STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XI.
CHANCELLOR THINKS HONOR SYSTEM GOOD
NUMBER 58
Its Success Depends on Co operation of Students and Faculty, He Declares
STUDENTS WILL NOT TATTLE
Dr. Strong Says Code Where One Student Must Report Cheating of Others Will Not Work
"I think the honor system would be a good thing to try," said Chancellor Frank Strong this afternoon, "but in order for it to succeed there must be a commitment between the faculty and the students.
"I have not studied the different honor systems enough to give a judgment as to the best one. Some young men were in my office the other day discussing the requirements required to tell upon each other. I do not believe that system would be a success."
"In the system where students sign a statement swearing upon their honor that they have given or received no help, there would, of course, be a few who would, their statement, that the others would not; it and would make it good for them. I think it would be a good thing to try."
The regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Sunday will be thrown open to the discussion of the honor system. The Rev. Mr. N. S. Elderkin will open the meeting at 4:30 with a short talk explaining conditions. The meeting will be thrown open for a free discussion and will continue until all present have a chance to present their opinions pro and con.
The Men's Student Council and the men of the faculty will attend.
MUDDY FIELD FOR LAWS' SCRIMMAGE
Managing Committee Nevertheless Confident of Victory in 1913 Battle Scheduled Tonight
From present indications, it looks as though the cabbies will be plucking that celebrated fruit of the vineyard tonight when the laws and their ladies meet for their annual scrimmage of the year. The novelist's description "but Jupiter Pluvius seems to have interfered in behalf of the hackdrivers."
stay Hall and his five-piece orchestra will be there and begin the program of "eighteen and two" before the evening's festivity is over.
Everybody will be there. Practically all the necessary sixty tickets had been sold at chapel time this morning. The law faculty, the Chancellor and other noted men will there as guests of mule Jack. All the football team will occupy places of honor on the floor during the evening.
Some of the latter have asked permission to wear their gridiron toggery instead of dress suits but after due deliberation the committee in charge decided to deny their requests, so everyone must come and see the mighty Weldinle, the ponderous Mulloy, and the husky James go into scrimmage in a spade-tail suit and stiff bosom.
ANOTHER PRINCIPAL IS IN FAVOR OF K. U. MEETS
(Bv Ruth Scott)
Oakley, Dec. 3—The principal of the Oakley high school, Prof. Fred H. Bailey, is in favor of track meets promoted by colleges. He considers a central track meet impractical; he gives his opinion in these words. "We believe that the University track meet should not be abolished, that in the annual track meets, promoted by the colleges, the high schools of the district are brought into a friendly relationship in which athletic spirit is promoted and a keener, more lively interest in sports is fostered. This cannot help but be beneficial both to the college and the high schools."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 5.1918
FATHER'S DEATH CALLS
H. W. HARGISS TO EMPORIA
Prof. H. W. Hargiss, of the department of physical education was called to Emporia yesterday by the death of his father. J. B. McNaught will have charge of Professor Hargiss' classes while he is absent.
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FRANK WILL COACH
GOPHER TRACK TEAM
Leaves January 1, to Take Charge of Cinder Artists at Minnesota
WON "M" IN THREE SPORTS
Kansas Mentor An All-Round Athlete in North—Received Letter For F. B., B. B. and Track
Coach Leonard Frank announced today that he had signed a contract offered him by the University of Minnesota, from which he has just returned to coach the track team there for the year 1914. He will leave for his new position January 1 and will immediately take charge of the cinder track team of the Gonher school.
Frank while attending the University of Minnesota some years ago was a star all around athlete and was one of the few Minnesota men who have won an M in the three major sports, with 14 wins. His chief reputation was gained by his excellent playing at tackle on the football team.
Coach Frank succeeds Coach Richard Grant as track coach at St. Andrews with very good prospects in the way of good material for a team.
800 K. U. STUDENTS JOIN BIBLE CLASSES
Undergraduates Study Religion from Early in Morning till Late at Night
More than 800 students of the University of Kansas are now actively engaged in Bible study. The number includes the students enrolled in both church and Y. M. C. a classes, in the Y. M. C. c classes, in students received classes held from 7:15 in the morning until 9 o'clock at night.
