STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KAN.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME X.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22, 1912.
NUMBER 27.
STUDENTS TO HAVE RARE OPPORTUNITY
Marine Band Which Comes Nov. 2 a Wonderful Organization
PROF. CROISSANT TELLS OF IT.
In Chapel Talk This Morning H.
Gave a Brief History of the
Musical Corps.
The Marine Band, which will give a concert here November 2, was the subject of the talk given by Prof. DeWitt Croissant of the department of History at Chapel this morning. Mr. Croissant, who has been a long resident of Washington, told many interesting features of the band which he has learned by observation and personal acquaintance with members of the organization. His speech, in part, was as follows:
Not a Commercial Organization.
"If the Marine Band were a commercial organization, conducted for financial profit, I should not think of talking about it on an academic platform, but the quality of the band, and its position in American life, are such that I feel justified, even though I understand they will be paid for their services here. As a matter of fact, this trip was permitted by the President of the United States only on the solicitation of senators and representatives from Iowa, California, Washington, Ohio, Oregon, Kentucky, and Wyoming. When so powerful and so representative a body as that asks a favor, the President is very apt to grant it, especially if he is a candidate for re-election and the request comes in presidential year. Because of these circumstances, it will be seen that this trip has something of an official character.
Established in 1798.
"The Marine Corps was established in 1798, when John Adams was president, and at that time, a drum and five corps of sixteen fife and sixteen drums was provided for. The music that this corps furnished was rather severe, not to say monotonous and for the sake of a little variety, musicians, principally Italians, who could do more than beat a drum or toot a life, were introduced. From that beginning it grew to be a first class band, until it came under the leadership of John Philip Sousa, with whose near-rattle marches the most of you are no doubt familiar. Sousa made the band famous. But under him it consisted of only thirty classified privates, and the leader himself was only an enlisted man in the Marine Corps, with the rank of sergeant. Sousa saw the possibility of making money in private enterprise, withdrew to organize a band of his own, and the Marine Band then came under the leadership of Fancuilli. Fancuilli was a real musician, but was given to playing pieces on parade that were more appropriate for the drawing room than for marching soldiers. In one of the big parades an army officer rode to Fancuilli, who remember was an enlisted man, and ordered him "to stop playing those ___ piccolo solos, and give them something they could march by" Fancuilli immediately resigned, and the incident resulted in the turning point in the history of the band. It was recognized that the leader that he could not be bawn at, even if a army officer, and that a man worthy of the position should be secured. So in 1898, under President McKinley, the band was re-organized; its leader was made a commissioned officer, the first being Lieutenant Santlemann, the present leader. A second leader was provided for; who is now W. F. Smith, once leader of the famous Constantine band; and the number of musicians was increased to sixty, at greatly increased salaries. The instruments used are paid for by the United States government, and are absolutely the best that money can buy, a fact which is a great element in producing the exquisite tone quality that you will no doubt notice.
"Each member has to stand a very rigid examination, and must be pro-
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TALKS TO LAWS
Hon. R. G. Anderson, an attorney of Atchison, Kansas, delivered the first of a series of five lectures yesterday to the law students at Green hall. Mr. Anderson, who is here under the usuples of the West Publishing Company, has written a sousa has for the subject of this series "How to Find the Law."
For several years, Mr. Anderson vas on the editorial staff of the West Publishing Company. Previous o that he was professor of law in frinity Law School at Durnham, North Carolina. At present he is isociated with Hon. Z. E. Jackson, city attorney of Atchison.
Fifteen Cinder Path Men Run Exciting Events in the Rain Yesterday Afternoon
TRACK MEN SHIVER
THROUGH THREE EVENTS
fritted shivering athletes reported to Coach Hamilton for the first free for all track meet of the season. The rain and wind handicapped the athletes considerably and the stove in the track shed until his event was run
The fifty yard, the hundred, and the mile runs were completed. Charles Greenlee won both the sprints. L. L. Greenlee pushed the winner in both events.
In the mile run seven men started and six finished. "Five years ago we never would have had so many men out for the mile on a rainy day," declared Coach Hamilton just before the start of the race. Capt. O. W. Patterson, the veteran distance runner easily won the race. R. F. Edwards and J. Malcomson ran a pretty race for second place and the last hundred yards was as clever a finish as has been seen on McCook field for some time. Edwards beat Malcomson by a few inches.
