UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 146
Specially Trained Men Wanted For Enlistment In U. S. Naval Reserve
N. B. Whitzel, Petty Officer Talked to Engineers This Morning
Reservists Will Graduate
Many K. U. Engineers Will Go To Kansas City to Enlist, Saturday
"The Navy wants every available man with technical training," according to N. B. Whitzel, a petty officer, who is attached to the naval recruiting station at Kansas City, in an address to the students of the School of Engineering in Marvin Hall lecture room at 11 o'clock this morning. By enlisting in the naval college courses and become commissioned officers by the time they graduate.
During the summer the members of the reserve are sent to the Great Lakes Naval Station where they receive practical experience in shops and aboard ships. During this summer training they are rated as second class seamen and receive $35.00 a month and all equipment. Their transportation is paid both ways. During the school months they are sent back to their schools and are given two months retainer pay.
MAY TRAIN FOR COMMISSION.
Graduates of engineering school may also receive training by which they may get a commission. Their course is given at Stephens Institute, in certain shops in New York and aboard ocean going ships. In case they should drop out before the course is completed they will be enlisted at whatever rating they are fitted for. In most cases they would be made petty officers.
Only in the case of a great National emergency would members of the reserve be called out before their graduation, before their graduation from school.
Mr. Whitzel will be in Lawrence until Saturday and will be at the post office to give information to persons interested in enlisting in navy.
MANY EXPECTED TO JOIN Members of the School of Engineering wishing to enlist in this reserve will be sent to Kansas City Saturday morning for physical examination. A large number of students expressed a desire to join and it is probable that a large number will go to Kansas City, Saturday morning.
Kansas Loses 8 To 2 In K. U.-M. U. Opener On Missouri's Field
Urie, Star Tiger Hurler, Held Jayhawker Team to Only Four Hits
Urie, the star twirler on the Missouri baseball team, held the Jayhawkers to four hits and struck out fourteen men in the game at Columbia yesterday. The Kansas队 booted the ball, chalking up five errors. The Tigers played a good game in the field making only two errors and getting eleven hits off the K. U. slab men.
The Missouri nine counted a pair of runs in the first inning. Kansas came back with a tally in their half and another in the third inning. After that Uri held the Kansans away from the plate. The Tigers rallied in the eighth, making four runs.
SCORE BY INNINGS
R. H. E.
Missouri. . . . 210 014 00* -8 11
Kansas. . . . 101 000 00-2 4 5
Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Games. W. . L. Pet.
Missouri. . . . . . 4 . 3 . 1 . 750
Ames. . . . . . . . 5 . 2 . 3 . 400
Kansas. . . . . . 3 . 1 . 3 . 330
By losing yesterday's game to the Tigers the Kansas team went into the last place in the Valley standing. If K. U. wins today it will have a percentage of 500 and go into the second percentage to 600. Kansas will have to win the third game of the series to go into first place in the Valley.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 1918.
The Daily Kansan-a daily letter home.
Tuesday The Meatless Deserts Journalists
Tuesday the Meatie, has absceded. No longer does the skeleton in the journalism closest say good morning to all comers in Room 162, Medic—Journalism.
"I am glad Tuesday is gone," said a professor this morning. "That guy has the ugliest, fuzziest, most unkept-looking wishbone that I ever saw."
Students, instructors and visitors in the department of journalism will miss Tuesday. Particularly visitors, to whom he was a marvel and a source of astonishment, Out-of-town speakers have a tendency to be plain citizens, unacustomed to the paraphernalia of science, and not used to seeing what they are built on. Perhaps Tuesday has gone to that far bourne from which travelers do not return.
Farewell Tuesday!
The War Here and Over There
The Gormans have begun what may be the long expected drive in the attack on a five-mile front southeast of Ypres. At some points the first line trenches of the British and French were penetrated.
More than half a million American soldiers are now in France, Secretary Baker says. 1,277,000 men have been inducted into the service by conscription.
Major-General Leonard Wood has suggested that men in class one of the draft be given opportunity to take preliminary training before being called into active service.
The War Department is said to be considering legislation to raise the draft age to 40 years within a few months.
Edward R. Stettinius has been placed in charge of the new artillery program, in which plants and factories for making guns will be built and guns and shells produced to the extent of about seven billion dollars the next year. While assuming personal direct control, Stettinius said that many of the activities he is now doing and will remain Assistant Secretary o War.
