UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN VOLUME XII. NUMBER 83. TRACK MEN PRACTICE FOR MEET WITH AGGIES Racers Work Out in Gyn Every Day—Need Man in Hurdles The Kansas track team is practicing faithfully for the indoor meet with the Aggies which will be held in March. Roddy is doing the half in 2:11, which is exceptionally fast time for early season indoor work. In the distance runs, Statter, a new man showing his coach's expertise, things of him. Much attention is being directed to the hurdle racers, as new men must be found to fill the places made vacant by the graduation of Dan Hazen and Arthur Perry, hurdles of last year team, team looks like it will fall upon the shoulders of Ray Heath to carry the colors in the high sticks. Hilton and Crum are working hard in the sprints and should be in shape by the time of the meet. Mickey and Johnson, new men, will take care of the high jump and Ca shell will do the pole vault. Keeling and Reber are working at the shot put and hope to better their past performances. Other men who are working to make the team are: Grady, Poss, Howland, Baker and Greene in the mike; Fiske and Dawick in the half; also the half; Ainsworth in the sprints, and Ogden Jones and Elliot in the hurdles . Coach Merner, of the Kansas Aggies, visited the University Friday and Saturday to see the basketball games. The coach prophesies that his Farmers will take the measure of the Jayhawks. In the indoor track meet in Robinson Gymnasium February 18. ALWAYS WANTEDGREENHOUSE Botany Department Started Agitation in 1899 Under Prof. Stevens The greenhouse asked for in the budget by the School of Pharmacy is not a new proposal, nor did it originate with that school. In 1899 Prof. W. C. Stevens, of the botany department first agitated the question of a greenhouse for experimenting with plants. The basis for his demand was that, most of the classes in the college were from middle and early spring making it impossible to have the fresh plants to experiment upon. In 1912 Professor Stevens, assisted by Prof. Charles A. Shull, of the same department, sent out a question to Mr. Coulter regarding institutions in the country. In every instance they received a reply that the school had a greenhouse and thought it indispensable. J. M. Coulter, of the school, sent a leading botanist, sent this reply: "My opinion as to the need of greenhouses for instruction and experimental work in botany is simply that we should be able to possibly without them. The botany of today demands them. If they are not provided, both instruction and research must be antiquated. One might as well teach agriculture with them." For the past 16 years, now, the botany department has been working for the greenhouse. It has recently secured the School of Pharmacy as an ally so that the department are double those of seven years ago. CHEMICALS DAY COMES FIRST WEEK IN MARCH "Plans for Chemical Engineers" Day are fast rounding into shape," said Prof. W. A. Whitaker, of the department of industrial chemistry, recently, "and we intend to make this second annual affair of the chemists." The data in the first week of March. "Industrial chemists of national reputation will be the principle speakers, and if practical men are what the state needs to help but be pleased. On last year's program appeared the names of such men as R. C. Bardwell, Head Chemist for the Missouri Pacific railway company, F. W. Peipsen, Chief of the United States Food and Drug Laboratories, U.S. Union Pacific railway company and W. J. Reese, Head Chemist of the Peet Bros. Co." Pay Red Cross Pledges Prof. W. A. Whitaker, who has charge of the Red Cross fund asks the students that the few dollars they have subscribed to the fund and remaining unpaid be sent in to the Registrar's office as soon as possible. He has on hand about a hundred and fifteen dollars and would like to send a check to the national office in Washington this week. STUDENTS WOULD ALTER GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 1915. Dykstra's Classes Offer Plan Are you dissatisfied with the government of Kansas? Prof. C. A. Dykstra's classes in American Government are. During the past two weeks they have been preparing constitutional amendments and reorganizing legislative system according to their ideas of how the laws should be made. Practically all papers handed in proposed a change from the bi-cameral system to a one-house legislature. Many were for a reduction in the number of representatives and senators composing the present two houses. Another feature proposed lengthier of the term of office from three to six years. Many of the amendments offered proposed giving to the Governor the power to veto any portion of a bill without killing the whole of it. ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT BIGGEST IN THE WORLD Addition of Duffus Makes Faculty Average 200 Pounds Weight and Six Feet Tall Upon the arrival of Prof. William Duffus who is to succeed Prof. V, N. Valgreen, the department of economics at Princeton University, he calls the "bigest" in the United States. The foregoing statement will undoubtedly arouse a storm of protests from statisticians and some college professors. And by a Kansas reporter gives ample ground upon which to base such a claim. The only request made upon the reader is that he regard the facetious nature of the department, and the rest is easy. Prof. H. A. Millis, head of the department of economics, is six feet three inches tall and weighs well over 200 pounds; Prof. G. E. Putnam is over six feet tall and weighs about 150 pounds; Prof. A. J. Boynton, assistant professor, weighs about 190 pounds; Prof. A. J. each short six feet; Prof. William Duffus, the new assistant professor, is six feet four tall and weighs 200 pounds or better. Therefore the department will average more than six feet height and will tip the beam at more than 200 pounds. LIQUID AIR MACHINE DOES WORK AT NIGHT The machine for making liquid air is idle in the day time, but at night its master starts it on its duty to the University. Lawrence Benn, a senior in the College is its master, and several times a week the motor hums and air actually "pours out" of the cylinders. There are on the shipping list of liquid air two men in Chicago one Professor Patty of Chicago University, two investigators in experiments, and another, Fred Andrews, who 'demonstrates with liquid air in some kind of vaudeville performances. Each orders from four twenty pounds of the product a week. Prof. H. P. Cady here also uses the air in demonstrations at various high schools of the state. Nearly every school makes a trip to several schools. There is little expense attached to the making of liquid air, which is sold by the pound and commands the price of a dollar a pound. The greatest variation from place to place. It vaporizes slowly, and must not be corked in the vacuum glass bottle in which it is shipped. Ben says he has to put it on board the train here and that the company must get it off the train where it is stored. Express companies will not resume the responsibility of breakage. The swimming pool will soon be filled and ready for use again. The filters through which all the water passes can be changed at any time but are now again in order. FILL GYM POOL AS SOON AS FILTERING ARRIVES The department of architectural engineering has installed several new bookcases designed for the library of architectural works. These cases were designed in the department last spring and were built durably in summer. Previously, we made in designing the cases for a collection of foreign photographs which the department secured last summer. Dean F. W. Blackmar, of the Graduate School, went to Topeka this morning on a short business trip. He is expected home this evening. The filter sand and gravel was taken out a short time ago and new filtering material ordered. The sand is now in and the gravel is expected to be filled. As soon as the filters can be put in working order the pool will be filled. Installs Bookcases Y. W. WOMEN ARE LINING UP FOR MOTT CAMPAIGN Will Soon Put Out Program for the Week—Miss Gittins Enthusiastic Over Plans According to Miss Anne Gittins secretary of the Y. W. C. A., the programs for the Mott campaign will be out soon, giving a list of the meetup locations, where various speakers who are to appear upon the program. Many calls have been received from different colleges over Kansas, wanting to know the location of the meetings, so a attendance from out of town is expected. The big women' meeting with Mr. Mott, will be on Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This is a rare opportunity, for, as Miss Gitting said, "Mr. Mott is conceded by everyone to be one of the greatest thinkers, and workers among college students in the world. "And, you know," she continued, "he knows Oriental students as well as he does us." The committee in charge of the plans is meeting once a week. "I feel very much encouraged," said Misty Cittis, "about the interest of our children." YES. COFFEE FOR MEN ONLY Women's Association to Serve Drinks to Students and Faculty The University Woman's Association will give a "coffee" for the men of the University Wednesday after harvest to 5:30 p.m. at Haworth Hall. All faculty men and students are cordially invited. The women of the University Association who will receive are Mrs. Strong