TOPEKA KAN.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME X.
WOMEN ORGANIZE DEBATING SOCIETY
NUMBER 75.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 17, 1913.
Discuss Plans for Intercollegiate Contests at First Meeting.
COUNCIL ENCOURAGES CLUB
Will Give it Representation in Spring Committees Picked to Find Name and Submit Plans.
Women's debating formally entered the University yesterday afternoon when steps were taken for the organization of a women's debating society. Plans for an intercollegiate debate with women were considered and committees to effect a permanent organization were appointed.
The meeting was addressed by Miss Lulu Gardner, assistant professor of rhetoric, and Miss Elise NeuenSchwander, assistant professor of romance languages.
Evalena Harper and Cecil Longa-baugh were appointed on a committee to select a name for the new organization; and Lucy Barger, Della Mavity, and Zippa Bunn were appointed on a committee to draw up a constitution.
The Debating Council is offering the women all possible assistance, and will give them a representative on the Debating Council this spring.
The club will meet Thursday at 4:30 in Fraser hall.
Special Committee Conducts State Wide Campaign for Adoption of Mill Tax.
K. U. WOMEN WORK FOR UNIVERSITY INTERESTS
During the Christmas holidays several University women called on prominent men and women of the state and report that in practically all cases those interviewed were in favor of the plan for the permanent support of the University. Others wrote articles for their home papers
Working in cooperation with the club women of the state the women students of the University are planning an extensive campaign in favor of the mill tax for the support of the University.
A mill tax committee, composed of Agnes Engle, Elizabeth Fleeson, and Bess Bozell, is collecting the names of all club women of the state and will send letters to them this week. The letters will explain all points in regard to the tax and will solicit the support of the newly enfranchised.
SENATE BILL PROVIDES FOR
JOINT BOARD OF REGENTS
Special to the Daily Kansan.
Special to the Daily Kahlan.
Topeka, Jan. 17-23. There is deep interest in the question of consolidating the governing boards of educational institutions is manifest by the number of bills that have been introduced touching this subject. Senator McMillan yesterday offered a measure that is understood to meet the ideas of Governor Hodges in most respects.
It provides for the creation of a commission of higher education consisting of three members to be appointed by the governor not more than one member to be an alumnus of the same state institution. The bill abolishes the present boards of regents and gives the commission complete control over all the state educational institutions. If enacted into law the McMillan bill would become effective July 1, 1913.
A salary of $3,600 a year is provided for the members of the commission and for the secretary of the commission, who must be trained as an educator.
To Draw up Quiz Plan.
Chancellor Strong has appointed a committee consisting of Professors Olin, Engel and M. E. Rice to arrange the schedule of examinations for the first term. The committee will repot the latter part of the week.
The ElAtenoe club will meet in room 314 Fraser at 4:30 this afternoon. Miss Ana J. Enke and Kenneth Bishop will appear on a long program.
Castilians Meet Today
SURELY, THEY WERE MISTER ADAM'S BONES
But Where, O Where Was Garden of Eden? Chancellor Strong Gave Honor to Kansas.
It was at the inaugural of Chancellor Strong. A merry crowd of aged grads and faculty men adorned the edges of the heavily-laden (?) tables in the then newly erected museum. Fresh in the memory of all present was the news of the excavation of a couple of skeletons over near Lansing, one of which is now known to anthropologists as the famous Lansing skeleton. At that very moment the two grisly reminders of the past rested quietly in the show case on the floor above, their souls chasing around among the buffalo in the happy hunting grounds. These skeletons were without doubt very old and the newspapers had been making them appear much older, some papers even advanced the opinion that they were the oldest known evidence of mankind.
The evening meal progressed. Incidentally, Chancellor Strong made his first speech that evening. In the course of his talk he casually remarked:
"It has just dawned upon me that Kansas was the Garden of Eden, for we have just dug up the remains of Adam and Eve over here near Lansing." (Applause). The Chancellor sat down.
Richard Henry Jesse, President of Missouri University, was then called upon to speak.
"Dr. Strong is mistaken," he began. "Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden to die. Missouri was the Garden of Eden and our unhappy ancestors were driven out into Kansas to die." (Si)
President Jesse sat down. (St
ence)
"There is no doubt that the skele tons in mention are those of Adar and Eve," says Professor Blackma of the anthropology department, "be cause one of Adam's ribs is gon The stub from which it was broke is plainly visible to the sightseer the passes the glass show case on th third floor of the museum."
