THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIX
NUMBER 70.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922.
GRAD STUDENT VIEWS REFORM SCHOOL LIFE
Fred Calvert, Sociology Student,
Spent Eight Days at Hutchinson Reformatory
INMATES BERATE PLIGHT
Insufficient Equipment, No Race Segregation. and Poor Food Main Complaints
Fred Calvert, a graduate student, spent his Christmas vacation in the reformatory at Hutchinson. Mr. Calvert is writing a thesis, Prison Education, for a Master's degree, in sociology.
The visitor spent eight days in the reformatory, and had 183 five-minute personal interviews with the inmates. He was given a room by the officers of the school, and had his meals with them at fifteen cents a meal.
He was allowed free range of the institution and in his talks with the boys learned much about their lives. He found that a casual visitor would never suspect.
The majority of the boys thought that the school did not fulfill the purpose for which it was established.
The main reasons for that belief were the antiquated equipment, and the crowded dependence where twice as many attempt to learn a trade as can be served by the equipment. Because of this, very few boys are learning the trade of their choice, but merely do that which is easiest for them. Their one idea is to get out of "this hole" as soon as possible.
Most of the boys come from families which have "broken up" either because of death or divorce. Several of the negro youths stated that the reforamatory was the host home they never had. They did not care to leave.
The biggest problem of the institution, according to the officers, vices from the association of the older men, who are familiar with vice, with those young men who have come from fairly decent homes.
There are 400 inmates in the school, 67 of which are negroes, five Mexicans, and three Indians. All are mixed together, despite the officer's desire for *n* aggregation. The student ranges from six to twelve years in age, but in truth they are in the laboratory are forty-two years old.
In the organization of the school, the main idea, says Mr. Calvert, has evidently been to put the school on a paying basis, rather than the reformation of the inmates. Regardless of trade, all are sent to the farm in the summer time, in order to raise food for their own use.
One of the things which the beys miss most is the social life that many have been accustomed to before being sent there. During the Christmas holidays, the time of their greatest festivity, they had a stage dance with music by their own orchestra.
On Monday evening after Christmas, thirty of the "treatets" put on a mined show, which was so successful that they plan to take it on the road for a month. The refraternary has a car wash and a restaurant in demand among nearby towns, and is often permitted to go out for special occasions
The atmosphere of the dining hall is very depressing, according to Mr Calvert. A sour milk smelts peroville the whole place. The minutes eat on long wooden tables, and use tins plates and cups. All races eat cat together. The regular menu is: baked meat; meal; breakfast; rice dripping syrup; coffee without cream or sugar; dinner; meal sown; beans. The agent for special
penn does not vary, except for special occasions like Christmas dinner.
Ninety per cent of the reformatory boys are there for the following three crimes, named in the order of their frequency: forgery, embellishment, and grand larceny, (automobile thefts). There are seven Lawrence boys there, five colored, and two white.
Tobacco presents another problem in the institution, said Mr. Calvert. It is not lawfully permitted in the school, and the men make all sorts of trouble in their attempts to obtain the drug. Thirty days are added to their term every time they are found with tobacco in their possession.
Mr. Calvert stated: "It is necessary to stay right in the institution to understand it, but a week was enough for me. As a rule the boys are treated very humanely, and are not receiving harsh treatment than they deserve. I greatly appreciate the privileges extended me by Superintendent Biglow and the other officers."
R. O. T. C. Graduates Get Officers Rank—Burdick
The University's R. O. T. C. graduates have an opportunity to become officers in the Giffords' Reserve Corps almost immediately after being graduated, Major Harold F. Burdick, head of the R. O. T. C. announced today.
At present only three Kanaan schools are preparing officers for the newly erected reserve division known as the 89th. These are: University of Kansas, Kansas State Agricultural College and Fairmount College. K. U.'s quota is 129 officers in ten years and Major Burdick says that if students take up R. O. T. C. work seriously they stand excellent chances of being among the 125 K. U. offices to be assigned yearly.
RAW FOODSTUFFS FOR MEAL COST 15 CENTS
Home Economics Students Show Proper Calories Are in This Amount
Raw foodstuffs for a dinner with the proper number of calories for a college woman, can be purchased for fifteen cents. This is being demonstrated by the class in economic uses of foods, of the department of home economics, which is serving meals for themselves for the next three weeks. This cost price does not include any expense of cooking, or labor required in the preparation of the food. One pot of coffee, one bean leaf, browned mashed potatoes (milk used), tomato salad, bread and steamed pudding.