The Athletic carnival will be resumed today and the first event will be started promptly at 4:30 o'clock. Yesterday some of the men came to the field but did not stay when it began to rain. Coach Hamilton wants it understood that bad weather will not delay the meet, unless there is snow on the ground at the time of the meet.
NILL TALK ON INDIA
Mr. B. R. Barber to Address Special Meeting of Y. M. C. Thursday Evening
B. R. Barber, for a number of years the general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Calcutta, India, will speak on "New Forces in India" at a special meeting of the association in Myers hall Thursday evening at seven o'clock. Mr. Barber is in the United States on a furlough and is making a tour of the prominent colleagues of the country.
"He is a man of international reputation as a leader in association work," said Roy Stockwell, secretary of the University Y. M. C. A., this morning, "and should make a strong appeal to college men. He will probably have something to say concerning "Dad" Herman's work in India, since their work is along the same line."
COUNCIL TO ELECT
Two vacancies in the membership of the Student Council from the College and one from the School of Engineering will be filled at a meeting of the Council to be held this evening.
Three Vacancies in Membership Will be Filled Tonight.
The names of the following students who have handed in petitions for admission into the council will be voted on: College—Paul Ross, George Beamer, George Stanton, W. M. Burkholder, Arthur Perry. School of Engineering—Oscar Dingman.
Engineer Returns.
James Young a student in the School
of Engineering who has been working
or the City Engineer of Tulsa, Oklahoma
returned last Saturday to resume his
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Engineer Returns.
Masque club Tryout.
There will be a try out for the Masque club tomorrow night in room 101 Fraser hall.
Masque Club Tryout.
HONEST NOW,MR.FACULTY MAN,
HOW MANY CAN YOU ANSWER?
The ignorance of the average college student about present day history was demonstrated today at the University of Kansas when an examination covering recent news in politics, religion, music and similar topics was given a class in journalism. Not one of the students was given the chance to answer eight questions correctly, and non could give all the candidates for governor of Kansas or for vice president of the United States.
Weekly tests of student knowledge of news events will be given in all journalism classes during the year and no student will be passed in the courses who fails to read the newspapers.
1. Who shot Roosevelt? In what city?
Here aree questions that puzzled the students:
2. What great trial is now going on in New York?
6. Name the officers of the president's cabinet."
3. With what country has Turkey just concluded peace?
8. Who are the three candidates for governor of New York?
5. What team won the world's baseball championship?
9. What are the Archbold letters?
10. Name the five candidates for president.
7. What is the date of the national election?
4. What war is starting now?
What is its cause?
13. Who is president of the Red Cross?
14. How many electoral votes are there?
12. What American strike is now on?
15. How many electoral votes has Kansas?
16. Why were the Roosevelt electors withdrawn from the Republican column in Kansas?
It is still the almost universal opinion that Stephen A. Douglas proposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in order to carry favor with the south and secure the presidency. As this view is set forth in such recent authoritative works as Mr. Rhodes's history and Professor Hart's American Nation, Professor Hodder will restate the circumstances that brought about the Kansas-Nebraska Act, in order to disclose Douglas's real motive and the precise extent of his political offense.
17. Who are the candidates for governor in Kansas?
11. Name the five candidates for vice president.
The ladies of the faculty will entertain all men students of the University Thursday afternoon with a chocolate-doughnut tea in Haworth hall.
21. When will the parcels post law go into effect?
20. What Kansas City singer who has won fame abroad has just returned home?
19. What municipal row. is now on in Kansas City?
25. What is the latest play of George Bernard Shaw to arrive in America?
22. What federal law affecting the newspapers has been enforcement绿纸
23. Who was Jules Massanet and in what month did he die?
Send the Daily Kansan Home.
18. Who are the candidates for United States senator?
MISTER K. U. STUDENT, INFERIOR EXTRACTS YOU ARE CORDIALLY--- JEOPARDIZE HEALTH
Faculty Ladies Will Entertain Men Students and Tea Will Flow Like Chocolate
For many years similar teas have been given to the girls of the University, but the women of the faculty and especially the wives of the professors remain practically apart from student acquaintance. To cultivate this closer acquaintance, since it is impossible to entertain at the homes for two thousand students, the tea for men will be tried. If the attempt is a success, it will be made a regular affair.
