STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
T O P E K A K A N
VOLUME XI.
NUMBER 64.
URGES COUNTY CLUBS TO BOOST MILL TAX
"Every Holiday Program Should Announce a Talk on it." Says Gear
ANNOUNCES A BIG MEETING
Asks All Organizations to Meet Tomorrow and Bring List of Officers and Holiday Program
"Boost the Mill Tax," says Russell Golombard, an alumnated organization of county courts.
Tomorrow at 4:30 there will be a meeting of the officers and members of the county clubs, and all others interested, in Room 110 Fraser. Each club is requested by Gear to send in a list of the names of their officers and their program for the holidays. If any student does not live in a county where there is a school this meeting and offer any suggestions for advertising the University that may be of value.
"While the question of the Mill Tax will not receive any consideration by the legislature until next year," said Gear this afternoon, "it is a question of vital, importance to the University and there is not much danger of it receiving too much discussion that we are confident in what the students from their county say than statements that are put out by those who appear to have a hand in the pocket, so now is the time to begin pushing the mill tax. Every holiday program should announce a talk on milk tax. If the students cannot have a talk on milk tax, the majority of their county they can at least visit their high school and say a good word for the University."
Following is a list of those countries which have been reported as orphaned.
In many places basketball teams made up of K. U. students will attempt to humble the high school athletes on their home grounds.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15, 1913
Wilson, Linn, Washington, Anderson, Franklin, Johnson, Shawnee, Mitchell, Leavenworth, Harvey, Summer and Greenwood. All counties west of the 100th meridian are grassland except those which have enough students in the University to justify an individual organization.
Greenwood Students
Announce Officers
The students from Greenwood county organized Friday evening and announce the following officers for the coming vacation:
THANKSGIVING DOESN'T
HURT ENROLLMENT MUCH
To Plan Anderson Banquet
President, Hank Maley; vice-president, Nola Long; secretary, Corrine Simy; treasurer, Blaine Garrison; minister, Patricia Fountain; the jonister were not made public.
Only two students have withdrawn from the University this year after the Thanksgiving vacation. Miss Larson special in the College and Bernard D. Palmer, a freshman in the College living in Lawrence, have withdrawn
To Plan Anderson balquel
Anderson county club will hold its final meeting before the banquet tonight at 7 in Myers hall. Arrangements for the banquet are practically completed. All members should be present.
Final Glee Club Meeting
There will be a meeting of the Men's Glee Club in Room 313, Fraser Hall Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. This will be the last meeting before the trip, and it is desired that all men be present.
"Another County Heard From"
Washington county has organized with William M. Morrow, president,
and Dena Seller, secretary.
To Address Chemical Engineers Prof. C. C. Young will speak before Engineering Society Wednesday evening on "On the Water Survey in Kansas."
The Weather
Weather Forecast: Unsettled tonight and tomorrow. Possible rain or snow. Slight rise in temperature.
Temperature readings:
7 p. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
9 a. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28½
2 p. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45½
WILL TELL HOW TO USE ELECTRICITY IN HOME
At an electrical convention to be given in Kansas City, Kan., this week, Prof. G. Clark. Shaad will make one of the principle talks next Friday evening. His subject will be "Electricity in the Home."
Four of the electricals will go with Professor Shadar to Kansas City to gather material for these papers on the Municipal Light Plant.
MRS. WILCOX TO READ AT Y. W. CHRISTMAS
Will Appear at Informal Fireside
Yuletide Services; Women to
Bring Presents for Poor
Mrs. A. M. Wilcox will read at the informal fireside Christmas service of the Young Woman's Christian Assoc. on Friday afternoon at 4:30 in Mvers Hall.
The women will sit around the fireplace eating peanuts and marshmallows while the Christmas carols will play. Florence Cook will play the violin.
All who attend are invited to bring some little ten cent present to be used in the Christmas tree Saturday afternoon at the Social Service Hall. All year some of the University Year 1 women, under the direction of Marcia Lloyd, begin conducting kindergarten cooking and sewing classes for the poor children of North Lawrence, and the presents will be given to these children.
BOARD APPROVES WORK
FOR SANTA FE ENGINEERS
The Board of Administration has approved the plans for correspondence work for Santa Fe engineers and the courses will begin at once through the University Extension Division. Dean P. F. Walker has arranged a meeting designed for the multimedia teachers and a University professor will go every Saturday to Topeka to quiz the correspondence students.
Santa Fe engineers at Marceline Mo., and Chilicote, Ill., want to take the extension course and the Santa Fe has asked the Board of Administration what can be done for these engineers. He also wants correspond with Illinois and Missouri universities in regard to the matter.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
AT ALLEMANIA LUNCHOE
The engagement of Miss Anna Manley, class of '12 to Mr. Clare Poland, a student in the School of Engineering was announced at a luncheon given in honor of Miss Manley at the Hood home on University Heights, yesterday afternoon.
