UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN The official student paper of the University of Kansas. EDITORIAL OSARIE HATTE ... Editor-in-Chief JAMES HOUGHTON ... Managing Editor MAUGEN ROBERTS ... Managing Editor BUSINESS STAFF KANSAN BOARD JAMES LEIGH, ... Adv. Mgr, JOHN C. MADDEN, ... Circulation Mgr L. E. HOWE HENRY MALOY EDWARD HOFFMAN LANDON LAIBD FRANK HADESSON LUELAN THOMPSON HORNEJ HODSER JOUS GLEISNER H. B. HUTCHINGS Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the postoffice at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published in the afternoon five times a week, by students of the University of Kansas, from the press of the department of journalism. Subscription price $2.00 per year, in advance; one term, $1.00; time subscriptions, $2.50 per year; one term, $1.25. Phone, Bell K. U. 25. Address all communications to UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, Lawrence. The Daily Kanan aims to picture the undergraduate life of the University of Kansas; to go further than merely printing the news by standing for the ideals the University holds; to play no favorites; to be clean; to be cheerful; to be kind; to be helpful; to leave more serious problems to water heads; in all, to serve to the best of its ability the students of the University. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913. The memory is never responsible for failure. If memory never gives it in charge—Anon. Today at least, the result of the contest for the engineers' wild man attracted more notice than the race for May Queen. WE HAVE DEBATERS, TOO A University is an institution where athletes are trained and where letters are awarded as marks of honor to those men. The athlete is king; his word is law; his place of power is the goal of a college career. Occasionally a student comes forward as a debater. He remains unrecognized and is made to feel that he is in a foreign land. That he should desire recognition for such a simple act as representing his university in intercollegiate debates is beyond the power of the average student to understand. The debater is harmless, the student thinks. For that reason nothing is done to hinder his progress. He is simply ignored. To bring the matter a little nearer home let us remember that last week six Jayhawkers represented the University on the platform against the teams of two sister states. The student body seemingly took small interest in these contests. Soon our men will meet Missouri. Weeks of preparation are required to work up a debate and this work should be appreciated by the University. The Daily Kansan is not advocating the awarding of "Kis" but believes that a suitable emblem should be granted by the University to our representatives. Is not the ability to analyze a problem and to present it effectively as valuable as the ability to make a home run or a touchdown? If so, it should be equally encouraged. The real German student was painted yesterday by the chapel speaker. And many K. U. students also paint. A STUDENT UNION Barring miracles or the appearance of some unexpected philanthropist, the Men's Student Union building as planned last year will remain nothing more than a dream for at least another decade. The miracle and the philanthropist were both conspicuous by their absence last year, and that plan seems thoroughly dead at present. The Union was designed to furnish a place where freshman and senior, engineer and law, barbarian and Greek, could meet, get acquainted and enjoy that good wholesome comradship which adds so much to the joy of college life. Rooms for clubs, committee meetings, caucuses, and other student activities would be provided, and the Union made a place where the men would go to meet their fellows. The need of such a common meeting ground is too obvious to merit argument. The fact that the beautiful structure originally planned can not be realized now, does not prevent the men of the University from forming an organization that will accomplish in a less ambitious way, nearly all that the Student Union as at first conceived was expected to do. If the undergraduates of the University of Kansas care to form a Men's Student Union they will not experience much difficulty in leasing or securing the erection of a building that will provide suitable quarters. The University Club, recently organized among the members of the faculty, has had offers from persons who were willing to invest money in a building, and a Student Union organized on a stable basis could easily find the necessary capital at fair rates. If the men desire such a Union, and will act, they can find their quarters ready for them when the University reopens next fall. A student has figured out that it costs one dollar for each class. We should have a rebate of several dollars coming to us. We trust that the readers of the Daily Kansan duly enjoyed the pictorial edition issued yesterday. WHY IS A COLLEGE MAN? There was a time when men were clad in homespun, rode to their university on horseback and lived on three dollars a week. Then it was that the upbuilding of the individual intellect was the primary aim of both the Faculty and the students of the little College of New Jersey. It still is of the Faculty of the larger and greater Princeton, but what of the undergraduates? The average man is only too want to feel that the by-products of his college life are more important than the main business. Success in athletics, management of various organizations, a wide acquaintance, or anything which shows energy and ability, besides study, is valuable. When college men fail to put their trust in scholarship the inevitable result follows that the American colleges of today fails to give to the world men who have been taught to train their brains. Many of our great men derived their early training from the rules of self-preservation and the survival of the fittest taught on the streets of a big city. The college man of today can only meet these men with advantage by enlarging the productiveness of his own mind by association with the idea of a greatest thinker in history of the past. His position makes it impossible for him to follow the first cause, and if he neglects to grasp the opportunities afforded by the second, then—he has neither. The average life of a college man is one of perspective. He intends to do great things in the far-distant and hazy future, and to prepare himself. What does he do now? Why—nothing. The undergraduate who is taking a low stand among a body of men, most of whom have no particular present ambition, is apt to forget what his chances, or rather lack of chances will be, when upon graduation he enters into the competition of men, every one of whom is striving to attain the top. OLD FRIENDS IN VERSE —Daily Princetonian. The Daily Kansan will publish in this space favorite verses of its readers. Contributions welcome.