UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XVI.
NUMBER 120.
May Get "Dad" Elliot For Series of Talks On Campus Leadership
Efforts Being Made to Induce Famous Student Leader to Come Here
May 1-2 Are the Dates Set
No Social Functions While Two Days' Meetings Are Days' Meetings Are Going on in Gym
A movement to obtain A. J. "Dad" Elliot of the international committee of the Y.M.C.A. to come to the University of Kansas May 1 and 2 and give a series of addresses on Christian campus leadership and campus influences undermining strong leadership, is being started by several organizations under the direction of the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A.
The national fraternity presidents have gone on record as favoring Mr. Elliot's coming and are asking their chapters to do all in their power to co-operate in securing a large attendance at these meetings. Many fraternities have already gone on record favoring his coming. The question of his coming will be brought before the fraternities and sororites through panhellenic Monday night and will then be voted on by the individual fraternities and sororities.
A meeting of all professional and local fraternities and all other organizations will also be called to decide on whether or not they want Mr. Elliot to give his series of talks at K.U. The Y.W.C.A., Y.M.C.A., the association boards of directors, and the Men's Student Council have already voted on the matter favorably. If the consensus of opinion is favorable all the data will be presented to Chancellor Strong and the Senate for their approval before anything definite is done about inviting Mr. Elliot to speak.
If "Dad" Elliot is secured for May 1 and 2, it will mean that no social functions of any kind will be allowed for those dates. The gymnasium will not be available for any function and the calendar will be kept clear from all other functions for those dates. "Dad" Elliot has given several series of talks in other universities on conditions in the universities at the present day and according to all who have heard him, he is a very able and convincing speaker.
Rex Miller Presents Campus Picture to Kansas City High School Club
High School Students Like Kansas Day Banquet
The Kansas day banquet given by the University of Kansas Y.M.C.A. in the Y.M.C.A. banquet room in Kansas City, Missouri., Monday night was a big success. Five hundred high school boys attended and were convinced that K.U. is the place for them.
Willard Pierce and Charles Shofstall furnished excellent music during the banquet and program that followed. Rex Miller, a former student of the University who won the Rhodes scholarship in 1914, gave a talk on his travels in Egypt and his school career at Oxford University. Prof. Henry Shinn, of the public speaking department, and Harry Harlan, a former K.U. student gave very pepy talks on "Campus Life at Kansas University." All three of the talks were full of K.U. enthusiasm and the boys enjoyed them very much. So much, that they telegraphed to Missouri University and told them that they must have an excellent program when they had their chance next Monday night if they wished to have it compared with the one the Kansas men gave them.
To close the evening Rex Miller made a formal presentation of a large campus picture to the Kansas City High School Club.
Mining Students Will Travel
Mining Schools
A mining trip is being planned for the students in the department of mining to visit three or four weeks. They will visit Carthage, Missouri, the Webb City district, Joplin and the power, coal and hydro-electrical plants between Galena and Baxter Springs. They also expect to visit some of the mines of the Kansas-Oklahoma zinc fields.
Twelve K. U. Professors
Attend Science Meeting
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 18, 1919
Twelve K. U. professors are on the program of the fifth annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science at Manhattan today and Saturday. Professor L. D. Havenhill, of K. U. is president of the association and Prof. E. A. White, also of K. U., is secretary. University professors and deans will attend are:
Deans L. Sayre and F. J. Kelly,
Professors Charles H. Sternberg, L.
D. Havenhill, E. A. White, James B.
McNaught, N. P. Sherwood, Bennett
M. Allen, W. J. Baumgartner, W. S.
Hunter, Erasmus Haworth and F. E.
Kester.
Theme of Senior Play
Is "Dominate or Die!"
Love Affairs and Six Engage
ments Are Taken From
University Life
"dominate or Die, by Darn," is the motto that is carried out by a group of fraternity women in the senior play, "Oh Shoot!" written by Edwin Patton. These college women support the theory that the time has come in the course of society when women should dominate over the men, especially in making and breaking dates. They adopt this theory and plan to carry it out in the school. All dates are made by them and they formulate plans whereby all the men of the school will come under their dominance.
The story finally brings out the love affairs of all the girls and ends by six of the girls becoming engaged in fraternity violation of their new rule.
The play is full of college spirit and the plot is built around University life on the Hill." Joe Schwarz said today. "The ticket sale has been the largest so far of any play that has been put on, even the plays by the Dramatic Club and the tickets are going so fast that they will be at a premium by the time they are placed on sale at the Round Corner Drug Store," he added.
"I have never seen any cast that fits the parts assigned to the different characters so well as this cast does" Professor MacMurray, who is coaching the play, said today. The cast is practicing five times a week.
The cast:
Nadine Bairn; "Calamity" Jane.
Jessie Rankip; Mary.
