UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NUMBER 121.
VOLUME XIV.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1917.
KANSAS TEAMS LOSE TRIANGULAR DEBATE
Close Two-to-One Decisions Given to Both Colorado and Oklahoma
SOONER TEAM WINS HERE
Kansas was defended by Oklahoma and Colorado by close two to one decisions in the annual Kansas-Oklahoma negotiation debate Friday and Saturday.
Paul W. Schmidt, Joseph Harris and Edwin Price argued the affirmative for Kansas on the question, "Re solved; That compulsory investigation act, should be adopted by the United States," against Oklahoma in Fraser Hall Friday night. The negative team from Kansas, Leland A. Anderson, and John L. Anderson debated in Boulder, Colorado, Saturday night.
Question of Compulsory Investigation of Labor Troubles Is An Open Question
ADVOCATED CONCILIATION
As a method for alleviating strikes, which are yearly becoming more prevalent Kansas affirmative team advocated mediation and conciliation, but maintained that if these methods were to be effective they must be applied. The Canadian act does not prohibit strikes but simply postpones them until after an investigation has been made. It was then argued that the force of enlightened public opinion insure the defeat of any unjust cause.
CANADIAN ACT INEFFECTIVE?
The affirmative further declared the act had been unusually successful when used in Canada and that the fundamental similarity of industrial conditions in this country would insure its success here.
CANADIAN ACT INEFFECTIVE?
The Oklahoma debaters, Adelbert Brown, Virgil Riddle, and Gordon Stater built their argument around the need to limit Canada's specific needs. They stated that the Canadian act under discussion was so ineffective that Canadian labor had asked for its renewal.
Judges for the contest here were Judge Arthur Fuller, Pittsburgh; Judge D. W. Eaton and Luke Stevens, of Kansas City, Missouri.
REAL BOUTS AT Y. M. MIXEF
Good Program of Varied Entertainment Given 150 Men Students
The boxing matches furnished plenty of fun and excitement for the 150 men who attended the Y. M. C. A mixer in Myers Hall Saturday night. The first bout between Eddie Todd and Clarence Gorrill was the most exciting. Justin Blount and Ralph Foster followed with another fast fight.
Phil Hayes, c'20, was there with his guitar and wit amusing the men as he never fails to do with his comical songs and music. Otis Burns, of the department of public speaking, wrote that Mr. Harnil called "The Colored Minister's Son", Harry Harlin read a couple of selections which won the approval of the crowd.
Coffee, sandwiches and apples were served as refreshments.
Several 2-minute talks were made on the Estes Park Conference. The talks were made by Walter Pickering, Danny Usseldus, Fred Rodkey and Eddie Todd.
"I was well pleased with the attendance," Dutch Weddell said this morning, "for the crowd was larger than that of other mixers and was more active, about an equal number of fraternity men and bars being present."
COLUMBIA REQUIRES FIVE YEARS FOR JOURNALISM
Columbia University has announced through a special bulletin the lengthening of the course in the Pulitzer School of Journalism to five years. The reason given is that scarcely any student is able to complete the course in English, and journalism requires in English, history, economics, and natural science
This extended course does not contain much more actual work in journalism than did the four-year course, but a great amount of collegiate work is added. The new plan allows women to take the course, permitting women to work at Harvard, as Columbia is not a co-educational institution.
The upper classmen seem to think the University should guarantee them the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of freshman, and they can't understand why a university's disciplinary Committee should seek to deprive them of this sacred privilege.
CHALLENGE "LOATHED BUT ESTEEMED CONTEMPORARY"
Printers of the Daily Kansan challenge the down-town printers to a game of baseball. "There are no definite plans as to who will be in the line-up," said Manager Fisher his morning.
"But Dad Westfall, the batting demon," he continued, "has his place at shortstop cinched, and Frank Thayer, southpaw from the Springfield Republican and instructor in journalism, will start the game in the box if we can get a catcher who can hold him."
Announce Tunnel Story
Winner Soon—Maybe
The patience of the writers of the tunnel stories" is to be rewarded this week. "Yes, honestly, this very week," insisted Mr. Rice of the department of journalism. "I've been moving, you know, but I'm through now, so we'll get that matter attended to."
Very encouraging, but—“Well, I don't know,” said Mr. Thayer of theume department. “I'm ready; myapers are all graded, but we don'tlike to do the judging ourselves, andobody else has time to read all theapers. It's largely a matterofudges.”
Slightly less encouraging and—"We don't know when that cup will be awarded," said Mr. Terrill, who offered it as a prize for the best tunnel story. "Not until we can get to see who deserves it I'm sure."
This week? Well, perhaps.