Prof. and Mrs. G, J. Hood entertained the Allemia in honor of the occupation.
LOCAL NATIONAL GUARDS
KEEP PROPERTY NEAT
"The K. N. G. property at the University is in the best order of any I've seen in the state," said Adjutant General C. I. Martin yesterday. This compliment is due to the work of Capt. Jones and Edward Todd, quarter-master sergeant. In compliance with the order issued by the war department Mr. Martin is inspecting all the K. N. G. equipment in Kansas
The second debating tryout will be held in Green Hall at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. Those chosen in the first tryout and the old K. U. debaters will vie for oratorical supremacy. The same judges will preside as at the former meeting. Any students wishing to take part who have classes at 3:30 may report in Green Hall at 4:30.
DEBATERS WILL LINGER
OR TO ORATE ON WEDNESDAY
Leonard Hurst, a junior law and member of last year's track team, was painfully injured in the junior-freshman football game Saturday afternoon. The ligaments and tendons around his ankle were severely wrenched, but the injury is not serious. Hurst will be in classes again after the holidays.
LAW STUDENT INJURED
IN SATURDAYS GAME
Kansas Board Elects Greenlees Jack Greenlees was elected to membership on the Daily Kansan board at a meeting last Friday.
K. U. Author Visits
Miss Effe K. Graham who is famous in Kansas for her little white Passin'-On Party," visited the campus Saturday. Miss Graham was a former student of the University .
A K U Author Visits
WILL TALK OF PLAN TO BOND PANTITORIUMS
Men's Council May Take Action To Protect
Students
Following the recommendation of the Merchants' Association that Student Council take the initiative in demanding indemnity or personal bond to be given as security by pantatorium proprietors, the council will discuss the proposal in their next meeting Tuesday night.
The stand that the council will take on the matter of course is not known, but the sentiment of the members of the council seen this morning was strongly in favor of some definite action that would absolutely kill the practice of beating the students each year.
TELL WHY THEY'RE NOT Y. M. C. A. MEN
Four Students Show Meeting What's Wrong With the Christian Association
Association
More than two hundred men attended the Y. M. C. A. meeting in Myers Hall yesterday to hear four students tell why they are not active workers in the association. Lefty Sproul, Larry Kinnare, Ray Edwards and C. O. Buckles were the speakers.
All four men said that the members of the association were not active enough, that they did not bring the meaning of membership in the Y. M. C. A. forcibly enough to the men on the hill, and that the Sproull suggested that a place where the men could spend their spare time would be very helpful in making the Y. M. more popular. C. O. Buckles spoke at length on the example of the men in the association being blame for much of the feeling against it. All four men said that they were in favor of the work the men was doing among men on the hill.
Another meeting will be held some time after the holidays when four men will tell why they are active workers in the Y. M. C. A.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO GET ESSAY PRIZES
In order to promote good citizenship, advance a wider respect for law, order and constitution, and to encourage a more extensive and thorough study of all questions relating to the public matters in institutions, municipal government and party politics, Mr. N. W. Harris, president of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, has established annual prizes amounting to $500 and called the Norman Wait Harris Prizes, to be given the authors of the best essays department of political science.
For the year 1913-1914, the competition will be confined to undergraduates of all the universities and colleges in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. First prize is $250, second prize $150, and third prize $100.
Western Kansas has more water than it will ever use, according to Prof. Erasmus Haworth of the University of Kansas in his address Monday before the second annual Kansas Irrigation congress at Goodland, Kansas.
Full information with reference to the subjects to be selected and the rules requiring them will be given by Prof. Reeves of the political department.
KANSAS IS VERY WET,
SAYS PROF. HAWORTH
"The Almighty has been too good to us," Professor Haworth said. "If it had not been for the good years that bring us up occasionally we would have irrigated western Kansas years ago and been independent of seasons and had plenty of money always.
"Water is here in an exhaustless stream and when you use it Kansas will be the greatest irrigation state in the Union. I have always believed that because Colorado farmers get most of the water out of the Arkansas river. What if they do? A third of Colorado slopes down to Kansas. You can get their rainfall by putting down wells and the underflow from Colorado."
Send the Daily Kansan home.
KANSAS WILL HAVE A DEAN OF WOMEN?
Board Asks Chancellor to Investigate Advisability of Creating Post
The Board of Administration has not created the office of a Deon of Women according to Chancellor Strong;
The Board recommended that the daties of the office and its workings in other schools be thoroughly investigated and there is no doubt that the results will improve university Council reported favorably and asked for such an office.
