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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIV.
NUMBER 67.
EXIT STUDENTS TO HOME TOWN
Few Will Linger In Lawrence When Vacation Is Declared Tomorrow
TO BE BUSY WEEK AT HOME
The student is beginning to relax. And why shouldn't he? Doesn't the Christmas vacation begin Friday night at 5:30 p. m.? Of course it does, and for a great many of the students it will be an important event. Those students having a class Friday afternoon will not linger long in this town but will hurry on home where the big Christmas celebration is to take place, where his home-town friend will be glad to see him, and where he can turn over and go back when he hears the alarm clock's staccato ring, early in the morning.
Good Time With Plenty of Sleep and no Quizzes on Student's Program
These last few days at K. U. have been crowded with many events, and up until now the student has had no trouble reading. We are amazed and quizzes have been on the schedule, note-books have been called in, term themes had to be written, and besides, there were the regular morning smokers, concerts, and banquets.
But now with the Christmas recess almost on us, the tired student can see a period of relaxation in store for him, and with this incense he can hit the mantle which will announce that his last class for 1016 is over.
Students of human nature, however,
have it that this period of relaxation
is merely a fantasy and that it will
never accute. They say that the tired
people are so tired of finding
dances, parties, and engagements
scheduled for every night and the
days equally as well filled. After
two weeks of this, the student
would be ready to participate in
a bit of the quiet life and a much
needed rest. "Twas ever thus."
LECTURES ON EMERSON
Charles Woodbury Speaks on Personality of Author
The lecture was not a biography--it was far too interesting for that; it was rather an oral portrait paint-ing, with the great authors as subjects, and entertaining anecdotes as a background.
Charles J. Woodbury portrayed to his audience the characters of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott as men, and not as authors, in his lecture on "Emerson With His Friends." It was a reminiscence, the lecture of this genial old friend of Emerson's, pictureing the author as he knew him.
"Himself!" is the title of the lecture Mr. Woodbury will give on Emerson today in Fraser Hall. It will treat detail of the home life of Emerson.
TILL 3 A. M. HE TRIED TO
THAW OUT HIS PIPES
Although the Water Was Off.
Mr. Woodbury told of Emerson, the conventional, precise man of letters; of Thoran, the auteur, unconvincingly; of Cottie, the easy-going, jolly man of the world. Nor were the ladies forgotten, for the two Alcott sisters, Louisa and May, were both described, the first by her mother and the other, a talented painter.
Morpheus was embracing him like an affectionate devil-fish when he came to work on the Kansan this morning.
For Guy Pennock is a careful householder.
Long residence has not accustomed him to the vagaries of the Lawrence Winery.
So when the water failed to run from his trusty hydrant last night he saw visions of plumber's bills as long as Chinese laundry lists.
Whereupon he called for his torch and commenced his midnight vignil. Slowly he made his way along the intricate network of pipes, heating every room in the house. He stepped at 3 a.m. because there were no more pipes to thaw.
This morning he was told that the water supply had been shut off. The
Mrs. Flint's Mother Dies
Mrs. A. Browning died at her home in Manhattan yesterday. Mrs. Browning was the mother of Mrs. L. N. Flint, wife of Professor Flint, chairman of the department of journalism. Mrs. Browning had lived in Riley county since she came from Massachusetts in 1855.
K. U. MEN TO SPEAK BEFORE ASSOCIATION AT CHICAG
Prof. A. L. Owen and Prof. Maril Skidmore of the department of Romance languages, will speak before the twenty-first annual meeting of the central division of the Modern Language Association of America at Chicago, December 27-29. The meeting is held under the auspices of the Charles and Northern University. Professors from practically every well known university in the country will be at this convention.
Professor Owen will read a paper on the "Sources of Rivas" El Moro Exposito. Professor Skidmore will read papers on "The Direct Method of Country of Christian and Saracen as Judged by the Chansons de Geste."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 1916.
ACTIVE WORK ON BILL TO BEGIN
Glasco Will Speak On Measures at Kansas Colleges This Year
"The success or failure of the Permanent Income Bill will depend upon the personal work done by students back home to influence their state legislature. The County Club民盟 of the County Club Club, yesterday morning just before he left for Manhattan. "Many of the county clubs are giving banquets for the high school seniors and alumni of the county clubs and are compelled by these clubs, the bills of the work rests with the student body as a whole."
Willard Glasco today is helping the organizations at the Aggie school begin on their work for the bill. He will see that the county clubs at the Northern Michigan campus will also stop off in Topeka for an interview with the governor.
Practically every important argument for the income bill is explained in the new pamphlets which appeared on the Hill this morning. "If every student in the University will read carefully, the information in the bill," said Richard Nieman, who explain the bill to the legislators, a good deal will be accomplished. The progress of the University rests on the success or failure of the bill."
