UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1917.
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 62
Senate Ruling Is Said To Work Big Hardships On Students Enlisting
University Seniors and Others Called to Colors Have to Wait Here
Students Are Still In Doubt
Those Considered Seniors Are the Students Who Would Graduate In June
Some seniors and other students, who have enlisted recently in military service are already expiencing anxiety because of one of the restrictions made by the University Senate Committee last week in its suggestions to the faculties of the University regarding granting degrees to seniors enlisting and credit to those students who enlisted.
The committee has neglected to arrange it in some way so that the regulation will not work a hardship on anyone. Christmas vacation will help many of the men but there will be some inJAurni awaiting their call.
As a result of recommendations, which have been adopted by most of the faculties, the "military excuse" given to students enlisting is granted only when the student is accepted into government ten days after leaving school.
In this way those students who enlisted last week and were not called into active service immediately, have returned to school to await their notice to report. It may be tomorrow, next week, or a month from now but the teacher must be in school ten days before they are accepted for service.
Will Be In Fraser Chapel—Annual Program Shows Variety This Year
Students of Fine Arts Give Concert Tuesday
Because of the many inquiries as to who are considered as seniors by the faculties in granting degrees to those seniors who enlist the committee has decided that they are to be undergraduate students to receive their degrees in June. This excludes those who will complete their work in the next summer session.
Member, Mirnet from
L'Arlesienne Suite ... Bizen
Marguerite Fitch, Dorothy Riddle
The annual Christmas concert will be given by the students of the School of Fine Arts Tuesday night at 8:15 o'clock in Fraser chapel. This concert is the most elaborate given this semester, and the variety of the numbers on the program insures its appeal to the orchestra, organ numbers, and a violin, harp, and piano trio. The program follows:
L Aristesine Suite ... Bize
Margaret Gaffet, Dorothy Riddle
Bernice White, Rheba Protsch
Piano: Prelude in G. minor...
Ensemble: Minuet from
Uppercase: koejen
Piano: Prelude in G. minor
**Raehmarimov**
Piano: Two Studies (Op. 25, No.
1 and 2)
Mrs. Ruth Robinson
Mrs. Ruth Robinson
Theima Wharton
Voice: I'll sing thee songs of
Arthur
Virginia in sing line songs of *Clay*
On the slopes of the Johnston *Duncho*
On the hillside of *Nashville*
Organ: Offertory to St. Cecilia
*Batiest*
Hobson Harper
How could I fain have
Voice: How could I fain have slumbered ... Weber
(Opera Der Freischutz)
Mary Reason
Trio: Calm ... Margaret Hoberg
Endhah Hopkins, violin
Dorothy Bell, harp
Helen Cook, niang
Organ: Christmas Pastorela ..Harker
Helen Pendleton
Voice: Ashes of roses. *Arthur Foote*
By the waters of Mimineon
*Entrance*
Piano: Scherzo in b minor...Chopin
Milded Thrall
Ensemble; Adoration ... *Filipuce*
Laura Jackman, violin
Six Chemistry Students Enter Military Service
Laura Jackson, violin
Prof. W. B. Dalton, violaceo
Dorothy Bell, harp
Thelm Wharton, organ
Six men have left the department of chemistry within the last two weeks to enter war work and two more probably will leave soon. Williams Asendorf, e18, enlisted in the Marines about a week ago and Bart Park, e18, went into the aviation service at the same time.
Ray Hargelt and Ernest Staterl, both graduate students, and Jack Waggener and A. M. Schroepfer, seniors, have left the University to take up war work in the Ordinary Corps and stay at Ray Walters' Frank Farley, two more seniors, have made application for admission to the same department.
Why Are You In College?
Ask Mrs. William Cramer
women As Well As Men Should Be Prepared To Do Something
"Why did you come to college?" asked Mrs. William Cramer in her talk at the joint meeting of the Waco Teachers' Association. Alzheimers Institute, Friday afternoon.
"Did you come because your friends did or because your parents sent you? How are you going to justify your existence in this world and repay the debt you owe for being allowed to come to college?"
"Fifteen married women whose husbands have gone to war came to my office last week. They are all college women and every one not prepared to do a thing to earn a living. They want to work and yet when I asked them what they took in college they said, "Oh. nothing in particular."
