UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
War Savings Society Will Solicit Members At Gymnasium Classes
Application Blanks for Member ship to be Distributed to Drill Classes
All K. U. Expected to Join
War Savings Stamps Are Profitable Investment Backed By Government
Application blanks for membership in the University War Savings Society will be circulated among the students Friday, March 1, when they assemble for military drill and physical exercise classes. This method of distribution has been chosen by the finance committee of the War Council under Prof. G. C. Shaad, chairman, because it is the simplest way to reach every student. Blanks will also be distributed to all faculty members and employees so every person connected with the University may have an opportunity to join the society.
The War Savings Society is being formed at K. U. as a tangible evidence that the University is supporting the government. Members of the organization are expected to buy War Savings Stamps at the minimum rate of twenty-five cents a week for sixteen weeks. This sum will amount to one "Baby Bond." The stamps are a profitable and secure investment, with a value in the range readily in value from the time of purchase to the time of maturity, and this increase is guaranteed by the government.
"The main reason," said Professor Shaad, "why every person in any way connected with K. U. should buy War Savings Stamps is because the country is at war. The United States needs every penny which every man, woman and child can save and lend, in order to feed, clothe, arm, and equip its soldiers and sailors. Funds are necessary to bring the war to a quick and successful close. United Effort is essential in this campaign, and K. U. will make a united response to the membership campaign Friday."
Man From K. C. Star Talks on Copy Reading
Frank Evans, superintendent of the mechanical department and composing room of the Kansas City Star, was here to talk to the class in editorial practice this morning. He told of the necessity of economy in the daily life, how the basis of economy extended to the copy desk.
"There is a peculiar basis of economy in a newspaper office," he said. "In the paper office all work for the same boss. Copy readers may be a great aid to the institution by making every effort to be economical. Bad copy and careless copy reading mean a great loss of time and money to a paper. Heads must be written to fit the type."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 28, 1918
Mr. Evans is talking this afternoon on the subject of oriental rugs before the Voutaure Club at the home of Mrs. Ord Klingman. He is probably one of the greatest collectors of these rugs west of the Mississippi river. While in Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Evans are the guests of Prof. S. O. Rice, of the department of journalism.
Y. W. C. A. Makes Drive
To Collect Back Money
The finance committee of the Y. W. C. A. are making definite plans for the collection of all the back pledges and the pledges for the month of March. "The former plan of meeting the girls, personally has been abandoned," said Helen McKinney, chairman of the finance committee yesterday, because of the difficulties which arise, the failure to keep appointments and the indifference shown by them.
"All those who have not paid their back pledges and those who have pledges for the first of March are requested to pay them Friday, March the first at the check stand between the hours of 8 and 12 in the morning and 1 to 4 in the afternoon. Check books of the various banks will be furnished at the stand."
Save the QUARTERS and see the DOLLARS grow. Buy War Stamps stamps
NUMBER 99
Seniors May Purchase Invitations Tomorrow
The sale of senior invitations which was to close to-day, has been extended one more day. Friday will be the last chance for seniors to order these invitations. Samples are on display at Fraser check stand and orders are taken there.
The number sold has not reached the total expected by the committee but many more orders are being placed today. This with the added sales of the extra day will probably bring the total up to the usual number, Esther Roop, chairman of the committee believes.
The War Here and Over There
The deadliest agent of destruction is the officer who foxtrots with spurs on.—Olathe Register.
Austria has refused to assist Germany in its invasion of Russia.
The British Hospital ship Glenart Castle has been sunk in the Bristol Channel.
London newspaper reports indicate that unrest and lawlessness in Ireland are on the increase.
Ninety-eight enemy aliens have been dismissed from the National Army camp at Camp Devens, Mass.
Secretary McAdoo has issued a statement discouraging building operations for the duration of the war. Members of Congress tested the new Browning automatic rifle yester-
The House has passed a bill providing for the deportation of aliens of draft age who claim exemption from military service.
Thirty officers and men on board the naval tug Cherokee, which floundered in a storm off the Delaware coast Tuesday, are unaccounted for.
Tanks were used in the recent campaign in England for the sale of government bonds. Over two hundred million pounds were raised in this way.
Japan has made overtures to the Entente Powers and the United States relative to the seizing of stores of ammunition which are stored in Siberia.
The Food Administration has received information that butter is selling for $2.2 a pound in Berlin, sugar is 56 cents a pound, ham and bacon are $2.11 a pound, and other prices correspond.
Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the famous Indian poet, and Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, have been definitely connected with German conspiracy in India.
Members of the United States Guard, recently organized for duty within the United States, will not be allowed to wear khaki or olive drab, but must wear blue in order to conserve cloth for the fighting forces.
British and French newspapers unite in terming Vern Hertling's recent Reichstag speech as pure hypocrisy, saying that Germany's present moves in Russia contradict the Chancellor's pleas for peace.
The Russian soldiers have refused to protect Petrograd agains* the advance of the Germans, and the city seems doomed to fall. The workmen are offering some resistance, but are unorganized and can bring little pressure to bear.
Five American soldiers were killed and sixty-one others are undergoing terrible tortures in a French hospital as the result of a German gas attack yesterday morning. Rotterdam reports six weeks ago said that the Germans were preparing a new kind of gas to use on the Americans.
Nearly 6000 Yale men are somewhere in the military service of the United States. Nearly 5000 of these have been accounted for Feb. 22. A service flag of more than 1000 stars will be unfurled at the university.
Proceeds Will Pay Club's Expenses on Trips to Cantonments
Women's Glee Club Gives First Concert March 5 At F. A. U
One hundred tickets have already ben sold for the Women's Glee Club concert, which is to be given Tuesday night, March 5, at F. A. U. Hall, Marie Buchanan, manager of the club, announced this morning. Members of the club expect to dispose of five hundred tickets before next Tuesday, that being the capacity of the hall. Profits from the concert will be used by the Glee Club to make trips to Camp Funston and Leavenworth later in the spring. The same concert given here will be sung before fifteen thousand soldiers at Camp Funston.
This year's concert will be exceptionally good because the club has practiced regularly since the beginning of the school year. The exact personnel of the Glee Club has not yet been announced by Professor Downing, director, but it is certain that there will be more than fifty voices in the concert.
In place of the usual intermission a short sketch will be put on by four members of the club. The numbers to be sung are varied, and the program will include more than one innovation. Tickets may be purchased from any of the women on the Hill who are decorated with the two eighth notes or at the Round Corner Drug Store.
Fourteen Entries for Intramural Tournament
Various Organizations Sign Up for Basketball Meet in Morah
Fourteen organizations have entered teams in the women's intramural basketball tournament which will be played in Robinson Gymnasium in March. The entries are, Alemania, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Brush League, Gamma Beta, Kappa Alpha, Beta Pi, Alpha Kappa Academy, Beta Pi, Alpha Pi, Pifelwood District, Patterson Club U. W. A. A. Board, Women' Faculty and the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet.
Drawings for the order of playing will be made today and a schedule for practice will be posted in the gymnasium. Practice will begin Monday. The first games will be played March 9 or 11. The entire floor of the gymnasium will be used and two games will be played at one time. These rules will govern the tour-
1. Any organization or group of women may organize a team to participate in this tournament.
4. The manager shall report the names of her players to Miss Pratt not later than 5 o'clock Wednesday. Feb. 27.
2. No team shall have less than six nor more than ten players.
3. Each team shall choose a manager.
5. The manager shall arrange the hours of practice for her team.
6. No team shall practice more than five times before a game.
7. No organization shall enter more than one team.
8. A player may play on an organization team and on a representative team.
9. The schedule of the games will be posted as soon as possible.
10. The winning team shall be determined by elimination.
11. The contesting teams may choose their referee from the list of accredited referees.
Goes to Virginia on War Work Lieut. C. B. Holmes, e14, is visiting at his home in Lawrence for a few days. He received his commission last June and since that time he been doing map work for the government on the Mexican border. He will leave tomorrow for Lawrenceville, Va., where he will continue this line of work.
After a vacation of several weeps,
caused by the fuel shortage, vesper
services at Myers Hall will be
resumed Sunday, March 3, at 4:30
c'clock. The Rev. Gordon Thompson
will have charge of the services and
will make the address. A special
musical program is being arranged.
Camps Melting Pots Of Men of Every Kind Says Dorman O'Leary
Former K. U. Athlete is Favorably Impressed with Army's Democracy
"Men of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Dublin and Athens, as well as of our own universities and colleges; men of every nationality except Chinese and negroes."2 such was the description of the men at Camp Green, N. C., by Dorman O'Leary who is at his home in Lawrence on furlough.
