UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NUMBER 103.
VOLUME XVI.
Freshman Minus Caps Will Be Disfranchised
"Any freshman who does not wear his cap on the campus at any time aftef April 1 runs the risk of being disfranchised for the remainder of his days at the University of Kansas," said Hershel Washington, president of the Men's Student Council, today.
Men's Student Council President Announces Return of Yearlings' Custom April 1
"The student council." Washington said, "has and will exercise the power to disfranchise any student violating any custom or tradition if it opposes the beliefs and opinions of the students as represented by the council. The violation of the freshman campus ruling is one of those who in a proved case of deliberate indictment of the trainee administration will prevent freshmen from voting at any school or College election during his academic life at K, U."
Students in the School of Law said the laws would be, as in the past, delighted to exercise a watchful care over traditions and report or cure any violations of the cap custom. While it was emphasized, corporal punishment would not be resorted to, as it is prohibited by a Senate ruling, the picking of dabbles on the campus might be the least of the substitute punishments exercised.
Another member said the freshmen, in most cases, were in favor of wearing caps, and would wear them with the old school spirit, but that there were a few men whose main impression of the glory of K. U. and university life was gathered at varity dances and fraternity calls, and that the best treatment for these misguided few was Potter's Lake.
It is whispered that for cases like these the Red Vigils, partly unidentified vigilantes who protected the traditions last spring, are being reorganized.
The Daily Kansan has been asked to print the names of erring freshmen as often as he may be erring in relation to the tradition of distinctive headgear for yearlings.
Two University Women Awarded Scholarships
Two scholarships were awarded to women students at the University in the last quarter. Miss Edith Hess, c'19, received the Frank Egbert Bryant Memorial Scholarship, a gift scholarship of $50. This scholarship was established by Mrs. Frank Egbert Bryant, in memory of her husband who was a member of the department of English at the University. Lydia Burnes, c'22, was awarded the Mrs. J. B. Watkins Scholarship, a gift scholarship of $75. Watkins maintains this scholarship because of her interest in freshmen girls, who are wholly or partly self supporting.
State Commission Boosts Car Fare to Six Cents
The State Public Utilities Commission has just issued an order increasing the street car fare in Lawrence to six cents commencing April 1 and continuing thereafter for a period of six months. After the expiration of six months the commission will meet again and determine whether or not the six cent fare should continue.
The increase of one cent was asked by the local street car company and confirmed by the Lawrence city commission last December. It was granted by the public utilities commission with the promise on the part of the local street car company that needed improvements be made immediately.
The annual house party of the incoming and outgoing cabinets of the Y.W.C.A. will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29, at Mrs. Helen Gill's home two miles southwest of Vinland. There will be about thirty girls who will attend the house party. Miss Katherine Duffield and Miss Hazel Allen, instructor in the Home Economics department, will accompany the girls. The annual reports of the different committees will be read and the new committees chosen at this time.
The swimming class which meets at 4:30 is for those women intending to work out for the big meet. Adelaide Steger, instructor in swimming, says that no beginners are wanted in this class.
Hulas and Snake Tamers
Feature of W.A.A. Circus
Women athletes of the University will put on everything from a snake-charming act and an ultra-Hawaiian hula to a charist race at their big annual circus in Robinson Gymnasium Wednesday night. April 9.
The effecs will be the usual mumth three-ring production, but will eclipse those of all former years in the number and daring of the acts. One big feature is a diving and swimming exhibition which rivals Annette Kellerman's performances.
The names of the artists in the different acts will be announced later. The W.A.A. is putting on the circus and Doris Drought is the manager.
Five Minutes in the Wide, Wide World
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26. 1010
Written for students who are too busy or too
little to read a paper from outside the campus.
Constitutional Guarantees have been suspended throughout Spain, a central news dispatch from Madrid says. The Spanish government has exhausted its efforts at conciliation and the dispatch adds is determined to act firmly to maintain 'order'.
The New Hungarian committee government has arrested Dr. Alexander Wekerle, former premier and finance minister, a dispatch from Budapest says.
The War Department announced Tuesday that an agreement had been reached with the copper producers under which approximately 100 million pounds of copper owned by the War Department will be disposed of during the next fifteen months at market prices.
President Ador of Switzerland, has replied cordially to a letter from President Ebert announcing his accession to the office of President of Germany, a Berlin dispatch says. Switzerland the dispatch adds its foreign state to formally acknowledge the new German government.
