UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIV.
NUMBER 159.
GAYETY MARKS CLOSE OF JOURNALIST'S YEAR
Young Newspaper Men Forget Their Worries and Smoke in Good Fellowship
A. P. SECRETS EXPLAINED
Charles Allen Tells Inside Great News Distributing Organization
The smoke of the banquet cleared away. Thirty K. U. journalists arose and sang the "Crimson and the Blue." They gave "nine rahs" for Speaker Allen of the A. P., for W. B. Brown whom illness kept away, and for the series who have answered the theme of "When shall we thirst meet again?"
For it was the farewell dinner of the Jayhawk Press Club, and all fared well except Hungry Howland. A long table had been inserted in Lee's College Inn, around which the journalists and students roasted young pig and peas in patties to the rhythm of Gordon Saunders' minialogues.
Charles Allen, a native of Kansas and former night manager for the Associated Press Bureau at Kansas City, was the speaker. Admitting that A. P. dowe is seldom run on the comic pages, Mr. Allen spiced up his "dry subject" with a selective contribution to the associated Press spends $3,500,000 a year and uses 50,000 miles of leased wire to tell the world what's going on.
LIGHTNING SERVICE
"How we get our news? We must dig it up, explained Mr. Allen, whereupon all felt much enlightened. And then the speaker launched into his subject. How the 50-word bulletins are "hustled right along," how the E. O. S. flashes big news over a continent in a few minutes, how the distributing editor looks over the shoulder of the receiving operator to speed up the system, and how the press all wrote papers—all these were told to eager ears. The A. P. pays liberally for tips when big news breaks, and the loyalty of the press to the country is such that no censorship is needed.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 23, 1917.
"Although there's a gloom because Henry Pegues has gone to Riley, Don Davis is the man who got Schott." So said Prof. L. N. Flint, as he performed his toastmasterly duties and sent them off to the station to bring Mr. Schott up the Hill in Don's girl's chum's brother's car. Dan said he couldn't talk, so Scoop Hill told him to read his editorial on "Are You a Bore?" Whereupon Don read to Scoop the first article about monopolizing conversation.
Oh yes, we *r*got to tell that Fred Rigby told everybody why they were where-they-were. (Most of 'em knew already; They'd paid him their fifty cents. And now they await the finance report to Foster.) But Rigby's all right and a booster. He advocated more such meetings of the Press Club.
DAD TAKES TWO OLIVES
Even during the courses the scribes already began to cut up. John Montgomery wanted to be original and started eating his salad with a teaspoon. Dad Westfall took two olives the first time around. Sammy Rice wanted to place wagers on whether cherries or strawberries would adorn the ice cream, but Clayton the Bookkeep wouldn't bet. Frank Thayer wore the red tie he promised to, but hid most of it under his vest. George Montgomery in khaki represented the comrades in arms. Scoop Hill asked embarrassing questions about Prince Philip. Peter Plesson announced that all having dates could leave; John Montgomery (we hate to mention him so often) was the only one to go, and he forgot his souvenir place-card at that.
Don Davis, Cargill Sproull and Scoop Hill led the yells and songs. Six verses were sung of the pop, old melody, "It's Great to Be a Kansan Cub," and the following yell rent the air: "Linotype, Monotype, Hell-Box, Press; We're the Journalist"—(dash) —Oh, yes." The boys also sang a sweet ballad about Frank Thayer and signs of spring.
A small wooden printing press, draped with Old Glory, formed the centerpiece. The place-cards were 12-inch cards and formed the name both in type and print.
Those present were: Alfred G. Hill, Fred Ribby, Samuel O. Rice, Everett Palmer, Frank Thayer, H. C Hangen, Raymond Hemphill, Vernon A. Moore, Raymond Hemphill, James E. Moore, Don Davis, John Montgomery, L. N Flint, Eugene T. Dyer, Dean Reitzel, J. W Evans, Paul Flagg, V. E. Timmes, Albert W. Koeppf, Wayne Wilson, H. E. Holden, Armold Nordstrom, Robert E. Schmidt, Sproull, Charlie Baker, George Montgomery, and Charles Allen, of the Associated Press.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS GIVE
FINAL RECITAL OF YEAR
Members of the advanced public speaking class of the department of public speaking have been giving one-hour lecture recitals during the past week. Onecile Burton gave the last one, "The Dawn of a Tomorrow," this morning at ten-thirty in Green Hall. Members of the department gave it and Eva Hunger, who gave a one-hour clipping from the novel, "Jenka Inside"; Lucie Means, who gave an hour clipping from Booth Tarkington's novel, "Seventeen"; Mael Elmore, who lectured on "Paul Lawrence Lumbar"; Maude Bryan, who recited "Echoes of Kansas History," Kay Davidson, who gave Walther.