O'Leary was impressed with the democracy at the training camp. He said, "There you'll see a bunch of university students bossed by a sergeant who had never seen a high school. A New York crack cavalry troop, comprised of society men, men of leisure who have travelled all over Europe, was working on their soldiers' good sports and take it all right. All the fellows at the camp are a healthy, happy lot and don't have much to complain of."
O'Leary was a junior on the Hill when he enlisted with the army Engineers. He first went to Ft. Riley and from there was transferred to Camp Doniphan, Okla. In January he was again transferred to Camp Green, N. C. After being there for a little over a month, his application for entrance into the aviation training school was granted and Friday he will leave for the training station at Columbus, Ohio.
O'Leary won his K in the quarter mile in '16 and '17 and was a member of the Kappa Psi fraternity.
Other K. U, men at Camp Green were Connie Poirer, Millard Anderson, James Foster and Otto Ellis.
Why France Fights is Theme of Prof. Cestre In French Lecture
Harvard Exchange Professor
From Bordeau Speaks Here
Next Week
Charles Cestre, professor of English at Harvard, will speak in Green Hall March 6 at 4 o'clock on the aims and objects for which France and her allies have been fighting the great war of civilization.
The address, "Fourquoi nos battons?" will be given in French and all interested are invited to attend. Professor Cestre comes here under the auspices of the local division of the Alliance Francaise and is spoken of very highly. He is a graduate of the University of Bordeau and of the Sorbonne University of Paris. He spent most of his early life in England. Twenty years ago he took a post-graduate course at Harvard. Since then he has been lecturing at the University of Bordeau on English Literature. For the past year he has lectured at Harvard on "The influence of eighteenth century French literature on the romantic poets in England." This lecture has attracted wide attention. His lecture on "The reaction of English romanticists on their contemporaries in France," has been one of the most popular courses ever offered at Harvard.
As an eye witness on the battle front in France and as an accredited representative of the French government to the universities of this country he is peculiarly well equipped by personal observation and intimate acquaintance with the ideals of the French people in this war, to present to the American University world a first hand statement of conditions as they appear to the cultivated man in France.
All students wishing to attend will be excused from their regular classes.
Strong to Give Addresses
Strong to Give Addresses
Chancellor Frank Strong will give three patriotic addresses next week as a part of the program of the Kansas State Council of Defense for patriotic meetings all over the state. The Chancellor will speak at Ottawa Sunday, March 3, Council Grove Tuesday, March 5, and Clay Center Wednesday, March 6.
The women of the University of Washington are to receive credit for a two-hour course in military drill.
War-Savings Stamps are Worth Self-Sacrifice.
Men Get Appointments
At Provisional School
A number of K. U. men received appointments out of a class of six hundred Provisional candidates at Fort Leavenworth Monday. The majority of the new officers have been in training since November 26th.
An incomplete list of the new second lieutenants, former K. U. students, is as follows: Chester M. Paterson, Elvyn Cowgill, Marcellus Stockton, Ralph D. Sproull, Frank Iske, Alfred Hill, Bryan Davis, Edwin Brewster, Neally Todd, Edward Tanner, and John G. Stutz.
Plain Tales From The Hill
Dean H. L, Butter in his class in development of music was giving definitions of different types of musical compositions. "A fuge," he said, "is a piece of music in which the voices enter one after another and the listeners leave one after another."
When the Chemistry Building fire, or smoke, broke out, a student was working in a room above the scene of the conflagration, trying to bring up to date a chemistry note book that was due the last of the week.
Realizing the import of the confusion he heard below, the student threw his note book into a drawer, locked it, and walked away, saying, "Let 'e burn."
WARNING UNTO YE K. U. GREEKS
A probe has been started by some of the powers that be. Let the Greeks take heed and act accordingly.
The aforesaid powers that be are about to charge the honest and honorable fraternities of the University of Kansas with the crime of theft of ten copies of Gayley's Classic Myths! On September first the library had ten copies. Today it has none. Fraternity initiation quizzes have been going on. The ten fraternities who participate in the chapter library at the expense of the state of Kansas are hereby warned
They were at a downtown ice cream parlor, and somehow he couldn't take his eyes off of her. He let his fingers brush the tray lightly and to his delight he found a wafer. Forthwith he tried to take a bite of the wafer, but found after biting into it that it was an innocent pink check with 20c marked on it.
