UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XVI.
NUMBER 100
Reconstruction Offers Larger Opportunities For American Engineers
Regions
Undeveloped Countries Need More Help Than Devastated
The work of reconstruction following the war offers new and enlarged opportunities to American engineers, say faculty members of the School of Engineering. Probably the greatest opportunities will be in this country and in South America and in other countries, as much than in the devastated regions of Europe, the engineering School heads say.
Col. P. F. Walker, dean of the School of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, sees big developments developed men in engineering. He said.
"There will be a persistent demand in the United States for engineers who are men of strong character and who have sound fundamental training. This demand will come in part because of the need for building up industries which have been retarded in development during the war.
"Another demand for engineers is for the work of pushing American business and American products into foreign markets. This country has suffered but little so that actual reconstruction work will be a small factor here.
"It appears that France and England will be in position to meet the heavy demands for rehabilitation of their industries. I believe except in isolated cases where large American corporations are directly interested in specific projects in Europe, the work of the American engineer will be mainly in this country or in the developed countries of South America.
"Opportunities for engineers in the future are just the same as those which have existed for a decade, only enlarged. Men must learn to think more naturally in terms of industrial progress."
A NEW WORK IN AIR SERVICE F. H. Bibley, professor of mechanical engineering, said, "Within the last four years two great new branches or mechanical engineering have developed, automotive engineering and safety engineering. The prospects in the first of these in near future is for development of aerial travel to a point where it is as safe, convenient, and matter of course as railway or auto traffic.
"In safety engineering, the development, though less spectacular, will be of even greater value to society. Safety engineering does not mean merely preventing accidents. It embraces all problems that have to do with the relations between the employer and the employee."
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PAY FOR BEGINNERS IS GOOD
G. C. Shadd, professor of electrical engineering, said, "The future of the engineering profession appears to be bby F ht
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17, 1919.
Report of Flood Danger In Lawrence Is False
River conditions are not unusual in Lawrence. The report that there is danger of a flood here is without foundation, for H. A. Ripoff and R. I. Kester.
The rainfall here Friday night was
.95 inch, while in Topeka it was 5.25
inches. The Kaw River has not gone
in its bounds here or at Topeka.
“There is nothing unusual about the weather conditions here,” said Professor Kester, “except that the sun does not do what we do not believe we need fear a flood.”
K.U. Man With Montgomery Ward
Henry Schott, a former student of the University, has recently been elected secretary of Montgomery Ward & Co. Schott was formerly night editor of The Kansas City Star. He left Kansas City to become director of publicity of the big mail order concern. He was formerly director of sales and publicity in January, 1918, and that promotion was followed quickly by his selection as secretary of the company.
Will Talk to Engineers
Will Talk to Engineers
Walter Buchier, engineer of paving and wood preservation at Barrett Company, New York will be at the University April 10 and will speak before the Civil Engineering Society,
“Construction of Military Roads in Government Cantonments and at the Front,” is the subject of his lecture which will be illustrated with lantern slides.
Prof. W. C. McNown Goes Cruseoing with Transit
Prof. W. C. McNown of the Schoo-
d of Engineering left today for Dodge City to make a survey of an island in the Arkansas River over which there has been litigation. Professor McNown will spend practically the entire week in establishing his new office and to make the survey by the attorney General and the State Board of Administration.
Five Minutes in the Wide, Wide World
*Written for students who are too busy or too
hard to read a paper from the campus.*
The People of France no longer are disposed to make noisy demonstrations after waiting months and seeing nothing substantial done, says a dispatch to La Prensa at Buenos Aires. The French people are more interested in the present than in the future and demand peace at once, after which they are willing to consider measures for the future.
Damage Suits Against the city of Atchison, aggregating $300,000 will be filed by the Burlington, Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads as a result of the flood which caused nearly a million dollars damage Saturday night. Piling under a bridge spanning White Clay Creek near the union depot is blamed for backwater which flooded the business houses, industrial plants, and basements in the business district.
Efforts Of Private boat owners to break the harbor strike in New York individual settlements with the men were blocked Sunday when Thomas L. Delkunny president of the Marine Workers' Union called for an "epedded" conference of the owners with members of the Master, Mates and Pilots Union.
North Topeka Sunday night was slowly recovering from the effects on the flood which Saturday night and early Sunday swept through that section of the city, causing thousands of dollars damage to homes and household goods. No loss of life or injury to any resident has been reported. Flood danger in North Topeka was heightened when the crest of the flood in Soldier creek passed and the water began receding. The rain which continued until after three o'clock Sunday morning, amounted to more than five inches.