The refusal of the Prussian Diet to take measures for suffrage reform has led to a political crisis, it is reported.
American troops in France will not be allowed to vote in the next election because it is believed taking the vote would obstruct efficiency. Soldiers in the United States may vote if their states collect their ballots.
About 2,000,000 of fresh beef are used daily by the United States Army; 4,000 cattle are slaughtered each day. The meat undergoes a strict inspection to prevent the giving of unfit food to the soldiers.
The people of Berlin must go through six bureaus to get permission to buy a bag of coal.
A hundred women have been sent to France to serve as telephone operators in American bases of supplies and points of embarkation, and 150 more are waiting to go. They were chosen out of 7,500 applicants.
The navy of the United States has 1,675 medical officers in its Medical Department, and maintains 12,000 hospital beds with 5,000 more to be added soon.
The Men's Glee Club will go to Kansas City tomorrow to give two concerts. They will give in the afternoon a short program before an assembly of the students of the Kansas City, Kansas high school. In the afternoon they will give a program similar to the one given if Fenner Hall, Tuesday night.
The latest type of naval 16-inch guns, completed in the last year, throws a projectile weighing 2,100 pounds.
Six battleships of 41,500 tons, the largest in the world, have been authorized by the United States Government
Men's Glee Club to Give Two K.C. Concerts Friday
Prof. Joseph A. Farrel, director,
Marcelius Law, pianist, and Harzell
Ray, cellist, will accompany the club.
Jayhawker KuKlux Klan Stalked Forth at Night After Forgetful Frosh
Rumors Say Well Organized Band Worked Silently and Effectively
The black hours of the night. A call at the door. A masked band of men. A swift automobile ride. Then a jolly time. An eventful walk home.
These words are not meaningless to some members of the freshman class this morning, for the Red Vigils were busy last night. Freshmen who continually have disregarded the ancient tradition of the University of wearing freshman caps were the hosts of this modern Ku Klux Klan.
As near as it is able to be learned this morning, no rough work was done last night. The Red Vigils were well organized and did their work in an orderly manner—if not a pleasant manner to the children. There were several bands of the Vigils for freshmen from various parts of town were visited.
The costume of the tradition-offenders, when they wandered back to their dwelling places is said to have resembled that of the traditional swimmer who lost his clothes. For any one curious to know who were visited last night, may trust to his olfactory sense for the right answer.
According to the stgn at the entrance of the campus and rumors afloat this morning, more visits will be made until all offending of the tradition is stopped.
Everything Complete For Comus Production In Out of Doors Theater
Final Rehearsal Held Outdoor Electric Lamps Will Flood Stage With Light
"The stage and players are ready for the outdoor production of the masque, "Comus," which will be given tonight at 8:30 o'clock," said Prof. Arthur MacMurray this morning. "If it does not rain, the play will be held in the golf links amphitheater. Otherwise the gymnasium will be used."
The final dress rehearsal of the cast was Wednesday night and was held on the outdoor stage across the golf links, west of the Museum. The scenery was nearly all prepared with a background of limbs of trees and wings of similar greenery. Powerful electric lamps flooded the stage with light and gave a variety of color effects.
Seventeen LL. B's will be granted in the School of Law this year. Formerly the number averaged about 45. The present enrollment of the School of Law is fifty-five; last year at this time it was about 175.
Chars will be placed on the hill-side facing the stage today, sufficient for a large audience. Men have been recruited from the military drill classes and other sources for guard duty at the amphi-theater tonight to keep intruders out and silence noisy individuals.
The music of the University Orchestra, which plays for "Comus", is well adapted to the masque, and the orchestra, under the direction of Prof. F. E. Kendrie, has it well in hand. The actors, satyrs, nymphs, and other dancers are well practised and prepared for their parts. Atmosphere for the production is created largely by the costumes, which were procured from a Kansas City costume house.
"The School of Law has suffered more than any other school in decreased enrollment on account of the war," said "Uncle Jimmy" Green this morning, "and for this reason women should enter the profession.
Seventeen Laws Will Degrees This Year
"There is no reason why they should not be as successful in this as they have been in all other fields which they have entered. I am sure there is nothing which they can study that will give more mental demand than "the Dam said" "Women do not generally take to court work or regular law practice but they have been very successful in law office work. I hope to see many women in the School of Law next year."