Prof. S, O. Rice in journalism class: When a reporter says "you" in a newspaper story, she flirts with her readers. Suppose a traveling man reads the story; you call him "you," yes, speak to him, a stranger.
Geneva Hunter: Oh, why that's not flirting.
"Damp weather is hard on corn," says Uncle Jimmy Green. It is the little things that count.
Bill Board Ball Keen For Lovers of Fantastic
From First to Last Note of Jazzy Music One Grand Trance
Bill Board Ball, all that it sounds and even more! Friday night the journalism sisters will unfold the mysteries of the great unknown to all those of the light fantastic that assemble in the Fraternal Aid Union Hall. Of course it will be decidedly different, and original as the name signifies. Of course it will be snappy from the very first note of that jazzy music to that drousy, dreamy drag. It will be keen in the very strictest sense of the word, keen music, keen floor, keen eats!
Conservation applies to energy as well as anything else according to the entertaining women journalists. They have conceived a scheme whereby everyone can be saved the unnecessary trouble of ever stepping forth from the dance floor for right there will be all that satisfies one's desires in the way of earthly sustenance. It will be something entirely new in the line of refreshments and something that delights one's palate as well as resuscitates one's spirits.
Entrancing and inspiring music will be a feature also. Schofstall and Pierce with a new selection of that "heavenly, jazzy music" will be there. Of course one can't divulge all of the secrets.
You can't SPEND your money and SAVE IT too! Buy War-Savings Stamps!
Feeding of Allies Task For Every American, Asserts Mrs. Teetor
First Lecture Given to Women Of University in Food Conservation Drive
Individual Needs Explained
Importance of Clear Understanding by Citizens is Empha-
"In the years of 1915 and 1916 the cereal crop alone of the Allies was 550,000,000 bushels lower than it had been in former years," said Mrs. Evangeline Downey Teeter in her first lecture on "Food and the War" in Fraser Chapel Wednesday afternoon. "Knowing this, it is easy to realize that Europe depends upon us for its food, not on some one far removed, but on each individual in the United States.
"Our wheat crop this year," she continued "was but 625,000 bushels, which amount we have in former years used in our own country. We exported about seventeen times as much cheese to Europe this year as in previous years, about fourteen times as much condensed milk and six and one-half times as much butter. Our exports have increased and our supply has not, therefore, we must save the difference between the two." "We must send to Europe," said Mrs. Teector, "the foods which have the greatest fuel value to the smallest bulk, and in order to know what foods to feed for this we must know the fuel value of food; fuel value of foods in condensed calories. A coleman is, as used in food work, the unit of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree centigrade. One tablespoon of butter equals one hundred calories; two tablespoons of sugar contain one hundred calories; while it takes about one and one half pounds of lettuce to equal one hundred calories."
With the aid of a respiration calorimeter, Mrs. Teetler explained, scientists are able to tell almost exactly how many calories a person requires. A person who lies down all of the time requires one calorie per day for every two and two-tenths pounds he weighs. The more muscular exercise a person has the greater is his requirements for food. A nervous person requires more calories per day than a person who is more quiet. The average person requires about 2400 calories each day.
"The penalty for absences in this work," continued Mrs. Teetor, "is that the person who misses a lecture will be dropped from all University classes unless she has read a certain required outside reading and taken a quiz on it at an hour to be announced later. I believe, however, that if the women realize that this course of lectures is given so that they will be able to go out in their own communities this spring and help save food for our Allies that there will be few absences."
Contest for Snapshots
Ends Tomorrow Night
Box for Pictures Will Be at Bulletin Board or in Fraser
Tomorrow will be the last day of the 1918 Jayhawker snapshot contest, Prick Chandler, editor of the section announced this morning. The box has been out all week at the bulletin board and an interesting collection of pictures has been submitted. If the weather is rainy tomorrow, Chandler said the box will be moved to the check stand in Fraser Hall, where snapshots may be placed.
"Three Jayhawkers will be given to the winners of the contest," Chandler said, "and the prizes are not won yet. Tomorrow is expected to be the big day in the race and as many more pictures as can be obtained are wanted, pictures, not the ones we wanted, although in cases of exceptionally good snaps, the latter will be accepted. We cannot promise to return the pictures but some such arrangement probably can be made in rare cases."
Miss Duffield, secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. will be in her office in Myers
Hall at her usual hours beginning
March 1.