UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.
Well Water Is Not Safe,Warns Health Heads to Students
City Water Is Safe, But Ground Water Should Be Boiled, Before Drinking
Warning Is Most Emphatic
Health Service Starts Drive Or Unsanitary Cup—Urges Individual Cups
"Stay off the wells."
Such is the lahocic advice offered new and old students by C. C. Young, director of the state water laboratory in Snow Hall, and by Dr. John Sundwall, head of the University Health Service. This suggestion comes from knowledge born of exact and comprehensive laboratory tests of Lawrence well water and from the University's sad experience of last year, when three students died of typhoid fever and two others were traced. There were twenty-two cases of typhoid fever last year, all traced to water from one well.
City water is safe for drinking purposes, Mr. Young said. All other water should be boiled or distilled if it is to be drunk.
Doctor Sundwall particularly urges every student to determine the source of the water supply at his lodging or boarding place. If it is from wells, do not drink it unless it has been exposed to the extreme precaution, the medical authorities say. They declare there can be too much emphasis on students guarding against drinking water that has been polluted. The epidemic last year could have been caused by improper care, the students saved if proper heed had taken of the health service warning against drinking water from wells.
The health service and John M Shea, superintendent of buildings and grounds, are making a drive this week on the common drinking cup that has appeared on the hill. Students will be invited with individual drinking cups. The common drinking cup will not be allowed on the hill.
Minor Ills Hit Students
University Hospital Resumes Work by Prescribing for Little Ailments
Students already are availing themselves of the free hospital service provided by the University Hospital, 1300 Louisiana Street, and quite a few students have called at the hospital for prescriptions or treatment for minor complaints. None has been ill enough to be sent to bed.
The staff of the hospital will be much the same as last year. Miss Mary Haight, superintendent, has returned from a vacation in Michigan. Miss Elizabeth Fleeson, technician, spent the summer in New York, where she was a bacteriologist for the New York state board of health. Miss Kate · Noble, visiting nurse, spent the summer in Glacier Park.
The University Hospital is open to students day or night, but there are special consultation hours which students must observe, except in extraordinary cases. The hospital advises consultation from 8 to 9 o'clock the morning. Additional consultation hours will be announced soon.
John J. Kistler, who was a sophomore in the College last year, now is a member of a company of infantry of the Kansas National Guard, stationed at Herington. Jack is a bugler with the rank of corporal.
Students who wish to make changes in their enrolment, and students who have not yet enrolled will have an opportunity to do so from nine until twelve o'clock tomorrow morning. The following chairmen of advisory committees will be in their offices to meet all students who wish to see them;
For freshman men—Prof H. G. Brandt, Fraser 204.
For freshman women—Prof.
Helen G. Jones. Fraser 118.
Dykstra, Ad 209. Prof Elise Neuen Schwander, Fraser 304. Benjamin Prof. A. J. Boyington, Ad 204.
Boynman, Ad 204.
For seniors—Prof. A. T.
Walker, Fraser 202.
Office hours from 9 to 12 a. m. only.
Old Glory Week At K. C.
Will Draw Many Students
Old Glory Week, the patriotic celebration to be given in Electric Park at Kansas City September 22 to 28 students will be attended by many students.
The opera "Aida" given in Convention hall, and a war pageant will be the principal attractions. Louise Isei plays her role of a young Clarence Whitehill and Morgan Kingston will sing the leading roles in the production. An orchestra of sixty pieces is being formed under the direction of Jack Riley, a Kansas City man.
The aim of the celebration is to create a fund from the proceeds for the allied charities. Practically every organization in America will have exhibits of its work there in connection with the British war exhibit. The Countess of Kingston will preside over the Irish booth.
What They Say
John Montgomery: The football men in school who have not yet reported for practice ought to come out at once. There are a lot of felows with all kinds of "stuff" who haven't yet reported, either before the game or after the fraternity rushing or because they are indifferent to the welfare of the team this year. There is a lot of good material on the Hill, and K. U. can produce a team as good as any in the Valley if the men will just compete in practice. The first name is only team works and it's time things were beginning to move at a rapid rate down on Hamilton Field.
Marie Buchanan: Sure I'm back.
Yes, Marcellus is a real army lieutenant now.
Captain Frank Jones: A company and is an absolute necessity for any business.