Governor Allen received Tuesday a letter from F. P. Keppel, third assistant secretary of war, saying the government has established a special courier service from Washington to deliver personally letters to those soldiers who do not receive their mail regularly. Relatives of soldiers can send mail direct to Washington to be delivered to the courier and thence carried by him to France and personally delivered. This service is only available to those whose relatives have not received mail for some time.
Adjustant General Martin left Toronto Wednesday morning for New York where he will make preliminary arrangements for the reception of Kansas soldiers returning from overseas. General Martin will first arrange for the organization of Kansas people in New York into a reception committee, then provide for the part in the reception that visiting Kansans will take.
Defending The Military service before the House of Commons Tuesday night, Winston Spencer, Secretary of War, declared that the whole of Egypt was in virtual state of insurrection. The position was so dangerous, he added, that the government had to appeal to men on the point of demobilization to return and save their comrades from being murdered.
All Members Of allied missions in Budapest have been interned including Colonel Vix, the chief of the French mission, according to travelers coming to Vienna from the Hungarian capital. The question as to whether Hungary's acceptance of Bolshevism had its inspiration from German sources is considered doubtful by state department officials. Advices to the department indicated that the peasantry of Hungary this far had not accepted the new regime to any great extent.
Quill Club Announces Pledges
Quill Club announces additiona-
pledges as follows: Fred Rigby, Karl
Brown, Kenneth Mclark, George Taylor,
Payton Kaylor, Charles Shawson,
Luther Hangen, Dorothy Brown, Ruth
Abbuell, Florence Butler, EdithRoles,
and Emily Logan. Miss Marion Lewis
was elected from the faculty.
Quill Club will meet Thursday,
March 27, in Fraser Hall Rest Room
at 8 o'clock.
Quill Club Appouses Pledges
Velma Knowles, c'22, Jessie Wyatt,
c'20, and Mildred Law, c'21, spent
Friday and Saturday with Elosee McNutt,
c'20, in Kansas City.
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Basketball Tournament Gets Four New Entries
K. U. Basketball Quintet May Meet an All-Star Jayhawker Team
Four additional entries were received Tuesday for the state high school basketball tournament March 28-29 by Manager W. O. Hamilton. The late entries were Valley Falls boys and girls teams, Vinland boys and Ozawike girls. The coming of these additional teams necessitated a slight change in schedule, as Valley Falls is now scheduled to meet Arkansas City in the first round and Vinland is to meet Perry in the same round in the boys tournament. Ozawike will meet Douglass in the first round of the girls games and Valley Falls will play Chanute
"Red", Brown of Kansas City, former Jayhawk star forward who has been coaching the Schmelzers of Kansas City will be one of the officials in the tournament and "Dutch" Urblaub, Haskell coach and Kansas captain in 1917, will handle the remainder of the games. Letter men on the 1919 basketball team will be the other officials.
It is probably that the K.U. basketball quintet will meet a team composed of old Jayhawker stars Saturday afternoon for the entertainment of the high school athletes. Rudolph and Julius Uhlabla, "Red" Brown, "Bill" Weaver, Greenlees and other stars will be included in the All-Star lineup.
Aid Offered Students By Psychology Tests
Nelson Acebo have plea
Claire Hines have plea
especially are need by the University
band, according to an announcement
given out by director J. C. McCanes
today. Tryouts will be held at 7:30
o'clock tonight in Fraser Hall.
Band Needs More Men
Scientific Method of Determin ing Abilities Available to Men and Women Here
"A series of psychological tests will be given all students who wish, to assist them in choosing professions," said Prof. M. C. Elmer, of the sociology department today.
"This is a new experiment and the work will be carried on by a specialist from some other University. It no doubt will be similar to the army classification. The department of sociology will be enabled to compare the students of the University of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and other schools.
"Illinois has employed this system for some time. In fact, every student entering Illinois U must pass a psychological test before being allowed to enroll. This method is used to eliminate those who are not mentally capable of doing college work. It will be installed as soon as possible, and will be under the supervision of Prof. W. S. Hunter of the department of psychology."
Sophomores Report Loss of $4 on Their Dance
The Sophomores in their dance given in Robinson Gymnasium March 14, lost $4.00. This was shown by a report that was given out by the University Auditing Committee. The receipts from the sale of Tickets at $1.00 a couple were $76.
