UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIV.
FEW COLLEGE STUDENTS FAIL
Seventy-nine Out of 1,810 Flunk in First Semester's
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 31, 1917.
Work
WOMEN BEST STUDENTS
School
Failing Students Reinstated, if Possible—Few Quit School
Seventy-nine students out of a possible 1,810 in the College failed in their work last semester, according to figures given out by Dean Dian Tempel. Some of these were freshmen and have been reinstated for the second semester.
MANY MEN FLUNK
A ruling of the University Senate provides that "failure in more than one-third of his work in any semester steers a student's connection with the university." A ground is made by the Dean where sufficient ground is given for allowing the student to continue his work in the University for the remainder of the year.
In the sophomore class of 254 men and 188 women, seven men and three women failed; in the junior class of 158 men and 160 women, one man and one woman failed; in the senior class of 18 men and 158 women, nine failed, among special students eighty-two men and fifty women, three men failed.
Of the seventy-nine who failed in the College the freshmen head the list with sixty-four. The men proved to be the most consistent flankers, fifty men students out of 403 failed as assigned with fourteen out of 203 women.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A recent report published wide, over the state said 400 University students would be dropped this month. This report was untrue and greatly exaggerated. The College with a total enrollment of 1,800 lost only 115, most of which were from the School of Engineering, lost seventeen, two from illness, two by accident, four for lack of funds; while the School of Pharmacy lost fifteen, two for poor work, and the remainder for lack of funds, illness or because of the poor housing conditions of the department. The School of Law lost less than ten men while the School of Medicine had a correspondingly small loss.
GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE
"All students who have failed des pite earnest endoavors to make passing grades have been given another chance and most of the seventy-four are enrolled for the second semester," Dean Templin said. "Since last fall 115 students in the College haveailed despiritively of one-one member mutmitting school for a illness, lack of means or for various other reasons."
The K. U. Debating Society will meet at 8 o'clock Thursday in Room 313, Fraser Important business and meetings of All members urged to be present.
Sigma Delta Chi meets at Squires'
Studio for picture Thursday at 12:45.
The Lawrence Drama Club will meet Thursday night at 7:45 at the home of Mrs. E. B. Backus, 1116 Tennessee street. Annette Garnette will give a study of the Irish dramatists. All interested are invited.
International Polity club meets at Pi Upson house tonight. Doctor Boosebou, secretary of the Hague Metting called to the meeting. Metting called at eight o'clock.
Associated Journalism Students will meet in the Kansan Office, Thursday at 7:45 o'clock.
Student Council meets in Frasen Hall tonight, 7:15.
Hoyt S. Nelson, '17, was called to
Kansas Kannan as the death of
his father in 1829.
Rooseboom Speaks Tonight
By mistake the announcement was made in yesterday's paper that Doctor Rooseboom, of Holland, would address the International Polity club at the Pi Upsilon house Thursday night. The announcement should have read Wednesday night. Doctor Rooseboom secretary of the International Polity Club His subject has not been announced but his speech will cover some phase of the international political situation. Visitors are welcome at this meeting.
The Weather
University Club Lecture
University Club Lecture
Prof. D. L. Patterson, of the department of law, to bulk up the University Club on "The Battle of the Marne" Friday, February 2.
Fair and colder with severe cold wave; Thursday fair and continued cold.
NUMBER 85.
The Way We Would Like to Have it Look
Will the legislature of 1917, now in session at Topeka continue the good work which resulted in the erection of the east wing of the Administration Building in 1911? This is the question which is interesting the students and friends of the University of Kansas, at the present time. The east wing of the building was erected six years ago at a cost of $125,000. It is now occupied by the departments of economics, history, political science, mathematics, philosophy, and sociology. The psychological laboratories occupy the basement, and the department of drawing and painting the third floor. When completed the central portion of the Administration Building will house the administrative offices of the University, and the remainder of the building will be used by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The chances are favorable that the present freshmen, when they are seniors, will attend classes in the new building, instead of pointing out and explaining to the yearlings the history of the large concrete foundation. We can only work and hope.
