UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIV.
NUMBER 135.
STATE WILL WAGE WAR ON ALL EXTRAVAGANCE
State Council of Thirty Members Will Study Problem of Food Conservation
TELLS OF WORK AT K. U.
Allowance of University Credi for Farm Work Explained by Dean Blackmar
Luxuries and extravagances were classed with Germany by the State Defense Council as something to wage war upon yesterday when it met at Topeka to decide upon the measures to taken in conserving the food supply.
The council, composed of thirty Kansasans, prominent in state activities urged the use of all available land and vacant lots to grow garden stuffs. Committees were appointed to study conditions of Kansas in regard to ruined crops, available seeds, the labor problem, and how to market the garden products so that they will not be wasted.
"No one must be idle this summer everyone must have some duty to perform in doing his bit for his country," was the main sentiment expressed in the meeting. "Pay the boys and girls who are sick or dying one should be made to work for nothing and yet no one should be permitted to loaf all summer."
EVERYBODY MUST WORK
Dean F. W. Blackmar of the University told of the conditions at the University and in Lawrence and Douglas County; how men were being excused from school with credit to work on the farms; and how Douglas County bankers were loaning money to farmers whose crops had failed or who were in need of money to start planting.
CENTRAL STATES FURNISH FOOD
"It is really up to the Mississippi Valley to produce not only enough food for the United States but also enough food to help the armies and peoples abroad," said Governor Capper in introducing the work of the meeting. "We must aid the state in furnishing seed, supplying money for educational facilities, pushing the boys' and girls' clubs, using the backyards and vacant lots and increasing other intensive methods."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 18, 1017.
"And it is up to Kansas to save and to be moderate in all things. Useless luxuries should be done away with and all extravagances should be taoed."
Full Program Arranged for Three Day State Meeting in Myers Hall This Week
Y. W. READY FOR CONFERENCE
A get-acquainted meeting has been planned for Friday night; Miss Louise Holmquist will speak. Round tables on committee work will be the program for Saturday morning and early afternoon. The visitors will visit the university and Haskell at fort William in the parish house of the Congregational church will be given Saturday night. Itasca Hilman will be toastmaster.
Enrollment cards of 100 delegates for the State Y. W. C. A. Conference, to be held in Lawrence April 20, 21, and 22, have been received by Miss Anne Gittens. Fifty more are expected before Friday.
A devotional meeting will be held at nine o'clock Sunday morning in Myers Hall. Mrs. Reed McClure will welcome the guest and present Sunday afternoon. Her subject will be "Opportunities for Christian Service, Especially in the Present Wives." The conference will close with the service; see Fraser Chapel Sunday afternoon at four o'clock.
WANTS RECORD OF ENLISTERS
Dean P. F. Walker Requests All Students Who Are in Military Service to Fill Blanks
Dean P. F. Walker has requested every enlisted man in school, whether he is a member of a Lawrence company or of some outside military organization, to fill out a blank giving the necessary information so that the student would be listed on all students who are in any military organization.
"Many of the men have already filled out these blanks," Dean Walker said this morning, "but some of them are not well off, and our records are incomplete."
Blanks may be obtained either at the office or at Dean Walker's office.
The Weather
Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday, probably showers. Cooler in south and east portions tonight.
MANY WOMEN OUT FOR WOMEN'S SWIMMING
WOMEN'S SWIMMING MEET
Because of the large number of entries in the Women's Swimming Meet Thursday, May 3, it will be necessary a preliminary meet Monday April 30.
Each class has elected a captain and a systematic plan of practice is used. The pool is open all day Monday and after four-thirty other days.
The captains are Miriam Jones,
senior; Ruth Endacott, junior; Helen
Wagstaff, sophomore; and Doris
Drought, freshman.
ENDORSE WOMEN EDITORS
Mrs. Homer Hoch Tells Some o Her Experiences on the Marion Record
Marion Record
How a woman may enter the newspaper field in Kansas, gather "Home-Made Philosophy," reprint "What the Woman Does" and "The house of 'Recipes' contributed by the cooks of a community, was explained to a class of journalists this morning by Mrs. Homer Hoch, editor of The Man's Corner" in the Marion Record.
"Paragraphing becomes a habit," she continued. "Wherever you are or whatever you are doing will sag, and so may make an admirable paragraph."
Mrs. Hoeh did not hesitate to urge young women to enter the newspaper field especially in the capacity as paragrapher and editorial writers. "This field is more adapted for women's work," she reported, "in the fashion sector." The said, "Some of the best writers in Kansas today are women."
Mrs. Hoch is thoroughly convinced of the humane interest appeal in the sayings and doings of little children "My experience with victimism of
Mrs. Hoch was entertained by the Theta Phis at lunchon today. She will talk to the women of the University at 102 Modie Building, 4:30 p.m., "The Woman's Opportunity in Newsaper Work."
