THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIX
SANDBURG DELIGHTED AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT
NUMBER 108.
The Chicago Poet Added Another Large Group to His List of Admirers
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927
A SINGER OF FOLK-SONGS
Every One Got Excited Over the Sad, Sad Story of Frankie an' Albert
Half whimsical, half grave, Cara Sandburg, outstanding poet of the twentieth century, spoke to a large audience in Fraser Hall last night.
With a mass of iron-grey hair hanging over his brow, with a far-away look in his deep-set grey eyes, Carl Sandburg fairly mesmerized his hearers last night. The Chicago poet read from his various volumes of works that he felt fell upon accompanied by a guitar—the "Bollweev" song, a ludicious bit, and the "Frankie and Albert" song, a classic from the gutters.
The poet began with a lecturette, as he called it, on poetry, new and old, and then began to read from his own works. Whether the audience understood his poems or not, and there is a decided element of the mysterious in his work—Sandburg impressed the crowd with his sincerity.
But it is his voice that is the Ch. cago poet's most poetic quality. It's unforgettable; it's hucky and passionate. Sandburg stood before his brawny shoulders, but he didn't bow utterly simple. He's just an ordinary, hard-writing newspaper man who loves poetry and the songs of America.
The third section of Mr. Sandburg's program was a group of American folk songs, sung in an imitable soft drawing voice that brought storms of applause. Mr. Sandburg acceded panied those songs on the guitar, cow boy songs, railroad songs, old spirits and music from his childhood hamming and unusual in cadence.
"It was a good audience," said Mr. Sandburg after the program, "I can always judge the temper of an audiobook by its tone and the Tombs' poem, and the poem about Nancy Hanks. If there is an instant of absolute silence after I am done, I know that the audience is a sympathetic audience. This was a wonderful audience."
Mr. Sandburg was entertained at six o'clock dinner at Wiedemann's tea room by members of Rudamantini the teacher and a number of faculty members, a number of faculty members.
JAYWALK BILLED FOR FRIDAY
Seventh Annual W. A. A. Party Has New Features
The poet was brought to the University by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity. He will head the list of lecturers on the Lecture courses under the direction of the University Extension Division next year.
Favor dances are to be a new feature.
The Jaywalk, scheduled for Friday evening, March 10, a dance sponsored by the Women's Athletic Association, promises to be better than the similar parties given previously, according to those in charge.
Robinson Gymnastics will be decorated with crimson and blue in an original arrangement, according to the federation's request of the committee on decorations.
Saunder's five-piece orchestra is been engaged to furnish the music. An especially clever program is being planned in charge of Helen Sorter.
The Jaywalk is a one o'clock all-University party and is the seventh annual event.
Tickets will be on sale at Fraser check stand Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week and can also be reserved for the of the Ka Ku Klan and the K Club.
Tons of Rock Excavated For Laboratory Extensor
About one thousand tons of rock have been excavated from the quarry west of Administration Building for the construction of an Electrical Laboratory Extension. The building is in the process of replacing a portion of the rock from the quarry has been going on for about two and one-half months.
implicated. Laboratory. Nearly a sufficient quantity of rock has been removed from the quarry for the building.
Nearly all the buildings on the Hill were built of the rock mined from the local quarry, which is called Oread limestone. B. L. Cowden has had the hill excavated.
Bethany Circle Pledges Fourteen New Wome
Fourteen New Women
Pledging services were held yesterday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Bethany Circle room in Myra Hall fr fourteen girls. Light lunch was served in the social hour following the ceremony.
Those plied were: Bessie Scarbrough, p Troy; Ruby Kowing, c'25, Lawrence; Hazel Mowbray, c'25, Hiawatha; Ruth Einaf, fa'25, Gardner; Bortha Bower, c'23, Fermozo, Rhea Einsen, c'25, Lawrence; Elie Rogers, c'23, St. Joseph, Mo.; Helen Wimmer, c'23, Beody, c'25, Araja; Qit Guais, Cwoln; Iona Vaughn, c'25, Wellington; Meredith Nicholas, c'25, Ottawa; Henry艾蒂斯 Attri, c'25, Olathe; and Vera Simmons, c'24, Abilene.
ENGINEERS HEAR TWO SPEAKERS FROM EAST
L. C. Nordmeyer of St. Louis and W. H. Kenerson From Brown University Talked
"There is only one way for the engineer to succeed," said L. C. Nordemeyer of the engineering firm of Tait and Nordemeyer, St. Louis, in an address before the students of the School of Engineering this morning "only one way—and that is: work, work, work!"