Manager W. O. Hamilton; Yes, I expect to be rather busy. I am the new acting head of the department of physical education, will be expected to personally conduct a couple of gym classes, will coach Varsity basketball and track, besides doing all the duties of manager of athletics. No, I do not know whether I will eat or not, as no arrangement has been made in my schedule for meals.
H. C. Hangen: Yesterday I wrote a delightful paragraph about John D. Murphy's hirsute adornment on his upper lip, but now it's gone. No. But深入 the paragraph is gone. But that all comes with being a journalist anyway.
Proof, Leon Flint: If I can find a room, we will meet six or eight stories further down. (He was speaking to the 8:30 Advertising I class meeting next to the roof of Fraser Hall.)
Everett Palmer: I was at Camp Funston near Fort Riley at $4.12 a day and $7.50 on Sunday. The work was heavy and steady. I had plenty of time for the few students least twelve University students there—most of them assistants to the carpenters. That was my job. The younger and unskilled men got work but they were helpers or aids and the young hands were the first in town. Jewell City was where I spent the greater part of the summer.
K. U. Prof. Is An Editor Of New Scientific Book
The book is intended to summarize for the American public the contributions of France in all fields of scientific knowledge, to show her share in the world's progress, and to supply information to American students regarding graduate work in France.
"Science And Learning In France"
is the title of a volume just published through the Society for American Fellowships in French Uni-
tion, with an appreciation of the scholars of France by the scholars of America.
The following are among the sponsors: F. W, Blackmar, W. L. Burdick, W. W, Davis, Eugenia Galloo, F. H, Hodder, E. H, Hollands, Margaret Templ, Arthur L, Owen, Olin Templyn, J. N. Van der Vries, A. T. Walker, W. A. Whitaker, A. M. Wilcox.
In the lists of authors and sponsors are the names of several faculty members of the University of Kansas. One of the authors on the subject of chemistry is Prof. Frank B. Dains.
Council Meets Tomorrow
The Men's Student Council will hold its first meeting Saturday morning. Walter B. Havekorst, president of the council, reports that plans will be taken for the year's work.
Council Meets Tomorrow
Again Men Populate Mount Oread--Not A Vassar Jr. After All
Late Registration Totals Show More Men Students Here Than Women
Total Now 2050, a Decrease
More Than 400 Less Than Las Year—War Hit Laws and
Engineers
Contriary to previous indications, the University of Kansas is. not to become a girl's seminary. Since the first returns came in showing the ratio in favor of women, the tide has swerved rapidly and the once thin curve has been thickened; we have swelled until the ratio stands four to three in favor of the men.
This reversal has been brought about by the sudden influx of working men at the last moment. Out of a total of 2,050 registered up to the close of business yesterday, 1,158 were men and only 892 were women.
Totals from the various schools of the University show that the School of Engineering and School of Law has been hit the hardest. The former has an enrollment of 303, five being women. The School of Law has only 80 students, including one woman. Only the College and the School of Fine Arts have compared their investments with other years. The total still lags 450 behind the figures for the corresponding time last fall.
The enrollment in the various schools follow:
Total Men Women
College 1,416 689 729
School of Ed. 170 21 149
School of Med. 32 30 2
College and Med. 63 58 5
School of Eng. 303 29 5
School of Phar. 34 29 5
School of F. A. 136 10 126
Graduate School 49 23 26
School of Law 80 79 1
College and Law (duplicates) 4 4 0
Total, minus
total, minus duplicates 2050 1158 892
According to Dean Olin Tempini, the department of German will lose approximately two-thirds of its students, while the present indications point to an increased demand for the study of French.
ENTERS GRANTED "MILITARY PASS"
Students who withdrew last spring to enter military service or return to the farm are finding upon their return to the University that they received no grade for the past semester, but that their work simply was marked "military pass."
In case that their work was not of passing merit at that time they will receive no credit at all. It has not been shown why it should be considered toward a degree.
Spooner Library is receiving a new fall attire and the paint is said to be one of the latest shades of red.
Students and Profs Contribute $80 To Company M Coffers
Donations Ranged From $5 Down—Total Amount Now In $261
Is $361
We Are Very Sorry—
Many Did Not Sign Names
.
Sincerely,
That a few of the subscribers to the Daily Kansan have missed their paper during the last few evenings.
In the meantime, we hope that our subscribers will overlook an occasional error and remember that the KAN-SAN—like every human being—makes mistakes.
Money From Anonymous Signers Amounted to Nearly Half of Total
At present the company fund totals over $361. The known subscriptions amounted to $48.90, while the unknown subscribers gave $11.10. The baseball game Wednesday added $15 to the fund, while the dance a week or so ago netted an equal amount.
