The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME VI.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 23, 1909
CHANCELLOR TO GO EAST
NUMBER 4
WILL GIVE TWO ADDRESSES AT CAMBRIDGE.
To Attend The Inauguration of Harvard's New President and Association of Universities.
Chancellor Strong will attend two important meetings at Cambridge, Massachusetts on the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth of October. The first of these is the inauguration of Mr. Lawrence Lowell as president of Harvard University as successor to Dr. Eliot.
Following the inauguration a meeting of the National Association of State Universities will be held at Harvard. This is the fourteenth annual session of that body. Chancellor Strong who is a member of the executive committee will give two addresses. One of his subjects is "The proper Organization of the State Scientific work of the State University."
The Chancellor will also speak on the question of whether or not public Universities can legally give instruction that is not only religious but Christian.
NEWSPAPER CLASSES STARTS
Actual Newspaper Work To Be A Part of Course This Year.
Mr. Charles M. Harger, of Abilene, head of the department of Journalism, yesterday gave his first lecture of the year to the classes in his department.
Since the inauguration of the newspaper course in the University of Kansas, each successive year has seen noticeable improvements in the adequacy of the department and this year finds several changes in the newspaper classes, which are for the better.
Among the changes, is the moving of the class rooms from the first floor in Fraser hall to the basement. This is better because it puts the classes nearer The Kansan office, and in a measure makes the department at least seem more independent.
Adelphic Society Meeting.
The Adelphic Literary Society will hold its first meeting of the school year Friday afternoon at 4:30 in room 210 Fraser Hall. New officers will be installed and work for the year outlined. College students not members and desirous of doing work with the society are urged to be present and apply for admission at this meeting. E. J. Chesky is the secretary of the society.
Dickinson Well Represented.
There are more students in the University from Dickinson county this year than ever before-almost double what the largest previous attendance has been. Nearly all the old students are back, and the large number entering the freshman class bringing the number up to almost fifty.
Miss Mary Ward of Belleville, Kansas is visiting at the Theta house.
ELECTED CHEER LEADER.
Spotts Will Lead Yelling Again— Section For Girls.
Ralph Spotts, cheer leader for last year, was unanimously re-elected at the mass meeting held Wednesday noon in the chapel. Mr. Spotts is a senior in the college. Rehearsing of the yellls will begin as soon as conditions become more settled.
"It is the duty of every student," said the cheer leader, "to himself and to his college to take active part in all cheering. The teams expect it and profit as a result. This year the west end of the north bleachers will be reserved for the rooters."
A section which will seat about 200 has been reserved in the center of the north bleachers for girl rooters. This will give girls who hold season tickets a chance to get seats at the games.
WIEDEMANN FUNERAL.
Services For Young University Man Held Yesterday.
The funeral of Edward Wiedemann, the fellow in bacteriology, who was drowned in the Kaw last Sunday, was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family home at 835 Massachusetts street. A large number of University and townpeople were gathered to pay the last tribute to his memory. Rev. W. W. Bolt of the First Congregational church read a short service. Interment was in Oak Hill cemetery.
The pall bearers were chosen from among those who had been close friends of Edward Wiedemann. They were: Roy Roberts, Harry Kemp, Dudley Asher, Ross Cleland, Gregg McElhinney, and Timothy Schott.
Preparing For Exhibit.
Several workmen are busy this week preparing the second floor of the museum for the eighth annual art exhibit which opens the first week in October. The two openings in this floor have been closed and the iron railings removed. This will give a room twenty four feet wide and seventy feet long for the one hundred pictures which are to be shown. They will arrive in Lawrence the latter part of the week from New York.
On July 28, last, at the home of the bride's sister in Humboldt occurred the very pretty wedding of Miss Bessie Henrichs, of Humboldt, and Mr. Leroy T. Cannon, of Kingman. The bride is a sister of Mrs. O'Leary and was a Junior in the college last year. Mr. Cannon was a member of '09 class in the law school and graduated with honors last spring. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon have taken up their residence in Kingman, where he has a position with the post office department.
Alumni Wedding.
Montgomery Harris of the law school has withdrawn to take a position in the Junction City National Bank.
FIRST GAME
IS SATURDAY
KENNEDY'S PUPILS TO PLAY
NORMALS.
Forty Men are Out for Practice. Many Men Will be Tried Out in Preliminary Games
in Preliminary Games.
On Saturday afternoon the Varsity eleven will play the first of this year's series of football games. The first game is to be played with the State Normal team. For the past four days the men have been going through daily scrimmage work with the freshmen and among themselves. Last night forty men in all reported on McCook field.
This evening and tomorrow afternoon will be spent in the final practice work before the game and by that time Coach Kennedy feels confident that he will be able to put at least two teams on the field that could defeat the Normals.
Last night, Slaymaker, a last year's freshman half, and Lee, another freshman who played the same position last season were out for work and showed up well. Frank Ford is another man who has been showing up this week in true football form and since he played sub-end on the Varsity team last year has gained a sufficient knowledge of the game to be able to put up a strong fight for a regular position on this year's squad.