ART THAT WILL
WIN EVERYBODY
Common Sense School of Amer ican Painting Has Exhibits in Ad. Building
The fourteenth annual exhibition of oil paintings by American artists was opened to the public this morning on the third floor of the Administration Building. The collection contains thirty-one paintings by eighteen leading American artists and was assembled by the American Federation of Artists, an organization that but students may obtain free tickets at the Registrar's office. This exhibition will remain open daily until February 18.
And now about the pictures themselves. They're not highbrow. Any one with a little sense of the beautiful can appreciate them. You can also constitute the majority of the paintings. They are sensible looking pictures, too, none of the dauby, smeared and splashed variety being among them. The brush work is smooth, and one doesn't feel away to tell what he's looking at.
How language formation is affected by the contact of one language with another, and its extensivity, are the questions to be answered by statistics being gathered by Prof. Josephine Burnham of the department of English. Language background was given to a student at enrollment Monday and it has been answered fully in most cases.
The Beauvais Cathedral, by Colin Cambell Cooper, is one of the most impressive. Stand immediately in front of it and study the people in the foreground; and then slowly raise your eyes to the ceiling in a correct idea of the immense size and height of the European cathedrals.
Robert Henri's color work is fascinating; the Indian Buck is absolutely gaudy, and his "Pat" is a typical red-headed New York "newsie". The freshmen will enjoy a new season. George Bollard will recall that they sit on the front row with the peanut-chewers and watched the adv in rides the white horse.
"This will give us statistics on the extent of the mixing of languages in an intelligent community," said Miss Burnham. "We want to show how special English is, and we are learning some interesting facts. Many of the students have heard only English, 'and good English, too,' one as man said on his slip. Others, however, have heard one or two other languages in their homes and in their communities. We are trying to understand the amount of this speech mixture."
The questionnaires will be read and statistics will be made from them as soon as possible. The faculty will be asked to contribute the same information as the students in regard to their own language background.
Miss Burnham Gathering Statistics on Dialect Contact
Send the Daily Kansan home
The artists of the city will soon be bething the gallery, and then we can write some real literature on the technique of the paintings.
CONDUCT QUESTIONNAIRE
DATE RULE HAS NOT BEEN
SUSPENDED FOR THE WEEK
THREE LECTURES IN TWO MONTHS
The date rule is on this week, in spite of rumors to the effect that it is not in force during the first week of the semester. It was off for Monday night only, according to Mona Clare Huffman, secretary of the Woman's Student Government Association.
English Journalist, Editor of Century, and Traveler Will Give Talk Fest
From the number of Mrs. Brown's inquiries and from the number of mid-week dates at the picture shows, the school has misunderstanding has been general.
"I have received many calls asking about the rule this week," said Mrs. Eustace Brown, "but the rule is not surrendered."
F. R. Hamilton, chairman of the committee on lectures and convocations, announces the following lectures scheduled for the next two months: S. K. Ratcliffe, an English journalist on February 26; William E. Ellsworth, president of the Century Club; and L. D. Kitchell will give an illustrated travelogue, March 12, on Glacier Park and Blackfeet Indians.
During the cold weather the heating plant consumes about forty tons of coal a day. Six men, working in two shifts of three each, are employed in tending to the furnaces. The first shift goes on duty at four in the morning and continues until noon, and the second until six. When the evening, when the fires are banked and left until morning, In extra cold weather two additional men are employed to keep the fires going during the night.
The two new boilers installed in the heating plant last fall are working in first-class order. They replaced three old ones that were found to be inadequate for the use of the University. One old boiler remains, but it is a first-class boiler; it looks out of its place among the modern ones.
Mr. Ellsworth has been connected with the Century Company for thirty-seven years and has been its president for the last three years. He will lecture on "Fort Years of American Literature." Mr. Ellsworth has had the opportunity to know wrocław's great literature in the last forty years His lecture will be a serious study of American literature from Emerson to the present day.
M. Ratcliffe is an editorial writer on the Manchester Guardian, England, and is also editor of the London Sociological Review. He has been a newspaper man for twenty years and is well acquainted with all phases of English life and politics. This is his fourth trip to America.
