UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
Faculty Revises Rule For Granting Degrees To University Seniors
Three-Fourths of Grades Must Be A, B, or C For Diploma After 1919
NUMBER 93
24 Students Complete Work
Sheepskins Will Be Awarded At Once an 1 Names Added To Lists Next June
Revision of rules for grading students' work at the University of Kansas, and the adoption of the recommendation of Acting Dean D. L. Patterson that degrees of Bachelor of Arts be conferred upon a class of twenty-four students, were items of business at the meeting of the college faculty Tuesday night.
The revision of the rules included a re-statement of rule No. 47, substituting the grades A, B, C, D, I, and F, for the former numbering system, and also the revision of rule No. 52, concerning the proportion of high grades required for graduation.
Under the revised rules, seniors will be required to make A, B, or C, in three-fourths of their work before they shall be eligible to receive a degree. Under the old rule seniors were required to make I or II in twothirds of their work. Provision is made in the revised rule for the gradual adoption of the new rule, and it will not be in full effect before September, 1919.
Following is the form of the revised
ule. No. 52;
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1918.
"In order to be accepted as a candidate for the Bachelor's degree, a student must have received a grade of A, B, C, I (one) or II in at least 90 of the 120 hours required for the A, B. degree, or of the number of hours required for the degree of A, B, or B. S. in Medicine; providing that students graduating before September 1, 1918 shall be required to have a grade of A, B, C, I (one) or II in 80 hours, and students graduating after September 1, 1918, and before September 1, 1919, shall be required to have a grade of A, B, C, I (one) or II in honors. Any student admitting a gained standing will be recruited as a candidate for a degree provided his credits offered for graduation conform to the foregoing regulations and provided that he receives A, B, C, I (one) or II on three-fourths of the work which he has done in residence at the University of Kansas."
Revised rule No. 47, adopts the letter instead of the number system of grading and provides for four instead of three, passing grades. The rule says:
"Grade A is to be reserved for work of marked excellence, indicating high honor. Grade B should represent very good work of much more than average quality. Grade C should indicate that the work has been of good average character, better than that which deserves merely to pass. Grade D should indicate that would enable the student to pursue without undue lack of material or of method the next dependent course.
$^{f}$A student who fails to appear for final examination is graded I of F according as his class standing has been of passing grade or below passing grade. A grade I may be removed by special examination, but unless properly removed before the beginning of the same semester of the following year it becomes a Failure and the student must re-enroll in the course."
The faculty of the College adopted the recommendation of the acting dean that degrees of Bachelor of Arts be conferred upon a class of 24 students who have completed the requirements. Some of these students had enrolled at mid-year some had taken summer school work and had thus hastened their graduation. Some have taken more than four years to complete the work, and some are already in the military service.
Those who will receive their diplomas at this time, and whose names will be included in the list of graduates at the annual commencement in June are:
Clara Mildred Abel, Ruth Lanore
Beverstock, Ela Grace Brixler, John
Alvin Blair, George Austin Brown,
Altea Marie Brownlee, Justice Neale
Carman, Hazel Ellene Carson, Rebeck
black Woodcooper, Maria Delibel,
Addie Gibson Hill, Gertrude Ellen
Hurley, Heleg Magill, Florence Susan
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"The Checkmate" Cast Ready To Make Good
Final dress rehearsal was held this morning by the cast of "The Checkmate" before initial presentation of the play tonight at the Bowersock Theatre. A rehearsal was held last night, in the Little Theater in Green Hall.
Many last minute details had to be arranged yesterday and it was necessary for the stage manager to go to a Kansas City costume house for uniforms and guns for the soldiers who appear in the last act.
"They're ready and I know they'll make good tonight," was the way Prof. Arthur MacMurray summed up the work the cast has been doing the last two months.
The War Here and Over There
All sailors sailing in the war zone are compelled by government orders to take government insurance.
Twelve staces have declared themselves in favor of a league of nations after the war to keep the international peace.
The last. Tuscania death list, issued last night by the War Department, leaves seventy-four American soldiers unaccounted for.
The Duluth Chamber of Commerce recommends that the government insure crops of wheat during the coming season, believing that this will result in an increased production.
Women can now help design ships for the United States navy, is the latest announcement of the women's division of war work.
Although the ship carpenters' strike is over, the government and the brotherhood leaders have as yet been unable to agree on the question of a closed shop.
British naval planes raided Zeebruge, the German naval base in Belgium, Sunday night, dropping several tons of bombs on the docks there.