The class of fifteen is divided into groups of three, who serve together. Each time a meal is served, one girl is hostess, and takes the part of a coworker without a maid, doing all arts of serving the meal.
The women are working on three different problems based on the following table:
Division of Day's Allowance
Breakfast Calories 30c Cost 50c
Breakfast .600 .07 .12
Lunch .700 .08 .13
Dinner .900 .15 .25
Fight Started in Argument Over Circulation Debt
MAN KILLED IN K. C. YARDS
Total, 2,200 to 2,400...30...table
As noted from the above table
the maximum cost per day is fifty
cents.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 5.—Harry Brunner, age forty-three, of Cedar Rapids,印山, yard trader at the K. C Stock Yards, was killed and two bystanders seriously wounded in a shoot on the floor of the stock exchange today.
Frank Thompson, a speculator fired the shot during an argument over a circulation debt, it was reported to police.
Thompson fired five shots, eye witnesses said. The first hit Brunner in the abdomen, a second went wild, and then as Brunner lay on the floor, Thompson, persons on the exchange floor said, placed the pistol near the dying man's mouth and fired a third time.
W. B. Hall, live stock agent for the Burlington railroad was hit in the abdomen by the fourth shot. Physicians said he is dying in the hospital. A. Drahob, live stock agent for the Burlington railroad was hit. His home is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Physicians said they did not believe his wounds serious.
Riot squads from two stations were rushed to the scene.
Physiology Department Settled in New Location
The rooms now occupied by the department of physiology, in the basement of West Ad. are very much larger and more fully equipped than the old ones were. There are two large laboratories, one for the college and one for the medicine. One sore room holds the supplies for the two laboratories and the two lecture rooms are used for recitation.
Two large rooms are used for private research and some of the instructors have their offices there.
Not all of the equipment is here yet but the instructors recognize the improvement over their old quarters
The experimental work is done in the animal house usually.
Miss Elizabeth Sprague, of the department of home economics, will visit it the house making section of the convention of the National Society for Vocational Education Friday in Kansas City.
SOCIAL SURVEY CLASS HAS FINISHED WORK
Four Committees Investigated Public Health, Recreation Education and Housing
REPORTS TO BE ON FILE
Sanitary Conditions as Purity of Water and Food Were Studied
Surveys which were made in the four fields of Public Health, Recreation, Education and Student Housing, by students of Proof. S. Elkid. These surveys will be completed and their reports will be turned in the last of this week.
The Public Health Committee, of which Cocha Ball is chairman, investigated first, the death and birth rates in the various wards in the city, second, the sanitary condition - such as the purity of the water, milk, and food - unpleasant, and third, the organization of health equipment. Recommendations of improvements were also made by the committee.
The class was divided into four committees of four or five members each. Their reports will not be published, but the four investigations will be put on file in Spooner Library.
Myra Lungenfelter, chairman of the Recreation committee, divided the work of her group into three divisions: the city recreation, having to do with the municipal parks and amusements, the school recreation, in which they found out the size of the school yards and gymnasiums and the equipment provided, and third, the commercialized amusements, in which they made a study of the dance halls and pool rooms.
The Education committee study the conditions of the schoolroom The Junior and Senior High School were found to very crowded. Basement rooms and arties are now being used. The student will soon be remedied as work was recently begun on the new Liber Memorial High School.
The House committee found many interesting facts regarding student rooming houses. A house to house canvass was made and a strict investigation was conducted with reference to existing University regulations was made. The material gathered by this committee will be one file in the office of the University Committee on Housing, in Room Praser, the first of next semester.
OOLOGY SEMINAR TONIGHT
Dr. B. W. Allen Will Discuss Hi Trip to Toronto, Canada
At the University of Toronto the Students' Union, known there as the Hart House, is one of their most interesting buildings. The structure cost about one and one-half million dollars. It is a quadrangular building constructed around a central court. The building contains swimming pool, theater, gymnasium, general meeting rooms,会议室 rooms and "one of the most beautiful dining rooms" Doctor Allen said.
Zoology seminar will be held tonight at 7:15 o'clock in Room 205, Snow Hall. Dr. B. M. Allen will talk on his trip to Toronto. In speaking of the tri Doctor Allen said that it was one of the most successful trips he had undertaken. The meeting was well attended, and the Canadian government showed them a wonderful time. One of the big features of the meeting was addresses made by the eminent zenotist, Prof. William Bateson, of Mttern England. Professor Bateson lectured on method and manner in which the evolution of life is accomplished. He firmly believes how evolution takes place, which, he says, can be explained only with great difficulty.
