UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
Hamilton Chooses Men To Enter Big Dual Meet At Kansas City Friday
Time for Two-Mile Race Was Best Made This Year
Quarter Mile Was Slow
NUMBER 108.
Final Selections Will be Made Day of Meet
Practically the full squad of men to be taken to the Missouri-Kansas meet Friday in Kansas City, was selected Tuesday afternoon in Robinson Gymnasium. The two mile run, up to this time one of the slow events for the K. U. track team this season, proved to be the closest and best race of the try-outs. Rex Brown, a new runner, made Hanna do his best in this long distance event, but Hanna placed first by running a header race.
The time in the two-mile run was the best that has been made on the Robinson Gymnasium track this year. Hannah's time was 10 minutes, 55 sec.
ha, Oglewie, who won a good race
ist week in one of the try-outs was
treed to drop out. Buffington came
toor a poor third. The record for
door track at K. U. is 10 minutes,
age by Archie Grace two years
ago.
Murphy took things easy in his race, the half mile, and won in 2:135. Coffey came in second. This is fairly good for practice time but is much slower than last season's record. In the mile, Hunt, who made such a good showing last week placed second in a close finish with McCall, another new man who ran on the cross country team this fall. Dewall, who has been doing the best running in this event this year, placed third.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, 1918.
The time in the quarter mile was poor compared to the usual time for this event indoors but it was probably the best that has been done this season on the Robinson track. Ralph Robkid may done some good work and was able to best Clift across for first place, while Russell and Shreve came in third and fourth. This leaves the entries in this event a toss-up but it seems likely that Russell and Shreve may be saved for the relay. Lobaugh and Davidson also ran in this event, finishing in the order named. Fearing is expected to run for time in this event this afternoon and Davidson is to be given a chance against time in the half mile.
Haddock and either Liggett or Davison are the likely candidates to be taken to the meet in the shot put. In the high jump Rice and Howard have the field. In the pole vault Howard and Welty are the likely men. Men will be selected in the hurdle events in the try-outs Wednesday.
In the 50-yard dash Lobaugh and Haddock are the men to win out. The quarter milers will devote much of their time the remainder of this week to the practice of touching off in the relay. With the possibility of the relay deciding the meet with the best chance in losing this important event and possibly the meet with it through lack of training in touching their runner.
More than twenty-five men will be entered in the meet but only sixteen are allowed to compete and consequently Coach W. O. Hamilton will not announce his final sixteen selections until just before the meet.
Designed Big Gun Finder
A. J. Fecht, a graduate of the University is now in France where he is supervising tests of an instrument he helped to design to show the location of artillery by sound. Mr. Fecht is first lieutenant of Company B Twenty-ninth Engineers.
Black Helmets To Dance
BLAKE HARRIS
The Black Helmet Dance Friday night will be the first dance given by a class organization this month that is open to the whole University. Haley will furnish music.
Driest Winter in 50 Years
The rainfall during the months of November, December, January and February was less than it has been for fifty years during the corresponding months, according to the report on winter precipitation from the University Weather Bureau. The rainfall was 2.92 inches less this season than the average amount of rainfall.
Owls will meet at 7:30 o'clock Wednes day night at the Pi Upsion house Important Sour Owl and dance business.
Sociology Students Go to Leavenworth
Professor W. B. Bodentafier's class in remedial and corrective agencies, accompanied by Dr. F. W. Blackmar will make a trip to Leavenworth tomorrow. The class is making a study of corrective institutions and will visit the state prison at Lansing and the federal prison at Leavenworth. The class expects to have lunch with the prisoners.
Sometimes nex month they will visit the State Hospital for the insane at Topeka.
The War Here and Over There
WAR THOUGHT FOR TODAY
General Crowder says no spy has been seen on the ground, and much as we hate-to, we have to believe it — Philadelphia Inquirer.
One hundred persons, including many women and children, were killed in a German air raid on Paris last night. Secretary Baker witnessed the attack.
The final quota of the first draft,
consisting of 95,000 men, will be
called out March 29. Kansas must
supply 587 men. Provost Marshal
General Crowder announced yesterday
that the second draft, composed
of 800,000 men, would be ordered as
soon as Congress amends the law governing
the number of men placed in
Class 1.
American fighting men have taught the European soldiers to chew gum.
Germany will soon issue a new war loan of 15 billion marks. The German war debt now amounts to 109 billion marks.
Congress has passed the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill, which provides 1,800 million dollars for war purposes.
The cost of feeding soldiers at Camp Devon, Ayer, Mass., has increased from 38 cents in September to 40 cents in February.
