UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Official student paper of the University of Kansas
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PROUD OF BRADLEY
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920
Another big honor has come to the University of Kansas through Everet Bradley, who won the Pentonathon held last Friday as part of the Penn Relay Games at Philadelphia.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Bradley is to be highly complimented on "keeping fit" for the honor of his college. The whole University rejoices with him and is proud of him. His success speaks well not only for his own ability but also for those who trained him.
A SURVEY FOR ROOMS
This event opened the eyes of many eastern schools to Kansas and again reminded them that all athletic ability is not concentrated along the Chesapeake Bay.
All victorious football and basketball teams, and further victories in track; these are some of the things which will advance the University of Kansas in the national standing.
The townpeople, by combining their efforts with those of the students, will determine to a great extent the number of the students who will come here next year and the resultant growth of the institution.
The survey of rooms for the coming year is under way. Students in the department of sociology will canvass the town during the next week for all places which will be available to house the enrollment next year. An appeal is made to the people of Lawrence to assist the university as much as possible in making this campaign a successful one.
People who are accustomed to renting their rooms will be asked to take more students if possible, and those who have not opened their houses before will be requested to do so if it is at all convenient. The present plan will doubtless do away with a mad rash in search of rooms at the first of the school year. It is an attempt to avoid any such difficulties as had to be met with last year.
The members of the department of sociology who have volunteered to carry on the work are sacrificing a great deal of their time in spite of the fact that they will receive practical experience in making surveys. The cooperation of the Lawrence people will be more than appreciated by the student workers.
DISCHARGING EMPLOYEES
DISCHARGE HAS A great cry is going up from every section of the country to reduce the expenses of our government. To accomplish this is a large task. Recently the War Department made out a list of discharges for five hundred clerks. The next day the Secretary received over 150 letters of protest from congressmen who had constitutions among those slated for discharges. There is no doubt that those who were to be
uncharged were worthy and honest people. They certainly must have understood that their employment was only temporary and that they were liable to be discharged at any time, but they wanted to hold onto their jobs.
The congressmen who wrote the letters probably felt compelled to do so. Undoubtedly they knew that the large clerical force of the War Department should be reduced and that the only way to reduce it was by discharging employees. This is an illustration of the problem facing the government officials in reducing their staffs to the size needed to carry on the work of the various departments
THE SPECULATION QUESTION As long as men with respectable credit could step into the office of their banker and secure all the money they thought they wanted, no matter if the purpose were speculation, just so long did inflation increase.
A few days ago this condition was changed. Bankers in New York began to notify their customers that they must pay up. “Demand” notes can be called in at any time. This has been done to a large extent in New York in the last few days, and a consequence hundreds if not thousands of brokers and others have been compelled to throw stocks onto the market and accept whatever they could get for them. This caused a smashup in the stock market and in certain cases individuals suffered heavily. The losses suffered in the individual cases are a good thing for business in general, however, and those who were caught in the tightening of the money market are merely unfortunate. Bankers will continue to furnish money to those engaged in legitimate business, but the man who wants to borrow money for speculative pursuits will be turned down.
These circumstances will produce a healthy result and stop some of the wild speculations that are going on. If these matters had started six months or a year ago, it would have
been better for the country. When everybody can borrow money they say money is plentiful. Money is tight at the present time. The bankers are trying to get on a basis. The agitator will say that this action is the action of the banks' trust. The country is willing to risk the bankers' trust, however, in preference to a "red" revolution.
Campus Opinion
Editor, Daily Kansan:
The Kansas Modern Language Association at its recent meeting at Topaek passed a resolution that has a very important relation to the arts, particularly bilingual or polylingual education. The resolution favored concert action looking toward the formulation and adoption of a universal alphabet based on some scientific principles. On some interest of teachers of K. U., take a special interest.
Everyone may reason readily that the number of different sounds used in the several thousand of human languages and dialects must be rather limited because the possibilities of the human speech organs in sound production are limited. Yet of the several alphabets that have been developed, it is incomplete in failing to provide a sign or letter for every sound, and also in representing the same sound in more than one way.
To obviate these grave difficulties it is proposed to study the whole subject scientifically, and to formulate a standard alphabet. This will contain many words with very few exceptions as many as seventy to express not only forty odd sounds in common use in all European languages and dialects, but also fine distinctions, and too various sounds found in Anatolia, the American Indian and other languages.
When such an alphabet is agree on, it will serve as an unerring guide to the sounds of every language. The student who learns the scientific alphabet in addition to the alphabet of his mother tongue will learn more and more such alphabet will at once become indispensable in learning other languages. Not only will it serve, for instance in America to lead to correct pronunciation of French, German, Spanish, etc, but it would be available too as the pronouncing key to all dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers and other books in English, whence, now each of the great dictionaries has its own peculiar system of markings, and changes these from time to time. Linguae,
--out on the campus sidewalks. There's plenty of soft, velvety rubber to save everybody's shoes if they will only keep on the grass.
Frony is saying what you mean in a way that you don't mean so you can convince people that what they don't believe they really do believe.
People lie sometimes without knowing it. Others tell the truth accidently.
Congress has declared that the Army Mule shall be officially honored for his heroic service in the Iraq war. Mr. Kick coming from anybody.
The Northeastern Baptist Church has recently received six million dollars from the Rockerfeller family. Interest is much better than sprinkling.
Diamonds in the rough are all very well, but the most of the market value comes in the cutting and polishing.
Nearly one fourth of the 50,000 French-American war.brides have returned to their own country on account of incompatibility of nationality. Peace hath her problems as well as war.
Fernande Carusie is to sing in Havenia at $10,000 a night, the largest price ever paid to any singer. Nuiher electro-plated about this golden voice.