The Germans are expected to begin a great offensive on the west front soon. German prisoners captured by the Allies who have told of plans for the offensive say that tanks and a new mysterious gas will be used.
Premier Lloyd-George has demanded a vote in Parliament as to whether that body wishes the present war policy to be continued. In his speech he praised highly the proposals made by the Americans at the Versailles inter-allied conference.
Treaties between the United States, Great Britain and Canada, submitted to the Senate yesterday, provide for the drafting of citizens of each country residing in the other. The British and Canadian draft ages are from twenty to forty-five, while in the United States they are from twenty-one to thirty-one.
Two new members were elected at the regular meeting of the Woman's Student Government Association last night, to fill vacancies caused by withdrawal from classes. Rila Hamamoto and Jennifer Mildred Schwinn as sophomore representative and Mildred Thrall was elected as fine art representative.
The terms of peace proposed to the Bolshhevik in the Brest-Litovsk conference have just been published. The Germans have demanded a four-billion-dollar war indemnity and the retention of Poland, Lithuania, Riga and Moon Island. The Russian army has been disbanded and the Germans are now reported to be invading Russia to demand the acceptance of these terms.
The Chemistry Club will meet tonight in regular session at 7:30 o'clock in the lecture room of the Chemistry Building. Dr.F.B.Dains will speak on "The Library and Its Books."
W. S. G. A. Holds Election
Greeks to Smoke
A Pan-Hellenic Smoker will be given February 27, at the F. A. U. Hall. Seven fraternities are to give stunts and they are well started in practicing the sketches. Fred Rigby is chairman of the programs committee. The program has not been announced.
Chemistry Club Meets
Timeliness To Mark Features Of Spring All-University Party
Hoover, The Kaiser, and Garbage Cans Will Have Part In Program
Timeliness of the program, expressed in the general theme of patriotism, will be the feature of the All-University Colonial party Saturday night.
The entertainment will range in patriotic appeal from the colonial costume dances to the present day business of national Hooverizing. German efficiency will be illustrated as turning on the person who created it. "Efficiency," the one-act given in Green Hall Theater last month and directed by the greenwich Theater in New York will be given again. Irwin S. Cobb, the humorist pronounced this the best one-act play that he has ever seen.
"KING KAN" TO BE "KANNED"
Besides "Efficiency," a pageant of thirty-one women will present "Kanning King Kan," showing the effect of Hooverizing upon the customs of University students. Susan McDonald has charge of the pageant. This pageant shows the dwindling of a huge garbage can down to mere nothing.
The following women are in the patriotic pageant: Gertrude La Coss, Lena Pittenger, Dorothy Button, Nellia Gunn, Florence Butler, Esther Roup, Lucile Nowlin, Marie Buchanan, Leah Stewart, Jessie Buck, Lucee Means, Ruthbottomly, Bonnie Lingenfelter, Helen Wedd, Eva Mala, Dove Rhealy, Helen Jackson. Elizabeth Broyles, Oakland Maupin, Rohad Adair, Theima Auld, Nadine Blair, Mary Tudor, Earline Allen, Eleanor Clark, Dorothy Brown Eloise McNutt, Margaret Hodder and Mabel McMaughan.
DANCING FOLLOWS PROGRAM
The entire program will be given before dancing begins, so that those who do not care to dance may be entertained first. After the program, a reception will be held on the lower floor of the gym, which will be decorated in colonial style. The upper floor will be in the colors of the Allies.
DANCING FOLLOWS PROGRAM
After the reception there will be dancing until midnight. A University orchestra composed of Glen Banker, saxophone; Cy Palmer, violin; Harold Stanley, piano; and Bruce Fleming, drums, will furnish the music.
Harmon of K. C. Is To Referee Womens' Finals
The referee for the final women's basketball game will be H. Harmon, coach of the Westpoint high school in Kansas City, Mo. The seniors will compete against the sophomores for first place in the third annual tournament at 7:15 Thursday night.
At the practice today," said Coach Hazel Pratt, "both teams showed up especially well." She expects all the regular players to be out for the final contest, although in recent games it has been necessary to substitute a great deal because of the illness of regular players.
A collection of Indian garments and ornaments amounting to more than a dozen pieces has been given the curio department of Dyche Museum by Miss Harriet Greissinger, assistant professor of piano in the School of Fine Arts. The collection belongs to T. Martin, curator, and his assistants are cataloguing and arranging the collection for display.
New Indian Ornaments
On Display At Museum
"The Indian relics are a valuable and interesting addition to the Museum," said Mr. Martin.
