THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIX
STUDENTS HARD HIT BY WAGE REDUCTION
NUMBER 104.
Some Employees Fear They May Have to Withdraw From the University
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922.
LINDLEY GIVES OPINIONS
Chancellor Says That Cut Was Necessary From a Business Standpoint
Student employees of the University feel seriously the effect of the recent wage cut ordered by the authority. Students expressed themselves as fearful that it will mean their withdrawal from the University at once, unless funds can be borrowed, as they say they cannot meet expenses with a reduced salary.
"While I regret exceedingly any inexperience it may cause employed students," said Chancellor Lindley in a speech on Monday, condition which we cannot help. In our administration we are compelled to make our expenditures entirely from a business basis, and business operations that a wage cut was imperative.
"At Manhattan, student employees are paid a maximum wage of thirty cents an hour, while at Emporia the hourly wage is twenty-eight cents and less an hour. Inasmuch as Kansas receives her money from the same source as these schools, we are compelled to reduce wages to their level."
"The mere saving to the University through this reduction is not the big item considered at this time," said Doctor Lindler, "but it is the impressions we are going to make at Topkopa that business buildings just as efficient from a business standpoint, as do the other Kansas schools."
Students, while they appreciate the condition as it exists, are still left face to face with what it means to be economically poor. They mean more debts, to others an even more economical budget if it is possible, while to those who cannot receive aid through either of the above conditions the University seems imperative.
According to Doctor Lice, it is universal practice of schools to pay a lesser wage $t_2$ student employees than to regular laborers, due partly to the labor laws that make it unable to devote their minds entirely to their work, dividing their thoughts between their work at hand and their lessons. He pointed out that at the present time plenty of two-hundred and thirty cents an hour
Some students feel that the cut is doubly hard on them, due to the fact that it comes after the second semester is well under way, causing a greater loss if they withdraw. In this case, the reduction in wages have been inevitable, since the beginning of the school year, and the postponement of the cut has been made entirely for the benefit of the student. We have been giving him five cents or more an hour over what other school pay in full sympathy with his need, but the press question could not be put off any longer.
"While the student may be working at a lesser waist just at present than a laborer beside him," pointed out Doctor Lindley, "he is securing University training which will enable him in the course of time to far excell this man. Presently he must be acted as a booked upon merely as a means to the end which he is attaining, and not from the standpoint of present wages."
New Plan to Replace Cash Bonus Agreed Or
Washington, March 2—The House bonus sub-subcommittee agreed today upon a provision eliminating all cash bonus except for ex-service men whose allotment would not exceed $50. The cost of this cash payment is estimated at $16,000,000. For the others, insurance certificates will be issued, with the exception that a banker can get a loan from a banking house up to 50 percent of the amount of adjusted pay noted in the document.
Sociology Club Meets Today
Sociology Club Meets Today
The meeting of the Sociology Club this afternoon at 4:30 in Room 168 East Ad will be in the form of a conference between the sociology majors and the faculty of the department.
The discussion will involve possible opportunities to build social service and opportunities for social service work after the students graduate. The faculty will aid all major students as far as possible in obtaining work of this kind.
Austin Bailey Writes Articles on Glass Work
Prof. Austin lailey of the Department of Physics has completed a chapter on "Glass Working," which will be incorporated into a book, "Manual of Laboratory Technique." The National Research Council, which is publishing the book, requested that Professor Bailey write this chapter. He also has an internship experience in this University. Later, he was employed by the Corning Glass Works of Corning, New York, makers of Pyrex ware. He was superintendent of Scientific Glass Ware production in that firm.
NAISMITH CONSIDERS NEW LOCKER SYSTEM
Adoption of Plan Will Allow More Space for Gym Work
The locker situation is a serious one, is the opinion expressed by Dr. James Naimish, head of the department of physical education, this morning. Not only is there no lockers for those who would like them, but there isn't enough to accommodate those taking regular Gym work.
The department is now considering the adoption of a new system, used in Kansas City. If this system were adopted, there would be a sufficiency with the present number of lockers, but a need for more lockers would be needed. This vacant floor space would be given over or barely needed handball courts.
Were this system indent d, a double deck of lockers would lay the east wall next to the pool, and run along the entire length of the south wall. In an open-back locker, the south side, would be rackes holding metal baskets. Each basket is large enough to hold all gym clothes, and can be padlocked. In these kacks would be kept the student's gym cabinet, an portable and holds mint-sack baskets.