"Engineering work will carry you into almost anything. That is why I say that a foundation of an engineering education is the best thing for the college student, unless he intends to take up law or medicine.
"To be a successful engineer, a man must possess confidence, but not over-confidence. Many battles have been lost merely because a man has been over-confident. No position of responsibility in the world is held by an engineer without thorough acquainted with every phase of his profession."
lege students who are enrolled in engineering work.
"You do not come to college," he said "merely to get information. If that were so, a plan would be devised to go there. I tell you the information readily, and the professors would soon be out of a job. No, information is the last thing you come to college, but before you finish your school, you'll find it is very important.
"The successful engineer must be able to put himself in the place of the 'other fellow.'" He must be able to know what the other fellow wants, and he must be able to get what he wants accurately."
Business brought up at the convocation had to do with the Engineer-Law Debate, and the annual Engineers' Day. Chairmen have been appointed to see the details of the latter. From the enthusiasm evidenced, the annual regatta promises to be a bioc affair.
BUDGET FOR GIRL'S CLOTHING
The electrical engineers are holding a banquet on March 16, and there is to be a joint meeting of the industrial and mechanical engineers tonight with regard to membership in the A. S. M. E.
According to the budget worked out in the department of home economics of the University, a girl must have $200 a year for her clothes. In the clothing classes of the department, each girl gave her clothing expense over a three year period. The average expense was $185 a year in averages of $700 a year and only one showed an average of $88 a year.
Girls Must Have $200 a Year for Clothes
Three students were recently dropped at Cornell for violating the honor system. One student who was found guilty of breaking into an office was acquitted by examination and questions was expelled permanently by the Central Committee.
Co-eds at the University can work up no sympathy for the Topeka budget of $87.55 for the purchase of a girl's clothing.
The authority of the same department at K. S. A. C. shows that the minimum budget for a woman meet is $173.00 and for a clerk in a store should be $137.03.
EXPEDITION GOES OUT TO GET WEIRD BEAST
Hunters Leave Buenos Aires to Search Wilderness For Plesiosaurus
ENGLISHMAN SAW ANIMAL
Party Has Orders to Capture Prehistoric Creature Dead
or Alive
Buenos Aires, March 8—An expedition under direction of Clemente O'Nalli director of the Buenos Aires zoological garden plans to leave Santa Marta to visit the site in captain death or alive the prehistoric plesiosaur reported existing there.
This remote region, miles from a railroad, is known as the graveyard of the Jurassic period, in which the plestiosaurus lived. It abounds in skeletons and other relics of the age of giant monsters, such as the ichthy-
The hunters will be equipped with harpows and firearms and will be ready to do battle if need be with more than one of the prehistoric monsters. Doctor O'Nelli, said today that there had been other reports of a plasiosaurus being seen in the region where Martin Sheffield, an Englishman claims to have discovered one.
saurus and the dinosaur. Doctor O'Neill believes it possible that one or more of the plesiosaurs may still be living in that host world among the dead bones of his contemporaries—a. Morachuela of meteisrilenia. a. Meteisrilenia.
The expedition upon arriving at Lake Eaguel, deep in the Andes where the giant reptile is supposed to be the aquatic lizard, must search the waters for the mysterious thing. If this relic of by-gone ages can be taken alive the plan is to care
ry it back to Buenos Aires for the zoo. Otherwise it will be enbalmed —equipment for this will be carried by the hunters.
Lake Esperal is a small lagoon without any surface outlet to the sea. It is a very deep basin near the latitude 43, an ideal place in which to soak ancient forms of life as there has probably been no decided change in its physical aspect since preistoric ages.
If a plexissaurus is found it will be a great step for science organizers of the expedition said. Scientists will be in line to learn about the function-essentials of the third frontal functions and whether the nervous system depends entirely upon the brain and spinal medulla or has independent activating ganglions.
If Sheffield really has seen one of it those monsters alive it will be of interest.
Doctor O'Neill. "It will likely be about nineteen or twenty feet long with a body like a crocodile and a long neck." Doctor O'Neill does not wear a tuxedo, but lives in pre-historic times. He thinks it is linked to lost ages by many generations and that its own years are probably not more than five hundred.
PARENTS TO HEAR LECTURE
Dr. F. B. Sherbon, professor of home economics of the University of Kansas, will speak to the Parent-Teachers Association of the Lawrence Junior High School. Thursday after afternoon, a lock in the high school building.
Dr. Sherbon Will Give Health Hints for Children
Hostesses at the W. S. G. A. tea Thursday, March 9, in Fraser Rest Room will be all the senior women who attend the tea, according to Nadine Cox, who is planning that at the tea immediately following this event. All students, hostsesses, and that at the next one the Sophomore women will serve.
