STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XI.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12.1914.
Some Newspapermen of National Prominence Who Are Attending the Conference on Mt. Oread
George Hough Perry, of San Francisco, formerly advertising and sales manager for large retail stores in New York.
J. C. Morrison, of the Morris (Minn.) Tribune, who is an authority on news-costs and accounting.
Ralph Tennall, editor of the Kansas City Weekly Star, formerly on the Atchison Globe and Sabetha Herald.
Roy W. Howard, of New York, president of the United Press, prominent in world news gathering.
Hamilton Holt, of New York, editor of the Independent, who will discuss the editor as schoolmaster.
Marco Marrow, of Topeka, advertising manager for the Capper publications, who talks on advertising.
VILLARD WILL SPEAK IN CHAPEL TOMORROW
Grandson of W. L, Garrison to Speak on Modern Journalistic Weakness
EDITORS TO MIX TONIGHT
Will Smoke in F. A. A. Hall—On Hundred and Ten Now Enrolled With More Coming
Oswald Garrison Villard of the New York Evening Post will speak on "Some Weaknesses of Modern Journalism" in chapel tomorrow at 11 o'clock. Students and faculty are invited to hear Mr. Villard speak on "Kansas in History," tonight at 8 o'clock in F. A. A. Hall.
Oswald Garrison Villard of the New York Evening Post arrived today and will give an address in the chapel at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mr. Villard, who is president of "The Nation" as well as editor of the Post, will talk on "Some Weaknesses of Modern Journalism."
Tonight at 8 o'clock at the Fraternal Aid Hall, the editors will meet in a "mixer." A symposium of short speeches will be made by Mr. Villard, Mr. Waldo, lieutenant-governor Mayes, and other of the visiting editions to meet the meeting will be given the editors by the Pan-Hellenic league. Mr. Villard will speak on "Kansas in History."
This morning at chapel Washington Gladen of Columbus, Ohio gave an address on "Tainted News papers, Good and Bad." The chapel was crowded for the talk and it was listened to with the greatest attention. Mr. Gladden divided his between script and the editor's desk, and his view of the morals of the press was broad and kindly.
One hundred and ten editors had registered this morning. The short courses opened with a talk by Ralph Tennal of the Burlington Independent on "Systems in News Gathering." Mr. Tennal gave most of his attention to the Ed. Howe system of getting and writing the news. His system, Mr. Howe's paper pleased the audience and at the conclusion a number of questions were asked about the details of the Howe system.
At 9 o'clock Mr. Morrow of the Cappu纸 publications gave his second talk on advertising. This morning he dealt with "Thinking About Reading" and Morrow read a letter from a prominent publisher outlining the difficulties in getting the merchants to advertise. Mr. Morrow gave remedies for these and answered a number of questions in a specific troubles of the merchants.
The third lecture on Printing Costs was given by Mr. Sheasgreen at 10:00 o'clock. Mr. Sheasgreen's hour was cut somewhat short by the preceding lectures and by the numerous questions of the editors.
STUDENTS AND FACULTY
DISCUSS HONOR SENTIMENT
Committees Meet Together to Consider Faculty Methods That Foster Cheating
The honor sentiment committee of the faculty, made up of Professors F. H. Hodder, G. C. Shaad, and H. A. Millis, met with the student committee last night to discuss the report of the student committee in regard to certain faculty methods which foster cheating.
The general subject of cheating was taken up for discussion. The faculty committee will report to the university Senate at its next meeting.
"FORTUNE HUNTER" TO BE STAGED TOMORROW
Hawk Play Will be Given At Bowersock at eight O'clock
Tomorrow night is the time and the Bowersock the place. The Hawk Club at that time is going to see whether there was anything to the agitation for the revival of University dramas. The play is played and night since Friday in order to have the play in the best possible shape.
The special scenery which "The Fortune Hunter" requires has worried the management but now this is all ready. Easy Anderson said this morning that he would advise everybody to bring their rain coats because in the third act there is going to be a real rain.
Reservations began this morning and from the length of the line that was waiting when the store opened a great crowd is going to see the first royalty play ever staged by University students.
JAYHAWKERS TO GO TO
TEMET GIGTS TOMORROW
Coach McCarty and the Varsity baseball team will go tomorrow morning to the museum, where they will meet the Missouri baseball nine Thursday and Friday.