The annual conference of high schools, which has been held here during March fourteen consecutive years, has been postponed for one year by the University Conference Committee because of a reorganization of the State Teacher's Conference and because too much time is given to meetings. The High Schools over the State are so busy with war work they have no time for conferences.
A meeting of the Blackfriars Club is called for Thursday at 7:30 in Room 213, Fraser Hall.
Juniors And Sophs Have Week To Get Pictures For Annual
Will Close Section Early March—Snapshot Contest Arousing Interest
Jumpers and sophomores who wish to put their pictures in the Jayhawker this year will be given another week in which to get their pictures taken, Don Davis, manager of the book announced today. Several days will have to be allowed after that for finishing the gloss prints and turning them in to the Jayhawker office but the sections cannot be held open for the acceptance of pictures more than a few days after March 1.
"The number of juniors and sophomores who have already submitted their pictures or made arrangements with a photographer for a sitting is larger than we expected," said Davis, "but we are anxious to give every student an opportunity to get his picture in the Jayhawker if he cares to, so have allowed a little more time for pictures to be taken.
"Engravers and printers are becoming more insistent in their demands every day however, and we are going to have to stop extending time limits for pictures."
Plans for the snapshot contest next week are coming nicely, according to Brick Chandler, who is in charge of that section of the book. Considerable interest is being shown and many have signified their intention to submit a snapshot or a collection of snapshots in an attempt to win the three-day competition to the win-a-box to receive these pictures will be placed on the campus next Monday morning and snapshots may be dropped in any day next week.
All contestants should put their name and address on a piece of paper in the envelope in which they enclose the pictures.
Chandler believes there are many good, interesting kodak pictures among the students of the University but urges all students who wish to compete to get their camera out some time this week or plan to take some pictures over the week-end. All good pictures submitted in this contest will be used in the big snapshot section in this year's annual and the promoters of the contest are hoping for a representative collection of views.
Ask Real Reduction Of Imported Weather
In extraordinary after-lunch session at the University Club this afternoon, the Sage, the Prophet, and the Economist, all of the faculty, agreed upon a composite resolution that Kansas was importing too much weather and really ought to manufacture some good stuff from her own plethoric natural resources of atmospheric space.
"It comes from Colorado mountains, or it comes from North Dakota—and it carries down my soul along with the mercury," said the Sage who has been so long in California that he admits his blood has gone thin.
"It was blowing through from the Gulf of Mexico with a sweet seventy above when I struck town,"—the Prophet was reminiscing—"and I wrote a spring gone. You see, I had just left twenty-five below in old Vermont."
"Left it nothing," growled the Economist. "You and your pome brought it here. What we need in Kansas is a protective tariff on weather. I'm sore on this free trade business. Now all the marginal utility of that warm spell is wiped out. We're in the hole on the deal. Got to make the weather right here in Kansas, that's what."
No Hiking Until After Feb. 25
"Amen," said the Sage.
"Even so," said the Prophet.
"There will be no more hiking until after February 25," was the official announcement made by Miss Bertha Mix of the Women's Physical Education Department today. By that time the new class rolls will be completed and the squad leaders appointed. There has been some trouble in arranging the rolls on account of the change in the schedule from five to four hours exercise a week.
Botany Club Postponed
Botany Club *Postponed*
The regular meeting of the Botany Club will not be held this week. It is postponed until next Wednesday night.
The Men's Student Council will elect members tonight, one each from the Schools of Engineering, Law, and Medicine, and two from the College.
Men's Student Council Elects Members Tonight
notable in the university were submitted to the council last Monday by George Nettels and John Jakawsky of the School of Engineering, A. G. Anderson of the School of Law, Harry Robinson, Earl McKinney and A. Hay of the College, and Anton Williams of the School of Medicine.
Plain Tales From The Hill
Some freshmen girls decided to take in a show last night, but as there was no Mike or Pat or Tom or Bill to buy the tickets it fell to the lot of one soft voiced maiden to call a certain number- and reserve places for them.
"Could you save five places for me tonight?" she asked sweetly. "I'm Mary Brown."
“Well, I suppose we could,” replied a surprised and much astonished man. “This is Jackson’s barber shop you know.”
The dramatic club "tryouts" were being tried, and many of them discharged for lack of evidence. Here is an example.
Tryout—"What shall I do when the French maid throws her arms around me?"
Coach—"Why, man, do the most unnatural thing under those circumstances."
Tryout—"Well, what would that be?"