A total of $80 was added to the company fund of the University unit, Company M, by contributions this morning, after the opening conference, and the contributors did not write their names on the small envelopes.
The list of contributors this morning are:
Over Five Dollars: Prof. E. M.
Briggs.
Five Dollars: Prof. Raymond Schwegler, Hannah Oliver.
We regret mistakes on the part of the KANSAN, but with the avalanche of subscriptions that has been pouring in upon us during the last few days, it has necessarily caused some subscribers to miss their papers.
Beginning next week, our circulation will reach a normal level when we hope that there will be no further cause for complaint.
Sept. 21,1917.
Two Dollars: John A Montgomery, A. E. J. P.
But I assure you these mistakes MUST and WILL BE reduced to a minimum!
One Dollar and Fifty Cents:
Kenneth,
Hale, Member of
Femity
**Dollar:** C. C. Nicholet, Floyd Linn
A. W. Wilcox, Charles Leslie, J. B.
Daum, Be sure to open, R. W. R. Pickering, F. W. Blackmar, Don Davis,
Gola Goffeit, Louise Jackson, Esther
Jackson, B. W. Wells, Margaret
Schoefold, W. W., Floyd L. Hockenhull, Frank Strong, Hugo Wedell.
Fifty Cents: Poor Prof, M. S.
Root, F. S. Reed, Clawson,
Elbert, N. S., Smith, Edward
Moulton,
J. A. Robinson, Ruth Hornby,
J. N. Blair.
Less Than Fifty Cents: Olive N.
Less, Ferdinand Gottlieb, George
Taylor, Elizabeth Bryales, Roger
Sizer, Dunnie, George
Sizer, R. B. Porter
K. U. Vesper Services To Be Held Each Sunday
Seventy-Five Cents; Wm. Duf.
fus, Sam Lehman.
A new feature of University life this year is the Vesper Services to be held each Sunday afternoon at 4:30 in Myers Hall. The meetings will be hosted by Rev. Gordon Thompson in student hall and will be Downing will direct a vesper choir,
During the year such men as Bishop Shepard, Bishop Quayle, and Dr. Mason of the Board of Administration will speak. At such times the services will be held in the chapel in Fraser Hall, Dr. Samuel Lough, Professor of Boker Illuminary Will be the speaker October 28, in celebration of Martin Luther Day, Chancellor Strong will talk next Sunday.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN.
Seven K. U. Journalists In News Service Work
Seven former Kansas journalism students are engaged in press association work with the Associated Press and United Press this year. Four are with the United Press while P. has three former Kansan editors.
Gilbert Clayton, '15, Dallas bureau manager; Pey Vaughn, '16, Kansas city bureau manager; Ed. Hullinger, '17, Chicago day "pony" editor; and Raymond Clapper, St. Paul bureau comprise the United Press list.
Louis LaCoss, '12, Chicago night city editor; Ray Eldridge, '13, Kansas City film editor, and Paul J. Brindel, Kansas City night man, covers the list of the Assoced formerly Glen Goldman formerly night office correspondent at St Louis, resigned recently to enter the aviation camp at Belleville, Ill.
Plain Tales
We had the desire for a date last night. We went to our 'phone. We lifted the receiver and placed it against our car. We waited. Would still be waiting if we hadn't hung up. 'Cause central didn't pay us no mind.
They do say the city water is perfectly safe to drink. Public opinion long ago decided the water was perfectly rotten to wash in. All of which makes us glad that it is good for something.
Then we went up to one of the much-used phones in one of the Hill offices, but we were waiting there yet if we hadn't hung up. 'Cause central didn't us pay no mind.
We had to have that date so we walked to the phone office. We were able to get central cause she was right in the same building with us. We called a certain number. Where the lady lived.
Not many times do the journalists talk about themselves. But the whole bunch is crowing around these days, Even feel higher exalted than the Laws. 'Cause two of our ladies are carrying swagger sticks. Right on the Hill. Dorothy Cole and Alice Bowley are the innocents.
Phat 'phone was out of order.
He said naughty things under our breath.
Some folks travel a long ways to attend social functions and be the regular lion while they're at it. Lieu Chiem, in the province of Tamil Nadu was in the city last night till 2 bells this A. M. attending the Phi Kappa Psi dance.