Some of the positions open to women are—educational directors, telephone supervisors, wireless operators, tea-room managers, society editors or editor of a woman's page, bankers, advertisers, interior decorators, food demonstrators, bond and insurance sellers and just now especially, the government is calling for women trained in bacteriology, chemistry, physics, and as stenographers.
The War Here and Over There
The Italians are still being pushed back by the Germans and Austrians in northern Italy.
Activities of the Bolshevik in Manchuria may bring a clash between that faction and Japan, reports from Peking say.
National prohibition as a war measure will be voted on in the house this afternoon at 5 o'clock, according to announcement made by that body Saturday.
The counter revolution in Russia against the Bolshevki has collapsed, dispatches from Petrograd and Leningrad to Bolshevki are now in complete control.
A national election is being held in Canada today. The most important question to be decided by the election is whether the military military service for conscription.
This week has been set aside as a national Red Cross week and an effort will be made throughout the country to be in uniform. It is not in uniform in this organization.
An armistice between the Bolshevki and the Teutonic allies was signed Saturday at Brest-Litovsk, according to Berlin reports. The armistice becomes effective today at noon on Monday. In section 14. Peace negotiations, the reports say, will begin as soon as the armistice goes into effect.
Will This Win the War?
It was between dances Saturday night. They flocked down to the ice cream parlor and ordered sundaes and eclairs. They knew the government was urging conservation of the ice cream industry, so they ordered the ice cream anyway.
Aren't they helping Germany wit the war?
S. W. Brewer, 183, died at his home in Chanute Friday. Mr. Brewer has been an attorney in Chanute for the last thirty-four years, beginning his practice there shortly after leaving from the University of Kansas.
Brewster, K. U. Graduate Died Friday In Chanute
He was a candidate for attorney general, in 1900. Many valuable articles on the early history of southwestern Kansas have been contributed to the Kansas State Historical Association of which he was a member.
Seven men from the Phi Kappa fraternity are planning to take up war work immediately. A. M. Schroepfer left Friday morning for Washington, D. C., to take up his duties in the Ordnance Department. J. D. Casey and W. B. Havekor have received notice of their acceptance into aviation service. R. S. Hunter, H. L. Klamet, S. F. Fuller, and C. A. Walsh have sent in applications for aviation service.
University Profs Judge Debate
Ottawa University defeated the Kansas Agricultural College in a debate at Ottawa last Saturday night. The debaters for both schools were women students. Judges were Professors B. F. Moore, U. G. Mitchell, and M. C. Elmer of the University of Kansas.
Phi Kappa Men Enlist
University Profs Judge Debate
ALL YOU NEED IS A HEART AND A DOLLAR
Make a Christmas Gift to Humanity
Every person in the United States who is not in uniform is asked to join the Red Cross this week.
This is a war of peoples. You are in it. When you take a membership in the Red Cross you show that you are in to win.
It is not so much your money as your membership that counts in this great Christmas campaign of the one great authorized organization behind our armies.
Juniors Are to Jump And Get Acquainted At Gym Tuesday Night
Wear a Red Cross badge home.
"Every student a member;" is the watchword.
You can join at the Registrar's office or down town.
Dates and Dancing Are Permissible, Says Committee In Charge of Party
Dates are not necessary at the Junior Jump to be held in Robinson Gymnasium tomorrow night from 6 to 9am and the aidt of the committee in charge.
The Jump is to be an exclusive affair, only juniors being allowed to come. However, the committee is made up of faculty members who instruct juniors.
Names are always hard to remember and for this reason the committee has arranged a name plate to be worn by every junior present. This will aid in students becoming better acquainted. The party is primarily for the purposes of getting acquainted with the music, and will furnish the music. Tags appeared on the hill this noon sold by members of the class.
"We are looking for every junior," said Herschel Washington today. "We can handle all of them and it is their job." He added, C. E. Easterly will chomp the jump.
Journalists' Service Flag Contains Forty- Two Stars
It is the first service flag to be hung out by any department of the University. The flag which was the gift to the department of journalism probably will be displayed on the north side of the Medice Building.
A service flag, twelve feet long and eight feet wide, bearing forty-two stars, one for each student of journalism who has left the University for service, was unfurled in the office of the University Daily Kansan, Saturday.