Chancellor Strong said that Miss Bigelow, dean of women at the University of Colorado, would probably be considered if the office were created but she has not been offered such a position.
Kansas has never had a dean of women. 'The work which falls to that office having been preformed by advisory boards and student councils.
SLIGHTED SENIORS MAY CALL BELL 248
Manager Clark Will Smooth Thei Feathers and Take Their Annual Subscription
"Someone has told me that a few seniors are feeling hurt because they haven't been approached to sign up for the 1914 Jayhawker," said Russell Clark, editor of the annual, this morning.
"If that is so, I would like to dispel right now any idea that any seniors purposely haven't been appalled by what we've seen hasn't been seen yet, it is because the committee simply hasn't been seen yet, it is because the committee simply hasn't been able to get around to them. You may take it from me, we're not going to keep out of this annual who really wants in."
"If anyone who hasn't been seen is ready to sign up. I will see him personally if he will call up Bell phone 248 or drop around to Room 6 in the basement of Green Hall from 3 to 4:30 any afternoon this week."
BOARD GRANTS DEGREES;
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
The Board of Administration spent three days last week visiting the University and attending to a few routine matters. Six degrees were granted and a number of appointments and stenographers made. Charles W. Clarke and Walter C. Eisenmeyer were granted degrees Bachelor of Arts in Stucco, Woodman, Teachers' Diplomas; Mrs. Cora E. Patton, Graduate in Pharmacy; Charles Edward Johnson, Bachelor of Science.
The following appointments were made: D. C. Moffit, stenographer in food laboratory; Miss Bottomly, stenographer transferred to water analysis laboratory; R. A. Porter, assistant in civil engineering; Paul Buchan, technician of bacteriology; Mary Bossi, laboratory assistant in home economics; Gladys Beck and J.A. Reuber, laboratory assistants of physiology; George Humer, James A. Early and A. R. Johnson, laboratory assistants of bacteriology; Robert Campbell, assistants in laboratory of bacteriology and pathology at Rosedale; E. L. Treece, laboratory assistant of chemistry.
One hundred dollars is the prize offered the right man for two or three hours work. The offer is posted on the bulletin board in Fraser Hall under the caption, "$100 Prize." In order to win this one hundred dollars all it is necessary to do is to write an essay of from three to five thousands words on the "International Chester Wittug" will be the reward provided that no one else has written a better essay. The prize is offered by Chester DeWitt Puglsley, Harvard, '09, and the time is limited until March 15, 1914
Here's $100 for 5000 Words
Professor Cady Recovering
Professor Cady Recovering Prof. H. P. Cady who was operated on last week for appendicitis is steadily improving. He will be able to meet his classes after the holidays.
The new student committee of the Y. M. C. A. entertained fourteen new students at the home of Prof. A. M. Wilcox Friday night and had a general good time. The evening was spent in playing games and later in the evening refreshments were served.
TO REPRESENT K. U. AT
SESSION OF WOMEN DEANS
Miss Marion B. White, assistant professor mathematics has been appointed to represent K. U. at the biennial conference of deans and advisors of women in the state universities which will be in session in November. Miss White will leave this evening in company with Dean Bigelow of Colorado and Miss Brooke, advisor of women at Oklahoma University.
NOTED SINGER TO
SING IN CHAPEL
Miss Jess Thomas, of Kansas City, to Appear Before K. U. Students Tomorrow
Miss Jess Thomas, the well known Kansas City soprano singer, will appear before the students in chapel tomorrow.
There will be no exercises Friday.
MINNEAPOLIS STUDENTS
FORM THEIR OWN CLUB
Students from Minneapolis, Kan,
have met together and organized the
"Minneapolis K. U. Club," with office-
ers as follows: Minnie Dinge,
president; Avis Richardson, secretary
Richardson; Richard, emplim,
manager of social activities.
Other members are Aleta Brown-lee, Neva Watson, Hatzen Richards, Erma Griest, Roy McMillen, Frank Haitbring, Wallace Hake, Arthur Templin, Roy Carlson, and Jesse Burbank.
Plans for a K. U. banquet, to be held Minneapolis during the holidays, were announced.
SENDS DEAN BLACKMAR TO
REPORT ON STATE PRISON
Governor Hodges has appointed Dean Blackmar to investigate the conditions at the state penitentiary and will base his future actions in regard to the prison to a large extent on the report made.
Dean Blackmar is considered an expert on prison matters and was one of the committee named by Governor Stubbs to make a report of the conditions at Lansing three years ago.
