UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 92.
Yes, Louie, We Know The Checkmate's Great But What's the News?
The Checkmate Will Be Given At Bowersock Theatre Wednesday Night
German Spies To Be There!
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
Best Talent of University Will Appear In Production— To Aid Red Cross
Can't the Kansan give us a story, about The Checkmate? It's going to be tomorrow night and we want a big crowd to come, 'cause we want to go to the Red Cross" and Louis Hull of the Dramatic Club was with us again.
"But, Louie, what is there to say?
"But you any news? Any new features?"
"Why we have the best looking scenery ever seen, direct from—"
"Oh, yes, but we've said that five or six times already. Tell us something that will be news."
"Well, the music will be furnished by the University Orchestra with Prof.
"Yes, yes, but we've written that three times. How about the characters?"
"Oh, boy. Why there's Craig Kennedy and Helen Clark. They are the two best actors the University of Kansas has seen in many a year. Craig has stock company experience and—"
"That's all right, too. Mr. Hull. But that is only interesting to you folks in the play. What the Kansan wants is news. Any of your characters have parts to play that no one else in the University could play as well?"
"For the love of Mike, yes. There's the four folks who are taking the parts of the Germans, Robert Robertson, Susan McDonald, Burney Miller and Florence Butler. Why, buy, find me four better actors. They would make just as good Indians as they do Germans. And the wireless—"
"Oh, I know something new—the plot features German spies and intrigue and is mighty serious and—"
"Sure pop, we know, and have known for two weeks that a real wireless is going to flash out its signals and that it will be real code, too. Tell me on Hall. I gotta go to class. Tell me some new wrinkle of your show."
"Gosh, Hull, we used that in the first story about your play. One more chance."
“Well, you might say—and Hull began blushing in his unassuming way, “that the play is a $50 royalty play and that the cast has been working its beastly head and feet off for two months now and that Harold Lytle and Lucille Hovey are great in their character parts and that Marie Buccanam and Helen Bender can't be heat as actresses and—”
"Uh huh, that's o. k., but who's managing the play and doing all this mean work such as shifting scenery and cussing stage hands and working the wireless and seeing that tickets are distributed and having the bills posted and taking the blame for everything and missing dinners for little play affairs and attending to the financing of the play and—now, you get me, don't you, as to what I want?"
"Oh, that's just me."
Enrollment Falls Off
In Ancient Languages
Classes in the department of ancient language have fallen off in enrollment decidedly since last semester, especially the classes in Greek History and in sculpture and painting. The history class of last semester had twenty-sight students while the class this semester has only about twelve. In sculpture the decrease is insignificant, as sculpture rollment was forty, while this semester there are only fourteen in the class.
The instructor accounted for this, by the fact that most of the members of the painting and sculpture class are largely women. This semester women are taking work which deals more directly with war service.
Prof. A. J. Boynton will talk on the "Economic Position of Women in the War, their Opportunities and responsibilities," at the Women's Forum at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Room 110 Fraser Hall.
Kaiser And Garbage Can To Meet Fate In Plays
"Canning" the Kaiser and the gar bage can the same evening and in the same place will, according to Mrs. Eustace Brown, adviser of women, furnish a somewhat "killing" time for students who attend the Colonial Party to be given Saturday evening in Robinson Gymnasium.
In the two plays to be given during the first part of the evening, the Kai ser will be done away with in the play, "Efficiency" and the garbage can will be abolished in the conservation playlet, "Kanning King Kan." Mrs. Brown says the rehearsing for this play is very stressful and she promises some very thrilling moments in the trench scene which is to be staged.
The War Here and Over There
Major Phillip H. Sheridan, son of Gen, Phillip Sheridan, died at Washington yesterday.
British losses last week were 4,106 This is the smallest casualty list in many months.
Since the war began Italy has purchased one billion dollars worth of military goods from the United States.
The last two German air raids on London, Saturday and Sunday nights, resulted in the death of twenty-seven persons and the injury of forty-one.
The war has received the ship building industry of Maine. Nearly thirty thousand net tons of shipping have been built there since last summer.
Wheatless weeks are imminent, according to a statement in Congress by C. B. Hye, of the Oklahoma State Council of Defense.
Expenditures of our aviation service are two million dollars a day. Congress is considering an air-craft appropriation of $1,137,000,craft.
Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain is being severely criticized for his removal of General Robertson as chief of staff.
Copenhagen and Stockholm dispatches indicate that a breach is opening between Austria and Germany on the question of reopening hostilities against Russia.
Nikolai Linen, Bolshevist premier of Russia, has been recommended by Constantinople professors to receive the Nobel prize peace.
When Herriott first went to France he was enlisted in the Norton-Hays Ambulance Service of the Red Cross. In October the United States took over the volunteer service of the Red Cross and he joined the aero squad in Paris, where he has been in training since.
Send the Daily Kansan Home.
J. Homer Herriott, a former student of the University now in the Provisional Aero Squadron of the American Forces in France, has written a letter to Chancellor Frank Strong in which he tells of the keen interest with which he has read copes of the Daily Kansan that have been sent to him. Even though they were given the opportunity to reach him he was glad to read of activities on Mount Oread again, he wrote.
The capture and sinking of submarines has now reached thirty-eight month—more losses a month than there were submarines at the outbreak of the war. Germany is constructing twenty-three a month.
The striking ship carpenters in the Atlantic seaboard shipyards have all returned to work, chiefly due to the President's promise to adjust their rate of pay. Six thousand men in various shipyards walked out before they knew William L. Hutcheson, president of the brotherhood, had replied to President Wilson's letter announcing that he would use all his influence to end the strike.
According to the National Council of Defense petroleum is plentiful Instead of curtailing the use of automobiles, it urges the use of all machines for relief of passenger, freight and express service.
Former University Man
Reads Kansan In France
Respond to Government Question naires—Prefer Clerical and Civil Service Jobs
Senior Women Prepare For Different Phases Of War Work Next Year
Senior women have responded readily to the questionnaires that were sent out by the government. Many women are preparing to teach, and did not register in the "selective draft."
Considering that several women signed up for different things the results are good. Twenty-seven have declared preference for civil service work; twenty-seven for secretarial work; fifteen for eletrical work; seven for entomological work; twoefor nursing; fifteen for food_conservation; twenty-two for Red Cross and three for translation.
In answer to the question concerning what courses they would like in preparation for their work thirty-three desired typewriting and stenography; fourteen wanted conversation; one wanted wireless and five desired a course in war relief. Nearly all courses offered at the University since courses meeting these requirements are being offered for women this semester.
Miss Margaret Lynn, chairman of women's war work in the University said this morning she was disappointed in the way the women are coming out for the surgical dressing work. As spring comes on there will be greater need for these supplies. We are hoping this week, as this work, and the room will be opened Wednesday if enough women support the project.
A.C.A. Suggests Professions
Nursing Is Recommended A Vocation For College Women
In view of the fact that 125 of 140 women, in answer to a questionnaire recently issued, expressed a desire for assistance in choosing their vocations, the committee on vocational guidance of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, has been collecting information on professions other than teaching, that will be open to college women.
Nursing, is one vocation highly recommended for college women. Doctors and nurses sanction the entrance of college women into this profession. Many of the more important nurses have been during a period of hospital training for such women by six, eight or nine months, and many by a year.
Social or public-service nursing and nurse-training are two branches of the work that should appeal to college women. Public-service nursing has already had some prominence. The work is largely that of visiting nurse and is interesting to those concerned with sociological reforms. Its advantage over private nursing is that the work takes only eight or nine hours.
Nurse-teaching offers perhaps the most attractive field for college women. In this, one takes only part of the regular training course required of nurses. With this experience, she is an adequate instructor to the pupil-nurses. Hospitals feel a growing demand for work of this nature, done hitherto by inordinately busy supervisors and doctors. Preparations for this work should be begun early in the college course.
Detailed information either in regard to the opportunities open to college women or in regard to subjects which it is advisable to take in preparation for the work, may be secured from the committee in charge of the department; and in the department of English; Miss Walling of the department of physiology, and Mrs. T. T. Smith of the department of home economics.
Major Clark Guards Germans Major Adna G. Clark, 197, has been unofficially informed that he is soon to go as lieutenant colonel to Galveston, to have charge of the coast defense there, according to a letter from him. He is now in charge of the interned Germans at Ft. McPherson, Georgia. "I do not feel that I was cut out to be a jailer—even of Germans," he said, in a letter recently received by a friend in Lawrence.