NO HOSPITAL FOR K. U
Doctor Sundwall Thinks All Mediaa Students Should Complete Their Courses and Then Enlist
"The University is not likely to turn out any ambulance corps or any other hospital unit," said Doctor Sundwall, of the School of Medicine, this morning. Instructions have been received from army headquarters urging that all medical students remain in school until they finish full training. The Army says most sick men may be available when our country needs them.
The University War Council meets this afternoon to discuss all matters wherein the University may be of use or should not be used, and enable that the Council will consider the possibility of such University organizations as medical units.
BETAS DEFEAT THE SIGS
Captain Hill's Team Opens Schedule With an Exciting Game That Ends in a 4-0 Victory
The Bets opened their baseball season yesterday and the Sigma Chi
The Sigma Chi-Beta clash was a real game and a number of classy plays were made by both teams Hill, captain of the Betas, played the batting and field work in center field, catching two long files in one innings.
The game yesterday was probably the most exciting Pan-Hellenic game played this season. The rooters were enthusiastic and there were more cords out to the game than at any of the other games on the Sigma Chi schedule is with the Phi Siis April 24, while the next Beta game is with the Delta Taus May 2.
Reed, the Beta twirler, succeeded in putting ten of the Sigma Chis out by the one, two, three route. Gibbens, center player on the Jayhawker squad, worked at the receiving position for the Betas. Baker and Smith, both from the Varsity squad, formed a strong team. But did not succeed in faming as many men as the Beta battery. Baker was credited with nine strikeouts.
Prof. W. L. Burdick told his law classes this morning that it was anything but patriotism to withdraw from school to enlist in the army or go home and lay around doing nothing.
The Beta lineup: Gibbens, c; Reed, p; Harrison, b; Nettles, b; Jensen, Chase, ss; Orlander, l; Captain Hill, c; Baker, s; Captain Cwill, h; Carter, c; Baker, p; Captain Cwill, 1b; Arbuthnut, 2b; Lonborg, b; Russell, f; Foster, f; Saftter, c; Gregory, rf.
SENATE WILL RETAIN ATHLETICS THIS YEAR
Vote of 38 to 20 Upholds Chancellor's Plan for Normal Conditions
Intercollegiate athletics will be retained at the University for the rest of this school year, according to action taken by the University Senate yesterday. The vote was 38 to 20 for retention.
This action of the Senate is in accordance with the Chancellor's wish that the work of the University should continue in as many colleges as the rest of the semester. In retaining athletics here the Senate followed the example of the largest universities of the country as well as the plan of the military academy at West Point, which has brought of doing away with athletics.
Whether or not the University of Kansas has intercollegiate athletics next year will be decided at the next meeting of the Senate here in May. Other schools in the Missouri Valley have kept athletics, except the Kansas State University which has diversity. If college athletics are abolished for next year it will mean that K. U. will not be represented in the Missouri Valley contests.
Some of the smaller schools and colleges have been swept away by the war enthusiasm and have abolished athletics, substituting military drill in its place. In some cases, however, nothing has been put in the place of the college sports and the result has been a large body of idle students. At K. U. there is no provision made for substituting drill with credit for physical activity. It would take several months to get permission from the War Department to establish military drill in place of athletics.
SELECT 1917 H. S. QUESTION
Contestants Will Debate on Subject of More Intensive System of Ship Subsidies
The question high schools of the state will debate next year has been selected by the high schools in this year's contest. The question concerns establishing a more intensive system of subsidies for the United States.
Other questions considered were on government ownership of railroads and a six-year term of office for the President. More than sixty high schools competed this year. Mount Hope and Hoxie came to the finals and debated for the state championship here. Mount Hope won.
The eight district members of the league, who look after the debates in each congressional district are assigned each year to the school which wins the district championship. G. L. McCleenny, of Meriden, will represent the first district; W. J. Neumann, of Rosseau; the second; R. J. Sillman, of Cary; the third; W. S. Rupe, of Burlington; the fourth; C. A. Youmans, of Minneapolis; the fifth; C. L. Williams, of Hoxie, the sixth; Willard N. Van Slyke, of Pratt, the seventh; and C. R. Rankin, of Mount Hope, the eighth.
SEND OUT 50,000 PETITIONS
Fifty thousand petitions went out from the University yesterday to every high school in the state of Kansas and every college in the United States for signatures to request a measure abolishing the use of grains for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors.