BOILERS ARE GOING GOOD;
EAT FORT TONS A DAY
Aria—"Behind the Bars"
It is admitted that "Crimson and the Blue" is an inspiring song. But it proves itself doubly so when comedian from strange places, Yesterday from the city "hold-over" floated the strains of the Kansas Alma Mater song played on a mouth-harp by an unseen inhabitant. And the "technick" of the unseen artist was excellent.
Aria—"Behind the Bars"
ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL
CONFERENCE MARCH 16-17
The superintendents and instructors of the Kansas high schools and academies will meet for their fourteenth annual conference at the University March 16 and 17. This will be an important business meeting.
The final debate between winners in the eight districts of the Kansas High School Debate League will be given at the time of the conference, and the annual high school basketball tournament for boys and girls team formed in the state championship in basketball also will be held. Newton high school won the boys' championship and Chanute the girls' championship last year.
PAINT SCENERY IN OLD BUILDING
Two Topeka Artists Reproduce "Under Cover" Paintings in North College
Another use has been found for old North College. Arrangements were made yesterday afternoon by Frank H. McFarland, manager of the Dramatic Club, for using the building for painting scenery for the production of "Under Cover." The contract for the painting of two scenes at a cost of $30,000 has been completed by C. B. Brown, two artists of Topeka, who will use North College. It is expected the work will require at least three weeks.
The painters will give an accurate reproduction of the scenery used in the original play, "Uder Cover," in New York last year. They will start work in North America to tomorrow own risk and in spite of the recent abandonment of that building ordered by the University authorities.
"Under Cover" will be presented by the Dramatic Club near the last of February. Rehearsals have been progressing rapidly and the show will be the best ever, according to Manager McFarland.
"Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy," by L. E. Seyfro, dean of the School of Pharmacy, has just been issued by the publishers, P. Blakiston and Company, Philadelphia. The book is a revision of a standard work which has been used in pharmaceutical and medical colleges all over the United States.
DEAN L. E. SAYAE REVISES
BOOK USED BY PHARMICS
Since the revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia, it has been necessary that all works on materia Diclinic and pharmaceuticals is one of the first revisions that have one out since the revision of the Pharmacopoeia.
DAILY HEALTH HINTS
Eye-strain was the cause of perhaps 80 per cent of the headaches during quiz week. Defects of vision, over-use and improper use of the eyes—readiness to read, direct light, or facing the light...any of these may lead to eye-strain.
Headaches may be due to nose and throat affections, or to trouble with the teeth. Constipation is a frequent cause of headaches, as are overeating and poor digestion. Other causes range all the way from fat-fetto to diseases of the brain.
WAR ENDANGERS CHEMICAL SUPPLY
One problem of the war is the short age of chemicals caused by the fact that no chemicals can be imported from abroad. That has nibened the greater part of our supply
The situation has had two marked effects, an increase in the price of chemicals, and a stimulation of American manufacture of chemicals. In time the latter effect will neutralize the former, resulting in a continuance of the war will interfere seriously with all industries in which chemistry plavs a part.
This lesson of the war is brought home to the University by the fact that chemical supplies used in the department of chemistry and in the Army were used by the soldiers they did two or three years ago. The University is fortunate in having had the foresight to lay in large stores of supplies at the beginning of the war, so that there is no danger of serious damage from a nervous rise in price for another year.
"The situation is no worse than it was last year," said Dean L. E. Sayre of the School of Pharmacy, "but I am unable to predict what will happen next year. I am hoping that the war will be over."
K. U. Has Stock on Hand Sufficient to Last Another
Year
"We are not suffering yet," said Prof. E. H. S. Bailey of the department of chemistry, "for we had large supplies on hand at the beginning of this year." Yet this is our only evidence of the seriousness of the chemical shortage.
CHANGE CLASS SCHEDULE
Professors Will Re-enroll Students Saturday
An opportunity will be given those students who are forced to change their schedules to consult with class advisers Saturday regarding changes. Only changes which the student can handle will be made. Some will be necessary owing to conflicts. "The fact that a student, after getting one look at an instructor's face, decides he doesn't want to take work under that man, will not be considered sufficient, reason for a change." Templein of the College, this morning.