TWO QUAKES FELT TODAY
University Seismograph Registers Two Shocks Early This Morning
Two earthquake shocks in quick succession were registered on the University seismograph this morning. The shocks were separated by slightly more than a minutes time, which is unusual according to Prof. F. E Kester who is in charge of the seismograph.
At 8:39:43 came the primary wave of the second quake, with the secondary at 8:34:44 and the long wave at 8:35:02. The registrations of both quakes were exceedingly faint. Professor Kester estimates the center of the disturbance as 1100 miles away. The direction cannot be ascertained.
The primary wave of the first shock came at 8:06:02 o'clock this morning. The secondary wave came at 8:04:34 o'clock at 8:10:27. The shock ended at 8:38.
ZUEBLIN LECTURES TODAY
ONLINE UNIVERSITY
Charles Zueblin, publicist and lecturer, of Boston, is speaking on "The United States—The Pacs" in Fraser Hall this afternoon.
In this address Mr. Zueblin discusses the problems arising from the infux of a million immigrants into this country a year, from our transportation system or lack of system facilities in our railroad lines, and from the demand for "preparedness." Mr. Zueblin has been engaged in extension work at the University of Chicago. This work demanded that he devote a large portion of each year to lecturing, Largely as a result of these and other lectures how he gained an expert knowledge of American social conditions.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO
CLOSE IF WAR COMES
"As soon as the definite decision to enter the war is made," an editorial in the Harvard Crimson anthology may permit all of the men enrolled in any branch of the military service to take a special examination and leave college to report at their deserts. These examinations will be final.
Miller Talks at Math Club
Galenates Don't Want to Fight
An organization called the W. W.
F. We Will "Don't Fight"—has been formed by the Boy Scouts of Galena, Kansas. Their purpose is declared to be to discourage the enlistment of young men and to work against the Boy Scout movement within galena counties which they class as military.
E. B. Miller of the department of mathematics talks this afternoon in the Administration Building on "How to Draw a Straight Line." This is an activity that is given in the interest of the Mathematics Club of the University.
The college year will terminate soon afterward and the university will be turned into a military training camp if the consent of the War Department can be obtained. Military colleges offer regular summer work, and the summer camp of Harvard men will be held there instead of at Plattsburg.
A FACULTY CONTEST
The Graduate Magazine awarded a prize for the best essay on "College Spirit" written by the student.
The winning essay by Carolyn McNutt has been published in The Kansan.
Here is a test of faculty "College Spirit."
Now The Kansan wants to find out the faculty ideals of College Spirit. It is offering a prize of five dollars for the best essay on this subject written by a member of the faculty. The Kansan will not object if the winner donates five dollars to the student loan fund. It realizes that faculty members may not care to compete in an essay contest for more financial considerations. And one of the best evidences of College Spirit is contributing to the student loan fund.
The essays should be mailed to the editor of The Kansan by April 10. This date is specified, so that contestants can utilize Easter vacation. It is requested that the names of the contestants be on cards separate from the essays.
The essays may be exceedingly brief, or they may run up to 1,000 words.
LOYAL ALUMNI MUST SUPPORT ALMA MATER
The judges will be Miss Mona Clare Huffman, president of the Woman's Student Government Association, Paul Grever, president of the Men's Student Council, and Joseph W. Murray, '11, city editor of the Lawrence Journal-World.
Prof. C. S. Skilton left Saturday for St. Louis, Mo., to attend the performance of his Indian Dances by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He will also give an organ recital at the Church of the Messiah, complimenting the Missah of the American Guild of Organists, which he is a Fellow, and will be the guest of honor at a banquet of the Guild.
Riggs, Former Professor, Tell K. C. Grads How They Can
Professor Humble Delivers Address Denouncing Public School Training
Help
"It devolves upon you who consider yourselves loyal alumni to make the governor and the legislature realize the University of Kansas must be put on its feet," said Prof. Henry E. Riggs, now at Wisconsin and former K. U. professor, at the tenth annual Buncee College Alumni Association at Kansas City at the University Club, Kansas City, Saturday night.
Spring has enveloped Mt. Oread with all its good and bad effects. Know River yesterday gave testimony that the river was bound and horse power, dotted the river.
"When that has been accomplished it will be time for those who do not agree with Chancellor Strong to have their say. It will then be time to clean house, if that is what we need. It is time the University should stop congratulating herself and see where she stands. We need money for buildings; we need money to increase the size and efficiency of our faculty."
"Complete military training, such as Professor Lowell of Harvard and other militarists are advocating, should not be introduced into the army. The University of Humble, the School of Law, in an address last night at the church of the Friends Society, Ninth and Delaware Streets. The subject of his talk was "The Training in the Public Schools." The军官学校 market gave a few popular selections.