Kansas Municipalities' *Printed*
"Kansas Municipalities", a report of
municipal programs and problems
edited by Homer Talbot, secretary of
the League of Kansas Municipalities
was published Saturday. The pamphlet contains the proceedings of the convention at Wichita, the address of the president, and L. W. president's annual address by L. W.
Porter and resolutions adopted at Wichita.
Associated Journalists First To Unfurl Flag of Any School Or Department
"Kansas Municipalities" Printed
The department of journalism is represented in nearly every branch of military service, led by aviation. Nearly half of the "journalists" in the service are commissioned officers, and two-thirds of the officers. Three of the stars in the service flag are for men who are now seeing active service in France.
Soph Medics Enlist In Base Hospital Corps And May Go to France
Unable to Enter Enlisted Reserve Several K. U. Medics Hope For Transfer
Unless several sophomore medics who enlisted in the Base Hospital Corps can be transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps they may be called from school at any time and will probably be sent to France. This applies to those who enlisted in Kansas City Friday.
Sophomore medics, liable to the second draft, went to Kansas City Friday, upon the advice received from W. C. Gorgas, Surgeon-General. At the central office where they were supposed to enlist in the Enlisted Reserve Corps the Enlistment officers said no orders had been received authorizing them to enlist medic students. Several of the students then went to the base hospital station and was told to enlist in the Reserve Corps there. The base hospital station had no orders to enlist students in the Reserve Corps although they could take men in the Base Hospital Corps.
Some of the medics signed enlistment papers at the hospital station and according to medical students today are in the Base Hospital Corps or not
Kansan's Editor Enlists In Signal Corps of Navy
Information from the School of Medicine was not definite this morning, but a few students in the Medical Corps were enlisted in the Base Hospital Corps being transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps, which probably will allow them to finish their school work. Freshman medics and those sophomores who did not enlist Friday will go to Kansas University and an enlist in the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Everett Palmer, associate editor, will visit the vacancy and will take the office at one time.
Harley Holden, editor-in-chief of the Kansan, resigned at a special meeting of the Kansan Board today. Holden has enlisted in the signal unit and will leave in a few days for home preparation to reporting for duty.
Faculty Drill company is practising every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 4:30 o'clock in Robinson Gymnasium. Prof. G. C. Shand, is dli- tion the company. Prof. Frank Strong attended Friday's drill class.
The first Tuesday after the holidays was set as the date for the election of new members to the Kansan Board.
Freshmen Will Practice Basketball at 7 o'Clock
Send the Daily Kansan home.
Ten Best Men Will Continue To Play With Varsity In Afternoon
Beginning tonight the freshmen will practice basket ball at 7 o'clock instead of at 4 o'clock, excepting the first squad which will continue to work out with the Varsity. The change was necessitated by the fact that such a large number of first year men are out for the team now.
About ten of the best players will practice at 4 o'clock. This squad has not been permanently selected yet and will change from time to time according to Coach Bond. The new arrangement will give chance to show his ability in basketball
The men now on the first squad are: Bennett, guard and captain of the freshmen who has been playing a fast and consistent game; Barter, a guard, who played all last year as forward on the freshman team, and who has been playing in the last few days; Murphy, a tall center who plays a scrappy game.
Adamson is an excellent dribler and best of the freshmen goal shooters while Harms, a center and forward has done excels in work in both casual positions, as a guard grand, Keckly is a forward, and Shields is another forward.
Plain Tales From The Hill
A young freshman who hailed from Durham.
Once on his way home saw a spruce.
Though he almost fell dead,
He turned tail and fall,
And the night hawks o'er head
Heard these words that he said:
"I guess I'll run through it."
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"I guess I'll run though I think it's a "funny" </u>
"That Prof is certainly religious," said a freshman to his friend.
"Why, you know it says in the Bible that you must take a stranger in, and, believe me, that Prof sure did take me in."
The students in section C of Professor Hill's oral interpretation class have a grouch. It all happened this way: Early in the term Prof. Arthur MacMurray was absent from his class so Professor Hill took the class. It turned to give their poems and as it turn to give their poems and as it was their first appearance, stage fright was common. When it came to the criticism one Horrid Girl critically long and lived and there section I had loved to leave themselves on the first opportunity.
