UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV
NUMBER 67.
Best Scholars Among Engineering Students May Complete Courses
Engineers Liable to Draft May Enter Enlisted Reserve Corps Says Message
Thirty-eight Have Applied
Applications and Recommendations Must Reach Washington By Jan. 15
Students enrolled in the School of Engineering of the University, more than 21 years old and among the upper third in scholastic standing may enlist in the Engineering Reserve Corps and be placed on the inactive list until they have either completed or discontinued their school work, said a letter received late yesterday by Chancellor Strong from the office of engineers at Washington.
This enlistment will place the men in the fifth draft class. Immediately following their graduation of the discontinuation of school work they will have the choice of either being placed in some branch of the engineering service of waiting for the regular draft.
Application for enlistment is required to be in the students handwriting. The regulations' are on file at the office of the dean of the School of Engineering. The student must have a certificate of recommendation from the faculty qualify that they will be given upper one thing in scholastic standing and that he is deserving of such temporary exemption.
Students under the draft age must apply for enlistment within three months previous to their becoming of age or within one month after.
Thirty-eight men have already applied for enlistment and the dean of the School of Engineering expects many more when the students understand the situation. These men will be considered by the faculty today. All applications must reach Washington by January 15.
Final Practices Begin For Funston Game
All Victorious Soldier Team Meets K. U. In Robinson Gymnasium
Many candidates reported for practice last week and have put in some hard licks during the past few days. The Jayhawkers realize that they have a stiff battle in sight but are determined to repulse the attack of the invaders and turn them back to Camp Funston in defeat.
With only two days remaining for practice before the opening contest of the basketball season, which will be played here Thursday night with the Camp Funston team, Coach W. O. Hamilton began the final round of practice this afternoon and is driving the men hard in anticipation of the hardest initial game played in Robinson Gymnastics in years.
The Funston basketkeepers will come to Lawrence primed for the hardest fight they have had this season, and will have a big advantage over the Crimson and Blue because they have been very good in first class teams and now have apparently struck their true stride. The soldiers have an enviable record.
Fine Arts Faculty Will
Give Concert Wednesday
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1918.
The second of a series of faculty recitals of the School of Fine Arts will be given Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock in Fraser Chapel.
The recital will be given by Miss Harriet Greissinger, piano and Prof. Joseph A. Farrell, bass-conductor, appointed by Prof. Carl A. Preeyer, piano.
The recital will be open to the public.
Machines Instructor to Wa
Mechanics Instructor to War Chas, W. White, who has been an instrument maker and instructor in mechanics at the University since 1914, has secured a leave of absence for the period of the war and has answered the call for workmen in the ship building industry. Mr. White is scientifically trained and realizes the need for such men in this essential war industry.
Union of Universities In Europe Admits K. U.
The University of Kansas is to become a member of the American University Union in Europe, according to a report from Chancellor Frank Strong this morning. This union is composed of all American universities for the purpose of building club houses in Paris, London, and other large cities of Europe to meet the needs of their friends who are in Europe for military or other services in the cause of the Allies.
This is an attempt to provide a good place for the men to enjoy themselves when on furloughs. Each university will have a share in the support of these buildings, the expense of which will be met entirely by the universities.
The War Here and Over There
During the year 1917 the British captured 114,544 prisoners and lost as captives 20,379.
A war cabinet for the United States is being urged on the floor of the House.
An official despatch from Berlin says that Germany has recognized Finland as an independent government.
The Bolshivists are strengthening their front and making preparation bf battle, according to reports from Petrograd.
Heavy artillery fire is reported on all the major fronts. This is believed to be the beginning of big battles which are expected in a few days.
Coal experts, except for war purposes and in exchange for commodities the United States needs, has been prohibited by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
The Supreme Court has delivered the unanimous opinion that the selective service act is constitutional and that the government has the power to send an army abroad.
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, in addition to his duties as acting quartermaster, has been appointed director of transportation and storage for the War Department.
College Will Entertain With Dance, January 19
The Department of Labor is planning the mobilization of three million workers for service in agriculture, ship building, and war contract plans. It is hoped by the government that this will make it possible avoid conscription labor.
