UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SEPTEMBER 16, 1918.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University of Kansas.
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Entered as second-class mail matrter September 5, 1874. Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1874.
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The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate at Kansas; to go further that merely printing a book is not standing for the ideals the University holds; to play the role of faculty; to cheer for it to be valuable; to be courageous to leave more serious problems to wiser heads; in all, to serve to the best of its ability the needs of the students.
--shadow of idiocy compared to the recent story that mothers were deciding not to send their daughters to the University since the campus will be thronged by soldiers. As though a uniform could change one of our boys into somebody totally different from one of our boys!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918.
NEVER WAS THERE SUCH A THING
NEVER WAS THERE SUCH A THING
THERE never was such a thing before.
Probably there never will be such a thing again—
"Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy."—Emerson
America turning all its universities and colleges into armed camps that its youth may be better fitted to fight the world's war for humanity.
It is more, much more, than a privilege that the youth of today have. It is a right and an honor that no such hosts of American youth ever before have had. How they should protect it!
And to help them treasure this privilege and honor is a part of the duty of every man or woman, student or faculty, who is not privileged to be a member of the S. A. T. C, or the vocational section. They, as well as the soldier students, must strive to develop an caprit de corps that will make this time of work the brightest spot in this or any other university's history. They must strive in a practical way that the University life may be as inspirational, as wholesome and helpful as it is possible to make it.
Captain B. T. Scher, in command of the S. A.
T. C. unit here, emphasized the need that the
whole University co-operate with the S. A. T. C.
and the vocational section in building up an
esprit de corps. In the course of a short talk he
said:
"Over in the trenches in France where I have been for eight months they have a wonderful esprit de corps. The Americans over there have such a feeling, such a determination, that they are absolutely resolved that no Hun raider who comes into the American trenches seeking information shall get back alive. And they are just as determined that they shall return with the information wanted when they raid the Hun trenches.
"We must have that spirit here."
And the captain was right when he said it. It is a great honor that has come to us all here at the University of Kansas, soldier and non-combatant alike. Never was there such a thing before—such an opportunity to count for something in having history read right.
WELCOME to Captain Scher, commander of the S. A. T. C. You have made all of us your friends. You have a difficult task; but the University is behind you solidly. It is fine to watch you taking the slack out of things. Ever if we are nothing but civilians yet, you won't mind if we salute you just as though we wore a uniform. It gives us a warm feeling inside just as though we were about to do something that would really help in the Big Push. Good luck, Commander.
ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW
WHATEVER has to go by the board for the better prosecution of the war, goes without a murmur from anybody these days.
It matters not whether it is class politics, fraternity life, football, or any other activity under the old fashioned system of doing about as one pleased—everything goes. The only thing necessary to secure cheerful assent to changes, however radical, is that it be reasonably plain that the changes are ordered by somebody who knows what he is about. And, even there, the benefit of the doubt is almost always given to the demolisher of the established order.
At last education is getting the thrill of a Great Adventure. Will it ever again be contented with a quiet life?
OF all the silly rumors that have been fitting about the campus in the absence of a daily paper to banish them, the most foolish was the one about excluding women from the University this year. But that was but a pale, thin
POOR OLD SACRAMENTO!
THERE it lies, in an obscure corner under the winding stairs of the Dyche Museum, while all about it are stirring scenes of war such as it lived through sixty years ago.
THERE it lies, in an obscure corner under
And it can have no part in all the thrilling movements of military preparation.
What a joy if it could be wheeled out on the campus, and amid the cheers of the crowd, allowed to lift up its booming voice for the freedom of humanity.
But the old cannon is battered` and broken.
More modern servants of `Destruction`, though not more ready, must do the work today.
While one looks at the gaping hole in its side as it rests precariously between an old-fashioned pair of wheels, there is a feeling akin to pity for the old relic that played such an important part in the early history of Lawrence.
This old cannon has had a checkered career. For ten long years it has lain in the place it now occupies, and a visitor would scarcely notice it in looking over the other articles of interest.
Originally it was an old Mexican gun, captured by the United States army in the war of 1846. It was held by the state of Missouri and later on used with telling effect by the pro-slavery men against the abolitionist forces that occupied this part of the country at the beginning of the Civil War. It took part in the bombardment of the famous old Free State Hotel here and helped to batter down its walls under the direction of the men who insisted that Kansas become one of the seceded states. It was finally captured by United States troops and taken to Lecompton where it was held for some time. Finally it was stolen by the rebels and buried in Lawrence where it remained until January 29, 1861, to celebrate the advent of Kansas into the Union, as a free state.
After the close of the war it seemed to have been forgotten for a while, for it remained in some old shelter down town until it was given by the city of Lawrence to the Museum about ten years ago.
Poor Old Sacramento.
K. U. IN THE WAR
"Of the young Kansans who are in the active enlisted service of the country 1,613 entered through the doorway of the University of Kansas," is the modest statement in a bulletin just issued by the war intelligence committee and the K. U. Alumni association. "Of these 818 were undergraduates, when they enlisted," the announcement continues. "In other branches of the service, such as Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., food administration and highly technical government work there are 270, making a total of 1,883."
