STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XI.
BIRDS FOLLOW SCALE OF MUSIC IN SINGING
Warblings Are Not Haphazard Phrases, Accerging to Chapel Speaker
WOOD-THRUSH FINEST SINGER
Illustrates Highest Musical Development,
Mr. Oldys Thinks—Sparrow
Whistles "Yankle Doodle" Strain
That birds know something of music and that their songs are not haphazard phrases, was demonstrated this morning in a chapel lecture on "Birds and Bird Music," by Olga Oldenburg U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Oldys surprised his audience by taking a notebook from his pocket and reciting several selections of bird songs from written music. The original song was given from music written down in his field work in this vicinity.
"In their songs, birds show a shadow of the musical appreciation so highly developed in man," said the composer. "It is told the story of a cheeewink that quietly listened to the song of one of his mates as critic, cleverly adding the completing phrase to his song. In their duets and answer-phrase sequences in their phrases. Many of the songs are composed of four simple phrases as is that of the wood pee-wee. The first and second phrases are the actual and the second ones are with similar castest hymns: the rhythm is complete."
By various whistles and calls Mr. Odlys illustrated the manner of calling birds to one by kissing the hand and gave various songs of the robin, Baltimore orole, Carolina wren, meadow lark inbringery, selection from the yellow wood thrush, screech owl, and a huchat.
"The wool thrush is the finest singer of all, and probably illustrates the highest musical development. His phrases are related commonly to animals often containing as high as four related phrases," said Mr. Oldys.
Numerals Will Be Presented at Stag Thursday Night
A clever little trick of a song sparrow was to embody a strain of ornate music in his song A Baltimore orole utilized an opera selection in his song and used a phrase from a touching little ballad from the Mihado, entitled "Taken to the Court" hall. He said a little ragtime fish to make it up to date.
FRESHMEN TO GET LETTERS
COUNCIL SHOULD GET PLANS
The program follows: Music, Verto Alley; Hot Ones Prof. H. A. Rice; Vocal Gymnastics, Bill Harris; Songs, Leo Fitzpatrick; Sphinx Prio; Fitzpatrick, Smith and McGee; ing of numerals, D. H. Harrison; Black-face sketch, Allen and Jacobi; and Smoke Fest, Five Shines.
K. U. DEBATERS EXPECT TO
TURN TRICK ON COLORADO
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31, 1914.
Songs, faculty-member talks and class numeral presentations will be features of the freshman stag to be given Thursday night.
The fact that K. U. has not won a debate from the University of Colorado since 1908 will lend particular interest to the contest here, Wednesday, April 8. The team is working hard and expects to show thewestern side in that argumentative form known among the plan as "turning the tables."
Engineers Are Ready
The final tryout of the immigration squad will be held at 1:30 Saturdy afternoon, at which time the team for the Missouri debate will be formed and now consist of five men and two are to be selected for the team.
The engineers report they were busy all yesterday afternoon making one thousand flat, smooth, nicely planed, lathe-turned, bevel-edge pad dies that will be ready for free distribution April 1.
The Oread Training School debat-
ing team will debate in Oread chapel
The subject is: Resolved:
That mail order houses should be
abolished.
Olin Collier, a junior in the College. went yesterday to his home in Winfield because of the illness of his mother.
START EFFORT FOR UNION BUILDING NOW
Procrastination Is The Worst Crime,Say Faculty Members
That is Advice of Prof. Goldwir
Goldsmith—Athletic Association Might Help.
"Get started toward a permanent Union this year."
That is the advice of several members of the faculty this morning when asked about the likelihood of obtaining a real building on the campus within the next two or three years.
"The Council ought to write to every University in the country which has a Union and get suggestions for floor plans," said Prof. Goldwin Goldsmith, head of the department of architectural design, "the students could obtain a wealth of excellent ideas in this way, and I why a startin' this direction should be postponed. The department will do anything possible at any time in an advisory capacity."
Manager Hamilton gave a hint of financial assistance from the athletic association. "It is entirely possible" he said, "that the Union and the association might find mutual interests in the erection of a building pursuant to be no plausible excuse for postponing the initial effort anyway."
At other Unions visiting athletic teams are housed at the Union and at some schools the University athletics together at the Union Commons.
