THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
No.86
W.A.A. Announces Contest for Plot of Water Playlet
Organization Offers Prize for Best Manuscript Submitted by Feb 10
A prize of $5 has been offered by the Women's Athletic Association for the best manuscript submitted to be published in The Times, which will be presented during April
The playlet is to be given in Robinson gymnastium tank and must last at least 45 minutes. It should include dancing on the bank and diving and swimming in the water, according to the committee. "Hawaiiat" worked out by Stella Harris, A. B.25 and Alice Cline Brown,27 follow closely rather closely the traditional story of Fliwaath and included a number of artistic dances.
The deadline for manuscripts is Feb. 10, according to Joie Stapleton, c'28, who is chairman of the committee for the water carnival.
At the meeting of W. A. A. yesterday afternoon Miss Dorothy Barter, instructor in physical education announced that she has a number of suggestions for plots and will be glad give them to anyone interested in writing a playlet, if they will call at the physical education office.
Virginia Davis, c26, president of W. A. A. appointed committees to have charge of the Puff Pant Prom, the annual all-women's dance, which will be given in Robinson Gymnasium on the night of Feb. 19.
Miss Davis also announced that a fencing club has been organized and that Dr. James A. Natsimith, professor of sports medicine at UCLA, select a fencing team from the members of the club. A committee, of which Joanne McElliburn, c26, is chairman, was appointed to look into the situation of giving W. A., A point fencing.
Miss Dorothy Barter, faculty advisor of the organization, outlined the W. A. A. plans for the second semester. These include: The water carcass; the fish; and the breeding of new members on Feb. 15, and the annual spring banquet in May.
Produce Prices May Rise
British Economist Is Concerned Over Export Plan
Washington, Jan. 7—Sir Josiah Stamp, foremost British economist, believes that the proposed government export corporation for the handling of America's crop surplus will cause a bad economic effect on the public, according to an exchange made public by the American Senate and vice president Dawes.
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The British economist contends that the plans would start a circle of price resulting badly. He wrote Mr. Dawes: "If the price of food is higher in the United States, the enhanced cost may lead to a wide circle demand for higher wages. If so, all cost of products will ultimately tend to rise slightly and follow, probably after a struggle, or at least in the new division of products of 'products.'
Contest Speeches Due for Criticism Jan. 27.
Nine men have entered the Men's oratorical contest, according to E. C Bucher of the department of speech and dramatic art.
"All men who try out in the oratorical contest must have their speeches ready for examination and criticism by Wednesday, Jan. 27," said Mr. Buchler. A prize of $25.00 and the right to represent the University in the Missouri Valley oratorical contest will be given to the winner.
Men's Rifle Team to Meet Three Schools This Week
Meets have been scheduled with three schools by the Men's Rifle Team for the week end of Jan. 9, said Lieut Myers today. These students are Creighton University of Omaha, Connecct Agricultural College of Storrs, Conn., and Denison University of Granville, Ohio.
The members of the squel this week are Hinton, Muller, Skinner, Armstrong, Svage, Weathof, White, Lasseter, Martin, Herwig, Eubank, and Holtman.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1925
Two Editions of Kansan to Be Issued Quiz Week
Two editions of the Kanans will be published during examination and enrollment weeks, it was decided at the Kanans board meeting yesterday. The first issue is to be on Jan. 18, and the second on Jan. 27.
Staff officers were elected for the next four weeks. Editor-in-chief Mark Coyle, associate editor Jessie Edmondson; new editor, Clayton Finch; plain text editor, John F. Moore.
The question of grade points was processed but no action was taken. The next step was the Kansas Board meeting of the surgeon. Merrill W. Slaweon is the rector.
British Designer Plans New Style Battleship in Spite of Protest
Countries Will Not See Navy Stripped Without Fight to Hold Position
London, Jan. 7- In spite of European protests for further naval disarmament, England's formosas des, *Wkf*, *HMS Hips* has started work
armed with 16-inch guns.
At the samba, that a converted movement for 1 abolition of the British naval force's performance figures of the British X-1, the world's largest submarine have been revealed by naval writers.
It is obvious that England is not given the chance to be its navy stripped from it without a bitter fight to retain it. The revelations of the capacities of the latest submarines and ships are believed to be the first evidence of a strategic war against disarmament.