Three Persons Are reported killed and several injured in a tornado in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, Friday night. Wires are down and the extent of the damage is not known. The storm struck the southwestern part of Kingfisher County more on northeast along a path a quarter mile wide. The loss of property is believed to amount to several thousand dollars.
American Troops' Have begun to move to strategic points on the Trans-Siberian Railway west of Vladivostok to aid John F. Stevens and his staff of American railway men in the technical operations of the railway.
Bolshevik Forces Made a determined attempt Friday to cut the communications between the American and Allied columns on the Dvina and Vaga rivers, but their attack was repulsed with heavy losses. One soldier in the allied forces was wounded.
An emergency call is out for women doctors and nurses to recruit for work in India, China, and the Moslem Lands. The women there are dying in the trenches on the battlefields of motherhood. In India there are 110 doctors and nurses, three women doctors for 200 million women and in the Moslem lands 100 million women with only twenty women doctors.
Need Doctors in Orient
Flood Warnings For Lawrence and Bonner Springs where the Kaw River is likely to go over its banks, were issued by the Kansas City weather bureau, Sunday night. The river at Bonner Springs now stands at sixteen feet, it was stated, and a rise was expected of from four to six feet within the next twenty-four hours. Humidity of dollars damage is believed to have resulted from floods caused by unprecedented rainfall in the Kaw River watershed, over the territory reaching from Salina to Lawrence.
Prospects for the 1919 golf season are becoming unusually bright, in the opinion of Major Pickering, graduate manager of athletics. A mass meeting will be held in a short time to stumulate interest...Pennsylvania.
Third Term Enrollment Will Start Tuesday
No Announcement of Senior Enrollment Schedules Coming
Finad quizize with regular assignments f Tuesday and Wednesday, we this morning in the condensed z week. One-hour quizize witz tions which endeavor to include all the work of the twelve-week term are the rule in most courses.
Vacation will begin Wednesday night at 6 o'clock and will continue until Monday evening. Enrollment for the third term will begin Tuesday, March 25, at 8:30 o'clock. The doors of the gymnasium will be open for enrolment until 5 o'clock and will not be closed at noon since enrollment for the third term will be slow and difficult, deans prophy. Faculty will have a meeting on April 24, to plan for the enrolment rush. Students unable to enroll Tuesday may enrol Saturday without paying a fee for late registration.
No announcement can be made about the early enrollment of seniors because the schedules have not come yet. They were sent from the state printer's office by slow freight and no predictions as to the time of arrival can be made. It was planned to allow seniors to enroll before the second quarter closed, as the custom was last year, but the failure of the schedules to arrive may make this impossible, according to Prof. A. T. Walker, senior adviser.
No enrollment will take place for students of law and engineering since those schools are running on the semester plan. They will have a holiday Monday.
Phi Alpha Delta Gives
Banquet at Baltimore
The Kansas City City alumni of Phi Alpha Delta gave $1 banquet for visiting members of the Kansas chapter of The Institute to more hotel in Kansas City Saturday.
Judge Ladd, judge Bland, and Judge Guffall all of Kansas City talked.
K. U. law students at the banquet were: Dean Floyd, Loren Simons, Joe Parnham, Mark Adams, John Etling, Glen Banker, Hershel Washington, John Montelli and Willard Glasco.
Puffs or Figure 8's Kid Curler or a Hat
How do you do your hair? Do you wear puffs over your ears? Do you roll it a la Norma Talmadge? Do you do a French twist or a figure eight? Do you wear a corset or a marcelled, give it a water wave or resell to the old fashioned kid curler?
Some girls do all these things and the result is the mode of hairdressing used at the University of Kansas. And in addition to all that, these same girls go to K.C. and pay $2.25 for switches to their ears, cover their eyes, hair, and skin, hairpin it down here and there, and look 'ook like most everything.
Yale awarded to Jean Julian Lemondrant, the French soldier-artist who was blinded in the war, the Howland Memorial prize on March 11. M. Lemordant received the prize personally, which was given to him for "achievement of marked distinction in the field of fine arts." The award is in memory of the late Henry E. Howland, Yale '54.
A hair net is the essence of neatness. It gives one that trim and in place look which can be acquired in no other way. That is, when it's new. After that it becomes more a matter of custom than neatness and when this stage is past it becomes most helpful. It may be used to cover the ears. Rolled into a ball and pinned on it is the finest covering. Scratchy but stiff and saving the expense of Switches. Once a girl went to a Varsity舞 with her hair pulled back, blazonly disclosing her ears. That dance was nearly broken up but she never went again that way. Probably her sisters felt that the sorority couldn't stand it. Be original. Have a style all your own, and you'll have the best little head dress on the Hill, or if you are in a hurry, wear your hat. Who will know the difference anyhow?