A dance for all students of the University under the auspices of the College will be given Saturday, January 19. Brick Chandler, president of the College, has arranged for special music and the party will be along the lines of a general get-together, with the students of the College taking the initiative.
The K. U. Linn County baseball team had a successful season during the holidays, winning three games. It defeated La Cygne at that place December 26th, 23 to 19, and also in a return game at Pleasanton, December 29th, 28 to 12. The best game was on New Year's Eve, however, when the team went to Hume, Mo., and defeated this fast team 27 to 26 in a game which was not decided until the last half-minute of play. The following men played on the University team: Byron Ashley, Hugh Mays, John R. Smith, Walter Blaker, G.R. Saunders, Elmer Bradley, and George Hinds, of Manhattan.
Dorman O'Leary, c'19, captain of the K. U. track team, now a corporal in the 110th Engineers at Ft. St. Olka, received orders to report immediately at General Pershing's headquarters in France. He recently passed the aviation test for army service.
Linn County Club Plays
O'Leary Ordered to France
Prof. S. J. Hunter, of the department of entomology will speak at Fifteenth Annual Meeting of Kansas State Bee Keeper's Association in Topeka, January 7 and 8. His talk on bee keeping will be illustrated by stereo viewics.
Send the Daily Kansan home
Senate Will Decide Today Whether Drill Cuts Will Be Allowed
colonel Briggs Believes Practice Should Be Discontinued
The question of cuts from compulsory exercise classes will be settled this afternoon at a meeting of the University Senate. The resolution adopted at a cabinet meeting allowing one un-excused absence every two weeks will be brought up at the meeting.
This resolution will probably be opposed by the department of Physical Education. E. M. Briggs, commanding officer, believes that it is unmilitary and should not be passed. However, he hopes to get some uniform agreement made between the deans of the different schools in regard to cuts. He sees no reason why students should be allowed cuts every two weeks when they are not allowed the same privileges in other courses. He had hoped to establish in the University a Reserve Officers' training Corps, and such practices be permitted by the Central Department. The requirements for such a department with the University give bd for all the equipment received by the institution from the war department and should have a commandant that would be satisfactory to the Central Department. Those entering the military course woId not be permitted to drop out and it would then become a pre-requisite for graduation. Missouri and Nebraska both have Junior Officers' Training Corps.
theta Sigma Phi Will Initiate Five Thursday
The annual initiation and banquet of Theta Sigma Phi, journalistic soority, will be held Thursday night at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. Initiation will be held for "the following juniors of the journalism department: Emily Ferris, Ethel Minger, Mignon Schmidt, Edith Rowles, Helen Peffer. The banquet, though it will fill the requirements of the conservation policy, will be a five-course dinner. The decorations will carry out the Theta Sigma Phi colors of violet and nile green.
Both alumnae and honorary members have been invited. Some of those who will attend are Miss Vina Lindsey and Miss Frances Davis of the Kansas City Post, Miss Effie Graham and Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter of Topeka and Mrs. Frank Jarrell, also of Topeka. This dinner will be a fore-runner of the national convention of Theta Sigma Phi to be held in Lawrence this spring.
Van der Vries Escaped Injury in Eastern Wreck
To be in a railroad wreck in which eight cars were overturned and the others seriously wounded, and to escape unharmed, was the experience of Prof. J. N. Van der Vries, of the degree of mathematics, during the holidays.
Professor Van der Vries was returning from the Atlantic coast when the wreck occurred east of Centralia, Missouri, last Sunday. The train was going at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Due to the excessive weight of the engines, perhaps, the rails spread, throwing eight cars of the ten-car train off the track. Professor Van der Vries held on to his scat during the accident, and managed to escape unhurt. He later worked with a relief party which aided those injured. Fortunately, the cars were all steel, or the loss of life would undoubtedly have been greater.
Ucle Jimmy Green and four professors of the School of Law have been requested to assist registered men in making out their questionnaires. This work will take up every week this week and probably next.
Law School Profs Help Fill Out Questionnaires
Uncle Jimmy spent all of last week assisting the young men. He finds the question, that bothers most of them is: "How much have you contributed to the support of your wife and children for the past twelve months?" Some of them are ashamed to let any one know how little it is.