On the evening of March 14, Dr. Sherbon will speak at the Congregational Church to the Second District nurses on "Public Health Nursing" and on March 22 she will speak to the State Parent Teachers' Association at Wichita, Kan., on "Children's Code Condition."
Women of Senior Class To Be W. S. G. A. Hostesses
Dr. Sherbon's subject will be "Health of the School Children." She has spoken to practically all the associations of Lawrence during the past term on the subjects of child care and hygiene.
The special committee for this week's tea is made up of the Senior women on W. S. G. A., Pauline New-horn and John J. H. M. Doryne, Dorothy Engle, and Ruth Miller.
Naismith Outlines Plan For University Women
Dr. James N. Alisman, head of the department of physical education, in his speech at Y. W. C. A. yesterday, urged the women of the University to get behind the new Lawrence civic organization.
Dr. Naismith explained that the purpose of this organization was to provide wholesome recreation for everyone in Lawrence, by putting the whole recreational program under the direction of one man, and by dividing the responsibility for activities and finances between two groups of men.
"The college women can do much to help in this work, by helping supervise playgrounds, and by attempting to relieve the tired mothers of the town in the care of their children," Dr. Naismith said in conclusion. June Judy, fa'24, was elected as the member at large to serve on the
June Judy, fa'24, was elected as the member at large to serve on the nominating committee.
BUSINESS IS BETTER MERCHANTS DECLARE
An upturn in business in Kansas, due to improved crop prospects and to an increase in building and manufacturing activities, is forecast by merchants from all parts of the state who are attending the Merchant's Short Course, now in session at the University of Kansas. A review of
Visiting Retailers Bring Reports of Improvement Throughout State in All Lines
chants iron various sections of the state, shows January and February of this year to have at a low job, with transactions below those of the same time last year and farmers buying what their product would pay for.
Some of the merchants pointed out that economy practiced by the farmers was making it possible for them to buy more now and was lessening their losses by show collectors growing out of the poor grain last year.
The recent snow general over the state and the consequent improve of crop prospects, plus a general strengthening of farm products
have improved the outlook in farming communities, the merchants declared, and they believe, with agregated sale, the turnover of merchant revenue greater and the sale equal in money value, to those of year ago.
One merchant mentioned a decided increase in cash trade in his community, and a representative of a printing firm reported increasing demands for sales books and other store stationery.
Not only did the merchants report improved farm conditions, but from many parts of the state came storms and improved industrial conditions as well.
Improvement in building of residences is reported from Mankato and Brooklyn. The plant is running full time and the flour mills are building an addition to take on additional processes. Iola cement, brick and ameling plants are
Caney has been having good business all winter, and looks forward to a busy summer, due to construction of two railroads, one to Vineta, Okla.
WIRE FLASHES
Kansas City, Mo., March 8—The fight of live stock producers to open incompetent marketing of their products became general over the west today when the Missouri Live Stock Association joined the other associations against Armour and Company because of the company's alleged control of the Mistletoe-Fowler Plant, at Kansas City.
and the other to Pawhuska, Okla. Two glass plants are adding to the weekly payroll and road-work has had its part in increasing potential business. Chanute railroad shops are adding men.
Colony is enjoying a local oil boom
withdrawal of deposits occurred," a statement by Roy Wolcott said.
Oklahoma City. Okla., March 8—Four thousand Oklahomaophans with affected totalling $1,666,476.10 were affected here today when the Wilkinson Hospital in Oklahoma instituted of this kind, failed to open its doors, following a run evident for the last two weeks. "The bank was unable to collect notes as fast as we
Pen and Scroll will meet tonight in Fraser Rest Room at 8 o'clock sharp. Very important. Mann, would be
Very important.—Means, president.
K. U. SENATE ADOPTS
NEW EXAM SCHEDULE
Possibility of Early Commencement Brings Shake-Up in Finals
BAR MEETINGS REPORTED
Chancellor Lindley Tells Senate of His Recent Trip to Washington. D.C.
Examination schedules for next May were adopted, and a report of the proceedings of the American Bar association, attended by Clement Linder last month, was heard by the University senate at its meeting Tuesday
The examination schedule brings all the morning classes, in which the greater number of the seniors are registered, early in the examination period, so that the registrar's office may make up graduation records in the event of a commencement, should one be decided upon. Following is the schedule:
Odd classes, Saturday A. M., May 27
8:30 classes, Saturday A. M., May 27
9:30 classes, Monday A. M., May 29
11:30 classes, Monday P. M., May 29
(Tuesday, Memorial Day),
1:30 classes, Wed. A, M. May 31
1:30 classes, Thurs. M June 1
1:30 classes, Thursday A, M. June 1
1:30 classes, Thursday P. M. June 1
Upon motion of Miss Corbin, the secretary was directed to send to each member of the faculty a statement of the faculty action of October 3, 1916, and of January 2, 1917, determining that students were used in grading students' work.
