MAY, 5, 1919.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Pests Begin Attack In Potato Territory
Advance of Enemy Checked by Spraying, Says Prof. H.B.Hungerford
Thriving only on the stistles of Kansas plains used to be the life of the Colored potato bug, one of our most destructive pests. Before the white men settled in Kansas the bug that we now term the "potato bug." It was hatched, greed, loved, married, and died on the prickly thistle, according to Prof H. B. Hungerford of the department of Entomology.
When the white man came to Kansas and began cultivating the fields, they plowed up the thistle and destroyed the homes of the bug. Many fields were planted with potatoes and the home-seeking bugs selected this plant as it is botanically similar to the thistle. Farmers are now spending hundreds of dollars and much time and energy trying to drive this bug away from the plant to which it was driven because the early settlers destroyed its home.
"The potato bugs are just beginning to lay their eggs on the under side of the leaves of the potato plants which are just coming out of the ground," said Professor Hungefond today. "The bugs seem to be more plentiful this year than ever before, and the spraying should be done as soon as the bugs lay their eggs on the leaves.
"They will hatch and begin their destructive work of eating the plants about the time the plants are full grown. The best way of combating with the pest" said Professor Hungeford, "is by spraying he plants with an arsenate of lead emulsion. It is made by mixing two pounds of arsenate of lead with fifty gallons of water. If there is any sign of the plants being attacked by the bug the spraying should begin as soon as the plants are three or four inches out of the ground."
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feared that some students would work too hard, but hard work is not nearly so dangerous as the average student is inclined to suppose. Probably there are twice as many students who injure their health by sitting up late gossiping and playing cards as there are who injure themselves studying.'
"Another objection," said Professor Ise, "which will certainly be raised is that any system of scholarships will drive the students out of the more valued courses into the easy ones. Some instructors are too easy in their grading, and they would become all longer to too hard, and the grading would have to be curbed and the grades from easy courses and instructors would not rank as high as the others. This would be a good thing for the University."
"There are some real difficulties i n the way of any such system of scholarships as have been suggested," said Professor Ise. "In the first place, there would be the difficulty of eliminating cheating so that the high grades represent real understanding rather than cunning. In the second place there would be difficulty of weighting courses so that the easy courses would not become too popular. In the third place, there would be the question of granting scholarships to women as well as men. It is possible that if women were eliminated from competition, they would feel that they were not treated fairly; and if they were permitted to compete, there is serious danger that many of them would injure their health."
Professor Ise said, "The reason I have for proposing such a scholarship plan is that it takes $2,000 to get a college education, and where is a poor boy or girl to get that $2,000. By working at odd times, waiting tables, carrying papers, helping widows with their gardening, of waiting in the library for twenty an hour? It is no rosy job to earn $2,000 at twenty cents an hour; and one of the hardest things for some of us teachers in the University is to see boys and girls, conscious and deserving, ambitious and capable, trying to do this, and at the same time keep up in their class work. Those who have unusual physical vitality and mental brilliance can do this, but those who have not finally fall behind and quit. I want to encourage more work and less loafing."
Coetz Johnston, fa'22 and Ruth Anderson, fa'20, went to Kansas City today to hear Caruso.
Fred E. Baldwin of Kansas City Mo., visited his daughter, Katrina Baldwin, c'19, Friday.
Alpha Chi Sigmas Win Game from Pi Upsilon
After winning two games in the Inter-Fraternity League, the Pi U's dropped a game to the Alpha Chi Sigma, 10 to 8.
The Pi U's were leading all the time until the sixth frame, when Kline, pitching for the Pi Upsilon Club club up and the Alpha Chi Sigmas garnered six runs. Irwn, who relieved Kohman in the box for the Alpha Chi Sigms, held the Pi U's scoreless from the fifth inning.
The batteries: Pi U's, Kline and Gray; Alpha Chi Sigmas, Kohman, Twin and Landon.
Leon McCarty, coach of freshman and Varsity baseball who has been with the 110th engineers in France, has received his discharge from the service and is now back at the University preparatory to taking up his coaching duties again. With the return of such athletic members Kansas may expect to get the old time pep that apparently has been absent from the student body since the declaration of war.
Sport Beams
John A. Montgomery
Patty Wins Pharmis Election
The state intercolonial high school track meet and field meet here Saturday was a fine success with more than 200 of the best high school athletes in the state entered. Several of the athletes signified their intentions of coming to the University next year.
The second election was held in the School of Pharmacy Thursday to decide the tie between Arthur Patty and Orice Tyner for representative for the Men's Student Council. Patty won by a vote of 12 to 2.
"Two chief lines of research work, for which graduate students are eligible, will be taken up in the department of civil engineering next year," said C. C. Williams, professor of civil engineering.
Civil Engineering Offers New Lines of Grad Work
engineering. The first problem to be worked out will be the distribution of stresses under trains, between sub-structure bridges and tracks. The purpose of this experimental work is to determine the proper spacing, size and construction of piers and trestles for railroad bridges. Mr. W. R. Taylor, general manager of the K. C. K. V. & W. Railway, has offered to co-operate with the department in allowing inspection of interurban bridges between Lawrence and Kansas City.
Another line of research will be in investigating the pressure exerted by concrete on forms.
Three general divisions of civil engineering, in which graduate work is offered, are transportation, highway engineering, and steel and reinforced concrete construction.
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"The only thing that seems impossible in the recent election was that Hugh Penderegr, a nephew of Political Tom Penderegr of Kansas City, Mo., was the only man on the Representative ticket to lose out. K. U. had several notables in the nominal list," said Prof. I. Seyour Hicks.
Ferdinand Gottlieb, c21, spent the week-end in Kansas City.
And Tom Pendegrast's Nephew Lost Out
The nationality of the pean running is hard to ascertain from their names. There is Montieth for president, and Musical Kinkel for his understudy, and what could be more appropriate than have Banker win the treasurership? Church won in the College for representative and his chaplainistic name should carry weight in the actions of that body. Eagles flew high and won the Engineering Presidency without competition. Wells also scored high. Schwarz, Googins and Kugler are names that will be remembered for their differentness.
"The opposition had no show against that list, Blazier blazed into Monleth and lost. Steuwe, Cox and Ritter lost, and perhaps the names had something to do with it. Oyster and Nettels also ran. "Well, 'twas a good clean election and the names were jokers, but we forgot all about them at the time," said I. Seymour Hicks.
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