During the last two months Con Hoffman, the Y. M. C. A. secretary, organized Bible study classes in a number of boarding clubs with members of the faculty as instructors. The time of meeting of these classes is unusual. One is a morning watch class which convenes at 7:15 every Wednesday. Another class begins study at 9 o'clock Sunday evenings.
Besides the boarding club classes, which are both mixed and stag classes, the Y. M. C. A. has a normal training class with fifteen members and also sends twelve men out to every week to conduct classes.
The clubs which have classes are: Angney, Caster, Co-op, New England, Midland, Franklin, Martin, Nottingham, McConnell, Dunkan, and Keeney. The instructors are Dr. Chambers, Dean Sayre, and Professors Hunter, Hungerford, Hill, Baumgartner, Naimsher, Shaad, Shull, Billings, U. G. Mitchell, and Rogers.
At the debating tryouts in Green hall last night, eighteen men were chosen to contest for places on the intercollegiate squad of fifteen to be selected at the final tryout December 15.
The following men were chosen:
G. W. Adams, D. T. Atherbon, W.
M. Beall, E. M. Boddington, C. O.
Buckles, A. B. Campbell, W. O.
Hake, C. E. Irwin, D. B. Joseph, L.
R. Knox, I. A. Luke, H. F. Matton,
C. A. Meisner, A. F. Olney, H. A.
Shinn, H. M. Smith, L. R. Thompson,
and J. C. Wilson. Besides these,
two or three inter-collegiate debaters
of last year will appear at the final tryout.
EIGHTEEN DEBATERS TO
TRY FOR FINAL SQUAD
The program consisted of talks by Professors Van der Vries and Dykstra, piano solos by Beach and musical features by Dietrich, Royce, and Gleason. The feature of the evening was the fifteen minute wrestling match between Early and Hume. Both were evenly matched and neither succeeded in securing a fall. The final stunt was a boxing bout.
Seventy-five sophomores had their get-together mixer at Eagles ball.
SOPHOMORE MEN SEE
WRESTLING AND BOXING
THE COACHING SITUATION
The Daily Kansan wishes to call the attention of the student body to a deliberate misstatement of facts in handbills circulated on the campus this morning, which says, "Because the student body of the University of Kansas find it impossible to adequately express its sentiment in the University Daily Kansan, we take this means of gaining the desired publicity."
As every reader of the Kansan knows, this paper has a Campus Opinion column to which ANY student, without having his name published, may contribute. The misrepresentation in the inference that the Kansan has not expressed student opinion on the matter of changing coaches is shown by reference to the papers of Wednesday and Thursday of this week, which give the story of the Patterson and the number of opponents respectively. The only expression of opinion likely to be excluded from the University Daily Kansan is the anonymous attack like the unsigned "Proclamation" of this morning.
The Kansan's position on the coaching situation is: this it does not want another football team coached in two different styles of play; it believes that changing coaches when a coach doesn't win all his games or at least, the Missouri game, is unfair to the coach, considering the fact that other teams in the Missouri Valley sometimes have pretty good material; it believes that any coach should have more than one year at his own style of playing to show what he can do with their players; it believes that Coach Mosse is being made the victim of agitation that is not based on a judicious desire to help the University.
The Kansan wants a fair deal to all concerned, investigation before condemnation, and hopes that the proper authorities will be credited with having sufficient judgment and discretion to handle this matter for the best interests of the University.
NEW TYPHOID CURE
OLD. SAYS DOCTOR
John Sundwall, Professor of Anatomy, KnewAbout Auto-vaccination Long Ago
The method of curing typhoid fever by auto-vaccination, recently announced as the discovery of Dr. Josue Bellar, of Paris, is not a new process at all, according to Dr. John Sundwall, professor of anatomy. The principle of auto-vaccination has been used for years to treat individual cases of nearly every kind of infectious disease, he says.
