UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 55
Football Decorations With Crimson and Blue To Feature Law Scrin
Football Atmosphere Along With Good Music To Help Big Party
Tickets Are Selling Rapidly
Refreshments And Programs To Remain Under Cover Until Last Minute
Decorations for the annual Law Scrim, which will be given Friday night at F. A. U. H., are nearly completed. Since the Scrim is given by members of the School of Law in honor of the football team, a Crimson and Blue color scheme will be carried out in the decorations.
FOOTBALL HEROES TO ATTEND
"K" blankets, large photographs of "Uncle Jimmy" Green and Captain "Swede" Nielsen and hundreds of red and blue "K's" suspended from the ceiling will make it a real Kansas football party.
"More of the football players will attend the Scrim than ever before," said Dick Gelvin, one of the managers' morning. "The informal nature o, he dance makes it more attractive to the audience, all of the tickets, have been sold."
Haley's six-piece orchestra, jazz artists from Kansas City, will fill the music for the party. Haley has played on the trombone that is called lazz effect.
TICKETS GO FAST
Gelvin and Armine Bartelesd, managers, have limited the attendance at the dance to 100 couples. Only ten tickets have not been sold. These tickets may be obtained from Gelvin, Raymond Hemphill and Rin Brady.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 6, 1917.
Many Valuable Dogs Die
In Big $3,100 Fire Monday
The mystery of the refreshments to be served still remains under cover. But in this part of the party as well as in the sort of program to be used no plans have been announced, because of the surprise effect desired.
Eighteen Prize Animals Belong to Professor Young
Killed
Two Airideal dogs and twelve Bull terriers were burned to death in a fire supposed to have been caused by defective wiring, which destroyed the Quivera Kennels of Prof. C, C. Young of the University water testing department, 546 East 19th Street Monday night.
Bloomsburg Ladyburg, whose mother was brought from England, and Marquise, another valuable Bull Terrier, both died in the fire.
Among the dogs killed were Queen Bess, a champion Bull Terrier, and her six pups. On a six weeks trip last spring, Queen Bess, for which Professor Young paid 700, won prizes at Denver, Louisville, Wheelhouse, Columbus, and at Cincinnati where she took first honors.
As a result of the fire two females, representing lines of the best breeding in England and America were lost, and this greatly increases the value of the dogs which would have brought at least $1500 at forced sale.
Beaus dogs are not regarded as personal property in the United States they are not insurable, and the pro- owner a complete loss to Profession Young.
Two cases of measles have been brought to the attention of the University health authorities, but have been properly isolated and are under control. The authorities urge, however, that care be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
Health Officers Report
Two Cases of Measles
Measles has all the symptoms of an ordinary cold, according to the health authorities. Coughing, and watering of the eyes precede the breaking out on the skin in a motion that can cover one's mouth with a handkerchief when coughing or sneezing in order to prevent the transmission of the germs.
Men of the University faculty are asked to meet in the trophy room of the gymnasium at 4:30 o'clock, Wednesday, December 12, for the purpose of organizing a company for military drill. Prof. Goldwin Goldsmith, who is promoting the formation of the company, expects to have 40 or 50 members of the faculty in the company.
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Students Of Chemistry Learn From Experience
Chemistry students who depend upon gas for heat are beginning to understand what the chemistry professor means when he says that the pressure of gas decreases with the temperature. After the mercury had dived from 38 to 7 degrees since 2 o'clock, it disappeared flickered and went out and many students dressed for breakfast in a cold room.
The cold wave was much more severe than the weather man predicted. The temperature fell from 38 to 20.5 between two and seven o'clock yesterday afternoon, a drop of seventeen and a half degrees in five hours. At seven o'clock this morning the thermometer read 7, an additional fall of thirteen and a half degrees or a total drop of thirty-one in seventeen hours.
The Food Administration will ignore the protests of Chicago packers against meatless days.
