UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIV.
NUMBER 134.
RECRUITING FOR CO. M
SHOWS GOOD RESULTS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 17, 1917
Eleven Apply for Enlistment But Three Fail in Physical Examination
MEN ARE EAGER TO GO
The enthusiasm among the new recruits speak well for the success of the company. One of the men who got through the physical examination by Dr. Naimish gave an exhibition of the latest thing in war dances. As soon as Doctor Naismith has completed the examination each candidate invariably makes a run for his new uniform. There are also all the men who may enlist. The "rookies" are eager to get into their first uniformed drill tonight.
Doctor Naismith Thinks Most Defects Can be Corrected Easily by Training
The long awaited spurt in recruiting for Company M came yesterday afternoon. Eleven University men made application for enlistment, but three of the men were unable to pass the physical examination. This brings the number of volunteers and re-enlistments since recruiting began up to 53, and the strength of the company up to 94.
YESTERDAY A GOOD DAY
"This has been the most satisfactory day's work since when M has been recruited, and Captain Jones last night. "As soon as we bring the company up to the peace strength of 100 men, I expect orders to recruit up to the full war strength of 150. All the men both new and old will report for drill in Robinson gymnasium Tuesday night."
The men who signed the enlistment papers yesterday are; Forrest C. Olson, Seth J. Owens, Archibald B. (Continued on page 1)
(Continued on page 4)
WANT FIFTY STUDENTS FOR RED CROSS SURVEY
To Find Out Just How Lawrence Could be of Help to Government During War
Fifty students are still needed to assist in the survey to be carried on by the Red Cross Society in Lawrence, next Saturday. Any man or woman who can spare Saturday morning for this work is urged to see or call Prof. J. N. Van der Vries at the mathematics office.
"This is a method of service that any student can do," said Mr. Van der Vries this morning. "President Wilcox urged the American people not only to join the army and give their money, but also to give their time and services to the nation. This is an excelent opportunity for every man to do his hit!"
The plan of the survey is to visit every house in Lawrence and have blanks, that are now being printed, filled out. These blanks are designed to find out how many children or grown people can be counted on to aid in relief work in case of necessity in working at the Red Cross headquarters, sewing at home, gardening, or in other work. The amount of land that can be utilized in gardens will also be found out.
Prot. M. C. Elmer, of the sociology department, who is experienced in conducting social surveys, will manage the survey. "Great interest has been shown in Lawrence for the Red Cross work," said Van der Vrieze, a person more than 1000 Lawrence people members of the Red Cross. The faculty has not been completely canvassed, but so far they are joining as a unit."
Tuesday evening swimming class for faculty women and friends will start April 17; hour, 7:30 to 8:30.—H. Pratt.
The date rule will be suspended for the Red Cross benefit given by the High School Girls' Glee Club concert on Friday, April 17—Mona Clare Huffman.
Black Helmet smoker at the Alpha Tau house Tuesday night.
Mens's Glee Club will meet Wednesday at five-thirty o'clock in Room 201, Physics Building. All men interested in singing are asked to attend. The club will be discussed. Pictures of this year's club will be distributed.
K. U. Dramatic Club meets Wednesday night in Green Hall. Program: "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife."
CREDIT TO BE GIVEN FOR
ACTUAL FARM WORK
ACTUAL FARM WOR
"Credits will be given," said Mrs. Easterly, secretary to the dean of the college, "to those students who are leaving school for the purpose of helping on the farm, but he must have valid excuses. If it should happen that students are found to be cheating themselves and the institution their credits for the semester's work will be immediately withdrawn."
OFFER OF CREDITS FOR WORK ATTRACTS MANY
Dean's Office Center of Inquiries Regarding Recognition of Farm Labor
Many students are making inquiries today at the office of Olin Templim, dean of the College, about obtaining full credit for this term's work if they return to work in business or on the farm, because of the necessity of raising more food or doing more work formerly done by members of some military organization called out for duty. They should contact Registrar's office for their credits, as they intend to withdraw for work on the farm.