The student wold unlock the basket assigned to him, take out the gym clothes and place his street clothes in one of the lockers along the wall, which he would then lock with his nodlock, and return the basket to its proper place. When the class was ready, they locked the basket back in the basket, and after taking the street clothes out of the locker, lock the basket.
Thus each person is assigned an individual basket instead of a locker. There would be a surplus of lockers that could be used in the women's locker room.
This system can be worked better with the men then with the women, and if adopted would save much expense of purchasing new lockers.
THREE MADE DRAMATIC CLUB
Thela Tholen, Arthur Wolf and
Harvey Walker Elected
Theo Tholei, Arthur J. Wolf and Harvey Walker were elected to membership in the K. U. Dramatic Club last night. "The Man from Brandon," was the play given for this trout, Out of the cast of seven, only three were elected to membership in the Dramatic Club.
Arthur MacMurray, professor: of public speaking, pronounced the work fairly well done, but emphasized the fact that the players showed a lack of thorough preparation. Albert Shaner, who coached the play infers that irregularity in attendance and not enough hard work on the part of the individuals participating aided in their rejection. Those participants will have an advantage, well, will have another opportunity to trivort iffthey so desire.
A second tryout including the play, "A Matrimonial Adventure, will be presented March 8.
Bacteriology Club Holds an Initiation Ceremony
The Bacteriology club met Wednes-
day night and initiated eleven new
members. The initiates are: Leona
Baumgartner, Ann Sidman, Joseph
lee Phen, Ada Reed, Ruby Mantje
Mary Ewing, Dan Phillips, Homer
Clements, Edith Levitt and Twilla
Chappuis.
Miss Downs, assistant professor of bacteriology, gave a talk on the history of the department and the field of work open to its graduates. After the initiation ceremony the new members put on a very clever little comedy by the late Mr. Elishik, an allegory on the overcoming of disease germs, which proved to be very entertaining to the rest of the club. The meeting was then given over to refreshments and a general good time.
CRITICS REVIEW BOOK BY K. U. PROFESSOR
"The Settlement of Wage Disputes" Reviewed in Nation and N. Y. Paper
LABOR IS THEME OF BOOK
Says Wage Question Is to B Settled Through Labor Organization
Labor problems are to be deal with, not as disputes between individual workers and employers, but as be two industrial groups, is the opinion of Prof. Herbert Feis, of the department of economics of the University of London, who has written a document of Wage Disputes," which is reviewed in recent numbers of the N. Y. Evening Post and The Nation. The book falls into two parts, one devoted to labor economics in the modern industry and the other to the work of the economist. The book advances two theories of lair reward. One is the well-known supply and demand theory of the economist. The other, which is termed the theory of the ethicist holds that since people are unequal in ability to produce goods and able to produce equally, and that individual reward is therefore unspecial.
"Professor Feis's book," according to the Nation, "is not a superficial study of the various forms for aid and judgment and abstraction but rather a study of the economic fundamentals which underlie any policy of wage adjustment. He assumes as a premise first that the present order is based upon the economic fundamentals in the near future, and second, that unions will continue to exist and grow and will receive increasing recognition. His theory of wages is a form of the productive theory, modified and relieved of its domination by numerous qualifications. The share of the product labor receives, according to this theory, depends upon the nature of the elements engaged in producer which in turn depends partly upon their relative productivity."
In the review the chief adversely criticized of the book is that he adopts the older method of qualitative analysis, whereas satisfactory answers to many of the problems under consider-able conditions are obtained only by quantitative analysis.
It is not always necessary to lower wages when prices fall and the relation of one wage rate to another, usually known as the wage differential is not fixed forever by natural law according to Professor Fels.
TEACHERS IO MEET APRIL 9
Will Discuss Problems of English Composition
The spring meeting of the State College Association of English Teachers will be held at the University of Chicago on April 20th, the first session will be held in the morning at 10 o'clock, probably in room 305 Fraser Hall. It will be a Round Table discussion without formal presentation, following topics will be considered;
As the topics are of interest to high school as well as college teachers, a number of high school English teachers will be in attendance.
