UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NUMBER 84
VOLUME XIV.
Y.M.C.A. BUREAU ISSUES REPORT
Six Hundred Men Earn Portion of Their Way While Attending University
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1917.
NUMBER IS INCREASING
The statement commonly heard that the University of Kansas is a "rich man's" school is disapproved in employment bureau of the University
The last detailed report issued by the bureau shows that in 1914 there were 410 men out of 1500 enrolled in the university who worked all or a part of their way through school. This was an average of 27.1 per cent. Of this number, thirty-five earned their entire way. The total earnings of these 410 men for that year were $40,000, or an average of $89.20 to each man. But if the number of odd rooms are not taken into consideration, the average for each man is $105.
Work Ranges From Dish Washing to Office Work on the Hill and Down Town
MANY EARN WAY
Last year there were 1800 men enrolled in the University, and out of these 600 earned a portion of their way. The average was 33 1-3 per cent as against 27 1-10 per cent the year before, a large increase.
POVERTY LESSENING
The kind of work done by these men in order that they may obtain an education ranges from washing dishes and waiting tables to do office and stenogram work. Doing jail work requires the campus affords many students with employment, and quite a few men find work down town.
No longer is it impossible to attend college, and the number of students attending the University who are forced to make all or a part of their education increase. Records show, too, that they average the highest grades.
NEWSPAPER BUREAU FAIL
Purpose Was Perverted—Not Connected With University
The Central Newspaper Bureau, organized a year ago by Prof. Merle Thorpe, was discontinued Saturday at a meeting of the Bureau held in Topeka at the call of the chairman, Marco Morrow. The stockholders re-received all the amounts they had subscribed. The bureau failed because G. H. Perry, the manager employed to get national advertising, secured none.
"It it was evident last commencement that the bureau was in a bad way," said Professor Flint after his return from the Topeka meeting." It was thoroughly dead before the end of the summer. All that remained was to give it decent burial. The University had nothing to do with the organization of the bureau and assumed no responsibility."
The meeting of the bureau was held in connection with the session of the State Editorial Association. The Association accepted the invitation of the University to meet here during Newspaper Week next year. Two meetings will be held, the business conference here and a session for designation by the executive committee. Professor Flint was elected a member of the executive committee as representative of the Second district.
It has been the custom to hold Newspaper Week every other year and it is not expected that a session will be held this spring, but a meeting of the Missouri Valley Cost Congress will probably be arranged by the department of journalism some time in May.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
International Polity Club meets Thursday night at 8 o'clock at Pi Upsilion house. Doctor Roosebeam of Amsterdam, Holland, will speak.
Girl's Glee Club will meet Wednesday, 5 o'clock, in Fraser. Those who expect to be in the concert must attend. Please bring dues.
Jayhawk Office Hours for this semester will be as follows: 11:30 to 12:30, and 1:30 to 2:30 every school day. Office in Museum, Room 102.
Sigma Delta Chi members will meet at Squires' Studio Thursday, February 1, at 12:45.
A. S. M. E. Meets Thursday
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers meets at 1122 Ohio street at seven o'clock Thursday evening.
Burnette I. Bower will talk on the "Manufacture of Tungsten Lamps," and Mr. Wouf will discuss "Control of Production."
A. S. M. E. Meets Thursday
GUMBINER READS PRIZE
PAPER BEFORE BAR ASSN
Alton Gumbiner, a senior in the School of Law, won the contest recently announced by the Kansas State Bar Association for the best paper written by a Kansas student of law on any special subject of law. Mr Gumbiner chose as his subject, "The Doctrine of Privileged Communication as Applied to Mercantile Agencies."
Mr. Gumbiner was called to Topeka today to read his paper before the State Bar Association. He has won considerable recognition as a writer as well as an authority on various subjects. Mr. Gumbiner won the Senior Play contest of the University last year.
UNUSUAL THEATER FOR K. U. FEB. 14
Stuart Walker Will Bring Lates in American Drama Here
A reawakening of pro-Shakespearean simplicity in the drama is embodied in Stuart Walker's Portmanteau Theater, which appears in Fraser chapel Monday, February 14, for two performances. Mr. Walker carries his own scenery and a troup of twenty-seven players.