BLACKFRIARS ORGANIZE
New Club Will Present Old English Plays
"The Blackfriars Club," which has for the interpretation and presentation of old English plays, has been organized in the department of Education.
"The Shepherd's Play" is the first production to be given. Those chosen for the cast are: Mark, Verna Makepeace; Op. Henrietta McKaughan; Maria, Cecile Burton; First Shepherd, Muriel King; Second Shepherd, Jeanne Kirkendall; Third Shepherd, Emma Mauxmel.
The Shawnee County Club met last night in Fraser Hall and made plans for a dance to be held in Topeka during the Christmas holidays. All K. U. alumni in the county and the high school participated. The members of the club will do all in their power to boost the Permanent Income Bill.
Officers of The Blackfriars Club are: President, Susan McDonald; secretary, Ruth Moore; treasurer, Fulton Ruth Moore; and chairwoman, composed of the following faculty members: Miss Burnham, Miss Sween, and Professors Johnson, Whitcome, and Mac Murray. Students on the faculty include Vern Makeence, and Merritt Carr.
Former Professor Visits KS:
Professor R. R. Price, former head of the Extension of the University of Kansas, and present head of the Extension Work of the University of Minnesota, will stop in Lawrence from Saturday to Monday, on his way to Hutchinson, his home. While here he will be the guest of Dean L. E. Sayre. While he was connected with this University, Professor Price rendered a great service in municipal affairs.
Graduate students, juniors, and seniors majoring in English and members of the faculty are eligible to record to Susan McDonald, president.
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Shawnee Club to Dance
Students interested in the work and wishing to join the club are invited to give their names to a member of the executive committee.
er Professor Visits K. U
Students are requested to return by tomorrow all books which have been picked out of their University library. G. C. Gilham, Desk Librarian.
--more returning after the holidays, and it was admitted that there is a possibility of the adoption of some such measure as that considered at school by parents and students who have not been vaccinated to school after the holidays.
WOULD PREVENT SMALLPOX SPREAD
Health Authorities Urge Students to Take Vaccination Against Disease
PREVALENT OVER STATE
Heads of State Schools Take Steps to Check Spread to Various Institutions
Prevalence of smallpox throughout the state is responsible for the urgent recommendation on the part of the health committee of the University that all students who have not recently been vaccinated should have it done before leaving for their homes. This recommendation is augmented by another that those who have received the vaccine before leaving for their homes be vaccinated before returning to the University following vacation.
That there is serious danger on epidemics of smallpox in all the schools of the state following the return of students from smallpox in other states, and the officials of the various state schools. The State Normal School at Emporia was first to act, and a communication from president Butcher, of that school, to Registrar George O. Foster, received this morning, first drew the attention of the officials of the state to the seriousness of the matter.
President Butcher said that at Emporia there is a strong probability of those students not inoculated against the disease not being permitted to return to school following the vacation. An effort is being made to secure the vaccination of the students before they leave the school.
The disease is widely spread over the entire state, so the majority of the students who return home for school are in Florida, in the western part of the state, eighty cases of the disease have been reported, and, while this record is not equalled elsewhere, no other state entirely free from the disease.
It was said in the Chancellor's office this morning that it will be impossible for the University of Kansas to take any radical preventative action before the Christmas vacation. However, all students are being requested to be vaccinated before leaving Lawrence, or if this is impossible,
CHOOSE CLASS CAPTAINS
Women Basketcheers to Compete In January
EVERY WEEK A VISITOR'S WEEK
The women's basketball squads have chosen their captains for 1017. The freshman women elected Martha Wulf of Humboldt; sophomores, Darryl Tucker; junior juniors, Dorothy Tucker, Lawrence; and seniors, Miriam Jones, Wichita.
The Pi Upsilon fraternity will celebrate with a Christmas dinner tonight at the chapter house.
The interclass games will be played in January. Each class team will play every other class team, making a total of twelve preliminary contests. The schedule for these games will be announced the first week in January.
K. U. is Always Glad to Show the Home Folks Her Workrooms
The champion team will receive a silver loving cup offered by W. O. W.
The W. A. A. class representatives have approved committees to create a classroom culture and to develop Class enthusiasm is expected to reach its ninth in a great ensemble demonstrated by our students.
Fathers' and Mothers' Week Will be Made Annual Feature
START A NEW TRADITION
Editors' Week, Merchants' Week,
Corn-Cure Week, Health Week, Baby
Week, Take-It-Back Week, Fair
Week, Farmers' Week—we've had 'em
all, backward and forward, up and
down, in every place and in every
place.—auto rides, banquets, speeches,
and whatnot. But it remained for
the University of Kansas to find the one
new thing,—Mothers' and Fathers'
Week,—and to have it without any
dressing up or extras. It remained
on the floor, Mother and Father
where they belong—at the head of the procession.