At a recent election in Coblenz Germany, for a seat in the Reichstag the peace party's candidate was elected by a vote of 5,387 to 4,609.
The next transport leaving Manila will carry 160 Germans whom the government is deporting on account of disloyalty.
Paul Hennig of Brooklyn, a mechanical expert accused of tampering with gyroscopes for torpedoes and charged with treason, has been acquitted at the request of the District Attorney.
The government will probably take over the control of the larger express companies soon, as their earnings are falling off very rapidly. Plans are also being made for an increased use of the waterways.
The Daughters of the Orient, a patriotic organization in the Philippines, are making pongee shirts for the American soldiers in France. These shirts are said to be verin proof.
Arnold Lupton, the noted civil and mining engineer and ex-member of Parliament, has been sentenced in London to six months imprisonment for circulating a pacifist leaflet.
Germany has apparently begun a campaign of hostility against the Scandinavian countries, now that Finland is practically in her power. The first move was the cancelling of all Norwegian contracts by the Central Purchasing Co.
Japan is still undecided on the matter of sending troops to Siberia. The forces of General Semenoff, the anti-Bolshevist leader in Siberia, have been defeated and are retreating into Manchuria. China has notified the Bolshevik that any move through her territory will be considered an act of war.
The regular meeting of the German Verein will be held Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock in room 310 Fraser Hall. Marie Deibel, c18, will give an interesting talk on the "School Life of German Girls in Germany."
Cuba has borrowed 15 million dollars from the United States for buying war supplies, and Great Britain has borrowed 200 million dollars additional for the same purpose. These loans draw 5 per cent interest.
Proposal Considered by Frater nities and Sororites in Monday Night Meetings
Greeks Asked to Help In Baby Bond Campaign
Prof. G. C. Shaad, chairman of the University war finance committee sent out circular letters Monday asking for the support of the fraternities and sororites on the Hill in the campaign for the sale of baby bonds. The proclamation was considered by the knicks in their regular meetings on Monday night.
The committee has not reached all of the students in this campaign and believe, by enlisting the fraternity and sorority support, more students can be reached and more sales effected. The circular letters contained a large number of applications for membership to the University Baby Bond organization. Membership may be had by purchasing or promising to purchase a bond by July 1, 1918. The applications were furnished by the government, and the maximum cost of the bonds will not exceed $41.7.
The bonds can be purchased in installments as low as twenty-five cents and do not have to be completed for three and one half months. For these reasons the committee believes that every student can purchase at least $100 on July 1. The fraternities are working on the proposition and will turn in their reports with the completion of the fraternity canvass.
Interest In Contest Grows With Salesmen Working in Buildings
Three More Days End Race-
Booths Again Tomorrow
And Friday
*Bought your Jayhawker yet?*
*Siren up here for your annual*
And Friday
These and similar remarks were heard in every University building today as a hundred or so K. U. women stormed the student body in the 3-day whirlwind sales campaign that is to wind up the "Our Kansas Girl" contest. Every candidate had a stationary chair, books, friends to help, most of them kept busy all morning and part of the afternoon, soliciting subscriptions.
Each candidate will have a new station tomorrow; and the wholesale soliciting will continue until Friday night. Saturday, the last day of the contest, will be devoted by the candidates to picking up loose ends and rounding up those prospective subscribers who have promised to buy but who have not signed up. The contest closes Saturday at 6 o'clock. No extra copies of the Jayhawker will be printed and all who want books must order this week, managers say.
More votes were cast today than on any previous date. Hester Jackson was still in the lead at noon, with Earline Allen a close second. Marie Buchanan had jumped to third place, with Hazel Cook holding fourth. Myrtle Steen rose to fifth place, and Louise Logan, Eileen VanZandt, and Josephone Huoni dropped to sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively. Jessie Wyatt rose from tenth to ninth place. The remaining contestants, in the order of their standing, are: Jessie Buck, Rhea Diveley, Laurine Lynn, Frances Adams, and Dorothy Wiggins.
Sponer Library, Marie Buchanan;
Green Hal, Myrtle Steen; Fraser Hall,
Jessie Wyatt; Allerie Allen; Blake
Hall, Josephine Huoni; Snow Hall,
Laurine Lynn; Chem Building, Frank-
ness Administration, Eileen
Van Zandt Boys' Gym; Haworth
Boys' Gym, Jessie Buck; Haworth
Louise Logan; Marvin Hill,
Hester Jackson; Unassigned, Rhea
Diveley, Dorothy Wiggins.
