THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SOCIAL SCIENCE GROUP MAY BE SUB-DIVIDED
NUMBER 89.
Effort is to Make Economic Courses More Valuable to State
Train Community Leaders
Some Changes Await Coming of New Chancellor Next Academic Year
The present group system of courses in the University of Kansas is expected to undergo rational changes for the next academic year. The changes will occur mainly in Group Seven or the social science which includes history, political science, sociology, and economics, political science will be separated from history and made a separate department. This action was recommended to the Board of Administration by Chancellor Frank Strong and has already been favorably acted upon. The matter of separation will be dealt with into a separate group will be left to the decision of the new Chancellor
One of the main results of such a change will be to elevate the importance of economies wherein it may become of great practical importance to merchants and business men of the state through the establishment of a bureau to advise business men on their problems, somewhat similar to the servise rendered by the Harvard School of Business Administration. The Bureau also permit the employment of additional teachers which are badly needed to take care of the overflow of students in certain courses.
The University of Kansas has been slow in revising the group system similar to the practices of the big eastern schools. There have been several attempts, but grouping of courses but such action has been delayed through the reactionary element in the faculty. The only reason assigned by one professor for the existence of the present group system, is the presentation. It just grew up as that way."
STUDENT MEMBERS SELECTED FOR DRIVE
The new plan would make it possible for a student to gain a maximum credit of forty hours in economics and forty hours in the three subjects, history, political science and sociology. It will be of great benefit for students who want to prepare for the courses training and practical value, but who also desire work in the social science in order that they may become community leaders.
Alumni Electing Part of Committee to Raise $1,000,000 Fund
The alumni members are being elected now, but are not ready for publication.
punishment These permanent committeemen will hold their places as long as the drive lasts.
Announcement of the Student mem-
bers of the Loyalty Movement Per-
manent Committee has been made by
the committee which was appointed
to choose the permanent committee.
The patient permanent committee
members are: Lucie Cleveland, Helen
Jackson, Marjorie Fulton, Robert Albach,
Warren Blodgett and Eugene
Graham.
Faculty members of the committee elected two weeks ago are: Prof. W. J. Baumgartner, Miss Alberta Corbin Prof. L. N. Flint, Prof. F. E. Melvin Prof. U. G. Mitchell, and Prof. G. C. Shand.
Prohibition Cause of Sale of German Liners
Washington, Feb. 18—Constitutional prohibition which makes government owned vessels dry was given by Payne, chairman of the shipping board as the main reason for the sale of the former liners, to be auctioned Monday.
Government operation of these vessels under such condition will not be successful and the ships can be sold to better advantage than later in time. The Commission declared in a letter to Representative Mead, of New York, today.
Kansas Bank Looted
Topkake, Feb. 13—Reports here indicate robbers obtained $40,000 and $50,000 in Liberty Bonds and $2,000 in cash from the State Bank at Blaine last night.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 13, 1920.
Lardy Gets Central Twice In Same Day
Not much doin here wk the, and w k was a jettin studyin as to what i should perform. I happen to think of a friend as is in this same burg and that I wu call him on the phone and see how all his kid an encer troubles, up i picks the ear piece which here is supposed to be a sign for someone who has no kids but a cut a no you knw we don't hank to chank on the sid of a box here, well I waited and guess the opr that I was jekid komen for she didn't answer, cour that is nothinual aussies they don't have a habit of somin write back at you, if they did we wud probly be sotak that we couldn't say what ne we was
I had no business on the wire, but that she had rung me by mistak and was sorry I tuk my life in my hands and asked whats the channe of getin't you? She said the right thing and this tim when I figured she was about to start tearn things up I quit her. Wel the线 I was tryin to use was one that had some more on it, and just as I tried to get in on my turn someone says, "not you ever get thru talkin" can you beat it I hadn't started yet, then central sends if we would kindly get away on a ride to be a bring someone, an I told here if she rung the write party I wud buy her a box of kandy, wel she rung in my ear, and says somethin about coole guys. I quit anw startin to walk to the house house when the fone rung si I just upthe receiver and sail, "wrong no" thinkin I would help central that I am frightened of who says "thank you, we we just testin the wire" I understand sundays is goin a nickle reckon that will have anything to wo with the present price of onions? LARDY.