"I was gratified to know that Kansas already has set up the standards for its legal training that were advocated for the United States as a whole, in the talks before the American bar association at Washington," he said. "I was reporting on that part of his recent trip east which took him to Washington.
"Eminent men of the American Bar advocated the plan that two years of collegiate training and three years of full time legal training. Among these were Elliott Root, who was chairman of the committee; Chief Justice Taft, McAdoo and former Attorney General Wickersham.
"It was surprising, however, the arguments that were offered for the continuance of the present standards Perhaps the hardest one to meet was the one that Lincoln, if he were alive today, would never have been able to get the college training. From the speeches, opinion was evenly divided.
"Mr. Root pointed out the ease with which young men, particularly from the south of Europe, were admitted to the bar, before they had learned anything of American institutions. Then, in the nature of things, they get into the legislatures and make laws that are foreign to Anglo-Saxon ideals.
"Then, in a masterly, 7-minute address, Mr. Root closed the arguments, and the recommendation that local bar associations work for the advanced standard for the legal profession passed with a large majority."
Chancellor Lindley predicted that university short courses of various sorts, supplementing the professional training of busy men, would be given serious consideration by American colleges.
Vice-Chancellor Burdick told the Senate that the Kansas School of Law had considered, but in common with all other law schools, had decided not to prescribe the collegiate work to be done in a pre-law course. He said Kansas is the only state in the Union that requires quisition to admission to the bar, although many of the better law schools are requiring it for graduation.
National Organizer of Theta Sigma Phi Hero
Missa Grace Eldingham, national organizer of Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalistic fraternity, is visiting the local chapter here this week.
Miss Edington is a graduate of the University of Oregon. Since her graduation she has been teaching in the schools of journalism in Washington, and she had some poetry and short stories published in various magazines.
The members of the local chapter of Theta Sigma Phi will entertain the women of the department of journalism in honor of Miss Edgington, in Fraser Rest Room, Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Debaters from the University of Chicago and the University of Idaho will meet at Boise on March 31. The Chicago team is said to be very strong and this debate will be a test of the relative strength of the Idaho team.
French Professor Writes Articles for Magazine
In the Modern Language Journal for February appeared an article entitled Sondern Versus Aber; Sino (quoe Versus Pero by John A. Hess of Heidelberg) discusses Mr. Hess discusses the perplexing rules found in German and Spanish grammars for the proper recondition of the English conjunction “but,” and gives a rule which he has found adeptly enough of comprehension by students.
Mr. Hess also had an article on Un source de Lecons de Choses Pour le professeurs de Francais, in the October issue of the same journal for 1921 in which he recommends several books if the dictionary-encyclopedia type is aids in enriching the vocabulary of teachers of French.
TOMORROW MORNING THE OREAD MAGAZIN
Early Spring Number on Sale at 8 o'clock—Wm. A. White a Contributor
The Early Spring Number of the Oread Magazine will be on sale on the Hill tomorrow at eight o'clock, according to an announcement by Elmer Olson, circulation manager, this morning. Members of Quill Club and Pen and Scroll will distribute the magazines on the campus, and they can also be secured at Fraser check stand tomorrow.
No effort nor expense has been spared to make this issue the best that Hillian could produce, say the editors. William Allen White has written an article for on "Whpy B" winning short stories are included in the issue. A lively parody on the famed Vachel Lindsay, upon the subject "The K. U. Filling Station" occupies the center of the magazine with a double page illustration. It is written by Josephine M. Barham.
The cover of the Early Spring Number was drawn by Leonard Seiring, fa'25, and is a work of art, according to Hill errata.
It represents a sunset illustrating a descriptive poem entitled "The Rose Window," written by Victor Sofargevicz, instructor in the Engineering school.
Of especial merit and distinction are the poems included in the number, said Margaret Larkin, a critic. In comment upon the magazine,
Following is a list of the contributors to the Early Spring Number: William Allen White, Josephine Burns, Stephen D. Cunningham, in Austa L. Cross, Robert Kohl, Joseph S. Turner, Jacqueline Gilmore, Hadaz Ehartier, Daisy Marty Bishop, Evelyn Ramsey, Ruth Muskrat, Emma Humble, W. D. Hackey, Thomas F. Foster, Eric G. Parker, Ralph Johnston, Everly Hughes, and Harold Matthews.