"Begin at once," said Chancellor Strong. "The quicker the preliminary mates are brushed aside, the latter of the unemployed building will become a reality."
FAVORS STANDARDIZATION
Dean Templin Says Uniform Grade
Temple is Much Desired
"If grades can be standardized, it is to be much desired," said Dean Olin Templin this morning in discussion the question of standardized grades.
"Grades are intended to be taken as a measure of value; if instructors and professors follow different methods of grading is something unjust."
Dean Templin believes that it is current student opinion that there is much difference in the way grades are made by the instructors. He cited an instance which came to his personal attention several years ago. Two instructors in the same department graded as I's and II's in their Is, 34 per II; no III's, flunks, nor conditions. The other man gave 25 per I' s, 35 per II' s, 25 per III' s, and the rest rests' and conditions.
RAIN MAKES MUD ANKLE
DEEP ON McCOOK FIELD
The recent rains have thoroughly soaked the new athletic fields and mud is ankle deep on the baseball diamonds. The field was soft from abrasion and the moisture will put the ground in bad shape for practice.
The tennis courts also received a good soaking but the courts are well rolled and drained and Manager says the rain will do no damage.
"Plans to accommodate a large class at the Puget Sound Marine Station are being pushed by those in charge," said Prof. W. J. Baumgartner, of the department of zoology, today.
The trip may be made cheaply. Board costs $4.00 a week and tents for sleeping cost $1.00 a week for two. A motor boat is always at the rear of narrow row boats are always at the disposal of the students for pleasure or work.
According to the booklet sent out explaining the work at Friday Harbor, the student becomes so inter-connected that he touches the whole trip is a sort of an outing.
Prof. Baumgartner Says Arrangements Are Being Made at Puget Sound
PLAN FOR A LARGE CLASS
New chairs have been placed in Room 211, Fraser Hall.
Buy it in Lawrence.
The St. Paul Symphony Orchestra, Which Will Give Two Concerts in The Music Festival April 30
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS TO VISIT CHICAGO FACTORIES
Eleven Students With Profess or Whitaker to Explore "Windy City"
Eleven chemical engineers, with Prof. W. A. Whitaker, will leave April 11 for Chicago, Ill., where they will be attending one of the leading facilities of that city.
Those who will make the trip are,
E. J. Baldwin, IVan parkhurst A. R.
Powell, James Schwab, M. I. English,
Nickelshaw, W. N. Prof. W. A. Whitaker. Possibly
three or four graduate students will
also go.
Among the places that will be inspected by the class are: Cary Steel plant, South Chicago Steel plant, Carlyle Steel Plant, Portland Cement Co., American Smelting and Refining Co., Koppers By-Pods Coking Plant, Standard Oil Refinery, Grasselli Chemical Co., Corn Works, and Corn Products Refining Co.
TO TELL ABOUT BUTTE ROCKS
Professor Winchell, of Montana Will Address Students on
Geology
The department of geology has arranged for a lecture to be delivered at the University by Prof. A. N. Winchell, of the department of geology of the University of Wisconsin.
Professor Winnell's subject will be "Mining Geology of Butte, Montana." Although the date of the lecture has not been finally decided upon, it is probable that it will be delivered on April 14 or 16.
COUNCIL OPENS MEETING
Men's Governing Body Will Hold Public Session in Union
The Men's Student Council will meet on a session tonight at the Student Union.
"All meetings of the Council are open to the public," said Leslie Dodd, president. "You can be on special occasions that the Council may vote to close its doors."
Two freshmen, Alver Durbon and Burney Miller', upheld the affirmative of the question, that the caps should be worn, while E. G. Smith, and E. M. Johnson argued to do away with the custom. The members of the society gave a unanimous vote in favor of the affirmative.
The University Debating Society met to discuss the minimum wage question last night, but some of the debaters were not there so the freshman cap situation was gone over by those present.
UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
WOULD HAVE CAPS WORN
UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
The work of remodeling the Y. W rest room and making an office for the women's advisor is progressing very slowly. Two weeks ago it was thought that the work would be finished in six months, but carpenters placed the completion at thirty days from now, at the least.
