UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XVI
NUMBER 47.
Mount Oread Observes Legal Holiday by Close Application to Studies
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Not a Single Petition Presented To Chancellor to Ask for Day Off
Few Students Cut Classes
Date Rule Lid Stays on Tight
—All-University Dance
Is Omitted
Even though January 1, commonly known as New Year's day, is a legal holiday in all the states, the District of Columbia, Porto Nico, Hawaii, and India, and even through every store, bank, postoffice, and blacksmith shop is closed for at least part of the day, the University of Kansas has gone to school just the same—for the first time in the history of the institution
Students, however, raised no objection to school on a holiday—probably for the first time in the history of the institution also. The consensus of student opinion seemed to be that enough vacations have been enjoyed during the school year and that setting down - to regular work is the best means of celebrating which could be offered them. No politics for a holiday were offered to the Chancellor and no member of schools proceeded to take one, an has been done in certain incidents within the mission of upper-classmen. No more than the usual number of students cut classes for the first day; professors have said; some of the cuts were owing to late trains and good weather and may be forgiven. Other professors hold that cutting the first class, even if it comes on New Year's, is an unreflective sin.
The new year probably was re-covered with less celebration in Law-
rumes than in any other village in the un-
gee United States. No permits were
Schofi-订 for a New Year's dance, the
botanicity feeling that work should not
The bench up and more than noe-
dist is the "date-cruel" has been on
size in Tuesday, so officials will until that day. No
six University dance marked the be-
ringing of the second term as is
notice the custom.
Mixers To Be Planned At Y. M. Meeting Jan. 2
The first meeting of the University Y. M. C. A. will be held in Myers Hall in the old Hostess House room January 2 at 7 o'clock. This meeting will be for the purpose of organizing the student Y. M. C. A. work for the rest of this year. Frank Parker Y. M. C. A. Secretary, will lead the meeting. All of last year's Y. M. C. A. office and members, and all men interested in student religious work are dged to be present.
The Y. M, C. A, is planning to have some sort of a mixer or entertainment once a week for the whole student body. A general Y. M, C. A—Y, W. C. A. mixer is being planned and it is probable that a picture show or some similar entertainment will be given every Saturday night.
Y. M. Gets Literature For University Men
The Y. M. C. A. has a generous supply of literature that will be distributed to the men students if they will go to the Y. office for it. This literature is in the form of small booklets written by prominent Y men and has been widely distributed to the United States soldiers in camp. A part of that sent here for the S. A. T. C. men is left and this will be distributed to the men students.
They also have about forty copies of each of three books. The Dynamics of Manhoof, Life's Clinic, and another to the man who care to read them.
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Enrollment Saturday
Students who have not enrolled or who are obliged to make changes in enrollment may do so Saturday, January 4, from 9 to 12 o'clock A. M. in the following offices:
Freshmen, Fraser 104; Sophomore men, Fraser 303; Juniors, Ad. 204; Seniors, Fraser 202; Specials, Fraser 204.
Sixty-three Students Enter K.U. for First Time
Sixty-three students who were not in the University last quarter have enrolled this term. This number is not a total of the new men and women coming into school as some will enroll the last of this week. Saturday has been set as the day for enrollment of those returning to the Hill late.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1, 1919.
The total registration in the Uni-
versity for the academic year of 1918 is 3,211,884 of whom are women and 2,227 men. What proportion of this number will re-enroll cannot be determined yet.
On Other Hills
A petition urging support of President Wilson's proposal of a League of Nations to enforce permanent peace was drawn up and signed by the majority of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin last week. The petition is as follows:
"At this momentous period in the international relations o four country, it becomes the duty and the privilege of all interested in a jax and lasting peace to assert their convictions and exert their influence in behalf of an unanticipated policy for the future.
"Acting upon this principle, we the undersigned, members of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, record our support of the positions of President Wilson in regard to the formation of a League of Nations—a position approved by responsibility spokesman of our Army. We recognize the formation of a League of Nations at the peace conference as an integral part and instrument of settlement, is indispensable to the guarantee of a just and lasting peace and of the rightsiness and cooperative relations of civilized nations.
"in pursuance of this conviction we transmit the expression to the congress of the United States and to the legislature of our state, petitioning the legislative bodies of the nation and of the state to endorse the formation of a League of Nations, to end all that the American people in all their varied interests and occupations must give assurance to the world as large of a united support of their official representatives in the negotiations for a world peace secured by international agreement.