Friend, our new cheer leader,
owns an electric. Also he is a Phil
Gam. Also he was rushing a few pro-
spective Fijis Wednesday. Rusty,
his electric and one or two of his
fledglings started down Massachusetts
street going north. Then they
stopped in front of the Union Pacific
downtown office for refreshment at
Allie's.
One embroiled Phi Gam started monkeying with things alive in the ar. The car started moving. It kept in moving, just like a Ford, up over he sidewalk and into a plate glass window of the U. P. office.
It may cost some Phi Gam $50 for the window and some more for the sign before the events of the month are over.
Someone said the same electric ran into a peanut roaster, too. We couldn't believe it.
Did you notice something wrong in the gym this morning while the Chancellor was talking or while the folks were 'singing or' while any-where else, if you did you'd be a true son of Uncle Sam. If not, read the flag manual.
Besides being persnickety about waste paper the soldiers can equal anything done by the Knights of the Round Table in the King and Queen period. This morning two rows of seats were reserved for the soldiers. Did they did? Did they their seats? They did not. The ladies the immediate vicinity took them—after the soldier boys did their chivalrous deed.
Government Control of Metal Sent Price Down
Because the flag was hung wrong.
Look it up.
Government control of copper and aluminum production sent the prices on a rapid decline, according to P. G. Snyder, of the United States Reduce yesterday from China in Lawrence yesterday from China in the University needs. Two years ago the price of copper was $11 per hundred pounds and until three months ago it was selling at the high figure of 87. It was dtd that time government took a hand and the price dropped to $28 soon afterwards.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
Loyalty To Country Keynote of Address Made by Chancello
Kansas Has Nearly Seven Hu dred Faculty Men and Stu dents In Service
World Democracy Must W
Disloyal German Citize Should Be Sent Back to Native Country
"The University of Kansas is loyal institution, loyal to the count and to the flag," Chancellor Fran Strong said to the students in his dress at the first convocation the university had held in the versity, both student and faculty, expected to be loyal to the count and to the flag."
"The University is doing its part in the war. Eighteen members of the faculty and 650 former students are either enlisted in the army or are doing war work. Kansas men are found in the second training camp first Kansas regiment, the navy, aviation corps, signal corps, coa artillery, engineering corps, navy hospital corps, ordinance department, medical corps, M.C.A. and band. The large decrease in enrollment is to be expected and the proportion of women to men is as should be. Women must carry a work at home and men must fight in the war for democracy.
ALL MUST SHARE BURDEN
"The meaning of war is becoming known to Kansas students. Two alumni are fighting against War is the greatest disorganization known and this disorganization is being felt not alone by armies out every citizen in the warring nations Every person has a part in the world This situation is realized in ever European country now and must be held accountable to all whole people must bear the burden Wealth and labor must do their shar and the American people must demand this from Congress.
"The University has had war experience and knows a little of changed moral and intellectual problems it must consider. Now is a time when we can greater self-control, to take life more realistically, simply and to consider real things War will make a tremendous difference in everything. There must be no loosening of the moral or intellectual fiber in University life or naive problems of reconstruction after the war are to be me in the right way."
"The reason for the war was not that Germany sank American ships and destroyed American lives," Dr. Strong said. "America is at war because Germany attempted to block the progress of democracy. The South in the Civil War attempted to have it stopped, but the war was destroyed. Germany must also go down before the pressure of (Continued on page 4).
MAY HAVE MILITARY TRAINING The Chancellor emphasized the need of adopting all phases of University life to the changed conditions. Military training for every man in school will be one of the first steps. The war department has recommended it but is unable to furnish arms or to detail an officer for instruction.
Co-op Book Exchange Ask For More Tools to Sell
Though the demand for text books seems to be as great as last year, students are not bringing in their books to the K. U. student book exchange in Fraser Hall. Students who are doing major work keep their books either purposely or because they forget to sell them and the result is a great demand for last term's text books.
The trend of the students in their work in language courses is readily seen by the unprecedented demand for French books, grammars especially. There is a great scarcity of algebraes, trigonometries, zoology and geology texts. The managers of the language are forced to down 200 books on accounts of the frequent changing of accounts from term to term.
Women are supporting the book exchange better this year than the events places their own price on the book and encourage per cent for selling the texts.
Students of Company M are beginning to believe that K. U. students are not smokers after all. Several days ago they placed a tobacco box at the entrance to the campus and to dote they have received only a slick dime and several half-filled sacks of tobacco.