OCTOBER 4,1918. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Official student paper of the University of Kansas EDITORIAL STAFF Mary Smith ... Editor-In-Chief Marjorie Ruby ... News Editor Plain Text Editor ... Holder Editor Marketer All ... Easily Manage War Editor ... Geneva Hunter BUSINESS STATE Lucie McNaughton... Advertising Manager Guy Fraser... Circulation Manager KANSAN BOARD MEMBERS KANSAN BOARD MEMBERS Edith Blair Ferdinand Krautman Nadine Blair Hagen Hagen Luther hungen Boila Rova Freya Higgins Mary Samson Edgar Hollis Mary Samson Edgar Hollis Subscriptions price $2.00 in advance for the first minimum months, and 40 days of academic pay, with a minimum payment of $10 each week. Entered as second-class mail matter September 30, 1872, lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published in the afternoon five times a week, by University of Iceland, from the press of the De- partment of Iceland, from the press of the De- partment of Iceland. Address all communications to UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Lawrence, Kansas. Phones, Bell K. U. 25 and 66. The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate students more than merely printing the news by standing for the ideas the University holds; fulfilling to be charitable; to be a teacher; to leave more serious problems to wiser heads; and of its ability the students of the University. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1918. LET THE BOYS TELL IT INEXPERIENCED nurses, they might have been called, those college women and members of the faculty who have remained in Lawrence to care for the boys at the barracks. Night and day the volunteers went about their work, and hundreds of boys are now testifying to their knowledge and efficiency. It takes more than training to make a nurse, according to the men who have been under the care of these "amateurs." "I know I wasn't an easy patient," said one student apologetically. "It got on my nerves to be cooped up, but I had a nurse that fixed things fine by mixing funny stories with the messy stuff she gave me." "I just couldn't ask for a thing," said another student, who has just been released from the hospital. "My nurse always knew exactly what I needed." And so the tribute runs, said by men who "have been through the mill and come out whole," due to the efforts of the self-sacrificing women who have devoted their entire time to caring for them. "And sure she let me alone," he said. "She didn't keep me awake by rubbing my head." Not a handsome tone, perhaps, but an honest one. The regular nurses, those who know nursing as a profession, have said that services rendered by the inexperienced helpers can not be praised too highly. A proper tribute to the "common sense" of one of the younger nurses came from an Irish boy who was perhaps the "sickest of them all." "They have cured for cases with all the skill of trained workers," is the tribute they pay to the inexperienced. One nurse mentions in particular a young woman, who confessed that she had always had an aversion to "looking at coated tongues and hunting for faint pulses." This girl reluctantly volunteered for service on the night shift. "The experience has dispelled her false ideas," said the nurse. "Since her admission to the ranks she has been placed in charge of some of the more serious cases." This girl who never before considered anything seriously is now considering taking up nursing as a profession. The boys' parents have added generous praise to the tributes paid the workers. "Rumors of lack of care were heard frequently in our part of the state," said one mother, "As soon as I learned my boy was sick, I determined to find out the truth of the rumors. They were unfounded, and I am glad to say that my boy, as well as any other boy, is having the same care that he would receive in his own home." This testimony could be multiplied many times. K. U.'s enforced vacation produced workers without number. The idlers have been a negligible quantity. "THEY" SAY！！！ DURING the past three weeks one non-essential industry has been running overtime—the Rumor Factory. The regular workers in that shop have been assisted by a lot of good people who ordinarily have something better to do. The safe rule is to count three before repeating a rumor and then if you find yourself still inclined to repeat it, count three more, and so on as long as necessary. Another good rule is to show a little diplomatic impatience with the person who comes to you with a silly rumor calculated to intensify discontent and distrust at this difficult time. The brewers haven't a leg left to stand on in California. Their solicitude for the poor grape growers who were about to lose their crops if prohibition went into effect has been commendable. They must be relieved at the recent announcement of the University of California that syrup as well as wine may be made from grapes. GET READY KANSAS THE state committee in charge of the United War. Work campaign is urging every K. U. student to be ready to do his part when the big drive opens November 11. Stop spending. Save. Then give! will be the Kansan's motto for the next two weeks. The purpose of the drive is to provide a general fund to meet the needs of the boys in camp here as well as in France. The state quota is $2,850,000. The