UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XVI.
Editors of Jayhawker Put Off Beauty Contest Until After Christmas
Captain Scher and Lieutenant Cramer to Have Full Page Photos in Annual
NUMBER 36
Plan Big Snapshot Section
Section to Have Eight Pages in 1919 Year Book, Says Richie
On account of the unsettled condition of the student body in the University, the annual Jayhawker Beauty contest will not be carried on until after the holidays according to an announcement made at the Jayhawker board meeting by Fred Rigby, editor-in-chief of the book.
At present the men are more interested in getting their discharges from the army and navy than they are in studying it, and women in the University of Kansas.
The work of selling the Jayhawkers, however, will continue. / All solicitors will sell the books and will save their votes until after the holidays. At this time the contest will really begin.
Practically every sorority has decided upon the candidate that they will support, and there are a number of non-sorority women who are strong
All solicitors are urged to keep on the job, and sell as many Jayhawkers as possible before the men who do not intend to stay in school leave. Because a student does not intend to remain in the University is all the more reason why he should buy a copy of the 1919 Peace Book. He will not only be the rightful owner of the University but be a historical record of the Student Army Training Corps and the work the men did while in service here.
Otto E. Hopfer, in charge of the snapshot gathering for the Peace Book has asked that pictures be turned in to him at Barracks Six within the next few days. The snapshot section of the book will contain forty pages and will be largely of a military nature.
"We want to make the snapshot section of the Jayhawker better than ever this year," said Mr Hopfer this morning, "and in order to get plenty of military pictures, as well as those of a general nature, we are beginning to get them together. Everyone having snapshots of any kind is urged to turn them in, as we will use a great many this year."
Photographs of Captain Scher and Lieutenant Cramer will each occupy a page, and two pages will be devoted to the officers' Club, including a group picture of all the officers. More than 400 men have been photographed for the book, and more pictures are being taken each day.
Things military will predominate in this year's Jayhawker, although it has been named the Peace Book. Section B., the vocational training detachment, will have eight pages in the volume, devoted to photographs of the men at work, snapshots, and an account of their work.
Men leaving school are asked to leave their home addresses with Lynn Hershey, business manager of the book. The price has been set at five dollars.
Lieut. Wint Smith Now In Hospital in France
In a recent letter to Prof. F. E. Melvin, Lient Wint Smith who is in France with the 47th Infantry, says that with a slight wound in the arm has made it possible for him to get a long desired vacation. Then convalescing Smith says he has had a most enjoyable time seeing historic spots like the base hospital to which he had been sent. He also says that he is arranging to resume work at the University as soon as he returns to the States.
Usual Grading System for S. A. T. C.
"Men in the S. A. T. C. will be graded by the regular system that is used for all students," said Dean F.J. Kelley today. The assertion was in reply to a question based on one or the several hundred well-nourished rumors in the barracks to the effect that S. A. T. C. men would be marked "funked" or "passed," with no intermediate degrees or grades indicated.
Don't muster out your dollars until Uncle Sam completes the job.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1918.
Tommy Murphey, Overseas,
Cannot Coach K.U. Men
W. O. Hamilton manager of athletics, will be unable to obtain Tommy Murphy to instruct the men in boxing here the next quarter as the lightweight champion is overseas. Coach Hamilton will get a good man to come over from Kansas City for several classes a week.
Boxing has proved a popular sport with the college men and is a good sport for recreation. Coach Hamilton will try to keep the men boxing after the demobilization of the S. A. T. C.
Lucy Gates, Soprano
Opens Concert Course
Lectures
Lacy Gates, coloratura soprano from the Metropolitan Opera Company sang to an audience which completely filled the chapel in Fraser Hall Friday night. The concert was the first number for the University Concert this year.
Miss Gates was accompanied by Mrs. W. B. Dalton of Lawrence. A cold occasionally interfered with her singing but her high tones were clear and well placed.
Miss Gates' program was divided into five groups, two of which were by American composers. The group which the audience applauded most generously was made up of American folk songs, negro, Indian, and mountaineer.
The Bell Song from Deblies' Lakme was the heaviest number on the program. Mit Gates was called back for two encores. She declared she would sing added numbers as long as her voice lasted and the crowd cared to listen. Her cold forced her to limit herself to two extra numbers.