Strong, Mrs. H. A. Rice, Mrs. E. W. Murray, and Mrs. J. N. Van der Niles. The men of the School of Engineering have been extended a special honor. The faculty may be given by the women of the faculty tomorrow afternoon in Haworth Hall. KANSAS SHOULD HAVE CLAY PRODUCTS FACTORY That Kansas has the material to manufacture the finest ornamental clay products in the United States, is a product of the vactor, assistant in the clay laboratory. "By establishing factories for the manufacture of clay products," says Teetor, "the state could easily develop another payable industry, which would be very important. The location of these plants, according to the state survey, should be in Barton county for it is there that the finest deposits of clay have been located. Samples from this field, tested here, show a very high degree of ornamental for the manufacture of all forms of ornamental clay products." COST CONGRESS MEETS AT UNIVERSITY CLUB The Missouri Valley Cost Congress met at the University Club last night, with six members in attendance, two winters and two years, Typhaeetia, Horace Wheelhorst, W.C. Simons, of the Daily JournalWorld, Clarence Hall, of the Daily Gazette, and Professors Blerie Therp, Brown, of the department of journalism. Business efficiency in the publishing industry, and cost finding was discussed. The Congress will be in Lawrence next May 6, 7, and 8. Prof. C. C. Young, State Water Analyst, will read a paper before the student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on "Water Purification" and Treatment for Use in Bollers." The meeting will be at the home of Dean P. F., Walker, 1301 Ohio street tomorrow night. This will be in a meeting of the Society this semester. The Congress represents five states in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas or Alabama. 3. C. YOUNG WILL GIVE TALK BEFORE MECHANICS Addressed Electricals The principal speaker at the meeting of the Electrical Engineering Society last night was Mr. J. C. Barnes, who is connected with the Westinghouse Barnes spoke on "The Application of Electric Power to Oil Well Pumps." Chancellor to Topeka Chancellor Frank强 went to Topeka this morning to confer with the Board of Administration. Kansan Board election Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. SEVENTY-TWO PICTURES TO MAKE UP K.U. EXHIBIT Forty-two Foreign and Thirty-two Local Painting Showing Will be Shown After February 5 Forty-two out-of-town pictures and thirty of local talent will make up the art exhibit which will be shown in the new building at restoration Building, after February 1. Among the works will be one by Adam E. Albright, one of the western painters. He will exhibit a piece called *Mountain Tops*, a child feature, William M. Chase will be represented by a fishing scene, "Striped Bass"; living Confie, will show a scent from life, entitled "The Successful Hunter." Two interesting studies will be furnished by men new to Lawrence lovers of art, Walter MacEwan and Richard E. Miller. A number of the pictures in the book are used at $2500 while a great many are used at $100. The tickets for the exhibit are free as in the past. These tickets may be got at the Registrar's office after February 4. The tickets will be compound and will allow two admittance only. Students who wish to make a study of the exhibit may get a pass from Prof. W. A. Griffith. MANY ASPIRE TO BE ACTORS Committee Finds it Difficult to Choose Members of Play Eight people tried out for the senior play yesterday, reading from the actual play manuscript and portraying to the best of their ability the different characters in the story. Three men are after the lead, and five women inspire to take the part of the heroine. In the tryouts that are now being conducted, the players who are to act opposite one another go through a series of an insight into the real ability of the would-be actors is gained thereby. This system of individual personal tryouts is proving a success. Professors Arthur MacMurray and Howard T. Hill; John V. Challiss president of the Club, and Don Burnett, manager of the play, compose the Tryout Committee. They hope to announce the cast soon. DON'T CRAM. TWILL HURT YOUR HEALTH, NAISMITH "The student who works up to the last moment before a final quiz is liable to put himself in poor physical condition and fail the quiz," said Dr. James Naismith, head of the physical education department, at morning prayers this morning. His subject was "Worrying." "The American student can cause a worrying situation. We take everything intensely work intensely, and eat and play intensely. We don't know how to take our recreation properly. “Students worry and neglect their bodies through the