Douglas county quota is $28,500. The entire nation will be expected to contribute $250,000,000. Get ready Kansas! Seven national war relief organizations created for the purpose of "helping the home to follow the flag," have merged their individual calls for assistance into one national appeal! The Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the National Catholic War Council, the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, and the Salvation Army. At the request of the Government, they are laiming your support, not on promises of work to be done, but on substantial evidence of envies already rendered. One million, nine hundred thousand dollars! Can we do it? Can we afford not to do it? The nation's quota means less than a dollar a week for each of the boys in our Army and Navy. Could the comforts of home be provided for less? Sound the comforts of home be provided for less: In order to insure the success of the drive the American Red Cross will support it actively although it has no part in the proceeds. The Government is asking every man, woman and child to be prepared. The least we can do now is to save and be ready. The Allies twenty-five points in their terms with Turkey include ousting the Germans from that country. The situation in Turkey is not so bad after all. Me and Gott are about to dissolve partnership. Now comes the news that a new large Allied bombing plane has brought a full sized upright piano from London to Paris. That's all right, but now the point is to carry the music to Berlin. A fleet of planes can do it. Turkey and Austria Hungary are in much the position of a burglar who goes to the front door with his loot and meets the dog. They had to drop it and run. Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar Even the clearest and most perfect circumstantial evidence is likely to be at fault, after all, and therefore ought to be relieved with great caution. Take the case of any pencil, sharpened by any woman: if you have witnesses, you will find she did it with a knife; but if you simply take the aspect of the pencil, you will say she did it with her teeth.-Mark Twain. The Federal Government is preparing the citizens not only for war but also for peace by co-operating with the state. Congress can make appropriations for years in advance. The Federal Government can make its plans running into the future. The president of the Republic of Guatemala, Central America, recently made a gift of $2,000 to the American Red Cross. The S. A. T. C is now a splendid and effective part of the life of K. U. and may remain so in some form indefinitely. Kansas can now appropriate for only two years. It can not plan ahead—if K. U. is to "Catch the Stop," the Permanent Income Amendment must be adopted. CATCH THE STEP—STUDENTS! You can secure the adoption of this amendment if you will get into touch with your friends and urge them to vote for it—Reach every vote possible. The funds the people raise for education must be kept sacred and separate from the other funds of the state. Chairman on Educational Efficiency State Council of Defense. Ed. T. Hackney Whoever goes about his work Silent because intense. Of all the hideous poison of war, Most bathhouse in, most dangerous far, Most prison in, most dangerous far. Whoever goes about his work Silent because intense. Too full of chivalry to shirk. Toughest to make presence THE PATRIOTIC THUG If rich he meets a sidelong eye Whoever does not join his song Or sings another key, All men respect an open foe; Courage may mark a apy. But who can hope to overthrow A patriotic lie? Whoover fails to rant as long Whose tone rises to lank as long And just as loud as he, whence The man who murders with his mouth, And an accusing sirva. If poor, he's branded traitor by The patriotic thug.— To proud to make pretence. Scouting true fellowship. South to North, North to South. Yet loyal at the lip. God save our country East and West. From peril by land and sea, from pestilence to famine. The fourth moral treatise- —William Herbert Carruth. In the Public. Gas Shells Soldiers' and Sailors' Edition, The Minne- apolis --you willing to die for your country?" FIX BAYONETS Lady Visitor: I just can't understand why the government doesn't get some good equipment. Every time I come to the training station to see the boys drill, they are told to "fix bayonets." It's a wonder they wouldn't get new ones instead of always fixing the old ones. FORCE OF HABIT American Soldier (somewhere in France) What's the matter? Injured Frenchman: A shell just hit me. American Soldier (formerly traffic cop in U. S. A.) Did you get its number? WHO GOES THERE? --you willing to die for your country?" He was a new man and the night was dark, and he was not at all accustomed to the duties of a sentry, but he managed to challenge when he heard the footstep: "Halt! Who goes there?" **Chapman, up out of the shadows** "Step up, Charley and be recognized." The rookie on sentry go was instructed by his sergeant: "Keep a sharp lookout for the colonel." An hour passed. Again the sergeant asked if the colonel had passed; he had not. Another hour, and the colonel did at last appear. The recruit oaked in him calmly without salting. Nettled, the colonel said: "Do you know who I am?" "I am the colonel." "Well, by gosh, you're goin' to catch it, then," the