THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
EXCAVATION STARTED ON NEW POWER PLANT
Basement Will Be 80 by 110 Feet and Will Be Weeks in Completion
MAY USE STUDENT HELP
Saving on Building Cost Wil Give More Money for the Equipment
Actual work on the new building program at the University was begun last Friday morning when the Collins Construction Company started excavation for the foundations of the new power and heating plant. Five teams are on the job. Breaking ground, and it will take from three weeks before the erection of the walls and foundations can be started.
The ground plans for the building show that the basement measurements will be 80 feet by 110 feet. The backyard is 600 square yards, 6000 cubic yards of dirt and rock.
It is thought that there will be a good deal of blasting in the excavation. It will be necessary to demolish existing foundations and passes under the site of the proposed plant. This tunnel carries the steam pipes from the present plant to the different buildings on the campus, which will not be touched by these building operations will probably be used when the installations are made at the completion of the new plant, which will not be before next summer.
The contract for the erection of the building $was for $81,000, which is $19,000 less than the state had allowed for its erection. This will give the University approximately $21,500 more for appropriation and appropriation having been $300,000.
It is not known by the authorites here whether or not the construction company will use student help. The authorizes the machinery installation within the next four months, so that when the foundation and wall erection work commences it is expected by University authorities that student help
RECEIVES LETTER FROM INDIA
Brick for this building and for the Administration building has been shipped in from the state penitentiary at Lansing during the summer and spring until there are very extensive piles of this building material on the site of the power building to the rear of "Ad" building.
Former K. U. Man Doing Missionary Work There
Alfred G. Hill, secretary of the K.U. Alumni Association, has received a letter from T. Newton Hill, a former student of K.U. and now in India in the service of the United Christian Society. He writes as follows:
"Though at K. U. only one year, I can never repay the debt I owe. I want the Alumn Directory and this coming year's Graduate Magazine. So here's a draft for two dollars. Sorry I'm a few hundred for the Memorial."
"Just now I am supervising a small boy's school in Hindi, a small dispensary, and a hospital, the only one for a territory containing hundreds of villages. We have an Indian doctor in charge of the hospitals; only one of them is ours." The I have four evangelists or prescribers who work with me.
"India is seething with unrest, resulting in revolts against the existing order — sometimes directed against the employer. — sometimes at the employer.
"the apathy of centuries is being shaken. India can never again be indifferent to the outside world. English, Japanese, and American goods are competing for Indian markets. The Japanese have lost their golden opportunity because of the inferiority of their goods. China has become good goods and even more against the American goods. German goods are beginning to come in again."
"Yet millions have their scanty two meals—and sleep hungry—awake, hungry, 12c and 8c are good wages today here for a man and woman coolie respectively. What is cheaper in Kansas than here; rice is dearer than wheat, and these are the staple foods."
Helen Olsen, A.B.21, and Bessie Gillis, A.B.21, were week-end guests of Mrs. F. E. Bryant, actress adviser of women.
Elizabeth Heryer, c24, spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City visiting her parents.
SOCIETY
Henry B. McCury, A.B.21, left Lawrence Sunday for an overland trip to Colorado. Mr. McCury expires to attend the races at Pike's Peak later in the summer, and from there will drive to Wyoming for the race. This is the first he will go to New York where he will work on the Nation Magazine.
McCurdy was the business manager of the Daily Kansan last winter and 'has been very active in all the school beatricals.
Florine Shoemaker, of Severy, arrived Sunday to take a position in the alumni department.
Merrigan Jones, A.E.I.71, has moved to Columbia, Mo., where she will open a business for the sale of athletic and school supplies at the University. She has been connected with Rowlands Book Store for some time and was the first president of W. A. Kern, and was a member of Torch.
J. A. Farrell, a former professor in the School of Fine Arts, spent the week-end with his sister, Isabel Farrell.
Mary Olsen, A.B.21, and Grace Olsen, A.B.21, will leave the latter part of August for New York to attend Columbia University. Mary Olsen is an accomplished work in sociology and Grace Olsen advanced work in journalism.
William E. Wright, A.B,21, has accepted a position with the Michigan State Board of Health. Mr. Wright has gone to take up his work.
Macerya Daniel Pool, fa '23, withdrew from class last week to return to her home in Mount Vernon, Ili. Miss Pool had remained in school this summer expressly to study with Duffey Buck, and decided to withdraw in order to be of assistance to her mother who is in poor health. Miss Pool is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
A group of former students of the State Manual Training Normal at Pittsburgh who are attending the University during the Summer Session in a social hour Friday evening, June 8, at the home of Mrs. C. W. Burke, Barckholder and Barbara Peake Tarham, Ehil Smiley Crowell were hostesses. The evening was spent in reminiscing over the days the group had spent at Manual
FOSSILINTERESTS EUROPE
London Paper Wants Pictures of Bird Teeth
The fossil bird with teeth, in the south room of the paleontology department, a report of which was recently sent out to the press, was deemed of such importance by Reuters News that an account of it was cabled to the London dailies. As a result H. T. Martin, assistant curator of paleontology, has received a letter from the Illustrated magazine asking for a photograph of the fossil.
