THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
A HOT SLATE PENCIL MEANT PRETTY CURLS
And the K. U. Girls of Former Times Wore Flowers in Their Hair
BOYS WORE BLUE "JEANS"
"The boys wore blue jeans, decorated with patches, and their feet were covered with cowhide boots."
But the Wind and Mud Existed Then as They Do Today
And it wasn't the days when old clothes campaigns were in vogue, either. Such attire was characteristic of the kind of clothing worn by men on Mount Oread in the "old days," according to a book called *Cinolina Days*. A year later Helen Rohde Hoopes, A, **13** wrote for the Oreoca Warriors a few years ago, and which was copied by a metropolitan newspaper.
The girls were beautiful the article says, "they were beautiful, these girls of long age, with their hair brushed smoothly over their temples, or fluffed around their head, or labored laboriously made with a hot slate pencil."
Miss Hoops describes the action of the girls in the school room thus: "After they reached the cloak room and had taken off their hats they a flower in their hair, offered a big card to the teacher, feathered, for a wrist hairpin."
Drawing a comparison with the present K. U. woman, she remarks: "Yes they were beautiful, these girls, and some of them knew, and some of them. I am told, looked over their clothing at the boys, even over do now."
The wind on Mount Oread was a greater enemy in the great old days of 1866 than in 1921, as is shown in Miss Hoops' description of the Oread climb. She writes that "they had many difficulties, these girls; the climb up to Mount Oread was very difficult to make, especially in crinolines, because the wind would blow their skirts back like sails, and the crinoline would wrap around their feet."
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There was the same difficult bad roads proposition to deal with on the top of North College Hill as there is on the present campus. This is shown in the following extract: "And the mud was awful. Sometimes the girls had to wear boots to school or else bring with them shoes and white stockings to put on in place of the muddy ones. Their skirts were long and very full and sometimes would be stained with mud."
According to Miss Hoopes' description, the boys wore blue jeans, covered with patches, and their feet were covered with cowhide boots. Once in a white a man was found wearing a wreel like city boys and wore braid bound suits and homemade white shirts.
Healing conditions at the University were not good in 1866, as is shown by a queer little incident cited by Miss Hoopst: "B*special request of Professor Rice the girls brought to school little breakfast shawls to wear as they went through the cold halls of the university building."
According to the article, hats in those days were little round affairs of black velvet and worn low on the
Spooner Library, While Young. Has an Interesting History Was Once Place for Banquets
Sponner Library is only twenty-six years old, but so rapidly has the enrollment in the University increased that the recent requests to the legislature for appropriations carries an item for $300,000 to improve the present library facilities. With the present enrollment, Spooner Library frequently filled to the brigade of its tables and to the additions to it with the additional a thousand students to the University's roster, the present facilities would be far inadequate.
The Library was built in 1894, with money given to the University by William B. Spooner of Boston, Mass. an uncle of Mr. Francis H. Snow, who was formerly Chancellor of the University. Mr. Spooner's gift was $90,000; $75,000 of which was used for the library, and the remaining $15,000 of Chancellor's res-tenance—a sharp contrast to the amount that would be required to duplicate the building at the present time.
In the early history of the University, there was no separate library building. All the books owned by the University were kept in a room at the south end of Fraser Hall—the rooms which now are occupied by the Woman's Rest Room, and the classrooms to the north. In 1887 Miss Carrie Watson, who had been assistant librarian for nine years, was pointed head librarian, and she the whole of her time to the work, a thing which had hardened to a stone before this, there was such a rapid increase in the number of books that it was necessary to move the library to larger quarters in the north end of Fraser Hall, where the registrar's office and the extension department are now situated. This arrangement lasted until the Library
M. U. IS ASKING $4,048,400
Budget is Smaller Than the One For Kansas
The budget of the Kansas State Agricultural College this year is for $3,517,800, which, when combined with the University's total of $4,370,918, makes the budgets of the two largest universities in schools alone amount to $2,806,181.
The University of Missouri is asking the Missouri legislature for $330,618 less than the budget asked by the University of Kansas. The Missouri request for the state university alone totals $4,048,400, and in addition to this, $667,000 is asked for the state school of mines.
The combined budgets of the Iowa state university and agricultural college amount to $11,208,394. The University of Illinois is asking for ten million dollars, and the University of Minnesota over nine million dollars.
When the library was moved into the north end of Fraser Hall, it contained 8,000 books, and when Spooner Library was built, there were about twenty thousand books to be placed upon its shelves. At the present time, there are more than 125,000 volumes in one of the many libraries of the insufficient amount of room, are stacked on the floor in the basement.