The newest of the fighting ships projected by Sir George Thurston, the well known naval architect, will supercode all existing battleships and airship carriers by combining in one ship the function of each.
The new ship will carry 30 airplanes. It will have no smokestacks from terr to twelve inches thick and will carry six 16-inch guns. There will be a landing platform 520 feet long on top of the second deck of the ship.
Regarding the new British submarine X-1, it is said that the new craft is 350 feet in length with a displacement of 3,600 tons. It carries a 16-inch gun and a small airplane for use on while on the surface of the ocean. The boat can be used under water for two or one-half days. Japan is also said to be constructing some remarkable new submarines of about two thousand tons displacement. They are designed to cross the Pacific and return, a distance of 16,000 miles, without refuelling. Provisions have also been made to make the submarines proof armed by submarines of all forms of underwater attack.
Stunt Given at Meeting of Educational Sorority
The newly initiated members of Pi Lamba Theta, national honorary educational sorority, entertained the old members with a stunt last night at a regular meeting held at Henley house at 7:50. A short business meeting then call call answered by each member telling how she spent the holidays.
Cecil Suhrue was in charge of the stunt which portrayed a model modern school. She acted as principal at a summer camp for teachers and pupils. Humorous model intelligence tests were given, and an arithmetic contest was conducted. Miss Agnes Brady, instructor in math, helped the honoror of prize student in arithmetic.
New York, Jan. 7- Representatives of miners will continue to urge federal regulation of the anarchic coal strike as a means to ending the trouble, their spokesman indicated before t-日's meeting despite the rejection of the proposal by the mine owners yesterday and by the plan. The joint conference resumed their sessions shortly before noon today.
Federal Regulation Urged (United Press)
Brussels, Jan. 7.—Although in no immediate danger of death, according to his personal physicians, Cardinal Mercler had been administered the last sacraments at his own request, it was learned here today.
Climate of South Becoming Cooler; North Is Warmer
Difference in Temperature of Extreme Sections Is Smaller, Says Closter.
America's climate is slowly changing, decade by decade and century by century, according to a report of Henry Holm Chayton, former chief of the forecast division of the Argentine leading meteorologist.
Although the yearly temperatures fluctuate widely from the average, according to Mr. Clayton, there is an underlying upward trend in the northern United States while in the south of the United States the trend is the other way. Thus the contrast between the weather of the north and south is diminishing and the climate of the country as a whole is ameliorated.
Climatic Change Continual
The idea that climate is a fixed quantity and that if we have a long period of observation, say 30 years, it will be important to the vagaries of the weather and determine the real climatic constant, is being abandoned by advanced students of the weather. Investigations by a number of noted meteorologists have proved that climate like weather is in a continuous leap and a span of years might be before the same condition returns.
Clayton
Records of observations at New Haven and Boston for a period dating back to colonial times, run almost parallel. The mean annual temperature of this region for the past 50 years of observation is materially higher than those of the first 50 years. This progressive rise of temperature is indicated by observations from the northern part of the United States.
South Is Growing Colder
South Is Growing Colder This climatic change is all the more remarkable because in the southern part of the United States, the trend has been a declining. S.C., the mean temperature of the ten years ending in 1920 is nearly two degrees colder than that of the first ten years of observation.
These facts indicate that the contrast in temperature between the northern and southern states is diminishing.
Whether this will continue with backward ebs and flows like an incoming tide or whether we are on the crest of a warmer period from which there will be a retreat, cannot be answered at present. One thing you can be reasonably sure of, there will not be a return of the cold winters and cool summers when the coming storms through it is possible that the coming summer may be below the normal mean of the past ten years.
Graduate Club to Meet
Standards Bureau Tests Ways to Clean Building
The Graduate Club will hold its next meeting on Feb. 16, according to plans made at a recent meeting of the College Board, and the meeting, A. H. B. A., 25. Gr. $2^ {4}$ is in charge of a program, which will probably be appropriate to Washington's birthday.
HSI Service Services
The United States Institute of Standards has conducted a series of tests to determine the best way of cleaning buildings. Old fashioned methods of acid cleaning, sand blasting, scrubbing with soap powder and hand brushes are effective, but very slow and laborious. The new way, steam cleaning, not only washes the buildings in a mellow, refined fire bar.
