STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KAN.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME X.
CHANCELLOR TELLS WHY BUDGET LOOKS 'LARGE'
NUMBE8 68
Shows That it is but Fraction of Amount Appropriated in Other States
ASKS FOR FAIR TREATMENT
Investigation Would Prove Absurdit of Statements Sometimes Circulated, he Declares.
' The budget to be presented to the next legislature represents merely the actual needs of the institution," declared Chancellor Frank Strong today. "It is not padded in any way. We have never made it a practice of presenting a padded budget. The budget is no small one but the cost of a large modern university is necessarily high.
"In Kansas however it is but a fraction of the cost in many other states. For instance at the University of Wisconsin the total income for the present year is between $2,000,000 and $2,500,000. The University of Minnesota two years ago asked its legislature for appropriations amounting to approximately $5,500,000; this is addition to its permanent income which amounts to $1,700,000 and dollars per year. Again the University of Michigan has a permanent income for the present year of $1,600,000 against $27,200 for the current year in the University of Kansas.
K. U. Has No Permanent Income "But the University of Kansas must ask for practically its entire income by direct appropriation. Of its $1,600,000 total income the University of Michigan has a permanent income of about $1,200,000 and must ask its legislature for about $400,000 a year while the University of Kansas must ask its legislature for about $500,000 dollars a year. This is accounted for by the fact that two years ago the most of the permanent income of the University of Kansas, the student fees, were taken away from the University and turned into the general funds of the state, leaving the institution but $7,200 a year or $11,000 for the biennium as permanent income.
Kansas Leads United States
"For example its University and Agricultural College together in 1909-10 had a total income of $954,000 with which they educated 4608 students. In Illinois the University and Agricultural College together had a total income for the same year of $1,639,000, with which they educated 4638 students. The population of Illinois was in 1910 $6,388,000, in Kansas somewhat less than 1,700,000. In other words if Illinois had educated as many according to population as Kansas its university and agricultural college would have had 15,200 students against 4638.
Kansas teachers say
"The real reason for the large cost of education in Kansas is that Kansas above all other states has been specializing in education. It gives higher education to a larger number of its young people probably than any other state in the Union."
"To put it the other way around, if Kansas had educated according to population as few as Illinois, its University and Agricultural College would have cared for 1539 students against 4608. The result of this specializing in higher education in Kansas is an exceedingly low per centage of illiteracy, an enormous and almost unprecedented increase in wealth production and a high standard of community living and citizenship.
University Wants Square Deal.
"All that the University asks for is fair and candid consideration, a real investigation into its needs and the necessary cost of education as shown in other states and institutions and a total disregard of the numerous false and absurd statements that are often sent forth and which a slight investigation only is necessary to correct."
Stephens in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Ed. Stephens, electrical engineer,
'12, has a position with Swift & Co,
at Fort Worth, Texas. His address
is 309 West Twelfth street, North
Fort Worth.
HAD YOUR 'MAP SHOT'?
The Order of the Day--Must Be Done by February First
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1913.
There are days of prosperity and argyon for the photographers. In hill parlance, the seniors are having their "maps shot"—also the graduate students are being bertilloned, and they are if possible worse than the seniors.
The managers of the Jayhawker are demanding that all photographs be in by February 1st, and will impose a cash penalty on those who arrive late. Accordingly, there is a great rush to be snapped, and the director of that little bird works overtime.
In looks the seniors range from Apollo to Pan, who was some homely; and from Venus to—well, of course all the girls are pretty. The photographer must get a picture of each that will be good to look on, regardless of the appearance of the person photographed. If Bill Brown looks in the Jayhawker and sees that Tom Jones, whom he positively knows is the homiest man on the campus, has a better looking picture than his there will be great green hunks of Cain to pay.
A senior was snapped eight times before the photographer dared say enough. It took that many exposures to be sure that he was getting one negative sufficiently unlike others, and it has perhaps that was an extreme case.
Jayhawk headquarters have been established in room 8 of Green hall, and starting Monday the managers will keep regular office hours of 9:00 to 11:30 in the morning, and 1:30 to 4:00 in the afternoon. Kicks, questions, fees, and pictures may be tendered to the managers during those hours.
