
Mrs. Fisher was especially honored, as it was the first time in forty years that the Author's Club has given a dinner in honor of a woman.
SENIORS WILL MEET THURSDAY IN FRASER
Attend
President Bradley Urges All Members of the Class to Attend
A mass meeting of the entire senior class will be held Thursday at 12 o'clock in Fraser Chapel according to an announcement received from E. L. Bradley, president of the upperclass this morning.
“This will be one of the most important meetings of the year,” said Bradley, “and it is to the best interests of every senior to attend. Those having 11:30 classes are not requested to miss any of their class work but they ought to be in attendance at the Fraser gathering. All have classes at that hour should come after their class close,” said Bradley.
"I want to correct a mistaken idea, Bradley said, "of any false runners that have been circulated that the purpose of this meeting is to reprimand the managers of the Cake-Walk for financial carlessness as regard to the success of the dance. The managers have more recently been asked to make a report to the class, regardless of reports to the contrary."
Reports from the different finance committees will be given at Thursday's assembly of the seniors. The Cake-Walk committee will submit a report of the Cake-Walk, the senior dance held last month. The budget will be considered, and the assessment will be put forward by the memorial committee will propose several plans for a University memorial. The committee will ask the aid of the class in the selection from tentative arrangements made by the committee for a gift to Mount Oread. Other important business matters will also be discussed and a program for the number of the year will be formulated.
The Boy Scout Benefit given at the Bowersock Theatre last night, under the supersite of the Rotary Club, was well received by a large audience. Over eleven hundred dollars was taken in. This money will be used to help the Scout camp to be used by the scouts and others for a summer camp.
SCOUT BENEFIT PROFITABLE
Five acts of vaudeville and a Rotary Club minstrel constituted the program. A wireless concert which took place at the beginning of the program was not the success it should have been, due to the presence of a large amount of static electricity that continually interrupted the concert.
To Start Camp With the Eleven Hundred Dollars
Dean Harold L. Butler rendered his "Several Songs Without Tears," and made his usual success with the audience. A one act comedy by Marjorie Kidwell, Cooper MacMurray and Howard Hawke entitled "Bills" proved to be not only clever but well acted, and he starred in their reactive parts.
Magic and Mystery featuring Dr. F. A. Koester, a Rotarian from Topeka, Irene Hodley, Howard "Slick" Holmes, "J'ap" Holmes were all appreciated.
"To keep the nuts off the grass," said King Davis, janitor at the engineering building, in explaining the why of the new iron sail which he had just completed erecting around the base of his building at the far end of the campus.
Several attempts have been made to break the engineers of cutting across their own lawn, by means of wire fences, but the agile wives of the sombreros continued with their short out to the building.
Engineers Will No Longer Use Short Cuts on Lawr
Now they will walk around the cement walk.
SOLICIT FUNDS FOR BURLINGTON RELIEF
Governor Has Authorized Wichita Beacon to Collect Relief Funds
WILL REMIT TAXES, TOO
K. U. Students Who Hail From Flooded City Tell Interesting Incidents
The Governor also took initial steps today to see what relief could be given in the way of remitting taes on property destroyed by the floe l.
Topeka, March 28.—While he has not issued a proclamation calling for aid for the flood sufferers of Burlington, Gov. Henry J. Allen said today that he had not taken official action because he believed the natural generosity of the other communities would put them to offer relief to the Governor said that today he had no need to paper, the Wichita Beacon to solicit funds for the Burlington relief committee.
S vrical of the K. U., students from Burlington were affected seriously as a result of the Burlington flood. Miss Ollefa Sailing who was among the victims of the flooding, the central of the Burlington students. Her body has not yet been recovered.
The hardware store of Chet Sherwood, father of Othal Sherwood, c25, and Loraine Sherwood, c24, was completely demolished. C H. Puffer, father of Charles Puffer, c22, injured during the flood, is now improving rapidly. Francis Cronin, brother of Bortha Cronin, c24, was injured while helping with the rescu work. A J. Wynn, brother of Bortha Cronin, c22, who president of the Burlington State Bank, says that his bank managed to come through the flood uninjured. The other bank, however, was dammed considerably.
The Burlington Republican did not miss an issue during the flood. In Saturday's paper many advertisements may be found relating to the flood. The issue seems to indicate that most of the business men will continue. A great deal of moving around from one building to another is being done, both in the business and residential districts
A letter which Bertha Cronin received from her parents Saturday says that the water swept down the main street of the town in waves that ran two and three feet high. As soon as rescue work could be started, men were clearing away the debris, working hard and shoulder deep in the water.
"Red" Pierson, who lives at Burlington and was at home at the time of the disaster, tells of a number of interesting incidents. He says that the water rose so fast that many of his students were inside the roofs of the houses, "the one man," he said, "dived under water to reach an airport doorway in order to rescue an old lady. He reached the woman, but there was a cat in one of the other rooms and the women did not want to go until she rescued her cat. This however, the hero refused to come out and guarded her to come without the cat."
He tells of a man who owed a frown garage which was in the swifter part of the flood. The sides of the building were made of metal and glass and all that remained was the ends, the rafters, the roof, with the owner sitting on one of the rafters. The current in that part of the stream was too swift for boats and he had to remain there until the water went down, thinking every minute that the building would collapse. Another man succeeded in rescuing a shopkeeper and his wife in a boat, but the man insisted in going back after his money. When they were almost to a landing spot, he struck a telephone wire and overturned the boat. The shopkeeper managed to reach land and while the other man was trying to swim with both the shopkeeper's wife and his money, the shopkeeper shouted to him to he sure to hang onto the money.
Makes Dormitory Borings
Borings by H. L. Layman of the department of civil engineering on North College Hill where the women's dormitories are to be placed show that the understrrate have a tendency to slip. Mr. Layman is doing this work in order to determine the strength and type of foundation necessary for the new dormitory. He will check the foundation care will be exercised in making the foundation to prevent its slipping and cracking and thus weakening the structure. Strong re-enforcement will probably be necessary.