NOVEMBER 24, 1918.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Diary of Study Period Revealed in Letter From 'Constant Reader'
Sergeants, Lieutenants, Musicians and Laundryman Aid Students
Dear Dean:—
One of the men in the company has asked me to write you because all the instructors of the University keep telling us how much we should now accomplish since under the recent rule, all students are assigned to have ample time for study.
Between 6:45 and 9:30 o'clock last night for example we were supposed to get a fine start upon some of the work in the academic department, but a few things happened that certainly knocked the fine edge off our stu-
dious concentrations and all too soon to be able to meet them, all of which are good in themselves but which cannot not well be mixed with the arts and sciences.
STOPPED AND STARTED
The first blast of the whistle after supper is, perhaps, by the second line sergeant who orders all men to prepare for bunk inspection and to observe a new method of folding blankets; viz, from the "L" to the "S" system. After industrious preparation another sergeant announces that there will be no bunk inspection and that the hour and a half following will be used for study with a foot inspection after the study period.
Each man tries to pick out a light and warm spot somewhere in the barracks and has just settled down when "attention" is sounded by some man near the door when he sights a lieutenant. At this the lieutenant actually calls up the police and explains for the both time that during study he who名们 lieutenants entering the building should not heed the fact.
After the lapse of not more than twenty minutes all men are called upstairs by the second whistle and the strains of some music on the second floor. After fifteen minutes the men are filled with pop and return to their bunks for the third of an hour that remains for study.
THE LAUNDRYMAN WHISTLES
Soon thereafter the whistle sounds again and the men are told of the results of the war work drive and a personal canvass is inaugurated by the line sergeants; this is being attended by the laundry man himself in his own whistle and proceeds to give the names on the bundles and to issue the C. O. D. instructions from his quarters.
Constant Reader.
A few men delay to read The Kanan for a while and prolong the hustle after taps is blown by throwing shoes on the floor noisily, and by stumbling around when they open windows. After a prolonged search with flashlights and after taps and lights out the men are then at liberty to review their studies, in the dark while awaiting reville, but if perchance the man on fire detail is a slacker conversation is further changed in its channels.
After the proper change is collected and attended to the clerk comes from the orderly room and names the fire detail, K. P.'s and dish inspectors for the next day. This being accomplished, the first or top sergeant says, "Give me your attention. Prepare for food inspection." After inspection the K. P. list is somewhat changed and the lights flicker for the first time.
By the Way
Irene Tihen, 'c18, is spending the day in Kansas City, as the guest of Caroline Doran, fa21.
Josephine Fulks fa'21 has been ill several days and unable to attend her classes.
Doris Rosser, c$S visited at her home in Topeka. Thursday.
Dorothy Powell, c'23, spent Thursday at her home in Kansas City.
day at her home. The regular W. S. G. A. varsity dance will be given Saturday night in F. A. U. Hall.
There will be a dance at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club in Eagles Hall Saturday night.
Kappa Kappa Gamma announces the pledging of Julia Mount, c'21, of Pueblo, Celo.
Dorothy Enninger, c'22, of Kansas City, Mo., has withdrawn from the University for the remainder of this quarter.
Josephine Wren, c'22, will spend Saturday and Sunday at her home in Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Lorette Chapman and Miss
Helen Jackson, of Kansas City, will spend Saturday and Sunday at the Pi Beta Phi house.
Bessie Berriman, c21, of Nickerson has withdrawn from the University. She will return the second quarter to resume her work.
The Epworth League of the Methodist church will hold open house at the church Thanksgiving night.
Barracks Barrage
Lieut. Frederick E. Croxton on Company H left for his home at Columbus, Ohio, Monday night on a week's leave of absence. Lieut. John B. Chapple will have charge of the company during his leave. Lieutenant Chapple has been drilling half of Company H since early last week.
Tracy R. Conklin and Raymond M.Kerr reported for active duty to Company H yesterday. Both have seen on hospital duty since early last month.
A case for the Grafonola records belonging to Company H has been constructed by George D. Briggs, and the machine now has a permanent place. Briggs is now making a wardrobe for the use of the Y. W. C. A. in taking care of clothing that is brought in to be mended.
Bring Out Best in K.U. Urges Professor Terrill
"If something is not done to make University work attractive, many young men who came to this college, just as hundreds others have gone to other colleges, will drop away, remembering the disagreeable features of military training in a reconstruction period, and knowing nothing of the satisfaction that comes from information gained and studies worked out," declared Prof. A. C. Terrill this morning.
"The plant of the University contains enough material to command the deepest interest of every student, whether he came here solely for the sake of taking courses, or was impelled to attend the University because of the courses offered by the Student Army Training corps. The laboratories are full of apparatus that any group of men would like to see in operation, and there are any number of professors who could give a snappy talk that would hold the attention of the students.
"What I am getting at is this," continued Professor Terrill. "Here are several thousand young men in the University because they wanted preliminary training before taking their places in the nation's army and navy. The armistice has probably prevented their taking of any part in actual hostilities. Their experience on the campus has been largely that of strict military routine, or, more monotonous, the rigors of quarantine. They have not had an opportunity to enjoy any of the pleasures of University life. To them, the most of the buildings are piles of stone, with no associations of pleasure enjoyed or information gained.
