TOPEKA KAN.
VOLUME X.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNCON, APRIL 14,1913.
HUMERSTONE PRAISES DR. DUNCAN'S METHODS
Fellow From University of London Comments On Industrial Fellowship Plan
NUMBER 126
FAVORS ITS USE IN ENGLAND
Says Atmosphere of Scientific Research at Kansas is Stimulating And Impressive
Thomas Lloyd Humerstone, here with Dr. R. K. Duncan investigating work in the department of Industrial Chemistry, has sized up Kansas University and has this to say, in part: "After visiting many universities in Great Britain, on the Continent, in Canada, I have been told that I say without hesitation that I have never found myself in a more stimulating atmosphere of scientific research than in the laboratories of the University of Kansas.
Roy W. Howard, general manage of the United Press Association a New York City has written the journalism department that he will accept an invitation to address the newspaper men and women sometime about the last of May.
Big Newspaper Man Coming
M. P. McArdle, University architect, will come to Mt. Oread from St. Louis Thurday to inspect the laying of concrete foundation in the Administration building.
All's Ready For 3d Annual Engineers' Day Except The Occupant Of The Cage
"Professor Duncan's scheme of industrial fellowships seems to me to satisfy all the conditions of a peculiarly difficult problem in University administration. It succeeds in promoting the interests both of learning and of manufacturers who are willing to devote their capital and enterprise to the application of science to industry.
"I was most favorably impressed by the high standard of scientific knowledge which is demanded in the University of Kansas before a student is allowed to undertake research work. You recognize that a man must devote many years to arduous preparation for such work and must possess unusual ability and initial aptitude needed that Dr. Duncan adequate communication can be offered to such men to prosecute their work without embarrassment in the present or anxiety for the future.
"We in England are now on the eve of a great development of our educational policy. New sources have been discovered and public men are preaching the lesson that public notation is the most profitable investment.
Professor Kellermann, exchange professor from Germany, will talk in chapel tomorrow morning on German student life. He has studied at the Universities of Marburg, Gottenberg, and Leipsic and is in a position to know much of life in a German University.
"I am convinced that from every point of view the adoption in English universities of Dr. Duncan's methods for the promotion of research work in applied science would be a wise and productive policy."
NEW STATE NORMAL HEAD
IS UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Thomas Walter Butcher, who was selected as president of the state Normal School at Emporia last Friday is an old K. U. man, who received his B. A., here in 1894. Following this he was principal of the Summer College for several years. Later he studied at Harvard, and then did some work abroad.
A similar talk in the Oread high school last week was so successful that Herr Kellermann was induced to repeat his lecture for Tuesday chapel.
KELLERMANN IN CHAPEL
ON GERMAN STUDENT LIFE
Returning to America, he was made president of the Oklahoma Normal School, which position he lost in a political upheaval. He is now superintendent of schools at that institution, and that position to take charge of the Kansas State Normal school next fall.
Wednesday is the third annual Engineers' Day at the University. The day will be given over to a general celebration including a parade, track events, ball games, winding up with a dance in the Gym.
A feature of each year's parade is the occupant of the Engineers' cage, usually some luckless freeman who is captured and exhibited as a wild beast. Above shows the first annual parade.
16 ENTRIES, 48 VOTES BUT NO MAY QUEEN
Tie In Senior Girls' Election Friday, And Three Runners-up
The election of a May Queen by the senior girls, Friday, resulted in a tie vote for the two highest and a close second for three other candidates.
To Risk Lives at Tonganoxie Professors Sisson, Raymond, and U. G. Mitchell go to Tonganoxie Friday night to judge an oratorical contest at the high school there.
To Give Commencement Address Prof. Merle Thorpe of the journalism department will give the address at Pleasanton high school commencement exercises May 21.
Professor Griffith Entertains Prof. W. A. Griffith entertained the students in his drawing and painting classes last Friday evening. About forty were present.
Another election to choose one among the five highest candidates will be held sometime this week. The situation arising from the fact that forty-eight girls cast their votes for sixteen candidates is too perplexing for the faculty committee to venture a decision.
Dean Green Back
Dean Green Bake
Dean Green Bake, a school return from Cape Elizabeth, Me., where he went with the remains of the late Prof. C. H. Hill.