Women's Glee Club meets at Fraser Chapel at 7 o'clock sharp Tuesday evening.
Prof. Williams Made Supervisor In Building New Explosive Plant
Goes East Immediately To Begin Work on 45 Million Dollar Construction
Prof. C. C. C. Williams of the School of Engineering, will have charge of the erection of a plant for the manufacture of explosives at Charleston, West Virginia, that is to cost forty-five million dollars. He received word yesterday from the war department that he is to supervise the work as supervising engineer in the federal Army and preparing materials from the School of Engineering at the University to be called into service of this country.
Professor Williams expects to leave the University this week and has been granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the semester. This plant at Charleston is one of a number of plants he planted this country. He was appointed recently head of the Men's War Work at the University.
German Teachers Study
To Teach Other Tongues
Shift In Language Instructors Caused By Teuton Unpopularity—A. L. Owen
A discussion of the problem of obtaining teachers for modern languages in high schools, written by Arthur L. Owen, of the department of Romance Languages, appears in the Kansas Teacher.
"This is not the place to discuss the window of the withdrawal of courses in German, which has taken place in the schools of this country. Scholars, more than any other class of persons, know that a fact, a fact that the value of a reading knowledge of German to the scientific student is as great as it ever was."
"Granting that a large number of high schools and junior high schools are introducing French and Spanish into their curricula, where can adequately prepared teachers be found? Last summer I taught two courses in Spanish at one of our larger universities. Both classes were unusually large for that institution, and the average age of their members unusually mature. It developed that a considerable number were German teachers preparing to 'change over' as they put it, into Spanish. More industrious classes, no teacher could possibly have desired. Yet the results were unequal. Those who made real progress were almost without exception the younger members of the class. One older woman, whose English testified to her competence in another language, lagged so hopelessly behind the rest that, to spare her the daily humiliation, which was painful to all of us, I suggested that she withdraw from the course.
"I can't withdraw," she said, am to teach Spanish next year. "But you can't possibly teach Spanish." I replied.
"It isn't a question of can or can't."
I have to. My school has abolished German and the only way I could hold my position was to agree to teach Spanish. I have signed a contract.'
Manhattan With $8,000 Paid Claims First Place In Kansas
Students Fail To Pay K. U. War Fund Pledges
Only $6,082.61 has been turned into the Student Friendship War fund, said George O. Foster today. The total amount subscribed by the University of Kansas is more than $12,000. Mr. Foster urged that all subscriptions be paid immediately so that Kansas may be given her proper place among the other colleges of the United States.
New War Texts Are Put On Shelves At Sponer
The January issue of the North American Student says that the Kansas State Agricultural College has given more than any other college in Kansas to the Friendship War Fund, for the support of Y. M. C. A. camps during the war, and asserts that it holds twelfth place among all the colleges in the United States in its donations. The Agricultural College has paid in $8,000 to the Student Friendship War Fund.
Several new war books have been received at Spooner Library. The story of the battle of the Somme is given in Ian Hay's "Carry On," a book dedicated to all second leutenants. Other war books are "The Shaves of the War Zone" by W. F. Bailey, and "The German Fury in Belgium" by L. Mokveld, war correspondent, in which Mokveld relates his experiences with the German army in Belgium.
Among the technical books are, "Private's Manual," "Non-commissioned Officers," and "Officer's Manual," by Major James Moss of the United States army. "Military To-Force" and "Fort Leavenworth is a book dealing with map reading, surveying, and sketching.
Plain Tales From The Hill
Said a sailor while eating at Lee's. When a song floated on out the breeze "By that Jones, christened Davy, The singer belongs in the navy For right now she's on the high C's."
ECHO ANSWERS, "AIN'T IT?" When you've been a buck private in the rear rank for the last five months, drilling in wind and snow, having your heels trod on half the side and with the gun of the rookie sheet when you go out other half, bullied by the corporal and bawled out by the sergeant—and then some day the captain suddenly calls you out and gives you command of the whole company—Oh boy! Ain't it a gr-rand and goy-ly sees you
The old fashioned professor who used to rave about his students wasting their time at picture shows has disappeared. In his place has come the professor who is a more or less movie enthusiast himself. For instance, yesterday a professor was calling the class roll, "Lockwood, Harold," said the prof; then looking a second time with a show of interest, "Ah, er-ow, not Harold; Howard, Pardon me."