League May Select Root For International Cour
London, Feb. 13. —The council of the League of Nations is considering appointment of eleven jurists of international reputation to compose a committee for an international court to investigate who was learned authoritatively today.
The name of Elliot Root has been mentioned as a possible selection. Root's name has been urged, it was said, regardless of whether he is a member of the league. Members of the league believe his presence eminently desirable, it was said and will ask his appointment even if America refuses the invitation. Otherwise his presence would be contingent on America's entry.
The council decided to admit Switzerland to membership in the league, recognizing the Swiss that their neutrality must not be hampered.
Washburn Will Enlarge Journalism Department
"News writing" is the only course offered in journalism at Washburn but "octitoldt writing" and "adventure" it was said. The college paper, the Washburn Review, will be placed in the hands of the journalism students and will no longer be made up of students in the student body at large, it is planned.
Washburn is making plans to enlarge the department of journalism, according to Harold Hall who went with the faculty to plan with committees from the faculty and the student body and to tell them the method used at the University of Kansas to utilize the college paper resource for laboratory at journalism.
RAILROAD MEN GET
REPLY FROM WILSON
President Holds 15-Minute Conference With Wage Controversy Committee
Proceedings Kept Secret
Representatives of Hairy Workers May Answer Chief Executive Today
Washington, Feb. 13—President Wilson today handed a written statement constituting his reply in a committee of three union leaders
"We shall give care to, consideration the President's statement and advise him of our position later, probably by letter," said President Tim O'Neill, who was president of Loaotive Firemen and Engineers, a member of the committee.
The union leaders refused to say whether the President had granted them the increase they asked. There were indications however, that the President refused to grant their complete demands for an increase of up proximately 40 per cent for 2,600,000 railroad employees.
CONFERENCE WAS BRIDGE
Leaving the White House, the committee went direct to a hotel to represent fourteen union representatives who have been conducting negotiations with Railroad Director Hines.
CONFERENCE WAS BRIEF
The committee was with the President scarcely fifteen minutes. He received them on the south portion of the White House. The union request made public a statement that would make public a statement of the situation as they see it, Shea said.
"President Wilhelm gave no induction as far as apparance was corned of a man who has been it for months," said Shea. "His gestures were decided, his enunciation is clear, and he frequent smiled."
Mr. Wilson shook hands with the committee before and after the brief conference. They said his grip was firm.
Shea, who conferred with President Wilson when a strike in 1917 was threatened, said the President look much the same today as he did her His face is full, his color healthy an his eyes clear, said Shea.
K. U. IS SELECTED FOR RESEARCH BUREAU
Is One of Twelve Schools Chosen
By U. S. Bureau of
Education
Education
An earthquake was recorded on the seismograph in the basement of Blake Hall, Tuesday afternoon, according to Prof. W. P. Haynes, who has charge of it. The beginning of the wave came at 4 hrs. 13 mins. 39 sec. The main wave came at 2 hrs. 21 mins. 58 sec. The end of the wave came at 7 hrs. 8 mins. 30 sec.
Earthquake Recorded on University Seismograpl
A research Station is being established in the University of Kansas with Dr. C. A. Buckner as its director. The University of Kansas has been named a National Bureau of Education in establishing Research Stations as one of twelve to fifteen universities who seem best equipped for the work contemplated.
The purpose of these stations will be four-fold: First, to promote citizen awareness of the services that utilize in a national way such special resources and facilities as these different Universities may have available; second, to bring the Bureau of Education into closer relations with educational agencies of the country and promote bureau undertaking activities that extend and range of effective service.
The official designation will be United States Bureau of Education, Research Station. Of the three special collaborators chosen at each station, Doctor Buckner is the only one at present named for this station.
The estimated distance is 3,000 miles and the direction probably South. This makes the possible location on the Nicaraguan Coast in South America. No notice has been in any paper concerning it.
It is reported that at Manhattan they have a cow bell in the movie orchestra to make the students feel at home.