The group picture of the Graduate School will be taken Sunday afternoon, Jan. 10 at 2 o'clock in front of central Administration building. W. S. Robo, A.B.170, GF.25, prof. S. Rohb, A.B.160, GF.25. The "picture is not for the member of the Graduate Club alone, but for everyone enrolled in the Graduate School.
Program Will Contain Feature of Washington's Birthday
The result showed that this method could be used rapidly by inexperienced labor, although the cost is somewhat higher than acid cleaning. This cost is expected to drop when the method passes the experimental stage.
Wire Flashes United Press
Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 7.—Both newspapers of Pueblo are trying to publish today, despite a strike of the local division of the International Typographical Union last night. The editorial staff and the business department, and in one case, at least, the owner, went into the back office to set type.
The printers ask for a $4 a week increase. The Industrial Commission recently awarded a $1 increase but the publishers and printers together.
--saturday a. m.-10:30 classes, 5, 4
3 hours at 8:30 to 11:30.
Topeka, Jan. 7. - Another hard sur-
freed road between Topeka and Lawrence was assured for Kansas today when the state highway commission secured federal aid for a road between Shawnee and Douglas counties.
Douglas county citizens are circulating a petition to raise funds necessary to cover their end of the road. Shawnee county has finished her part. The road will be located south of the Kaw river. The commission also granted Douglas county $30,000 for lands and for work on a road south of the Kaw river extending each to Kansas City.
Russian Central Asia Crossed by Airplanes Instead of Caravans
Aviation Lines Make Desert
Journey Safer and More
Enquiries
Economical
United States
Moscow, Japan The airplane is putting the camel out of a job in the desert wastes of Russian Central Asia.
(United Press)
Formerly the caravan or boat journey between the ancient cities of Bokara and Khiva might take anywhere from one day to several days. Now an airplane service covers the distance in three and half hours; and the airplane is recognized as a safer, faster, and more economical means of transport than was used before.
A whole network of aviation lines is spreading over the territory of the Soviet Union. They are recognized as especially useful in wild regions like Siberia, where it slows and diffuses. So, besides the Bokharra-Khiva line, airplanes connect
Bokhara with the town of Terbes, on the Afghan frontier; and another three functions between Ph朋克 and Verni. Persia is facilitated by the regular airplane service between Baku and Teheran.
The daily airplane service between Moscow and Königsberg, maintained by the Russia-German stock Company Deruluf, has now been functioning for several years and gives the impatient traveller an opportunity to cut the time required for a trip from Moscow to Berlin from sixty hours to twenty-four. Passenger airlines like American Airlines and with the chief cities of Southern Russia, such as Odessa, Kharkov, Kiev and Rostov.
The machines used in Russian com mercial aviation are, with few exceptions, imported from abroad, mostly from Germany. The airplanes o Russian construction mostly use for eign motors.
Friday, Jan. 15, to Thursday, Jan 21, 1926, inclusive.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
SCHEDULE
The schedule for the examinations follows:
Saturday p. m.-10:30 classes, 2, 1
hours at 1:30 to 3:30, 2:30 classes,
2, 1 hours at 3:30 to 5:30.
Friday a. m.-8:30 classes, 5, 4. hours at 8:30 to 11:30.
Monday a. m.: 1-30 classes, 5, 4, 5
hours at 8:30 to 11:30.
Friday p. m.—3:30 classes, 5, 4,
hours at 1:30 to 4:30.
Monday p. m.—1:30 classes, 2, 1 hours at 1:30 to 3:30. 3:30 classes
2, 1 hours at 3:30 to 5:30.
Tuesday a. m.-11:30 classes, 5, 4
3 hours at 8:30 to 11:30.
Tuesday p. m.—11:30 classes, 2 1
hours at 1:30 to 3:30, 4:30 classes.
l. at 3:30 to 5:30.
Wednesday, a. m;—0:30 classes, 5, 4
boats, at 8:30 to 11:30
Wednesday p. m. 9:30 classes, 2 hours at 1:30 to 3:00, 8:30 classes, 1 hour at 3:30 to 5:30.
Thursday a. m.—2:30 classes, 5,4,
hours at 8:30 to 11:30.
Y. M. C. A. Leader of Nebraska Will Conduct Meetings
D. R. Porter to Address Faculty and Students at Myers Hall Sunday
David R. Porter, who succeeded Dr. John R. Mott as executive secretary of the student department of the Y. M. C. A. in 1915, will be on the campus Sunday and Monday, Jan. 10 and 11 for a conference and meeting with students in the university board and with the faculty and student students of the University.