A. Further steps toward coordinating high school and college English composition.
C. A method of determining the proper teaching load of collegé Encell h instructors.
Captain Leon D. Gibbens took a turn for the worst late night and today his condition is very serious. He has been unconscious since the accident on Sunday and his temperature has risen very high. He cannot live very long unless his condition undergoes a change for the better soon.
B. A plan for measuring progress in English.
Captain Gibben was injured in the accident which cost Dan Harrison, Jr. his life, when the Ford coupe in which they were driving was struck by a westbound Santa Fe train near Eudora Sunday.
For the present year Prof. E. M. Hopkins is the chairman of the conference, and Prof. C. C. Alexander Baker University is the secretary.
Specialists from Kansas City, *Tampa* and Fort Leavenworth, and Law enforcement doctors are holding a consultancy to determine whether a law-enforcing possible is being done for him.
Consulting Doctors Say Gibbens is Much Wors
Send the Daily Kansan home.
Seats are Going Fast
Tickets were placed on sale today for the Carl Sandburg lecture-recital night in Fraser Hall, and more than 100 have already been disposed of. Tickets may be bought at the library during any time. The price is seventy-five cents.
For Sandburg Recita
The Sandburg entertainment is one of the main features of the Merchants Short Course, and many of the visitors are expected $t_2$ attend. Since Sandburg is a popular entertainer, and he has been able to hear him appear to be in demand, according to those who are in charge of the entertainment.
WILL EXHIBIT PRIZE
FRAZIER WORK HERF
Four Paintings by K. U. Profes
sor Awarded Dana Medal
at Philadelphia
The four paintings done in water colors by F. J. R. Frazer, head of the department of painting, which were awarded the Dana Gold Medal Prize at the Philadelphia, Pa., Academy of Fine Arts in 1921 will be on display for a couple of weeks in Room 301. East Administration Building.
In 1920, Mr. Franzie the water colors, which won the Philadelphia Water Color Club prize, were characteristic New England marine scenes. All of the paintings of 1921 express the country in the New England states.
The largest one portrays the dune country, a few houses with a road running among them, a familiar scene in the New England states. Two are of characteristic groups of town houses in New England towns. The pointing of beached fishing snacks illustrates the water front at low tide.
Annually during the month of November, the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts holds an exhibit of watercolor paintings, which is probably the best kind and largest exhibited of this kind in the United States, as the best paintings are sent in from all over the country to compete for a spot on the Boston Memorial prize, the other, the Philadelphia Water Club price of $200.
Professor Frazier, who has won both prizes, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design at Providence and a pupil of Charles Hawthorne. He is head of the department of drawing and painting in the museum. Hawthorne met her years he is an assistant of Mr Hawthorne at Provincetown, R. I.
WIRE FLASHES
Each year students from the University go to Provincetown to study with Mr Hawthorne. This year Dorothy Dear and Mabel Hastings of the department of drawing and paintings be among the group that goes east.
Topcake. Marsh 2—The school teachers in sixty-nine of the eighty-first and second class cities of Kansas will not be asked to take a reduction in salaries this year, F. L. Pinet, secretary of the State Teachers Association, announced today following the completion of a salary schedule.
Washington, March 2—American Legion leaders here are satisfied with the House Committee's proposal to drop the cash bonus, provided a workable bonus certificate fund to arrow money on is substituted.
Washington, March 2.—Congress will enact the legislation necessary to complete the St. Lawrence River canalization project, Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas believes. "Sitiment is almost universally in favor of the project," he told the United Press just before leaving Washington, following his debate on the project with Governor Miller of New York before the national rivers, and harbors congress.
Washington, March 2 — Federal action to save the American people from “financial wizards,” confidence men, stock salesmen, and “bounce” oil operators who are swindling them out of a sum estimated by some experts to be close to $1,000,000 a year is being planned by the government
Washington, March 2 — Readmit-
ment of service men's pay to affect
immediate savings of $13,000,000 and
an ultimate savings of over $28,000,000
was provided for in a bill introduced
today by Senator Wadsonworth, chair-
man of the Senate military affairs
committee.
Total Number Enrolled Las Year Was 2,466—Increased 400 This Year
MANY TAKING WORK BY CORRESPONDENCE
RHETORIC POPULAR STUDY
Education and Economics Next —and Languages Run a Good Fourth
The number enrolled in the corresponde study courses under the University Extension Division is larger this year than ever b.force. A few changes have been made in the nature of the work and a number of new courses are being offered. A new bulletin of the courses will be ready for distribution b.force the spring session of school closes.