The Delta Tau men who put on overalls and got up and painted their own roof have protested against high prices in a way that amounts to something. Doing your own work with your own hands and dressing to suit the job is the Americanism that counts.
One thing calls for another. Since the new drinking fountains wash your face when you take a drink sanitary towels should be provided.
Javhawks Flown
Ingeberg Sundstrum, A. M., 16'H a fellowship at Yale this year, Miss Sundstrum is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
Lucille Nowland, A. B. 127, is now assistant editor-in-chief of the American Express Messenger in New York City. Before accepting her position in New York, Miss Nowland was connected with the Kansas City Journal. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Herbert Coleman, M. D. '13, who spent twenty-two months in the base hospital in Glascow, Scotland, is now located at the United States Naval Base at Mate John Pitman is a member of Piha Boat Pi fraternity.
Arthur Bradley, e'02, with his wife and little girl, were recently in Lawrence visiting his parents. Mr. Bradley served as a captain in France and has for a short time bean living in Texas.
Hazel Hypes, A. B., 18," was married to Roy Naylor April, 17 at Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Naylor is connected with the Central National Bank of Topeka, where Mr. and Mrs Naylor will make their home.
Tom Mulloy, L. L. B. 17, of Salina is now connected with the law firm Spencer, Buzikai, and Mulloy. Mr. Spencer is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
"Bug" Shim, E. L. B. 19, is now working out of Kansas City as salesman for the Victor L. Phillips Farm Implement Co.
KEEP ON THE GRASS
The outrageous price of shoes makes it necessary to keep on the grass to save shoe soles. Almost everybody goes to the garden, the lawn of the hard, the gritty sidewalks, but for the few who have not been so thrifty, we make this rather late announcement.
Gilbert Milton, L. L. B. 17, is now at the head of the claim department of the E. W. Pindotzer, Company of the E. W. Pindotzer, member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Josephine Himes, A. B. 17, of Russell, was recently married to Franklin Burns of Chicago, Ill. Miss Himes graduated from the University and worked in the Christian hospital at Chicago. Miss Himes was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, Mr. Frank was a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chapel Hill and Delta TauDelta fraternity.
KEEP ON THE GRASS
There's really no sense in spending two dollars and a half for a pair of shoes if we are going to wear them
Pick up any O'Bullivan's Heels advertisement and you'll be convinced that nervous breakdown is the inevitable result of walking on stone sidewalks. Use the cushion-like lawn and save your nervous system. You'll be surprised how soon your grades will rise. You can save yourself an assessment for the Soph Hop. Just follow the signs. There are plenty to guide you around over the campus—Western Reserve College,
On Other Hills
Scabbard and Blade, honorary military society at the Ohio State University recently initiated Paul L. Wood, Marshallhall, in, captain of artillery; Harry M. Lee, Linden Height, colonel of field artillery; Paul Routeson, Dayton, major of the second regiment.
Beginning this year, "Nightcap Night" will be held in conjunction with the Big Six meet at Ohio State. Marking the end of their first year the freshmen will lose the little "peacemaker" award and receive a mark of their rank in the university, into the huge bonfire prepared for the occasion.
Professor Charles Plumb has resigned as head of the department of animal husbandry at the Ohio State University after holding that position for 18 years. He will continue in that department, however.
YALE TAKES A VOTE
Following a custom of many years the senior class at Yale has expressed its preferences in many fields. As the scope of this "vote" is comparable to the range of the famous conversation between the Walrus and the Carpenter, a few examples only will suffice for present purposes: Favorite actress, Jillian Anderson; John Barrymore; favorite novel, "Lorna Doone"; favorite prose author, Charles Dickens; favorite poet, Robert Brown; favorite character in history, Abraham Lincoln, deposing Napoleon at last; favorite character in fiction, Sidney Carton; most valuable course in college, economics; easiest of students, students put themselves down as independent, 115 as Republicans, and only 7 as Democrats. Apart from the surprising political division, which may be conveniently attributed to the unrest, along with many another porallizing manifestation of the times, Mr. Avgert Gittich, an American Yale graduate is being given a sound groundwork of advice as a basis for later individual development—Christian Science Monitor.
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SALESMEN—We can use three or four additional salesmen about July 1; seniors or others not contemplating return to school are invited interested in the work of crane masters and Power Cars, 346 Mass. Street.
WANT ADS
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LOST—Engineers dance Ideal Water
mountain pen, valued as keep-
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LOST—Cohen's Organic Chemistry at McCook Field, Friday afternoon. Findler call 2323 Red, ask for Charles. Reward. 142-3-324
LOST—One Hampden wrist watch,
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OST—Black check book between Gym and Rowlands Annex. Contained cards and change. Call 2397 Black. 143-3, 328.
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\ W. JONES, A. M., M. D. Disease of the stomach, surgery, and gynecoli.
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CHIROPACTORS
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D. C. R. ALRIGHT—chiropradic act-
justinism and massage. Office Stubba
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DR. H. L. 'CRAAMBERS, Suite 2, Jacke Building. Building General practice. Special attention to nose, throat and ear. Telephone 217.
DLR. READING, F. A. U. Bidg, Eyes,
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Varsity - Bowersock
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in
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AND
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Fatty Arbuckle
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also
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Rolin Comedy
At the Varsity Frida WILL ROGERS IN "Jubilo"
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8th Annual
MAY FETE
will be given on the
GOLF LINKS
Saturday Afternoon
MAY 15
Listen Who'll be There
John Brown
Eli Thayer
Amos Lawrence
Quantrill
Coronado
Sheriff Jones
Horace Greeley
Charles Robinson
But these are only a few of "the bunch" that you will see if you come over to this
"HISTORICAL PAGEANT"
The idea of this year is something brand new in May Fetes.
Tickets sell for 50c
Children Admitted for 25c