Imagine their delight on Tuesday morning they were again invited to Professor MacMurray's room and found that the H. G. was to speak. During her speaking all of section C were busily writing down stinging remarks to be hurled at their tormentor. The students extreme disgust the whistle blew before they had time to criticize her. Cruel fate!
Cutting of Rehearsals Carries Heavy Penalty
Because of the large membership of the Women's Glee Club, it has been necessary to make the rule that more than three unexcused absences will cause a member to be dropped from the rolls.
If the girls who have been absent wish to remain in the club and have a logical excuse for one or more of their absences they must see one of the advisory committee on or before Saturday, in the club, Tuesday night, December 18.
The advisory committee consists of Marie Buchanan, Leah Stewart Opal Holmes, Clara Scheurer, and Gladys Nelson.
Three Men Enlist In Navy
Joe Pratt, c'19, Dutch Schoenfeldt, e'18, and Tim Shreve, c'18, have enlisted in the navy. Schoenfeldt and Shreve entered the service as electricians, and Pratt joined as an apprentice seaman. Joe will leave some time the first of this week, but Dutch and Tim will stay in school until Friday. They will be at their home until January second, when they begin training for the Great Lakes training school where their training will begin.
K. U. Musician To Navv
Elmer H. Bradley, sp17, left for his home at Pleasanton this morning, where he will remain until December 26. He will report then for duty at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He has emitted as a landmass musician, helping play for several years in the University band.
There will be a faculty meeting in 104, Snow Hall, at 4 o'clock Tuesday.
The Franklin Club announces the pledging of William Wirtz of Ottawa.
Red Cross Will Show World That America Is United For War
Drive Not For Money, But To Enroll Nation In Red Cross Work
Students Are Urged To Join
Douglas County Must Raise
Quota of 5,000 Members By
Christmas Eve
"The Christmas drive of the Red Cross is not for money particularly, but for the purpose of showing the Allies and our boys we are a united nation in this war," said J. N. Van Dyke, a spokesman of the drive in Douglas county.
"Last summer in the Red Cross drive for money, Douglas county and the University of Kansas suffered unpleasant notority, which was undeserved but which, nevertheless, did the University harm. In the present drive we are very anxious that Douglass county, the home of the University of Kansas and Baker University, shall be the state university enrolled. It is the role of the committee that they may be able to telegraph to the metropolitan press by the middle of the week the quota of 5,000 has been passed.
"Every person who does not belong to our armed forces will be asked to join before Christmas eve. In all parts of the country careful account is being kept of persons who refuse to join, for this is a time when slackers and German sympathizers will be shown up.
"Students are urged to join at once before going home, as every member here will help out the good name and reputation of the University. For students, it is up to Lawrence and Douglas county reflects on the University of Kansas."
Women To Sell Tags For Football Smoker At F.A.U., Thursday
Awarding of Letters, Speeches,
Boxing, Wrestling and Farce
Will Feature Program
A new method of selling tags for the annual football smoker which will be held next Thursday evening in the Fraternal Aid Union hall is to be tried by Willard Hilton, who with Harold Hoover, is managing the World Smoker Charity charge of the tags which are scheduled to be sold Tuesday morning.
The small number on the smoker committee made it necessary to appoint other students to help out with the sales and Manager Hilton believes the women will be able to sell more tags than men. He expects at least four hundred and possibly five hundred men to attend.
Those who will speak include the following: Chancellor Strong, Manager Hamilton, Coach Jay Bond, Captain-elect Howard, (Scrubby) Laslett, and Captain Nielsen of this year's team.
Uncle Jimmy Green will, as in former years, award the letters to those who made the team. Boxing and wrestling matches of local talent are being planned by Hilton. He is also trying to arrange for a short farce.
The Wilson County Club will meet in Room 101. Fraser Hall at 5:30 ock Tuesday. Business of importance will be taken up at this meeting.
Every day brings requests to the office of the Appointment Bureau for high school teachers. The need has become so great that it is necessary to make a special appeal to all teachers who are now in attendance at the University or students who will complete their work at the close of the first semester and be available for high school work. While the pressing exist in almost every department, the most pressing need seems to be in mathematics, physical science, agriculture and athletics.
In view of this demand the Appointment Committee urges all students who will be available for work any time during the present year to file their credentials and applications in the office of the committee before leaving for the holiday vacation. Salaries are good and the need is great.
W. H. Johnson.
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