Mr. Porter comes here direct from the University of Nebraska and goes to the University of Colorado following his meetings and conference here.
While here, Mr. Porter will speak at 3:30. Sunday afternoon at Myrse Hall, to both men and women of the University faculty and student body and any others who are interested in the two Christian organizations. The program will be held at the "Basic Ideas and Outreach of the Student Movement."
Within recent years, men and women's Christian associations have cooperated in common projects more and more and for this reason, women are increasingly invited to this meeting, said Shultz this morning.
Initiated Democratic Government
Mr. Porter's greatest concern and achievement as executive of the student department of the Y, M. C. A., according to Mr. Shuizi, has been to initiate and develop democratic government within the student movement; to provide a regional and national councils of elected students have come into being which have changed the entire program of student development.
Instead of being work for students, it has become a real student movement and according to Mr. Shuluz, students are increasingly taking advantage of the authority vested in them.
Porter to Hold Conferences
Mr. Porter will be free for conferences on Monday and at 4:30 will meet with the Y, M, C, A, cabinet and advisory board to take up association activities. He will also trip by B, M. Cherrington, Rocky mountain regional secretary.
Harry Bone, traveling college see retary of the southwestern region, is giving two weeks of work to the colleges of Kansas.
Mr. Bone was previously a student of this state and is taking special interest in the formation of discussion groups among students on the Christian way of life, said Mr. Shultz this morning.
He has been meeting with different groups of students and members of the faculty upon the invitation of the Y. W, and Y. M. C. A.
at the beginning of the second semester, discussion groups on "Practices of Christian Way of Life," will be organized. Anyone interested in joining from Marie Tullis at Hedley House or from Ted Shultz at the Y. M. C. A. office.
Alumni in New York to Establish Scholarship
The New York City K. U. Alumani have established a scholarship as a memorial to the late William Herbert Carruth; he is survived by the student of the University of Kansas who writes the best original poetry during the year. By this means the New York alumna hope to carry on the spirit of Professor Carruth.
Three prizes will be given each year, according to plans recently outlined. The first prize will be out of each set of $60 and not less than $80, and the third not less than $25. There will be three judges, a representative from the university, a famous, and a literary man or editor.
The William Herbert Carruth poetry prize is planned to be a perpetual memorial and those in charge hope to be represented. A memorial of $5,500 is being raised to endow the memorial and the names and amount if those contributing to this fund will be permanently recorded, but only if contributions to this fund will be published.
New York, Jan. 7—Alexandre Moore, retired ambassador of the United States to Spain returned here today aboard the Bergeniana, Spain has made a "unique" progress in the past three years, Mr. Moore said.
Former Dean Receives Commission in New York
Dean Harold L. Butter, formerly dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University and now dean of the College of Music, has been appointed the university has been appointed by the New York Board of Regents to the commission on musical curricula for the University.
Dean Butler is president of the Syracuse chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national literary fraternity, is a member of the executive committee of the Syracuse Symphony orchestra, and president of the Natalie Adams Music Festival of Musical Theater. He has been engaged to teach at Columbia next summer.
Fourteen Graduates of University Taking Business at Harvard
in Department
Kansas Ranks Fifth in Number of Students Now Working in Department
According to information reaching the K. U. alumni office, 14 graduates of the University of Kansas are now a Business. The University ranks fifth in the number of students attending the school. Students enrolled from the University of Kansas are Ellen Lowery, Paulan E. Burko, Carl D. Coffell, F. Grosser, Jr., Robert A. Johnston, Edmund P. Learned, Claire W. Swonger, S. S. Weatherby, William Williams, C. Fade, and F. Harnett.
Among the Kansas men who were recently graduated from Harvard are: L. E. Campbell, now with Drake University; Des Mines, in Missouri; Carl Sait and Clock Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Erwin Stugard, with the Bond and Goodwin Inc., of Boston, G. R. Esterly, now at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., Ralph Gould, with the Department of Agriculture, Washington,
The Harvard School of Business has now a midyear class beginning in February, in addition to the class beginning in the fall, in order to accommodate students in the foreign degrees of the country who wish to take advanced work in the field of business.