"The signs of this revolution have urea other institutions of learning and learned societies to give the weight of their prestige to the success of this enterprise. In the same spirit of patriotic service and high purpose which has been so admirably shown in supporting the government in the victorious war for democracy and the power of right."
A four-year course for the training of secretaries, especially young women, in response to the demand for trained and capable assistants for business and other executives, has just been announced by the Course in Commerce of the University of Wisconsin.
The course, which is known as the general secretarial course and leads to a certificate. The special courses similar to other special courses offered by the department.
Dramatic Club Elects
Students will enter the secretarial courses after two years of fundamental studies in the Course in Commerce. The special studies which they will pursue during their last two years will include factory and office administration, buying and credits, marketing methods, retail advertising, commercial correspondence, corporation finance, investments, statistics, publicity and printing, stenography and typewriting. In addition to the special studies, they elect a certain number of broad academic subjects essential to the efficient, trained private secretary.
The Dramatic Club elected nineteen members this year, all of whom qualified in a tryout last semester. Merrill Dubach, Louise Skipner, Marjorie Fulton, Payton Taylor, Jessie Martindale, Lucile Cleveland, Marguerite Adams, Armena Runer, Jamey Sharkey, Nathan Flange, Fred Seanan, Cooper MacMurray, Burtland Canfield, Alphilde Sarson, Ethel Wykoff, Dorothea Engel, David Shefrey, and Wallace Shaw are the new members.
The Graduate Club will meet in Room 203; Administration Building at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. This is to be a business meeting. All members of the Graduate School are expected to attend.
Graduate Club to Meet
Hottest and Coldest Weather For 51 Years Claimed by Old Year
University of Kansas Weather Station Has Second Oldest Records in Mo. Valley
The year 1913 was the hottest one experienced by this part of Kansas since the establishment of the weather station at Lawrence fifty-one years ago, and with one exception had the greatest range of temperatures, according to Prof. F. E. Keister, in charge of the station here.
According to the records, there were sixty days the past year classed as "hot," that is, with temperatures running greater than 90 degrees. At the same time, the temperatures dropped rather low, especially last January, when a minimum of 17 degrees below zero was recorded. This minimum, taken with the high reading of 109 degrees the latter part of August, gave the year's temperature. Back in 1873 the extreme cold was 193 degrees. These events are the greatest experienced since closer days, for the University of Kansas weather station has the oldest records, except those at Loewenworth, taken anywhere in the Missouri valley.
Wind in 1918 was of about average velocity, and there were no notable storms.
December, 1918, was the warmest December since the station was opened here, except the years of 1877, 1859 and 1869. The rainfall was slightly more than normal, and was well distributed, benefiting the winter wheat. The precipitation was fifteen inches of snow and 1.11 inches of rain. The average temperature for the month was 33.9 degrees, ranging from 2 to 62 degrees. In other respects the month was fairly normal.
Agricultural College Has Drainage Expert
Use Lubricating Oil As Non-Freezing Agent Chemistry Prof. Says
An ounce or two of very thin lubricating oil poured into the motor car radiator will save alcohol which is the only thoroughly satisfactory a n-t-freeze agent is what Prof. H. C. Althen of the department of chemistry at the University of Kennesa finds after considerable experiment.
Save Alcohol From Evaporation and Decreases Cost of Solution
WHAT MAKES A SONG
Special attention will now be given to Kansas agriculture, work by J. B. Darcellus, engineer in charge of the department of draining and irrigation, extension division, Kansas State agricultural College. This course will throughout the recent appointment of L. E. Titreau, who will specialize in farm irrigation.
Solution
Mr. Harrellus spent seven years in Idaho, Washington and Montana, and is thoroughly familiar with all phases of lerivation development.
A photoplay magazine says that a subscriber complained because the editor did not keep its readers informed about the coming hits. The editor answers that any man or woman who could do this could collect from $5,000 to $100,000 a year from publishers by keeping them supplied with this advance information. Nothing, says the editor, can boom a song into popularity. He instances a song on which the publishers spent $20,000 in ingenious advertising, but it wouldn't "take." The public's fancy for a song is one of the most uncertain things imaginable.—Outlook
A bulletin, "Pumping for Irrigation with Special Reference to the Arkansas River Valley," is ready for distribution. A map is practically completed which will give the average now being dripped by ditch or pump, the irrigable average, and the maximum mum, average, and minimum depths of water in all counties west of the ninety-six meridian.