The theater is being brought to the University by a group of 25 members of the faculty. All money received over a guarantee will be added to the student loan fund,—for there will be charges for admittance to the theater
Two short plays, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," an English farce comedy, and "The Trimplet," characterized by a joke about being in the afternoon. Three short plays, "Nevertheless," an interlude before the curtains; "Six Who Pass While the Lentil Boll," a one act play, and "The mountains," will be given at night.
Mr. Walker, designer of the Portmanteau Theater and writer of a number of plays given on it, was for six years general stage director for David Belasco. Newspapers have hailed this portable theatre as "the beginning of a new movement in the theater," due to itsplicity and implied effects produced by unique lighting, peculiar to the old time stage.
Mr. Walker lectured at the University on his theater, last year, and contributed the money paid him for the lecture to the Student Loan Fund.
ZEISLER PLEASES MANY
Music Lovers Delighted University Concert
Mme. Anna Bloomfield - Zeise played herself into the hearts of her audience of 1,500 University and townpeople at Robinson Gymnasium last Thursday night. Her hearers rallied for her right, light, and amplified her without stint.
The utmost clarity of articulation beauty of tone, and delicacy of color distinguished every phrase of her numbers. Her performance of the song was also as a model of lucidity and consistent loveliness of musical feeling. Mendelssohn's Wedding March offered Mrs. Zeisler occasion to show the effect of ringing sonority, of which she waltz (music) Waltz the Mephisto Waltz proved popular.
The time for the annual exodus of sophomore medics to Bell Memorial Hospital at Rosedea has arrived. Sophomore medics are seniors in academic standing, two years of college work being required as entrance credit to the School of Medicine. It takes two and a half years' work at Rosedea to complete the requirements for an M. D.
MEDICS LEAVE LAWRENCE
FOR WORK AT ROSEDALI
Her individual art, so varied and so sympathetic and appealing, was expressed in the delicacy of coloring with which she played the first half of classical numbers and in the fire and brilliancy with which she gave the romantic numbers of the second half of her program.
Those who have signified their intentions of going to Rosedale the second semester are: John H. Taite, Myron M. Booth, Ailbert Alcald, Carle Bauer, Stephen Daniel, Daniel, L. L. Dyche, Lawrence P. Engel, C. C. Fuller, C. L. Gilles, D. Grayson, F. Mable Hardy, R. C. Helper, L. V. Hill, M. S. Nelson, H. E. Neptune, E. J. Nodruth, R. O'Donan, H. W. Sheehan, Hashinger, L. M. Sellers, George Marquis, B. W. Yates, E. E. Tippin, H. M. Gilkey.
Cold wave by Wednesday night with snow and strong northerly winds, rather severe condition, danger to livestock on ranges.
The Weather
THETA SIGMA PHI CONVENTION HERE
Woman's Journalism Sorority Holds Biennial Conclave on Mt. Oread in May
HOST TO 12 CHAPTERS
Will Shower Hospitality on Delegates Representing Every Portion of U. S.
The Grand Council of the Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary journalism sorority has accepted the invitation of Epsilon, the local chapter to hold the first convention of the fraternity at the University of Kansas in May. The K. U. chapter will be host to two students attending the Universities of Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Montana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Stanford University and Kansas Agricultural College.
The local chapter was organized in 1914. Among the chapter members were Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes, instructor in English in the University; Miss Lucy Barger, of the Salina Daily Union; Miss Hannah Mitchell, of the Kansas City Star and Charlotte Greer, social settlement worker
HAS STRONG ALUMNI
The first honorary members were Miss Margaret Lynn and Miss Esther M. Clark. 1p 1915 Miss Hoopes installed the chapter at the University of Oklahoma and was a guest at the banquet which the men of the department of journalism gave in honor of the journalism sorority
Among the honorary members initiated in 1915 were Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter; Mrs. Lee Riley, of the Kansas City Star; Miss Frances Davis and Fay King of the Kansas City Post; Nan Williston Sperry, social worker and this winter Miss Effie Graham. Among honorary members of the fraternity are Ida Tarbell, Edna Ferber, Dana Gatlin.
