THETA
SIGMA
PHI
EDITION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
THE T A
S I G M A
P H I
EDITION
NUMBER 137
Suspended Nineteen For Cutting Gym Classes; Must Report to Dean
Twelve Men and Seven Women May Lose Semester's Credits
Two Made Readjustments
Dean Patterson Believes Most Cases Due to Misunderstandings
Nineteen students in the College were withdrawn yesterday from their classes because they had been reported to the Dean's office as taking more than the one unexcused absence every two weeks which is allowed in physical training classes. Twelve of the students are men, seven are women. No credit for any work done in the College this semester will be given to these students unless they report immediately to the department of physical education or to the office of Dean Patterson.
Dean Patterson believes that all these cases can be adjusted satisfactorily, since he feels that they are due to mistakes or misunderstandings. "There are no slackers in the College, I think," said he. "Readjustments have already been made in two cases. One student enrolled in wireless withdrew from the class to take gymnasm work, he failed to do it. He has been reported by the wireless instructor as being absent for three weeks. Another student left the University without being withdrawn."
All students have been notified of their delinquency, and are to report immediately for reinstatement.
Protesting Laws Withdraw From Classes
Csae Will Be Settled in May Term of Court; Lawrence Lawyers Have Case
The law students base their claim for exemption on these facts: The Senate has never been given power to make such a ruling; the faculty of each school has a right to say what each student shall take and not the Senate as a whole; the State has agreed to give a student a degree for a certain number of hours. It is a breach of contract when they raise this by five hours of military drill each semester.
The law students are represented by two lawyers of Lawrence. The case will come up in the May term of court.
Twenty-four students of the School of Law have been withdrawn from classes because of failure to comply with the ruling of the University Senate requiring all men in the University to enroll in military training. Con Hoffman has been exempted because of heavy work, but unless they win the case, the remaining students will receive no credit for work this semester.
If One Will Report;
Please Wear a Vei
At last a method has been devised or rather transferred from the far East—not Boston, but Turkey—by which women can be reporters and still keep sweet and untainted, says a T. S. P. Purchase a veil, one of the oriental kind which can be pulled up over the eyes whenever any unseemly sight is to be avoided, and wear it constantly.
As for the color and finish of the veil is concerned, that is left to the individual's own discretion.
The only unfortunate thing is that the newspaper editor will have to appoint one of the sterner sex to be censor for the woman reporter, and precede her wherever she goes. The plan will work something like this. A regular reporter will walk down the street. If he sees a ragged newsboy he will say, sharply, "The veil," and the woman will discretely draw the veil over her eyes until the awful sight is safely passed.
terrans this procedure may be expensive. However, if women insist upon being reporters, what is one to do?
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1918
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Glee Club's Good Angel Appears at Celebration
The "Angel" of the Women's Glee Club arrived last night but in flowing white robes and a gold crown. However, the gift to the Club when they sang last night for the Masons was none the less appreciated, although the kind spirit was not one, but a collection of generous Mansons who contributed.
After the concert had finished, the women were surprised to find they were showered with silver, and on counting up discovered $42.82 had been given so more could go to Funston next Friday.
The following have been added to the list of those who will make the trip: First sopranos, Belva Shores, Ruth Gibson, Margaret Hodgson, Vivian Strange, Helen Glaze and Edna Dolechke.
Second sopranos: Ava Baer, Roberta Baer, Fayette Scott, and Elma Hunsicker.
First altos: Hazel Ernst, Eva Robinson, and Marian Seelye.
Second act: Harriet Brush.
This list is subject to further change.
Who's Here and Why
Mrs. Helen Rosa Lantz: "I like K. U, because I feel perfectly at home here. As I wander about your campus and your journalism department I can hardly realize that I have left the University of Washington. You have the same sort of a disreputable-looking news shop and the same crowd of enthusiastic workers, the same fine spirit of comradeship and co-operation between the young men and women of your Daily staff. Indeed the atmosphere of your Daily office is so like that of other college Dailies that I have visited that I have come to think that:
All the world's a college Daily staff
the men and women mere reporten
porters
Take these their assignments, beats,
and scoops
And one man in his time film many
his work being in seven sages. At first
he works with the cultish fabritham and
Dreaming in the English class.
And then the lagging lady cub with
Cop unwillingly his beat.