—The Editor. Pleasures are like poppies spreads We win the flower—the bloom is fied; Or like the snow-flake on the river- A moment white, then gone. —Burns. THE OREAD ORACLE My father has just sent me fifty dollars for a birthday present. This is more money than I ever had before, and I want to spend it to the greatest advantage. Can you suggest some of the best ways? Stunned. Oread Oracle: Come to the Daily Kansan office at once, and ask for Oracle. Bring the fifty with you. In case, however, this is not convenient, Oracle suggest below a few quick ways of disposing of the self.* Ask some wise friend to teach you how to play poker. This method is certain, and usually requires only a few hours. Bet that Bryan will be electe President in 1916. This way allows you to enjoy the fifty for several years before losing it. Get a round trip ticket on some railroad. Borrow ten dollars more and spenhe the week-end in Kansas City. If your credit is good, borrow two hun- ness and have your appendix removed. Shoot a pet dog belonging to your neighbor. Buy a Ford car, or hire an automobile for a day. Take the Keeley Cure. Go up to a policeman and poke your finger in his eye. While you lose the fifty by this method, the judge will probably give you fifty or sixty days. In case you have two dollars and ten cents after employing any of these methods, subscribe for the University Daily Kansan, and take Mary to a picture show. *Oracle's advice on how to spend fifty is based entirely on hearsey evidence. Oracle. UNIVERSITIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS The University of Paris, one of the oldest and largest in the world, had its inception in the schools of Notre-Dame, Sainte Genevieve and Saint Victor and first came into prominence about 1170. Early in the twelfth century it became the seat of the great masters including William of Chaupeaux. Thousands of students from all over Europe flocked to Paris. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the University of Paris attained its highest stage of development. Princes and popes courted its favor and followed the teachings of its famous theologians and jurists. Paris was at that time the center of the educated world. Its conservative attitude toward the humanism of the fifteenth century; the civil wars; the constantly increasing centralization of the French government—all these contributed toward the gradual decline of its future. The university is composed of the following faculties, school, and administrative body: (1) The Conseil du Puniervie; (2) the Protestant theological faculty; (3) the medical faculty; (4) the law faculty; (5-6) the faculties of science and letters at the Sorbonne; (7) the school of pharmacy. The attendance is about 13000. Mike—Patsy fall off of a twenty story building this morning. THE SAD, SAD GRIND OF OUR COLLEGE LIFE Mike—No, he lit on a pile of soft coal. —Siren. "George, do you know that you snore?" The One—How old is the Keeley Jure? Miss Wise—In England they alwavs sav tumbler for glass. Mr. Wiser—Oh, I thought they said "Glahs"—Siren. "Do I? I'm sorry to hear it." "So am I."—Fun. Dennis—Did it kill him? The Other—I don't know, but St. Patrick used it to drive the snakes out of Ireland—Siren. Van Vurst--Stern, you're bourgeois. Do you know, there was a Van Vurst on the Mayflower? U. of K. CALENDAR Stern—That's nothing, there was a stern on the ark—Siren. Apr. 17-18 - Uni of Hawaii vs. K. U. Lawrence Athletic Schedule. Apr. 19- College of Emporia vs. K. U. Lawrence. Great Relay Games at Des Moine. Apr. 25-26 Baseball: M. U. vs. K. U., at Lawrence. Apr. 26-Inter-Class Track Meet, Lawrence. Future Events (pr. 24-25—Music Festival. ANNOUNCEMENTS All announcements for this column should be handed to the news editor before 10 a. m. The Girls' and Men's Glee clubs will meet Thursday evening at 7 o'clock in Fraser hall. The date of the freshman smoker has been changed from April 15th, to Tuesday, April 22, at Ecke's hall. The Scoop club will hold an important meeting at 9 o'clock Monday evening, April 21, at the Phi Delt house. By order of the College faculty class reports will be given out on the last Monday and Tuesday of each month ONLY. Students who wish to sell tickets for the Musical Festival please see Dean Skilton. A cash commission of ten per cent will be allowed. An election of officers (Thepsians), will be held in room 116 Fraser at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Everyone should be there. The senior girls will meet Thursday, April 17 at 12:15 in room 116 Fraser to vote on the five girls who received the highest number of votes for May Queen. Applications for the Mammella Howland Memorial Scholarship, established to assist junior or senior girls of high standing to complete their collegiate course, may be made before April 19th at the Chancellor's office or to a member of the committee, which consists of Professors Oliver, Hyde and Galloo. The Caroline Mumford. Winston memorial scholarship is open to young women of the College of Liberal Arts of classes above the freshman, and to women graduate students. Applications will be received until April 23rd by the committee, which consists of Professors Gallo, Hoye, and Oliver. The Eliza Matheson Innes memorial scholarship is open to young women of the College in classes above the freshman and of the graduate school. Applications will be received until April 23rd at the Chancellor's office, or by a member of the committee, which consists of Professors Galloo, Hyde, and Oliver. Notice to The Freshman Girls Applications for the $100,000 scholarship offered by the Women's Student Government Association to a young woman of the Freshman class for use during her sophomore year, will be received until April 19th by the president of the Association, Miss Lupton, or at room 304 Fraser hall. E. Galloo, chairman of the Scholarship Committee. Sophomore Hop tickets may be obtained from the following: "Rusty" Russell, Vic La Mer, Alan Sterling, Erna Fischer, Clint Bochemohle, Lester Johnson, "Cheet" Francis, "Nuts" Hurst, Margaret Davis, Art Weser, Marcet Harlen Helen Artiguy, Mordecai Nachtman, Herb Coleman, Russell Gear, Malcolm McCune, Paul Greener, "Crumblem" Williamson, "Doc" O'Donnell, Don Joseph, Richard Templin and "Kit" Carson. Dean Crumbine Says wire screens in the windows keep crape from the door. "I had two books," Adam Bede" and Shakespeare—but a little white狐 ran away with Shakespeare."Capitae, in his book,"Lost the Arkitekta." 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