Mothers' and Fathers' Week has come and gone. There have been handicaps; cold and snow weather, the time—just before Christmas, and the week immediately after invitations sent out by students and the University. Yet we do not consider that it has been a failure. It was necessary to get the plan to working as soon as possible and it will now be possible to receive a weekly for which the invitations were sent out is closed, *very* week at the university of Kansas is Mothers' and Fathers' Week. The foregoing was the expression of S. O. Rice, of the department of journalism, origi- tive to the first Mothers' and Fathers' Week.
We have put on no special shows for Mother and Father, so they may come at any time, and we will show them the things of interest, our labours, their work and the fifth floor of Frauer (if they're ambitious), the Museum, the valley, the professors, the campus, our work, our play. So, though we may yearly set aside one special week for Mother and Father to visit us, every week at our museum, Kunjung, Miyajima, and Fathers Week. They are always welcome.
TINE ARTS GIVE MUSICALE
Program Included Wide Variety of Selections
The School of Fine Arts gave its annual Christmas program in Fraser Chapel last night. Because of the bad weather, the attendance was less than half and have been at such an excellent program of voice, violin, and organ.
Of the piano numbers, the "Toocata" played by Una Allen and the double number played by Philp Stevens were well executed. The Scheler in C sharp minor was exceptionally well played by Lois Libbey.
Rose Haworth in the aria from "Sapho" showed his interpretation of the story, "pimped," from the "Mossiah" was song by Launchie McPhillen. Leah Stewart gave three numbers, "Ave Maria," or "Cradle Song," and "Tritte Ritere."
The organ solos "Romance" (Parker) by Hazel Lennaugh, and the "Caprice Heroique" by Doris Roebke, were both well received.
Have You Any School Spirit?
The silver cups to be awarded to winners in the debate contests of the High School Debating League have been received and are on display in the library. The League is directed by the Extension Division of the University.
Silver Cups Are On Display
Do You Believe In School Spirit In Anything But Football?
Do You Believe In Rooting For The University At Any Other Place Than At A Football Game?
Alemannia held initiation for Thelma Boyington, 'fa20, of Bird City, Monday night.
Root For K. U. At Home.
to host The Permanent Income Bill During The Christmas Holidays.
Enlist the The Bill To Your Lectors
Read The New Pamphlet On The Income Bill Which Comes Out Thursday.
Take It Home And Read It, So That You Can Talk Intelligently To Your Legislator On The Bill.
A Better and Larger Teaching Staff.
What The Permanent Income Bill Means for the University
A Better and Larger Teaching Star.
New Buildings and A Building Program.
A More Healthy Growth.
Maintenance of University on a Permanent Basis.
Better Care of University Administration.
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
TO OCCUR ON XMAS EVE
A partial eclipse of the sun at midnight on Christmas eve this year is the last phenomena of the heavens which will occur this year, according to Prof. E. B. Stöuffer of the department of astronomy. The eclipse cannot be observed at any other place because it occurs in a darkened area because that is the only part of the earth which has a midnight sun in December.
The assurance of all astronomers that such an eclipse will occur, although the actual event cannot be observed, shows to what a point of success in work of calculating the position of all heavenly bodies has been carried.
PROM BIDS COME OUT TOMORROW
Juniors May Obtain Tickets After January in Fraser Hall
Invitations for the Junior Prom will be issued tomorrow to all seniors who paid their junior dues last year and to a portion of the members of the faculty. The invitations may be exchanged at any time during Prom week for tickets, at the check stand in Fraser Hall. At this time also, you are buying from committeemen this week as they are exchanged for tickets. Managers Montgomery and Fleeson will announce their office hours later.
"The 1917 Prom promises to eclipse all parties given at the University in the past—and that is no press agent talk, either," said Manager Howard Fleeson this morning. "When you learn that it was even weed that it's hard to remember a party which approaches our Prom in elaborativeness and uniqueness."
RILEY'S ORCHESTRA — A FEATURE
One of the big attractions at the Prom—in fact, the biggest attraction—will be Riley's ten-piece orchestra from the Pompeian Room of the Hotel Baltimore at Kansas City. Riley is well known in the city for his "lazy-time" music, a peculiar talent, remarkably adapted to the modern dances. He will bring his full orchestra to K. U. with him, including "Peewee" Bowers, a star saxanhone player.
There will be a cabaret entertainment during the supper, instead of the farce that had been customary until last year. Mae and Mile Prager, formerly with the "World of Pleasure" company, will stage the cabaret dinner for guests who have served all guests during the evening at quartet tables which will be placed on the first floor of the gym. The caterer has not yet been chosen.