STUDENTS HIKE AND PADDLE
SINCE ADVENT OF SPRING
"We cannot get this money from the state legislature. This year it pared a modest estimate of the esti-mate by $25,000 to a paltry $225,000. If the state is unwilling to stand behind the University it is because it does not understand the plight its chief seal of learning in, or, understanding is unwilling."
Chancellor Frank Strong, whose topic was "The University," and Ed. T. Hackney, who spoke on "Some Things the Alumni Can Do," were the other speakers on the program. Rea O'Neill gave training, supporting the president, and scoring the policy of Germany were passed with enthusiasm.
NO MILITARISM IN SCHOOL
Camerons Bluff was the favorite sojourning place, but some failed to return.
"Even Germany, with all her militarism, did not carry the subject of military training into the public schools; they waited until the youth of the country were old enough to do so." The evidence is humble. The evils resulting from the above methods were pointed out by the speaker.
JUNIORS AND SENIORS ARE SIGNING PETITION
Believe They Should Know Chances of Graduating Be-
fore Spending Money
Practically every junior and senior is signing the petition asking that the final exams for seniors be eliminated, according to the circulators. The petitions are being circulated in all junior and senior classes. They will be presented until every junior and senior has had an opportunity to sign.
"All juniors and seniors are agreed that some such change as proposed by the petition should be made, as the present system is very unsatisfactory," said one of the students who is circulating the petition this morning. "I have not heard of a dissenting vote."
Seniors believe they should know their standing and chances of graduating several weeks prior to commencement, so that in case they fail in one or more subjects they will not be required to bear the heavy expense of preparation for commencement. The petition argues that if commencement were held two weeks after the end of the year, all of the students would be here to take part and visitors would have an opportunity of seeing more of the real work of the University. Many universities in the East and several in the West have tried the plan and found it satisfactory.
ISSUE ONE BIG CATALOGUE
All Departments Will be Gath ered Between Covers of One
Book
A new plan is being used in the printing of the University catalogues this year. There will be one larger database for each department and small catalogues for each department.
Fewer copies are being printed this year, chiefly because of increased cost of paper and also because there were too many of last year's edition left over. The last of the copy for the book, written by the state printer today. Proof has been on the first two sections of the book, and the work is advancing rapidly*
Mitchell County Club will meet in Fraser Hall, Room 312 Monday afternoon.
Raymond A. Fagan, a graduate student in the department of journalism last year talked to Prof. L. N. Flint's class in editorial problems and policies he was morning on this experience in the Montana newspaper field.
Mrs. McCall, of Hiawatha, is here visiting her daughter, Fannie McCall, c'19, and son Dana McCall, e'19.
Last year each department had a separate small catalogue including the summer school, but this year the School of Fine Arts will have 2,500 copies published, the School of Medicine 1,000, and the School of Law 200. The special business faculty will have only a special bulletin.
A Daily Letter Home—The Daily
Kansan.
Chancellor Frank Strong will speak at the Patriotic Meeting of the Scottish-Rite Masons Wednesday night at Topeka.
The main catalogue will be an edition of 10,000 copies. Last year 15,000 copies were issued. The publication section were issued, 5,000 of the college, and the rest in proportion.
Plain Tales from the till
All was quiet in Lee's one day last week. Then suddenly through the partitions a masculine voicehmotion: "Gee, but your hands are cold."
The story on municipal pool rooms which appeared in last Friday's Kansan temps tells one to recall the saying: "In a college man an average ability to play pool or billiards shows that he has spent his time well; but to be he makes him liable to the criticism that he has neglected his education."
Eds and co-eds responded to the "call of the wild" yesterday by hiking to Cameron's Bluff and by biffing the festive golf ball. Yes, and some were paired off in what are vulgar words: "You canoes floated up the river late Sunday afternoon and returned later—yes, later."
The present war situation has called for many flags all over town, on business houses, residences, and vehicles. Even pedestrians are enconstantly wearing small flags. Street was not satisfied with one flag, so he has placed a large flag on each side of his door.
"Hello, Hindenburg," shouted Dick Small as "Germany" Pieperburg ascended the law steps. But Aaron L. Pieperburg, 117, is as patriotic as T. R. Only the other day he received from Colonel Metcalf his color straps and appointment as junior color sergeant in the Army. "Germany" thinks he will be on the way to help Americans pierce the Hindenburg line soon after April 3.
Wilbur Fisher, c17, is doing his best to stamp out disease. He was discovered this morning giving his drink out of a sanitary drinking cup.
Little Tommy Dewey is alleged to have been present at the junior dance Friday night with a high school lassie. Thomas is remembered by his Topeka friends as the youth who belonged to the national guard until the time of the Mexican trouble last summer.
Nathan Isenberger, c'18, made a visit to his home at Natoma Thursday.