Chancellor Frank Strong further explained his announcement yesterday about getting full credit if they "do their bit." He said all students would get the credit on a branch of the military forces of the country would be allowed to withdraw with full credit and no examination at any time they are called out. The same applies to students who fill leave, access by the departure of guard members.
Students who go to work on the farm or go to fill other business positions will be treated leniently, and will probably be given full credit the same as soldiers, as soon as the matter is taken up by the University of Florida, by that end. The only reason that such action is necessary is to do away with students getting credit with no bona fide excuse,
ASK ABOUT CITY MANAGERS
Municipal Reference Bureau Flooded Last Month with Inquiries from Progressive Kansas Cities
large numbers of inquiries in regard to the "City Manager Plan," featured the work of the Municipal Reference Bureau for March. Thirteen inquiries out of the ninety-three department were handled every instance these requests came from within the state. Thirty-three Kansas cities and towns were assisted by this department during the month. This shows a large increase over the amount of written materials preceding the double the amounts during the same月 last year.
Since the creation of the department there has been a steady increase in the number of requests it has received. The work of March marks one of the busiest months in the history of the department.
Y, M. WILL GIVE BANQUET FOR THE NEW CABINET
The Y. M. C. A. will give a banque and hold initiation for its new cabi net tonight at 6 o'clock in Myers Hall. The Board of Directors and the retiring members of last year cabinet will be there.
The new cabinet is: president Walter Pickering; vice president, Edwin Price; recording secretary, Lloyd Snook; chairman of the personal work committee, Edward Todd; religious meetings, Claude Voorhees; new students, Lester Evans; social, Clarence Gorrill; publicity, Ray Swarner; faculty finance, Odis Burns; boys work, Fred Jenkiens; student finance, Ronald Landel Smith; bible study, Riordan Treweke; sick visitation, Ewart Plank; conventions, Theodore Reid social service, Lloyd McHenry.
Clarence Bernard, c'20, left today for his home at Chereo, Okla., where he will go to work, taking the place of an enlisted man. Bernard was a numeral man on the freshman list at Ohio State University Glee Club. Bernard was initiated into the Kanza fraternity just before leaving.
The Botany Club will meet Wednesay evening at 7:30 in Snow Hall Louise Luckan will talk on "Ecological Morphology of Abulton."
Thursday Night Dancing Class will meet in Robinson Gym Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. Important class. James McNaught, instructor.
The Y. M. C. A. loses seven of this year's cabinet through graduation: Harry Harlan, Harlan Russell, John Tisch, and Fred Roddy, and Fred Roddy, and Charlie Shoa.
The freshmen at Columbia University are required to wear a regulation cap, green socks, and green neceties.
Bernard Leaves for Home
FAMOUS K. C. SOLOIST WILL SING THURSDAY
fissa Marie Kaiser Will Appear With the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Marie Kaiser, who will appear as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in the eighth number of the University Concert Course Tuesday afternoon and evening in Kansas City. The career of this progressive singer is interesting as it is an expression of activity and ability.
Miss Kaiser sings in four standard languages. Her appearances have encompassed most of the United States and a large part of Canada. She was worn Europe, when her activities there were cut short by the outbreak of the war.
Women tennis enthusiasts should
should attend Woman's Soccer
Women's Athletic Association
Miss Kaiser studied first with Mrs Jennis Schultz in Kansas City. She does not remember when she first began to sing; but recollects that, at the age of fifteen she sang at a concert given by Liberati's Band. After studying in Kansas City, Chicago, and New York, Miss Kaiser learned that Manager Walter Anderson was in a position for a former of "Messiah," she said her application, and secured her services for the future, with the result that in four years she had worked her way to the top rank of concert singers, and today is one of the most popular in the profession.