K. U. Senate Suggests Limitation on Prices And Hours of Dances
After Discussion, Matter is Left for Action by Students Themselves
The resolution was not voted on, because a majority of the Senate seemed to favor allowing the students, as represented by the Men's Student Council and the Women's Student Government Association, and Mrs. Eustace Brown, adviser of women at K. U., to suggest changes and to have some say in this matter, which even some of the members of the Senate believed smacked of taking away too much of the student liberties.
Members of the faculty of the University of Kansas are in favor of war economy even down to the few dances which the students of the University give on Friday and Saturday nights. At the meeting of the University Senate this week a resolution was introduced to limit the cost of admission to all student dances to $1, and making it compulsory that all dances close at 12 o'clock midnight. It was argued that the resolution whether the $1 admission included a couple or only one person going to the dance.
Several members of the Senate openly opposed the measure because they thought that it was a matter that the students should decide for themselves if the matter was to be changed any from the present rules which do not allow parties to last longer than 12 o'clock except in the case of annual parties, one organization being allowed to give one of these each year.
The admission price this year has been set through the advice of George O. Foster, who has had charge of auditing of student funds, and no admission price has been set without his approval. The result has been a great reduction in the price of admittance to many dances.
Many students interviewed today said they are in favor of some student regulation or resolution in regard to setting a maximum on the admission to most of the dances as a war measure, and that this maximum should be $1 or $1.50. They believed there is no reason for changing the closeness of dancers lasted later than 12 o'clock. They said that the good judgment of the students had in the main result in most dances closing at 12 o'clock.
Vernon Kellogg, Former K. U. Man, Will Talk On Hoover And War
Author Was Delegate in North ern France for Belgian Relief Commission
Vernon Kellogg, who will be the guest of Phi Beta Kappa here Tuesday, May 13, is a Kansas man. He was born in Emporia and received his A. B. from the University of Kansas in 1889 and his A. M. in 1892. Afterwards he was a law professor with the universities of Paris and Leipzig. At present he is doing research for the biological section of the National Council of Defense.
Mr. Kellogg was the representative of the Commission for Relief in Belgium in Northern France in 1915. His "Official Story of Belgian Relief" came out in the World's Work last year. In addition he has written "Headquarters Night" for the Atlantic and a sketch of "The Other Hoover Type" and "Type II" also appeared in the Atlantic. He has had opportunity to study the war situation from inside the German lines.
As an entomologist Mr. Kellogg is also widely known in the United States. He is the author of several text books on entomology and of various scientific studies. Among the best known of his works are "Common Injurious Insects of Kansas," "American Insects," and "Insect Stories." Since 1911 he has been editor of the "Philosophy of Nature" series. Before the war he was professor of entomology and lecturer in binomics at Leland Stanford University. At one time he was secretary to former Chancellor Snow here.
Mr. Kellogg will speak to the University students at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, after attending the initiation and banquet of Phi Beta Kappa.
Professor Sets Style In Spring Straw Hats
Women are not the only ones who herald the arrival of spring by their changes in apparel.
A white straw hat on a professor appeared on Mount Oread this week. The hat is not a 1917 Panama, nor a 1920 Straw, but an "honest to goodness," 1918 creation, with a broad, round brim which turns up all around, a high crown and finished with a white ribbon.
This wearing of straw hats early in May is establishing a new precedent at K. U. But the fact that it is worn by a member of the faculty in the Art Department of the University, who without doubt, gave the matter grave consideration from an artistic stand point before venturing forth on the campus, makes it perfectly safe and sane for any young man on the hill, with the exception of a freshman, to pack away his green felt and don a cool white straw hat.
Plain Tales From The Hi!
They tell this about Company A, which is missing the leadership of Harold Lytle:
H. Washington, who is captain of Company B, of the University regimental forces, took charge of the regiment one day this week. He was the high mogul—major to be exact. A lieutenant commanded Company A.
After forming a line of skimishers in the more shady regions of the golf links, there came a lull in the visible activities of this unit. Finally Major Washington saw that the best thing that Company A had been doing for fifteen minutes, was resting in the shade of green trees.
The company was more active the remainder of the drill period.
He walked over, took charge of this company, marched them across the campus in the blazing sun at a speedy "double time" and then turned the company over to the subbing lieutenant.
The learned professor hurriedly scribbled the outline of Napoleon's life on the board; the class watched his unhesitating hand, and wondered, sadly, if there was anything he did not know. Suddenly he paused, turned to the empty-headed audience and demanded:
"What is it you call this thing—when people go away after they're married, I mean?"