Thirty Sweaters Finished
The candidates will be stationed as follows tomorrow:
A DAILY LETTER HOME—The Daily Kansas.
Three Football Squads Begin Formation Work
Many University women still are knitting enthusiastically according to C. A. Randolph, secretary to Coach Hamilton. There have been thirty sweaters turned in at the Red Cross department to date, and according to the amount of yarn that has been checked out, there will be sixty more sweaters turned in during the next few weeks. These sweaters are all sent to K. U. athletes in army service.
Fifty Men Out for Practice on Hamilton Field Tuesday Night
Three squads were formed of the men out for spring football at Hamilton Field Tuesday. Each squad worked on new formations under Stem Foster, Jay Bond and Scrubby Laslett. Fifty men turned up Tuesday night and more are expected this afternoon.
Coach Bond is giving each squad two or three formations at the start and will have them tried out in light scrimage game. Most of the men are green on the game but are getting the rudiments. Laslett worked on the line men part of the time, showing how to block and break up plaus.
The varisty men have been on the side lines this wek, but will come out for work next Monday. The baseball men are working out with the football squads to get into condition. Baseball will start at McCook Field in about three weeks. The battery men are working out daily in the gym.
To Send Frenchwomen Here On Scholarships Of French Governmen
Students To Be Sent To Those Universities Selected By American Association of Colleges
Two French women may attend the University next year on scholarships from the French government, which intends to send one hundred women to the United States to take college courses, with all of their expenses paid.
The American Association of Colleges is cooperating with the United States Bureau of Education in selecting the colleges to which these women will be sent. It is probable that two women will be sent to each institution chosen and the women are required to be able to speak English fairly well as one of the prerequisites for the scholarships.
Moderator of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church Will Speak Sunday
Prof. Eugenie Galloo of the department of romance languages is very much interested in the possibility of some of the students being sent to K. U. Upon her request, Chancellor Frank Strong has written to the Bureau of Education asking that the University of Kansas be considered as one of the colleges which is eligible to receive these scholarships.
"Dr. Chapman Is Speaker of Great Power"—Strongest
"Doctor Chapman is a speaker of great power and of large influence and ability, and is thoroughly worth hearing," said Chancellor Strong this morning when speaking of the Sunday evening meeting which will be held in Robinson gymnasium. "It will be a very important day, and he hear this well known speaker and evangelist. His address will be of a patriotic nature."
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman is moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the highest office in that organization, and at present is chairman of the National Senate Commission of the church. This commission is trying to reach all Presbyterian men in camps throughout the country. Dr. Chapman is one of the world's greatest evangelists and he has made several tours of the world in connection with his work.
The service Sunday night will be held under the direction of the ministerial alliance of Lawrence churches other church services will be dismissed.
Phi Beta Kappa election for this year will be held next Monday at 4 o'clock in Fraser Hall, Room 206.
Talbot Talks To Journalists.
Homer Talbot, secretary of the League of Kansas Municipalities, spoke this morning to a class in journalism on the success of a Kansas newspaper man, E. G. Pipp, who is now editor and owner of the Detroit News.
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Capt. Sprinkle Stops Here on Wedding Tour
Things are still far from quiet on the Mexican border, according to Capt. Lester A. Sprinkle, with Mrs. Sprinkle is visiting at the Pi Kappa Alpha house. There are no organized raids across the border now but many Mexican bandita have been killed, he said. Captain Sprinkle convinced the authorities that made a recent raid in pursuit of bandita across the Mexican border.
Captain Sprinkle and Miss Bee Barteson of Topeka were married recently and are taking a short wedding tour before Captain Sprinkle returns to his post at Indio, Texas. Captain Sprinkle is a former K. U. student and has been in the army since leaving the University about two years ago.
Plain Tales From The Hill
The wind blew tin frog off the roof Of Fraser Saturday.
moved around the campus more or less sedately.
Took all that she could carry;
Plumped it in the shovel kit
A co-ed came across the hill; She gathered up the tin, Took all that.
In an interview the young lady in sisted that she was not a thief since there was nothing taken off the premises.
The enrollment of the University has been suddenly increased by the acquisition of no less a personage than Eliza. That's all, just Eliza. And she, pleasant thought, comes to stay!
Dame Rumor has it that when the University Senate took action abolishing all holidays, except Easter, for students and faculty members during the remainder of the school year, there was no ruling as to the whistle. The natural result, it is said, is to be found in the Bolshevik confusion caused by the whistle taking its vacation at this time.