Many students are taking advantage of the University's new ruling in regard to credits for enlistment or for going back to work on the farm. A majority of those withdrawing say they have enlisted or are planning on enlisting. The next highest number are those who are planing to join the Army and are still undertaking withdrawals are those who are taking the course in Military Training offered at the Engineering Building.
One Hundred Fifty Men Have Quit School to Enlist or for Work on the Farm
MANY MEN WITHDRAW
AID U.S. IN WAR CRISIS
The School of Pharmacy has lost the men's arm Firestone, Glen Baker, James Jones.
The School of Engineering has had twenty-two withdrawals: H. W. Crawford, J. C. Fast, C. J. Hill, J. C. Larsing, John McIntyre, Gordon B. Street, F. S. Kelly, Robert Walters, Therrain H., Hemian H., Welsoe Roscoe, Dwile, William M. Riley, N. L. Brodie, Wendell Wesley, John Tracny M. B. Brownfield, J. E. R. Jones, Oliver W. White, Ralph Rhodes, C. A. Martin, T. C. Reid.
The College loses 100 men in direct withdrawals and 26 men in partial withdrawals so that they can take the Military Science courses.
The School of Law has eleven enlisted; Charles Randall, J. W. Mitchell, George Mendhenhall, Morris Johnson, Farel Lobaugh, C. A. Atwood, Ralph Fritts, A. R. Bell, John A. Hettert, and Frank McFarland.
ORDER NO.1
MILITARY TRAINING DIVISION—UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
In conformity with the idea that all who have enrolled themselves for military drill and for the pursuing of various lines of study associated therewith have done so with purpose of securing training of military character, everyone who thus becomes a member of the Division obligates himself to conform to the requirements which may be established from time to time. While individuals determine for themselves the desirability of enrolling, only those will be retained on the rolls and permitted to participate in any form of activities who attend with regularity and give earnest attention in all exercises. University credit for the work, or the privilege of substituting it for regularly scheduled University work, will be allowed only for those who have remained on the rolls regularly until the end of examination week at the close of the current session of the University.
Strict punctuality at all exercises is required. For the Drill period the bugle will sound the assembly at 4:30 p. m. and the command to fall in will be given immediately. All who do not answer at the roll call will be marked absent. The companies at drill and all military classes will be dismissed three minutes before the end of the drill or class period. At 4:27 on each drill day the bugle will sound the drill call which mark the time for dismissal of the preceding classes. The recall will be sounded at 5:20.
II.
III.
The following schedule of drill and classes is announced and will remain in force until further orders. All who have enrolled for these classes will be required to attend and none others will be allowed to remain in the class room.
Men assigned to Company A drill at the hour indicated on even numbered days of the month excepting Saturday and Sunday; those assigned to Company B on the odd numbered days of the month excepting Saturday and Sunday.
Class No. 2, Military Law, meets at 4:30 on odd numbered days for the members of Company A; it meets at the same hour on even numbered days for the men of Company B.
Class No. 1, Field Service Regulations, meets at 5 p. m. on the odd numbered days of the month for the members of Company A; it meets at the same hour on even numbered days of the month for the members of Company B. Persons who may be enrolled for the class but who do not drill in either company may choose the day which is more convenient but will not be allowed to change at will.
Class No. 3, Drill Regulations, meets at 5:30 on even numbered days for men of Company A, immediately following the drill period of the company; it meets at the same hour on the odd numbered days for the members of Company B following the drill period.
Class No. 4, Organization, meets at 4 p. m. on even numbered days for the men of Company A; it meets at the same hour on the odd numbered days for the men of Company B; in each case immediately preceding drill period for the same men.
Class No. 5, Military Engineering meets at 4 p. m. on odd numbered day for men of Company A; it meets on even numbered days for men of Compan y B.
Class No. 6, Military Topography and Mapping meets at 5:30 on odd numbered days for men of Company A; it meets on even numbered days for men of Company B.