The War Here and Over There
General Pershing yesterday reported two American soldiers killed and eleven others wounded in action on the French front.
Eilistiams in the regular army have averaged between 2500 and 3000 personnel during the past month. Over 50,000 personnel has been reported since April 1, 1917.
A Siberian republic has been formed, according to a Swedish dispatch, and M. Potpin has been named premier. Potpin is expected to order the withdrawal of all Siberian troops from the front.
A resolution for war against Austria was passed yesterday by committees of both houses of Congress, and approved by the President and State Department. The resolutions probably be voted on early next week.
National prohibition as a wa measure will likely be passed by the present Congress. The prohibition amendment needs only to be passed by the House in order to be submitted to the states for their approval, as it was passed by a large majority in the Senate at a previous session.
It has been announced at Washington that the government will form a unit of 150 telephone operators for immediate service in France. The unit will be under the direction of the signal corps, and will be composed of young women who are able to speak both French and English.
James Naismith, army Y. M. C. A. work in France; P. F. Walker, lieutenant-col. engineers, Deming, N. M. Dr. L. S. Milne, major, medical corps, Fort Bayle; F. E. Jones, captain Com-
A. Roberts, captain engineers; A. Roberts, captain engineers; George Clark, lieutenant, Camp Funston; W. H. Hawkins, lieutenant, not assigned.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has recommended that the government take over and operate all railroads for the period of the war, or that Congress make huge loans to the roads for new equipment, and at the same time suspend the antitrust and anti-pooling laws and allow the roads, under government supervision to operate as one system.
Herman Olecott, civilian athletic director, Great Lakes Training Station; Arthur Nevin, director of music, Great Lakes Training Sta.; Odis H. Burns, army Y. M. C. A. work, Camp Funston; P. A. F. Appelboom, army Y. M. C. A. work, Harrison; army Y. M. C. A. work; S. W. Hunter, psychological examinations for army; D. G. Paterson, psychological examinations for army.
Thirty-one men from the University faculty have entered war work. Many of these are officers in the army, some are in army Y. M. C. A. work, and others are engaged in civil war work. Those now in war service are;
Milton Dueker, e'18, has enlisted in an engineering company in the east. Dueker went to Dayton, Ohio, some time ago to try for aviation, but gave up the idea of flying to enter the service as an engineer.
J. G. Hayden, medical corps; H. F. Vanor登, medical corps; C. L. Castle, medical corps; W. L. Rhodes, medical corps; W. L. MeBride, medical corps; W. H. Greider, government arsenal; C. L. Johnson, government arsenal; Cleo Kidwell, government chemist; Norman Strachan, highway regiment; Dinsmore Alter, service not known.
L. E. Whittmore, wireless signaling, U. S. government; H. A. Nelson, chemist War Department, Washington; Clarence B. Francisco, medical work; H. D. Harper, ordnance department; H. B. Foster, engineers; Kenneth Pringle, ambulance corps; J. B. McNaught, sergeant-major new army.
Seniors Plan to Revel Tuesday Night in Gym With Pre-Holiday“Stew"
An Upperclassman Party, Nature Unknown, Announced By Committee Chairman
A Senior "Stew", designed along the lines of new and original entertainment for all University seniors, was announced this morning by Fred McEwen, chairman of the social committee. The event is to take place next Tuesday night in Robinson gymnasium from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Despite the arousal of considerable curiosity regarding the various interpretations possible of the term "stew" McKeen refuses to disclose the exponents, because the experiments will give assurance that none who attend will be disappointed.
"The "Stew" is essentially a date-less affair," said the committee chairman this morning, "this plan being adopted as a suitable war measure due to the shortage of senior men this year. And besides, a date will not be to a good time as that is being prepared." Of course, it is to be expected that many will resort to methods of the high school age and find someone who will accept their company, after they arrive on the scene, or perhaps line up outside the entrance when the event is over and select the one of their heart's desire, as the women file out to run the quantities, as they uniform with such school days. That's all right but dates beforehand are not needed."
