THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MINERS WILL DEFY NEW KANSAS COURT
Statement Made by President Howat at Pittsburg, Today
1000 Miners Are On Strike
United Press
Howat Also Approves Restraining Injunction of District
Pittsburg, April 6—President A exander Howat of the Kansas-Miouri district of United Mine Wor sayers today announced that his ur ion would not recognize the new Kansas Industrial Court.
This announcement followed a meeting of the miners executive board to consider whether the miners would appear before the court which is investigating conditions throughout the district.
About 1,000 men are still idle in this district in protest against the Wilson wage commission award.
Industrial court officials today in timed that the court would not deal with Howat but would leave him to be dealt with by District Court. The court also issued a temporary restraining him from calling a strike.
Allen Won't Talk About Mines
Tofeka, April — Gov. Henry J. Alen decided to give out a statement this morning on the strike of 2,000 coa miners in southern Kansas yesterday afternoon. The Governor called for an urgent court of industrial relations mas in Pittsburgh, where a complete investment wizard be made.
U. S. HELIUM PLANT NEARING COMPLETION
A great helium plant from which the United States government hopes to obtain non-inflammable gas, in sufficient quantities to supply its military balloons, is hearing interest in a project the plant will be in operation by August 1.
Construction of the plant, the only one of its kind in the world and at a cost of approximately five million dollars, was started during the war. It is a series of experiments conducted at Fort Worth and Petrolia, Texas.
U. DID NOT WIN DEBATE
The construction of this plant is of special interest to the University department of chemistry since it was Prof. H. P. Cady of the department who discovered the presence of helium in natural gas and who carried out the studies necessary for extracting helium from natural gas. Professor Cady has also extensively investigated localities where grades of gas best suited for extracting helium could be found. At Petrolia, gas was struck which proved to be especially suited for the purpose. The government has of course taken an active interest in these investigations at Fort Worth under education at Fort Worth represents the latest effort at adequate experimenting in this field which will be carried on while the supply of natural gas at Petrolia lasts.
Report That Kansas Won Tri angular Debate is Error; Decision Goes to Oklahoma
The University debating team did not win the triangular debate between the Universities of Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas, according to a letter received at the Kansas office the editor of the Oklahoma Daily.
This letter states that Oklahoma obtained a unanimous decision over Colorado at Oklahoma University instead of vice versa as a recent article in the Kansas said. This error is explained by Prof. H. A. Shim, from whom the Kansan obtained its information. He says that he telegraphes to the coach of the Oklahoma team to request his team be defeated Colorado. As Professor Shim received no telegram he took for granted that Oklahoma defender Oklahoma. This result, which the Oklahoma University editor claims, would give Oklahoma five points, Kansas four and Colorado none.
Landslide Predicted For Women Politicians
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1920.
W. S. G. A. election will be Friday from 9:00 o'clock to 4:00 o'clock in the Museum. There will be but one ticket. The petitions that have come are: President, Helen Olson, Vice-President, Mary Olsen, Vice-President from the School of Fine Arts, Ruth Boorstertier, Secretary, Catharante Oder, Treasurer, Lucile Cleveland.
Election of representatives takes place, Friday, April 16. "Petitions must be in by Tuesday, April 13," said Eileen VanSandt.
CHORUS FOR FOLLIES HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
Fifty-Five Men and Women Singers Will Participate in Annual K. U. Revue
The members of the choruses for
the Follies were announced today by
Irene Boyer, chairman of the Follies
committee. The leading parts will
be taken from this group of students
announced later. The choruses are:
Women's Chorus: Janet Atkinson, Florence Broussa, La Verne Bronaugh, Betty Bradbury, Glossie Blackburn, Leona Bautgartner, Naein Cox, Isabel Crandell, Frances Cooper, Alice Carney, Hazel Dugal, Michelle Kline, Francis Mettries, Sarah Evans, Sarah Farrell, Midred Fowler, Euliane Kaufman, Mary Lovry, Marian Montgomery, Elva McLenan, Dorothy Matticks, Norma McFadden, Gladys Manwarring, Harriet Penny,玛格aret Patterson, Helen Palmer, Virginia Pugh, Robert MacGowan, Betty Stevens, Irene Reece, Zilla Shipley, Gatherine Stubbs, Thoreaa Tummel and Marion Varner.