Courses for Medics Are Changed by Faculty
The faculty of the School of Medicine, at its last meeting adopted certain changes in the schedule, which are of great importance, both to premedical and to medical students. Hereafter the course in biochemistry will be repeated every semester, so that students who have had organic chemistry in the college or in the university will receive the chemistry the first semester, and take physiology the second semester. Students who cannot do this will be required to take organic chemistry the first semester, biochemistry the second, and the first half of physiology in the summer session following, before they can enter the second year. Another reason is that it is more difficult to learn after this year," is that one may not reg. ser in the medical school with any deficiencies in
Another regulation, which will be rigidly enforced after this year, is that one may not *rep'r* in the medical school with any *deficient* equipment or work. This holds for physics as 1 as for biology and chemistry.
Departme: 1 Anatomy,
Geo. E. Coghill, See'y
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SURVEYS STATE TOWN
Board Will Report Findings on Efficiency of School System In Osborne
An educational survey of Osborne, Kansas was made the last week of January by Dr. C. Buckner, director of the board of School Service and director of the survey, Dean F. J. Kelly, W. R. Smith, professor of Sociology, R. E. Carter, professor of Educational Psychology, and J. W. Twente a member of the Vocational Board.
Their plan is to publish the result of this survey in a volume of two parts, Doctor Buckner said. "The first part will be a report of the survey, and a cross section of Osborne, and will make recommendations of
size of Ooborne, of sixteen hundred population, drawing material in the survey.*
how to increase the efficiency of the schools of Osborne. The second part will be the theory of education adapted to small towns of about the
"The name of the volume will be 'A Survey of the School System or Obronae, Kansas' and will contain the result of each man's particular work." The primary outline of the chapters is as follows: chapter 1. The Growth of the Obronae School System; 2. The Pupils in the Schools; 3. Instruction in the Elementary School, by Dean Kelly; Mead School, by Doctor Buckner; 5. The Adaptation of the Work of the High School and Upper Grades to Meet the Present Day Social Needs by Professor Smith. In connection with this chapter an occupational survey was undertaken. 6. The Efficiency of Instruction in the High School and the Upper Grades as judged by the Fundamental Principles of Educational Psychology by Professor Carter; 7. The Teaching Staff; 8. The School Plant by Doctor McNaught; 9. School Finance by Mr. Twente."
This is Doctor Buckner's first year as director of the Bureau. Before this, the work has been under the direction of the Dean of Students. Doctor Buckner came from the Lincoln School of Teachers College of Columbia University.
"Most of the surveys made," said Doctor Buckner, "have been of large city school systems as Cleveland, Gary and St. Paul, or of rural systems in the state." The School of Education wants to render to the state through the Burcau of Education. The request for this survey came from the people of Ohio through the superintendent of the board of education. The citizens believe they bear all the local taxes of the trip and the state负担 the salary."
All Varsity Dances are Turned Over to Men
"All dances dancy are turned over to the Men's Student Council until some definite plan is worked out for their financial backling," said Eileen Van Zandt today. "This was decided at a joint council, composed of five members from the W. S. G. A.I. and the Men's Student Council." Wednesday evening. The joint council is working on a plan now."
Prof. Goldwin Goldsmith is ill at his home with a bad cold and the gripe.
COLLEGES MUST HAVE Y. GOALS--SAUNDERS
Students of Purdue and Ame
Have Contributed $8,000
To Fund
K. U. Students Asked to Give
Large Field for Educational Work Exists in India and China
Kenneth Saunders, a graduate of Cambridge who has lived in India for the past ten years said, that because influenza has knocked on the head all meetings regarding the student volunteer movement, it would be necessary to have all of the work done by the personal contact scheme
Dr. Saunders thinks that it is the duty of every university to have some definite goal along Y M. C. A. work for them, for which they will be responsible.
"Engineers of Purdue," said Dr. Saunders "have contributed $5,000 this year towards student work in China; the students of Ames $3,000 for work in India, and it is based on the body of Karnal, will do the same."
"The effect of the war has brought Indian closer to the outside world than ever before and has inspired the desire for government," continued Dr. Saurendra.