The oil makes a thin film on top of the water in the radiator and deters the alcohol in evaporating.
Today is, in a sense, the real opening of the University this year. It is the first time during the present scholastic year that the University has had a chance to assert itself and maintain its own importance. With the war satisfactorily ended, the influenza epidemic past, and other interruptions disposed of, we can begin 1919 in the proper spirit, with a general atmosphere of "business as usual."
Formerly it was our habit to celebrate by loading. This year we are breaking time-honored precedents, and are all on the job, which is really nobler, after all, than making resolutions.
The University of Kansas is starting the New Year right, with business as usual. For the first time in the history of K. U., regular classes are being held on New Year's Day, and the regular issue of the University Dally Kansan is being published. Classes are not only being held, but what is more remarkable, students are attending them. And what is still more remarkable, they are not complaining about it.
"Our investigations of anti-freeze motor car mixtures show that almost all of them contain calcium chloride or alcohol," said Mr. Allen. "The calcium chloride mixtures will cause radiators to leak sooner or later. One widely known preparation contains calcium chloride and a tiny bit of alkali. The nikilai lessons the electrolytic action set up in the radiator, but does not eliminate it so that any radiator containing the mixture eventually will begin to leak at soldered points.
joiners, anti-freeze mixtures containing alcohol do not cause leaks in the radiators but if they cost more than the measured alcohol and glycerine there is an "sense" in buying then because the motor car owner can buy these drugs himself and mix it according to the draggirt's advice. The glycerine is added to lessen evaporation in the alcohol.
The Graduate Club will have a business meeting in Room 203, Administration Building, Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Men's Student Council meets tonight at the Agenda house at 7 o'clock.
Announcements
"Oxorene can be used as an antifreeze radiator liquid but it is not satisfactory. It injures rubber couplings and is likely to heat the engine in steady running; it also leans through almost any pump packing. When an anti-freeze preparation is identical not to carcasses or injure couplings, or if it will set up the electrolytic action that surely will ent out solders, it surely will do if it contains calcium chloride."
Debating Club meet
The Debating Club meets Tuesday night in Little Mermaid Green Hall. Plans for the work of the year were discussed. A practice debate for next Tuesday night was arranged. All persons who are interested in debating are invited to get into the club. All work in the society is done under the direction of Professor Shim.
Try-outs for the Dramatic Club play will be held Friday afternoon at 4:30 and Saturday morning at 9:30 in the Little Theater in Green Hall. Any student is eligible to try out.
Quill Club will hold an open meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock in Fresner Room. Roo
Theta Sigma Phi will meet with Mary Smith, 23 East Thirteenth Street, tonight at 7 o'clock.
Kappa Phi Club will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock in Room 313, Fraser Hall.
Debating Club Meets
Hugo Wedell May Return
To Resume Y. M. Work
Hugo "Dutch" Wedell, Y. M. C. A. secretary here last year, who has been in military service since last August. left Ft. Riley, where he has been stationed, just before the Christmas vacation for over-seasons. He was, however, held on the coast in a camp in Virginia.
Efforts are being made by Chancel lor strong and the Y. M. C. A. board of directors for his early release, to permit him to return to the University and resume his former duties as secretary which he was forced to give up, when he entered the service.
Plain Tales From the Hill
Just a little inside information, fellowes. When ever there is a Varsity dance, get a date with a member of the W, S, G, A., 'cauce then you don't have to pay.
Professor Chubb, of the department of political science is still new on the job. At the meeting of the class in Political Parties, Tuesday morning, he delivered a lecture which he had written for his European Government class.
Warning to All Lady-Fussers—Begin to save your extra coin because many parties are coming, and when they do they will come in a bunch. There will be the Soph Hop, Junior Prom, Law Sorm and Beauty Ball. And say guys, they will be some parties too, even if the Senate has set the price.
Dear Mr. Rowerock, Will you please reserve the left box in your little theater for me and my girl for every show. I like it, it seems to put one in closer touch with the play. Seriously, Lleut. Copas.
If the editor of the dayhawkers don't soon store the Beauty Content, some of the contestants are going to lose all chance of winning. One of the would-be-beauties is almost terror stricken for fear that she and her bean, who is diligently gathering votes for her will have a scrap before the content begins.
Attention of the snow plow brigade of the University is called to the fact that the walk between the two larger annexes to the Journalism building—commonly known as the Journalism Shoot the Chutes—has not been relieved of its burden of snow and alipury ice.