BEGINCONCERT COURSE
Pasmore Sisters who Appea
Thursday Come With Record Behind Them
The Winter concert course of the Fine Arts School will begin Thursday with a chamber music recital by the Pasmore Trio of three American sisters who play piano, violin and violoncello. They are pupils of Sauret, Scharwenka and Hekking and have the unequaled record of having thirty-four recitals in the city of Berlin. They have played together for twelve years and have won recognition in all parts of the musical world. The complete course is as follows:
Thursday, Jan. 9th, Chamber Music Recital. The Pastore Trio.
Tuesday. Jan. 28th, Song Recital,
Mme. Barrachia of Florence, Italy.
Tuesday. Feb. 4th, Harp Recital,
Alice Genevieve Smith.
Tuesday, March 4th, Song Recital,
Dorothy North
C. H. Mangelsdorf of Atchison, mining '12, spent the week end visiting friends at the University. Since graduation he has been connected with the Prims Chemical Company's Venelian mines at Newmire and Lake City, Colorado and the Anteope Peak Mining Company at Winkelman, Arizona.
A special meeting of the Mining Journal was held Tuesday at 4:30 at which Mr. Mangelsdorf addressed the mining engineers on his work since leaving the University.
What Could We Send, Anyhow?
The University station of the Lawrence postoffice has not received any of the new parcels post stamps as yet but Postmaster Cronemeyer is expecting some at any time. However, according to the law all packages will have to be mailed down town at the main postoffice.
Old Grad Addresses Miners
Dean Templin Back This Week
Dean Oiln Templin of the College will return to the University this week after a two weeks' leave of absence in Florida. In a letter received here today he says that he has been spending the time picking oranges and other tropical fruits and bathing in the ocean with Mrs. Templin and Miss Marjorie Templin.
They Also Served Punch and Eggnog
After Which Greenwood County Students Had Great Difficulty in Reaching Their Respective Parental Domiciles.
Punch and eggnog was the fare.
This sounds bad for Kansas, but it was only the treatment some of the Greenwood County boys got when they went home for turkey.
As was advertised Greenwood went home in a special car and it was necessary when they got there to do some limelight stunt if the mill tax was to be boosted any appreciable amount. Therefore, a basket ball game was scheduled with a crossroad town in the north end of the county.
Do not become excited. We will get to the eggnog and punch part in a minute.
The Greenwood county boys started proceedings on the splinter floor. The game did not come out entirely to the satisfaction of the north-end-of-the-county boys so (now here is where the egg-nog comes in) then they had to wrestle 40 cent eggs, much to the ruination of coats and mackinaws. In addition to this when the rah rah's cranked up the bubble wagon to start home they found that some one had "punched" a hole in one of the tires.
SATURDAY EVENING POST
BOY WINS PONY AND CART
Which completed the bill of fare for the evening.
"Grin And Bear If" Lad At Coldest Corner On The Hill Earns A Reward.
Ralph Ulm, the little fellow who tells the Saturday Evening Post at his library mail box on the Hill, yesterday received notice from the Curtis Publishing Company that he had won first prize in the ten weeks contest for the largest increase of a book in the citation of Lawrence, for which he will get either a Shetland pony with harness and cart, or $100.00 in cash.
According to A. L. Griggs, the Lawrence agent for the Post, Ralph made a remarkable increase. The week before school opened he sold only 10 copies, but with the return of the students his sales increased steadily until three weeks ago he was selling over 300 copies a week.
Ralph has previously won second and third prizes in the Post contests, but never before a first. He has decided to take the pony and cart.
BLUE ROSE DIAMOND WILL
BEGIN SPARKLING TONIGHT
Red Domino Opera Cast To Rehearse Daily Until Production Last Week in January.
The cast of the Blue Rose Diamond will commence rehearsals tonight in earnest. The book and lyrics have been completed and the entire cast have had their parts during the holidays. The Red Domino Club expect to present the play the rest of this month.
"Are We True College Women" is the subject of the talk to be given by Mrs. Louis E. Sisson, to the Y. W. C. A. this afternoon at 4:30 in Myers Hall.