REORGANIZE GRADUATE CLU
Will Hold Dinner at Commons Thursday
The Graduate Club will meet Thursday, March 9, at the University Commons, between the hours of 6 and 7:30 for the purpose of reorganizing and renewing the club. Dean Blackmar, of the Graduate School, and Dean Kelly will be the speakers. There are areas in the situation that will be taken up in the meeting, for the purpose of enlarging the work and the influence of the club. It is felt that too much of the time of the instructors is taken by the undergraduates, and that there is not enough time for graduate students to pursue research work. One of the first efforts of the club will be to call the attention of the University to this condition. The club will also attempt to further the interests of the graduate students in preparing to promote the social life of the organization.
Campus Artists Assist In Show Card Writin
The duties of these men is to instruct the merchants in the use of "air brush," special lettering pens and other art equipment.
"Fuz" Wright and Homer Rupert,
versatile campus artists, are assisting
John DeWild, instructor in show card
Mercantle, Merchants, Short
Course, this week.
MILLARD SPOKE IN GREEN HALL TODAY
According to Mr. Rupert, the merchants are having their greatest trouble in learning the proper manipulation of the modern letter pens.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
Field Secretary of Proportional Representation League in Support of Organization
TRACED SYSTEM ORIGIN
Speaker is Also National Municipal League Representative—A Friend of Sandburg
Walter J. Millard, fields secretary of both the Proportional Re presentation. League and the Nation i Municipal League spoke this afternoon in the Little Theatre. Green H$^{-}$; on the Republic of .Proportional Representation.
"The system of Proportional Representation was originated some hundred years ago by the French statesman, Mirabeau. Seventy years ago, Denmark invented a system of its own, identical, but independent of this system and it has been in successful use in the Scandinavian countries since that time. Some years ago John Middleton came into the future and prophesised the birth of proportional representation. Proportional Representation is used in both parliaments of Ireland—it is the only thing that they agree about.
"The system itself is an essential part of the City Manager plan. It has been used in four cities of the United States, Astinibula, Ohio, Sacramento, Calif., West Hartford, Conn., Baldoyle, Colo., Cleveland, Ohio, City Manager plan and will see the results of an actual Representation in its next election. City Councils of Canada are elected by this plan.
"The present form of the system under consideration today was evolved by Hare and put in a usable form by Catherine Spence. It is planned to use for City Councils and Commissions, State Legislatures, the National House of Representatives, and other policy-determining bodies, public and private. The Hare system is otherwise called 'proportional representation with the single transfer rate'. It is already used in many of the Englin-broadband tries in the world. It is adopted to get rid of the crying eyes of our old methods of electing representative bodies.
"By this system of 'P. R.' as it is called, the candidate's vote is effective, even though his candidate of first choice has no possible show of election. By the central count system, his vote is transferred according to the rule that a candidate who is in the lead. By this way everyone has a fair chance to vote for the leading candidates and thus an interest in the election is stimulated for all have a part in the real electing. In five groups where candidates were to be elected, three-fifths or half, but it follows that one-fifths or a minority, can always elect one representative.
"This P. R.' system does away with the expense of a primary election. The names are all put on a ballot, and in the printing the order is rotated, so that each candidate has equal opportunity for his share of the moron vote, which is about thirty per cent of the whole vote cast. It makes it easy to know what the party is instead of the party 'machine', it reduces the incentives to corruption because a few votes will not turn the scale; it makes representation of localities possible, but not compulsory; it lets the voters share equally in electing the body which levies taxes and spends the money; it conducts to steady progress instead of to vacillation between exponents." Given this information by giving a fair hearing to all elements; it provides a greater basis for efficiency of administration."
H. G. Wells was quoted as saying that this was the only subject on which he was a near fanatic. It is promoted by engineers and men of political science everywhere. A mock election by the 'P.' R. system for die-offs in New York held, and thereby the exact workings of the system were demonstrated.
Mr. Millard is a personal friend of Carl Sandburg, John Masefield, and Vachel Lindsay, and said that after the results of the .P.'R' system were certain he was going to lecture of soehs he had met.
Students at the University of Lel-
and Stanford will have an opportunity
to make a foreign trade tour to Europe
under the direction of the American
Express Company next summer.
Industrial plants and financial, civic
and educational institutions will be
inspected in New York, Ireland, Scotland,
Belgium, Holland, Germany,
Switzerland and France.