An opposing theory is that the extravagance of last Saturday has given rise to the conservation of wind; hence the whistle could not be blown. These theories were squashed this morning, however, when the old familiar clarion croaked again.
Harry Morgan is working so hard and worrying so much over the Jay-hawker beauty contest that he says he is hoping the draft will come and get him right away.
Out on the steps of Green Hall the laws were sunning themselves and resting from the heavy fire of questions which they had just undergone. Suddenly one of them, who evidently was on guard duty, gave a signal of warning—the enemy was coming. Instantly they all made a dive for places of refuge. Some hid behind pillars, some around the corner of the building; others rushed wildly indoors and, concealed themselves in such intrenchments as the doors and halls afforded.
The enemy advanced rapidly, waving white tags of peace; but on arriving at the foot of the steps found them deserted. The enemy looked around curiously, puzzled. No, not amused! Then sniffed contemptuously;
"Those awful Laws! And such a good chance to sell a bunch of Follies like this."
Two conflicting dates on the same night.
It may be the little things that count, but here are some of the bigger obstacles that make a difference in a student's life:
Trying to run your best girl in the beauty contest when you are already behind with your classes.
A crabby roommate when you want to talk about your girl and he cannot see your side of the question.
At a regular meeting of the Botany Club Wednesday night at 7:30 in Snow Hall, Venira Miller,'c18, will read a paper on Vitamines. All members are asked to be present.
Sociology Club will meet tonight March 13, in Green Hall, Room 4. Dean F. H. Blackmar will speak. All interested in sociological studies are invited.
The regular weekly meeting of the Zoology Club has been postponed until 7:30 o'clock, March 20.
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Senior Women Lead Interclass Campaign In Surgical Dressing
Captains With Committee Making Effort To Enroll Every Woman on Hill
Juniors Are Close Second
Work of Making Compresses Has Been Delayed Because of Poor Attendance
Each captain with a committee of nine is working diligently to solicit every woman personally. If any woman is missed by mistake she is asked to place her name and the number of hours she can pledge to the work in her class box in the women's cloakroom in Spooner.
The senior women are ahead in the surgical dressings campaign according to the thermometer on the Hill this morning. The juniors are a close group, and the homestore has fourth. By Wednesday night it will be decided which class wins.
The work of making compresses has been delayed on account of irregular attendance. Two hundred compresses were made the first week, 525 the second, 52 the third and 664 the fourth. Tuesday, 225 compresses were made which is the greatest number that has been made on any one day.
At present the women are doing about one seventh of what they should be able to do. Surgical dressings and hospital supplies are of the greatest need of the forces in France right now. The goal for K. U. women has been set at 8,000.
Fire Damaged Motor Car of J. B. Whelan on Hill
Upholstering of Machine Burned Off—Believed to Have Started from Exhaust
Fire destroyed the upholstering of the automobile belonging to J. B. Whelan, at 11:30 o'clock this morning, and caused considerable excitement on the campus.
Mr. Whelan, instructor of chemistry last year drove his car in front of Fowler Shops, shut his engine off, and entered the building where he had some business to transact. He had been inside only five minutes before his car caught fire. The fire was discovered from the chemistry building.
It started under the back seat, and the upholstered was soon in flames. Fire extinguishers were brought from the Chemistry Building and from Snow Hall, and it was not long until the blaze was extinguished. The upholstered of the rear seat was completely destroyed and that of the front seats burned. It is followed the fire might have started from the exhaust.
Mr. Whelan said it was a case of hard luck, as the car was practically new, and the damage was not covered by insurance.
Kansas Outgrows Rivers
But Oklahamans Object
Says the attorney general of Oklahoma to the attorney general of Kansas, it's liable to be a long time between drinks at Nowata, Ok., if certain thriving Coffeyville, Kan., industries don't quit dumping refuse into the Verdigris River, from which Nowata draws its water supply.
He further intimated at a conference in Topeka that somebody might sue somebody, and so Dr. S. J. Crumbine of the state board of health has sent J. E. Welker, professor of sanitary engineering at the University of Kansas, to Coffeyville this week to make a survey of conditions there with Oklahoma health authorities and try to work out a plan satisfactory to the Oklahoma authorities and the Coffeyville industries.
Mr. Welker also is to make a further study of Walnut River and its contamination by salt discharges from the oil fields. Augusta, Eldorado, Winfield and Douglas all draw their water supply from the Walnut River, and the salt discharges into the stream together with sewage, is making the problem of water supply in Oklahoma a serious one. The drought of this winter has aggravated the situation.
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