"Dr. Bellar may have varied the principle slightly to make his treatment, but the fact of auto-vaccination has long been known to physicians," declared Dr. Sundwall this afternoon. "Whether the particular method of Dr. Bellar possesses special merit can only be determined from the result of experiments unpublished with varieties of conditions. The death rate from typhoid is small and the chances are that many of his patients have recovered who would have survived without taking the treatment.
The Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church will have a party this evening in the church parleurs at 8 o'clock.
"The principle of auto-vaccination is employed only for individual cases in which the regular commercial vaccine has failed. This failure is usually due to the fact that the patient is of unique constitution and the common vaccine will not take effect on his tissues."
W. S. G. A. WILL GIVE PRE-HOLIDAY HOP
Association to Hold Another Menless Dance at Urgent Request of Women
This will be the third dance given by the association this year and is given at the urgent request of many girls who have enjoyed the two former occasions. As this will be the last dance given before holidays the county council urge all girls to come out for a general good time and enjoy the hospitality and refreshments offered by the association tomorrow.
The W. S, G. A, will give a mat-
ter of 4 cubes from 3 to 4 sclock in the gymnasium.
DER DRAMATISCHE VEREIN
CHOSES CAST FOR PLAY
THEN AND NOW
the following persons were given parts: A. F. Hornberger, Dorthea Hackbush, Marielle MeGhl, J. C. Linscheid, Shelley Green, I. Kirkendall, Madeline Ashton, C. A. Meissner, Homer Blincoe, C. M. Stiller, and Agnes Engle.
Seniors Look Over K. U.
A delegation from the January graduating class of the Kansas City, Kansas high school is visiting the University today. Among those in the party are Louise Dawell, Carlle Walker, Paul Brindle, Helen Clark, and Marie Colburn.
Seniors Look Over K. U.
We used to draw the teacher's phiz on the board and get whaled for it.
COUNTY CLUB SESSION ELECTS EXECUTIVES
Now we draw the faculty's picture in the Kansan and get flunked for it
Names Russel Gear President and Makes Plans for Christmas Holidays
TO ORGANIZE EACH DISTRICT
Will Support Mill Tax Campaign and Promote Banquets For Students and Alumni
The central organization of the K. U. County Clubs was georganized yesterday afternoon and the following officers were elected for the year: Russel Gearl Wilson county president; Lucy J. Browning county president; Herbert Flint Crawford county vice-president; Walter Hart, Harvey county, treasurer.
"We plan to have meetings in every county in the state during the Christmas holidays," declared Gear today. "Students of the University, alumni, and seniors in the high schools will be invited. Everyone should be in touch with fellow students from his county from which friendship will be developed. Personally there are many representatives from your own county with whom you have never come in contact."
"The continuance of the mill tax campaign should also be encouraged and all of us should do our part in the furtherness of this campaign."
A committee of three was appointed to interview the Chancellor for the purpose of having him write letters to an influential representative in each unorganized county requesting his attendance at the next meeting of the organization Tuesday at 4:30 in room 110 Fraser.
Wilson County Club to Celebrate At Fredonia
Preparations for a big banquet to and high school students of Wilson member 31 were made at a meeting of the Wilson County club last night in Myers hall. This banquet is open to all University students, alumni an dhigh school students of Wilson county.
Many Clubs Will Hold Those Holiday Banquets
The committees for this banquet are; refreshment committee, James Jones, Pearl Hudson and William S. Cady. Entertainment committee, George R. Gear, William C. Cooper, and Bion Beebe.
The following is a calendar of County Club meetings;
Dec. 5—Linn county club meets,
1108. Ohio, seventh-thy.
Dec. 9—Inter-County Club Association, room 110 Fraser, four-thirty. Presidents and secretaries or organized clubs and interested students from unorganized counties should come. Plans, forms of entertainments, and expense of Christmas banquets will be discussed. Chancellor Strong and others will speak. Dec. 9—Crawford county will or-
Dec. 9—Crawford county wfl organizer, Frazier, room 115, five flock 'o'
Dec. 19 - Basketball ball game. Allen county club vs. Iola high school at Iowa
Dec. 29—Leavenworth county banquet.