Disbursements were: Music $59.00; Gunnamus expenses, $11.50; Placards, $3.00; Tickets, $1.25; Maid, $2.00; Taxi, $2.00; Incidentals, $1.25; Total $80.00; Net loss $4.00. The report is signed by Eugene B. Graham, treasurer of sophomore class.
FINANCIAL REPORT 1918 JAYHAWKER
RECEIPTS
Advertising ... $1,024.87
Dues:
  From seniors who paid $7 each (236) ... 1,652.00
  From seniors who paid $3 each ( 12) ... 36.00
  From organizations (including individual juniors,
    sophomores, and Oread High) ... 1,699.00
Sale of Books:
  11 De Luxe copies at $7...$ 77.00
    8 copies sold to advertisers at half
      price ($2) ... 16.00
    753 copies sold at $4...3,012.00 3,105.00
Beauty Ball receipts - 286 paid admissions ($1.25) 357.50
Deposits forfeited (Students who paid down on
  on annuals $1 and did not pay balance) ... 48.00
... $7,922.37
EXPENDITURES
Advertising:
  Newspaper $ 74.20
  By mail, circulars, hand bills, posters $ 64.27
Commissions:
  To advertising solicitors $ 61.88
  To Beauty Ball ticket sellers $ .50
Express charges $ 5.55
Feeds (for staff, solicitors, etc.) $ 45.55
Hotel bills, taxi fare, railroad fare, meals, miscellaneous expense of management (principally trips to Kansas City) $ 132.51
Engraving (Burger Engraving Co.) $ 2,139.00
Photography $ 189.28
Postage:
  Correspondence $ 28.68
  On circulars, etc. $ 36.50
  Sending copy to printer $ 10.44
Printing (The Hugh Stephens Printing Co.) ... 3,393.36
Stationery and supplies ... 33,70
Telegrams ... 9.69
Telephone—Local and Long Distance ... 20.65
Typewriter—rent and repairs ... 11.90
The Beauty Ball (Total expense of party) ... 473.34
Miscellaneous expense ... 161.24
Total expenditures... $6,892.24
Cash profit divided by Manager and Editor-
in-Chief ... $1,030.13
Accounts receivable... 110.58
Advertising taken out in trade ... 258.50
Books on hand at $4 (119) ... 476.00
Total profit to promoters ... $1,875.21
Amount turned in to class treasury ... $0,000.00
DISPOSAL OF BOOKS
Total number of books received ... 1,
To seniors ... 236
De-Luxe copies sold ... 11
To advertisers at half price ... 8
Sold at $4 each ... 753
Lost in handling ... 8
On hand (in Professor Hodder's attic) ... 119
Complimentary copies ... 157
1.292
[Signed] DONALD DWIGHT DAVIS Manager
Fee of Dollar Charged For Late Enrollment
The fee for late registration and enrollment in class will be $1.00 this term as usual, according to an announcement made from Dean Templin's office. The statement in the Daily Kanan, made before the term closed, that no fee for late enrollment would be charged was a mistake.
Students who have not enrolled or who wish to change classes may do so Saturday. Fees may be paid at the business office any day this week. Students desiring to make changes must see their class advisers. Late registration fees must be paid at the registrar's office.
Plain Tales From the Hill
Overhead Tuesday when an old stude was trying to convince a rushee: "No, Paul, there is absolutely no question but that Phi Sappa Chi is the largest and best national fraternity."
The move or less Sour Owl came out Tuesday minus several articles which the Owls had promised the students because of the strict censorship of the magazine. "I guess the Owl was tame as several members of the disciplinary committee lauded this Owl," said one of the members of the organizations.
Colonel Travis was speaking to the members and guests at the Chamber of Commerce banquet last night when he said, "All of you Democrat fathers who sent boys to the war can expect to have them all return as Republicans."
Four stars attended the dance last night contrary to the K.U. ruling on stags. "Otto" and "Swence" were there in their best doing the "butter fly."
The mice in Snow Hall are educated according to the laboratory assistant. Recently several mice got into the library in the building and bothered one book, that being a book titled "Ripe Wheat."