The names of the five candidates who will be in the final race are withheld by the committee.
Roy Dietrich, of Kansas City, visited in Lawrence the week-end.
HAD CHANCE TO LEAVE
Acacia held initiation Saturday afternon for Paul Royer.
Professor Billings of Bacteriology Department Declines Idaho State Position
Send the Daily Kansan home.
An offer to be state bacteriologist of Idaho was recently received by Prof. F. H. Billings of the bacteriology department.
Professor Billings turned the offer down.
On last Friday 54 of the 58 high schools in the league had been eliminated. Burlington defeated Garnett, and El Dorado beat Solomon, so the championship now lies between these victorious schools.
The question for debate is "The Recall of Judges." A banner and a silver loving cup go to the winning team. The league's activities are directed by the Extension department.
The first freshman smoker will be given April 22 at Ecke's hall. Chancellor Frank Strong, and George O. Foster will deliver addresses. Boxing matches, mnologues and the freshman quartet will fill out the rest of the program. Tag tickets are now on sale and can be purchased from Junius Dyches, Leland Thompson, Fred Johnston, and James McNaught.
Debating teams from Burlington and El Dorado high schools will argue for the championship of the high school debate league in Fraser Hall May 1.
"There seems to be considerable misunderstanding in regard to the proposition of holding weekly dances in the Gym. next year," said R. R. Price, of the Extension department this morning.
DEBATE FINALS BETWEEN
BURLINGTON AND ELDORADO
LOW COST FOR STUDENTS
TRUE AIM GYM DANCES
Freshman Smoker April 22
R. R. Price Corrects Erron eous "Better Control" Idea —A University One
"The plan aims primarily to do two things: give a dance to the students at a nominal cost, and a dance that includes the entire student body.
"Varsity parties and similar dances are given, quite naturally, for the purposes of making money for the man in charge. If dances were given in the Gym there would be no other cost than the music and no rent would be charged for the building. The dance would be a University activity, representative of the entire student body."
"The idea that the plan is to have better control of the dances is entirely erroneous, since down town dances for the students would be subject to the same restrictions as hill dances.
One year ago today the steamship Titanic struck an iceberg in the northern Atlantic and sank with great loss of life. Today is also the anniversary of the assassination of Poseidon Lincoln.
Mabel Dunkey, a senior in the College, spent the week-end in Kansas City.
Today Titantic Anniversary
Flavel Robertson, '16, spent the week end in Lawrence.
WIN AND LOSE IN BIG ANNUAL DEBATES
Kansas  Defeats Oklahoma
Here Friday And Loses
To Colorado
Debating on the question, "Resolved: That a policy of federal regulation and control of trusts should be substituted for the Sherman Anti-Trust Law," one Kansas debating team won from Oklahoma in Fraser hall last Friday night, and another lost in Boulder, Colo. Kansas had the affirmative here and the negative there.
Homer Hoyt, Asher Hobson, and John M. Johnson represented Kansas in Lawrence and won after a heated battle. His teams did not at all times directly clash.
In Colorado, Emmett L. Bennet,
Frank Carson, and Milton Minor
went down to defeat. Professor
Dkvstra accompanied the men.
In all three of the triangular debates held that night the affirmative won on this question.
COSTS $1 PER CLASS
MR. AND MRS. MCARTY
TO SEE GERMANY
Some of the students that are taking American Government the third term may be surprised to learn that they have spent two hundred and fifty dollars to learn that "Congress has the power to hay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises."
Arithmaticker Figures Price Of Seeing a Prof. Gaze At Ceiling
If you are spending five hundred dollars a year to stay here and are taking fifteen hours work, it costs you a round dollar for every fifty minute. class you attend. It costs you $750 if you speak and if you flunk and have to take it over it means that you will have spent $170 to get your credit.
The above statements are cold facts and if you get out the wooden shovel, a stick of charcoal, flop yourself down on the convex portion of your anatomy (front view) and get busy with the 'rithematic you learned in the eight grade you will find that it costs more to see a "prof." gaze at the ceiling than to hear Orville Harrold sing, "Mother Machree."