Leon Howe, writer of the music for the play has several offers for his songs, from private individual and publishing houses. It is probable that at least four of the songs will be sold to publishers after the play is presented. The manager of opera house in the western part of the state has written to the club to secure the offer of the play
Bad Weather Delays Marvin Owing to the severe cold spell Dean F. O. Marvin of the School of Engineering did not resume his this week as scheduled, but will probably do so within a short time.
opera house in the western part of the state has written to the club to secure the manuscript of the play for a home talent production.
Profs Report on Insects.
Profs Report on Insects.
Reports of the meeting of the American association for advancement of insects, which occurred at Cleveland, Ohio, last week, were given by Professors H. B. Hungerford, F. X. Williams, and S. J. Hunter at the entomological club yesterday afternoon.
GIVE US EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Here is a table showing what Kansas and other states are investing in their undergraduates, being the per capita cost of Universities, 1909-10, as compiled by the U. S. Bureau of Education:
Wisconsin. $311 Chicago. $246
Michigan. 204 Ohio State. 191
Nebraska. 143 Stanford. 283
Missouri. 200 California. 330
Cornell. 364 Minnesota. 169
Columbia. 274 Illinois. 194
Yale. 293 Texas. 160
Iowa. 181 Kansas (1911-12) 157
Average. . . $222
Kansas. . . 157
We don't want to be put in the attitude of looking a gift horse in the mouth. We hope we are grateful to the state for its help in giving us an education and that we are ever-mindful of the debt we own the state.
We only want to ask one question.
Americans generally recognize that a state university pays. That is, that the men and women educated there directly or indirectly give back to the state all that the state gives them.
Most states have found that there is a line where economy becomes uneconomical, that it pays to buy the best. They learned that with better facilities came better results. They know that the returns justify the outlay. California spends $330 for each student at its state university; Wisconsin, $311.
Kansas last year appropriated $157.
We know that Kansas believes in higher education. Statistics show that our state gives it to a higher percentage of young men and women than any other in the Union.
So this is the question we want to ask:
Does Kansas think that we—its young men and women—are not worth as good educational advantages as are provided by less prosperous states?
Send the Daily Kansan home.
Old Grad Recognized Coin He Went Through K.
TWO-BITS HIKED AFAR GRAD STUDES TARDY
U. On
And the cat came back—but not this time.
Harold H. Smith graduated from the Engineering school with the class of 1903. One day during the years when he was carrying on his daily combat with calculus and chemistry a twenty-five cent piece of the vintage of 1868 came into his possession. "Just to be doing something" he engraved deeply upon the coin the letters "K, U," and spent same for a "chocolate slick." then called in student parlance "sixteen to one."
Nothing more was seen of the coin until a few days ago. "I was returning from my daily surveying tramp," he writes from Phoenix, Arizona, "when a Greaser asked me to change a quarter. I did so and may imply that I am interested in the coin the same "K. U." that I scratched on it in its descriptive geometry class at the University over ten years age."
Next! We pass.
WARMER WEATHER—INDOORS
Secretary Brown Says Supply o Coal on Hand is Adequate.
"We have a sufficient supply of coal to carry us through the present cold snap," was the statement made by Edward E. Brown this afternoon.
There are in the neighborhood of 500 tons in the bins and more is being received and hauled to the University daily. At the height at which the temperature now stands about sixty tons are required to furnish the power and heating plants every twenty-four hours. Yesterday several classes were dismissed owing to the fact that the rooms were cold but little trouble is expected along that line today.
Arthur D. Vogel of Leavenworth, a freshman in the College, has withdrawn and will attend the University of Wisconsin next term.
Last year at this time there was about two feet of snow on the ground and the thermometer registered 12 degrees below zero.
Profs. Give Extension Lectures
Several of the University professors will give extension lectures over the state this week. Prof. G. C. Dunlap will go to Leavenworth to lecture Thursday evening and will also lecture at Fredonia Friday evening. Prof. A. W. Trettien will speak at Osage City Friday evening and Prof. R. A. Schwegler at Attison on the same night.
"Graduate students coming here from different schools do not seem to realize that a place in the annual Jayhawyer is saved for them," declared Asher Hobson, Manager of the Jayhawyer this morning...