Henry Allen to Talk Of France Tomorrow Afternoon In Robinson
Editor and Red Cross Worker Will Tell Students of Visit Abroad
Henry J. Allen, editor of the Wichita Beacon, will tell of his recent visit to France in the interest of the Red Cross, in Robinson Gymnasium at 415 i o'clock tomorrow afternoon. His subject will be "At The Front." Mr. Allen and William Allen White of Emporia spent several months last summer in France doing active Red Cross work. Mr. Alien will return to the battle front shortly to resume his work. He will be similar to a "big brother" to the soldiers and do much of the work which the busy organization is unable to do.
Mr. Allen recently announced his candidacy for governor of the state on the Republican ticket. He will give no time to electioneering, as he will be in France until a short time before election. Classes will be dismissed and military units will attend the lecture as a class assignment.
Class Schedules For Next Semester Made
The schedule of classes for the second semester in the college was arranged during the Christmas vacation by Prof. D. L. Patterson, acting dean of the College and his secretary, Mrs. C. E. Esterly. A change has been made in the history group of the College and Political Science are to be two separate departments of this group instead of one.
Students majoring in either one of these subjects will be able to do work in that subject without slighting some of the work desired in the other subject. The history group has always been so filled with courses that a student majoring in history soon reached the limit of forty hours in the major department and there were several courses in political science which were desired but could not be taken for credit. The decrease in the number of men students in the university will not affect the number of courses offered in the second semester.
K. U. Faculty Members Attend Scientific Meeting
Five members of the University faculty attended scientific meetings at Minneapolis, Minn., December 27 and 28, and several went on to attend meetings at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. B. M. Allen went from the department of zoology; Ida H. Pauley of Boston, Massachusetts; Mills from the department of physiology, and W. N. Nelson from the School of Pharmacy.
Scientists from all over the United States were present at these meetings. Many short papers were read, among them some written by members of the K. U. delegation. The University of Minnesota, according to the report is giving practical instruction to a large number of soldiers in regard to various phases of camp life.
Mischa Levitski, Russian pianist, will give the third concert of the University Concert Course, January 16. The pianist has won recognition and praise from music critics in Europe and this country. He was well received in New York and Chicago last year, and his popularity is assured and lasting this year, says H. L. Butler, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
Levitzki in Third Concert
Kate Daum, c14, instructor in Home Economics in the University last year, who is now an instructor in the University of Illinois, has returned to her home after spending the holidays here with her mother.
"Bill" Lasson and " Dick" Nelson, c21, have been accepted for aviation service, and are awaiting a call to report for duty. They withdrew from the University shortly before the holidays. Lasson was a pledge to the Sigma Chi fraternity and Nelson was a Phi Gam pledge.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity announces the pledging of James T. Pringle of Alma, Kansas.
The Zoology Club will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock in Snow Hall.
Douglas County Exceeded Red Cross Quota, $3,600
Douglas County subscribed $8,600 during the recent Red Cross drive, according to figures announced this morning by J. N. Van der Vries, chairman of the Douglas County committee. The amount represents an over-subscription of $3,600 above the $5,200 alotted the county as its share on the "20 per cent of population" plan.
The Southwestern District, with headquarters in St. Louis, subscribed $3,500,000 of the total of $16,000,000 collected from the entire country, which was divided into nine districts. The basis upon which the estimates were made for the country as a whole was 10 per cent of the population. The managers of the Southwestern District however, set 20 per cent as their goal. This raised Douglas County's goal from $2,500 to $5,000.
Reaely
Plain Tales From The Hill
A reporter who kept dynamite Touched a match to a fuse one sad site.
He a seailed through the air
Angels heard him declare:
"What a story I'll write when I
lit."
What the War Has Done
What the War Has Done
You hear this most any place:
"Hell, oh yes."
"Oh yes."
"Why no, I haven't."
"Where did you say?"
"Oh yes, I'd love to go."
"What time did you say?"
"Oh, whom did you say this was peaking?"
Harry Morgan, along with some other ambitious journalists, narrowly escaped being a hero yesterday afternoon. Smoke poured from the windows of the journalism building. The men in the Kansan office rushed to the rescue of the maids in the physiology lab. But Morgan thought of the helpless white mice and rushed to their rescue. And then the smoke was smothered before he could carry out his heroic intentions.