Class No. 7, Electrical Signaling and Telephony, meets at 4:30 on odd numbered days for the men of Company A; it meets on even numbered days for
The Sociology Club will hold a business meeting Wednesday afternoon at four-thirty, in Administration 202.
Kappa Phi Club will meet Wednesday at seven o'clock in Myers Hall to hear Mrs. Homer Hoch speak on "The Club Woman and the Church." Each guest, preferably some young woman, interested in Methodist activities.
Begining with Wednesday April 18th the roll will be called at all drills and classes and the record of attendance kept. When the number of absences of any student from all drills and classes combined amounts to four in one week, the name of that student will be stricken from all rolls and he will not be allowed to participate in any of the work unless he appears before the commandant and accounts satisfactorily for at least one-half of the absences against him.
Class No. 8, Explosives, meets at 4:30 on odd numbered days for the men of Company A; it meets on even numbered days for the men of Company B
K. U. MEN HELP MAKE PLANS
IV.
FOR CITY CONFERENCE
W. Prof. C. MMcNown, of the School of Engineering and Homer Talbot, secretary of the Municipal Reference Bureau attended a meeting in Kansas City on May 7, 2014, with plans in connection with the City Planning Conference to be held in Kansas City, May 7-9.
All men who wish to take the examination for the Officers' Reserve Corps are asked to meet with Dean Marvin, at three o'clock, Marvin Hall, at three o'clock.
Prof. W. W. Davis will speak on "Military Organization" at the Women's Party Wednesday afternoon afteroom day of lock in Room 110. Fraser Hall.
April 17th
P. F. WALKER,
Acting Commandant and
Director of the Division.
J. C. Nicols, head of the Country Club District of Kansas City, who graduated from the University in 1950, is the head of arangements for the meeting.
Plain Tales from the Hill
Two K. U, girls met today and the following reaction occurred;
"Whose colors you wearing,dearie?" "Why, honey, those are the red, yellow," he said.
"Let's see, is that local or national?"
Sgt. James R. Grinstead tells of one man's trials and tribulations at enlistment. This young Apollo was progressing splendidly in the physical examination. But he was excited and had to think twice before he could remember his name and address. He realized that his hair was blue and his eyes a wavy brown, but he couldn't remember how tall he was. When he looked into his eyes, ah—let's see. I'm about eight. Oh no! Let's see now. Nellie was three feet six. I know now. I'm six feet three."
He measured up five feet eight.
Prof. W. A. Griffith calmly announced yesterday that he had received a letter from Berlin. His drawing class began to have visions of international relations and the possibility that, at last, a spy had been found. Then reason and light began to filter through when it was recalled that Brooks Berlin had forsaken K. U. accusers and PI Kappa Alpha festivities and a company at Topeka. He wrote a letter, you see, from his home in Sedan to Professor Griffith. That's how it happened.
actress, but as a stage hand she has much to learn. It seems the Dramatic Club is going to haul off and please the public with "The Man Who Married Wednesday night at eight bells is the strategic moment for the presentation of the play, it was decided to have a dress rehearsal. It may not be generally known, but the theatre in Green Hall was a curtain. Nobody knows how it will behave when it is being yanked out let down. And the big life-what's not bottom to help old man gravity get in his work. Well, Miss McDonald had come off the stage just before the end of an act. No one else was near to the curtain anchor, so she loosened the moorings and let it drop. One of the actors nearly lost a perfectly good dress rehearsal and suffered a bump on her nerves. And all this was done for the sake of art.
Ever since war was declared, Zell Fletcher and Alfred S. Bennett had been gnawing their chains and fretting feverishly to tweak the kaiser's nose. They couldn't study. They did not learn. They were the local recruiting officers for data on the army and navy. The thing that kept them puzzled was this: Would the navy be safer than the army, and could they be mustered out at the end of the war? And then to cap the climax, a chem quiz came along looking mean and nasty. That meant they would have to be navy. And then they hid themselves thither to Kansas City to tend to the little details of enlisting.