Freshmen are very credulous critters especially when a co-ed or two is (or are) involved. A fraternity on the Hill has been greatly troubled by having passers-by taking a short cut through the yard, to the destruction of the grass. One of the worst offenders has been a sorority next door. The other evening at frat meeting the brothers gently but firmly requested a frosh to do guard duty on the lawn, having as a means of enforcing his commands a prehistoric musket. But as soon as the sorority learned of the plan the sisters also stationed a pledge near the frat t sentinel. And it is the duty of the co-ed to keep the fresh engrossed in conversation while the sisters lightly trip across the cut-off. The plan is said to be working very well.
Yes, Sylvester, you're right. Long hair is still passe even though many students seemingly have not yet recognized the fact. Perhaps some of the lads with curly locks caressing the backs of their necks and straggling down over their ears are merely waiting for spring before having them shorn. Then, too, the motive for long hair may be patriciate. The wool supply is said to be short.
The life of the business manager of a theater may be more or less troubled but sometimes a little sunshine drifts through. For instance, the manager of a local theater received the following letter from a K. U. student: Dear Sir, Please send me two seventy-five cent seats for the Love of Mike.
Year Of Kansan Made West Point Candidate
Another student of the University of Kansas got national military recognition in yesterday's appointment of Millard P. Wear, c'19, editor-in-chief of the Kansan, to principal candidacy to West Point. He will take examinations for entrance March 18, and if he passes them, will enter early in June.
Wear's home is in Topeka and he is correspondent here for the Topeka Capital. He also covers the University for the Lawrence Journal World. For the last two years he has been active in the journalism department and in the news end of the daily paper, a member of the Kansan Board, sports editor, news editor, and finally editor-in-chief of the Kansan. He is a member of the Sigma Delta Chi honorary journalism fraternity.
Chancellor Frank Strong will speak before the Chanute Current Topics Club at Chanute Thursday night February 21 on "The World After the War." He is going there in response to a call from Prof. Walter Burr of the Kansas State Agriculture College who is chairman of the state speakers for the council of defense.
Chancellor to Chanute
Senate Says Women Must Attend Lectures On Food Conservation
Must Attend Saving Talks As Result of Government Request for Co-operation
Education Dept. To Cabinet
Members Hesitate To Pester Federal Authorities With Proposed Plan
The Senate believes its action, in this respect, justifiable because the women students were allowed one day each week free from exercise at a recent Senate meeting.
As the only means of providing time for lectures on food conservation to be given twice each week, at the request of the United States Food Administrator, the University Senate, yesterday, withdrew the privilege of women having one unexcused absences per year from all physical education and made it compulsory that the women students attend the lectures.
Chancellor Strong recently received a telegram from the Food Administration at Washington asked him if this University would co-operate with the government in teaching food conservation.
Desiring to conform with the request, that every woman in the University take up work in the saving of food, the Chancellor consulted the department of physical education and the department of home economics to see if any compromise on time might be arranged. He found after investigation that the nurses would have to be utilized in attending conservation lectures, and made this suggestion to the Senate.
The Senate also decided yesterday after some dissension to refer the question of its stand on the suggested federal Department of Education to the Chancellor's cabinet for investigation and report.
Some of the members of the Senate took the stand that this was no time to be "pestering" the government with something less important than winning the war. Others held, that in view of the fact that education and efficiency were such large factors in the world conflict the immediate creation of this department was imperative.
It was decided to permit the Chancellor's cabinet to report after an investigation, as to the facts about the emergency council of education in which the University has been asked to participate. The Senate will probably vote on this plan at its next meeting, which will be held March 15.
Miss Winifred Wygall
Will Tell of War Work
Director of Y. W. C. A. Hostess House at Funston Here Tuesday
Miss Wintifred Wygall, director of the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House at Camp Funston will tell of the war work of the association at the next meting of the Y. W. C. A. in Myers Hall, Tuesday, February 26. Miss Wygall will discuss association's work in Europe, also.
The United States government has turned over all work for women connected with the war to the Association. Twenty per cent of the Student Friendship Fund went to the Y. W. C.A. This money is used by the Y. W. to carry on work at army camps and cantonments, in towns where large numbers of women are employed in munitions factories and for all phases of the work in Europe.
Many University people are familiar with the hostess house at Funston. It provides a place for relatives and friends of soldiers to meet them and rest rooms for women. Telephone calls to any part of the cantonment can be sent from there. There is also a restaurant.
Chancellor to Address Teachers
Chancellor Frank Strong will go to
Independence Thursday to address
the Southeast Teacher's Association,
which is meeting there this week.
Owls Will Initiate
Owls will hold initiation Thursday
night, 8'1 o'clock at Sig Alph house.
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