The members of the local chapter are: Estella Foster, Alice Bowlby, Margaret McElain, Blanche Simmons, Marion Lewis, Helen Patterson, Hallie Clark, Jessie Lee Messick, Irene Smith, Vivian Sturgeon, Nellie Johnson, Ruth Gardiner, Margaret Heizer and Mary Roberts.
HONORARY MEMBERS PROMINENT
FIRMS SEEK ENGINEERS
Demand for Trained Men Greater Than Supply
The present demand for engineering students to accept responsible positions is much greater than the supply according to Dean P. F. Walker of the School of Engineering this morning. One call for twenty or thirty men from the Brass and Metal Manufacturing Company of Kansas City this week, could not be supplied.
The most difficult calls to supply are those asking for graduates. Two such calls have come to Dean Walker recently, one from Atchison and one from Topkea. There are only a few of them, but they have been appointed to positions.
The fourteenth annual exhibition of paintings will be held in the Administration Building beginning Wednesday, January 31, and continuing until February 18. There will be daily exhibitions from 9 to 5. On Tuesday and Thursday the collection may be seen from 8 to 10 p. m. The exhibitions will be open Sundays from 2 to 5. Students of the University are admitted free. However, each student is required to obtain from the registrar's office, two tickets of admission. Outsiders will be charged twenty-five cents.
Only five students who are not graduates are withdrawing this semester. Four of these are leaving the department because of lack of funds. The fifth man is seeking experience in teaching and also a course. Three of these men have received appointments and two are arranging for positions this week.
A headache is a symptom and not a disease.
Art Exhibit Opens Tomorrow
There are two bad ways to stop headache. One is to get some one to knock you senseless with a club, and it can make you like it—to take a headache powder.
DAILY HEALTH HINTS
By the University Health Computer
Dozens of drugs are known which will relieve the symptom, and at the same time cause further illness.
QUAKE RECORDED BY SEISMOGRAPH
Suppose you woke up in the night to find a strong odor of illuminating gas in the room; would you get up and search for the leak and stop it, or would you plug up your nostrils with cotton and go back to sleep?
ESTIMATE 4,360 MILES OFF
University Instrument Trembled for Two Hours Last Night
Authorities Name Andes Mountains as Probable Scene of Disaster
An earthquake, the greatest disturbance marked on the University ismograph for years, was recorded at 8:56:23 o'clock last night
The distance and direction of the quake is uncertain but Prof. F. E. Kester, head of the department of physics says the disturbance took place at a distance of 4,350 miles in a southeast and northwest plane.
LOCATION UNDERTERMINED
LOCATION UNDERTURNED
The "exact location of the mine has not been established, said Professor F. Frost, who that its probable source was in the South American Andes and the nature of its record would indicate that the district between Peru and Chili is probably most effected."
The quake lasted with varying intensity for two hours and the last shock was recorded at 11:37. The greatest shock was registered at 9:21 when the needle on the seismop moved a distance of .92 inches.
"The region effected must have been greatly damaged if the shock centered about a populated community," continued Professor Kester, "for the disturbance is one of the greatest in several years. The Italian luggage at a distance of 8,000 miles registered only a fraction of men's record but the comparative distances are different of course."
No news from the region of the quake can be obtained and the press of the country is comparing the seismograph records in an effort to locate the territory effected and the damage done. Georgetown University, whose instruments furnish the most data, can give no definite information as to the exact location of the quake.
INSTRUCTORS ARE NAMED
New Members Added to Faculty to Fill Vacancies
Announcement was made this morning in the chancellor's office of a number of resignations and appoint-ments among the faculty.
Alberta Corbin, associate professor of German, has been granted a leave of absence for the second semester. Because of illness Professor Corbin has been unable to meet classes since the holidays.
Dr. H. S. Valentine has been appointed assistant in internal medicine at Bell Memorial Hospital at Rosedale. Dr. Valentine received his M. D. from Washburn Medical College, and for the last two years has been on the staff of the New York Hospital, New York City.
The resignation of Oscar Maag, instructor in chemistry, has been accepted. Mr. Maag is going into commercial work.
