JANUARY 27,1919.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Prof. Skilton Praised At St. Louis Concert For His Composition
Music
Fine Arts Professor Successfully Sets Whittier's Poem to
Prof. Charles S. Skilton of the School of Fine Arts received the most enthusiastic praise upon his composition of the music for "The Witch's Daughter," by John Greenleaf Whittier which was presented recently for the first time at the all-American concert of the Choral Society of St. Louis. Professor Skilton was present at the concert.
Regarding Professor Skilton's composition, the St. Louis Post Dispatch
"This work easily projected head and shoulders above all the others from the point of view of music, and the fact is amazing when one considers the utterly unyellow verses by him. He often passes through a boyhood predilection, stubbornly insisted upon handicapping his muse.
"Actually the listener came to watch with certain awe and admiration the indomitable pertinacity with which the composer bore himself up on unflagging pinions through this welter of rhyming prose. Mercifully even he had been compelled to exercise a considerable portino of the poem. But the remnant was lengthy and dreary enough to compel an incessant exercise of Professor Skilton's ingenuity in order to keep the music interesting. His devices were necessarily legion; the music jested and laughed with the merrymakers at Esk Harden's husking bee, it barked with the house dog, it shimmered with the rays of the moon, it shuddered at the nameless terror of the spectral forest, it even became model to fit the 'quaint old songs their father's sung.' The orchestra was fertile in surprises and deft touches, and the chorus was called upon for dissonances and wied intervals worthy of Debussy.
"The cantata is throughout a learned, most ingenious tour de force, which would certainly find a high place in its field save for the deadly burden of its text. As it was, Professors would have been on the stage and received the most enthusiastic t ovation a composer has recently, received in this city."
Ruffles
FRILLS—To annoy, insult, bully, irritate and throw into disorder and confusion
Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary chemical fraternity announces the pledging of Henry Palkowsky, *c*19, of Col Oxford; James Blair, *c*19, of Lawrence; and James Blair, *c*19, of Lawrence.
Pauline Ketchum, fa'17 has gone to Washington where she has a position in the War Risk department.
Phi Kappa fraternity announces the pledging of Urban Koelzer of Seneca and Paul Joseph of Summerfield.
Violet Matthews, c20, spent Friday and Saturday at her home in Topkaka.
Aguañesta Clasna, c19, spent Friday and Saturday in Kansas City.
Miss Elizabeth Sprague of the department of home economics spent Saturday in Kansas City.
Delta Tau Delta fraternity entertained with a dance at F.A.U. Friday night.
Sigma Chi fraternity had a house dance Friday night.
Florence Ferriss, c'22 and Gladys McGregar, c'22 were in Kansas City Saturday.
Prof. F, E. Kendrie went to Ottawa Saturday.
Mary Roberts, c18, is visiting friends in Lawrence.
Helen Forbes, c'19 and Edna Lamb, c'20, spent Saturday in Kansas City.
Ormand Leavel, c20, went to his home in Leavenworth, Friday.
Agnes Gossard, of the Graduate School went to Kansas City Friday afternoon.
Lieut. Victor Turkington of Philadelphia visited at the Pi Upson house Friday. He was a student in the University in 1915-16. He has received his discharge from the army and will return to Philadelphia soon to work as a chemical engineer.
Kappa Phi, the Methodist church sorority will hold a mixer for its members Wednesday evening at 7:30
o'clock. The mixer will be held in the women's gymnasium and all women will be required to appear in gym suits.
Margaret Matthews, c'22, Harriet Penney, c'22, and Mary Rose will go to Kansas City to hear John McCormick at Convention Hall tonight.
Mrs. A. W. Matthews and Mrs. W. M. Earnest of Washington, were the guests of Margaret Matthews, c22, at the Alpha Omicron Pi house, Saturday and Sunday.
Stephen Fahringer of Kansas City Dental College, a former student in the University, spent Sunday in Lawrence.
The President's Lucky "Thirteen".
President Wilson does not believe that "13" is an unlucky number. A trip started on the 13th of the month gives the President the same feeling of security and well being that the discovery of a 4-leaf clover gives to other men. There is good reason for this, too. The name of Woodrow Wilson has thirteenth letters in it. The year of his election to the presidency, 1912, produces by the addition of its digits, the total of 13. Mr. Wilson was the thirteenth President of Princeton, and he held this high office for thirteen years. He was the thirteenth of the month he sold his "Life of Works" to a publisher and this "Washington" has some through thirteen large editions. President and his party reached Brest, France, on Friday, the 13th, a double hoodoo day for most people—K. C. Star.
Major General Wood Advocates War Course (Continued from page 1)
as "a condition where the military class forms a group apart, a close military autocracy." No soldier wants militarism in this country, he said. SAYS UNIVERSITIES PLAYED BIG PART
"Universities played a great part in the war," the speaker went on. "They have aided a lot in training men. They want to do more. They want to teach history better, giving more of practical facts, causes and government, and less of dates and of the generals who led the wars. I believe the universities want to teach universal military service."
General Wood praised the work of divisions in which are Kansas troops. The last of the men in the Tenth Division at Camp Funston are expected to be in their homes by the middle of February, he said.
"Training served to iron out the cheap distinctions between wealth and poverty, religious groups, and artificial differences," the general said, in speaking of the benefits the men had derived from training in the war. "We cannot capture their Americanism by the way they live up to American ideals."
THE HOOKWORM TURNED
"Please hurry," said the wife impatiently to her husband. "Have you never buttoned a dress behind before?"
Wiedemann's ices are made from pure fruit and fruit juices. This week we are making pineapple and cranberry.-Adv.
"No," replied her husband also impatiently; "you never had a dress that buttoned before behind."—Ladies Home Journal.
University Y. M. C.A.