WILL TAKE A MONTH TO FINISH Y. W. REST ROOMS
Economics Lecture Postponed
H. P. Wright, who was to give an economics lecture in Snow Hall this afternoon on "Investments" was unexpectedly called to New York this morning. His lecture has been definitely postponed.
Harry Smith, of Bucklin, Kans,
has pledged Beta Theta Pi.
ANNOUNCES WAKARUSA SURVEY COMMITTEES
Twenty-three Students of a Class in Rural Sociology Form Seven
Groups for Field Work
The committees of the class in rural sociology, which is making a survey of Wakarusa township, were announced this morning.
Social and economic organizations.
Minnie N. E. Dinge, chairman, Ralph
Yoeman, Frank Henderson, Ruth
Heusen Houston, John P. Coronalr.
Educational committee: C. C. Jansen, O. J. Fiske, M. H. McKean, Edward Van der Vries, Dorothy Spencer. Stella Tremaine.
Church and religious activities:
W. H. Warren, Margaret Smith
Helen M. Ranson, Newton A. Peck
Health and recreation: Mrs. Kathleen
Messy Mary Bossi, A. R. Keloglie
An Haines, F. W. Worlande
Clarence Smith
The questionaires which the class sent out to the school teachers all over Douglas county asking for information concerning social conditions have brought in numerous responses according to C. C. Jensen, chairman of the educational committee of the survey.
TO GIVE TEA FOR K.U. WOMEN
Faculty Ladies Will Close Their Seri-ies of Receptions Thursday Afternoon in Haworth Hall
The last of the monthly teas given for the University women by the ladies of the faculty will be held Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5:30 in Haworth Hall. All University women are invited.
TO ENTERTAIN FOR ADVISOR
Pan-Hellenic Women to Hold Infor
Mrs. Brown.
mal Tea Friday in Honor of
The Women's Pan-Hellenic will entertain with an informal tea Friday. from 3:30 to 5:30 at the Theta All girls are invited.
Easter will be observed at the University by a sacred concert in Fraser Hall Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Schikimion orchestra, the Skilton, University, Paluch Edna Davis, and Claire Drierwill appear on the program.
WILL OBSERVE EASTER WITH SACRED CONCERT
Prof. Eugenie Gallo will lecture on " landmarks of Paris" at the regular meeting of the French Circle in Room 366 Fraser, Wednesday after midnight. The public will be illustrated with lantern slides. The public is invited.
Professor Galloo to Lecture
Mr. Alfred M. Venn, athletic director of Haskell Institute, addressed the Oread high school chapel yesterday on Indian games and dances that showed how students in many states near to the aboriginal Americans
Students Are Like Indians
Greenlees Able to be Out
Charles Greenlees star basketball guard who has been seriously sick for three years is able to be out of bed this week.
Greenlees Able to be Out
To Lecture on Miracles
To Lecture on Miracles
Prof. A. Schwegler will lecture at Myers Hall this evening at 7:30.
The subject of his address will be "Miracles."
Send the Daily Kansan home.
W. S. G. A. WILL ELECT NEW OFFICERS APR.16
Fixes Farlier Date So New President May Attend National Convention
April 16 is the date fixed for the election of officers of the Women's Student Government Association for 1914-15, according to the announcement made by the president, Maude Lourey, today.
Acting on the theory that all the votes cast at last Thursday's election favored the proposed change of the regular election and that those who did not vote had no objections, but the new council nominated the change from May 1 to April 16. The change was made in order that the new council could be represented at the National Convention of Women's Student Government organizations to be held at Bloomington, Indiana. April 25 will be the date of the old and the new councils will be sent to the convention.
All petitions to place names of candidates on the ballot for the next election must be handed to the Council with accompanying fee before six o'clock, Wednesday, April 8. No petitions have been sent in but the names of three candidates of for the office of president, they are: Genevieve Herrick, Dorothy Hackbush, and Agnes Engle.
ANOTHER WOULD-BE SOLON
E. M. Johnson, Sophomore, Has An
nounced from College—Nine
Candidates Ar--Out
E. Marion Johnson, 4, sophomore
from College, is the latest candidate
out for F.