Contraint to the customers of wearing caps and gowns this year's senior class has decided to abolish them—Michigan Daily.
Dean Charters Visits School of Education
"From a short morning's observation, the University of Kansas has one of the most beautiful locations of any college in the Middle West," said Dean W. W. Charters, of the School of Education of the University of Illinois, who is visiting the School of Education here.
rne Problem-Project Method of Teaching Subject of Talk This Afternoon
Dean Charters spent the morning in looking over the Oread Training School taught by students in the School of Education and in sight-seeing over the campus. This afternoon he will inspect the Lawrence schools with the view of considering the methods of superintendence used here.
This afternoon he will give a talk in Primer Chapel on the Problem-
Reality.
Dean Charters is making trips of inspection to the state universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as Kansas for the purpose of determining a system to use in his work at the University of Illinois.
The School of Education at Illinois has been reorganized into a College of Education, and Mr. Charters, formerly Dean of the School of Education at the University of Missouri, placed in charge.
New Book by John Ise Tells how Nation Lost Timber Land to Interests
"United States Forest Policy"
Title of Work by Economics
Professor
Professor
Prof. John Ice ² the department of economics has finished a new book, "United States Forest Policy," on which he has been working about five years. The final draft is now being prepared to submitting it to the publishers.
Professor Ise's book treats on the ways in which the federal government has handled the forest land in the United States, and of the ways in which the big timber owners and the railroad corporations have stolen about four.fifths of the valuable timber lands of the country. Much stress is laid in the book on the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot to save as much as possible of the timber lands.
ROOSEVELT SAVED FORESTS
"I feel that Roosevelt in his forest policy," said Mr. Ise, "and in his policies of conservation did a much more important work than anyone else has done in the presidential chair since the time of Abraham Lincoln. We now have 150 million acres of forest reserve. This has been saved mainly through the efforts of Roosevelt and Pinchot. At least two-thirds of it has been saved by these two men. A part of it may be credited to the work of Harrison and McKinley in their terms. You can show that intelligent measures have come through outside influences, not through Congress. Congress would have done nothing, Roosevelt and Pinchot and several others pulled the wool over Congress in 1891 so that they got a provision for conservation through without Congress really know- what was happening.
"In this case the bill was slipped to the committee at midnight and was presented the next day as a total surprise. Almost every step forward in this direction has been accomplished in spite of the apposition of Congress. The only way to get action on this question has been to slip the bill in. It seems that the president must get a club and tell Congress what to do.
CONGRESS HINDERS CONSERVATION
"In the whole history of the country I find a record of only two intelligent legislative measures and these are credited not to Congress but to the President. There is an office either cureded Congress into it or shipped something in.
"Kansas has a very good record on the forest subject. We appreciate these forests, as we lack them to such an extent. Kansas legislators and congressmen were always in favor of the conservation plans. Kansas had the first timber culture law. This and the interest of the legislators has shown that the spirit in Kansas is right, and that she has a high character of legislation.
IN FAVOR IN KANSAS
Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh Appears Again Tonight
The play, Mrs. Bumpastad Leigh, will be given at the Bowersock Theatre tonight, by members of the K.U. Dramatic Club. This is the second appearance of the play and it will be staged, upon request of the business men of Lawrence, for the benefit of the school. The Lawrence is behind in its quota and all proceeds, above expenses, will go to this fund.
"The play throughout will be full of life and activity," said Prof. Arthur MacMurray, coach of the play, "and the showing will be better than before. The cast has been working hard and is sacrificing their time, in view of the puizkes tomorrow. Many people were unable to attend the other performance and a larger audience is expected than before."
Plain Tales From the Hill
The question of the vacation is, "Shall I go home for vacation or take in the annual Kansas-Missouri dual meet in Kansas City Friday night."
An Underwood's a funny thing
Mistreat it as you will
That one reason why, but all
ho' you pound and beat it all day long
It is your servant still.
"If the Owls are going to comment on University affairs in their Sour Owl," said a student, "they ought to have lots of material from the experience they have had with the vitals of University government."
No doubt they have well named it,
This club whose woes we've heard
For when it comes to most things
An Owl's a wise old bird.
Several first year students are wear the green today who need no extra color scheme according to Ray Hemp hill.
He sports a new waist-line spring suit
he strolls upon the Hill at ease.
he dances well—they call him "keen"
He's harpy, he'll call his DJ.
