THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
official student paper of the University
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Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 18, 1919
Published in the afternoon five times a week by students in the Department of Journalism at the University of Kansas, from the press of the Department of Journalism.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Lawrence, Kansas
Phones, K. U. 38 and 66
The Daily Kansas ansas to pic-
terize the University of Kansas; to go fur-
ward of the University of Kansas; to be
standing for the ideas the legislature
offered; to be clean; to be cheerful
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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1921
EXISTENCE UNJUSTIFIED
The Ku Ku Klan, the Hill's pep organization which is supposedly composed of the most enthusiastic supporters of the crimson and blue, has been discredited by the athletic association to the extent of refusal to recognize the complimentary tickets issued to them last fall.
This organization, which has existed since the 1919 Thanksgiving game, has somehow been able to keep up interest during the football season when it has had charge of concessions and has gone onto the field with an unprepared stunt, but as soon as the football season is over and the interest has partly died, when they have a chance to show proper support for the athletic association which has fostered them along and can do a real service in keeping up interest in all school activities, they have failed to function.
Many times in the past few months this organization has been missing when a representation of such a nature with the proper ideas would have meant a distinct advantage to the University. Probably the most outstanding instance of this was the Kansas City track meet, when after advertising that the Klan would attend in a body, many of them found that they had conflicting engagements in Lawrence which meant that the trip was called off. And if they are going to represent the University on other campuses they must do it in a way that will not bring severe criticism upon the school.
The athletic association is expressing the opinion of the students toward this body. The idea of the thing is good. Much benefit can come to the University with a real live student organization. But with the present system, no. The Hill is overorganized now. Each must justify its existence or die.
WHERE HONOR IS DUE
In the latest edition of the American Supplement of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the world's standard musical publication, three professors of music at the University are given mention among the nation's greatest musicians.
Charles S. Skillton, organizer, conductor, organist, and composer of Indian music; Carl A. Preyer, pianist and composer; and Harold L. Butler, dean of the K. U. School of Fine Arts, director and soloist, are the professors accorded this honor. Such distinction coming to faculty members here places the school in the line-light of the musical world. Besides conferring a noteworthy honor on those men it reflects fiercely on the University giving it laudable distinction throughout the country.
When the securing of Dudley Buck
greater musical schools of the country and with this last distinction there can be no questioning the enviable position which it has established.
To these men duh lovegrant should be paid, for by such distinction among its faculty members does a school acquire its position among the leading educational lights. To them the University owes its profoundest respect, its most sincere appreciation of their talent. Such men are an indispensable asset to any school and a true realization of their worth will accord due honor to them.
ON "JAZZ" MUSIC
The Kansas City Star recently defined the word "Jazz" in the following manner: "Jazz—a vulgar word for vulgar music."
The definition is not half bad. Yet we fail to understand why the definer describes "jazz" as music. A correct definition of the word requires more detailed description.
Properly speaking, "jazz" is a vulgar word that denotes a certain type of noises, or a medley of inharmonious sounds, that are made by using certain musical instruments in a manner that is inconsistent with the commonly accepted theory as to how they should be used. Furthermore, there is about as much resemblance between music and "jazz" as there is between the melodious evening tones of a pipeorgan and the yelping of a spotted pet on a stormy night.
Good inspirations are not born on under the influence of "jazz" noise. This note is a conglomerated hub-bub of sounds that recall suppressed barbarian instincts, such as running out into the wild wood and climbing a tree. Many deluded humans enjoy the racket and under its tansalizing influence their spirits rise and their shoe soles wear out. But the sadest thing is that the younger generation may for out what music is like.
for the summer session, the School of feet columns? It would seem so, from Fine Arts has established a standard its haughty and unfair judgment of which compares favorably with the amateur dramatists in "The Mechanical Man."
However, the day of "jazz" may a drawing to a close. A wise man has said that civilization progresses in a gig-sig. We swing from one extreme to another in our forward movement. If this be true, "jazz," as it now exists, evidently marks the peak of one extreme. The line that marks the progress of civilization will soon bend in another direction, and in time it will swing to another extreme. Twenty years from now the popular music may be played by blowing on a born stuff full of cotton and by beating or more drum with a turkey feather.