Every Part of Country Will Ask Congress to Prohibit Manufac
These petitions are in the form of letterheads so they may be pasted to the President and dressed to the President and the Congress of the United States. It reads:
New Class in First Aid
This movement has lately grown to nation-wide proportions, and distillers and brewers have offered to limit the output of their plants in view of the present crisis. Whether this movement stems the tide of complete national prohibition is the probability these petitions are fighting against.
ture of Liquor
For the benefit of those who were unable to enroll in the First Aid course at the beginning and those who have been compelled to miss more than one lesson, a new class in First Aid Training will be given down town. The work will be given by Doctor Clark at his office over the Bell Brothers music store at seven-thirty o'clock on Wednesday evenings. The second lesson will be given this evening. Anyone can attend any one to take this course as no entries are allowed.
"We appeal to you for legislation prohibiting the consumption of food products in the manufacture of intoxicating liners."
FOUR SOLOISTS WILL SING WITH ORCHESTRA
Jean Cooper, Contralto, to Appear in Concert Again This Year
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra will give two concerts tomorrow, as matinee at 2:30 and an evening concert at 8:15. Four solist are invited to the concert, a new to University audiences. Jean Vincent Cooper, contralto, who was selected from 900 contestants as the leading contralto singer of America, will be here again. She divided honors with Lindquest, soloist, last year.
Year
Explanatory programs will be distributed at both afternoon and even
MARIE KAISER, Soprano
ing performances. They will contain full interpretative descriptions of each number, written with the difficulty of the average audience in mind.
In the evening, the orchestra will play "Two Indian Dances" by Prof. Charles S. Skilton. These dances were recently played by the St. Louis Symphony band and were given unusual notice in the musical columns of St. Louis papers.
SENIORS REHEARSE DAILY
Faculty Member Sees Practice for "If I Were Dean" and
Calls It Unusual
"I didn't really know how good a play this was until now," said a faculty member last night. He had read the play, "If I Were Deane," before he was awarded, and saw it played the first time at last night's rehearsal.
"This is really an excellent piece of dramatic work. The situations are well handled; the action is not allowed to drag and this is unusual for an amateur play. The character of 'Fanny', the Dean's 'steonel', is one of the best drawn characters I have seen in years.
Frank McFarland, who was to have taken the part of the Hon. N. Cy Lage of the Legislature, has withdrawn from school and from the cast in the play which part he played "Gibbs" in "Under Cover."
The members of the cast are working into their parts in A-number-one style, and by a week from tomorrow, all the things will be in first-class condition.
SEEK ADVICE FROM K. U.
The Philippines have heard of the University of Kansas. Furthermore they have heard of the Municipal Ref- seatory of which Homer Talbot is secretary.
Philippine Library Asks for Help in Establishing Reference Bureau Department
Not long ago Mr. Talbot received a letter from the acting Director of the Philippine Library and Museum at Manila, asking for publications issued by the government and asking that they might be included in the mailing list of the bureau.
The Reference Division of the Philippine Library and Museum is comparatively young, having been found only last year, and a Director feels that experience and benefit by the experiences and investigations of the Reference Bureau here.
Bill Cady, former business manager of the Kansan, and now advertising manager on the Dodge City Globe, will return to Lawrence early in May to help with his book *Journal-World*. And by-the-bye Bill will bring back with him a fair wife.
Whenever a mining engineer feels real devilish, he goes into the geology museum and looks at the big diorama of the mine where those who have been killed over them.
CEMENT LABORATORY BUYS
BRIQUETTE TESTING MACHINE
The Civil Engineering Laboratory has recently been enlarged by the addition of a Fairbanks-Morse Cement Brinquette testing machine.
"Our cement laboratory has always been a good one, although lacking in this one particular," said Prof. C. C. Walker, associate professor, of addition of this machine puts our laboratory on a par with any other laboratory in this section."
Plain Tales from the Hill
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Mrs. Homer Hoch of the Marion Record addressed the class in Editorial Problems and Policies today. By way of introduction Mrs. Hoch said that she had never attended a school's journalism. She had married one, however, and all her editorial problems and policies were named Homer.
Prof. E. B. Miller, after giving a 40 minute quiz in a shugly closed room with an 80 degree temperature, suddenly sprang to the windows, threw them open, and begged of his guarders, "Please don't tell the Kansan."
Scoop Hill, the demon Beta base stealer, can slide gracefully on his chest when the girls are looking on. Yesterday he showed how it was done. He baffles the belligent baseman by beginning to dive half way between bases, and helps himself along on his white sweater by a clever crawl stroke. And he gets there, too.
John H. Dykes is versed in both civil and military law. Last evening he was drill-sergeant in command of one of the platoons of Company B, where he was some of the mortal wisdom gained in his two years at West Point.
There are different kinds of preparedness. Prof. C. C. Crawford being absent from his English History classes, and not wishing to disappoint his students, sent them a little written quiz.
Now, in that class, everyone knows just when it will be his time to recite, as the names are called in regular order each day and it is necessary to study only on the day when one's name is to be called.