Lucile Hovey; Allene.
Florence Ingham; Maude.
Eva Robinson; Mrs. Arlington
canbon.
Helen Naismith: Carol.
Frances Hitchcock: Josephine
Helen Peffer: Dorothy.
Dorothete Button: Edith.
Arnistina Cissna: Cynthia.
Marguerite Reimisch: Helen.
Guy Keeler: Ted.
Herman Hangman: Porter.
Dix Edwards: Billy.
Robert Albaege.
Seismograph Indicates Earthquake in Mexico
The seismograph in Blake-Hall indicated an earthquake Thursday afternoon at a distance of 940 miles almost directly south, in the northeastern part of Mexico, or in the Gulf of Mexico. The quake was a moderately severe one, and came in three waves, the first at 3:58; the second uncertain, and the maximum wave at 4:03 p. m. The disturbance ended at 4:55.
The disturbance was the most violent for some time, according to Prof. F. E. Kester. The quake was sufficiently severe to cause a considerable amount of damage, if it occurred on land, but if it happened in the Gulf of Mexico the shock would be slight except in the immediate vicinity, Professor Kester said. As no Associated Press reports have been received of an earthquake in this region, Professor Kester thinks the disturbance to have occurred in the Gulf.
All men own canoes or who would be interested in the art of caneing will meet at 1301 Ohio Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Announcements
Mr. Herbert L. Flint, a former instructor in the department of English is visiting at the University today. Mr. Flint has just received his release from the Navy.
Coast Artillery Uuit For R.O.T.C.Assured When Thirty Men Enroll
Need Sixty Men for Infantry and Twenty-five for Signal Corps
A Coast Artillery unit is assured or the University R.O.T.C., with the enrolment of thirty men in this particular branch, according to information from Col. Harold Burdick of the military department this morning.
"Thirty men have now enrolled and I am going to ask for the branch from the War Department in a few days," said Colonel Burdick. "At the same time that I ask for the Coast Artillery I would like to ask for an infantry and signal corps branch. In order to do this sixty men must enroll in infantry and twenty-five in the signal corps. Men desiring to help assure these departures for K. U. should leave their names with me at headquarters at the Trophy Room in Robinson Gymnasium."
Enrollment in the infantry so far has been fifteen, in the signal corps seventeen, in the engineering corps six, in the motor transport four, and in the ordnance department four. This makes a total of seventy-six men.
The infantry will have four machine guns of the Colt and Browning makes. The const artillery corps will have 155 millimeter guns and eight-inch howitzers. The howitzer will be tractor drawn. The signal corps will have some telephone and wireless apparatus besides the photographic department which will be a necessity, according to Colonel Burdick.
2-Sentence Happ'nings
The $1000 appropriated by the legislature for the Merchant's Week at the University will not be available for 1919, said E. H. Ingham, of the University Extension Division, but will be used in the spring of 1920. The Merchant's Week was omitted for two or three years on account of the war.
"How Should a Student Spend His Sunday?" is the topic which will be discussed by Prof. F. Ellis Johnson's class at the Methodist Sunday School Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Original stories by three members of the Quill Club were read by the authors at the weekly meeting Thursday night. The stories were: "That Telephone," by Helen Olson, c20; "The Oliver Ciphering," and its sequel, "The Bubble That Did Not Burst," by Kenneth Clark, c20; and Dick's Bunkie, by Karl Brown, c19. "The Lovely Shepherd," by Catherine Robinson, c20.
Prof. H. P. Cady was unable to meet his classes today on account of illness. Professor Cady is on the program of the Kansas Academy of Science at Manhattan Saturday and expects to attend if he improves.
There will be a Varsity dance at F.A.U. Hall Saturday night under the auspices of W.S.G.A. and Men's Student Council. Shofstall's 4-piece orchestra will furnish the music.
Dean P. F. Walker and Prof. A. C. Terrill leave for south-eastern Kansas May 1. Dean Walker will speak at the Chambers of Commerce Auditorium at Baxter Springs on "The Development of Manufacturing Industries in Kansas."
The date for the Junior Smoker will be Thursday, May 1 at Eagles Hall. "Fuzzy" Wilson, chairman of the entertainment committee, says that the program will consist of a three round bout, a magician, and talks on plans for next year, especially the athletic plans. There also will be talks on the R.O.T.C.
John Monteith will spend Saturday and Sunday at his home in Kansas City.
Dr. George E. Cogill, of the School of Medicine, has gone to Pittsburgh, Penn, to attend a meeting of anatomists. He will return about April 23.
Margaret Ramseyer has gone to her home in Emporia.
Kappa Alpha Theta has issued in
vitations for a reception. Wednesday,
April 20, at the chapter house.
Vern Simmons, e'21, whose forefinger was nipped in a planer last week is back at work in Fowler shops.