Men's Chorus: Ralph Brigham, Frank Baldwin, Donald Cahoun, Tatot Clingman, Franklin Fowler, Galen Gorlen, Ray Gafney, Jack Horner, Burney Miller, Richard Malaby, Pete Neighbors, Johnnie Olds, Charles Juffer, William Paul Stauffa, William Charnes Spraven and Bob Blackburn.
TEACHERS' SALARIES TOPIC OF CONFERENCE
Present and prospective shortage of teachers constitutes a menace to the public welfare so serious as to justify heroic measures by teachers and by the general public, according to the resolutions of the Teacher Emergency and Federal Rural Life Conference at Emporia, attended by Dean F. J. Kelly and Dr. Alberta Corbin last week.
Instructors Should Adhere to Salary Schedule for Financial Protection Says Resolution
"Except where contracts are already made, teachers should adher to the salary schedule or to salaries higher than the salary schedule," aays a resolution, "not primarily to protect their own financial interests, but because the public welfare demands it. Accepting salaries below this threshold would require the training of this conference, make impossible the task of securing a sufficient number of adequately trained teachers for next year."
"this conference went on record as favoring teachers standing together for higher salaries," said Dean Kelly. "The time has come when it is the real duty of every teacher to demand salaries as high as these or higher, because if one accepts less, and because of living at home on a farm, or if they expect less, others are expected to. The result will be 'lower standards.'"
The salary schedule adopted by the conference calls for salaries of from $200 for high school graduates without experience to $1300 for four years or more. The salary annual increases ranging from $50 to $140 for six years. For five years above high school training the salary is $1400 and $200 increase for each year of experience for seven years, then $2800 in secondary schools.
Miss Corbin attended the rural life conferences, under the auspices of the national board at Washington. J. L. McBrien represented the National bureau. The importance of rural education for the nation was emphasized. Some of the more important discussions by Mr. McBrien was in regard to improving the schools and conditions for the teachers.
GERMANS RETREATING BEFORE FRENCH ARMY
Foch's Troops Entered Frank fort and Darmstadt Simultaneously This Morning
Martial Law is Proclaimed
Newspapers, Wires, and Mai Have Been Subjected to Military Censorship
Paris April 6—French troops have entered Frankfurt and Darmstadt it was officially stated here today. The troops entered the two German cities simultaneously at 5 o'clock this morning.
(United Press)
The French column reached Eckenstein at 9 a.m. m. proceeding toward Duisburg which they expected to reach by noon.
The foreign office announced that the German reichwehr had surrendered to the troops. Earlier reports stated that the reichwehr had evacuated the city before the French troops arrived. The foreign office announced that the reichwehr had evacuated at midnight.
The army consists of two divisions totaling 15,000 men mostly cavalry. The French are on their way to Hamburg and Ehburg.
Generali Dedouto has issued a proclamation saying there will be no fighting providing absolute order is maintained. A state of siege has been declared.
German public service will be maintained under French control. Public gatherings of more than five people have been forbidden. Newspapers are not permitted to publish newspapers, and mail service are under military censorship. The proclamation declares that all weapons must be delivered immediately to the city hall except those of the regular police, the marshal fact of all who oppose the proclamation of general protest.
Berlin, April 6-The French ambassador here today submitted a report that French troops occupied Frankfort today.
Chaos and Dead Reds Predominate
Mr. S. Z. Herb, band master, has sent in an O. S. call for trombone, alto, and cornet players. All those who play any of these instruments kindly report at the next practice Wednesday night in Fraser Chapel.
London, April 6—Communities began looting at an early early today, according to a news agency dispatch from Berlin. Mobs plundered confectionaries, food and shoe shops. In the weeks before the hundreds of thousands of marks.
The Communist executive committee fled toward Barmen, admitting the situation had passed beyond its nearing Essen, the dispatched say.
London, April 6-More than 300 Reds were killed when the Communist army attempted to stop the advance of German reichweir near Pelkham, a Berlin dispatch said to lay.