recruit declared. "The sergeant's been askin' twier for you already." A LIVE ONE "Well son," asked the recruiting sergeant, "are you willing to die for your country?" very much, he answered, with a bright smile; "I'm going over there to make a few Huns die for theirs." MR. TOTAL The sergeant didn't boast of an excessive amount of education, but with 20 odd years of service in the army he was the hardest of the "hard boiled." He was trying to call the roll for a detachment of recruits. The typewritten list had under the last name the summary, "Total—60." Every recruit had dutifully answered "here" to his name, but the sergeant kept right on calling. That is the reason why the men in a certain recruit company are singing "Has anybody here seen Total?" "TOTAL! TOTAL! Where in blazes is that man Total? If I find him I'll put him in the guardhouse." "Total." No answer. "Total." Still no answer. He was a minesweeper, and, home on leave was feeling a bit groggy. He called to see a doctor, who examined him thoroughly. "You're troubled with your throat, you say?" shid the doctor. HIS REGULAR TREATMENT "Have you ever tried gargling it with salt and water?" asked the doctor. "Aye, aye, sir," said the sailor. The minesweeper groaned. "I should say so!" he said. "I've been torpedoed seven times." She; Bell won't let Jack marry her until after he graduates? He: Why so? She: She's afraid he couldn't get his Bachelor Degree. - Tiger. ARROW COLLARS MARLEY 21/4 IN. DEVON 21/4 IN. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., INC. MAKERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS For Rent Alert For Sale For Sale Lost Help Help Situation Wanted Situation Wanted Or call at Daily Kanas Business Office. Classified Advertising Rates **Assume Advertising Rates** Minimum one insertion, 25c. Up to four insertions, 25c; five insertions, 50c; up to eight live words, one insertion, 50c; up to twelve live words, five insertion, 50c; five insertions, 75c. Twenty-five insertions, 75c. First insertion, one-half cent a word each additional insertion. Rates given upon application. WANT ADS WANTED - A good tenor singer for church quartet, good pay. See John Ise, 1125 Mississippi. Phone 1789 Black. WANTED-Girl roommate for desirable south room, near University in boarding district. Phone 2498 White. LOST-Phi Beta Kappa key in- scribed M. W. Sterling 1883. Return to Prof. M. W. Sterling or Kansan office. LOST—Ring with square mounting of saphire and diamonds. Lost on registration day. Finder please release Omega House or purchase 261. Reward. 8-3 PROFESSIONAL LAWRENCE OPTICAL CO. (Exclusive) Lawrence Optical Co. (Exclusive) glasses purchased. Offeren 1025 Maa. S. C. 4220, 73rd St., Chicago, IL 60611 G. W. JONES, A. M. M. D., Diseases of the stomach, surgery and gynaecology. Suite I, F. A. U. Bldg. Residence 1421 Ohio St. Both phones, 35. KEELEE'S BOOK STORE—Quiz books someeme paper, pages, the paper artist's name, and a little Pictures and picture framing, Agency for Hammond and Typewriter, $25 Mass. J. R. BECHET1, M. D., Room 3 and 4 over McCOLLEN2, K17 Mass. St. 6-5 C. E. OREILF - Eye, Ear, Nose, and throat. All glass work guaranteed. OVER DISPLAY GLOVES and adrenaline. Over Dilemma tones and JOB PHOTOSHOP H. B. Dale 1057 Mass. DR. H. REDING - F. A. U. Ridg, Eye. DR. H. REDING - Classified Hired Hours 8 to Phone 3123. DR. H. G. CARBELL, Physician and surgeon. Telephone 1284. *745 Mass. St. Central Educational Bureau 610 Metropolitan Bldg. Saint Louis, Mo. Write for registration blank. In these war times this Burenu can offer available teachers more remunerative positions than they may secure for themselves. W. J. HAWKINS, Manager CHRISTMAS GOODS CARDS ENGRAVED CARDS ENGRAVED EVERSHARP PENCILS TEMPONT; WATERMAN SHEAFFER FOUNTAIN PENS CARTER'S 105 Mass Taxi 12 'PHONE "One-Two" PROTCH The College Tailor 833 Mass. St. Hotel Kupper Kansas City, Mo. Convenient to the shopping and Theatre District — especially handy for ladies, being at Eleventh and McGee. Cafe in connection paying special attention to banquets. Convenient to the shopping and Theatre District LAWRENCE HAT WORKS SHIRU BAKU 08 Kansas City, Mo. WALTER S. MARS, Mgr. HOTEL SAVOY and SHINING PARLOR Absolutely clean Convenient location Good Cafes, moderate prices For MEN and WOMEN 833 Mass. Phone 2253 ED. W. PARSONS Jeweler 725 Mass. St. diamonds, watches and cut glass. Repairing and engraving Phone 164 MORRISON & BLIESNER TYPEWRITERS Conklin and Bought, sold, renteu, repaired, exchanged McCOLLICH'S DRUG STORE 847 Mass L. E. Waterman Fountain Pens We grind the lenses in our own factory on the premises. GLASSES FITTED We measure and duplicate your broken lenses while you wait. Save the pieces. While you want, Save the pieces. Hester & Roberts. Ontometrists ruster & roberts, Optometrists 813 Mass. St. Phone 594 Hotel Muehlebach BALMSTON AVENUE AND TROLLEY STREET Kansas City Mo. 500 New Fireproof Rooms Rate from $200 Under the Personal Direction S.J. Whitmore and Joseph Reisch 742 Mass. St HESS DRUG STORE Magazines and Periodicals, Douglas Chocolates, Flash Lights. Only Drug Store on East Side of Mass. St. Only Drug Store on East Side of Mass. St. 742 Mass. St. Phone 537 MILITARY SPECTACLES LAWRENCE OPTICAL CO. 1025 Mass. St. Watkins National Bank Capital $100,000 Surplus $100,000 Careful Attention Given to All Business.