The improvements that President A. Ross Hill is asking comprise extension of the medical building, rebuilding of the mechanic arts hall, a new central heat and power plant, a new chemistry building, a university hospital, a new agricultural building and a women's building.
forehead. Furs in those days were not sq expige, so a cape of mink or arrev squirrel was often seen.
Louise Harford, c'23, spent last Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City.
building was erected in 1894. When the building was first erected, the second story was used for banquets and all social gatherings of a similar size. It was the scene of several commencement dinners since it accommodated about five hundred people. The two small rooms on the west which are now used for economics and sociological research work, were used as kitchens, and alternate courses were served from each one. Later this floor vertical into a paintings and drawing room in the courtyard of the art department. In 1903, it became the history and socioloy library, over which Mish Smeltzer was appointed librarian.
The Favorite Adornment of Women
building was erected in 1894.
There have been a number of valuable gifts to the Library during the past year. Among them is the generous collection of books from the library of the late Senator Preston B. Plumb. The collection includes most official documents and government reports. Many of them are of great value and rarity, which are proving to be of especial value to research students of American history and politics. A set of books on mathematics, from Paris, and art drawings, from Paris, and art paintings," comprising drawings and half-tone plates of paintings by celebrated Italian artists, are among the most valuable.
Many Change Schedules In Late Enrollment
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saturday did not show the expected number of late enrollments, but a large number of changes in scheluses. Friday of this week is the last opportunity afforded students for late enrolment and will be the first this semester. Every day this week all classes except Juniors may enroll after 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Seniors will see Professor Kester in Blake Hall; Sophomore muller in William Hall; more women Miss NeuenSchwander in Fraser Hall; Freshmen will go to Professor Lawson and Freshmen women to Miss Winston, in Fraser Hall. Juniors may enrol under Professor Bryonton at 11:30 o'clock on Wednesday and Friday at 12:30 o'clock on Tuesday and Thursday.
The total registration this year has now reached 364 with 189 new registrations this semester.
Sigma Phil will give a banquet at the chapter house Saturday night. Founders Day. The freshmen will out on a farce.
MISS ORA WEBB
Of the Department of Home Economics
a speaker on the Merchants'
Short Course Program
Resignation of M. U. Head Presented to Curator
H. H. Spencer, c21, and K. M. Haas, c19, former students of the University are here attending the Shaw Hall event, and are guests at the Beta home.
D. A. Ross Hill, president of the University of Missouri, presented his resignation to the Board of Curators and instructed that it be accepted immediately.
Presented to Curators
Dr. Hill resigned to take charge of the foreign operations of the American Red Cross. The resignation was communicated, members of the board stated.
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The History club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 4:30 in Fraser Rest
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the question of "Dance" is an important one at the University these days so don't fail to see—
"On With The Dance"
The Fitzmaurice Production with
MAE MURRAY
Varsity
TO BE SHOWN AT THE
Tomorrow and Thursday
Bowersock
Tomorrow Only
Also Paramount Magazine Also Good Comedy
Admission 11c and 33c including Tax
Room. All history majors are urged to attend.
Dr. Marie McWillie will lecture on Sex Morality to all men interested at 7:15 every Tuesday evening in the Unitarian Church.
Kappa Phi will meet Wednesday evening Feb. 9, at 7 oclock at Myers Hall. Important!
The Mathematics Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 9, at 4:30 o'clock in Room 110 Fraser. Robert will discuss the "Fourth Dimension."
Christian Science Society will meet in Myers Hall at 7:30 o'clock, Tuesday evening.
There will be a joint cabinet meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and W. Y. C. A. at 6:30 o'clock, Myers Hall, today. Feb 8. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and make conservation plans for the rest of the year.
Sociology Club will meet Tuesday at 7:15 in Room 110. Fareth, Findings from letters sent to former Sociology students will be discussed. All interested are invited.
The University Women's Association will give a tea from 3 to 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon February 12, at the home of Mrs. E. H. Hollands 1636 Tennessee Street. No individual notices will be given.
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"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy”—Go to a Show
Varsity Bowersock Last Time Tonight
Jack Holt and other stars in "Held by the Enemy"
(Not a War Spectacle)
From the play by William Gillette
Also Mutt and Jeff
Mary Miles
Minter
Supported by Jack Holt
in
"All Souls
Eve"
Miss Minter
Miss Minter-plays two en-
tirely different roles
Also Burton Holmes
MAY MURRAY, The Nell Brinkley Girl,
in the Fitzmaurice Production,
"ON WITH THE DANCE"
Wednesday and Thursday Wednesday Only
Admission 11c and 33c Including Tax
After Fraternity
last night we
all made a
dash for
The Oread Cafe
Brick's
and prepared for a good night's study—with a toasted cheese and a malted milk.