A prize of $500 has been offered by the Central Council for Nursing Education for the best play of three or four acts by an American author, based on incidents in the lift of Florence Nightingale, the hundredth anniversary of whose birth will be celebrated on May 12, 1920.
Five Hundred Dollars Offered for Prize Play
This offer was sent to Prof C. G. Dunlap, head of the English Department, and is an incentive toward stimulating interest in the nursing profession by a serious shortage of nurses. The competition closes September 1, 1920.
Katcha Koo Pleases Audience First Night
Katcha-Koo the home talent musical comedy presented Monday night at the Bowersock Theatre for the benefit of the Memorial Hospital fund, was the best of the home shows put on this season in the opinion of many of those who saw it last night. A good house saw the show MONDAY, JULY 21TH at noon to night. There are several University students in the cast.
Supt. H. Clarke Fiskel of Nowawa, Okla., visited at the University and discussed the teacher shortage with graduate H. Johnson of the school of education.
NUMBER 123.
A new system of collegiate education which has been put into practice at Columbia is described in the University of Cincinnati Nows.
Columbia Abolishes Freshman Rhetoric
Freshman English, the bureau of every first year student, is to be eliminated, and a novel plan supplants it. Upon entrance to the school, every student in every college is required to pass a rigid examinations, including reading the exam, he takes a stuff course in English for a half year. The more fortunate students enter into the new course of study. Fifty books, dealing with philosophy, mathematics, science, history and literature are to be read by every student. The earliest attempts through the first two years.
The elective courses are being lessened and more enforced. The natural tendency of the student is to get a little bored and get a little out of college. To stimulate scholarship, Columbia has a system of honor men who are exempt from certain studies and who are not required in which they are most interested.
So far, the plan has worked out very well. The classes are under the direction of young professors, well versed in all subjects, whose business it is to direct the reading of the students. The students find this method infinitely more satisfactory than the old plan of Freshman English, and certainly more benefit may be derived *m* more the reading of such books as are taught by the knowledge of fifty books will furnish the general background of knowledge that so many college students lack.
Y. W. C. A. CABINET OFFICERS ELECTED
House Party for Cabinet Members will be Held April 10.
April 10
The new cabinet for the Y. W. C. A. was announced today. The newly appointed members will be installed at the regular meeting of the Y. W. this afternoon," said Grace Gaspari, who party held on a farm near Vilnius for the old and new cabinets will begin Saturday morning April 10.
The new Y. W. officers elected several weeks ago are: Grace Gaskill President; Lucile Karing, Vice President; and Reba Shepherd, Secretary. Membership: Norma McFadden; Meetings, Leona Baumgartner; Finance, Irene Boyer; Publicity, Francie Bell; Social Service, Bessie Gillis; Bornie, Bernice Bridges; Hosts, Dorothy Engle, Big Sister, Glessa Blackburn; Personal Work, Helen Hawkins; Conference, Ella Balam; Religious Education, Frances Fengel.
Women Make Success In Newspaper Field
Frances Davis, Theta Sigma Phi, from the Kansas chapter, now with the Kansas City Post, gave a talk on women's opportunities in newspaper work. She compared the field now open to women reporters with that of a few years ago. According to Miss Davis, advantages given to women now in that work, are due much more than they themselves canable, and in many cases gain far better results than men reporters.
Theta Sigma Phi held an open meeting Wednesday afternoon in Fraser for the women of the department of journalism.
Mrs. Cramer, chairman of the Collegiate Alumnae Employment Bureau in Kansas City, in her talk emphasized the fact that to be a success in any line of work, one must be virtually interested and accommodate work alone, but not let the idea of money or honors be the only incentive.
At the end of the meeting, refreshments were served and the rest of the time was spent in a social hour.
Summer Session Bulletin Sent Out
Bulletins of the University Summer Session are being sent out this week from the Kansas high schools, by Desn F. J. Kelley, dean of the school of education and director of the summer session. The first session will be from June 14 to July 28, and the second from July 28 to August 3, regardless that asbest one bulletin be placed in building.