The bulletin goes on to show that in the ranks of these K. U. men are two brigadier generals, three colonels, six lieutenant colonels, 22 majors, 81 captains, 480 first and second lieutenants, one naval commander and three ensigns, a total of 598 commissioned officers. From the faculty 51 have gone into various branches of the service and various kinds of war work. In fact, substantially all members of the faculty are devoting a part of their time to systematic jwar service.
This is a record of which the University of Kansas, its present student body, its alumni and all the people of the state may well be proud. In another war—that of 1898-1900 against the Spaniards and the Filipinos—the strident call of Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, K. U. rounded in the far off Philippines, as the Twentieth Kansas won undying fame for itself and brought new glorior to the state. With such a record one is not surprised at the splendid record the University of Kansas is making in the present war and the alumni of that institution are doing well to keep and preserve a record of this fine achievement. -Topека Capital.
The American Red Cross has given a check for $25,000 to the Lord Mayor of London, for the London hospitals.
News of the Red Cross
The Army Behind the Army in Which
Every Patriotic Citizen is Enlisted
The Red Cross has established a convalescent hospital for repatric children near Lyons, at Chateau des Halles.
A milk dispensary for sick babies is one of the interesting American Red Cross Activities in Venice.
The Asile Stle. Eugenie, a tuberculosis hospital for women, conducted under the American Red Cross, was originally given to the city of Lyon by the Empress Eugenia, wife of Napoleon III.
Bits of Readable Verse Discovered and Handed in by Readers of the University Daily Kansas
LIFE
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreliant soul;
Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;
Not nourcing for the things that disappear
From what the future fells, but with a whole
Arms Around You;
To Youth and Age and travels on with cheer.
So let the way wind up the hill or down,
O're rough and smooth, the journey will be joy
Still seeking what I sought when but a boy,
New friendship, high adventure and a crown.
My heart will keep the courage of the quest,
And hope the road's last turn will be the best.
A Primer of Mt. Oread Answers and Near-Answers to Questions About Things on the Campus
Elial J. Rice, the first member on the faculty of the Kansas State University, was designated as Professor<sup>2</sup> of Belles Lettres, Mental and Moral Science and Acting President of the Faculty. He was elected in July, 1866.
More significant than adjectives that might be employed to tell of the man as a man, is a story as told by Lillian Ross Leia, the first student enrolled in the University, in the Graduate Magazine.
"In 1849 an epidemic of Asiatic cholera swaped over the country. In Sandusky City, desolate and isolated, by the scourge, were relatives of Mr. Rice. Being unable to communicate with them, he himself drove to the infected city, determined to learn regarding their safety, and if not too late, take them away."
Professor Rice came to Lawrence from Indiana. He remained but one year in the position to which he was elected, for in 1867 he accepted the presidency of Baker University. The Baker University Quarterly of September 1907 in a historical sketch, refers to him as zealous, scholarly, and a man who gave the school much of strength and inspiration. Failing health caused him to move, after about five years in Baldwin, to Trinidad, Colorado, where he was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church and very active in the civic life of the town.
Merely Mental Lapses Jokes and Alleged Jokes Captured by the Knight of the Shears
"Foreign looking chap, isn't he?"
"Oh, yes. He wears an Alpine Hat, Coon Collars, Paris Garters, and English Clothes."—Minnesota Minneaha.
Clancy: Tell me, Mike, is yer woife a club woman?
Finigan: Ah, faith, and she's worse that—she's a flatiron woman!—Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern
"What is the trouble between Van Cleve and his wife? I thought she was the light of his life."
"So she was; but she went out too much."—
Columbia Jester.
"Who do they say divinity school students have an easier time than the law students?" "It's easier to preach than to practice."—Yale Record.
She: I wouldn't be a fool if I were you.
He: I can understand very readily that you wouldn't be a fool if you were me.—Columbia Jester.
She: I wouldn't be a fool if I were you.
Bing: Is there? Well, I'm satisfied Billings is going to bring my girl to the dance but hanged if I'm contented.-Dartmouth Jack O' Lantern.
Jingo: Is there any difference between satisfied and contented?
"Can I git off today boss?"
Movie operator: What shall I do with this film? There's a tear in it that cuts right through the hero's nose.
Clever manager: Ha, just the thing. Bill it as a special feature in two parts.—Ohio State Sun-Dial.
"Chun I got off today boss?"
"What for?"
"A wedding."
"Do you have to go?"
"I'd like to sir, I'm the bridegroom."—Cornell Widow.
--in
"Howd'y"
The average man's arm is thirty inches long; the average woman's waist is thirty inches around. How wonderful are they works, O Nature!-Princeton Tiger.
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VARSITY This Week BOWERSOCK
MONDAY Mrs. Castle in "The Girl From Bohemia"
Tuesday and Wednesday
ALICE BRADY
“THE WHIRLPOOL” Also Mutt and Jeff
Thursday and Friday
"Pershing's Crusaders"
MAE MARSH
"MONEY MAD"
SATURDAY
Monday and Tuesday
Monday and Tuesday
ConstanceTalmadge
in "A Pair of Silk
Stockings"
Also Allied War
Review No. 6
THURSDAY
"Pershing's Crusaders"
FRIDAY Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in "A PAIR OF CUPIDS" Also Pathe News
SATURDAY
4th of July in France