PROF. CROISSANT TO READ
PAPER BEFORE SCIENTISTS
Prof. D. C. Croissant, director of the University extension division, will read a paper at the forty-sixth annual meeting of the Academy of Science, to be held December 26 and 27 at Baldwin. The subject will be "Dissertation of Scientific Knowledge in the State of Kansas."
CHICAGO GRADS WANT
'PAT PAGE FOR COACH
Chicago, Dec. 13—A resolution urging the selection of Orville H. "Pat" Page, assistant coach at the University of Chicago, was adopted by the University of Kansas was adopted at a meeting of the local alumni association tonight.
Entertains Graduate Students Dean and Mrs. F. W. Blackmar held a formal reception for the Graduate School at their home, 1115 Ohio street last Friday night. Chancellor Strong, the Board of Administration, and 100 students of the Graduate School attended.
Entertaing Graduate Students
To Help Horton Engineer
To Help Horton Engineer Prof. C. A. Haskins will leave tomorrow for Horton, where he will confer with the city engineer over difficulties that they are having with their average disposal plant.
They Saw Gaby Glide
Several students who were in Kansas City over the week-end attended the performance of Gaby at the Lilis Pensive" at the Shubert.
Dr. Burdick Considers Offer
Dr. W. L. Burdick has not yet accepted or refused the editorship of the "Encyclopedia of Procedure." He was given thirty days to consider the offer.
Girls' Glee Club to Rehearse There will be a rehearsal of the Girls' Glee Club in Fraser Hall imitated chapter four. The girls will give several numbers in the Christmas program tomorrow evening.
Orders Prof. Hopkins' Report The University of Washington at Seattle has ordered 1000 copies of the book *English in Education*. By teaching of English in the second- school and colleges of this country.
Send the Dally Kansan home.
MENTIONS CHANCELLOR FOR WESTERN POSITION
Dispatch Says He Is Being Considered for University of Washington
NEWS TO THE CHANCELLOR
Says Yale Men in Seattle May Have Suggested Him; "It'll Take a Strong Pull to Get Me Away."
"It will take a mighty strong pull to get me away from Kansas."
That was all that Chancellor Frank Strong would say regarding the possibility of going to the University of Washington as president.
"I imagine that it was the Yale men in Seattle who began working for me; there are a lot of them there," said Strong, and he took down the last alumni catalogue of Yale and turned to the page which had a list of the alumni in Seattle. The list numbered about one hundred men, many of whom are personal friends of the Chancellor.
Dispatches from Seattle Saturday said that Chancellor Strong was being considered to fill the place of Dr. Thomas Kavanagh, who heads the University of Washington. Chancellor Strong said that no offers had been made to him.
The University of Washington is the largest institution in the Pacific Northwest. It has an enrollment of 12,000 students and would receive a salary of $10,000.
GUILD GUILESSLY
SETS PACE IN TIPS
The Hon. Curtis Guild set at least one record in Lawrence Friday. Before ascending the hill for his address, he attended events at a barber shop to buy a shave.
The operation finished, the famous diplomat and governor carelessly dropped the first coin he came to in the waiting palm of the tonsorial artist. It happened to be a half dollar, and the coin disappeared forever in the barber's hip pocket. Excitement? Well.
But Mr. Guild would purchase a shine also. Here, Sambo what are you paid for? A minute suffices to polish the already shining shoes of the great man, and another cold one is being worn trembling palm. Said porter says now that he is going to get married on the profits.
This precedent may seriously affect the masculine student body, as most of the men belong to the local society for the prevention of tipping.
PAN-HELLENIC WILL
EASE UP ON SOCIETY
The Pan-Hellenic Council at a meeting Friday decided that such undue publicity has been given to the social affairs of the fraternities in order to make them made upon those not acquainted with local conditions. Accordingly it was agreed upon to ease up on the newspaper reports of fraternity parties. Accounts of the parties, decorations, refreshments, and lists of guests at the annual party were made by the fraternities which make up the Pan-Hellenic council.
CARNEGIES HEAD MAN
WILL SPEAK HERE SOON
Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of learning, will visit the University of Kansas in January.
Colorado Dean Visits
Miss S. Antoinette Bigelow, dean of women at the University of Colorado, visited at the University today. She is a friend of Prof. W. H. Johnson and stopped off for a few days while on her way to Chico to do the deans' women of schools from all over the United States.
No Red Cross Seals Here
Red Cross Christmas seals, which are to be sold for one cent each, and folders which explain the benefit of fresh air as a presentative of tuberculosis, have not yet been sent to the University post office.
Much credit is due to President Dingman and the committee for the success of the annual Engineers' dance which was held in Robinson Gymnasium Friday evening. There were a hundred couples present to enjoy the eighteen dance program, and Haley's music was up to his usual standard. Punch was served during the evening between dances.