Professor Sisson will hear the complaints of freshman men between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Monday.
Professor Dykatra will consult with sophomore men between 9 and 12
Sophomore women will make their complaints to Professor Neuen-Schwander between 9 and 12 o'clock in Fraser 304.
Professor Jones will hear requests of freshman women between 9 and 12 o'clock every day.
Professor Boynton will a d v i s e
junior between 9 and 12 o'clock in
the morning.
Professor W. W. Sterling will hear Professor M. J. Fraser in Prasse 20 during the same hours.
Seniores will tell their stories to between the hours of 9 and 12, in France.
Miss Gardner will see students who want to rearrange their rhetoric schedules at 9 o'clock Saturday morning.
KANSAS LEADS IN VALLEY RACE
Undefeated Jayhawkers Are Fast Contenders for Conference Title
PLAY AGGIES THIS WEEK
Hardest Games on Remaining Schedule on Manhattan Court Friday and Saturday
The chances are extremely bright for a Missouri Valley Championship for the Kansas quintet this year, acco ing to Coaches Hamilton and Clark.
HARD GAMES THIS WEEK
Up-to-date the Jayhawkers are undefeated and have four Missouri Valley Conference games and two non conference games to their credit. All of the other Missouri Valley teams have been beaten at least once, with five, six and seven players, five who have not yet played a conference game. Their opening Valley games will be against the Ames basketeers Thursday and Friday nights.
HARD GAMES THIS WEEK
Kansas will probably play her two hardest games of the season Friday and Saturday nights, when the Jayhawker will visit Nichols Gymnasium at Manhattan in series with the Kansas Aggies. The Aggie sport followers promise that the Jayhawker quintet will receive the biggest surprise of the season when they play the Farmers on their home court. To remain in the race for the Missouri Valley Conference championship, the Aggies must take both games.
Both Kansas coaches and every man on the squad expect much harder games than the two last week with the Aggies here, and are putting in some hard practices in preparation for the games. The practice last night was in the form of a scrimmage with Coach Bonnie Reber's Lawrence high school team and Julius Uhrlaub's freshmen.
SHOW GOOD GUARDING
The Jayhawker regulars started the scrimage against the freshman five and played one fifteen-minute half before staging a five-minute scrimmage with the Lawrence highs. The regulars then went to the skewers and a second Varsity five took their places. After a ten-minute scrimmage, the rest of the Jayhawker squad got into the game.
The regular Varsity five did not play as fast a game as usual, due to the fact that most of the men were too young for the afternoon. Captain Fat Nelson bagged the most field baskets. The guarding and floorwork of the team was much better than their goal-line. The coach showed up well for the freshmen.
The present standing of the Missouri Valley Conference teams is:
G. W. L. Pet.
Kansas 4 4 0.100
Missouri 4 3 1.750
Ames 5 2 3.400
Nebraska 0 0 0 .000
Drake 1 0 1 .000
K. Aggies 2 0 2 .000
Washington 2 0 2 .000
BOOKS FLOOD EXCHANGE
No Books Will be Taken After
"We have nearly 1,000 books on hand and could have sold a great many more," said William Wilson, one of the managers, this morning. "We have stopped taking the books now as we demand will begin to be taken away. We already bought their books or have made arrangements for them."
The book exchange will take no books after today.
Business was far from slack at the exchange today, and yesterday's record of over $300 receipts will be broken early today. A continuous line waited at the window this morning and at a time when students were in special care, which was discontinued and only the books on hand will be sold.
"We are more than pleased with the co-operation that the students have given, and the fact that the receipts up to this time have been all correct," Wilson proves that the idea of letting the bookellers set their own price is a good one," said Wilson. Those who have books at the exchange window that are not in stock can get on Sunday morning from the 9 o'clock at the exchange in Fraser.
Dr. E. H. S. Bailey, of the department of chemistry, is reading proof on the new edition of his text-book, "Sanitary and Applied Chemistry."
Hobart McPherson, a brother of Waldo McPherson, csp, has enrolled in the University as a freshman with advanced standing.