24. What is Pierre Loti?
Preparations have been made to entertain all University men.
Prof. F, H. Hodder, of the history department, will deliver an address before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin, Thursday evening on "The Genesis of the Kansas-Nebraska Act."
26. Who was Samuel Coleridge
Tavlof?
Professor Hodder will be one of the principal speakers on the evening press.
PROFESSOR HODDER WILL
SPEAK AT WISCONSIN
27. What great religious leader died in England last month?
28. What great order did he found?
Prof. Jackson Says Imitations Which are Sold Daily are Dangerous
are Dangerous
"Kansans are daily buying imitation lemon extract for the standard article," declared Prof. H. Louis Jackson, head of the food laboratory, who has just finished testing imitation lemon extracts. The People have not become educated enough to distinguish in value between the standard article and the imitation".
"The Law of Kansas provides that 'Products sold for lemon flavoring conform either to the standard for lemon extract or to that for terpeneless extract of lemon, and the label must show to which of said standards they conform.' Likewise, any article not conforming to these standards is imitation and can be sold as such provided it is labelled in accordance to the requirements of 'compound', 'imitation', or 'blend' as it may be.
"Now that perplexing question that comes up is in what degree a man may dilute and weaken his extract and still call it an imitation. No standard can be fixed in Kansas. In this way a man may dilute his extract so that it contain no etrine acid, or that it contain no esterified amount of the standard article.
"Numerous articles come into the laboratory daily, and it shows in what way the health of the general class of people is constantly jeopardized. This imitation is unfair; in the first place to the consumer, as he buys this exceedingly poor article for nearly the same price as the standard article, and in the second place, it fosters unfair competition among the manufacturers.
"If we could prevent the sale of these imitation extracts, we could soon make the manufacturers step in line. The public gets less for the product than the article than it would if it bought a higher grade standard article for a slight increase in prize.
Hochschule der Hieratswissenschaften n. (Ach Gott!).
The School of Love in Germany is touted as a brand new thing, but every one who thinks it's so, will please stand on their head and sing; the schools of love on Oread are various and great; for years and years they've gone on helping man to find a mate. The school song is Ich Liebe Dich, the favorite fruit a date, and never since the school began has any one been late. The school is novel in a way, it has no teachers (so they say), the classes meet at handy hours, and teachers usually get flowers. No Bachelor degrees as yet, have ever come to light, for any dame that misses out must surely be a fright. The matter of tuition sometimes comes a little high, but father pays the billywills, so what care you or I.
Ponce.
REGENTS CONSIDERING
VARIOUS REPORTS
The Board of Regents are in session at the Chancellor's office this afternoon. Among the various matters to come before the board are reports from the architects supervising the fish hatchery at Pratt; from Professor McArdle on the plans for the second wing of the new Administra-tory building from Professor Young on the water survey recently made in 'lawrence.
The members of the board present at today's meeting are Hon. Leon S. Cameron, Hon. Rodney A. Elward, Hon. Chas, F. Foley, together with Cancellor Frank S. Strong.
GOVERNOR STUBBS TO GIVE CHAPEL SPEECH
Hour of Address Changer From Afternoon to Morning at Regular Hour
Gov. Walter Roscoe Stubbs will speak in the chapel tomorrow mornink at 10 o'clock. He is at present campaigning the state in the interests of the Progressive party, and is a candidate for United States senator
The subject of his address was not given out by his secretary when he made arrangements for the speech at the long distance telephone Monday.
Governor Stubbs will arrive in the morning and spend the day in the city. He will make a political ad for the Bowersock theater in the evening.
EDITORS ASK FOR SERVICE FROM STATE UNIVERSITY
The Southwestern Editorial Association, meeting at Dodge City Tuesday, endorsed the work of the department of journalism at the state University and instructed the executive committee to confer with the Chancellor and Regents looking to an extension of its efficiency as cost-finding system to the country offices of the state.
FACULTY IN FOOTBALL
Brains
Dean Skilton Picks a Classic Team of Brawn and
How would it do to let Dean C. S. kilton of the Fine Arts school pick the varsity football squad, and have him make his selections exclusively from the acuity? Can't you imagine the doughy knickknack ensemble on McCook field each evening?