These recitals finish the work of the department for this year.
WASON'S TUNNEL TALE WINS
M. L. Peek Awarded Second Place in Journalism Story Contest—Isen
Edward Mason, c119, was awarded the first place in the tunnel story contest of last semester. The announcement of the winner was made by the New York Peek was given second place and Nathan Isenberger received third honor.
The contest was held at the suggestion of Professor A. C. Terrill, of the department of mining and ore dressing. Professor Terrill offered a silver cup to the student in the beginning class in journalism writing the best story on the tunnelling of Mt. Oread.
It has not been decided whether the cup will be given to Mr. Mason or merely have his name engraved on it. In case Professor Terrill, the dooner, thinks the contest should be won, he will be retained by the University and have the winner of a similar contest engraved on it each year.
Professor Terrill holds the opinion that such a contest each year will offer advantages to students who are interested in journalism by giving them opportunities of writing magazine and news stories of a technical nature.
FORT RILEY HAS Y. M. C. A.
Building Fully Equipped With Gymnasium and Reading Rooms Prepared for Student Officers
pared for Student Officers
The K. U. men at Ft. Riley have been given the advantages of a Y. M. C. A. building in camp. Canvassers are busy raising the required $7,000, which is Kansas' part of the $3,000,-000 national fund to be raised by June 1 to carry on the work war until December this year. This has been divided into fourteen districts with a committee in charge of each district, for the bie Kansas driver
The building at Ft. Riley is a white stone building of two stories, equipped with gymnasium, reading room, writing room, game room, lobby, four bowling alleys and shower baths. The service of the Y. M. C. A. building is seen in the number of home-town apartments built under the made of the writing room, and the number of men taking advantage of the recreation afforded.
It is expected that a hundred Y. M. C. A. buildings will be completed and fully equipped at the various army mobilization camps, very soon, and the rest as rapidly as they are needed.
HOLD CLINIC ON POTATO
Botanists Help Conserve by Making Survey of Plant Diseases Found in Kansas
Perhaps never before has the value of the department of biological science to the state and government been so apparent as now. When this department offered its services several weeks ago, the Department of Agriculture provided a survey and a study of the plants and plant diseases in the state be made.
The botany department, under the supervision of Dr. Charles A. Shull, has been carrying on experiments with drought resisting plants to be used when earlier crops have been killed by winter drought. A variety of beans and a newly introduced chickpea are growing in University gardens; are processed to make a profitable successor to crops killed last winter.
This work has been carried on by Dr. A. J. M., mix instructor in plant pathology. Research on eliminating the potato diseases is being carried on by Doctor Mix in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania. No disease has been discovered in the Kaw Valley as yet but a close match is being kept.
The department of botany has also perfected a variety of sugar corn with which they have been working for five decades. Corn is croped is suited to the climate of Kansas and is of an exceedingly good quality.
REGISTRATION BY MAIL USED FOR ABSENT MEN
Summer Session Students Eligible for Draft Need Not Go Home
It will not be necessary for University men who intend to enroll for summer school to go home to register for the selective draft, according to George Brune, county clerk of Douglas County.
A provision of the draft law makes it possible for men absent from their voting precincts to register by mail, in case they are unable to go home for registration. Such men are required to appear before the county clerk for registration some time prior to June 5. This must be done with their registration cards to reach their home precincts by June 5.
All men who have attained to the age of twenty-one years and who have not yet reached the age of thirty-one, except officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy, and the national guard and naval forces in the United States, are subject to the provisions of the new law.
There has been some doubt among members of the National Guard as to whether they were required to register, since they are not yet in the federal service. Mr. Brune has received no special onions on that matter and says it is his opinion that national guardmen would not be required to register.