Miss Norman Keys, who is in charge of correspondence-study enrollment, states that in spite of the fact that she has received a sufficient through the lack of a sufficient number of instructors, the enrollment is steadily increasing. The total for last year was 2,466. This is an increase from the average enrollment of the year before.
More students are taking correspondence work in Rhetoric than in any other subject Education and economics are also favorite departments and a great many students are enrolled in foreign language courses. A large number of Catholic sisters are taking courses in Latin. Through its correspondence courses the University is offering a course in Portuguese for foreign students, but demand for this course in residence, but not enough to warrant it a place in the popular curriculum for this term at least.
The University of Kansas extension department is the first in any state university to offer a correspondence course in Municipal Administration. This course was designed to give students a better understanding of positions. The course in municipal government has also been revised to correlate with the new course.
The correspondence study records for last year show that certificates were issued for L150 semester hours of college work and for forty-seven units of high school credit. In addition to this some vocational work was taken for which no credit was given. The number of students who are part cent of the students who are taking college work have be n connected with the University in residence.
According to Miss Keys, one of the main problems of instructing by correspondence is that of teaching the student how to study. "They depend too much on the text book," she said, "and are handicapped by that when they take their final examinations. One of the first things that the student must understand," added Miss Keys, in the course. Some fail to realize how many students we have enrolled and expect more time than it is possible for us to give with our present office personnel and teaching force."
RAISE PRE-MEDIC STANDARD
Must Present Certificate of Good Character and Health
The faculty of the School of Medicine, at a meeting in Roseville Wednesday, passed upon the proposed requirements of students in this school, as regards moral character, time of study and standards of scholarship.
Hereafter students wishing to enter the School of Medicine at the University of Kannai will be asked to present certificates bearing evidence of a good moral character. They must be signed by two physicians of the county in which the student resides. Blanka for such certifications is provided by George E. Coghill, secretary of the faculty of the School of Medicine.
The minimum number of college hours required for admission remains the same, sixty hours. A standard of scholarship, however, has been set for these prescribed hours. In the future 45 of the 60 hours must be above the grade of "D." This standard is the same as has always been required for promotion to the School of Medicine at Rosedale.
Kanakee, Ill., March 2—Four pouches of mail received mail to contain valuable shipments worth thousands of dollars were stolen from the baggage room of the Illinois Central station here today.
Application for admission must be made at least two weeks previous to the opening of the semester in which the student expects to enter.
Received Word of Death of Mrs. Mary C. Griffin
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary C. Griffin in Berkeley, Cal. Mrs. Griffin established the C. S. Griffin scholarship fund of the University in memory of her son who graduated here in 1854 and was drowned in Tokio, Japan in 1904. In 1910 six years later Mrs. Griffin established the sum of $1,000, the interest of which is to go to one student each year. Prof. E. F. Engel has been chairman of the fund for ten years. The fund is permanent so the scholarship will continue.
Largest General Entomological Collection of Insects in Any University Here
Mighty oaks from little acorn grow, and mightier collections of insects from tiger beetles come.
seets from tiger beetles come. Once in the dear dead days beyond recall, the University had no collection of insects valued, as Prof. H. B. Warner did, and its sensitive collection, and now the largest general entomological collection of insects in connection with any university of the United States." This was before Francis Hungtinton Snow had begun his term 1890-1901, as chancellor of the University, and was then appointed to a department, which included animals, plants, bird skins, and collections of insects. Chancellor Snow was extremely interested in entomology and it was sold of him that even after he was chancellor he often would get up before breakfast to make his excuse.
Among the beetles, which came undevi his observation was a certain titer beetle, so-called from its stripes and spots of yellow. This beetle was considered extremely rare, and any one owning such a beetle could dispose of it at any time for as high as fifty dollars.
On one of his trips, to western Kansas, the former chancellor discovered some very recent remains of the famous tiger beetle. Believing himself to have found its natural quarters the chancellor set himself to hunt out the beetles haunts. For a long time he was unsuccessful. Then one night he came across a dead rabbit from a hole in the ground. With patience he continued his search for the nocturnal insects, and at last collected several corpses of them.
