UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
JANUARY 20,1919.
Telescope Mountings And Equipment Asked For Astronomy Work
Exceedingly Accurate Clocks May Tell K. U. Time If Budget Passes
No longer will the University of Kansas be known as the largest university in the United States without an observatory, if the present legislature appropriates the budget asked by the University.
The observatory is expected to cost $3,500. Major Alter's plan is to locate the observatory in a frame building between Haworth Hall and the barracks. On one side of the structure, will be placed the two transit instruments, and on the opposite side the six-inch equatorial telescope. The class-room will be a room 30x35 in size, large enough to seat approximately 100 students.
The telescope, which has for a long time been a part of the equipment of the physics and astronomy departments, but because of the lack of a suitable location has not been used, the telescope was moved to Alter, professor in the department of astronomy, be made use of in the spring if the budget passes.
"These instruments must be so mounted that no part of their base will be in contact with the building," said Major Alter, "since the slightest jarming of the building, even by walkers, could be avoided to set the instruments on pieces which are set in the ground, with the floor built around them."
Another plan of the department, according to Major Alter, is to use these instruments in determining the correct time for the University. With the better transit, it is possible to determine within one-hundredth of a second of accurate time. The rooms in which these are kept must be continually at outdoor temperature.
The department wishes to replace the tower clock in Blake Hall with a clock that will give accurate time. The old clock is run by electricity, and requires practically $300 a year to keep it in repair. A weight clock, on the other hand, costs only $500 and
requires little added expense to keep it running.
The two standard clocks will be kept in the basement of the observatory beneath the class room. In order to prevent any harmful influence of temperature upon the accuracy of the clocks, this room will always be kept closed. The clocks have mercury filled pendulums to counteract any effects of the temperatures, but this is not always successful.
"These standard clocks," said Major Alter, "may be depended upon for accuracy to the one-hundredth part of a second, while the inaccuracy of an ordinary clock is about a minute a day. The better of the two standard clocks will be in a vacuum in order that no outside changes may reach the mechanism of he timepiece. Air will be pumped out to make the clock run faster, and let in to make it run slower."
Sport Beams
The University of Missouri will make no attempt to have a baseball team this year, according to reports, but expects to revive the national pastime in 1920. Baseball has been a paying game at the Tiger school. The Tiger sport writer holds that all athletes that are not paying will be dropped if baseball is issued in the country. It doesn't matter if the ball does not pay here but Kansas has the material and Coach Hamilton is willing to put a team in the field if the opposition offers to maintain baseball as a Valley sport this year.
The big leagues are getting ready for their season's start. The professional baseball players who evaded the draft are finding it hard to land a berth with the big leaguers. In a few weeks stories of "Charley Horses" and the like will be coming from the big league training camps of the South and in California.
Five members of the Kansas State Agricultural College football team have been named for places on the Missouri Valley conference honor roll, established this year to take the place of the all-star elevens, which were abandoned because of the irregular season.
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"One loaf of bread and a doughnut would do very nicely for a day's food for a student—if he had had a good dinner the night before, and expected to have ham and eggs and a side order of hot cakes for breakfast next day," actually utilised the Official Press Agent for the Armenian Rural Fund today.
"But over in Armenia, and Syria, and the rest of those eastern countries," continued the O.F.A. for A.R. "the trouble is the hot filling dinners and the side orders of hot cakes are made." Most American people are asked to give of their bounty to help the starving neighbor."
"Seventeen cents a day—the price of the aforesaid loaf of bread and a doughnut—will sustain life of one of these refugees for a day. Five dollars will do it for a month. In asking students to help, the request is for 51 cents—food for three days for one person.
Contributions from University fraternities already turned over to W. A. Dill of the town committee, at the Kansan office are: Alemannia, $6.03; Pi Kappa Alpha, $3.55; Delta Tau, $8.55.
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Y. W.C.A. Secretary To National Meeting
Miss Katherine Duffield Will Be In New York Three Weeks
Miss Katherine Duffield, secretary of the Young Woman's Christian Association, has gone to New York City to work on the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., which will meet for three weeks. The board has called in a number of the strongest secretaries from all over the United States who will make plans for a campaign of two or three weeks to be held in the spring.
"The campaign for money will be finished by that time, and we are planning to have this spring campaign one which will work out a strong program for the Y. W. C. A. work all over the college world." said Mrs. W. J. Baumgartner, who is national secretary of the local board.
"The campaign will provide speakers of national and foreign repute, who will address the Y. W. C. A. membership at the various colleges. Our local board was very glad to release Miss Duffield from her duties for a few weeks in order that she might attend this meeting, as we feel that it is an honor to her and to the University."
Miss Velma Derrington announces the withdrawal of her name from the Jayhawker Popularity Contest.
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University Club Entertains
Mary Samson, c'20, spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Topkape.
The members of the University; Clue and their friends, friends, entertained with a party Friday; Forence Butler, Hey Shinn, and Marie Catels, members of the Dramie club, gave the playlet "Suppresser Desires"—Ethings, and oil and char coals drawings, the work of Professor Osman, Frazier, and Cahill were auctioned off, and brought in over $75.00
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Suit and Overcoat Sale!
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Manhattan Shirt Sale, Too!
K. U. Popularity Contest
Will be Held
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Only those who have bought Jayhawkers by that date may vote
CANDIDATES
DORIS ROSSER
CHARLOTTE CARNIE
DORØTHY BUTTON
EDNA CHAIN
IRENE CUTTER
LOUISE NIXON
EARLINE ALLEN
AGNES SUTTON
ELSIE GRANT
VELMA DERRINGTON
ETHEL WYCHOFF
KATHLEEN DAVIS
PAULINE PUL$
GENEVA KUNKLE
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