Stoic Hashers Defeat Bricks Pros 8 To 2 By Mighty Swatting
Yap, of Honolulu, and Judkins,
Slam Out Circuit
Clouts
The Stoic Boarding House Team opened the season of the Hash-House Baseball League by defeating the Bricken's Cafe nine, 8 to 2, Thursday. The game was won in the first two innings, when the Stoics romped around the bases on Beisner's offerings, tallying seven scores.
In the first of the third, Rodey went to the mound, and Beisser took his place at first. Rodey pitched an airtight game the last four innings, and struck one and allowing two hits, which netted one more run for the Stoics.
Guy Keeler was in the box for the Stoics and pitched a good game, allowing eight hits in the seven frames. His support was good, the two runs of the cafe nine were from a 2-bagger of Gilkeson's in the fourth inning, bringing in Dwyer and Hale.
Meeke, third sacker for Brick's in base stealing, piling three in the games. Judkins, Varsity man, on first, and Yap of Honolulu, were the heroes of the first frame for the Stoies, each slamming out a circuit clout and bringing in five runs en toto.
The score:
R. H. E.
Stain
5 2 0 1 0 0 8 x
R. H. E.
0 0 2 0 1 0 8 x
Sigma Nus Ascend;
Delta Taus Wih Game
Harrison Pitches a 2Hi-Game and Hits Well, Bringing in Three Runs
Delta Tau won a decisive victory in the Panhellenic battle when the entire Sigma Nu team ascended into the ethereal clouds in the fourth stage of the battle and allowed four casualties. In the inning before, the two teams were at a standstill with two counters across the pan. The contest closed with the Sigma Nu general withdrawing from the field after scoring one more in the seventh, leaving the final count 6 to 3 for the followers of Jimmy Knowles.
Because Captain Harrison of the Taus called "tails" accurately, his team took the field first. Three Sigs fanned the blue sky in the first frame, and opponents were equally successful. The second inning was a duplicate of the first, but in the third the heavy artillery began to take action. After one man had died, Daniels got a life on a passed ball, and scored on Harms' single to center, who scored on a pair of misplays. To even things up, Harrison and Keys came across with a nair of scores for the Taus.
After Harrison had put the Sigs back in their offensive in the fourth the aforesaid ascension-happened and Cary, King, Harrison and Keys tallied. The game ended with the Sigs making a hard attempt for a "seventh-innish-finish," scoring a lone tally.
Harrison and Elliot both pitched well, but the support was weaker in them.
The score by innings
R. H. E.
Sigma Nu ... 002 000 1-3 2 4
Delta Tau ... 002 400 x-6 5 3
Batteries; Sigma Nu, Elliot and
Crawford; Delta Tau, Harrison and
Leech, Upsetn "Oliver", OLearn
Two W.Y.C.A. Cabinets
To Meeting in Topeka
The first and second cabinets of the Y.W.C.A. will attend the conference for incoming cabinets at Topoka the week of May 9, 10, and 11. Washburn will be hostess. Other schools represented will be Ottawa, Baker, Manhattan and the University of Kansas City.
"The meeting is to discuss technical plans on the association work on the campus and to get inspiration on the work," said Miss Katherine Duffield, secretary. "This is the first year that both second cabinets have been invited. The conference will be in charge of Misses Helen Dunn and Julia Ricketts from the field office at Denver. This is the third of three conferences in the west-central field this year. The first is being held this week-end at Greeley, Colo., and the second will be at Emporia, April 26, 27, and 28. Miss Duffield will speak at this meeting.
Professor Murray Takes
Permanent Insurance Job
rrof E. W. Murray who until 1917 was associate professor in Latin in the University of Kansas, has been here the past few days packing up his household goods preparatory to moving it to the east. Professor Murray was given leave of absence from the University in 1917 and since he has been manager of the loss department of the Trans-Marine Underwriting Agency in New York City. Mr. Murray took his A. B. from the University of Kansas and was the first Rhodes Scholar to go from K. U. to Oxford University in England.
Frats Fill Vital Need In Large Schools, Says Wedell At Y.M.C.A.
Believe Organizations Should Not be Judged by Few Members but as System
"The fraternity system fills a vital need at K.U.," said Hugo Wedell, secretary of the University Y.M.C.A., at a meeting of the association in Myers Hall Thursday night. Fundamentally, this system is founded on the instinct of men to group together. It is a mistake to inhibit this social instinct. In sociability there is a great opportunity for service. Nothing means more to a man than friendship.
"A fraternity with the right kind of house-mother comes near being a home for the student and this is a great asset in his life. Social training is the greatest need outside of our scholastic dues and along with this the fraternity system develops another element, loyalty to friends and to institutions. The fraternity presents organized unit for definite concentration in University movements.