And then the lagging lady cub with
Cop unwillingly like a
furnace, with a red hot story
Framed for front page columns
Tips and padded up, like his pard (the
editor)
Zechariah for honors, sauve and on the
square in quince nomination even are the
term's half done. And then the
Editor in fall largo forehead with
nomination
With eyes severe and pencil poised to
of full wise squibs and down-town
instance he plays his part. The sixth
size is green and wistful Journal-
World recruit
In intire green and wistful Journal-
World recruit
For shrunk done; with his loud
commands
Turning again to low toned "yessir"
Nor whitles on his rounds. Las
that ends this strange, eventful hist-
is second cubbiness and near oblivion
Sain tip, sans dope, sans scoop, san
everything.
Marion Lewis of the Minneapolis Journal: "Back to K. U.! It makes all the difference in the world whether you 'come back' as a student or a visitor. The first experience is one of cheerfulness co-operation; the experience of the visitor is that of exultation. Back despite increased railroad fares, war tax, last year's style and a slim pocket-book. It doesn't matter. And the girls all lend you clothes. Nobody cares how you look. It's only how you act and how you feel. Old K. U. is better than ever. It has a fine patriotism this year that was just coming into evidence at this time last year. There never was a time like this."
George Amindsen: "The Daily Kansas offers to the public the first and original self commencing interviews ever produced on the campus. After telling the visiting Theta Sigma Phi delegates that they were too honored by having personal information handed pencils and told to go ahead and write their own—the staff was busy."
Name—Not at all essential.
Ambition—Another luncheon like the one Kansan Board gave us yesterday.
Beta offers the following to be used as a model:
Favorite author—B. L. T.
(Continued on page 4)
Name—Not at all essential.
Favorite occupation—Telling al
Favorite color—Plaid.
Tickets Are Made Up For Annual Election In Men's Student Council
Contests Develop for Places of Representative on Official Board
Two Out for Cheerleader
Nominations Made Also for Officers of College and School of Engineering
Petitions filed for the Student Council election to be held next Tuesday make up the following ticket:
Por president, Herschel Washington; for vice-president, George DeVoe; for secretary-treasurer, L. Lobaugh.
For representatives for the College: Marvin Harms, Robert Albach, Bruce Fleming, "Dutch" Lonborg, R Howder, Warren Woody, Ray Hemphill, and Ed. Mason. Seven will be elected.
For representatives for School of Engineering: George Nettels, Royal Ryan, C. K. Mathews, and Homer Eagles. Three will be elected.
For representatives for School of Law: B. Jensen, A. G. Armstrong, and Stanley Taylor. Probably one will be elected, but possibly two. This will be known definitely Monday.
For representative for the Scholof of Medicine: Tracy Conklin.
For representative of the Scho
f Pharmacy; Howard A. Skrae.
For Cheerleader; Fred Leach and Webb Wilson.
For athletic board, non-athletic members: John Murphy and Herman Hangen. Two will be elected. Athletic members: Paul Jones and John Burns. Three are to be elected.
For officers of the School of Engineering: for president, Rex Brown and Joe Mahan; for vice-president, Newton Beascheid and Paul Fox; for secretary-treasurer, William "Rii" Brady and J. L. Jakowsky.
The election will be held Tuesday, April 30. Students of the College will vote in Snow Hall, and the other schools in their respective buildings.
For officers of the College; or president, "Jimmy" Lyne and Homer Hunt; for vice-president, Louis Pouchat; and secretary-treasurer, Lu-Hovey.
Newspaper Game Is Great For Those Who Like It—Miss Bennett
Every Writer Should Get Train ing for Magazine Work In News Columns
Nine Chapters Send Delegates to Theta Sigma Phi Convention
"If you want to make money, if you want your work to be appreciated, if you want short hours, easy work, and a grand future, stay out of the newspaper game," was the warning given by Miss Helen M. Bennett in a talk before the delegates at the Theta Sigma Phi convention Thursday afternoon. "But if you want a business that will keep you alive every hour, and will give you an opportunity to meet people who are doing things, then go into it and work hard." The newspaper game is no place for the person who is not entralled by it and is not willing to withstand its hardships and its disadvantages.
"The newspaper is the daily history of the world. As a daily historian it covers every kind of life. News is the backbone of the newspaper, the groundwork, the vital part. Do not start in on feature work. I have great faith in coming up through the news columns, and I believe every newspaper woman should start as a reporter. Dramatic and music criticism is going out. People want the story of the thing.
"To be a reporter is just as good as going to college. You learn how to work, and not to regard hours. Above all things you learn never to know what failure is and I learn to take this." As qualifications of a good reporter, Miss Bennett named, self-control, good temper, mental quickness, good health, accuracy, resourcefulness and impersonal aspect of mind.