Those who have announced themselves already are: Victor Bottomly, middle law. for president; James Garrison, from the Law School; Sam Ferguson and Walter Rockwell, freshmen from the College; Alexander Creighton, Samuel Johnson, and Edward E. Bennett, sophomores from the College; Peter McNamara, College. Victor La Mer is the only medic announced.
ADDING MACHINE MAN TO
TALK ON SALES RECORDS
The Burroughs Adding Machine Company will send J. C. Walker, of their educational department, here during Merchant's Week to lecture on and demonstrate methods of keeping sales records, etc. Prof. D. C. Croissant today received a letter from Mr. Walker saying he would bring the sixth of May, and would bring material to illustrate his lecture.
Professor Croissant has also secured C. E. Vandel, H. G. Moore, and M. L. Orcar, all Kansas City men, to lead the business and financial phases of business.
FRESHMEN COMMITTEE
TO COLLECT DIME FEES
The finance committee of the freshman class has decided to collect a fee of ten cents from each member of the class to pay for the deficit on the recent dance, for the expense of the class numerals, and for freshman space in the 1914 Jayawk.
Will Address K. C. Bar
The committee expects to see the members of the class individually.
Dr. W. L. Burdick, of the School of Law, will speak before the Kansas City Bar Association Saturday evening on the subject, "Legal Education."
FRESHMEN VOTE TO WEAR CLASS CAPS
First Year Men Decide to Keep Tradition At Class Meeting
ONE MAN SPOKE AGAINST IT
Will Ask Men's Student Council For Permission--Vote Was
87 to 43
The freshmen will wear caps.
That was decided at the meeting
held in Snow Hall this morning at
11 o'clock.
The same resolution that was in effect last fall was adopted, that the class ask the Men's Student Council for permission to wear distinctive class caps. These caps will be the usual blue type with a different colored button for each school of the University.
The vote on the motion was decisive, 87 to 43 all present voting. But one man spoke against the measure, and four for it.
SOLOIST TO PLAY TONIGHT
Alice Eldridge Will Give Piano Recital in Fraser Hall at 8:30
Miss Eldridge was soloist at the last Worster Festival and has been praised by all the leading musical magazines.
Alice Eldridge, a former soloist in the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, will give a piano recital tonight in the school. This is the last rectal of the Winter Course given by the School of Fine Arts.
Included in her program will be selections from Chopin, Beethoven, and Schubert.
HERE'S THE SOPH FARCE CAST
Four Women and Four Men Will Stage Second-year Show
Helene Thomas, Ruth Lillis, Nellie Huston, Hazel Williams, Joseph Crisman, Jo Gaitskull, Melvin Evans, and Cecil DeRoin. The names and characters of the farce will be given later.
Miss Patti Hittt, director of the sophomore farce, and James B. McNaught, chairman of the farce com- managed the following cast this morning;
FORMER K. U. INSTRUCTOR
GOES TO VASSAR FACULTY
Miss Marjorie Barstow, an instructor last year in the English department of the University, now taking graduate work at Yale, has accepted a position on the faculty of Vassar College for next year.
Miss Barstow was graduated from Cornell in 1912, and has already completed all the requirements for the degree of Ph. D. at Yale.
These Will Wear Cans
Supported by the resolution of the junior class, passed at a recent mixer and by the School of Medicine, men in the Babb house met last night and informed their freshmen that since the first of April came on Wednesday, Tuesday, the day before, would be a good day to dust the diminutive head gear and the following morning as good a time as any to wear it.
More Union Gifts
A big six-foot Kansas banner and a half-dozen ash trays are the latest additions to the Student Union. The students are donated by Rowlands' book store.
The banner has been placed in the south west room.
Hawks To Meet
A meeting of the Hawk Dramatic Club has been called for Wednesday night at 7:15 in 110, Fraser.
Philosophy Club Tonight
The Philosophy club will meet at 7:30 tonight in Room 101, Adminis-
tration huddle with psychiatry. Psychology will be discussed.
Prof. Blackmar to Topeka
Prof. Blackmar to Topeka
Prof. F. W. Blackmar, dean of the Graduate School, went to Topeka today.
The Weather
Weather Forecast: Light showers tonight and tomorrow. Not much weather.
Temperature readings:
7 p. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
9 a. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
12 p. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62