Those who, by reason of sickness, are unable to present themselves for registration, are required to make application to the county clerk prior to registration for instructions as to how they may be registered by agent.
BACTERIOLOGISTS HONORED
George Kernohan Goes to Washington and Other Students of Professor
Recognizing the value of the work in the department of bacteriology in the University, outside bacteriologists are offering men specializing here excellent positions. George Kernohan, a special in the College who has been majoring in bacteriology, has just been given an appointment in the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington, D. C.
Hal Sherman and Donald Milligan, also students in the department, have been given special prizes in Rush Medical School in Chicago for papers written on research work. Mr. Sherman's paper is on "Immunity."
All of these students, as well as E. Lee Trecee, who was recently made city bacteriologist in Kansas City, were students working under Noble Sherwood, assistant professor of bacteriology.
MISS PREYER IN RECITAL
Daughter of Fine Arts Professor Assisted by Dorothy Hatch in Second of Series
Miss Mary Preyler, daughter of Prof. Carl Preyler. head of the department of piano in the School of Fine Arts, will appear in graduation recital Thursday night, May 24, in Fraser chapel at eight-fifteen o'clock. Miss Preyler will be assisted by Dorothy Hatch, violinist. Miss Preyler's recital will be the second of a series of four recitals that will be given by seniors of the department of piano this week.
Romance...Sibelius
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell...Liaszt
Nocture Op. 9, No. I...Chopin
En Route ...Gordard
concerto ... Brush
Allegro moderato
Sonata, Op. 33 ... Preyer
Allegro energico
The program:
DOROTHY HATCH
MARY PREYER
MARY PREYER
...ante expressivo Intermezzo
Melodie... Tschaitoukuyu
Hecre. Kati ... Hubuy
Anegro energico
Andante expressivo
MARY PREYER
Second piano, Prof. Carl A. Preyer
Concerto ... Rubinstein
Movements ...
Chemicals for use in the department of chemistry, which were ordered in January, have just arrived. The delay was caused by the shortage of freight cars rather than the chemicals themselves, according to C. W. Seibel, chemistry custodian. Owing to the urgent need of the delayed supplies the chemists were forced to manufacture their own chemicals.
DOROTHY HATCH
Dean L. E. Sayre of the School of Pharmacy will return tonight from a trip to Brooklyn and Larned where he will visit eligible and engagement addresses at high schools.
DATE OF GRADUATION WILL NOT BE CHANGED
students May Register by Mail
—Program for Tuesday
to Be in Morning
At a meeting of the Chancellor's cabinet last night, it was decided to have Commencement Day Wednesday, the 6th. Men graduates who want to go home to register, may be excused on Tuesday, but are urged to return Wednesday for commencement exercises.
The whole program Tuesday will be given in the morning. A half holiday has been granted for that day so that the University may comply with the proclamation of the governor and be free to participate in any patriotic exercises in the afternoon or evening that may be planned in Lawrence.
"It is also hoped," said Registrar George O. Foster this morning, "that the morning exercises will be patriotic. The Chancellor has decided to call off his reception, as not being in keeping with the tradition, but that it is hoped that the alumni will not give the ball they had planned. They have been asked not to do so."
Aside from the Tuesday program, plans will be changed very little. University authorities urge that all students that can possibly do so, participate in the Commencement Week exercises.
)RCHESTRA BACK AGAIN
Four of the Eight Numbers for Next Year's Fine Arts Concert Course Are Announced
"Four of the eight numbers to be given to the University of Kansas in next year's concert course have already been signed for," said Dean Harold F. Butler of the School of Fine Arts this morning.
"The opening number has not been arranged for as yet," said Dean Butler, "but we expect to have the complete course signed up and ready to announce before the students leave for home this summer."
"Two engagements with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with four soloists, one with the Zoellner Quartet and Jeannette Durno, pianist, of Chicago, and the fourth with Christine Harcourt of New York, have been made.
One of the numbers Dean Butler hopes to secure for next year is a vocal quartet of men's and women's voices. This would mean an interesting program of ensemble singing, quartets, trios, and duets.
MISS DUFFIELD HEADS Y. W.