With these as a basis for notiations, Professor Snow wrote several larval universities, telling them that he had a limited supply of the coveted beetles and would consider selling them to universities held by the universities. Most of the universities preferred to exchange succulents and in this way many valuable insects came into the hands of the University. Most of the present collection has been built on a horse-drawn Snow's first tiger beetle.
The time beetles has since deteriorated in value and the department of entomology have several fears in its possession besides the anatomy of the beetle now in the hands of the beetles now in the hands of the department is estimated at $15,000.
Beamer Finishes Survey of Orchards in Kansas
R. W. Beamr, *M. field assistant in the department of entomology*, has completed his survey of Kansas orchards and will return to his house in Hallowell. He has been investigating the green bug and the San Jose scale in the eastern counties of Kansas.
Mr. Beamer answers calls from farmers over the state, and give them the advice of the department heads at the University. Lucy Dunnar Beamer, '14, is an entouple and, majored in that department.
"Entomologists always marry on entomologists," said Prof. S. J. Hunter in telling of Beamer's work.
Northern Lights May be Seen
"The largest group of sun spots on the solar meridian for over a year are much larger than the group is presumed one hundred fifty thousand miles across. This indicated a big chance for bright Northern Lights tonight." Professor Alter said today. He said it could not be determined for certain that the lights would be bright enough that would be worth the student's while to watch for them, as there was even chance that they would be clear.
MERCHANT'S COURSE
BEGINS HERE MONDAY
Theta Tau announces the pledging of Reece Cave, e'24, of Hays.
Classes For Kansas Retailers Will Continue Thru Entire Week
DeWILD HEADS SESSIONS
National Cash Register Company To Furnish Illustrated Business Lectures
The seventh Merchants' Short Course, under the direction of the Extension Division of the University, will be held here beginning Monday, March 6, and continuing throughout the week.
John Do-Wild who conducted the sessions last year will have charge of the course next week, and will have written a card writing and display advertising.
Miss Rosemary Ketech, of the department of art, will give a series of lectures on "Color." Special talks on various phases of business and advertising will be given by Chancellor E. H. Lindley and the following faculty members: A. J. Baytonn, John Becker, and James Benton. The feature entertainment during the merchants' visit will be the Carl Sandusky entertainment Tuesday evening.
Most of the meetings will be held in Presley Hall. Luncheon for the merchants will be served at 12:45 and have summons every 10 days during the course.
According to H. G. Ingham, director of the Extention Division, there is no way of preparessing the attendance at the course. However, the number of letters received by the authors and the letters he has had statisticly definitely that the writers are coming, are gratifying. Many of these letters are from merchants who attended previous short courses here, and considered themselves greatly interested.
W. H. Farley, special merchant* service man of the National Cash Register Company, will give two illustrated business lectures. Mr. Farley will tell of the great value of newspaper advertising to the retail merchant, the proper way to prepare newspaper advertisements, and how to get the best results. Window display, magazine management of goods, and selling methods for clerks will be explained. No charge will be made for admission and students as well as the business people may attend.
Dirt Roads Expensive, Says Highway Commissioner
FAVORS CONCRETE ROADS
"The average life of a Kansas car would be increased from one to five years, if we had concrete roads," according to M. W. Watson, who spoke last night to members of the American Society of Civil Engineers at Marvin H. Stanley Station showing off new technology that the cars used) on the concrete roads of California is much longer than those driven over the dirt roads of our own state and the great saving of gasoline must not be overlooked."
In his talk on "Highway Development" Mr. Watson showed the amount of taxes which go into the development of the present roads of the state, and compared these figures with the amount necessary to establish and maintain concrete highways, as well as the amount of the supervision of roads by a state commission rather than by county officers.
Mr. Watson showed proposed plans for roads in the state in which 85 per cent of the population would be within five miles of a highway. These roads would be of concrete and would be great saving to the rural population.
After a short business meeting, in which the Society decided to continue the publication of the Kansas Encyclopedia, and sandwiches were served.
Chinese Students Club Will Entertain Friends
The reception to be given by the Chinese Students' Club to their friends in Lawrence, Friday evening, was held on Monday at the house ishouse, for Chu Tian who leaves Lawrence March 15, to return to Chi-nan. Mr. Tien is one of the Chinese provincial students who has been educated in America by his province in China.
The main feature of the reception will be the display of the Chinese curios art, embroidery work and antiques. The collection belongs to Mr. Kintigh, who has recently returned from missionary duty in China.