"I am opposed to fraternitise in small schools, because of the clanishness that it develops there. Politics in these schools is divided into groups, and the rivalry often becomes antagonistic, thus actually strangling the student life."
Mr. Weddell emphasized the point that he favors a fraternity system for larger institutions such as the University. "I think there should be enough fraternities so that every man would have a chance to become a member," he said. "This would eliminate the barrier now existing between fraternity and non-fraternity men. The rushing season should be extended from one to six months and pledging should be done in the spring and initiation in the fall. This would do away with the many choices that are regretted afterwards. Two or three men often make the reputation for a fraternity and sometimes for the entire system."
Plain Tales From the Hill
SOME ONE CUT IN
Telephone "603"—"Well you most certainly did."
Telephone "290"—(twenty minutes later) "Well I most certainly did not!" Do you, get it?
Professor Melvin told one of his history classes that he wanted them to read the book "Out to Win." He said the introduction to the book is a "Preface for Fools" and that he particularly wanted everyone to read this.
The Betas don't seem to be able to get over their habit of stealing. They had such a time about their Christmas tree and yesterday they were at it again—stealing bases at the baseball game.
The afternoons and evenings have become so crowded with meetings that the Y.M.C.A. cabin has been crowded into a new field for time. It will meet at 7:15 A. M. Wednesdays. "Dutch" Wedell when interviewed on the matter, said that two or three years ago he went to work early in the morning, but they soon had to give it up, for "the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak."
One of the boys at the Stoic Club has found a novel means of getting a little sleep on the side. He took a bath, and the warm water was so nice that he gently fell asleep. One of his roommates found him some later still enjoying his little snooze.
Helen Porter, fa'20, spent Friday in Kansas City.
FAMOUS LAST LINES I'll see you in the funny paper.
Navy Section S.A.T.C.
May Sue The University
For Subsistence Money
Ask for Dollar a Day for Time They Ate Outside Barracks
University Was Paid in Full
Navy Men Claim $36 is Due
Them; University Proposes
$13.50 Instead
Growing dissatisfaction is expressed among men who were members of the S.A.T.C. at the University. Especially among men of the naval unit here is this dissatisfaction increasing in regard to the amount of refund for subsistence they are to receive. Karl Klooz of the University business office, announced tooady that the government remittances for the payment of the naval section of the S.A.T.C. here are expected the last of this month.
"This is only a promise," said Mr. Klooz, "but the final papers were signed and sent to the government Tuesday. The men will receive subsistence money from the date of induction to October 6, inclusive, and will receive lodging money from the date of induction till the occupation of their company of the barracks. The money for the army and navy sections together will amount to about $14,780." STUDENTS START INVESTIGATION
Men of the naval section have fear the University will hold most of their money back from them. They have a student navy welfare committee determining the dates on which they occupied barracks, and the dates the University says they took possession of barracks. The committee has collected evidence to support their claims before the chancelors form the university and thus claim that if the University does not accede to the demands of the navy men, they say they will bring suit against the University.
Grounds for the sailors' suit against the University would allege, navy S. A. T. C. men say, that the University has been paid in full by the navy for subsistence of the S.A.T.C. with the understanding that each man would receive a refund of $1 a day from the date of induction to November 5, inclusive. This would amount to about $36 a man, but on the basis proposed by the University the men would receive only $13 a day or days' board at seventy-five cents a day, and thirty-six days' lodging at twenty-five cents a day, said John Wahlistt, a member of the student committee.
PENALIZED FOR OBEDIENCE
"The University asked us to eat outside of barracks," said one of the navy unit, "because the barracks facilities were inadequate. The University promised to reimburse us for the money spent in complying with its request. Now we are told we were eating in barracks that time."
The navy student committee, which will see the Chancellor today or tomorrow includes Warren Blissier, Frank Marxen and Rex L. Brown.
The committee has obtained statements from Ensign D. E. Finnegan, Lieut. Frank Cramer, Lieut. Henry P. Constans, and Captain Hatch confirming their claims. They have a statement from Mr. Klooz that he will pay them for subsistence until the date on which they moved into barracks. This statement was obtained many weeks ago. The dissention revolves on the exact date the navy men started to eat in the barracks.
Prof. Bailey Returns From Trip to California
Prof. E, H. S. Bailey, head of the department of chemistry, who was on temporary leave of absence from the University, has returned from a 3-months' vacation in California. While in California he visited Los Angeles, San Diego, Pasadena, Redlands and Berkeley and made a survey of the food laboratories in that state.
Ruth Brande-Boerstler, 'a2', 21; Belva Shores, c'20, will go to Abhine Saturday to visit Isabel Noble and attend the Messiah and concert by Mische Elman at Linaberg, Sunday.
Marion Bradley will spend Easter at her home in Peabody.
Lora Taylor, c'19, will visit Lucea Spencer, c'19, at her home in Iola.