"A place in the annual is saved for the pictures of all graduate students as well as for seniors. Graduate students should recognize the fact that their pictures must be taken before February 1st in order to get in the Jayhawker.
Manager Hobson of Jayhawker Calls and Tells of his Troubles
"All the other schools have made arrangements to have their pictures taken. As the success of the Jayhawker depends largely on the cooperation of all the students, especially the seniors and graduates, the delay of the graduate students in complying with the Jayhawker request has retarded the work of the business department of the annual.
"The cost of sending letters to each of the graduates is too much for the expense, so a last earnest request is made to all graduate students, and all others who have delayed in having their picture taken, to come ahead and help the board by having their pictures in on time. No pictures will be returned when what was charged. The price will be raised appropriately after the date set by the Jayhawk for having the pictures in. February 1st is the last day on which pictures can be taken at the regular price."
MISS CLARK BECOMES
HEAD LIBRARIAN AT BAKER
Miss Edith M. Clarke, head cataloger of the University library has recently been appointed librarian of Baker University. She resigned from her position here several weeks ago although she had been of great interest to her and help up her client services and will take up her new duties immediately.
Miss Clark graduated in the class of '95 from the University of Kansas and was elected to 'Phi Beta Kappa. Since that time she has been connected with the University library.
Prof. J. N. Van Der Vries of the Mathematics department was elected High Councilor of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at its recent session held at Louisville, Kentucky. He is one of a board of five members, who handle all legislative business of the fraternity between its biennial sessions.
"Doc Van" Honored
"Burly" Miller, last year on the hill and now holding a fellowship in history at Illinois, spent his vacation in Lawrence.
FRESHMAN PLEDGES HOME LEGISLATORS
Wins Over Mass Meeting and Linn County Representatives to Mill Tax
PASSED TWO RESOLUTIONS
In Fight on Floor of Hall Taxpayer Vote Against Single Board of Regents Plan
One freshman was instrumental in winning two votes for the University in the coming legislation, while at home on his Christmas vacation. The freshman is Charles Kincaid, of Blue Mound.
Noah Bowman, state senator from Linn and Anderson counties, and Robert Tyson, representative from Linn county called a meeting of the tax payers of Linn county at Mound city on December 27 to learn their regulations their representatives should work for in the coming legislature.
Among the resolutions passed was one endorsing the mill tax and one opposing the consolidation of the Boards of Regents of the state schools, both expressing the University's position. Kinead introduced these resolutions, and spoke vigorously in their behalf.
The resolutions were first referred to a committee which passed unfavorably on the resolution opposing the consolidation of the Boards of Regents, but on the floor of the convention after the matter was more thoroughly discussed it went through with but one dissenting vote. The resolution in favor of the mill tax was unanimously adopted.
The meeting was largely attended and the attitude of the taxpayers toward the University was very favorable.
Spotsa Lectures During Vacation Two lectures, one at Pleasanton and the other at Newton, were delivered in the interests of the University during the holidays by Ralph Spotsa of the department of University Extension. Both were given under the auspices of A. U. of the town patrons for the benefit of University patrons and prospective students.
"Both the entertainments were highly successful judging from the size of the audiences and the interest manifested," said Spotts this morning. "The lecture delivered at each place was the illustrated one on K. U. About ninety slides showing views of the campus, buildings, prominent men and student activities were shown."
Oliver Funeral on Friday.
the funeral of Adam Oliver, fatha rof Miss Hannah Oliver of the Latin department, and one of the old settlers of Douglas county, will be held from the First Methodist church, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev Wolf will conduct the services and interment will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Free Want Ad Column.
Starting today, the Daily Kansan free advertisement bureau is at the disposal of students seeking employment and of employers seeking student help.
Three "want ads" of not more than twenty words each will be run free of charge for someone to bring to seek help or to work.
Advertisers will be known by numbers, so that the identity of persons so using this column need not be disclosed.
The Daily Kansan has an interest in all students of the University, but especially in those who have to do outside work to get through; and anything the Kansan can do for them will be in charge to "profit and loss."
"Hand your 'ad' in at the Kansan office."
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