The first and second Little Theater companies will appear in De Soto Friday evening in three plays, "Suppressed Desires," "A Proposal Under Difficulties," and "A Picked Up Dinner." This is the last of about twenty engagements which the two companies have fulfilled on the University-Extension Lecture Course, in Kansas towns.
Little Theater Companies To Go to DeSoto Friday
Those who will make the trip are Armenia Rumberger. Margarret Larkin, Marjorie Kidwell. Spencer Mac- garder. "Slick" Haynes, and Spencer Gard.
They say that "murder will out"—eventually. You may hold a man up on a dark night, and you may get away with it. You may jump off a high cliff in the wilds of Arkansas, and so no one may ever find your body. But when you enter a kid's den, dig in, and you can never find the nerve to get married—you are born to become famous sooner or later.
Many More Follow The Marriage Trai
Yesterday the Kansan printed the am a of about ten cups who have taken the fatal leap in the past few months. Today it wishes to present to an admiring public a few more brave men and women who have climbed the purple heights of Mt. Oread.
Married, to H. D. Newton, one wife on September 11, at Topeka, Kan. The young lady's name was Lucille Spencer. It is rumored that the announcement during the vacation of the marriage came as a complete surprise to all their friends and family. She worked in Kansas City, and Mr. Newton is studying medicine on the Hill. A pretty wding place, it "is alleged" at Kansas City on December 30, the principals in which were Myrmus Trails of South Bend, Ind, and Elvin Penny, of Lawrence, Mrs. Penny is formerly of K. U. and was a member of Kaphn Alpha Theto sorority Elvin belongs to the Phi Gamma Delta and Mr." intend to park their Feed permanently in Lawrence, following the termination of the school year.
Bessie Griffiths of Denver and Otto Hoffer, A.B.21, were married in the Colorado city on December 28. Ms. Bella at the University of Denver.
The Kansan has it that Mary Atkinson, fs, of Kansas City was married to Gene Carter, A. B. 20, recently. And again, that a certain Helen Zinore and "Chuck" Laming, fs, of Tonganoxie, Kan., celebrated Christmas Day back in 1921 by getting married.
K. U. STUDENT STUDIES
K.C. POLISH CONDITION
Blanche Miller Secures Material for Master Thesis by Visiting Homes
Blanche Miller, a graduate student of the University, spent her two weeks Christmas vacation in a study of the Polish people of Kansas City, with the people of Poland, to secure material for her thesis in sociology.
Miss Miller found that of the 300 Polish families in Kansas City, 200 ow' their homes, which are kept very quiet. Most of them were found to be thrifty and industrious.
The Polish children attend school at St. Joseph's, a Catholic school. The first eight grades are included in this school and a large number of the children who finish school attend the university in Kansas City and some attend college.
The subjects taught at St. Joseph's are the same as those in our public schools, and with the exception of their religion, which is taught in Polish, all of the education is in English.
"I found the work very interesting and was surprised at the cleanliness of the homes." said Miss Miller, in telling of her investigations.
Miss Miller secured her information through visiting the homes, and through interviewing Polish business men and the teachers.
Prof. R. D. O'Leary, who was knocked down by a motor car yesterday morning while crossing the street from many brushes, still suffering from many bruises.
"Although no bones were broken, the professor is very uncomfortable, but is not seriously hurt. It will be some time before he will be able to meet his classes," Dr. G. W. Jones said today.
PROF. O'LEARY NO BETTER
He Did Not Rest Well Last Night
Mrs. O'Leary reported early this morning that he did not rest well last night because the bruises are severe after. He seemed to feel better today.
Auley Maculayle, a former assistant in the department of chemistry, spent the day here on business. Mr. Maculayle is chief chemist for the Proctor and Gambie Co., of Kansas City. He came over to employ another chemist and R. D. Kanode was the man selected.
COLD AND STARVATION SLAY MANY IN RUSSIA
Nearly Half the Population o Republic of Kuzan Missing or Dead
K. U. MAN VISITS INTERIOR
Edwin Hullinger First Corre spondent to Investigate Isolated Districts
Edwin Hullinger, formerly a student at K. U., and now United Press Staff correspondent on American Relief Administration investigation with J. R. Chilis of Lynchburg, Va., made the report on the government of the Tarant Republic of Kazan. Hullinger was the first correspondent to leave the large center of Russia and make a personal investigation in the isolated district where there is real treasure. The Republic of Kazan has had Soviet republics, formerly the governments of Kazan. It is in southern Kazan in the Volga valley.