Leave the matter to Dean Skilton and his faculty team and the line-up in the Aggies game Saturday would be as follows: Haworth, center; Strong and Bushong, guards; Boynton and Naismith, tackles; Rice and Higgins, ends; O'Lorey, quarter back; Rogers, half, halves; and Patum, full back.
The substitutes would be Dockery, Mitchell (two of them) and Sission. "Uncle Jimmy" Green would undoutaut an unanimous vote for cheer leader.
"This team would offer both beef and brains, while as to their speed no man would dare hazard a guess, "declares Dean Skilton." The Varsity should then play a heady game, and it would require a team of expert psychologists to outguess them and hattle their plays."
And while discussing the subject, the faculty are not so green as on some of the practice of football. Several of them have been stars in their day. Dean Skilton, for instance, has shone on the gridiron, a fact which entitles him to be on the faculty busidy. He used to play when he first began teaching
faculty members were eligible to play on the teams in those days—and his team took on the Yale class teams and other institutions along the Hudson. That was away back in '90 and '91, but the dean of the Fine Arts school is not yet down and out for the gridron.
They're Whetting The Axe
Pi Upailon will hold initiation for its six freshmen Saturday night, October 26.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
HAMILTON EXPLAINS BIG GAME CHARGES
Prices Fixed in Contract Between Two Institutions He Declares
MISSOURI STUDENTS PAID EXTRA
Shows that Cost of Ticket was Raised to Provide Adequate Funds to Carry on University Enterprises
W. O. Hamilton, general manager of athletics, in a statement issued this afternoon, declared that the plan of charging admission to the Kansas-Missouri game is fixed in a contract between the two institutions.
"There seems to be some misunderstanding on the part of some of the students in regard to the arrangement made for Enterprise tickets holders for the Missouri-Kansas Game on Nov. 23," said Mr. Hamrith. "This is due I am sure to lack of knowledge of conditions imposed by the contract entered into between the two schools, two years ago, when the game was taken from Kansas City and brought to the University fields. There has been only one game played under the contract and certain arrangements were provided and carried out in that game played in Columbia last November.
"The contract provides for a joint management and sets the price allowed on student tickets.(This was stated on contract as 50 cents but was changed by mutual agreement before the first game at Columbia) to allow $1.00 on student coupon in purchase of seat and coupon to count 50 cents each. No government admission ticket are sold, and all seats are to be reserved.
Missouri Fulfilled Contract.
"These conditions were faithfully carried out in the game at Columbia and every student of Missouri University paid an additional $1.00 or $1.50 for a bleacher or box seat. It is therefore necessary for us to do the same thung that Missouri did. As I said before we are holding the receipts and we are bound to hold to the same arrangements as were made at Columbia.
There were only some ten or fifteen student tickets held at Missouri that did not purchase reserved seats by paying the additional $1.00 or $1.50. These were allowed to stand along the fence. Every rooter in the roots section paid. "I of course can easily see how some may have thought that the raise in price of student tickets from $3.00 to $5.00 was because of the Missouri Kansas Game, but such was not the case as anyone will find out by investigation Unfortunately the raise in price came the first year of the game here.
Explains two Dollar Raise.
"The matter of the raise in the price came up for discussion last year, and was brought up by these facts. For many years, more attractions have been given for less money, on the Student Enterprise tickets at Kansas than in 95 percent of the college of the country. In most instances, an athletic ticket for five dollars or more At Missouri for instance the Athletic ticket is $2.00.
"Last year the need was felt for more funds for the different enterprises to carry on the work they were doing more efficiently. This was especially true in the case of the University Band. The Athletic funds too have often been inadequate to defray the actual necessary expenses and with the exception of three years there has been a deficit, and the authorities have been compelled to sign notes to borrow money to pay over the summer expenses.
Student Council Approves.
The student council became interested in these conditions and upon investigation found that there was an actual need of more funds. The Council offered to take charge of the Student Enterprise on behalf of the Students and voluntarily raise the price to $5.00 (The Athletic Association receives $1.60 of the increase of $2.00). This was done, the Associated Student Enterprise committee relinquishing its control to a committee of the Student Council.
At this time the question of the Missouri-Kansas Game arrangement came up and the Manager of Athletics was asked whether the effect would permit of Student ticket
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