UNIQUE DECORATIONS
The decorations will be unique. Purple and white will be the colors used; and the managers plan on getting some wonderful effects through the use of three lights of immense candle-power and six-foot reflectors. Redwood trees will be brought from Oregon to Arizona for them in the walls. Programs and other features are of real "class," according to the managers.
Tickets for the Prom, placed on sale yesterday, sold rapidly, and a record crowd is expected. Admission is $3.50 a person, or $7 a couple.
Tickets may be purchased from any of the following: Warren Wattles, Frank Farley, Rudolph Uhrlaub, John Fogarty, Ted Richter, Dennis Dennis, Rusty Friend, Frank Fratcher, Brict Chandler, Ennis White Walker, Walter Haverkorst, and the managers. Howard Fleeson and Harry Montgomery.
TALKS ON RADE PAPERS
Dillon Speaks to Professional Departments
"Science needs a middle-man to carry thousands of necessary truths to the layman," said Charles Dillon before a representative audience from the various professional departments at the University in Snow Hall yesterday.
Mr. Dillon, who is managing editor of the Capper Farm publications of Topeka, told of many of his own personal experience in the writing of the special article for the trade paper. He also wrote a representation that he had drawn from various professional magazines and pointed out the simplicity of expression and the lucid style of the writers. "The editor of the trade paper doesn't want ponderous latinized phrases. He wants common every-day words that the public can read and understand," he explained in the construction in the mechanics of the manuscript and the actual preparation of the special article for submission to
the center
Partly cloudy night. Friday fai
and somewhat warmer.
The Weather
NEBRASKA WINS ANNUAL DEBATE
Interest in Meeting Yesterday Rivalled That of Athletic Contests
LARGE CROWD ATTENDED
One
Kanssens Argued Well and Decei-
son Was a Very Close
Kansas fell before Nebraska in the Lawrence end of the dual debate with Nebraska, yesterday afternoon in Shreveport, Ark. It was a decision. The result was not an amount higher than last night until the contest had started in Lincoln. Students of the university were interested in the deposition, Crow turned out to head the speakers.
The Kansas team composed of Edwin Price, George Brown, and Harold Mattoon upheld the affirmative of the question, "Resolved: That submarine warfare upon commerce, as now conceived, is incompatible with the rights of man and the law of nations in regard to the enemies." The Lincoln debaters were: Robert B. Waring, C. Ivan Winslow, and E. Everett Carr.
The salient points in the affirmative's attack on the present submarine warfare were that merchant ships could be sent to a prize court, and that sufficient provision was not made for the safety of those on board. Kansas gave specific cases such as the Arabic submarines had violated these laws.
From behind a fort of books the Nebraska team argued that the unprecedented circumstances in this war called for an abatement of the rigor of the law. That as it was physically impossible for a submarine to conduct a captured merchantman into port to recapture by the enemy. The judge refused to permit afteron's argument were: Mr. Francis Wilson, United States District Attorney; Mr. Henry McCune, attorney-at-law, and Prof. E. M. Bainter, principal of the Polytechnic high school, of Kansas City.
BAND WILL PLAY TONIGHT
Concert Will Indicate 'Three of McCanes' Pieces
Three of the selections which will be rendered by the University Band tonight in Fraser Chapel were written by J. C. McCanes, director of the band. He also his "Serenade" "Anandte e Mazantha" "Our Uncle Jimmy," the march song.
A special violin solo by Miss Hopkins, a saxophone quintet, together with a variety of popular and classical music make up the program.
"The University Band is better than ever," says Director McCanes. "It is now made up of forty-three students its merit is not only recognized by the faculty of Lawrence but also by prominent and leaders throughout the country."
Student enterprise tickets will admit to the concert.
KELTON LEWIS, LL. B. '16
DIED TUESDAY NIGHT
Word was received here today that Kolton Lewis, '16, son of Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, a member of the Board of Administration, died of ptomaine poisoning at his home in Kinsley Tuesday night. His sister, Lorraine, is also seriously ill but will probably recover.
Mr. Lewis completed his law course
been last spring and since then has
been a partner.
Profs To Go To St. Louis
Profs. E. D. Cressman, A. T.
Walken, and E. W. Murray will go to
St. Louis for the meeting of the
American Philological Association
during the holidays from December 27
to 30. The American Philological
Association, a national organization
of Latin and Greek teachers, will hold
a joint meeting with the Archaeolo-
gic Society to document the fac-
tures of the meeting are scholarly experts,
both literary and pedagogical,
and numerous social functions.
The Acacia fraternity is having an informal party at the chapter house for members of the active chapter tonight.
NO KANSAN TOMOKROW
Today's is the last issue of
the University Daily Kansan
until January 2, 1917. The
Kansan wishes the 8,000 stud-
ents of U.K. a New Year
Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
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