State Athletic Association President Writes Members Offering Suggestions
TOURNAMENT SYSTEM MAY BE REMODELEI
May Eliminate Some 'Meets'
Organization Hopes to be an Aggressive Influence in Interscholastic Athletics
New plans for the determining of the state champions in both football and basketball are being considered by the State Athletic Association. In a letter to the different schools and officers of the Association, Will Kidd, of the State Athletic Association, has outlined a few ideas whereby some of the many "state tournaments" may be eliminated, or officially approved thereby allowing some of the high schools to enter one or two tournaments in half a dozen in order to prove their supremacy in the state district.
Mr. French suggests a Board of Control empowered by the constitution to act as a committee to review the records of the various teams claiming state championship honors, and award the state championship to a high school team proverb that show that they merit this honor.
By holding approved meets the winners of these would simply be certified to the manager of the state meet at Lawrence or Manhattan and then compete in a championship bracket of the tournament. If the plan were followed it would be necessary to modify the constitution and re-district the state, where the teams came from and fast" boundaries but simply represent the general territory from which the teams came to the college meet. This would certainly be an improvement over the presldigious districts, Mr French thinks.
"It is my hope that we may make the State Athletic Association an aggressive controlling influence utility and athletic activities in Kansas high schools. Unless it can be a real factor promoting high standards of academic performance, we need no pretext for its continued existence," said President French.
Professors Will Attend St. Louis Chemical Mee
At the meeting of the American Chemical Society to be held in St. Louis April 12-16 inclusive, six speakers will be invited from University of Kannas will be present.
This society is the largest chemical association in the world and papers will be presented by the K. U. professors attending. The subjects of these papers have not yet been decided upon.
Those who will attend are: Professors H. P, Cady, F, B.Dains, H. C Allen, G. W. Stratton, and E. H. S. Bailey.
Dr. M. Burns of Iola to be Y.M.C.A. Noonday Speaker
Dr. M. Burus of Iola will be the speaker at the Noon-Day Lunchcone of the Y. M. C. A. Thursday. His talk will be of interest to every University student, Y leaders say. The luncheon will be in Myers Hall in Manhattan. In these the gymnasium have not been completed as yet. According to "Con" Hoffman the change will probably not be made this year.
Haskell Season To Open Friday
The Haskell Indian baseball season will open next Friday with a game on the Haskell diamond with the Baken nine. This is the opening game for the Knicks' season, and chance to get a line on Kansas Conference baseball prospects for this season.
Topka School Marms to Get More Topka. April 6-14. The Topka board of education have granted an average increase of $400 a year to all city of $375 a year, and a maximum of $800.
The last of Professor Schwegler's series of lectures on the Relation of Religion to Present Industrial and Social Problems will be devilled Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in Myers Hall. The subject of this last lecture will be "The Highest Ideal."
Jacques Thiband Gives Concert Course Number
Jacques Thibaud, the famous French violinist, will give the sixth number of the University Concert Gym, Saturday evening. April 10.
Mr. Thibaud is one of the world's greatest violinists, and is so ranked by all the conductors of the great orchestras. His program is one of exceptional interest, including as it does numbers from the old classic school, as well as numbers from the modern French school.
The pianist with Mr. Thibaud is Mr. L. T. Grunberg.
ONE STUDENT IN SIX FROM KANSAS FARM
One in six of the 3,571 students enrolled in the University of Kansas are from the farm and almost as many are from homes of merchants, according to figures just compiled by Registrar George O. Foster. The parents are engaged in agriculture, 683; in trade or commerce, 619.
Registrar Foster Compiles Statistics From Enrollment Blanks
Four hundred and eleven students list their parents' occupation as housekeepers, 137 as day laborers, workers and 114 as travelling salesmen.
That the majority of the students come from homes representing the common walks of life is shown by the fact that of the entire enrollment only 184 students list their parents as retired or unemployed.
Every county in Kansas, with the exception of Haskell, Stanton and Hodgeman, is represented in the University of Kansas. The University of Kansas, according to George O. Foster, registrar. Of the 3,571 students enrolled at the University more than three hundred come from Missouri. At present there are 2,300 male students in the student body. The freshman class has 1,359 members.
Plain Tales From The Hill
It is rumored on the compus that Walt Heren, journalist, bovskhevi and politician, has joined the lounge and type of K. U. man. He was seen in the office with outstretches Saturday buying face powder and cold cream and other cosmetics.