The Kansan cub, working on the society desk, called up to find out about a party. And she didn't say what her official connections were. And so the cool voice at the other end of the wire said "Why, I'm sure you'll find out all about that party n tonight's Kansan."
All the inhabitants of the Chemistry Building rushed out at the three blasts of the whistle yesterday afternoon. Opinions differed as to how bad the fire was. Quoth Professor Cady "Huh, maybe they've merely persuaded the gas to burn."
K. U. Men To Attend Third Training Camp
James B. McNaught, William B. Boone, and Charles B. Strickland of the All-Kansas 353rd regiment and former K. U. students are among the men chosen for the third training camp for officers which started at Camp Funston yesterday and lasts for three months.
Of the 600 men in the training camp, approximately 150 are from colleges and military schools, while the remainder come from the regular and national army. All failing to get commissions as second-le-tenants will remain enlisted in the service. At least two-thirds of the company of artillery and infantry under competent army officers as instructors.
No Coal Shortage at K. U.
No Cold Sledge AC RW.
Plenty of coal has been secured to the building until the cold weather has abated, according to John Shea, superintendent of buildings and bounds. A large quantity of coal was purchased during the vacation, while the University was closed and no difficulties in heating the buildings are anticipated by Mr. Shea.
Special called meeting of Kappa Phi Club Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in Myers Hall. This is the only important business meeting which pledges are allowed to attend and Lucie Shuckers requests that each member and pledge come.
French Club will meet Wednesday, at 3 o'clock in Room 306, Fraser Hall. Prof. Henri Taillart will talk informally about the city of Rheims, France.
Permission To Destroy North College Given To Chancellor Strong
Insightly Building Will Be Torn Down at Once Say Shea's Orders
Was Built 52 Years Ago
Local Contractors May Remove Building for Material It Contains
Permission to tear down North College is given Chancellor Frank Strong, by the State Board of Administration, it was announced today through the office, of the Chancellor. Orders have been given to John Shea, superintendent of University buildings and grounds, to start razing the building at once. The money for tearing down the building probably will come from the K. U. fund for the upkeep of the grounds and the work is done by the University, which is possible that a local contracting contractor will down North College for the material which still remains in it. There is some soft pine and stone which is valuable at the present time, and several Lawrence contractors have signified their willingness to do the work for the material which they could get out of the building.
North College has been said to be a menace to the safety and the morals of the neighborhood since it was abandoned by the School of Fine Arts last year. Several times the state architect had declared it unsafe for occupancy. The walls have been in danger of toppling over at any time and it has been the loafing place for small boys.
North College was the first University building. It was erected in 1365 at a cost of $20,000 which money was obtained by gifts from Lawrence citizens. The building is fifty feet square, three stories high, and has eightteen rooms until 1872 all illuminated by oil lamps. Carriacou it. From then until 1890, Fraser Hall, just completed, was used for classes.
But in 1890, it was opened again and until 1893, it was used by the school of Law. From then until last ear, it has been used by the School f Fine Arts.
Junior Prom Managers Announce Proper Mode Of Dress for Big Party
Women May Wear Party Dresses But Must Not Buy New Ones
The managers of the Junior Prom report after an extended census of opinions the proper mode of dress for the big class party Friday.
As the party will be informal the men will not wear dress suits but will appear in street clothes. The women may wear party dresses but are expected to be dressed in gowns for the occasion. Afternoon dresses will be appropriate.
The announcement is made also that refreshments will be served at midnight, the entire crew being served at the same time. Between courses there will be dancing in an enclosed area around which will be grouped the tables for the refreshments.
The regular meeting of the Commerce Club will be held Tuesday, January 14.
Allen to Speak at Washburn B. M. Allen, professor of zoology, will go to Topeka to speak before the Biology Club of Washburn College. His talk will be concerning his experimental work on tadpoles.
Demand for Entomologists Fred Poos, A. M. '16, visited in Lawrence for a short time during the holidays. He is now government entomologist as an associate with Mn. The government, according to Mr. Poos, is short of men for entomological work and is engaging all who are available.
Karl Kreider, c'19, withdrawn from school to take a position as assistant cashier of the Lecompton State Bank.