Dr. Vergil McCarty, '10, and Miss Bernice French, '09, were married at the home of the bride, 1301 R.I. Saturday night.
Miss French has been teaching in the Iola high school for the past four years. Dr. McCarty for two years has worked in the Rosedale hospital.
The wedding was attended by num-
erous alumni of Pi Upsilion, Chi
Omega, and the active chapters of
Nu Sigma Nu, Chi Omega.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarty start soon for a year's stay in Germany.
Deklin to Give Recital
Skilton, the School of Fine Arts with the University of Chicago in Chanute May 14, before the State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mildred Petitt is visiting at the Kappa house.
Walker Back From Indianapolis Prof. A. T. Walker returned this week from Indianapolis, where he has been attending a convention of the Classical Association of the middle west and south. He was one of the organizers of the association and has been president twice and for a number of years one of the two editors of the Classical Journal, which has the largest circulation of any journal its kind.
Skilton to Give Recital
WOULD ASSESS SENIORS $10 FOR JAYHAWKER
Fred Lyons, of Paola, and William Fleeson, of Sterling attended the wedding of Dr. McCarty.
Dean Skillon will meet the class in development of music Tuesday morning as usual.
Brownie Angle, '14, spent the week-end at the Kapp house.
Junior Committee On Annual Recommends Plan Used By Aggies
PRESENT SCHEME HOPELESS
New Way Deprives Seniors Unwilling to Support Book of Votes and Class Parties
An annual plan modeled on that used at the State Agricultural College at Manhattan has been recommended by the junior committee apprised of the Dan Hazen to formulate a better basis for publishing the Jayhawker.
"The annual cannot be made to pay under the present system," declared Paul Ross, chairman of the committee this morning. "For that reason, and because the retention of the present plan means a big risk every year, the committee favors the Aggie plan.
"Under this system each senior makes a deposit of $10, for which he gets an annual with his picture in it, at the same time absolutely guaranting the publication of the book and facing the work on a budget basis.
"At Manhattan, if seniors fail to pay such fees, they are excluded from voting in class elections and from participating in class parties.
"The beauty of this plan is the fact that every senior pays an equal part toward publishing the annual, thus relieving a few loyal ones, including the editor and business manager, from the unjust financial responsibility now laid on Jayhawker annual men."
Further action on the committee's recommendations will be announced later.
Ne Candidates for Five Memberships to Athletic Board—Election Soon
FIELD BARREN OF RUNNERS
The election of five new members to the Athletic Board is but two weeks off, and no candidates have as yet entered the field.
"If anyone is considering running he ought to hurry up," said Doc. Coats this morning in the 6 morning, Tuesday, April 22, and that just eight days off."
Two non-athletic and three athletic members are to be elected. The athletic members must have played in some inter-collegiate game. Petitions must contain the names of fifty members of the Athletic Association. The student body of each ticket is alone members of the association eligible to vote at the election. Petitions must be accompanied by 75 cents.
THE VICTOR QUARTETTE
SLIDES INTO VAUDEVILLE
The Victor Quartet, composed of Ross Beamer, Ittai Luke, Victor Larson, and Howard Welch is making a reputation and will probably be engaged by a vaudeville circuit this summer.
At present it has engagements for almost every week end in this vicinity. Last Friday the quartet sang at Osage City. April 23rd they will sing at Haskell Institute and will probably go to Eudora this week.
Delayed Games in Handball Tourney
The following list of postponed games in the handball tournament must be played off before Tuesday night: R. Miller vs. West; R. Miller vs. Orton; R. Miller vs. H. Miller; Granger vs. Ketchum, H. Miller vs. Veath; H. Miller vs. Ketchum; Castle vs. West; Hopper vs. Skinner; R. Miller vs. Laird; H. Miller vs. Skinner; Castle vs. H. Miller.
E. Leisy Gets Harvard Scholarship.
Ernest Leisy, a senior in the College,
has accepted a scholarship in English at Harvard. He was offered a similar one at Yale also. He will leave next fall to take up his work at Harvard.
Donald Longenecker of Emporia is visiting his brother Frank. He will return to his home tomorrow.
K. U. Exposition, May 2 and 3.