The total number of students registered in the University for the year 1916-17 was boosted to 3,407, by the addition of new names for the second semester.
ENROLLMENT NOW 3407
102 NEW STUDENTS
No duplicates are included in this total, as the names of those who took summer work, and later enrolled for work during the first semester have been counted only once. Of the 102 students who completed January 1, 62 were made yesterday. During the first weeks of January a few registrations were received into the registrar's office, of students expecting to enter the University at the beginning of the second semester. As the time for enrollment appeared, a number of daily registrations increased to the climax yearday.
The number of students enrolled in the gymnasium yesterday has not yet been counted. This total will be made public before the close of the week.
A Japanese, Shin-ichi Takaki, was among the new students who enrolled Monday in the University. Mr. Takaki is a graduate of a Japanese university and taught for a few weeks. In Japan he studied a text on chemistry written by Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, of the department of chemistry at the University, and came to Kansas to take graduate studies as a professor. Mr. Takaki expects to return to Japan, following the completion of his work here, as a chemist.
NOTED ART EDUCATOR TO
LECTURE THURSDAY NIGHT
The students of the University will be given the opportunity to hear one of the best known art educators in the country Thursday night when Prof. A. C. MacDougall, of Wellesley College, speaks in Fraser Hall. Prof. A. C. MacDougall is in almost every state in the Union and has won a national reputation.
The subject of Professor MacDougall's lecture in Lawrence will be "Wagner and His Music," a subject on which he is especially qualified to talk. His lecture will be under the auspices of the School of Fine Arts, no admission being charged. All students in the University, as well as townpeople, are invited. The lecture will start at 8:15.
BOOK EXCHANGE IS SUCCEEDING
Managers Report That the Business Will Reach $1,000 Mark
The busiest place on the hill with perhaps the exception of the Registrar's office, is the cooperative student book exchange. The long line of "booksellers" in front of its window overlooks the main entrance and nawers' on the registra's office.
"One only need look at the pile of books to see that the book exchange is a big success," said William Wilson, one of the managers, this morning, as he piled and straightened books on every side of him. "We have already handled more than a thousand books, approximately $250 worth of business. We shall sell more than $1000 worth of books before the exchange closes."
The few changes in texts will be responsible for more than double the amount of business done in the fall, according to the managers. Blackmar's texts in sociology, which could hardly be obtained in the fall are plenteous now. A change in one text in Elementary Economics and one in Elementary Physiology are the only changes reported at the book ex-works literature and rhetoric will not be taken free from marks and mutilations. For this reason few classics are handled.
"The students have begun to realize the values they can get in the higher priced books and are taking advantage of it." said the managers today. "We received hundreds of books almost ew, for which the owners ask a very reasonable price. The owners are getting ten per cent commission to eliminate the work and trouble of selling the books themselves."
OREAD T. S. VERY UNIQUE
Ratio of Students to Instructors is Two to One
Eighty students and half as many instructors. That is the ratio of students and faculty of the Oread Training School. Thirty of these instructors are students in the School of Mathematics, while the remainder are members of the University faculty. This is said to be the largest high school faculty in the state.
Three instructors spend all their time in teaching and supervising the work of the student-teachers. University laboratories and University libraries are used by the Oread Training School, while University laboratory instructors teach Oread Training School students.
This unique high school has other features, too, besides being virtually a high school taught by University professors.
"We have the latest improvements in desks, lighting systems, health measures, and many other things," said Prof. H. W. Nutt today. "The school was founded four years ago for the express purpose of providing a training school for our students in the School of Education. But along with that we have also introduced ideas in school efficiency to show and demonstrate to educators who are on the lookout for the last thing in the making of better schools."
A class of over fifteen was graduated last spring. This year the number will be practically the same, for the same number of students are enrolled this year as were last. The number of students enrolled in entire school as a governing body. Democracy is the main ideal of the students.
Miners Visit Lansing
An inspection trip through the mine at the penitentiary at Lansing was made by Prof. A. C. Terrill's class in mining last week. Ten students besides Professor Terrill made the trip, and were accompanied by Homer Cote, a senior in the department of mining. Mr. Cote is a former miner with ten years' experience in the mines in southeast Kansas.