Hero worship is still present at the University. Saturday afternoon at the Varsity baseball practice on McCook Field, a company of boy scouts, all attired in war paraphenalia, were seen to surround Adrian Lindsay and marvel at his picturesqueness in his closefitting Jayhawker uniform. Who knows the dreams of future years?
Several patriotic University women are preparing for Red Cross service in case of war. A course in Red Cross training will be offered by the department of physical education if enough students attend or an action of entering the course. At present women have signed up for it and as many more are intending to do so. The success of the course is practically assured. As soon as sanction from Red Cross headquarters in Chicago, the local chapter will be organized, women desiring to enter the course may sign up now at the Gymnasium.
Prof. Winthrop P. Haynes' ideal hero is a man who, like Pliny, meets his death while taking geology notes.
Senora Fannie Harris de Howe will lecture in Spanish to the Atenco School at Fraser Hall Thursday March 29 at 4:15pm in the subject of "Mexican Customs."
Potty Clark has purchased a cane and is using it to help himself over the campus. The reason for the cane is not similar to the lawyers' reason: Potty has a crippled ankle. He re-covered his sprain in the Varsity practice on Medford Field Saturday afternoon, when he turned suddenly to catch a foul ball.
Mental work should be performed during the first part of the day.
DAILY HEALTH HINTS By the University Health Committee
The importance of regular exercise in the open air must be remembered. The waste-products of muscular activity are distinguished to be the prime cause of sleep.
The bed-room should be cool, the bed hard, and its coverings light.
Kansan Board meeting will be held at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. It will be brief.
A cup of warm milk or of hot boilou may be taken just before retiring. A hot foot-bath also is helpful; it diverts blood from the brain.
A Daily Letter Home—The Daily Kansan.
SOPHOMORE HOP WILL HAVE MANY NEW IDEAS
Practically All Arrangements Have Been Made for Big Class Party
GIRLS TO PAY OWN DUES
Following closely on the heels of spring comes the first announcement of the Soph Hop, to be given April 20. in Robinson Gymnastics. Pamela Foster, a judge made and the committees are at work perfecting the features of the class party. Kenneth Bell, who was appointed to succeed Frank Gage as manager, has taken up the work and hurry out the plans started by Gargy.
Management Will Urge Co-operation of Sororities—Farce Before Dancing
One of the remarkable things about this year's party, according to the manager, will be the thirteen-piece orchestra headed by Haley of Kansas City. This is probably the largest orchestra for a class dance. It will include a saxophone trio and a marimbaphe for special numbers. Three of the musical numbers including the finale were composed by Frank Gage. The San Francisco expedition last year and were well received.
A Japanese effect will be used in the decorations and lightings. Experts were consulted and this means of decoration was advised. Special lighting devices will be installed for unique color schemes.
The fance will start the evening's entertainment at 7:15 sharp. The cast for this skool, which was written by Kyle Browne and rehearsals will start this week.
"As usual, the custom of the girls paying their dues, will be urged," says Manager Bell. "It is no more than fair. The junior girls paid their own for the Prom and I am certain the sororites will take the lead in paying their own dues—that is, the sophomores."
C. ENGINEERS ARE COMING
28th
Students Entertain Branch of A.I. of E.E.on March
The March meeting of the Kansas City section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will be held here in conjunction with the University branch of the institute, on March 28.
A. S. Langsdorf, dean of engineering at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, will address the situation "On The Heating of Transformers."
The University branch of the institute will hold an all day session. The following men have promised talks, Dean P. F. Walker, Prof. H. P. Prof. J. T. Skinner, C. R. Copp, O. H. H. C. H. Taylor and P. B. Uhrff.
"The King of the Road", a film featuring the history of transportation on land, has been loaned to the society for this meeting.
A dinner will be served in Robinson Gymnasium at 6 o'clock.
WILL DEBATE ON PADDLING
Committees From Freshman Class and Student Council Meet Faculty Today
The question of whether freshmen are to be paddled for not wearing their caps is to be debated this afternoon before the University Discipline Committee, which consists of members of the freshman class and one composed of three members from the Men's Student Council will give their opinions on the question at the meeting. The team will have no vote on the report or decision of the Disciplinary Committee.
The freshmen generally have recognized the advisability of retaining the custom which was voiced in the opinio of Dr. Mark Adams, president of the class.
The sentiment of the larger part of the student body is overwhelmingly in favor of the paddling. Alumni of the school have even taken enough intercourse to write back to the school and say that the freshman custom should be kent.
It is probable that no final action will be taken at the meeting this af- fternoon, and the report to the United Senate, *Congress*, must be presented until after its meeting next week.
The Weather
Fair and cooler tonight with freezing temperatures. Tuesday fair, and when sun is high.