UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Contemporary Verse Devotes Entire Issue To Willard Wattles
Most Important New Figure In American Poetry This Year, Says Editor
Wattles A K. U. Graduate
Other Works Appearing Ir Seven Arts, Independent, And Chicago Poetry
Contemporary Verse has just published a Willard Wattles number for its November issue. It contains twelve poems of the Kansas poet. He is called by the editor, "the most important new figure in American verse."
Mr. Charles Wharton Stork, the editor, goes on to say: "His success in the present year has been probably the most significant feature of American verse during that period." In the Independent for July 14 appearance a powerful relational poem by Richard Wainwright: "The Seventh Vial," together with an appreciation of the poet's work by his fellow-poet, Harry Kemp.
The Outlook, The Masses, and Chicago have published poems by Wattles.
MR. Wattles went to school at the University of Kansas, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909 and a Master of Arts in 1911. He taught in the Massachusetts Agricultural College for three years and then came to K. U. in 1914 as instructor in rhetoric.
In the poet's own language, taken from his letter in Contemporary Verse, his chief work and idea in his poetry is "to reconstruct in our time the life of the Christ." Last summer he was at the Macdowell College, preparing a large number of his religious poems for publication in book form next spring
Mr. Wattles' promise also appeared in Braithwaite's Anthology of Magazine Verse. In the Poetry of House Arts, Independent, and House, and Garden.
WRITER CLASSIFIES POEMS
Mr. Wattles is a member of the Vificientes Committee of artists.
By the Way—
The writer's some 300 poems may be classified into five groups, according to a talk made by Mr. Watties before the industrial journalism students at K. S. A. C. These groups show the purpose; first, to teach that our present is to the second and third of our parents; second to remind ourselves that those who accept a free education from Kansas owe to the state in return the full measure of service and devotion; third, to help remind the East that the Hudson is not the fourth, to present religious thoughts and principles; and fifth, to give poems of love and friendship.
Travelers and Trips
TRAVEL
Leonora Jeennings, c'15, who has spent several days at the Alpha Chi Omega house, left this morning for Topeka, where she will visit Bess Murphy Elden, c'15, before going to her home in Winfield.
Helen Chapman of Kansas City, a former student, is spending the week
Ruth Ewing, c.17, is spending a few days at the Chi Omega house. She is teaching in Jerseyville, Ill., this year.
Dr. W. P. Haines, of the department of Geology, has returned from a trip to Mexico.
te, Pi Beta Phi will entertain with a tea, Tuesday, Nov. 13, for Mrs. Sarah P. Rugg, a grand officer of the fraternity.
Fraternity Notes
Pi Kappa Alpha will entertain the freshmen of Kappa Alpha Theta at their chapter house Thursday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Members of Phi Kappa Psi will call on Chi Kappa Psi Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Kanza was at home to Alpha Chi Omega Tuesday evening, 7 to 8 o'clock.
Members of Alpha Delta Pi were guests of Puilion Tuesday evening.
Sigma Kappa Entertains
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa entertained with a chocolate hotdog at the chapter house Tuesday afternoon in honor of the grand secretary of the fraternity, Mrs. Florence Colby Battram, of Oakland, California. Presidents of local chapters of sororities and Pan-Hellenic representatives of each sorority were the guests invited to meet Mrs. Battram. Mrs. Battrum leaves for her home today, after a visit of several days at the chapter house.
Sorority Dinner Exchanges
The Women's Pan Hellenic exchange dinners for this week are as follows: Pi Phi to Alpha Delta Pi; Theta to Sigma Kappa Pi; Alpha Delta Pi to Gamma Phi Beta; Sigma Kappa to Alpha Xi Delta; Alpha Chi Omega to
Pi Phi; Gamma Phi Beta to Kappa Alpha Theta; and Alpha Xi Delta to Chi Omega.
Alpha Xi Delta Dance
Alpha Xi Delta Dance
Alpha Xi Delta will give an informal dance for its presentations at F.A. They will have with them the following alumnus: Margaret Coleman, Grace Green, Helen Streeter and Ingaborg Sundstrum, of Kansas City; and Henrietta Rissman, of their Wisconsin chapter.
Miller-Alexander
Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Mabel Miller of Gloversville, N. Y., to Mr. Charles P. Alexander of New York, Nov. 10. Mr. Alexander is assistant curator of the University museum.