session and at the end worry because of the neglect. Worry is injurious to the body. It affects heart trouble and heart trouble and breaks down the health generally. There are three methods of preventing worry: first, remove the cause; second, forget the reward; third, have a hobby to take mind from your work occasionally. JAYHAWKER EDITOR WANTS MORE SPORT PICTURES Students having baseball or track pictures taken last season will confer a favor upon the 1915 Jayhawken management by submitting them for publication in this year's Annual. There is a scarcity of sport pictures for some reason or other, and the keyboard editor is out scouting for more. An agreement was recently made with Coach Brewer of Missouri by which the local Annual management will trade a number of football snaphots for some picture pictures taken from a nearby neet there. These will help some, but they won't be enough, according to Editor Leon Harsh. University Women on Program Miss Esther Clark of the extension division will read her poem "The Call of Kane" and Mrs Frank Strong will write her poem "Tomorrow" on the Women's Kansas Day program in Topeka January 29. Botanists Get Weighing Bottles University Women on Program Counts Get Weighing Bottles The department of botany, in Snow Hill, received a shipment of weigh- ing beads from the University of in Rochester, N. Y., Monday. These bottles are for weighing and testing the different kinds of soil. McKeever Talks at K. C. HeKever Talks at K. C. Professor of History the fourth address of his series of twelve speeches on "Child Welfare", yesterday afternoon at Kansas City. He took for 'his theme' "Industrial Society". He spoke of bokee before the Social School service. KANSAS MAIDENS FLIRT WITH HAIRPINS Campus Tre Are Decorated "Oh. E. there's one —— There I, that up one for the next basketball game," and the poor, overburdened nail received its 7-season hainn. Each rusty hair pin that hangs in its place on one of the trees or posts on the campus tells its own story. It was placed there to catch a "date," perhaps for a basketball game, per session, dance or even for the Junior Prom. Do the dates always come? Certainly they do. Some of the pins are good for three or four, while others do service through the entire year. Service through the year is that more than seventy-five pins are now in active service while the trees on Adams street bear too much of this queer fruit for counting. MME. ROSA OLITZKA TAKES PLACE AMONG FAVORITES Her Program in Fraser Last Night Charmed the Small But Appreciative Audience Madame Rosa Oltizka entertained the music lovers of Lawrence last night even better than they had expected. Her songs were well-suited to every different taste, and she was generous with her encores. She had a wonderfully clear enunciation, and sang with so much expression that I could be glued to her. The German or French language, he could tell the contents of the song. Perhaps the most generally liked of her four groups was the one containing "The Cry of Rachel," "Baby," "Dove," and "Love-Song," and "Jeune Fillet." Miss Kathleen Hart, soprano, was an attractive addition to Madame's heavy program. Miss Hart's songs were light and rather vivacious. She sang them with a great deal of exuberance and self-assume" and "Les Filles de Cadiz". The audience, though small, was enthusiastic. WILL DANCE MINUET OF '76 Milady and Gentleman Will Appeal in Costumes at Party The minute, danced in Colonial costume, will be one of the big features of the All-University Colonial party which Mrs. Eustace Brown, advisor of women, is planning for Saturday evening, February 27. There will be forty-eight people in this dance, divided into six groups. Half of them are to be fraternity men and women and half non-fraternity. Since there are twice as many fraternities as non-fraternities each fraternity will have one representative, and each sorority will have two representatives. The costume will be that of 1776, that is, the women will wear tight pointed bodices with full pannier skirts, and the men will wear knee wear. The women who are dressed women are ransacking attics for great-grandmother's brocaded rows The Fine Arts School will take charge of all the decorating of the Gymnastics AEREWITH ALL OF OUR SPORT NEWS FOR TODAY The Kansan sport writer, that is one of them, dropped into Manager W. O. Hamilton's office this morning to pay his usual daily call. "What's the news this morning?" he asked C. A. Randolph, secretary to Manager Hamilton. "Nothing that I heard on him." Between lences on his tinewriter. "But where is Coach Hamilton," persisted the reporter determined to get some real athletic news for the readers of the