Miss Gates also gave short concerts Saturday morning for S. A. T. C. men who attended lectures on the Hill Her numbers were patriotic and popular songs, a group of Southern folk-songs, and some of the old time popular airs.
Will Sell Post-Cards To Aid French Orphans
K. U. Committee Helps Support Fatherless Children of
France
University students will have a chance to buy their Christmas cards night on the campus Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and at the same time help the fatherless children of France.
The committee for the Fatherless Children of France, with Margaret Mitchell in charge of the work on the Hill, will have 500 Christmas cards to sell at the check stand in Fraser Hall Tuesday and Wednesday. All the cards from the sale of the cards will go to the support of French war orphans.
There are four kinds of Christmas cards—a large card for $26.50 will wrenn support for a child for a year. The cards selling for 70 cents each support a child for a week. If you buy a ten cent card you are keeping in orphan for a day. There are also five mini cards for sale.
The slogan of the committee is "250,000 war orphans adopted before Christmas." Lawrence and Univer-
sity people have already adopted 500 orphans.
Graduate School Organizes
The Graduate School held its first meeting of the year Saturday morning and elected officers for the year. They are: E. Worthheim, president; E. Roberts, Lakie Bookwalt, chairman of the social committee. A meeting of the school will be held this week. Only thirty-four students are enrolled in graduate courses this year.
Many University students have decided to dispense with Christmas gifts and send only cards as remembrances. A double gift card awards a double purpose is accomplished.
Lieut. De Ricci, of the French commission of scholars who are touring his country, will lecture in Fraser hapel at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon on "The Castles of the Loire."
The regular weekly meeting of the Y, W. C. A. which was to have been held Tuesday at 4:45 o'clock in Fraser Chapel has been called off on account of the influenza ban.
Health Authorities Find Few New Cases, and None of Them Serious
Clark Denies Rumor That He Asked State To Close University
A rumor that Dr. A. W. Clark, city health officer, had appealed to the state authorities to close the University was denied by him today. Doctor Clark said that only $2 few new cases were being reported to him and it was not necessary or consider it necessary to close the Uni-city with the situation as it is.
Lieut. Judson Allen of the S. A. T. C. infirmary reports no new cases since Friday. There are only ten patients in the infirmary now and none of them are seriously ill.
Miss Haight, at the University Hospital, said that three new patients were received at the hospital today and three were dismissed. The hospital is not full now but it has been on two occasions since the epidemic started. The hospital contains only twelve beds.
"If students would keep away from the movies and dances, eat properly, go to bed early and follow the other rules printed in the Kansan before to prevent influenza there would be no epidemic," said Måss Haight. "If city water is not fit to drink, buy water," she continued. "That would be cheaper than paying doctor bills."
Dr. E. Smith of the University staff, has been visiting four students a day since the week before Thanksgiving. Yesterday he dismissed his last outside patient.
Four Seniors Chosen For Phi Beta Kappa
Larger Number of Students Will Be Elected In the Spring
Spring
Anne Benson, Wealthy Babook,
Edith McBraintey, and James Scott,
all seniors in the University, were
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, honorary
scholastic fraternity, at a meeting of
the local chapter held Friday afternoon.
Only students with exceptional
grades are elected to the fraternity,
and only Phi Beta Kappa is the highest scholastic honor one can attain at the University.
As it usual, only a small number of seniors were chosen for membership in the fall election, and more students will be selected in the spring, according to faculty members of Phi Beta Kappa.
Spooner Gets New Books On Latest Peace Moves
Among the new books at Spencer Library are three volumes on the work at The Hague, which are published by the Carnegie Peace Commission. A small volume called "America's Message to Russia" which is a number of speeches given in Russia by the members of the special Diplomatic Staff of United States to Russia in 1917, has also been received. The speeches are by Elihu Root, John R. Mott, James Duncan and Chas. Edward Russel.
Anne Benson is a member of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, Wealbly Babcoe and Edith McBrantney are members of Pi Lambda Theta and the Mathematica Club. James Scott is the first col- lector to be elected to Pi Beta Kappa at K. U.
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Another interesting volume is a book on "Posters" with illustrations of exceptionally good ones. The new books which come to the library are put on the shelf above the magazine card index case and left there for some time for inspection by the students.