Legal Fraternity Holds Initiation for Eight
dances well—they call him "keen He's happy, though he pulls D's
Delta Theta Phi Fraternity Now Has an Active Membership of Twelve
Delta Theta Phi, legal fraternity, held initiation for six active and two honorary members at the Knights of Pythias Hall Saturday night. The national marshal for Delta Theta Phi, J. O'Fullivan of Kansas City, Mo., officiated. He was assisted by D. P. Strothers, H. E. Lewis, T. R. McCormick, W. R. Foster, and H. Downmaker of Snyder Senate at the Kansas City Law School.
The men who were initiated are, McKenna Hodges of Paola, Ferdinand Stuewe of Alma, Wade H. Evans of Wakeene, Dwight O. Gregory of Alton, E. R. Brouman of Wellington and Robert P. Nixon of Oscar Learnard and Rufus Mufein, members of the Lawrence bar were 'initiated as honorary members.
Brewer Senate at K. U. has now an active membership of twelve. The old members who are now in law school have been army and army and are now taking up active work which was suspended during the war.
Prof. Williams Attends R. R. Meeting in Chicago
C. C. Williams, professor of civil engineering, left today for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the American Railway Association. Professor Williams is a member of the committee on Economics of Railway Operation, which was appointed by President George W. Bush of studying railway operation and making a report to the United States Railroad Administration.
Allen Compton Returns
A meeting is called of all Mechanical Engineers in room 201 Marvin Hall at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday.
Allen Compton, a student in the University two years ago, has returned from overseas and visited at the Pi Kappa Alpha house last week Mr. Compton was a member of the 110th Engineers and was gassed while in action. He enlisted in April, 1917, and was overseas for almost a year. He expects to return to the University next year and will enroll in the College.
K. U. Appropriations To Be Determined Soon By Joint Committee
Senate Adds Items to Amounts Provided by House in Original Measure
Topeka, March 17:—(Special to the Daily Kansan.)—University of Kansas will be determined today or tomorrow, when the conference committee will consider the appropriation bill as prepared by the House and amended by the Senate. It appears probable the amount actually appropriated will be somewhere between the two sums. The conference committee is composed of Senators Wilson and Paulen and Representatives Simpson, Samson and Barrier.
The house proposed an appropriation of $783,730 for the fiscal year 1919-20 and $931,500 for the next year, the increased amount being due to the House's plan of deferring for a year the proposed rebuilding and equipping of a heating plant for the University.
The Senate totals for each year of the biennium are $433,200 and $951,000. Both the Senate and House agree that $757,000 should be appropriated each year of the biennium for salaries and wages, and the Chancellor's contingent fund of $500 annually will be appropriated to item $2,230 for completion of the Administration building also appears in both measures.
The House proposal of $200,000 yearly for maintenance, including, Rosedale, is cut in the Senate measure to $191,500 annually, and the Senate proposes $100,000 each year for two years for heating plant, instead of $150,000 the second year of the biennium.
The House appropriation of $6,000 or each year for repairs and permanent improvements, is made $45,000 annually in the Senate measure. The senate also would provide $28,000 annually for new teachers and $1000 early for the Merchants' short course.
The board of administration had asked for appropriations of $1,371, 908 and $1,419, 687 for the two years of the biennium, and even the Senate proposals show a considerable reduction. One of the chief cuts is in the appropriation of the Senate board asked for $840,163, and the House and Senate agree should be $755,000. This item in the appropriation measure two years ago was $460,000.
Senate Gives. 65 Mill for State Institutions
Topkea, March 17:—(Special to the Daily Kansan.) The Permanent Income Bill was passed this morning by the Senate and sent to the House. It carries .65 of a mill for salaries and maintenance for all the state educational institutions and nothing for the benefits. This is the benefit of the biemann. The first year will be taken care of by the direct appropriations.
The Board of Administration asked for .77 of a mill for salaries and maintenance and one-tenth of a mill for buildings. The millage rate fixed by the Senate will provide an amount of money somewhere between the amounts recommended in the Senate and the House this year. The position of the Senate as to buildings is not being felt, that a levy for this purpose would take matters too much out of the hands of the legislature and give the Board of Administration too much discretion in building matters.
Theta Tau Initiates
Theta Tau, Engineering fraternity held initiation Tuesday night for John Kinkle, e21, of Topeka, William Wells, e21, of Lewis, Ed Calen, e21, or Sylvan Grove and William Brown. Theta Tau served in honor of the pledges and newly initiated members after the initiation at Bricken's Cafe.
Student Before Committee
A student in Parasitology was called before the disciplinary committee on the complaint of the instructor who charged that a valuable piece of apparatus had been taken by the student without permission from the laboratory and retained in his possession during the whole of the present term. The student explained that he had not known that this was against the rules of the laboratory, and the committee dismissed him with a warning that he should be more careful in the future.