New York City Secretary Will Take Place Left Vacant by Miss Gittens' Resignation
Miss Katherine Duffield of New York has been elected secretary of the Y. W. C. A. for next year. Miss Katherine graduated and has been a city association secretary in New York. Her work has been among factory and shop girls.
Miss Anne Gittens, who has been secretary here for three years, will study at Columbia University next year. During Miss Gittens' term of office the membership of the association will be increased to 435. The average attendance at the Tuesday afternoon meetings now in 210. Three years ago it was 83.
Miss Gittens was instrumental in starting the Big Sister movement and in putting the association finances on a pledge instead of a paid member, before the committee was increased to include teas for University women and the Y. M.-Y. W. parties. The promotion committee has been added to the cabinet this year. Its purpose is to do personal work for church members. It has also organized association offices in Myers Hall were fitted up after Miss Gittens came.
LAW FACULTY ANTICIPATES
TWO-TIRIDS ENROLMEN
"The faculty of the School of Law is expecting to see at least two-thirds of the law students back next year," said Professor Humble. "Classes have been overcrowded; so a slight rise in the number will not seriously affect the school."
When asked what he thought of encouraging more women to take work in the School of Law, Professor Humble said: "There is a growing demand for women in the business world and there is no course which will better prepare a man or woman for that work than a course in law. I believe it would be more of an inducement for students to take some law courses if they did not have to pay the additional entrance fee."
F. L. Hillman, advertising manager of the Store Jones Co. of Kansas City speak to the students of the department at 102 Medicine Building Thursday night.
Plain Tales from the Hill
The K. U. members of the Kansas City Section of the American Chemical Society have adopted a French war baby. She is six-year old Madeline Rignaud of Paris. The chemists are going to call her by a chemical name instead of by her own French name. "Ethyl is the one we are thinking of," said Dr. Frank B. Dains of the department of chemistry,
Registrar George O. Foster will deliver a commencement address at Luray tonight and another one at Cincinnati. Both of these towns are in Kansas.
Get out last summer's. Put away this winter's. Sell this winter's to Ol' Cloe'. But get rid of it. If you have lost last summer's trot down and buy this summer's. Yeah, we're talking about hats—straw and derby and felt. Tomorrow is Straw Hat Day, the official day when straw hats are a la mode and derby and felt ones become en passe or milih. If the weather you're in, you'll always rain falls and the clouds obscure the heavens you're still in style—if you live up to the dictates of fashion or hat makers.
Thursday, May 24, that's it.
Professors are queer persons. They rule that if two complaints are made against a student's rhetoric, his credit in freshman English can be cancelled. Then here are a few mistakes quoted verbatim after being used by faculty members of the University of Kansas;
"I have saw it in the book inside the month." "Where are you at?" "If you did, you know how it looked" "I want to have your - - -" "I suspicion that
Engineering students gathered this material and told us about it.
Down to the Achoth house comes John A. Howorth every evening. He gets there at seven or seven-fifteen and stays until time to go at eight o'clock. Susie Butts comes out on the front porch at seven or seven-fifteen and stays until time for Al to go at eight o'clock. The porch swing from seven or seven-fifteen, that is from seven or seven-fifteen, until time comes at eight o'clock. The lady next door to the north is cruel. At seven or seven-fifteen o'clock she turns on the porchlight which burns until time to go at eight o'clock.
It's a gay life, says Sue and Al
from men or seven, says it until
it is time for Clock.
Rudolpe Hoffman, instructor in French has solved the problem.
Perhaps you have wondered what a meant by that word "polish," as one might mean it in English.
French has solved the problem. "Poilu is the past participle of a word which doesn't exist. Poilu means unshaven. The French soldiers, for a long time, didn't have the chance to shave. So they were called Poilu."
Have your started on your home-ward-bound packing yet? Most everyone has. They have taken down the pennants and swiped a cake of soap from the landlady. Put these things way down in the bottom of the room, but all their letters. Have mapped out already which train they are going to take home and the hour and minute they will get home. Then another person speaks and says, "Just think, one week and one day from right now. I'll be having a date with Mary," and so on. Subject. So does everyone else. It's all around these days—this packing stunt.
We were just getting ready to start a column called "Dans les caserons" which means "In the Bar racks". But our little plan to show our knowledge of French is all of now because the officers in charge at the training camp have issued orders that no newspaper correspondence shall go from Fort Riley written by a man in the camp.
