TOLEMA MAN.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME X.
NUMBER 65.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1912.
EXTENSION DIVISION OFFERS 140 COURSES
Makes Possible Education of Citizens at Home Along Many Lines
MANY FAMILIES INTERESTED
Are Getting Their Education From the University by Means of Uncle Sam's Mail System.
Making University class rooms out of the homes of 702 Kansas citizens has been the work of the extension division of the University of Kansas since its establishment less than two years ago. A report by Director Richard R. Price sent to Chancellor Frank Strong today, showed that of this number 365 enrollments in the correspondence course have been recorded between eight January and December 12, o this year.
The report shows that 3,587 people read the University package libraries, a collection of books on a variety of subjects, from Sept. 1911 to Dec. 12, 1912. Of these, 1098 have been sent out during the last three months.
One hundred and forty courses for which University credit is given are offered through the medium of the United States mails, enabling students to get a college training without leaving their homes.
Fifty cities of the State were given information on knotty municipal problems by the Municipal bureau, conducted by the extension department. Requests for advice on administration questions came from 79 others.
The women of Kansas have been directly aided by the department, which has furnished programs for 67 clubs in different communities. This service is rendered by preparing program for a season's work; by furnishing outlines for definite courses of study; by giving references and bibliography on any proposed subject of study; and by furnishing any individual who has a club paper to prepare, an outline and references on the subject chosen.
Three hundred and ten lectures have been given by University professors in all corners of the State under the auspices of the extension division. Milton J. Grosby, a former professor for the University using lantern pictures to give his series of talks on "Visual Instruction in Morals," has appeared before 22,000 people thus far.
ALL THE EXPOSITION COMMITTEES NAMED
School Committees Ready to Get to Work after Vacation
"The school committees on the Exposition which have not yet elected their chairmen should do so at once," said Orlán Weede, president of the Exposition organization, this morning. "It is important that chairmen be elected as soon as possible in order that the executive board, which is composed of chairmen of the school committees and the president, can meet."
Each school Committee will elect its chairman from its own membership. The duty of these committees is to see that its respective school is represented to the best advantage at the Exposition, and to use any legitimate means that may be for the best interests of its school.
"A meeting of all School Committees will be called at once, and each committee should meet at least before before Christmas to discuss plans for its school.
The school committees from the schools of Fine Arts and Education have now been elected, making the list of committees complete. These committees were named yesterday, as follows: Fine Arts—May Mefarlin, Lena Tripp, Murray, Leora Kucherna, Estelle Stiahm; Education—Harry Gowans, Melvin Croan, Ansel Stubla, Isa Goldmin, Helen Hoopes.
everything is going off fine," said President Weede this morning, "the students are taking a great interest in the work and are getting down to work in fine shape. I am sure the Exposition will be a great success."
GIVE XMAS CONCERT
Fine Arts School Will be Heard in Fraser Hall Tomorrow Night
The Annual Christmas Concert of the School of Fine Arts will be given in the chapel tomorrow evening, commencing at 8:15.
A great deal of time has been spent in preparing for the event, and an unusually fine entertainment is expected by those who have heard the former concerts given by students of the Fine School. No Admission will be charged.
The program will be as follows:
Quartet The Lark Glinka
Arth
Flute Camille Hook
Violin William Hoyt.
Violineello Meredith Robbins.
Piano Alice Ingerson.
Songs Thou art Repose Schubert
Hark, Hark the Hard Etta Smith.
Piano Solo Autumn Chaminade
Elsa Zaut嫁.
Violin Solo Pierrot Serenade Randegger
Francis Saile
Song Birds and singing Thomas
Clara Powell.
Piano Solo Nocturn in G major Chopin
Lucy Parrott.
Organ Solo Preludio from Third Son-
ata Pearl Emley.
Songs Autumn The Wind Spross
Eleanor Trewory
Quartet Serenade "Sans Toi" Meyer-
Helmund
Violins Anna Murray
Dorothy Keeler.
Violineillo William Dalton.
Piano Agnes Moses.
Song The Cross Ware
Cora Reynolds
Piano Solo Spining Song agner-
Liszt
Marjorie Sheldon.
Songs The Silent Lute Ware
Through the Palm Trees Liddle
Ruth Limbe
Quartet March Hollaeder
Nina Kanaga and Helen Dawson.
Edua Lambert and Polly Thompson.
WHAT WILL THIS MELODY
STUFF MAKE US DO NEXT?