The Jayhawkers worked with the freshmen yesterday evening and with a light work-out this afternoon, they will be ready for the Tigers. Bishop probably will meet the freshmen later in order to play the first game and Smee probably will mix with Capps in the second fracas.
Carl O. Dunbar, of the graduate school, has been awarded a scholarship in geology at Yale. It is for one year, and Mr. Dunbar will act as an assistant in the museum at Yale during his term there next winter. In connection with this scholarship, Mr. Dunbar will spend the last part of the summer in working on a problem under Dr. Shuchert.
CARL DUNBAR GETS YALE
SCHOLARSHIP FOR YEAR
Registrar George O. Foster wi
go to Belle Plaine tonight to deliver
a commencement address to the
high school graduating class there.
KANSAS EDITORS MADE STATE----HENRY KING
St. Louis Editor at K. U.
Speaks Word for Pioneer
Journalism
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A memorial to the early editors of Kansas was offered last night by one of their number, Captain Henry King, editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, before the present editors of Kansas gathered at the sessions of Kansas newspaper week, at the University of Kansas, Captain King declared that the State's present government was due to the brilliant optimism, the abundant cheerfulness, and the unfailing courage of the early Kansas editor.
Captain King told of the old days, the bold days in Kansas history, when "the civil war had just ended and the war was yet plangent with its heroic echoes;" when "frontier trials and deprivations it习惯性遭遇," when "colonization and not break." And as he spoke of how the primitive journalism of Kansas induced her people "to go on hoping against all odds until the act of hoping itself produces the results desired and makes us instead more prepared every listener thrilled with that pioneer spirit which is as natural to a Kansaan as the prairie air he breathes.
"When I was young as you are young, I attained some proficiency in the use of the Kansas language," declared Captain King, "and I helped to scatter it abroad in the good work of assisting the dreams of the Sunflower State to come true. For Kansas as I first knew it, I had a number of dreams in the sense that its future depended not so much upon its certainties as upon its possibilities. That was a time of opportunity with an urgent appeal to the spirit of youth.
"We had no schools of journalism in those embryonic and arduous days. But we had newspapers in which all the philosophy of journalism was illusory. The first books on journalism and practical value was taught. The editors somehow drifted into uniformity of theories and practice. Their governing influence was loyalty to the state and activity in its service. All else was useless. We were called Stripes and the Glory of God. The Kansas papers of that era established a habit of independence which your papers of today are proud to claim as one of their characteristic virtues. And they provided many suggestions which have so-called new features of journalism."
Captain King pointed out the miracle of transformation by which Kansas in less than a single lifetime, from the small town of Springfield to beveloped into the splendid Kansas of today. He ascribed the change largely to the service of the state's newspaper, The Kansas Tribune, and the publicity" he said, "in which the tribulations as to serve a beneficial pur-
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NOYES DENIES A. P.
MONOPOLY OF NEWS
President of Press Association in Address Read at Replies to Irwin
That it is impossible for any press association to monopolize news, was the statement made here today by Frank B. Noyes, editor of the Washington Star and president of the Associated Press, in a paper read before the National Newspaper Conference.
Mr. Noyes, in his paper, discussed a recent article by Will Irwin, and pointed out the weaknesses in it.
"As I understand it, the questions
for discussion are in two parts," said
Jim.
"First, to what extent is a member of a press Association 'entitled to a monopoly of news in a community.
"The question answers itself.
"As a matter of fact no such monopoly exists, and as an equal matter of fast, no such monopoly could exist."
"The news of the world, like the news of a vicinity is open to all. It is utterly impossible to monopolize it.
"What the question is intended to read
'To what extent is a member of a press association entitled to a monopoly of news in a community of news gathered by the association of which it is a member', a different question is presented. I can only deal with this as an individual who took part in the formation of the Associated Press, the present organization.
"Our desire was to form a cooperative organization of representatives of newspapers that should be the agency by which we were news with each other, and jointly collect news for our common use.
"We conceive that we have an entire right morally and legally to do this, just as much right as a paper and a paper in Washington have a moral right to go to Davis to go to Vera Cruz and send dispatches for their joint use.
"It is for us to decide, in our view, whether we will enlarge our group by the admission of new members—as a matter of fact our group is very much larger than it was though it now has only about one third the daily newspapers of the country represented in its membership.