Helps K. U. Students
To Find Employment
We carry a complete line of Armand's powders. Rankin's Drug Store.—Adv.
Efforts of Y. M. Secretary Keeps Many Men In University
"The best thing in regard to the work of the employment bureau is the influence it has in keeping many men in school who otherwise would become discouraged," said Frank J. Parker, secretary of the K. U. Y.M.C.A., this morning. "Statistics showing the number of jobs filled, are unsatisfactory because of the many times when a man lasts only about a week and we have to send another to take his place. Then again jobs that are often listed as odd jobs lead to permanent jobs without any further effort on our part.
"Many men are helped in finding suitable employment simply by suggestions made as a result of a talk in the office, without any record being made of it. They are persuaded to stay in school and then go out and rustle a job for themselves.
"At present we need more jobs, but practically all applicants have been located at least temporarily. On Saturday we can use an almost unlimited number of odd jobs, but in order to all them we must know of them by Friday, at least, because by Saturday morning most of the men have the day planned and we cannot reach them."
A BOOST FOR BEVO
When comes the day
To every soul,
That all goes dead wrong,
Forget your sorrow,
Make good tomorrow,
Drink Bevo and sing a song!
—Ginger.
AFTER THE BALL
AFTER THE BALL
Funny how some people dance, isn't it. And funnier yet how some people get the idea that they are regular little Pawlaws—even they who leave memories of every dance firmly imprinted on your white shoes (which shoes you had cleaned just after afternoon, for the appalling sum of ten cents), to say nothing of the memories imprinted on your aching feet within the afootmentioned shoes.
There is a man who dances acrobatically, executing starling dips and glides with lightning speed, while you, grasping for breath, and clutching desperately at what few hairpins remain in your hair, expect every moment to crash disastrously to the floor.
Scarcely less strenuous is the human top—the man who whirls you and spins you until you realize that love and champagne are not the only things which make the world go round.
Then there is the exasperating man who no matter how lively a fox trot “Schemmie” is playing, will not move beyond a sluggish amble. How you long for a pin with which to prodm on to greater activity. And these are not all—there is the man who holds you so closely that at the end of the dance your flowers (if you are lucky and you are hopelessly wilted, as is the title) your new evening dress. Then there is another who hums (no, of course you never do that) loudly, or worse, ya, thrice worse, the man who is not sure of his waltzing, and counts lautily“One-two—two three” during the entire dance. But when you realize that all are not fairies like yourself (sad, is it not), so you decide to “be to his faults a little blind.”Daily Nebras-
KISSIANITY
He kissed her
He kissed her.
She was angry, but she turns the other cheek.
Again he kissed her.
Controlling herself, she gave him her lips.—Ginger.
A SIOUX VICTORY DANCE
One of the most truly American of the many celebrations over peace took place at the Indian Agency at Fort Yates, North Dakota, when the Sloux on November 30, performed, according to ritual, their old-time Victory Dance. This was the first performance of it since far-off day when they celebrated the victory of Sitting Bull and Gall over Custer. In the speeches which were interspersed between the parts of this aboriginal ceremony, we thanked to the Great Spirit for this "barbarium such as the Indians never heard of before." Singularly free was the tenor of their utterances from reversion to savage or revengeful appeals. One speaker said of the enemy, "Let them put away their barbarium and then we will give their nation its old place by the sacred camp-fire of the nations, and we will give them food according to the sacred
custom of our father to be merciful to a conquered enemy." This dance will probably never again be executed save in the event of the United States winning another war, for the prowess of the Indian is henceforth volitionally identified with that of the white citizen. Fannie B. Williams.
INVISIBILITY
Jell: I hear you have bought a new evening gown.
Us: There's nothing to it—Penn State Froth.
Talk it over with Clayton, 133. —Adv.
Come in and try our Arga perfume.
At Rankin's Drug Store.—Adv.
THE DAILY KANSAN
We carry a selected line of beautiful case pipes. Rankin's Drug Store.
—Adv.
Fresh salted nuts of all kinds at Wiedemann's...Adv.
BOWERSOCK THEATRE One Night Only, Monday Feb.3 WILLIAM MAXINE FAVERSHAM-ELLIOTT
The New Merchandise, the Latest Appliances sold by the Lawrence Merchants may be found in
"LORD AND LADY ALGY"
A SPARKLING COMEDY by R.C.CARTON
Price Including Tax War, $7.25, $2.20, $1.65, and 83 cents.
On Sale "Round Corner" Thursday.
Mail stamped envelope and check to Bowersock theatre, now
AFTER THE THEATRE
Students like to stop at Bricks and have a little supper.
Groups large and small enjoy stopping there for refreshments.
Take Your Date to
The little booths are convenient for private parties and the big dining room is just the place for a big party.
E. C. BRICKEN, Prop.
THE OREAD CAFE
Just a Step from the Campus
The happenings of the business world, the new things that are being made every day for your convenience, for your pleasure, are found in the advertisements of the various publications over the United States.
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Bowersock Theatre Monday, January 27th
STOP Chas. Dillingham's Original Globe Theatre New York Production
Irving Berlin's Latest Tuneful Musical Comedy.
By Irving Berlin Author of
LOOK
Direct from Globe Theatre.
N. Y. A combination of
Sparkling Comedy mixed
with melodies.
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LISTEN
WITH AL. B. WHITE
And an all Star Metropolitan Cast Including
Flora Hollister
Charles Brown
Sadie Duff
Edward Crowley
Madline Jardan
George M. Smith May Newman John Barrett Lillian Washburn F.O.B.Brown
and
A Beauty Chorus of Youth and Charm That can Sing and Wear Costumes.
Tickets on sale at Round Corner Drug Store.
PRICES, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, Plus War Tax.
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