Kazan Russia, (Delayed).—A republic is dying of starvation.
The prophesy of death to come, made last fall, is being fulfilled with terrible completeness on the lonely frozen steps of eastern Russia.
Fifty per cent of the babies in the Kazan province already have dead. Forty-five per cent of the population in this section are dead or missing.
S six per cent of the population will be left to die. Kazan contained a population of over two million when the host attack from a taken, has been defeated and land of frozen death in company with J. R. Childs of the American relief administration. We completed the first investigation since the rigors of the winter have set in, hastening the death in the heart of the stricken region.
Typhus is adding its terrors to those of starvation in the Casmar, representative C. R. Childs, of the American relief administration reported in a cable received here today. Childs confirmed the terrible details cabled by Edwin Hullinger of the United Press regarding the starving people of Eastern Russia. Hundreds of starving children will
Hundreds of starving children will die this year if aid does not arrive soon, h₂ said.
SPOONER GETS NEW BOOKS
Several New Sets Arrive During Vacation
A number of new books have been received at Spooner library during the vacation. Among them are six sets of new Spanish books and about twenty-five new music books. Of interest to book buyers is a book of current book prices of 1920. Botany students will be interested in two sets of books on wild flowers and Wild Flowers* and "British Wild Flowers."
A book entitled "First Blows of the Civil War" by James S. Pike, which practically brings lost history to light has been received. It covers certain phases of the Civil War not heretofore published.
The Carnegie Endowment International Peace Division of International Law made the library a present of six books which are up to the minute on late treaties and agreements of Korea, Shantung, outer Mongolia, Manchuria and negotiations of the Sino Japanese.
A short history of Antioch by E. S. Boucher is another 1921 book which has been received and will be of interest to Greek and Bible students. For the students who are interested in Philosophy and incidentally in Plato there is the "Message of Plato" by E. J. Urwick.
Senior Women to Wear Red Bows Every Friday
At a dinner held on Wednesday, December 14, at the University Commons, the senior women decided that each of them should wear a little red bow every Friday in order to promote their acquaintance and good fellowship. The bows were sold at Fraser chair stores, which are and tomorrow is the first day on which all the senior girls are expected to appear wearing them.
"We want to start out right," said Jennie Glendimann this morning, "by seeing every senior's red bow on the Hill Friday."
Dr. James Naismith, professor of physical education, returned Wednesday day from Lincoln, Nebr., where he spoke at a banquet.
Journalists Send More Clothes for Relief Work
Another shipment of clothing for Russian relief work will be made by the editorial classes of the department of journalism, Dr. Helen O. Sikora, who was chosen for clothing that was gathered just before the Christmas holidays and sent to the American Friends Service Committee, in Philadelphia, was received three before Christmas, received another letter received from that organization.
"Any help by students outside, the department of journalism will be greatly appreciated." Dr. Mahin said. "Any packages of old clothing or combinations of money to defray expenses on the next moment, can be left at the room, in the room, and will be taken care of by numbers of the editorial classes."
"WAR" IS OVER FOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
Company M of Lawrence Returned From Pittsburg District Last Night
At least, it's over temprature for the members of Company M, 137th Infantry who returned last night at 5:30 o'clock from the coal mines at Pittsburgh, where they had been for nearly three weeks on strike duty.
The war is over!
A detachment of the company, armed with two machine guns and commanded by Lieutenant Mahon S. Weed, was sent to Franklin, a small mining town near Pittsburg, and the rest of the company, commanded by Captain Sam P. Moyer, remained in Pittsburg on guard duty.
According to Lieutenant Weed, the "natives" ganged around when his detachment arrived at Franklin, and did not seem very friendly to the guardman. How could that matteed them with Wick for the fortress, forbidden to mix with the miners.
The company mounted one machine gun on a truck for patrol duty, and were issued gas masks, "tin fedors," and teq bombs. The cavalrymen were armed with "wop sticks." A wop stick is more nondrug than the lowly pick handle with a leather hat on the end. Night guard at the mines was fired upon nearly every night, and Lieutenant Weed, but the only casually of the company was Private Noble Merrifield of Lawrence, who accidentally shot himself while cleaning his pistol. He also miners are back at work, and the aliens are living by means of aid from Illinois miners. He added that the women voted to march one day while the company was there, but cold weather prevented it.
The men all agree that the food was good, and the tents were nosed by Sibley stoves. A chicken liner was served Christmas. They bathe at the showers bath in the mines. The troops received double pay under a new system that provides that troops doing riot duty shall receive double pay.