Kappa Phi Pledges Tonight
Kappa Phi, Methosist sorority, will hold pledging service this evening it 7 o'clock at Myers Hall for thirty-five new members. The organization holds its regular meetings every second and fourth Wednesday of the
Fraternity Pledges
Alpha Chi Omega announces the pledging of Dorothy Ellis, c'21, of Pratt.
Sigma Phi Sigma announces the plogging of Vernon Longrestaff of
Spanish Club
El Alteno will meet in Room 314, Fraser Thursdays afternoon at 3 o'clock. Student in the department give a lecture give a program on "Las Fiestas de Esosana."
sigma Kappa entertained members
of Sigma Chi at the chapter house,
from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursdays.
Kappa Kappa Gamma will be at home to PS 396 this evening
at 10am until early afternoon.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will entertain the freshmen of Chi Omega Thursday from six until eight, at dinner and dance.
Lieut. Edward Tanner, of Kansas City, is spending two weeks in Lawrence, before he will be willing to Leavenworth to provisional Officers Training School.
Mrs. J. D. Lingenfeltner, of Fredonia, who has been visiting her daughter, Bonnie, at the Sigma Kappa house. returned to her home Tuesday.
Mrs. J. F. Blair of Belton, Mo, who has been visiting her daughter Nadine, returned to her home Tues day morning.
French Club will meet this afternoon in Room 306, Fraser Hall. The time will be spent in French conversation.
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Standards of Measure In Kansas Inaccurate; Inadequate Check Used
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Kansas is full of inaccurate and radulent standards of measure and the facilities for checking them up are utterly inadequate.
prof. F. E. Stimpson Suggests More Rigid Inspection of Weights and Measures
The scales and measures in grocery stores and meat markets throughout the state are quite well covered by the pure food and drug inspectors. These are appointed by the State Board of Health, but we do not believe that this board should have complete control of the proposed inspectors of weights measures. I should advise a special bureau for this work, as the Board of Health keep quite busy as it is.
"Only five cities in the state," said Prof. E. F. Stimpson, head of the state department of weights and measures, "Wichita, Topeka, Pittsburg, Kansas City, and Leavenworth, have municipal weights and measures inspectors, while the health officer looks after them in Fort Scott. City inspectors might be a means of solving the problem, but in the smaller towns they would not be altogether practicable.
"The county clerks in Kansas are supposed to be the sealers of weights and measures, but," he continued, "only about twenty counties have complied with the law. We cannot guarantee that we are securing the standardization of weights and measures, but it is a question as to whether local or state inspectors would be the better for such work. Personally, I would prefer the state inspector, who has personal element would be absent. The work would be done in a more efficient manner.
"One of the most important needs for state inspectors at present," he
"About a dozen men would be required to handle the work properly. They should have enough equipment to enable them to cover the state twice a year and have a sufficient surplus of time left on vocational activities. Such provisions are in effect in Minnesota and New York, and have been found to give relief from the short-weight and short measure evils.
said, "is in the matter of the automatic gaspumps which are coming into wide use. A great many of these are inaccurate, owing to leaky valves and other faults, and in many ways not insured against getting short measure.
"The need of state inspectors of weights and measures was never more evident at the present time. Our department tests a great number of scales and other devices that are unable to cover the field as it should be covered. Correct weights and measures are highly important to the people of the state.
once the laboratory in the basement of Fraser Hall was opened in 1910, about 600 wagon scales have been tested and those third were found to be inaccurate. The average variance is about thirty pounds to the ton. Prof. Stimson receives no pay for his work as statealer, but is permitted to collect only his actual expenses when the county of town. This fee goes to the state.
Every five years the laboratory checks up the standards used by the city inspector in the state. Those tests on food and drug are tested once each year.
Article by University Grad In Philippine Newspaper
"My Stay in America and Impressions of Its People," by E. C. Barba, '177, appeared in the Philippine Free Press for August 18. The prevalence of the virus has impressed Barbara deeply. "When summer vacation comes," said Barba, "nearly all the college students embark in some kind of occupation and save money for the next school year. There are plenty of amble, is looked upon as honorable."
Barba characterized the American people as "courteous, kind, polite and always willing to help." "The business people of Lawrence, Kansas, and Wichita are exceedingly generous and most friendly to me," he said.
Barba was a member of the University Debating Club and president of the Kansas City philipine. He is a lawyer, local legal member of the bureau of public works in Manila.
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