"We have provided a method by which members may be elected. A member is elected when it is of benefit to the association generally. "The success of the Associated Press is not due to any marked superiority in news gathering. It was due to a determination that their
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CHAPEL TOMORROW 11 O'CLOCK
Oswald Garrison Villard Editor New York Evening Post
Address—"Some Weaknesses of Modern Journalism"
TONIGHT 8 O'CLOCK-F. A. A. HALL Address—"Kansas in History"
TRY TO MAKE 13 CENTS
WORTH 20 CENTS IN FOOD
Calories
Home Economics Department Solving Problem of Values in Heat
How to get the same food value for 13 cents and 20 cents is one of the important problems being worked on in the country. The department of home economics.
The problem is worked out by the laboratory method. The class of twenty or more who are studying the Selection and Economic Uses of Foods is divided into two sections. Each section prepares three meals to cost respectively 10 cents, 15 cents, and 18 cents per person which they are expected to get the same food value, measured in heat calories.
The 13 cent meal consists of roast beef, browned potatoes, pickled beets, salad and pie for dessert. The cheese salad and meat salad include cream and an ice cream dessert.
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
ON LAWRENCE SURVEY
Enthusiastic reports were made on the progress of the Lawrence social survey at a meeting of the general committee which was held at the city Y. M. C. A. building last night.
One hundred fifty students are working in the various departments of the work and it is hoped that the work will be completed within two weeks. Prof. E.W. Burgess addressed the meeting.
Head of K. U. Journalism
Prof. Merle Thorpe, head of the department of journalism at the University of Kansas, who brought about the National Newspaper Con- trol and series of short courses or Kansas editors on Mt. Oread this week.
Dean Sayre to Hutchinson
Dean Sayre to Hutchinson Dean L. E. Sayre, of the School of Pharmacy and Miss Mary Rose, secretary to the dean, left today for the annual meeting where she will present the annual meeting of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association, which is held there today, tomorrow, and Thursday.
Student Has Typhoid
Guy Bush, a sophomore in the College has been slick with typhoid fever five times. He is reported some better today. He has withdrawn from the University, but will reenter next fall.
DR. GLADDEN PAYS PRESS HIGH TRIBUTE
Tells Kansas Editors That Journrlism is a Sacred
Calling
SIMILAR TO RELIGIOUS WORK
Speaker Says That Vocations of Minister and Journalist are Much Alike—Press Has Duty
That the newspaper profession is as sacred a calling as the ministry, was the point emphasized today by Dr. Washington Gladden, clergyman and former editor, in a stirring tribute to the American press delivered before the newspaper men gathered here; the editors' short courses National newspaper Conference conducted by the University of Kansas.
Dr. Gladden reviewed his years of service from apprentice to editor in the newspaper and magazine field, earning a degree in Journalism in the highest terms.
"I want to bear this testimony," Dr. Gladden declared, "that in my frequent changes from newspaper work to the ministry, I have never had any sense of essentially changing my vocation. The minister of the church is the servant of the com-munity. When I resigned the pastorate of the First Church in North Adams in March, 1871, and accepted an editorial position on the staff of the Independent, I did not feel that I had forsaken a sacred calling for a secular one; the new work was just as truly the work of the ministry as the old had been. I preached nearly every Sunday somewhere; but my Sunday was more than the week day work it then desk. And this was not because I was always writing on technically religious themes, for I was writing about a good many subjects.
"To generate and diffuse a sound sweet, vigorous, generous wholesome public opinion is the way to promote and advance the reign of the Republic of God in the earth. It is the best and biggest business in which any human being can engage. It is the business of the editor and the minister—yours as much as mine, mine no less than yours."
Mr. Gladden outlined four great tasks for American journalism, in the performance of which it may be surprising an invigorating public opinion:
First, to teach the people to avoid exaggeration and violent speech, and to cultivate moderate and rational modes of expression;
Second, to resist the tendencies which dimentalize democracy and which substitute the mob mind for the deliberative habit:
Third, to hold the popular judgment firmly to the truth that character and manhood, and not money or wealth, are the central values of human existence:
Fourth, to turn the thoughts of men more and more from the negative virtue of detecting and exposing the evil, to the positive virtue of accepting it. "Shall we not confess that the popular thought-and speech is mar-
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