As a result of the unexpected written lesson, the students whose teacher wrote fluently and well, while the remaining ones wailed in despair.
Doyle Buckles has withdrawn from the college to take the position of city editor for the Sedan Times-Star. He will take the place of Sergeant Sands who will be called to duty in Company M.
Ty Cobb, '18ls, like a good joke but prefers it on the other fellow. Finding that Roy Paramore, freshman, had a date over in the northwest part of town. Ty decided to play the part of bad luck man and have some fun.
Taking two husky brothers and a gun with him Ty intercepted the freshman on his homeward way and fired. He then shot the youth Not at all abashed, the youth pulled a long horse pistol and calmly refused to obey the rude request. Ty fired a blank but a second later a rifle, not the youth's ear, and then another and another.
The holdup men immediately began to explain and finally induced "their victim" to put away his gun. However they were somewhat peeved to find out later that Paramore knew about the plot all the time.
Y. M. C. A. WORKERS LEAVE TO TAKE UPWORK IN K.C
Harlan Russell and Harry Harlan have withdrawn from school to take up work with the Kansas City Y. M. C. A. Both of these men have been intimately connected with the K. U. Y. M. C. A. since their freshman year. Harlan is now vice-president and Russell is chairman of the personal work committee of the K. U. Y. M. C. A.
Harlan will have charge of the dormitory work of the Central department of the K. C. Y. M. C. A. Russell will be the high school secretary for both Kansas City, Kas., and Kansas City, Mo.
George Brown, '17, Roy Davidson,
'c17, and Wallace Hake, '18, will go to Perry, Kans., tonight to judge a high school debate.
These two men will take up their work immediately.
STUDENTS WITHDRAW AND SENATE WORRIES
Chancellor's Cabinet Empowered to Pass Upon and Regulate All Cases
FOSTER REFUSES CREDITS
Registrar Wants Official Notification Before He Will Register Grades
FOSTER OBJECTS
Great alarm was expressed by members of the University Senate yesterday over the 140 student withdrawals from the University for military duty or their "bit" back in their home town. Practically all the men who are enrolled in military school have dropped from two to five hours a week in their regular school work. There are 125 men enrolled in these classes.
The Senate empowered the Chancellor's cabinet to pass upon all cases and to formulate regulations governin- g the state, and aid in the publication of the same.
Registrar Foster said this morning that the office of the Registrar would not withdraw students from the University until the Chancellor's cabinet decides upon the regulations at its meeting this afternoon.
"Some students are taking advantage of the war enthusiasm," continued Mr. Foster, "and too many unauthorized things are occurring; nevertheless this office will not accept unauthorized withdrawals.
NO TIME FOR EXCITEMENT
"I have no desire to place any unnecessary burden on any of the students but indiscriminate withdrawals will have to stop. I believe this is not because I want them to keep their heads more than at any other time," continued Mr. Foster.
Chancellor Frank Strong, also, this morning that only bona fide cases of withdrawal would be accepted and that if they were later found not to be of this kind, the students would themselves without their term's credits. He, Angel, secretary of the University School, told the matter was entirely in the hands of the Chancellor's cabinet now but that many of the faculty members were alarmed at the large number of students leaving the University.
STAGE IS ALL SET FOR HOP
Annual Sophomore Hop Promises To Be The Biggest And Best In Years
Plans for the big Soph Hop coming Friday night are gradually being completed. The decorations are all ready to put up, the farce is all ready for the big affair. Haley has wired the hole with his twelve-inch screen and his patriotic program, and the ticket sale is progressing fine.
Students who, a week ago feared the Hog would be called off, now are bringing their tickets for the spring classic. Students working overtime at the Fraser check stand during the afternoons to supply the big rush for the little pasteboards. They will be open tomorrow from 9:30 to 12:00 in the morning and Fri- all day.
The party will begin promptly at 7:15 with the farce, which will last about forty-five minutes. The dancing will start immediately following and will last until Mrs. Brown clamps on the lid. Refreshments will be served throughout the dancing under the master managers Skin Greener and Hertington. Although the lunch will finish these two entrepreneur-declare these will be more than five loaves and two flashes for the hungry five thousand.
Cabs and flowers are absolutely taboo, according to the managers. It is to be a dance and not a floral display.
John Binford, the doughy duckling,
can wade the Wakarusa with his
Boy-Scout suit on. John is a Delta
Tau, you know. He and a couple of
comrades went hiking yesterday, and
John had the usual luck. He fell into
Wakarusa Creek and came home a
damper and wetter man.
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The second convocation for the month of April will be held on Friday, the 20th, at 10:10 a.m. M. Chancellor Strong will speak or "The University and War," which will shorten according to the usual schedule for convocation mornings.
Signed.
FRANK STRONG
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