"Home rule will be given them b stages, and the provincial council will be filled by a majority of Indian elected by the people. Great sub jects are to be turned over to the people themselves, chief o f education and agriculture
"These in themselves are tremendous affairs for a largely illiterate people when it is considered that the money alone on irrigation $200, 000 alone on irrigation."
"The defense of the country for the present will be left to the British, as the Hindu and Mohammeddo not see eye to eye." concluded Mr. Saunders.
Dr. Saundra is particularly interested in meeting small group relatives to the student volunteer movements at the international discussion groups started.
HIGH PRICE OF SUGAR CAUSED BY EXPORTS
Americans Pay 25 Cents for Sugar Sold to Foreign Countries at 9 Cents
By Don E. Chamberlain
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Feb. 7 — Americans who pay all the way up to 25 cents a pound for sugar are doing so at the expense of huge exports to foreign countries, which are buying it at less than $0.14 per gallon, willing to export figures given out here by the Department of Commerce.
The latest estimates on sugar exports those for November, 1919, show that during that month the sugar trade was $2,930,129,140,177 pounds, at a selling price of $1,052,163, or at $3
little less than eight cents a pound.
Of this France took 48,100,701 pounds,
but it sold at $3.29 each. It
gave 60,919,080 pounds for $4,586,418.
To赚取 each country varied.
Britain's sugar cost her on an average of about seven and a half cents a pound, while France, which didn't buy so much, paid slightly over eight cents. Denmark only took 100 pounds and the United States is cost her eleven cents a pound.
Greece was the third heaviest buyer of American sugar. It took 17,454,000 pounds at a cost of $1,561,298, nearly nine cents a pound.
All the sugar was bought under contract which explains why they obtain it so cheaply.
For the first eleven months of 1919, this country exported 1,376,018,590 pounds of sugar. Its value was placed at $47.96 per pound. Sugar outfits about eight cents a pound.
Consumption of sugar in the United States for 1919 amounted to nine billion pounds, 300,000 pounds more than were ever used in the history of the country. The consumption per capita is about 85 grams in a normal consumption of 85 pounds.
More than half the world's sugar production in 1919 was absorbed by Americans.
Try to Regulate Finances
London, Feb. 13—The council of the league of nations this afternoon was to take up the international exchange conference in London on February 4;ference, it was learned authoritatively.
Stude Goes Nutty On Friday the 13th
"So we are to expect bad luck today," cyrically mused the Philosophe as he calmly removed a paper weight from his pocket and hurled it through a plate glass window. "I knew it," he continued as the Lawrence police force collapsed him, choking him with a roar as the municipal Ford chicken coop, purchased by an affluent Republican administration.
On the way to the lockup, the young Black Maria got out of the control of the driver, and collided with a telephone post, jarring the car and its occupants so that the vehicle fell to pieces, and the police force, unable to restore himself in the good graces of the "chief" by any more Universal law, could be dislodged to catch the next freight trawl for Kay See.
"In justice to my classmates, I can't go to class," the Philosophist murmured as he strobe on his way up the Hill. "The bad luck that would allow to class on Friday would be enormous, so I'll drop in at the M. C. A."
Then he dashed to the drug store,
bought and ate a dozen aspirin tablets
and rode around the K. U. loop
the rest of the day.
As he passed by a little stationary store, however, he was struck figuratively, by a sign. "Tomorrow is in his pocket the remainder of his allowance, he entered and purchased a bale of the 'Say it with Flowers,' variety, and a roll of stamps, and one each to every faculty member.
(The Philosophist is a journalism student enrolled in a couple of economic courses.)
Plain Tales From The Hill
First Stude: "The gargle they give one down at the University Hospital is very good for sore throat." Second Stude: "Oh, I have tried it and I find it much better for chapped hands."
Honorary and professional fraternities are being discussed by a group of University women and women. A study published in the Journal of one or two engineering sororites.
A history student was giving an account of La Salle's exploration of the lower Mississippi when Professor Dixon joined with, "You jump around like sixty.
Some of the home made hats seen these days on the Hill are real good imitations; others lack the artistic touch.