Some of the professors of the School of Engineering are making plans to serviceable work for them, but both Lawrence and elsewhere this summer.
ENGINEERING PROFS WILL NOT PLAY THIS VACATION!
F. M. Sibley, professor of mechanical engineering will do research work in gasoline for the Kansas City Refining Company, and will also oversee changes to be made in the industry and in the industries' cories. C. A. Haskins, engineer for the State Board of Health will continue his duties in Lawrence.
Wayne Wilson Breaks into Game
Telling of the success of the twenty acre high school farm of the Winfield high school, Wayne Wilson, assistant business manager of the Daily Kansan, breaks into print in Arthur Capper's Mail and Breeze. In a recent article he writes, the work of the class in deprenure school how the boys of the nation can be used in increasing the production of food.
Senior meeting Thursday, May 24
4:30 p. m. Fraser Hall. Important
UNIVERSITY COMMONS NOW A POSSIBILITY
Havekorst Plans to Divert Enterprise Profits to Student Welfare
WOULD BE HELP TO ALL
By Lowering Price of Board, Such an Institution Could Serve Community
All organizations will be required to report to a single manager an account of their receipts and expenditures, and whatever is cleared on such enterprises as the Soph Hop, Junior Prom and Jayhawk will be turned into a fund for establishing a commons.
Believing that profits from student enterprises can be used for establishing a University Commons, Walter Hawkevork, new president of the Men's Student Council, is formulating plans that will make graft at the University an impossibility and will insure funds for quarters where students can board without being deprived of nutritious food.
GIVEN CONSIDERATION BEFORE
The Board of Administration and other University authorities are also considering such a proposition. The present Board of Administration has already given its aid in establishing commons at three of the state schools, Hays Normal, Pittsburgh Normal, and Kansas State Agricultural College.
The Board of Administration has considered the proposition in the past, but has not taken the step because of the fact that no building was available for such an undertaking. It is now thought, according to Registrar George O. Foster, that it may be possible to utilize a part of the building now occupied by Fowler Shops as a commons.
"Student commons at the University must come sooner or later," said Registrar Foster this morning. "The price of board at Lawrence restaurants and boarding clubs is so high that the students cannot afford to pay upfront." The schools where they have been established the price of board is very reasonable, and there is no reason why it cannot be made so hard.
MIDDLEMEN GET PROFITS
"This high price," continued Mr. Foster, "is because of the profits of the middlemen. Students are furnishing a living for the boarding house and school and when they are able to stop that the price of board will come down."
"At the State Agricultural College," said Mr. Foster, "the commons are in charge of the domestic science department, and food that is both sanitary and wholesome is furnished at reasonable rates. The memus are made out by experts and are planned for their nutritive value, rather than for the purpose of yielding a large profit."
Those working on the plans believe that commons at the University, probably supervised by the department of domestic science, and employing students in the b. c. l. for the students at the University.
FORT NEEDS 8 ENGINEERS
Prof. H, A. Rice to Pick University Students for Government Service at Good Salary
H. A. Rice, professor of structural engineering, received a telephone message yesterday asking if eight Uni-
lizards were locked and secured for work at Fort Riley.
Two draftsmen, two transitmen, two levelmen, and two recorders are wanted. The work will consist of laying out grounds and in the construction of buildings and roads to accommodate the new recruits at the fort. Professor Rice will pick the men at once. They will receive $100 a month.
Professor Rice will pick the man at onu. They will receive $1 a month a month.
BATTERY B LACKS 25 MEN
TO MEET WAR REQUIREMENTS
Battery B. failed to pass the inspection of the National Guard officers and be mustered into the service for a second time last night in Robinson gymnasium. The battery locked twenty-five of the required 126 men necessary to be mustered into the Guard. Battery B has about twenty-five University men on its roll. Another effort will be made to recruit the organization up to the required strength.
Crawford Good at Recruiting
food and recruiting.
Hugh Crawford, 617 Senior First Lieutenant in the Kansas National Guard, has just returned from Downs where he has been in recruiting service. Hugh was successful in recruiting a company of 76 men for the Third Regiment of Infantry in the K. N. G.