ILLINOIS LEADS IN CLASS MEMORIALS
Since 1878, Seniors Have Placed Beautiful Monuments on Campus
Urbana, Ill., Jan. 16.—The University of Illinois lays claims to the honor of having a finer group of memorials from the classes that have passed out of its doors than any other college in the Middle West.
Special to the Kansan.
The practice was started by the class of 1878 which placed the memorial clock in the tower of University Hall, and has continued down to the class of '12 which left a magnificent lighting column on the South Campus.
Of all memorials on the campus none is more appreciated by the students of today than the drinking fountain hewn from a boulder and placed in front of University Hall in the shade of a weeping willow tree by the class of 1901.
Kansas wants 100 men to turn out today for the track team. But twenty-five men have turned out for practice up to date. The first track meet is near at hand and Kansas is short on material in every department.
Other memorials are stone benches, the memorial gate at the entance to Illinois, the celebration brun on Illinois field, the memorial entrance way to the library and the sun dial in front of Engineering Hall.
The class of '09 also has a memorial drinking fountain between the gymnasium and the armory which is patronized by cadets at drill.
JOBS FOR ONE HUNDRED
MEN OPEN AT GYM
But eight of last year's men are back and things are beginning to look gloomy for a victory over the Titers this spring.
Practice is held every afternoon at Robinson gymnasium at 4:30 and lasts but an hour.
Nu Sigma Nu will hold initiation for Eugene Ragel Tuesday evening.
FRIEND OF UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL DIES
Dr. Simeon B. Bell Gave $90,000 In Land and Cash to Hospital
MADE HIS DONATION IN 1905
Gift Proved Start of Establishmen of K. U. Medical Institution at Rosedale.
Dr. Simeon B. Bell, whose gift of $90,000 in money and lots in Rosedale proved the start of the establishment of the University Medical School and the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital in that city, in 1905, died at his home in Rosedale yesterday morning. He was 92 years old and May 13, would have been his ninety-third birthday.
Dr. Bell's death was the result of a fractured hip which he sustained in a fall at his home on January 2. He confined to his bed since that time.
"Dr. Simeon B. Bell first proposed a gift to the University for the School of Medicine in 1895," said Chancellor Strong this afternoon. "Upon an authorization by the legislature, the Board of Regents accepted the gift and placed the clinical school at Rosedale. Dr. Bell made several gifts to the University School of Medicine, the total of which is about $90,000. They were made up of farms in Missouri, city lots in Rosedale, a tract of land in Rosedale for the site of the school, and $25,000 in cash. Dr. Bell had in mind largely a memorial for the wife of his youth, Eleanor Taylor Bell, and the hospital at Rosedale is named the Eleanor Taylor Bell Hospital."
VARSITY SWIMMERS TO ORGANIZE SOCIETY
WASHBURN WANTS SECOND K. U. SCALP
Club Will Encourage Contests in Sport With Valley Colleges
With the establishment of swimming as an important Missouri Valley intercollegiate sport as an aim, a University club will be organized Wednesday night in Robinson gymnasium. The society will encourage local meets and will try to obtain contests with other colleges.
"A swimming club would be a fine organization for the University," said Dr. James Naismith this afternoon. "We have a fine pool and should encourage matches. If the sport grows possibly to have a team, it will need a 'K' to those who take part in races with other reollers."
Just beefore going to press today a startling discovery was made in the Daily Kansan office, when a small pink slipper was found hidden in a drawer of the sporting editor's desk. The S. E. denies all knowledge of the affair, saying that the slipper must have belonged to the former sporting editor.
The meeting will be held at 7 o'clock in Dr. Naismith's office.
SPORTING SCRIBE LOOKS
FOR K. U. CINDERELLA
The other articles found in the Daily Kansan office after the edition de luxe produced by the ladies Wednesday have all been reclaimed by their owners.
Entertain for Methodists A social will be given in honor of the Methodist students at the Methodist church tonight. Dr. C. B Spencer will address the students Sunday night.
Prof. Dains Entertains Sigma Xi The Sigma Xi fraternity was entertained at the home of Prof. F. B. Dains last night by a dinner.