Tags for the "Stew" will be on sale tomorrow morning by a score of senior men and women at twenty-five cents each. In general terms, McEwn outlines the program as consisting of "enough food to satisfy the average human," a series of lessons in the different schools, a half hour or more of social dancing and music throughout the evening.
To Get Student Viewpoint Is Plan of Kansas Alumni
Alumni Visitors' Conference Yesterday Decided to Find Best Way to Serve K. U.
Owls will have picture taken Friday noon, Squires' Studio, 12 o'clock prompt. Be there.
In an attempt to get the student view-point on student activities, a questionnaire similar to the one sent to the faculty last year, will be sent out by the Alumni Association about January 1, to the students of the University. The purpose of the questionnaire is to find out how the Alumni Association may best serve the needs of the University.
The questionnaire was discussed and framed at a meeting of the of the visiting committee of the Association, and the presidents of the classes, sororities, fraternities, Women's Student Government Association, Men's Student Council, the Faculty editor, and news editor of the Daily Kansan, which was held in Fraser Hall yes-terday afternoon.
Homer Talbot, Kansas representative of the Nat'l Municipal League, which met in conference the week of November 21-27, at Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday, for a potential association for the coming year. Dr. John A. Fairly, of the University of Illinois, representative from that state was elected vice-chairman, and Claude H. Anderson of Prince George's County, representative from New Jersey, secretary.
Homer Talbot Chairman
Of Municipal League
The chief thing accomplished in the meetings, according to Mr. Talbot was the organization of a conference on state municipal leagues. Such an organization was desired because at national conferences the subject of individual improvements can be discussed only in a general way. Consequently these improvements must be brought about by the organization of the states. The organization of the work of a committee of the National League on the subject of the cooperation of state civil organizations.
Some other subjects discussed were: Principle Activities of the State Leagues; War Service of the Cities; Associate Members; Municipal League Committees; and Public Affairs. At the time of the discussion, a report "State Municipal Leagues" was presented by Mr. Talbot.
The letters which the students will receive are to contain questions on social, athletic, and various other student activities, to determine student interest in opinion of these activities.
German Language Finds New Students In Spite Of Antipathy to Huns
Thurnau Says We Are At War With Hohenzollerns Not With Goeths
In spite of the nation-wide anti-athyropy for all things German, the study of that language is holding up remarkably well at the University. Though there are less students than last year entered in the courses, as most of those filling groups prefer to take Spanish or French, the instructors say that very few have dropped German since the classes commenced.
"I have a class of twenty-three," said Prof. H. C. Thurrain, head of the department, "which, I believe, is the largest class in the German department," Ms. Thurrain has drapped the work for any reason whatsoever. I think this indicates as clearly as anything could, that the students are not letting their patriotism interfere with their education. Everyone seems to understand that we are at war with the Hohenzollern with the Schillers and Goethets.
"We expect the enrollment to fah at the end of the semester," he continued, "but we always look for a falling off of about twenty-five per cent at such times. Students taking German merely to fill out groups usually have sufficient credits at the end of the semester." The same student This gives us more time to devote to the students taking the advanced courses."
"There is a smaller enrollment in the German department than last year," said Prof. H. O. Krusse, "but that is the case with all other departments as well. None of the students have dropped German to take French or Spanish, for this is not allowed allowance. Please be well educated. I think that, in spite of any anti-German feelings they may have, the students are doing as good work and taking as much interest in the subject as ever."
Miss Ester Wilson, instructor in German, expressed the opinion that the students were staying with the work this year even better than usual. "I have had only two students drop out of class," she said. "It is a much lower average than usual. We can always depend upon a certain percentage of those in the classes dropping out because of failure or for other reasons, but the number has been steadily increasing." She would say that even greater interest than usual is being shown this year."
Mrs. Brown Draws Line On Downtown Dances
Investigators Last Night Caught Violators Of Senate
Rule
Botany Club Holds Session
Holden Elected Editor
Of Kansas Last Night
Send the Daily Kansan home.