Yes, she made a full toilet while listening to the band concert last night. It was not a trivial matter of powdering her nose, frizing her locks, and settling her belt. She actually took a complete sponge bath before everybody, sitting the while on a gentleman's overcoat, up near the pipe organ. All her motions were as graceful and rhythmic as if she had 'been danieng to the music.
Who was she? No one seems to know—just a wicked little puss in convict stripes.
OLD GRAD TELLS HOW FIRST
CINDER TRACK WAS BANKED
"The wonderful advancement in the matter of physical equipment impresses me, as it must all returning visitors to the University of Kansas," said Prof. E. D. Adams, head of the History department at Stanford, Jr., University, this mornin'.
Ten years ago Professor Adams was a member of the faculty of the University. He stopped in Lawrence Friday on six months leave of absence from Stanford to lecture in Harvard, in order to obtain his doctorate. He is accompanied by his wife and younger son, guests of Dean Green of the School of Law.
"Lots of students," commented Professor Adams this morning, as he watched the hurrying crowd in Fraser hall; but it is in the matter of equipment that the changes are most noticeable. When I was here there were no buildings west of Fowler shops, and the Chemery east of Fowler shops. The museum was in process of construction. Green hall had not yet been built.
The annual Christmas dinner of Kappa Alpha Theta will be tomorrow night.
"The changes on McCook Field are also interesting to me. When I was a treasurer for a number of years of the Athletic Association, and Chairman of the finance committee, we built the first running track around the field. The team's vision of the job was turned over to the superintendent of the grounds. He was not an athlete and had the track banked the wrong way."
The K. U. Debating society will meet at 8 o'clock Thursday evening in room 313 Fraser hall.
THE ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST NOW READY
Somebody Has a Chance
Make Eaay Money from
"Applied Christianity"
Four prizes totaling in value $250 have been offered by the University for the best essays, written by students on "The Application of the Teachings of Jesus to the Practical Affairs and Relations of Life." The essays may deal with social, industrial, commercial, or legal issues. The essays are treated in an essay. The prizes are divided as follows: first, $100; second, $75 third, $50; fourth, $25.
The committee in charge of the contest is composed of Professors Carruth, Billings, Boynton, O'Leary and Wilcox. The following conditions have been laid down: Essays are to be not less than 5000, nor more than 10,000 words in length; to be handed to the Chancellor by May 1, 1913; to be typewritten, with outline, table of contents, sources, and bibliography.
The awards will be made by a committee of five, and announced at commencement. The essay receiving first place may probably be published by the University.
We Correct Story on Enrollment The Kansan wishes to correct a statement which it made in regard to the new system of enrollment for the college being present to assist in enrolling there will only be the regular advisors and one representative for each department to carry on the work.
DOCKERAY DISCLOSES
PSYCHOLOGY SECRETS
The enrollment cards for the College have arrived and students who need them may arrive for next term during vacation may get cards at the Dean's office.
We Correct Story on Enrollment
Band Concert Most Classica Attempt Ever Tried by Horn Blowers
At its first concert in Fraser Hall last night the University Band, under the direction of C. E. McCanness, played by far the most classical program ever given on the hill by any University band, nast or future.
PLAYED HARD PROGRAM WANT 1.000 MEMBERS
The boys have been practicing faithfully for several weeks, and rendered a hard program of twelve numbers with great credit to themselves and leader. The features of the concert were the use of a large orchestra suite and a tuba solo, by Carl Hicks. After the concert the boy ate on "Mac" at Lee's.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
MEET HERE IN MARCH
Miss Tess Critchfield, '11, and Miss Alice Johnson, '11, of Okaidowa, willow.
The tenth annual conference of high schools and academies accredited to the University will meet in Lawrence, March 14 and 15. About 400 will attend, and the meetings will probably be held on the hill, as they have been in previous years. Prof. R. L. Anderson, professor of education and state high school examiner of the University of Texas, will be the principal speaker. The complete program will be issued after the holidays.
Miss Geneva Wiley, of Emporia will come tomorrow for a short visit at the Pi Phi house.
Susie, the Educated Pup, Deceased, Now Replaced By Rats
F. C. Dockeray, instructor in psychology, discussed his animal studies this morning at chapel. He spoke of Susie and other animals who won so much fame for the Psychology department last year, and explained the more serious side of his work with them.
Susie and her companions were discussed in many American papers last fall when they enrolled in the University. English publications took up the subject and it finally reached the German papers of which offered the sum of ten marks for a picture of the class and the instructor.