Ichabods Will Try to Take It in First Basketball Game Tomorrow
Will Rehearse Sunday Mandolin club will rehearse Sunday afternoon at the Keltz house.
Entertain for Methodists
The members of the class in preparation of foods are baking bread in their laboratory today.
TEAM LINEUPS NOT PICKED
Veterans on Both Fives Will Start
Contest—College to Engage Minland in Preliminary.
Kansas will meet the Washburn basket-ball team tomorrow night at Robinson gymnasium in the opening game of the season.
The Washburn team has been strengthened greatly by the return of "Cack" Smiley and Chaney. Smiley was last year's captain and star forward while Chaney has played center on the Washburn team for two years. The team from up the Kaw is counting on adding to that football victory by plucking the basketball feather from the Jayhawk. The Congregationalists have already played one game, defeating Campbell College by the score of 81 to 16 last Saturday.
The definite line-up of either team is not known, but the following men will be used by Kansas during the game: Hite, Sproull, and Brown, forwards; Boehm, and Weaver, centers; Greeeles, Dunnie, and Smith.
As a curtain-raiser to the Kansas-
Washburn game the College team
will play Midland College.
The probable line-up of the College team is Brown and Beamer, forwards; Gribble, center; Weidline and Folks, guards.
The doors open at 7:30 and the first game will start at 7:45.
THUD! DROPS THAT CHESS GAUNTLET
New Society Challenges All Comers to Match; Completes Organization
To promote the playing of chess in K. U. and to challenge other colleges, the K. U. Chess club was organized last night at the home of Paul Raymond, 1338 Ohio street. The following are the charter members: Harry Siegfried, Victor Lamar, Harold Ketehunbain, Fewell Hobs, Arthur Holbs, Bert Crane, Paul Raymond, Clarence Clark.
Officers elected were; President,
Paul Raymond; vice-president, E. C.
Richardson; secretary, Clarence
Clark; treasurer, Bert Crane,
sponsor, J. J. Wheeler.
The club will meet each Saturday evening at the homes of its members. The next session will take place tomorrow night at 1345 Kentucky after the basket-ball game. Members are asked to bring chess sets and boards.
The K. U. organization will issue a general challenge to the teams of other colleges."
Dean F. W. Blackmar will address the Graduate Club on "Spanish Civilization in the Southwest" at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday in room 202, Administration building. The selection of candidates for councilman from the Graduate School will be considered after the meeting.
DEAN BLACKMAR TO TALK
BEFORE GRADUATE CLUB
Sigma Delta Chi Pledges Seven
The members of Sigma Delta Chi are wearing colors for the following men pledged today: Dick Gardner, Chas. Strickland, Harlan Thompson, Leon Howe, Paddle Palmer, Earl Heinslay and Herbert Flint. Sigma Delta Chi is the national honorary newspaper fraternity founded at DePauw University. The fourteenth chapter of the fraternity will be installed at Missouri in February.
Delta Psi to Initiate
Delta Psi will hold initiation for Mildred Cole and Bernita Elgin Saturday evening, January 18.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
THOSE THREE MUSEUM
BULL MEESE WORRY
Triceratops Throws Weight to Democrats and Claims Second Place on Ticket by Virtue of Publicity.
Can the Bull Moose carry the Museum in 1916? This is the vital question now confronting the occupants of that building.
Triceratops says he does not think the Bull Moose can do it without the aid of the elephant on the third floor. And said Grand Old Party has definitely decided to oppose each and every Bull Moose that may try to usurp the ruling power over there. Speaking from an impartial standpoint, it is very likely that the Progressives will have control after next election, because of the tremendous majority of Bull Moosers (or is it Bull Mees?) on the lower floor there being three monster Moosers snorting and pawing the cement ground.
Another element that will aid the Progressives is the fact that there is absolutely no sign of a Democratic party over there—not a donkey in the whole Museum. However there are several animals of Democratic faith, and they said this morning that they thought they could get together and run the porcupine at the head of the ticket. Tricaratops, who has united with the elephant, thinks he himself is the logical candidate for second place on his ticket because of the publicity he received in the University Kansan last week.
FEBRUARY 10; THAT'S THE
NEW ENROLLMENT DAY
Enrollment for the second semester will take place on the first Monday of the new term February 10. College students will enroll in Robinson gymnasium and practically the same system will be used as heretofore except that enrollment will be completed in a single day.