The Botany Club met in regular session last night in Snow Hall at 7:30 o'clock. The feature of the meeting was the reading of a paper on "White Toad" by meeting with Ms. Sarah Trent. Another meeting will be held in two weeks.
The privilege granted students of the University to attend the Wednesday night dancing class at a downtown hall has been withdrawn by University authorities because students, both men and women, known to be excellent dancers were found at the dance last night by two investigators sent by the W. S. G. A. abusing the privilege.
Blackmar to Hopkin's Funeral Dean F. W. Blackmar of the Graduate School will attend the funeral of Scott Hopkins this afternoon in Topeka. Mr. Hopkins was graduated from the University in 1881, and was a former member of the Board of Regents.
Blackmar to Hopkin's Funeral
The two women delegated by the W. S. G. A. and the Senate to attend the class last night and report on conditions of the course. You pay an entrance fee into the class. This was a noncompetition to the condition made that every student pay his or her own tuition for a lesson that all University rules be observed.
Eight University women and several University men were recognized by the two investigators last night. All but one of the students stayed after 10 o'clock, according to the report of the two investigators.
At its regular monthly meeting last night, the Kansan Board, governing body of the Daily Kansan, named Harley E. Holden, the present news editor to succeed Dorothy Cole as editor-in-chief. Millard Wear, who has been assistant to Holden for the month just past, was chosen as news editor, and he was named Kevin Palmer to act as associate editor for the coming month.
To attend these Wednesday night dances hereafter will be an infringement of the University Senate rule that no student, man or woman shall attend a mid-week dance for social purposes, according to the edict from Mrs.. Eustace Brown, chairman of the committee of Students' Interests.
Herman Hangen was elected editor of the Plain Tales column to succeed Marjory Roby, while Vivian Sturgeon will take the place of Mary Burris. The directors elected will take office Monday and continue in service for one month.
Plain Tales From The Hill
The uniting merchants are still pestering the poor girls with advertising matter suggesting what to send him for Christmas, and the girls would like her to buy fifty khaki handkerchiefs with the national flag embroidered in each corner and a lot of that Dear-Kiss brand of cigarettes which are so widely advertised but which 'he' owns them with all of ignominy in the cigarette line.
Girls need hesitate no longer, for Harold T. Chase has brought us a new—brand new—idea. It's a long, long trail back to where the idea started, but the story of it is something like this.
Two In One
Mr. Chase's young daughter has a college chum who wrote a story about a joyous Christmas at the front. According to the story, the soldiers went wild with joy over a shipment which reached them by mistake.
Maurineen Clark was trying on a hat. Struck by the fact that it gave her a faint resemblance to some famous man in history, she folded her arms and growled out, "I am Napoleon crossing the Delaware!"
All men of all times have suffered from some variety of pest. But one of the most effective moderators of pest is your world is your roommate's typewriter.
Thus it would appear that what our men are longing for is dolls. Retailers of dolls, get ready to supply them. And there's a down tomorrow to buy one for him.
In this particular case down on Indiana Street, the machine moves from room to room in the afflicted house. About eleven o'clock last night the freshman, turning wearily over in bed on hearing the door open, turned away, coming very soon coming to bed. But no, she lugged that typewriter. Spurred to anger he meek freshman groaned. "What! That beast with us again?"
A small black and white dog was huddled up on a step half way up Fraser fire escape this moning. He must have visited a physics class where he was given a letter of his practical application of his education, the dog looked rather cold.
The Fresh Kid created some excitement down at her house yesterday. When the girls came trooping home, she met them at the door with an excited, "Jane has disappeared!" In answer to their frantic questions she assured them that Jane was gone, vanished, completely swallowed up. When the supply of tears was calling forth the rest of the chiefs, the most Determined One said, "Well, it may not be much use, but I'll call up the police."