It is rumored that the prof's face became quite red.
Both the officers and privates of the University military companies drilling at four o'clock may be young and inexperienced, but nearly every evening they have the honor of being reviewed by at least one battle scarred veteran. Pi, the noted character, and more or less disreputable bull dog, is usually stationed on the parade ground when the companies drill and follows them around, sometimes silently, and majestically, sometimes gaily, voicing his approval. Often the young would-be soldiers laugh over the many marks of battle on the old dog's head. Then Pi barks as if to say, "He laughs at scars, who never felt a wound."
WHO CAN?
Prof. of Economics: If the supply of diamonds were increased to the extent that prices would be dropped, women would more engageations? Woman student.
Professor: Don't you think that many young fellows who could not now afford to buy a diamond at two or three hundred dollars would buy if the price were appreciably lowered and so become engaged?
Woman Student: That is all true but the number would be offset by those young women who now become engaged merely to get a diamond and who would not do so if they were hean.
Finance Committee May
Adopt Jayhawker Plan
The wooden Jayhawker plan proposed by Prof. L. N. Flint of the department of journalism to raise money for the war was considered at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the University War Council at ten o'clock today. The plan is to erect a large Jayhawker of wood into which nails can be driven for the fee of ten cents each. This is regarded as a pleasing variation from the usual tag campaign.
"The plan is a good one and will work in well a little later on, but I cannot say what action the committee will take upon it," said Prof. G. C. Shaad, chairman of the Finance Committee, who also planned to launch an extensive campaign in Baby Babies soon and will consider plans for it today."
Senate Will Consider Plan For Emergency Council of Education
U. S. Government May Establish Permanent Department Of Education
To Have Cabinet Secretary
Association Of Universities To Support Campaign For Secretary of Education
At a special meeting of the University Senate this afternoon the University will vote on the proposition of establishing an emergency war council of education and a permanent department of education of the United States Government with a secretary in the cabinet. Representatives of the National Association of American universities met in Washington recently and on the suggestion of the government an emergency war council of education was proposed.
Each university in the association has been asked to vote on this proposition and if they are found to favor the council, a meeting of representatives of each University will be called and a board of five members will be selected with permanent offices in Washington. The council will help the government solve the problems arising in the time of the war which effect the higher institutions of learning.
A bill for the establishment of national department of education is before Congress now and the association of American Universities is doing everything possible to get the universities behind the movement, in order to influence the members of Congress to favor it.
Choruses For Follies
Announced By Director
ous Ones
Plans To Make This Year's Performance Excel Previ-
Two choruses for the K. U, Follies, which will be given March 14, were announced today by Blanche Simons, director. The big chorus of twelve girls will include Charlotte Carney, Agatha Kinney, Genevieve Searles, Milred Payne, Rilla Hammett, Irene Cutter, Eda Raising, Imre Imus, Elaine Wharton, Myrtle Steen, Eleanor Clark, and Edna Sean.
Helen Thurston, Jessie Rankin, Dorothea Engel, Alberta Mack, Ramonna Kirkpatrick, Velma Walters, Eloise McNutt and Nell Miles will compose the Chinese chorus. The two choruses will put on six different songs. The steps for three numbers have already been learned.
Students who have been selected for other acts will be announced later by the director. In an effort to make the Follies this year "Better than usual," dances, comedy sketches, and instrumental numbers will be on the varied bill.
Practice for the dances are now being held three times a week. The different acts are to be trained separately, and there will only be one or two rehearsals of the entire cast.
Epidemic Of Measles
Spread Willfully—Haight
The epidemic of measles which has been going on in the University since the first of the term, is still going on and there are no signs of abatement, according to Miss Mary Haight of the University Hospital.
Miss Hight said "that there is no decrease in the cases is due to the fact that students with the measles are going around among other students, the same as usual. The practice of going out with the measles is not especially serious, but patients should remain indoors at least five days afterwards for there is danger to the eyes and the possibility of taking cold.
"The isolation hospital has been filled to its capacity with mescale cases most of the time for as soon as some of the patients leave others take their place. It is possible to isolate students in fraternity and sorority houses since the students are able to get food in the house but it is not usually possible in rooming houses. The only immunity from the disease seems to be unusually good health."