Kansan. "I don't know, he was in Kansas "I ever yesterday?" answered the secretary The reporter decided that a real crisis in the industry was necessary to get and news. He went to the phone. "Manager Hamilton's residence, central," he said giving the girl the secret number by which the manager of athletics is able to keep a residence phone and yet get some sleep fall when the football season is on. "Manager Hamilton is in Topeka today and won't be back until the 2 o'clock train," a voice said. "But he培了, city yesterday." it added, hopefully. No Prayers in Quiz Week All of which is to explain the absurd sport news in tonight's Kansan. No morning prayer services will be held during quiz week, and the exercises will be omitted on enrollment day, since the work at the Gym begins at 8 o'clock. The speaker from Tuesday to Friday of enrollment week will be Rev. G. W. Cassidy, of the First Baptist church, of Wichita. UNIVERSITY MEN WILL WORK IN SHORT COURSES Chancellor Strong and Professors Boynton and Flint Will Give Addresses Prof. A. J. Boynton, instructor in political science and economics will talk on "Competition and Retail Trade" at 1:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. His speech will be of interest to all merchants present. The annual Merchants' Short Course will start next Monday' morning with a jump. Three University men will take part in the course and it is more than likely that other members of the faculty will join in parts of the discussions during the four days of the convention. At 1:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Chancellor Frank Strong will address the merchants. "The Mod- War was, has been announced as his subject. Prof. L. N. Flint, head of the department of journalism will take part in round table discussions on "General Stores." The discussions will be held daily at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Other University men might make short speeches but they are not on the program. K.U. TO BE READY FOR MOTT International Secretary Says Prepa rations are Best Ever A flashlight picture of the entire contour was taken for the Jay-bawkens. "Never before in the student world has such preparation been made for a series of religious meetings as you are making for the Mott campaign," said H. L. Heinzmann, a graduate of K. U. and international secretary of the movement, and the managing officer of the campaign committee in Myers Hall last night. "It is only by doing as you are doing that this great undertaking can be a success. John R. Mott has been obliged to turn down great universities who have given their approval, he has known that they were not paving the wav for his work." Hoyt S. Nelson made a short talk on the campaign conducted at Manhattan last week under the leader's prominent Y. M. C. A. secretaries. A. M. Herron sang "There's a Rose that is Blooming." HOW NICKNAME CAME TO "UNCLE JIMMY" Arch Query Started It Every student on the Hill knows that the Patron Saint of K. U. football is a man named "Uncle Jimmy" Green, who is Dean of the School of Law and serving that fate. That man's knot is good fellow, and friend of all his "boys" Yet not one student in a hundred can tell how the name "Uncle Jimmy" originated, or who was the first man to call the venerable Dean by the nickname that has since become a University tradition. Eighteen years ago, in the fall of 1896, at the time when the School of Law was located in Fraser Hall, Dean J. W. Green acquired his cognomen. Because of his universal popularity he became a prominentinate regard for him, a law student, Arch Query, conceived the idea of the familiar title. Whispered about among the laws during the early days of the first semester, "Uncle Jimmy" spread to the whole student body during the football season. As the name passed from tongue to tongue it grew into the nickname of the day's day in '96, Mr. Query, the originator of the nickname first called the Dean "Uncle Jimmy" to his face. "Ucle Jimmy," he said, "would you mind giving me tomorrow," as she smiled. And so the name grew. SHEA STILL WORKING FOR COASTING PLACE The University will have a coasting place next year if the Board of Administration can get the money for it, according to Supt. John M. Shea, who has taken up the matter with the Board. The place which Superintendent Shea proposes would be built south of the Gymnasium, extending southward 100 feet until the Board can get the money. To Lecture on3 British Geology To Lecture on 'British Geology Prof. W, H. Twenhofel will give an illustrated lecture on "Geology in Pentland Park" on the last Friday of the Geology Club Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Room 203 Marvin Hall.