"What I should like to see is a series of talks, illustrated with slides or films; I should like to see the various departments keep open and students may inspect the plant and the work that is being turned out."
"More than that; the University ought to revive the plan of hiring guides, whose duty it would be to conduct visitors over the campus and explain to them what is being done."
At least ten members of the next session of the legislature will be graduates or former students of the University of Kansas, according to information gathered by Miss Agnes Thompson, secretary of the alumni association. The most prominent among them is Brigadier-General Salve Metcalf to the senate from Lawrence, and Thomas Harley, former city attorney of Lawrence, to the house representing Douglas county.
Ten K.U. Men Lawmakers As Result of Elections
Other K. U, men elected to the senate are Paul H - Kimball 1957, of Parsons; George H. Wark, P03, of Caney; Ben S. Paulen, a former student of Fredonia; and Walter E. Wilson, p'93, of Washington.
To the lower house were elected William M. Land, e'11 elected from Bourbon county; Harlan F. Graham, e'86; Jackson College, b'88; student, McPherson county and Ben Begler, c'04, Sedgwick county.
Farming and Warfare are Mingled In France, Says Capt. B. T. Scher
Student Soldiers to See Film on Saturday Depicting "Farming With Dynamite."
"Farming has always been connected with military operations," said Capt. Bruno T. Scher, this morning. "For this reason the lecture which is to be given in Fraser Hall chapel Saturday morning for S. A. T. C. men on "Farming and Dynantite," by Prof. Arthur C. Terrill, will be of exceptional value." Professor Terrill will take the first half of Section A from 8 until 9:30 o'clock, and the second half from 9:30 to 11 o'clock.
"When I was in France," said Captain Scher, "I had charge of the farming interests of my division in addition to my other military dutes. Immediately back of the trenches and extending some five miles to the rear was a strip of land which was unused by the French people. They turned the land over to the officers in charge of billetting, who divided the land into sectors, so that each division had its own agricultural organization.
"This land was fertilized and cultivated by soldiers who had been physically disqualified for service. The seed question was settled by General Perching who established the headquarters of the American Garden Service at Versailles. In this way, sufficient potatoes and green vegetables were raised by each division to meet its own needs. Later the raising of forage was added to this part of the army.
"This work was very important," said Captain Scher, "from a military point of view, as it utilized rich French soil which was under fire of the enemy day an night, and was, therefore, worthless to the civilian population, consisting of women and children. This work made it possible for the space which would have been used in transporting vegetables and forage to be used for other things very necessary to the army.
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ABRICHTAFT PICTURE
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Narrated by DONALD CILIEN
"Thus farming may be considered as part of the training of those in military service, for in a time of war when the scene of hostilities remains the same from day to day, it is a very simple matter for each division to supply its own needs."
He is here on the screen in "The Goat" and he sets the house arock. Miss him and you will be sorry—for the whole town will have something on you, not to mention the rest of America!
No one could quite understand why one French student on the Hill was so stupid. He seemed to have a brilliant mind but for some reason he showed much stupidity. The cause for this was finally revealed when it was discovered that every day this seemingly dull student had his French class in Fraser, the building in which fresh air is a scarcity.
Fresh Air and French:
A Fraser Hall Parable
The class in which he was enrolled was a particularly large one and each day it rushed into the French room just as a class of similar size passed out, no "airing" was ever given the room while the classes were passing in and out, thus the ventilation was very poor.
That was why the lessons seemed hard and tiresome to the handicapped French student.
Women's Military Drill Farcial, Says a Coach
Coach Hazel Drill declares that military drill for women would be a farce. She says that there are gym, classes that give women the same kind of exercise as they could obtain in military drill and which are much prettier and far more desirable.
Hot drinks of all kinds at Wiedemann's.—Adv.
The Red Cross is Democratic.
Plymouth Jottings
Plymouth is a tradition at K. U.
You may have not discovered it,
but Plymouth wields an influence all out of proportion to its size. We are not a large church as churches go, even in Lawrence we are by no means the largest. But Plymouth does count.
Why?
The simplest answer would be,
Come and see.
And we invite you to do just that come and see.
We have a churchly auditorium, where the atmosphere of worship prevails. We have good music, led by the Dean of the School of Fine Arts. We have a dignified, worshipful service. And we have a mental attitude turned precisely to the pitch of the University.
We are not thinking in terms of the middle ages. We are looking forward to the things of the 21st century. We are not bound by mustcreeds or ecclesiastical sciences. Three hundred years ago the Mayflower Pilgrims caught the vision of democracy which now has shaken the whole earth. Plymouth Church is a linear descend-ant from the worthies who landed at Plymouth Rock. We are not beginners in democracy, we have been practicing it for three centuries. If you face forward, you will find the Plymouth fellowship congenial.
ROSS W. SANDERSON,
Pastor of Plymouth Church.
Yours very cordially.
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