Cabinet Member Needed
(United Press)
Creation of New Department Urged by Educator
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 7, Dr. Harry W. Rockwell, principal of the state normal school at Buffalo believes it is time to raise the awareness from the United States at the present rate of progress in education. The United States has an illiteracy of 6 per cent compared with 1 per cent in Germany and 1.8 per cent in Belgium.
Dr. Rockwell advocated the creation of the position of secretary of education in the President's cabinet.
"There are 22 nations which have national officers corresponding to the position of secretary of education," he said. In this country there is a burial of education tucked away under the Department of Interior. The position of education is pledged. It is heard only by committees of congress."
Victory Highway Opens
Valuable Link Jan.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 7—One of the most costly and valuable links in the Victory highway has been completed with the opening of the Antichip bridge in California, which was at one minute after midnight; Jan. 1.
The bridge spans the San Joaquín river, joining Contra Costa and Sacramento counties. It replaces the Sherman island harbor, which formerly carried heavy motor traffic at this point.
The structure includes a concrete, crestle 3587 feet long with a fixed span of 70 foot clearance at high water and a steel lift span of 70 foot clearance when closed and a minimum clearance of 158 feet when open.
The center spun will bear the symbolic Eagle Group which has been adopted by the Victory highway as an asset as a marker for county counties.
The K Club will meet at Squires Saturday at noon for the club picnic. All members wear their sweats—Bill Mullins, president.
Men's Council Will Ask Authorization of Firemen's Ball
Letters of Warning to Be Sent Out to Habitual Writers of Snow Checks
Resolutions will be presented to Dean Agnus husband this week asking that the fireman's ball be authorized so that students may attend, it was decided at a meeting of the Men's basketball council in Green Hall Wednesday night.
Committee Is Appointed
Since the University is protected from fire by the apparatus and equipment of the local company, the court ordered that patrons be allowed to patronize the dance. There will be no regular variety during examination week, according to Ed Killip, manager, but it is hoped that the students who attend those students will care to attend.
Hilton Douglas, Arlo Putnam, Ted Sanbern and John Batty were appointed by Paul Rienniens, president, to serve as a committee on resolutions, to draw up the bill and present it to Dean Husband.
A report on the "nnow-check" situation, by James Jarboo, the committee, reveals that conditions are much better than they were before the holidays. "Many students are yet delinquent, however," he stated.
Letters of warning have been prepared and will be sent to chronic offenders this week, notifying them that unless some settlement is made at once the council will bring action against them at the next meeting.
Christmas Fund Aided
A sum of $19 was voted to the Christmas fund committee to aid them in reaching their goal, and it was also decided to assist Prof. E. C. Buehler in his plans for the freshman sophomore in the expense of printing the bills.
Arlo Punam, Hilton Douglass and Bob Little were appointed by Riennette to make a study of traditions of the University of Kansas. It is planned to make a study of traditionalizations among students with the history of their University.
Floyd Simonton, the K. U., delegate to the world court conference, gave evidence that Mr. Simonton was on the meeting. "The conference has started a big movement in arousing
tional affairs, and I believe we de-
legates have all returned to our re-
spective universities filled with enthusiasm in the work," he stated.
The next regular meeting of the council will be held Jan. 27, so as not to conflict with examination schedules.
Waterworks Operators Get Support for School
A resolution, pledging co-operation and assistance in supporting the annual three-day school session for waterworks workers adopted at the close of the first meeting of the Kansas Waterworks Association during the Christmas holidays.
The meeting was held in connection with the fourth annual three-day school, and was attended by thewa- president. A series of resolutions in fall, as adopted, are:
Whereas, the Kansas Waterworks Association has organized with the object of advancing the courses in industry and education through the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the State Board of Health for the Waterworks man of Kansas, and rating the standards in water and by water departments of the state.
Be it resolved, that we do express our keen appreciation of the great benefits to water plant operators and waterworks officials and to the cities of Kansas from the Three-Day Schools which have been conducted during the summer months. We support and co-operation of the Kansas Waterworks Association in maintaining and broadening the scope of these conferences in the future.
Bortighera, Italy, Jan. 7—The body of Dowager Queen Margarita of Italy will be taken by special train from here Sunday on the journey to Rome, where the queen will sleep beneath the portals of the ancient Roman pantheon, near her husband the late King Humbert. Official plans suggest that the queen's train to halt at important stations on the route of the journey in order that the populace may do homage to the woman that united Italy loved.