JANUARY 28,1919.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Astronomy Instruments Stored In Basement May be Put Into Use
Maj. Alter Asks Legislature for $3,500 For New Building
On Hill
If the legislature passes the appropriation for the budget asking funds to erect an Astronomical Observatory, the building will be erected just east of Haworth Hall, where the vocational barns are now located, according to a report developed by Major Dinsmore Alter of the department of astronomy.
Major Alter, has drawn the preliminary plans which call for a building fifty by forty-eight ft. containing one glass room thirty-two by thirty-six feet with a seating capacity of one-hundred students, a room to contain the master telescope, and other small instruments. The instrument will be the weather instruments, the chronometer and allied instruments.
The equipment for the observatory was purchased about five years ago, no funds being available at that time to house it, and is now in use in the basement of Blake Hall, for demonstration purposes, to students to the uses of it. Although no practical use can be made of them in their present location.
Only a small fund is asked for the erection of the building — $3,500, as the building is only one story, and no new apparatus; only a few minor instruments will be necessary. "The instruments now owned by the department when properly mounted," says Major Alter, "will be almost all that will ever be needed for undergraduate work, and is ample for some graduate students." The lens has a high lens which is large enough for all student work, as there is no need of a larger lens until the field of research is entered.
Sport Beams
The Kansas Aggies have matched two games with the Warrensburg Normal basketball team for March 17 and 18.
Ralph Gray, star on both the football and basketball teams at Cooper College last year, has enrolled in the School of Engineering here. Gray was mentioned as half-back on the All-Kansas football selections in 1917.
The University of Chicago basketball team defeated the Michigan five Saturday by a 21-10 score, thereby avenging themselves for the football defeat they suffered at the hands of Michigan last fall.
Nebraska won the first Valley basketball game the team has played last week when the Huskers defeated Drake by a score of 32.8. Captain Jackson and Schellenberg starred for the Huskers.
The first call for spring baseball practice has already been made at the University of Texas and a large squad of men are working out daily. Texas will play the Chicago White Sox in an exhibition game this spring.
Nebraska recently refused to play two games with. Ames on the Ames court after the Iowa Aggies had decided not to come to Lincoln for a pair of games in the Husker gym. The Ams officials said the Nebraska gym was too small.
The Great. Laken basketball five, including such stars as Chandler, former Wisconsin captain, Halas of Illinois and Driscoll of Northwestern, will come to Kansas City Feb. 12 or 13 to play the Schmelzer's.
Former K.U. Student
To Enter Grand Opera
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and were divorced. The bride then went to California where she supported herself by singing in cabarets. It was in a cabaret that she met John D. Spreckles, the son of a wealthy clerk, in 1415. He married, then, in 1415 they were married.
While here in the University, Mrs. Spreckles was enrolled as Ciddie Wirt. Apparently Mrs. Spreckles has decided upon the more romantic spelling, Sidi, which she says is Egyptian and was given her by her grandmother who is an Egyptian.
Early Season Results Place Kansas Quintet In Running
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not clashed with a Valley team, they have defeated Washburn and the Hassell Indians by small scores and also have won Funston service team to their credit.
The Aggies have Captain Johnny Clarke, veteran guard and All-Valley man, and Hinds, a fast and scrappy forward, from last year's team. Besides these men, Hunger has showed up in the attacking games and is an excellent goal shooter. Jennings, a new man, is playing center for the Aggies.
Washington, although twice beaten by Missouri, is liable to develop into a hard team to defeat before the season is over. Captain Marquard, All Valley center last year, is one of the teams whose defense is the field and free-throw line. Russell, a scrappy forward of last year, is also back on the team.
Nebraska may prove the dark horse of the race, as the team appears strong on paper and has already defeated the Ft. Omaha Balloon School quintet with ease. Captain Jackson Hawker forwards and Hubba, tackle on the football team plays either center or guard.
Women's Land Army To Be Theme Of Two Talks This Afternoon
Organization Seeks to Increase Food Production in America
The Women's Land Army of America on which Miss Ida Oglivie will lecture this afternoon to the Y.W.C.A. and the Woman's Forum, is a voluntary organization of patriotic women for the purpose of helping in the increase of food production of the country by providing units of women farm workers to the farmers as seasonable labor.
The Women's Land Army is working in co-operation with the federal and state labor bureaus and the council of National Defense and has been heartily indorsed by President Wilson, it is said.
The women workers are housed in a community house and fed under proper supervision, says the organization's propaganda. They are each given a physical examination and are guaranteed a normal wage by the farmers for whom they work. It has been proved by examination that a
majority of the women have gained in health by hard physical labor.
In 1918 about 8,000 women were sent out by the Land Army. They did all sorts of farm labor including planting, cultivating, and harvesting. They cut, sacked, and loaded hay, corn, rye, and wheat, and performed every phase of silo work. They worked on big western farms, orchards, farm plantations, on dairy farms, truck farms, private estates, and home gardens.
It was as a war emergency that the Women's Land Army started. But now that peace has come its activities are needed more than ever for, in the reconstruction period that is at hand, America has before her the duty of feeding a large part of the world. The Food Administration has pledged 20,000,000 tons of food to Europe in 1919. This is almost double the amount sent last year, and, if America is to keep her pledge, an increase in the labor supply will be imperative.
Over 60 per cent of these women workers were college women, 25 per cent were professional women, 11 per cent were trade workers and only 3 per cent were non-wage earners.
C. E. ORELUP, M. D., Eye, ear, nose and throat. Glass work guaranteed. Phone 445. Dick Building--Adv.
Miss Helen Clark of the extension department is ill with influenza.
That the expense of all fraternity formal parties be limited to $150.00. Each fraternity will be required to prepare an itemized account of expenses for each formal party to be handed to the president of the council. The custom of sending flowers to girl partners has been abolished.
The inter-fraternity council at Nebraska has alluded to tradition by passing the following resolutions: Resolved that the inter-fraternity council goes on record as being opposed to all subscription dances and as far as possible will discourage the attendance of such dances.
At Harvard University for the first time in more than two academic years, there is no military organization. So far as military instruction is concerned, the university has made a complete return to peace time conditions.
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