"No, don't do that," said the Fresh Kid with dangerous calm, "You see we really know what became of Jane."
In answer to the one big WHAT,
the Fresh Kid replied as she made
for the stairs, "Why, the Radiator!"
Madge Brown went to a dance last week. She had a date for a fraternity party—but she broke it when she met a girl with the fraternity's dance. Then she got a chance for a keen date for the Varsity, and she broke date number two. And at last a third fraternity met her way, and she broke the Varsity date.
As she came in from the dance, her r. m. said, "Mudge, I stayed awake to see whether you came with the man you went with or not. I thought you might have found one you liked still better."
Professor Hellebler defines a University as a reaction between faculty and students. Of course the profits of the university require them into an early grave, but—
Final Tryout Tonight
The final tryout for the Dramatic Club play will be held in Green Hall tonight from 7 to 8 o'clock. Twenty-six people were chosen for this from the seventy-five who appeared for the first tryout last night. A modern war play will be presented by the Dramatic Club after the Christmas holidays.
County Club Union Starts Active Work On Income Amendment
First Business Meeting Will Be Held at 7:30 o'Clock Tonight
Officers Will Be Elected
paign
Growth of State Schools Depend On Outcome of Cam-
The plan of campaign that the County Club Union will conduct this year for the Income Amendment will be made by a selection of new officers for the Union will take up part of the session. The most important office to be filled is that of president, for he must direct the装修 and see that it gets started right.
The first business meeting of the County Club Union will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight, Room 110 Fraser. This will start the active work of the union in the big drive for the Permanent Income Amendment that will be voted on in the state election in the fall of 1918.
WILL BENEFIT UNIVERSITY
Because many University students do not realize that the interests of the University are at stake the main director of the campaign must have a strong personality. For this reason all delegates from all county clubs in the state are urged to be present at the meeting. If in any club no president or delegate h s been elected this fall, Willard Glascar, president of the university, will represent a member from last year to attend the meeting and represent his county.
Plans for giving banquets during the Christmas holidays at the county seat of each county that is represented at K. U. will be made at the session of the university clubs from the University held these banquets, inviting the alumni and high school seniors of the county, not only stirring up sentiment for the University of Kansas but also making fundings for the Permanent Income Bill.
The partial effect of these meetings was seen last winter in the session of the state legislature when the Income Bill was passed as one of the three amendments that are to be voted on in the coming election by the people of the state. Mr. K. U, County Club Union alone and by means of its work to form similar organizations in other schools and finally a state organization that had a great deal to do with the successful passage of the bill in the legislature.
 briefly, the Permanent Income Amendment which makes so few people of the state and less by many of the students of state colleges, is a part of the state law which will mean that state educational institutions of higher learning are to have permanent fund on which they receive such far enough in advance to make the growth of the schools constant from year to year.
UNION IS EFFECTIVE
WILL BETTER CONDITIONS
By means of the tax, which is actually no additional tax, the state schools will be able to improve housing conditions and conditions of the students as well as the teachers in these schools. The one big thing that the workers for the amendment have to fight is the opposition which claims that any tax on taxes has no basis for such an argument but every amendment brought up so far has been defeated if there has been no support of it.
The latest officers of county clubs are those of Shawnee county who were elected at a meeting of students from Iowa at Tuesday afternoon. They are: president, Milton Weaver secretary, Lillian Gleissner; treasurer, Marjory Roby.
Official Military Notices
All those wishing to participate in the inter-class football series must make a statement to that effect at the office so that record may be kept accurately. Coaches of the various class teams will make a daily report of those present at practice and persons not present for practice will be marked absent, the same as if they had missed regular work. Positively no one, will be excused except as they get permission at the office.
"How Do Science and Religion Correlate?" is the subject of the talk to be given tonight at 7:15 o'clock in Myers Hall by Dr. R. A. Schwegler. The meetings are not for Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. members only as the general understanding has gone out but are for every student of the University. The meeting lasts one hour. There will be special music.