When a student fills out a schedule of courses the card will be taken to a long table where each department of the College will be represented.
LARIMER DISCUSSES STATE AND STUDENTS
Topeka Attorney Gives Views on Undergraduates' Duty and Responsibility
"The Duty and Responsibility of Students to the Outside World," was the subject of the chapel address by H. G. Larimer, an attorney of Topeka, this morning.
Mr. Larimer discussed not only the purpose of education, but also the crisis in which the state educational institutions now stand. "This crisis the students in a great measure can help to meet," he declared. "If the people of the various communities from which the students come, feel that their education is really worth while they will see to it that the legislature provides the things necessary for their education. Upon the students themselves rests a great deal of the responsibility." In a state board which should have charge of the management of the state schools and could prune regardless of their best interests, Mr. Larimer sees a grave peril to all the institutions. He urged the students to explain the situation to their friends at home.
Y. M. C. A. WILL OPEN
DOORS FOR NEW MEMBERS
The University Y. M. C. A. will hold a special service in recognition of its new members Sunday at 4 o'clock. Ralph Yeoman, president of the Association, will preside and receive the new members.
Dean C. H. Johnston and Prof. F. H. Billings will deliver short addresses. Special music consisting of instrumental numbers and several selections by the Association quartette, has been arranged.
Hear Lecture on Hygiene.
Dr. H. L. Chambers delivered a lecture on "Personal Hygiene" before the men of the physiology classes yesterday afternoon. Dr. Hyde also delivered the first number of a series upon the same subject to the women.
HOUSES WILL PASS ON K. U. BUDGET EARLY
Legislature Plans to Get Appropriation Bills Out of Way at Once
SEEKS PLANS FOR REVENUE
Fear of Hurting Educational Institutions May Lead to Adoption of Fund-Raising Measures
BULLETIN.
Topeka, 12:30 p. m.-The senate this morning adopted a resolution, introduced by Senator McMillan declaring it to be the sense of the senate that officers and instructors of State institutions remain at their posts of duty unless requested by the senate or its committees to appear and give information concerning prospective appropriations. The resolution condemns the practice of representatives of state institutions appearing before the legislature as lobbyists for appropriations.
Special to the Daily Kansan.
Topeka, Jan. 17-There is a strong probability that the appropriation bills for the state charitable, penal, and educational institutions may go into the legislative hopper early this session. Already the ways and means committees of the House house the suits to the decks for the fight which is sure to come when the big bills come before them for consideration.
Backed by the fact that the Democrats have issued to the Kansas voters a solemn pledge that they will reduce state taxes, there is more than the usual amount of interest and anxiety over the fate of the appropriations for the various institutions. There is that serious question as to whether or not the legislature can really reduce the appropriation to the extent without impairing the usefulness of those schools. Some of the members candidly admit that they believe the only relief from the tax situation is in the solution of the problem of more revenue for the state.
So with that situation staring them in the face, the Democrats are looking for the measures which will bring money into the state treasury and in every possible way to cut down the expenses of state maintenance. Senator Waggener believes he has solved the question with his income tax law. Then there is the plan to bring income from the sand taken from Kansas streams, the plan to loan portions of the state school fund and a half dozen other theories which must be worked out before the close of the session.
SENATE MAY HEAR BUDET
BILLS BY FEBRUARY 15
Special to the Daily Kansan.
Special to the Daily Kansan.
Topeka, Jan. 17—Senator Waggener has offered a resolution in the senate instructing the ways and means committee to have its appropriation bills ready to report not later than February 15. It is probable that the committee will throw the bills onto the floor of the legislature before that date, although February 15 will probably be determined as the final day for the report.
MAY TAKE FISH AND GAME
BRANCH FROM UNIVERSITY
Special to the Daily Kansan.
Topeka, Jan. 17—A bill introduced in the House by Representative Mike Frey of Geary county proposes taking supervision of the state department of fish and game away from the Board of Regents of the State University, where it was placed two years ago by the law drawn by L. Dyche, state fish and game warden.
An amusing feature of the Frey bill is the fact that its author seems to have gone to some pains to indicate his dislike for German carp. Professor Dyche, the present warden, has enjoyed a state wide reputation as a friend of the carp.