Charlotte Frank Strong was just about to enter his office in Fraser Hall when a student, quite likely a freshman, rushed up to him and excitedly spoke to him.
"Say," he said, "do you know, did I leave my book in Fraser yesterday?" The chancellor was surprised, to say the least. Yet he summoned his thoughts and informed the student that he didn't know whether the book was there or not but that it might be wise for the student to ask John Shen.
Even if the present mode of hair dresses resplashes a mountain goat, you have to admit that these "car bobs" are right there in keeping the girl's ears warm.
U. Car Turns to Mule Because of Slick Rails
On account of the snow and ice on the street car tracks last night it was almost impossible to get the K. U. car around the loop. The car that left Eighth and Massachusetts streets at 4:45 o'clock did not get up to the Green Hall station until after 6 o'clock.
Noted Play Chosen
By Dramatic Club;
Presented in March
This was only made possible then by running two cars together. The cars would start and run forward for about a half a block before they were stalled.
Then they would go back three or four blocks to put another start. Eventually all of the patrons who were on the car not off and walked
The car service this morning showed a decided improvement over that of last night.
Chemist Comes Back
Ralph Buffington, c18, has returned to the University to continue his work as a Fellow in Chemistry. Since he was graduated last spring, Mr. Buffington has been employed as chemist in a munnition plant in Connecticut.
Ralph Buffington has returned from Stamford, Conn., where he has been working in a munitions plant, and has re-enrolled in the Graduate School.
Is Comedy of Higher Type, According to Professor MacMurray
1rryout Held Next Friday
Any Student in University Elegible to Try Out for Play
"Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh" is the play chosen by the Dramatic Club for presentation as the big play of the season. First try-outs for the cast will be held at 4:20 Friday afternoon and at 9:30 Saturday morning. The play will be presented in the early part of March.
Harry James Smith, the author of "The Little Schoolteacher," and "The Tailor Made Man," is the author of "Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh." This play was presented in the Lyceum Theatre in New York with Mrs. Harrison Gray Glick playing the lead. It is a comedy in three acts and is not a war play.
"Any student, whether a member of the Dramatic Club or not, is eligible to try out for the play," said Herman Hingen, manager of the play. "Candidates for membership of the club are especially urged to try out. There are six male and six female characters in the cast. There are both juvenile and character parts. This play will be given at the Bowerwork Theatre as maud."
"This play has an unusual and interesting plot and is a comedy of the higher type," said Proof, Arthur MacMurray, who will coach the play. "It is the play of a famous author and is given to his other successors."
Government Will Test Textiles as Does Food
Goods
Simple Tests May Be Made By Consumer to Safeguard Cords
The tree is close at hand when textiles will come under a law similar to the pure food laws, according to students in the department of home economics. Each box of material will carry a label the kind of fibers used, the percent of each, and, in all probability, the conditions under which it is made.
Until such a law is passed, the consumer should know some simple tests for safeguarding his purchases. The following tests can be made by any purchaser in a very short time and at practically no expense.
1. L. Silk—(1) Turn a sample in an hot as a hot glue as possible. If an ash remains the silk is not exceedingly over weighted. If the sample does not lose its shape, metallic salts have been used in over abundances for weighting and the silk will soon go to pieces. (2) Artificial silk can be distinguished by its four per cent solution of caustic potash. Artificial silk will turn the solute yellow, while pure silk leaves a colorless solution.
14. Wool. Bob sample in five percent solution of caustic petash for a few minutes. The wool fibers will be dissolved and the cotton will remain the same. Cotton and wool are woven together and sold as all wool, but there is a decided difference in price in wool and cotton fiber.
III. Linen. Treat sample for two minutes with concentrated sulphuric acid. Remove with glass red. The linen fibers remain and the cotton dissolves. This test is not a good test for delicate materials, but rather for heavy weaves as toweling and damask.
Quill Club to Meet
Quill Club will hold an open meeting Thursday night, January 2, at 8 o'clock in Fraser Hall rest room. Miss Margaret Lynn and Miss Sara G. Laird will make short talks to the members of Quill and friends. All old members are especially invited.
Dr. Franklin at Lawrence
Dr. E. C. Franklin, formerly professor of physical chemistry in the University, is in Lawrence for a brief visit. Dr. Franklin left the University of Kanas in 1902 to take the position of professor of inorganic chemistry at Leland Stanford University. He is returning there from Washington where he has been in the war service.