A professor at K. U. has tried to raise rabbits to cut down the high cost of living. He told his class today that several of his rabbits had disappeared.
"The environments were not right for the rabbits, but they were exceptionally good for the neighborhood cats."
A learned professor has produced a new one. Today when a student "pulled a bone," the professor said, "Oh what beautiful food for a dog."
During a sort of "movie" show of the moon in geology class, a student viewing the many craters, etc., in the surface of the moon advanced this: "My but that moon is in a bad condition, but I don't think it has a thing on the 'pill boxes' in France."
One of the things to be thankful for during this warm spell is that you are not a student in the department of architecture. For instance, stripped to the waist, with streamlens of water running off in all directions, the tireless students work on their drawings in the top of Marvin Hall, while the sun shining through the glass sky-lights gently kisses their backs. Every time they shake their heads they create a regular rain storm.
Men Named To Adjust Military Drill Question
At a meeting of the Senate Tuesday, the men who will have charge of the plans for military drill next fall were elected. The six men who will fill this position are: Professors F' H, Hodder, G. A. Davis, F. B. Dains, W. B. Harrington, W. O. Hamilton and M. E. Brink commander of the K. U. reiment.
These men will meet some time before commencement to make the plans.
University women who wish to act as Big Sisters, next fall, and have not yet signed cards are asked to call Mary Burnett at phone 1897, or notify Katherine Duffield at the Y. W. C. A. office.
Herbert Hoover Has World Of Patriotism Says Dean Templin
Newspapermen Know They Can Depend On What Hoover
Says
May Go Back
Food Administrator Works Without Salary at Personal Loss
"Any one in Washington who has had any relations with Herbert Hoover is completely under his influence. He is one man with a world of patriotism and a master mind such that he can carry his difficult work through the rain." And him are proud that we might be in the shadow of such a personality."
Dean Olin Templin, who just returned from Washington this week, where he has been serving as director of the collegiate section of the Federal Food Administration, was speaking of Herbert Hoover, the man by whose authority millions of people are fed each day.
HOOVER'S WORD IS GOOD
HOVER'S WORD is GOOD
"Why, even the newspaper men in Washington are under the domination of his brother, continued the dean. 'They have found two things about Mr. Hoover. First they know that he is absolutely straight-forward, that there is no gush about him, and second that he always tells the truth. He may not always talk when they want him to, but they know that they can believe what he does say.
"There is something strange about Mr. Hoover. He has none of the characteristics that you and I would believe a leader needs. He is timid and retiring and he is not a good talker. But he does have a master mind and we are carrying work with him carefully. He does not without any salary and I do not doubt but that he loses fifty thousand dollars a year in expenses."
TEMPLIN MAY STAY AT K. U.
TEMPLIN MAY STAT.
When questioned whether he would remain at the University or return to Washington to work, Dean Templin replied that he had not yet decided. "I hardly know what to do," said the dean. "I feel that Herbert Hoover is a man who might stop any one of us and ask us to go to work and that we should do whatever we could."
Dean Templin recently received a letter from Herbert Hoover praising the work he had done in the collegiate section and urging him to reconsider his resignation. Whether the dean will remain at the University or not will probably be decided soon. Dean Templin will go to Washington next week to arrange personal affairs there.
Will Play Ink Pianos
In State Contest Here
The third annual typewriting contest between high schools of Kansas will be held in Fraser Hall, May 10, at 2 o'clock. Thirty-two high school students are now enrolled, representing eight Kansas towns.
F. J. Kelly, dean of the School of Education, has received a large silver loving cup from Gov. Arthur Capper to be given to the high school whose students are most rapid and accurate in typewriting. The contest was held on Tuesday April 26th to encourage the study of typewriting in Kansas high schools.
Editor from Osawatomie Will Talk to Students
Keith Clevergen, editor of the Osawatime Graphic, will visit the University of Kansas Monday and talk to classes in journalism. He was a K. U. student six or eight years ago and started in active newspaper work on his father's paper, the "Graphic" in 1911. He took charge of the paper about three years ago when his father died.
Dykstra's Roof News Can Be Had In Full
Copies of the Daily Kansan containing the news reports of the lowering of the roof of Prof. C. A. Dykast's late barn-garage, now his garage, may be obtained at the business office of the Daily Kansan. Money must accompany all orders.