The guardmen left at the mules are mostly cavalrymen, L.i-utaurant Wood said. They responded to a call from the army and are about one hundred in number.
REMODEL JOURNALISM ROOMS
Metal Ceilings and Indirect Lights Installed
The Journalism Building received many improvements during the holidays. Workmen have been at work the last three weeks putting up new ceilings, repairing walls and installing a new lighting system.
The ceilings are of metal and painted white which give much better lighting effect. The old drop lights have been replaced by indirect light which causes the ceiling to put in these changes the gas, water and heating pipes had to be changed.
These improvements were made in the three Kanasn back office rooms and two class rooms on the second floor. Other changes were made early in the fall when the news room was moved directly over the composing room and a stairway put between the two.
K. U. REPRESENTED AT SCIENCE CONVENTION
These are the first changes and improvements to be made in the building since the Kansan and its departament from the basement of Brasier in 1912.
There will be a regular meeting of the Barton County Club at 7:32 tonight in Fraser Hall. All members please be present as there is important business to transact—Frank G. Hill, Grand President.
Three University Professors Attend Science Convention Held in Toronto
PROF. HUNTER IS HONORED
Meeting Offered Opportunity for Meeting Many Prominent Scientists
Three members of the faculty of the University of Kansas and a number of the alumni of the University attended sessions of the American society of Science at Toronto during the holidays. Those from K. U. were P. ot, S. J. Hunter, and Prof. H. B. Hungerford, both of the department of entomology, and Prof. B. M. Allen of the department of zoology, professors Hungerford and Prof. H. B. Hungerford, all of the chemical subjects before section meetings of the society. Professor Hunter was one of two men elected "fellows" by the Entomological Society of America. The other one was a Canadian.
Among the K. U, alumni were E. B. Siose, B.S.90, M.S.92, now at the head of an organization providing popular stories on scientific subjects, with headquarters at Washington, who prepared daily special stories on the convention for the Toronto Star; C. E. McClung, A.B.96, retiring president of Sigma Xi; Miss Eugenia McDaniels, A.B.88, now assistant professor of ontology at the Michigan Agricultural College; Mr. Robert DeBray, 13 chairmen of the "Cumtock Duck" committee; Prof P. A. Clemm, A.B.88, chief inspector of the Illinois department of agriculture; and P. J. Parrott, A.B.97, A.M.99, entomologist of the experiment station at Geneva, N. Y., and member of the national research council.
“attendance at the convention” was particularly valuable, said Professor Hunter, “because of the opportunity it offered for meeting men prominent in the scientific world and for the influence of ideas thus made possible.
"Another thing that interested me greatly was the many words of appreciation I heard upon the visit of Dr. Lawrence, who is a professor at K. U. men from Washington expressed great regret that the Chancellor, was unable to visit that city." Professor Hungerford went from the convention to Syracuse. N. Y., to examine the collection of insects in the museum there. He is now at the Naples campus and will visit the museum at Pittsburgh b-f his return to Kansas. The visits were made upon invitation of the institutions concerned and were the result, in part, of the publication of a University of Kansas Science Bulletin on research investigations of insects. Mr. Lawrence, French and English technical cours speak highly of Professor Hungerford's exhaustive treatis.
AMERICA HELPS NEAR EAST
One Half Million Dollars of Clothing Contributed
Clothing contributed to the Near East Relief by Americans up to December was valued at approximately one half million dollars. It will supply warm garments to many thousands of orphans and protect them during the severe winter that is common to Southern Russia and Armenia. During November seven carloads of clothing are needed for Relief and it is still coming in. There is no limit to the need for clothes as every contribution is welcomed.
Ten thousand Assyrians in North Caucasus and the Kuban, driven from their homes, are threatened with starvation unless, assistance is given them soon, according to information just received by officers of Near East Relief in America. Because of lack of funds Near East Relief cannot extend aid to these people. The organization still is handicapped by shortage of supplies. Near East Relief can be provided in Southern Russia and Armenia where there still are many thousands of children outside the organization's camps and orphanages. Everywhere in those countries the misery and suffering of the populace is unthinkable, especially when throughout America food is so abundant.
Oscar L. Mang, A.B.15, A.M.16, chief chemist for the Galena Signal Oil Co. of Franklin, Pa., spent the summer visiting friends at the University.
Important meeting of the Ku Ku Klan Thursday night at 7:30 in Robinson Gymnasium.