This fossil, which belongs to the age of reptiles and more nearby resembles a penguin than any other form of bird life extant, was discovered by Mr. Martin in the Chalk Beds of western Kansas. The teeth are triangular and into it a groove formed for the receipt in the jaw bone of the bird in the restitution.
A photograph of the fossil will be taken at once and forwarded to the Illustrated London News, together with facts concerning the specimen.
The far-reaching influence of the University was emphasized the other day when the correspondence department received a letter from a clergyman in England who inquired concerning the possibility of taking a four year course by correspondence. He said that he had no time to get a number of students to enroll for work here. The department replied that the last thirty hours must be done in residence and they have got received an answer to their reply.
Extension Work Appeals To Men in Foreign Land
Last month the department also received an inquiry from a native of the East Indies who had had academic work in one of the mission schools and desired to do collegiate work there. The students rolled are undergraduate from the United States who want to continue their work toward a degree.
STUDENTS CHOOSE MAGAZINES Victor Representative
Young Women Are Not Thinking of Housewifely Preparations
If you could have five—just five—of all the magazines published, in your library which five would you choose? Suppose you tried to make it an "all round" selection; filling the five classes of current news and opinion; entertainment, entertainment, and special interest, then which would you decide upon?
Professor Herbert's class in magazine writing attempted it recently. Of the eighteen class votes, Literary Digest received sixteen votes for the first class; Atlantic Monthly received eleven and Harper's six for the second and the American, thirteen for the third.
The greatest argument came when the class attempted to select one for the fourth class. The effort was financed by a grant, and allowed to choose two. This time the Saturday Evening Post received twelve votes; the Red Book, eight; Vanity Fair, four; Life, seven; Theatrical, three; Justice; Judge, two; Smart Set, one.
As was predicted none voted for the same magazine to fill the special interest class; but just as unexpectedly, considering that there are twelve women in the class, not a housewifely magazine was chosen.
Alvin Penny, '21, of the School of Law, will leave Tuesday for Colorado, where he will spend a few days with his family. He will be joined in Denver by George Bulleen, c'24, and the two boys will drive from there to California, making a general tour of the Southwest.
Representative To Lecture on Music
Miss Chara Thomas, a representative of the Victor Talking Machine Co., will give an informal lecture on music in the junior and senior high school and upon the proper method of presenting "Appreciation of Music," in Fraser Hall Thursday evening at 8:15 o'clock. The lecture will be short, lasting only about one hour. Miss Thomas will use a Victoria and a Michelle Bachmann audio. As Miss Thomas is considered by the Victoria Company as a strong lecturer on "Appreciation of Music," this will no doubt be of interest to many students in the Summer Session. The public is cordially invited.
"Whoever wrote this never heard John," said young bride as she read, "The world sleeps peacefully."
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Helen Olsen, Bessie Gillis, Mrs. Ruth Endsack Brown, and Miss Alaster Corbin hiked to Vinalhole Monterey on the train that evening.
Summer Joys
A summer day—a charming book. Our summer books are attractive and interesting. See the new titles.
Wolf's Book Store 919 Mass. St.
Printing, Engraving, Binding,
Rubber Stamps, Seals, Stencils
Office Supplies 736 Mass. St.
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WHEN DOWN TOWN TAKE YOUR MEALS AT THE
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314 Mass. St.
Meal Tickets, $4.40 for $4.00
$2.20 for $2.00
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A Well Balanced Town Education--Homes--Business
You will find good health conditions in Lawrence:
New municipal water system, efficient health officials, excellent sanitary system.
You will like the town:
Shaded streets, historic interest, high moral tone—all the advantages of the small city combined with those of a suburban town (forty miles to Kansas City).
You will find the best educational opportunities in Lawrence, Kansas:
Public schools, The Lawrence Business College, the University of Kansas, libraries, lecture courses, etc. All of high rank.
They are sociable and show it through their many social, fraternal, and business organizations. They are progressive. They are just folks, 15,000 of them.
You will like the people:
You can make good investments in Lawrence:
The manufacturing interests are large and varied; banking facilities are excellent; the commercial interests are wide awake; the surrounding territory is prosperous.
You can enjoy life here:
The modern conveniences and comforts are available to all—for example, the fifty miles of paved streets—and the means of entertainment are plentiful.
The outside world is easily accessible; employment conditions are favorable. If you happen to have some trusted friend living in Lawrence, ask him. Or write to
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