EASY VICTORY FOR JAYHAWKERS
Hamilton's Squad Takes Nine Firsts From Normals on Indoor Track
SCORE WAS 57 TO 28
Emporia Team Won Pole Vault and Shot Put—Strong in Distance
KANSAS GETS NINE FIRSTS
Kansas had a comfortable lead throughout the meet except for a moment after Sharpe of the Normals took first in the shot put, when the score stood 23 to 17 in favor of K. U. Leary won first in the quarter a few minutes later and Kansas was never headed.
The Jayhawkers found the Normals a tougher propositin than was expected when they defeated the Emporia school last night in Robinson Gymnasium, 57 to 28, in the first indoor track meet of the season.
The Jayhawks drew first in the 30-yard dash, both the high and the low hurdles, the mile, quarter, two mile, and relay; first and second in the half and the high jump; second in the shot and the pole vault. Rustenbach was individual point winner for Kansas with a first in the dash event, low hurdles. Cross was the star for the Teachers. He points nine. His fine running in the quarter mile beat Wylsh out of a second in that event by inches.
Sprowl run a fast race in the mile, making it in 4:47, which was the fastest time made in the meet. Murphy and Rodkey had an easy run in that and loafed along after the first five lap, finishing almost arm in arm.
their shot.
Atwood and Taylor sit in the pole vault, considering their inexperience. They tie for second place at 10 feet 6 inches. Eleven feet, the man made by Van Patten of the Norma, good vault for an early indoor meet.
Sharpe got the only other Normal first place, in the shot put. Small's heave healt was 38:11½, nearly a foot behind the Emporia man, Casey, and Sam, who tall in the shot put in his early practices, was not in town for the meet.
Kansas walked away from the Normals in the mile relay, after Sproul had run his quarter. O'Leary ran a remarkable race in both the relay and the quarter in view of the fact that he has not been able to account for the past week on account of blister poisoning in his foot. The summary.
The summary:
30-yard dash - Rustenbach, Kanaas
Cross, Cross, normal. Time,
312.
312.
Mile- Sproull, Kansas, first; Portwood, Normal, second. Time 4:47
30-yard low hurdles -Rustenbach,
Kassauer; Cross, Normal, second
Tennis. fine
30-yard  high hurdles -Seward Kansas  time, 4:14 Lockman, Normal size
Quarter mile —O'Leary, Kansas,
6:44 Cross, Normal, second. Time
5:14
Half mile = Murphy, Kansas; first;
Rodkey, Kansas, second. Time, 2:12.
Two mile = Stateler, Kansas; first;
Wiseman, Normal, Texas. Time, 2:45.
High jump—Treweksw, Kansas,
Miller, Kansas, second. Height
8-10 ft.
Pole vault—VanPatten, Normal,
first; Atwood and Taylor, both of
Kansas, tied for second. Height, 11
feet.
Shot put—Sharpe, Normal, first; Stall, Kansas, second, Distance, 1.67
Mile relay-Kansas; first, Normal,
second. Time, 3:57:1. Kansas队,
O'Leary, Sproull, Welsh, and Rodkey,
Score, K. U., U., Normal, 28.
College, M. U., Normal, 28.
J. C. Grover, K. C. A. starter.
Joins Lyceum Circuit
From school books and midnight oil to the concert stage will be the experience of Thomas L. Crawford, c'19, of Topeka, who is withdrawing from his position as Crawford left last week for a kato to join the Guardsman Company, an orchestra and quartet on the Redpath-Horner Lyceum Bureau out of Kansas City. He will play the piano and sing. The Guardsman Company has the reputation of being one of the few bands in the Lyceum Circuit out of Kansas City. It will be strengthened by gaining a man of Crawford's ability.
Eight Elected to Quill
Eight students were elected to membership in the Quill Club Wednesday afternoon. Pledging services were held for the students Thursday. The new members are: Arl Frost, c'18; Verna Makepeace, c'17; Susan McDonald, c'18; Gordon Street, c'18; Pauline Carr, c'-ed; Anna Learnard, grad; Muriel King, c'18; Ruth Spencer, grad.