Rodolphe O. Hoffman, instructor in French, has reasons for being loyal to Belgium. He was born there and his relatives (most of them) are in Belgium. He had seen so much interest displayed in the United States for the suffering Belgians, and since he wiped out a few scores with Germany on account of Belgium's persecution, Mr. Hoffman thought he would hang out a small Belgian flag under his "Old Glory." And then some of the Lawrence natives saw it and began to pounce. They went out loud to load the bombs, which destroyed the law. He was an enemy! (Business of shining up badges of authority and doing a gum-shoe volplane after a German spay.) But when Mr. Hoffman convinced them that Belgium was not in Germany and that he was not a friend the police said that he had no desire to be Hindu. These trusty武士 dared peace retreated. One can't be too careful, however, can one?
Ten men desiring positions as city and town managers have filed applications with Homer Talbot, secretary of the Municipal Reference Bureau.
J. M. Challis, '94, of Atchison, will give the alumni address Tuesday of commencement week. His son, John G., a member of this year's senior class.
UNIVERSITY TO GROW
VEGETABLES ON CAMPUS
Cultivation Committee Recommends Planting Four Acres of Corn and Beans
K. U. TO HELP CONSERVE
Seeding Golf Links Impractical as Ground Would Wash
To show the citizens of Kansas what can be done in the matter of intensive farming and to prove that the University is willing to do its bit in the present food crisis four acres in the northwest corner of the campus, which has recently been under cultivation will be planted again. Wax beans and sweet corn will be planted on this site in October after considering the possible plates on the campus and land adjacent to the campus decided this.
The committee also recommended that land which at present is well sodded should not be put under cultivation until conditions warrant it. The reasons for this as outlined by the committee are that sod is slow in forming and it would take not less than three years for the soil to grow in soils rich in organic matter on freshly plowed soil; and the only possible place for cultivation, the golf links, would be likely to wash badly if the sod were removed.
AUDITOR GIVES PERMISSION
Chancellor Strong has gained permission from the state auditor to proceed with the plans. John M. Shea, president of the construction buildings will have charge of the breaking and planting. Beans will be planted in a week or two and corn (Continued on page 3)
TODAY MAY MARK END OF ATHLETICS AT K. U.
Level Minded Men Striving to Prevent Abolishment of Major Sports
The question of abolishing athletics in the university will be considered at the meeting of the University Senate this afternoon and it seems quite probable that doing away with all athletics will be voted on. Many of the members of the Senate appear to be in favor of doing away from it but it is possible that some of the more serious minded men who have not lost their heads over the war situation will vote for retaining sports. Capt. F. E. Jones, of Company M, Coach W. O. Hamilton, Potsy Clark, and Registrar G. O. Foster are in favor of keeping athletics in the University, now. West Point has not abolished athletics and only a few of the larger extremely eastern schools have abolished sports. The fact that the army has retained athletics, the academy and the K. K. show that the other colleges and universities should keep up the physical condition of the men now more than at any other time.
Members of the faculty say that this is the time for the students of the schools of the country to keep their heads more than at any other time. They say that to do away with sports in the country, they need to mean more men who will not be able to enlist on account of the physical requirements.
NO EFFECT ON NEXT YEAR
War Will Not Cut Down Enrollment
In the Fall, Says Chancellor
Strong
The University authorities are not worried over the effects of the present war situation on the enrollment next fall as has been rumored about the hill and town for several days. Chancellor Strong said this morning, "There is no reason to be uneasy. The University will probably remain about as it is even if the war goes on through the summer."
"I do not look for an increase in the enrollment as there has been for the last fifteen years and there may be a slight decrease but we should plan on the University running along in its present normal condition."
In accordance with the custom pre-prep years, students who have tickets to the orchestra concert Thursday afternoon may be excused from classes in order that they may attend the concert. Students desiring to do this should arrange with their instructors beforehand.
Frank Strong, Chancellor.