One Hundred and Fifty Men of Naval Section Have Asked Releases
Cannot Keep Naval Training a University—Not Enough Men Sign to Remain
The entire naval unit at the University of Kansas will be cleared out by December 21, according to orders received Saturday by the commanding officer. The application for discharges and releases began as soon as the arrestors men in the unit have already applied for their release from active duty.
It was thought at first that it might be possible, if enough men wanted to remain in the service to have a new naval unit formed and stationed here. This, however is impossible now, as the demobilization of the entire unit.
The men who want to remain in the navy may make applications to do so through the commanding officer. This will be sent to the commanding officer of the district. If allowed to remain in the service the applicants will be sent to some naval training station fir further training.
The men who enlisted in the navy for the duration of the war and those who enlisted for four years will be given discharges. The men in the naval forces will be given releases from active service but will be sub-commissioned or transferred. They may remain here in school on they may return to their homes.
Transportation will be given the men to the place of enlistment, or to any naval station they want to go, and the men to the place of enlistment, the cost to the place of enlistment.
Before the men can be released they will be given a rigid physical examination. Naval medical officers will be sent to take care of this work.
All equipment such as mattresses, blankets, mattress covers and sea bags will be sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training station.
It is probable that some of the releases for the men in this section will arrive in several days. If possible all will be cleared by the end of the quarter.
Newspapers Fail to Help Science Says Eikenberry
Inaccuracies Show Ignorance of Subject—Scientists Blamed For Failure To Enlighten
"Newspapers are responsible for a lack of more general and much needed scientific development throughout the country," Prof. W. L. Eikelberry tola the Botany Club at a regular meeting of the club Wednesday night at the home of Prof. W. C. Stevens. Glaring inaccuracies in newspapers, reports and editorials by newspaper editors, of appreciation of science as a news subject were the gist of Professor Eikelberry's complaint against newspapers.
"Scientists, however, are much to blame for this condition," Professor Eikenberry added. "It used to be that foremost scientists were glad to encourage a popular interest in science. Faraday and men of his day grew up with lectures and demonstrations to diffuse scientific knowledge more widely."
The average modern scientist clothes himself in silence so far as helping the public to a better knowledge of science is concerned and for this reason is to blame that we are not a scientific people although this is the age of science, Professor Eikenkern indicated.
"After we entered the war," Professor Eikenberry added, "there was a great demand by the government for scientists. Work war had to have them. For example, the government wanted an entomologist with each forty thousand soldiers to fight cooties. It also wanted a number of plant pathologists and graduate students as part of the number required for the simple reason that plant pathologists did not exist in sufficient numbers to meet the demands."
Professor Eikenbear talked extemporaneously* in the absence of the speaker of the evening. For the lighthearted songs, he joined the club members sang popular songs.
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National Y.W. Board Closes Hostess House
The Hostess House in Myers Hall which has been open since September 15, will be discontinued December 15. The Hostess House committee of the W. Y. C. A. War Work Council, has sent orders that all hostess houses at colleges and universities organized must be discontinued as soon as possible because of the demobilization of the S. A. T. C.
The pressing and mending room in Myers Hall will also be discontinued, and the room which has been taken out of the house will be used as an assembly room.
Plain Tales From the Hill
"Say, any of you guys got a cigarette?" asked the rookie of a bunch of men standing in front of the barracks.
"Yes," replied the gob, "but I'm using it."
S. A. T. C. and Naval section men upon their discharge or release are to receive transportation to the place where they enlisted. Whether K. U. men receive any such transportation depends on what spot in Lawrence they are discharged. If they are discharged at the barracks their transportation could not exceed the cost of a street car ride to Green Hall.
Some men at the Gob Trot Saturday night appeared in white uniforms. This attracted the attention of the women, because of the novelty and contrast. Said one Irene Castle to the seaman dancing with her:
"Are those men in white officers?"
"No," returned the lumbering sea man.
"Must be."
RUMORS AND RUMORS OF RUMORS
Because hattocks are part of the reason that hattocks are because none have as yet been issued and because every soldier must have a complete outfit before he is discharged, the S. A. T. C. will have to wait two weeks longer until the quartermaster gets in a bale of hattocks.
The men in one company have become infected with Bolshevism and have barred their sergeants from the barracks.
The Lawrence police force announced that herenafter all officers who march their companies up the left side of the street will be arrested for violation of the traffic rules.
The flu quarantine is to be remobilized and the Russian rifles are to be reissued at once.