Campus Opinion
Editor, Daily Kansan:
"Judge not, that ye be not judged"? is not merely a declarative sentence with seven words. Rather it is a proverb the undeniable truth of which the Lawrence "Gazette," judging from its news treatment of the recent senior play "The Mechanical Man," for the moment, at least, forgot.
No newspaper account or criticism of a public performance, whether by a local or visiting cast of performers, should be hampered by limitations as to adverse criticism or opinion, as long as that opinion is sustained by valid reasons enumerated by the writer in good faith.
But no newspaper has the right, if the present ethical principles of journalism (however few and weakened they may be) are a just standard, to give an inadequate, incomplete, and wholly prejudiced and unfair treatment of a public performance the primary purpose of which is not necessarily to make money but rather bring out and define issues in dramatic frameworks, and to boost a news which had for its purpose the settling of a whole university.
The "Gasette" in its news treatment of the "Mechanical Man" criticized the play wholly from the viewpoint, supposedly, of the way in which it pleased the audience, and not with regard to the amateur character of the cast, and the production itself. But even from that pointview, which no one will dispute that it is entitled to take if it wishes, the "Gasette" article did not justely deal with the play. It mentioned the name of only one actor in playing in any manner creditably, when in reality there were three or four that played their parts admirably, almost in near-professional style.
The "Gazette" itself as a new-design-distinguishing organ is not above scathing criticism. Does it wish to invite judgment upon its own none too per-
FAIR PLAY.
Plain Tales From the Hill
Professor Melvin gives out this iline on
Marriage:—
Significations
Manifestation
Determinants
Manifestatio Evolution
Revolution and Reaction
a. Cause
b. Result
New York's best jazz writers have gone on a strike. However, dance lovers not become gloomy as Oaken Bucket "will always be with us."
ALUMNI NOTES
Summarization
We always knew that women were great initiators when it came to dress, but we never expected them to model them. We used the uniforms of the Scotch Kiltiles.
Women students studying clothing in the home economics division of the Kansas State Agricultural college saved nearly one half on dresses they copied from garments selected in local stores. The work was done as a class problem.
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Each student chose a ready made dress and made hers to resemble as nearly as possible the ready made in color, line, and quality of material. In contrast, when looking at which that nearly one half was saved in all the dresses.
A group of distinguished poets have dedicated a volume of their poetry to the University of Virginia to commemorate the Centennial. The book, which contains 75 gift poems from English, Irish, and American singers to the University, will be off the press the later part of May.
For the first time in the history of women's athletics at Ohio State, girls winning the highest athletic honors he gave a reward for their work.
At a recent meeting of the Woman's Athletic Board is was decided that a sweater with a scarlet and grey "gow" be given to each girl who has gained the highest number of points in athletics. This point system has been revised as recently as the meetings of the Athletic Conference of American College Women.
The "O" is to be given to girls obtaining 1000 points, which means they must have at least three numerals. Points are gained by good classwork, and mentorious work in at least three sports, with the remaining number of points to be gained in a fourth sport and extra class work.
Allen Rush who was formerly a student at the University is secretary for the Physician's Supply Company in Kansas City, Mo.
Roy Cooper, A. B.'10, is teaching in Michigan.
Ruth Gibson, A. B.11, is teaching at Horton, aKnsas.
Florence Knott, A. B.20, is working $ \mathrm{l l}_{n} $ a bank in Spokane, Wash.
Guy Keeler, A. B,'19, is teaching at Effingham.
Beulah Armstrong, A. B'17, A, M '18, is working on her Ph. D. in mathematics at the University of Illinois
Florence Ingham, A. B.'19, is teaching in Effingham, Kans.
Estella Harrison, A. B.20, is teaching at Herrington.
Elfrieda Bruckmiller, A. B.20, is teaching at Wilson, Kans.
Helen Hart, A. B.20, is teaching in the high school at Rocky Ford, Colo.
Lester Miller, who attended the University three years is teaching manual training at Colony, Kans.
Irene Imeus, who completed the Public School Music Course in the School of Fine Arts in June, 1919, is now instructor in Public School Music and
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