"To be a success, you must learn people, you must learn life, and then you must translate them into the simple terms of English."
Kansas Chapter Will Hold Initiation for Nine Members; Banquet Follows
Exhibit of Member's Work
Miss Helen Bennett Elected to Honorary Membership by Epsilon
Twenty Theta Sigma Phi are present at the first national convention being held here. Nine out of fourteen chapters are represented by student delegates. The grand president, Mrs. Helen Ross Lantz, and the grand treasurer, Mrs. Cassie Lawrence Bryant, are alumnae members of the chapter. Gassingham, Miss Brenner Hennigan, who spoke at convocation yesterday, has been made an honorary member of the Kansas chapter of Theta Sigma Phi.
Business meetings and election of grand officers was on the program today. At lunch a "Talk Around the Table" was led by Miss Vina Lindsay of the Kansas City Post, an alumni member of the University of Missouri chapter. "Woman's Woes—Their Cure" was the subject.
Tonight a banquet will be given by the Kansas chapter in honor of their initiates and visiting Theta Sigma Phi. After the banquet the delegates, grand officers and slummen will gravest at the Jawahra Beauty Ball.
An exhibit of work of the alumnae and honorary members of Theta Sigma Phi is displayed in Myers Hall where the convention meetings are being held. Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, Miss Effie Graham, Miss Kate Stephens, Miss Frances Davis, Miss Katherine Baxter, Mrs. Fewal Powell, and Miss Marion Lewis represent the Kansas chapter.
Newspaper articles and short stories by Anne Landsbury Beck, Clytia Hall, Lucile Saunders, Helen Brent and Bess Coleman were sent by the University of Oregon. Delta of Indiana is represented by Ethel M. Knapp, whose poetry is widely recognized. Marie M. J. Sempower. Several numbers of the Indiana News showing work of Theta Sigma Phi are on display, Mabel Kinney Hall of Montana has sent poems.
Kansas City Alumnae
Will Fee Visiting T.S.P.'s.
Convention to Close Tomorrow With Tour of City Newspaper Offices
The Kansas City Theta Sigma Phi Alumni Association is in charge of the final meeting of the convention tomorrow which will close with a tea at the Women's City Club in Kansas City.
There will be a short business meeting of the convention in the morning and afterwards luncheon at Bricken's cafe. The guests and members of the local chapter will then leave on the interurban for Kansas City where they will be met by the alumni members and taken over the city by the Kansas City Women's Motor Corps. After visiting the offices of the Kansas City Post, the Journal and the Star the guests are to be taken to the Women's City Club for tea at five o'clock.
The newspaper women of Kansas City are also to be guests at tea. Miss Katherine Baxter of the Independent will preside at the tea table as official hostess. The Alumni hostesses are Miss Frances Davis, Miss Vina Lindsay, Mrs. Lee Riley, Mrs. Nan Willis Sperry, Miss Gail Hall, Miss Caroline Greer, Mrs. M. K. Powell and Miss Anne Peppard.
Pi Lambda Theta Meets
Pi Lambda Theta, the women's educational sorority at the regular meeting of last night in Fraser Hall held the following program: "Community Demands on the Teacher," Margaret Walker; "The Personality of Teaching." Mary Schenk; "The Technique of Teaching." Madeline Schultz.
Supt. Raymond Kent of the Lawrence city schools will speak on "The High School Teacher" at the first meeting in May.
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Senior Takes Position
As Language Teacher
Marjorie Rickard c'18, president of Pi Lambda Theta and fellow in French for 1918-19, has accepted the position of modern language teacher in Ottawa University for the remaining semester, is filling an unexpired term.
Hear From Engineers
The School of Engineering has received word from Le Port Spangler, a graduate of the school last year who is now with Company M at Camp Hempstead, Brooklyn, that he expects to sail soon. He also said that he had been to visit Schiller Kruse, son of Professor H. O. Krusse and Mark L. Putnam, a second year student in engineering, who are employed by the Western Electric company.
Plain Tales From The Hill
SOCIETY NOTE
We are greatly concerned. Only two seniors at the Theta house remain unengaged. We have been watching the announcements faithfully but still their names have not appeared. It is at least exclusive to continue the maiden life. Wonder who will be next.
Everyone has heard about the Poetry Contest. Here is a sample of some of the choicest bits:
A funny old bird is the pelican, his bill will hold more than his beak.
He can hold in his beak enough for a week,
But I don't see how in the helican.