A reliable authority saw a freight train pull in yesterday laden with navy uniforms.
Fate of Section B Is Yet Under Consideration
The fate of the vocational school of the University is under consideration now by a committee of the faculty. It is doubted by Dean F. J. Kelly that the work will be kept up here in its present form, but the question is still whether the vocational school or the vocational school would be an asset to the state, according to Dean Kelly.
The situation can not be definitely decided until Dean G. C. Shadd, head of the school of engineering, returns from Boston, where he is attending University of the Schools of Engineering. He is expected back within a week.
Lawson May Back on Hill
Lawson May Back on Hill
Lawson May, a former member of the Kansan Board, who attended the University last year, is visiting friends in Lawrence and is on his way to Hutchinson. Mr. May together with five hundred others, was honorarily discharged from Camp Hancock, Georgia, December 5. Before going to Camp Hancock, Mr. May was stationed at Fort Riley where he was sergeant in the Medical Corps.
Gym Exemptions to 39 Women Who Had Flu
Dr. Alice Goetz of the physical education department has given temporary exemptions from gymnasium work to thirty-nine women who have had the influenza. Some of them were ex-convictes, and many have not have to report until January 1.
"I do not want them to begin exercising too soon," said Doctor Goetz, "but they must report to me or their absences will be counted as unexcused and they will be given a failure for the term, which will hold up their work until satisfactory settlement is made."
No Evidence Found To Accuse Officers, Captain Miller Reports
Investigator Finished Work Saturday—Gives Statement by Special Permission
Press is Called Sensational
People Exaggerated Rumors Greatly—Impression Contrary to Truth
Capt. D, B. Miller, of the District Inspector's office who has been honoucing an investigation of conditions in the S. A, T. C, at the request of the University authorities, finished his hearings Saturday and sent the following statement to Chancellor Strong:
Chancellor Frank Strong, University of Kansas,
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas.
December 7, 1918.
Chancellor Frank Strong,
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas Mv dear Chancellor:
At the direction of the District Inspector, I have conducted an investigation with a view of ascertaining the truth or falsity of newspaper articles appearing in the Lawrence papers since the search, on Thanksgiving evening, of the Officers' Club, by the Lawrence police. I have called before me all persons whom I had reason to believe could throw any light on the situation, or could help me in arriving at my conclusions.
It is entirely contrary to practice to publish the findings of military investigators on occasions of this kind, but I considered that the interests of the service, the interests of the University, and the interests of the people of Lawrence would be best saved if a statement is forthcoming at this time, and I have therefore obtained special permission to make this statement to you. You need not consider it confidential.
I find that the Officers' Club was visited on Thanksgiving evening by members of the Lawrence police force. I do not consider such visit in the nature of a raid, since the police were freely admitted to the building, and in fact conducted through the building by a military officer. I conclude that while the police were on the third floor of the Club, one of the officers volunteered to them the information that he had in his trunk a part of a bottle of whiskey. The officer informed the police that their chief understood why he had liquor in his possession. The police assured me that that explanation was satisfactory. The police did not collect the whiskey as evidence. In this case I state that the police had been purchased under the orders of the detachment Intelligence Officer in the course of an endeavor to locate a so-called "blind-tiger." I am thoroughly satisfied on that point. I have been unable to locate one bit of tangible evidence to support the statements accusing the officers of the University Unit of indulging in drunkenness, rowdyism, or high life, and I am satisfied that their behavior has not justified the attacks made upon their character.
The articles appearing in the press have been endly sensational and I know that they have spread an impression which is contrary to the truth, and I submit to you this statement, hoping that it will allay the further spread of such impression.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Daniel B. Miller,
Capt. Inf., U.S.A.
Scher Replies to Papers
Scher Replies to Papers Captain Says Policing Was Done On Department Order
Following the report of the inspector who investigated charges against the officers of the S. A, T. C. came a formal statement this morning from the Inspector calling for specific accusations made in the Lawrence Journal-World.
After quoting portions of "Administration Memoranda" from Major Brisco in Washington directing that policing kitchens and mess halls and serving of meals should be by memorial tables, Mr. McNamara used of quarters, baths, latrines, and grounds used by the military organizations, Captain Scher says:
"The above orders were in effect up to the time, when D. Frank Strong, Jr. was president."
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