GROW OR GO. WHICH?
"We are not interested in the animals as individuals, or in teaching them in the ordinary sense," said Mr. Dockeray. "We were trying to find the series from the simplest up to the mind of man."
"The department of psychology in its work does not wish educated dogs and animals. It wishes animals whose minds are yet unformed. We find that some of the lower animals can learn only a series, when they have once done a thing every time they perform the process they do it in the same way.
"In a second type, the animal learns to make some changes in the series. A third type can apply past experience and use it to create a new gifted Mind can develop a system."
Mr. Dockeray is still working on the question of imitation in animals, but is uncertain how much influence it has. Susie is dead, but the work of the department still goes on. At present the pupils are rats.
Chancellor Strong Favors Pla of Y. M. C. A. to Increase Student Membership
To collect seven hundred and fifty dollars among the students is the problem that confronts the University Y. M., C.A., and a campaign for membership and funds was launched to meet it at a five course dinner in Myers Hall, where she cloak to over ninety men by the board of directors of the organization.
Chancellor Strong, acting as toastmaster, said: "I wish to congratulate the Y. M. C. A. on what it has done this year. I believe the membership of the association should be increased to one thousand. The association has been one of the important factors one among the characteristies have gone out from the University over the state. For this reason it deserves hearty support."
Secretary Stockwell says that the actual expense per member last year was five dollars. He considers that the average subscription should be two dollars. The remainder of the expenses are borne by the University, alumni and friends.
Thirty-nine men volunteered to see all the University men this week in an attempt to raise the remainder of the $1200 expected of them.
Other talks were made by the Rev.
Oliver S. Elderman and Prof. R. A
Schaffer.
Miss Ruth Smith, of Oksaloaa,
has been visiting Marca Slade,
a freshman in the College, at the Theta
house.
If you've got the peep of a half baked clam, or the spunk of a spineless squad; you'll read up on this mill-tax dope, and waddle on the job. When you get home the folks will gawk at Podunk's Greatest Pride, and like as not you'll swell all up, and nearly bust your hide. They'll hark to words of wisdom from your worldly-wise old mouth, and mayhap, if you talk so me sense, forget about the drouth. Explain the mill-tax propost to every blooming gink, that has the right to cast a vote and brains enough to think. Especially be sure to support a candidate, the peelup of your desires, but be sure you talk some sense. And don't forget that mother dear, is voting nowadays, so co-deed, get bu buy now and prove that suffrage pays. Every student at this school is bound by mora llaw, to hold his goldmil blamedest, for the mill-tax; and your paw, will be interested greatly, talk it up and you will see what a big concerted effort will accomplish, finally.
PONCE
MASQUERS ARE READY FOR A K.U. BELASCO
First Amateur Production Of Professional Play Will be Given Tonight
With principals, bell-buys, wood soldiers, and fair damsels all ready for the whistle, the "Boys of Company B" to be given tonight and tomorrow night at the Bowersock theater by the Masque club, await the first curtain in fear and trembling of the coming ordeal before their critics, their fellow students. Even Jack Williams, though not in the cast, is reported as shaky in the knees and feverish as we go to press.
Seats have sold well, and if the student critics like it tonight tickets
The show should give a good opportunity for the University to show what it has in the way of dramatic talent in interpreting a play that has been a decided success in the hands of professional actors.
William Cain, who has been unable to assume his duties as manager owing to illness, is reported about the same today.
DEMAND FOR TEACHERS
CANNOT BE SUPPLIED
University Appointment Committee Has Several High School Positions That Are Yet Unfilled.
The University Appointment Committee, whose duty it is to recommend graduates to high schools desiring teachers, has been unable to supply the demand during the last month. More than a dozen calls for teachers have been received, and only two or three supplied.
"There are eight or ten good positions now open," said W. H. Johnson, state high school visitor and secretary of the appointment committee, "and if there is anyone here who wants to teach for the remainder of the year he should see it, and that experience should be a graduate, and experience is desirable though not necessary."
The unusual demand for instructors is due to the remarkable increase in attendance at all classes of high school, and to the fact that many schools are making mid-term promotions for the first time this year.
Chemists to Meet at Topeka.
Chemists of Meet at Topeca.
A number of University professors will read papers before the forty-five annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, to be held in Topeca, on Dec. 23 to 25. Prof. Bushong will also deliver an address as retiring president of the organization.
Those who will address the assembly are Dean L. E. Sayre, Prof. H. L. Jackson, Prof. E. B. Bailey, Prof. F. B. Hayes, Prof. E. Griffin, Prof. Meyers, and Prof. Mallie.