William Allen White was telling some of his experiences as a writer in a short story class today: "Now I never could write poetry," he confided, "although I've written tons and tons of it. Each time my beautiful poems would be returned accompanied by a letter which would read something like this:
Dear Bill:
We like you and your stories, but this poetry is rotten."
(Signed) ...
The innocence or should we say ignorance of some University women is sublime. One baseball fan was talking with Olive Reynolds yesterday.
"Why no," said Olive, "How in the world did it happen?"
"Did you know Jimmie Koles had an accident again?"
"He was trying to catch a fly out in the field," he explained, and fell down. "Oh, is he taking bugology, too?" he feminine fan answered.
Theta Sigma Phi convention opened its first meeting with a song by a quartette chosen from the sisterhood, but it has been said that good endings come from poor beginnings.
Prof. M. C. Elmer, in his sociology class, was speaking of Lester F Ward, the leading sociologist of last generation, when he said, "He i a monist; that is he was a monist. don't know what he is now since he died, probably captain of a shovelin squad."
ROUGH STUFF
Seven Theta Sigma Phis narrowly escaped an accident at Elevend and Ohio streets Thursday night, when the car in which they were riding became unmanagable at the top of the Eleventh Street hill and made a twisting, swerving descent backward down the hill. When at last the car perched upon an flower urn at Ohio Street and stopped, Miss Sylvia Finley, visiting delegate from Montana University, exclaimed, "Gee, that was rougher than any broncho I ever rode."
University Club Meets
William Allen White spoke at the University Club last night to the largest crowd which has ever been in attendance Thursday night, the club night for the University faculty. Mr. White gave a close-up intimate account of his war experiences.
Warren R. Neumann, senior electrical, was elected this morning for student-day speaker from the School of Engineering.
Robert C. Miles, e19, has been accepted for service in the Tank Corps, in which he recently enlisted.
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Women Need Training Along Special Lines To Aid War Program
Miss Bennett Speaks at Convocation on Requirements of "Women Warriors"
Describes Red Cross Work
William Allen White Says American Organization Held French Morale
"The government wants women especially trained for preparedness to perform the tasks which will later be required of them," said Miss Helen Bennett, manager of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations, at convolution, Thursday afternoon. Miss Bennett and Mr. William Allen White spoke on Women and the Red Cross in the war.
Miss Bennett talked on "Women Warriors." She emphasized the fact that what will be needed from now on, as women are called to fill men's positions, is special training along certain lines. The spectacular, for which some women are looking, has not yet come, because there are still some surplus men laborers. But women are asked to prepare, and be ready to go into their calling with the determination and willingness of the soldier. Miss Bennett said that there is a shortage of trained women in domestic science, of stenographers, scientists, and social workers.
Miss Bennett gave as the requisites of the women workers of today definite training along some one particular line, accuracy and executive ability in their work, and health. The woman who can do "almost anything" is no longer wanted. Employers want the woman who can do what they need. And they want the woman who is dependable and has a good vitality for today much is being demanded of her endurance.
Miss Bennett expressed her profound disapproval of women who take a government position during war times and keep it for a few months, only to forsake it then for a different purpose. Every woman who takes a position during war times to sign up for a definite period."
Mr. White told in a simple narrative style some of his experiences on the western front a year ago, to illustrate the work of the Red Cross in the war. A year ago, when the morale of the French was weakening because of conditions at home in their families, the American Red Cross came to the rescue and the morale was restored. They fed and clothed the families of the soldiers (Continued on page 4)
Despite Fruit Salad W.A. White Thrives
William Allen White knows college life.
"Know college life!" cried he,
"Why, I've eaten my weight in fruit
salad at commencement banquets.
"They always have fruit salad at any kind of a college banquet from the Alleghenies to the Rockies," he explained. "Or else they have this fruit in cups at the beginning. You see I do know. I go to a lot of these restaurants." They always have the same old menu and the same old speeches."
Since Mr. White has attended a few hundred college banquets, his word should not be doubted. His knowledge of college life is first-hand information, for in addition to being a regular banquet-attender, he has lived in a college town ever since he was sixteen.
Mr. White is going to use this information in his book after next
Mr. White is going to use this information in his book-after-next.
"It's going to be an academic novel," he said. "My first novel was about capital punishment, and now which will be published before law is about labor, and the next one I write will be about the academic circle of a middle-west community. Every one of the three is concerned with the problem of freedom—the problem of free expression of a man's self."
K. U. is going to be immortalized in print. The fruit salad of commencement banquets, and the old Hill will stand forth upon the pages of the book-after-next, and all K. U. will look forward to the reading of that book.