A student who had just enrolled in Home Economics on the Hill was questioned as to why she had decided on that for her major. "Why," said she, "I have never seen it to fail that one who majored in Home Economics did not some time get married as I thought I'd learn to 'feed the bride' too."
Dean Blackman said to one of his classes, "If you newspaper students don't quit quoting me I'll make every day and dry and my cow can swallow it whole."
A student on the Hill who has lived on a farm all of his life made the remark to a friend. "Now really, doesn't it make you homesick when the folks write that the seed catalogues are arriving?"
Fergy: in business law: "This class is too big. I'm going to try A. J. tactics or it smaller. Yes, I am. I need to drive some of you out by cough house."
Enlisted Men Received 63% of War Decorations
Washington, Feb. 18—Enlisted men of the army received 69 per cent of the medal awarded for service in the world war, it was shown by statistics made public today by the war department.
To enlisted men went 57 out of the total of 78 congressional medals of honor awarded, while 5,893 out of 5,192 distinguished service medals, awarded for meritorious service and valor, were conferred on officers.
Rilla Hammat went to Manhattan Friday to spend the week end.
ORGANIZATIONS PLAN PARTS IN CARNIVAL
Original Turn Given All-University Gathering for the Early Spring
Entries by 30 Already In
Bally-Hoo Criers to Fleece Un-
wary of as Much as 2
Cents at Once
K. U, is to have a big street caravan. A regular riding, old-time baily-hoo outfit, with everything from a "shoot the chutes" to a ring-tosser's hat. Ms. Carlsen organized the festivities of thirty of the Hill organizations Wednesday, the plan was adopted of having every organization on the Hill, of every kind, installed in one of the booths or stands of the gymnasium. March 13.
Already thirty of the one hundred sixty organizations on the Hill have *drawn up plans for making up part of the night's riotous entertainment. Others desiring to get in on the act are "gonna be" filled, yuno, with this stupendous and pleasurable spectacle) must communicate by Wednesday, February 18, with the committee in charge of the carnival. Dick McGee, Lenora Brown, Robert E. Doolittle, George Weston. An outline of each entry must be given to the committee to "prevent duplication of feats."
"Massive, mastodonic, amazing,
stupendous, is the collection in the
museum, wonderland, annex, and the
sideway of Mount Oread." This is
the balcony that will be used to draw
the student body within the doors of
the gym. The object will not be the
traditional one of the carnival, to fleece
the victims, as a very low price,
possibly one or two cents, or maybe
another. It can be the highest price that can be charged by
the concessionaires.
This is an original stunt for Mount Oread. The only all-University parties, according to the promoters of the carnival, have been dances and receptions, and—who wants to go to a reception? So there you are. And this new event, the promoters further promise, is to be a whole lot more than a mere mixer. It's going to be a real ring-around-the-rosy mixup, with lots of fun and hilarity for everybody.
F. J. KELLY TO SPEAK
He Will Read Three Papers Before Educational Convention In Cleveland
Dean F. J. Kelly and Dr. C. A. Buckner will attend the Semi-Centennial meeting of the Department of Superintendence of the National Educational Association, in Cleveland Ohio.
Dean Kelly will read three papers; the first, "Minimum Essentials in Professional Courses for the Training of Teachers" will be read before the third of Education; second, "Projects in Grades Four to Six to Afford Training in School Skills" will be read before the National Society for the Study of Education; and the Third, "Teaching Requirements of Arithmetic as Checked by Court's Tests" will be read before the National Association of Directors of Educational Research. Doctor Buckner will lead in the discussion of a paper by Professor Monk and has been called the "Validity and Reliability of Educational Tests." Doctor Buckner represents the Research Station of the University of Kansas in the meeting of the National Association of Directors of Educational Research of the University of Kansas has been called by Commissioner Claxon of the United States Commission of Education.
Fewer Influenza Cases Reported at University
According to Dr. Smith at the University hospital, the influenza situation among the students is very much improved. He said today that only one new patient had come to the hospital in the last two days. Nine patients went to their homes today for an empty bed at the hospital now.
However the ban has not been lifted and all possible precautions should be continued to prevent a fresh outbreak.