Prof. L. D. Havenhill is at present, treasurer of the society, and Professors Bashong, Havenhil, Bailey, Dainis, and others are on the executive committee.
Y. W's. Give Xmas Carol.
The last meeting of the Y. W. C. A.
before the holidays will be a Christmas
Carol at 4:45 P. M. Wednesday at
Myers Hall. Miss Constance McCammon
will read, nd there will be special
music by Philip Stevens, Beatrice
Dalton, Gerteu Furg and Helen Payne.
Tea will be served. Every girl in the
University is especially invited to this
Christmas service.
Toys for the poor children in the settlement classes carried on by the Y. W. C. A., may be brought to Marie Sealy at this meeting.
Chemicals Will Discuss Mysteries.
A talk on "The Mysteries of Chemistry" will be the feature of the next regular meeting of the Chemical Engineering Society, to be held Wednesday from 7:30 to 10:00 at Room 201 of the Chemistry building.
E. R. Weidelin will be the speaker of the evening, giving a number of practical demonstrations of his subject describing chemistry as an amusement.
The lecture will be of a general nature and is open to everybody.
This notice was sent out today by the arm-peeled, who usually holds forth. She is also
Will Head Off Typhoid Thursday.
Students who are taking typhoid vaccinations will have to take them this week on Thursday.
FOR A K.U. BELASCO
FIFTY DOLLARS IN GOLD
On account of vacation starting Friday, the regular time for student vaccination has been changed from Sat to the corresponding hour Thursday.
Some Student Has a Good Play in His System, Says Senior Committee
WILL PAY HARD MONEY FOR IT
New Policy nlauragurated With View of Developing Dormant Campus Talent.
Fifty dollars in gold will be awarded to the K. U. man or woman who will write a play for the senior class. This action was taken by the play committee at its meeting in Fraser Hall yesterday. Any K. U. student, past, present, or future, will be invited to play, whether farce, musical comedy or comic operai, will be considered by the committee. Each author is to appear before the committee and read his play. All manuscripts must be in by April first, 1913. Now is the time to begin.
The committee wants a play built around some Kansas custom or tradition. It would like to see some clever student lampoon with good-natured caricature some existing idiosyncrasy, or prick the bubble of some faculty of dueresburg university. If it is done cleverly and oblique, it will be required to the three entities, said student will not only get his name in letters a foot high on the bill-boards but will receive fifty simoleons from an ever-grateful senior play committee.
The members of the Senior Play Committee are: Constance McCammon, chairman. Bruce Hurd, Chas. Cass, Esther Evans, Will Cain, and Beatrice Dellon.
The action of the committee is in line with the policy of seniors at universities where dramatics flourish. It gives any man or woman with prodigies toward play-writing a chance to try it out on the dog, and at the same time it eliminates deep-seated remorse which usually accompanies a member of the senior play committee out into the world who has assisted in manufacturing an alleged play for the occasion. For, be it known, seldom does a senior play committee claim to know anything about stage business.
Wait a minute! Here's a point almost forgotten. The committee reserves right to reject any and all manuscripts, and to fortify itself against such contingency, will have cared for the manuscript as its owner's drawer a professional manuscript
But the K. U. embryonic Belasees and Shaws and Ades will get the first sympathetic hearing.
Old Grads to Wed
Miss Mary Coors, '10, and Mr. Robert Banks, '09, will be married tomorrow night at the home of Miss Coors in Las Vegas, Mexico. Miss Coors was a member of Pi Beta Phi, and Mr. Banks was a Phi Dhi.
Miss Katherine Brooks, of Wichita,
who has been visiting Marion Oesborn,
a freshman in the College, has
returned to her home.
Tomorrow the Daily Knasan will wish the faculty and students of the University a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with its annual Christmas edition. No paper will be put out Thursday or Friday.
This holiday edition will be an eight-page affair, bursting from cover to cover with the best wishes for a pleasant two weeks with the home folks, and hopes that the turkey and the fatted calf will perish in abundance.
Feature material will be added to the regular issue in the form of special articles. Earl Potter will contribute a Christmas story entitled, "The Weeds of Mourning"; O. Henry's story, "The Compliments of the Season," will be reprinted; will be there James Whitcomb Riley's poem, "Last Christmas was A Year Ago"; and the most famous editorial in American newspaper work, "Is There a Sanna Claus?" run every year by hundreds of newspapers, will be given.