The men who will start the game Saturday and who will be looked to by the student body to make the right start for a series of victories are: Carlson, center; Maxwell and Davidson, guards; Randall and H. Smith, tackles; Pleasant and Caldwell, ends;Johnson, quarter; Stevenson, fullback; Bond and Lovett, halves.
There is a possibility at this time that Davidson may not be able to get in the game since he suffered a sprained ligament last evening in practice work. It is also probable that Ford may be used at half and Lovett shifted to right guard. At any rate practically the entire line-up will be changed at the beginning of the second half in order to give Coach Kennedy an opportunity to see as many as possible of his men working in the game.
HO! FOR BALDWIN.
Cross Country Club Planning a Visit to Methodists.
The long distance runners of the University are forming a cross-country club, and the fall workout will soon commence. Long walks are being planned; one to Topeka and one to Baldwin. These with minor trips will put the men in good shape for the meet next spring.
Benton Clark of the College of Emporia visited over Sunday with his cousin Miss Blanch Hull. ___
Miss Lucille Steeper, a sophomore in the college last year is here this week visiting friends and relatives.
A SLIGHT INCREASE.
Enrollment Is Now 1783.—A Few "Quitters." This Year.
The enrollment in the University reached 1783 this afternoon and as a result breaks the record of the corresponding day last year by 8. This number does not include the enrollment of the Summer school and the enrollment in the Medical school at Kansas City. Present indications are that this year's enrollment will be considerable larger than last.
For some reason, and no other than homesickness has been given, a number of students who have entered the University for the first time this fall have withdrawn from the school and returned to their homes. The "quitters" include both boys and girls and in some cases they do not even apply for a refund of the fees which they have paid to the Registrar.
HAS ADOPTED NEW PLAN.
Y. M. C. A. Has H. C. Herman As Secretary on Full Time.
With a general secretary or full time the University Young Men's Christian Association this year expects to accomplish larger and better results than ever before in its history. The men who have been especially interested in the associations work urged this plan upon the board last spring and secured its adoption. H. C. Herman who was graduated from the College last spring was secured for the place. Herman has been active in the local Y. M. C. A. work from the time that he entered the school and has also attended many conventions and conferences during this time.
Herman together with Bill Caldwell, the president of the Y. M. C. A. for this year, and other members of the cabinet have been in Lawrence for two weeks perfecting plans for the year's work. It is hoped that the lack of dormitory and home life can be partially supplied to the boys of the University by social events of various kinds which have already been planned.
No definite action towards se curing a building as a home for the Association has been taken but it is hoped that the work of the year will more clearly than ever demonstrate the necessity of such a building. At present through the kindness of Dr.W. C. Payne of the Christian church Bible Chair the boys are again occupying Myers Hall, his building located at 1300 Oread.
Kansan Tryout.
Any one desiring to try out on the business side of the Kansan will see the Business Manager, Robert K.Johnston, and will receive assignments.
Miss Gretta Collins, of Belleville, who was a freshman in the college two years ago, has been visiting friends on the hill.
Ralph C. Pryor, who was a junior in the college last year, has been visiting friends at the University, Mr. Pryor is now located at Topeka, where he has a washing-machine agency.
FALL TRACK THIS YEAR
INTER-CLASS MEETS WILL BE HELD.
Coach W. O. Hamilton Expects to Get 400 Track Men Out For The Indoor Work.
Last night Coach W. O. Hamilton, who is to have supervision over the track athletes of the University during the coming year, announced that he has a plan by which he expects to train track material during the coming season. He expects to place four hundred men in track work during the coming month. The arrangement as planned is to hold a number of inter-class and inter-school meets in the gymnasium this fall. The first meet will be held on the 22nd of next month and they will be given periodically a week apart until December 10th.
A committee of two will be selected from each class in the University within the next week and it shall be the duty of these committees to get the athletes in each class out for training. The men will be expected to report at least three times a week for work.
A new rule will also go into effect this fall which will require all students in the first two years in the college to take track work. Special rules governing the coming competitions and the methods of scoring will be announced soon.
Following is the schedule of the meets to be held:-
October 22—Seniors from the College, school of Engineering, school of Law and school of Pharmacy.
October 29-Juniors from the College, school of Law and school of Engineering.
November 5-Freshmen from all the schools.
November 12—Sophomores from the College, and schools of Pharmacy, Engineering and Medicine. November 13—Freshmen vs. Law-
rence high school.
November 19-Inter-school meet between all schools of the University.
December 10-Inter-class meet between the four classes of the University.
The events which will be held in each meet are: 30 yd. dash, high hurdles, low hrdrules, 100 yd. dash, quarter mile, 220 yd. dash, half mile, 2 miles, high jump, pole vault, shot put, mile relay and tug of war.
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED.
Bible Institute Will be Held for One Week in March.
Professor J. E. Boodin, who has charge of the annual Bible Institute announced today that the speakers for this year have been secured. Dr. Washington Gladden, of Columbus Ohio, a noted orator and preacher, and Dr. Frank Sanders, president of Washburn will have charge of the Institute to be held March 7 to 13 inclusive.
Notice To Sophomores.
There will be a meeting of the sophomore class tonight at Myers Hall for the purpose of nominating officers for the ensuing year.