Leavenworth.
Dec. 30--Linn county banquet,
Blue Mound.
Dec. 31—Wilson county banquet, Fredonia.
(Dates of club meetings and Christmas banquets should be sent to the Daily Kansai as soon as those dates arrive, the calendar will appear daily until Christmas).
GOVERNOR APPOINTS GRAD
TO UTILITIES COMMISSION
C. F. Foley, who was graduated from the Kansas School of Law, in 1894, has been appointed to succeed Henderson Martin on the state public utilities commission by Gov. George H. Hodges. Since Martin was elected as the Republican Public Attorney week the appointment of Foley is made effective at once.
Mir. Foley besides being a graduate of the University was also a member of the Board of Regents at the time it was abolished.
WEATHER
Temperature readings:
Weather bureau reports 1.8 inches rainfall today. Forecast: Occasional rain tonight and Saturday. Cooler Saturday.
9 p. m. . . . .
MAKES APPEAL FOR KENNEDY SIGNATURES
"Student Proclamation" Appears on Campus Favoring Haskell Coach
"BOARD ALONE WILL ACT"
Signers Are Promised That Only Administrative Board Will Consider Names on Petitions
Under the heading, "A Student Proclamation," the bill states:
Handbills favoring the return of Bert Kennedy as football coach, stating that the Kennedy petitions have been "circulated and signaled nearly one thousand by students," and that they were "Daily Kansan, appended on the campus at chapel time. The bills were handed out to the students in Fraser hall."
Because the student body of the University of Kansas find it impossible to adequately express sentiment in the classroom, live daily Kansans take this means of gaining the desired publicity. We wish to make it plain why Bert Kennedy should be reinstated as head coach of the football team, and why every man and woman on campus should play football upon the peti- Kennedy's reinstatement.
The form of the petitions which have been passed around in classes for several days and which was printed in Wednesday's Daily Kansan, is given, together with a petition of Kennedy, on November 1903. The record of the Kansas record since Kennedy left the team is followed by this appeal:
Do you want to put K. U. on the may again? Who pays for the game map again? Who pays for the game of football? The Students. Who should have a say so about athletics? The Students. Well then, say so. Sign a petition for Bert Kennedy. The petition will positively be considered by the Board of Administration and by the Board alone.
Kennedy petitions appeared among the down town merchants yesterday afternoon. The petitions are being circulated in Topeka, Oksa and in the merchant district. All petitions appeared within two days. The names of the men behind the general movement are not being made public.
TALKS TO STUDENTS ABOUT "REVERENCE"
John B. Rushton, of Independence,
Delivers Adress in Chapel on
Venerating Deity
John B. Rushton of Independence,
died a chapel address this morning.
"Whenever a sacred reverence toward our Lord rules, there a sacred clean character exists," said Mr. Rushton. "The exercise of our will is demanded, and where there is no vim, there is no character. Failing to think on things that are high, one cultivates the low.
"All of our great art represents all the qualities that come from reverence to God. The person that does not reach out for the highest is devoid of inspiration and his work is flat. Our great national defences all work in the most form of work in individuals themselves. We must recover this lost idealism. We need men like Hildebrand and the prophets of old."
MATHEMATICS CLUB TO
HEAR TALK ON RUSSIA
The Mathematic Club will meet in room 103, Administration building at 4:30 Monday, December 8. Mr. Alex Johnson will give an address on "The Russian Peasant Method of Multiplication," and Miss Eva Coons will talk on "Properties of the Number Nine."
Debating Society Elects
K. U. Debating Society Elects
Officers were elected at the regular weekly meeting of the K. U. Debating Society last night. The debate, "Resolved: That the Federal District Judges should be elected for a term of six years", was decided in favor of the officers and president, H. A. Shim; vice-president, M. H. McKean; secretary, Roy A. Reynolds; program committee, R. G. Clark, Harold Matton, Wm. McClure; membership committee, John Devine, G. W. Adams, Jesse Gardner; censor, C. A. Meisner; assistant censor, Clem Fairchild.