The registrar has given out the official statement for last year's Jayhawker, showing how nicely Don's books balance. May be balancing those books doesn't qualify Don for a job as, viz:
Head of department of mathemat
Colonel Travis at C of C
Expert accountant,
University auditor,
Economics instructor, or
Foreman printing plant.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Travis spoke at a banquet given by the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night on his experiences with the 117th Armunition Train. He also spoke of other current topics of present interest including the League of Nations, good roads appropriations and moral conditions in France. Seven memembers of the Sour Owl board were guests of honor at the banquet.
Announcements
The regular meeting of the Dramatic Club is postponed until April 2. A tryout play "Rather Rough on Robert" will be given before the regular business meeting.
The History Club will meet Tuesday night at 7:15 o'clock in Myers Hall. Prof. D. L. Patterson will speak on "The League of Peace versus Bourbonism."
A second section in Accounting II, will be offered this quarter if enough students apply. Those interested should consult Professor Ferguson Room 204, Administration building, either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning, or telephone Professor Ferguson before Thursday noon. Final announcements will be made in Thursday's Kansan.
The Snow Zoology Club will meet Thursday afternoon at 4:00 'o'clock in Snow Hall. Dr. Coghill will speak on experimental work on the nervous systems of amphibians.
There will be a meeting of all former flying officers at the Phi Kappa Psi house, 1134 Louisana, Thursday at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of forming association.
Pi Lambda Theta meeting for to-night has been postponed to the night of April 2.
The Owls will meet tonight at o'clock on the Kappa Sigma house.
Hope For Four Units In Kansas R.O.T.C. New Commandant Here
Lieutenant Colonel Burdick, son of Vice Chancellor, to Be in Charge
Office Opens Next Week
Gymnasium Wok Will Be Part of Voluntary Reserve Corps Course
No unit will be organized until next fall, according to Colonel Burdick.
Lieutenant Colonel Harold D. Burdick, field artillery, son of vice chancellor W. L. Burdick, has been assigned as head of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the University of Kansas and came to Lawrence Tuesday to take charge of the work preliminary to the establishment of the corps.
"We hope to have four units in the corps," he said. "In addition to a unit of coast artillery, the only one included in the corps at present, we want to have units of infantry and cavalry and one of engineering, signal corps, and ordinance.
"An office will be established in the Trophy Room of Robinson Gymnasium by the first of next week and 1 will be glad to see men who are interested and explain the proposals of the course. I am organized this school year, I will give motion picture courses this spring for any one caring to attend.
“There will be no summer camps this summer. The first summer camps will be in 1920. I can say positively that the camps for the coast artillery units will be near the coast and feel sure that camps for other units will be in the coast region, so that agreeable climate will be had for the men.”
The course as tentatively outlined by Colonel Burdick includes three hours of theoretical training weekly during the first two years of the course and five hours in the latter two years. Two hours of gymnasium work will be required of all members, said, but military drill will be voluntary and not more than one hour a day. The course will be lauded that will not be compulsory except during drill, if drill is elected. An allowance of $12 a month will be given members of the R.O.T.C. during the last two years of their course.
Students will not enlist in the R.O. T.C., Colonel Burdick said, but will voluntarily enroll. If they enroll in it, however, the completion of the course will be made a requirement for graduation by the University, he said. The course during the first year will be the same for all members of the Corps, no matter what unit they are in.
Summer camps will be held each summer, and members of the corps may attend all of them, but attendance at only two is compulsory. Transportation and commutation will be given those going to the summer corns.
War Department orders detailed Colonel Burdick as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at K. U. Other officers probably will be detailed here for work in the R.O.T.C. under Colonel Burdick.
Colonel Burdick was a student in the University of Kansas in the year 1903-04. After leaving K.U. he attended the naval academy at Annapolis and was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy, remaining in the naval service until 1911. Since then he has been in the artillery, both coast and field. He served in France six months, returning to this country January 25. He is staying at present with Dr. and Dr. W., M. L. Burdick.
Profs Will Hear Prof Talk About Big Game
"Gamp Life and Big Game in Northern Woods" will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by Prof. C. E. Johnson of the department of zoology at the University Club Friday night at 8:30 o'clock. Professor Johnson was the director of the James F. Bell expedition which was organized at University of Minnesota several years ago, and spent four summers in the Northern Minnesota woods where he studied wild animal life and collected data on animal habits. The slides used in the lecture are from the original photographs taken on these expeditions.
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