Are students different from ordinary Americans? One professor asks apart than: "Americans must learn how to become - New Iow - not mean you class."
Three K. U. men after walking the distance of the campus to get a coke, discovered that they could not get money from the man who had money for the man a hole in his pockets and lost his cash, an often too they discovered that coles had advanced to ten cents of some of them had enough money.
The influence of medieval universities was being discussed, when suddenly the professor propounded this unanswerable question: "Do you believe that people in universities usually think?"
In one of the sociology classes this morning, the professor asked, "Are you learning much about this lesson?" A freshman on the back row piped up "No sir, I was just listening to what you were saying."
In dismissing the class four minutes early an economic prot gave this as an excuse. "I have a bad cold and have to go down the hill and get some hot." Someone on the back row shouted, "Where do you get it?"
A woman journalist, was industriously picking out the alphabet when she arose abruptly from her chair, "I must have had your name," said, "I must have a man's name."
Dr. Sheppard Attends Meeting
Dr. Hubert Sheppard, instructor of Anatomy, returned Monday evening from Washington, where he attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists. He reports that the association was well represented in the state schools were represented. The meeting was held in the Smithsonian Institute. Dr. Sheppard read a paper, and three demonstrations from the University were given.
OLYMPICS POSTPONED;
TO BE HELD THURSDAY
Bad Weather Puts Off Frost-
Soph Struggle Two
Days
'No Rough Stuff—Monteith
Rumors of Naughty Freshman Rally Come to Council Head
The Freshman-Sophomore Olympic games, held to determine the mastery of the upperclassmen over the yearlings in the matter of whether or not the freshmen caps are to be worn for the remainder of the school year, will begin on the count of the muddy condition of McCook Field, and will be held Thursday afternoon, May 8, if conditions permit, according to John Monteith, president of the Men's Student Games are being instituted by the freshmen to end the dispute over the freshman cap custom this spring.
Chancellor Strong when interviewed in regard to the class clash advocated by the mens governing body, said that he was in favor of the new men's constitution which has just allowed him that he had confidence in the ability of the Council to handle the Olympic between the two lower classes.
"It has been rumored that the freshmen planned last week to stage a demonstration in the manner of a 'naughty rally,'" said Mr. Monteith this morning. "If any such unsportsmanlike incident happens, the Stuart team would be compelled to call the Olympics off, and the freshmen to wear their diminutive top-pieces without any question of the justice."
SEN. JOHNSON TAKES MICHIGAN BY 25,000
Californians Headquarters Claim No Paid Publicity or Workers Used by Them
(United Press)
Detroit. April 6—"Michigan has given her endorsement to Hiram Johnson in terms so decisive as to leave no doubt" Lewis Crampton, Michigan manager of the California senator's campaign said in a statement issued at the time. "It's today," Johnson has a safe lead of better than twenty-five thousand.
"Against forces that have been entirely organized for months, and as much money as has been spent in a Michigan campaign, using hired militants to fight without limit, Senator Johnson in the district has made a winning fight on his merit without a single paid worker, and with little paid publicity in newspapers or through the mails."
"The result is significant as a resultation by Michigan of the pocket-boot controlling fact#2 in her polities."
Fewer Teachers Placed By Appointment Bureau
The number of applications from and appointments of teachers through the school of education at the University has been decreasing the last semester of Prof. W. H. Johnson, head of the appointment bureau.
During 1914-1915 104 teachers were placed by the department. In the year 1918-1919 41 teachers were placed in a decrease of more than 60 per cent.
Prof. F, L. Fleener's advanced class in historical geology, which went to the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma on a field trip, had not returned this morning. The party intended to spend only the days of the Easter vacation but the work held them over for much of the weekend, panied by the state geologist, Dr. R. C. Moore, and Professor Fleener is expected back Wednesday.
Harold G. Ingham, director of the University Extension Division left Tuesday night to attend the National UUniversity Extension Division Association convention at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, April 8, 9, and 10. He is to take part in the program.
House President's Council Wednesday at 4:30, Fraser 110. Discussion on "Vocations for Women by Mise Winn." with Olive Constant, Chairman. Olive Constant, Chairman.