THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME II.
FRESHMEN WIN
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 2, 1906.
FIRST DEBATE GOES TO LOWER CLASS.
It Was a Close and Interesting Contest=-Class Support Very Light.
The freshmen won the first inter-class debate Monday night with the sophomores. The contest was a very interesting one because of the fact that it was a match of intellects instead of the time-honored match of brawn. The judges were Regent A. C. Mitchell, Professor L. E. Sisson, and Charles V. Jones, a law attorney at Clay Center. The freshmen received two votes and the sophomores one.
The freshman team, composed of Clyde Fife, Tom R. Gowenlock and Henry C. Waters, defended the affirmative, and Miller McCreary, Ansel Clark and Omer Miles the negative.
The question debated was: "Resolved, That Congress should delegate power to a commission to fix and regulate railroad rates."
The best work of the evening was the speech of Henry C. Waters of the freshman team, who did much toward winning the debate. He presented his argument in a clear and forcible manner, outlining a plan of rate regulation and substantiating it by argument which the sophomores were not successful in refuting. Ansel Clark was a strong speaker on the sophomore team. He made a very able speech and refuted practically all of the argument that had been advanced by the affirmative. He contended that such an act on the part of Congress would be vesting too much power in one body. The debate was opened by Clyde Fife, freshman, followed in order by Miller McCreary, sophomore; Tom R. Gowenlock, freshman; Ansell Clark, Sophomore; Henry C. Waters, freshman; Omer Miles, sophomore. Clyde Fife made the rebuttal speech.
Tom Gowenlock, the second speaker on the freshman team, produced good argument for his side and his argument was well presented. One point advanced by him was that the establishment of a railroad rate commission would do away with long
litigations. His summary was good. Omer Miles proved clearly the one point of unconstitutionality. He referred to the system of differentials now in operation between New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, which r revents the centralization of trade to one port, New York, as an example of the successful operation of rebates.
The support in the audience was about equal between the two classes. Both classes engaged in a lung contest before the debate began. John Bull and Charlie Hoar played a mandolin and guitar solo at the beginning of the debate and Mr. Tuthill sang a solo after the contest was over. Both of these were encored. The attendance was good and much enthusiasm was shown. There was every indication that these debates will attract much interest in the future.
Phi Gams vs. Alpha Tau.
The Phi Gams defeated the Alpha Taus in the first baseball game of the inter-fraternity series on McCook field this afternoon by the decisive score of 13 to 7. Clark played the star game for the Alpha Taus Score by Innings.
R H E
Phi Gams 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 3 x 13 10 3
Al. Taus 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 7 5 15
Batteries: Phi Gams, Hetherington and Campbell: Alpha Taus,
Clark and Forber; umpire Johnson.
Sophs Defeat Freshmen.
In the first inter-class baseball game the Sophs easily defeated the Freshmen Saturday afternoon by the score of 13 to 9. The '09ers were erratic throughout the game ane except two dis astrous innings when 5 scores each were made, the game would have been close. Score by innings:
R H E
Fresh 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 9 12
Sophs 0 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 x 13 13 4
Batteries: Soph, Dodge and
Coleman; Freshmen; Doubleday and
McKibben; umpire, Morgan.
1706 Enrolled.
Charles H. Landrum, of the class of '05, completed his enrollment in the Graduate School today. His enrollment makes 1706 on the University register for this year. The enrollment this year has fully met all expectations and a similar increase will make a total close to 2,000 by the end of next year.
The Men Who Will Meet Missouri May 5.
KANSAS DEBATING TEAM.
Next Saturday evening, May 5, is the ninth annual debate between Kansas and Missouri in the University chapel. The judges for the debate are all lawyers from Kansas City. They are Judge H. Field, Judge James Ellison, and Judge E. P. Gates.
The men who will represent Kansas are: John Gage, D.J. Howell, and McWilliams. John Gage, a junior in the College, is a graduate of Central High School of Kansas City in the class of 1903. He is a member of X Y Z literary society, and of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
D. J. Howell is a junior law, and a graduate of the Marysville, Mo., high school in the class of 1905. He was president of his graduating class, and did some debating. He is a member of the Athenian Senate.
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Sam McWilliams graduated from the Kansas State Normal in '97 and enlisted in the 23rd regulars in '98, going to the Philippines. After finishing his term of enlistment, coming out as corporal, he entered the U. S. mail service for two years. He has a considerable reputation as an elocutionist in Fort Scott.
The Missouri debaters are Clarence A. Cannon, M. C. Burk and B. G. Clark. Mr. Cannon, who leads their team, is a first year lawyer, and a graduate of William Jewell College.
No Iowa Debate?
Chapel exercises will be held from 10:45 to 11:30 Friday morning, to allow time for the arrival of Dr. Sanders, who is to deliver the address: The periods will be 8 to 9, 9 to 10, 10 to 10:45, and the last period from 11:30 to 12:15.
Late Chapel Friday.
The secretary of the Debating Council has as yet received no reply from Iowa with reference to the Inter-State debate, which Iowa asked to have called off. It is very improbable that any debate will be held. In this event the council will have a small balance in the treasury at the end of the year and there is a general sentiment in favor of using at least apart of it to buy pins for the teams.
TWO GAMES
FIRST MEETING WITH DRURY IN BASEBALL.
The Missourians are Strong Track Meet With Ottawa Saturday Afternoon.
The Jayhawker baseball team will play the Drury College team from Missouri on Friday and Saturday of this week. The Drury team has defeated the strong team from Arkansas University. This year is the first time that Kansas has engaged in athletic contests with this school and from the class of football they put up last fall there is no doubt that they will give us a hard game upon the diamond. Hoffman is certain to pitch one of the battles and Kirmeyer or Jones will occupy the box in the other game.
The Kansas supporters should be exceedingly proud of the batting record of our team at this period of the season. Out of 17 times at the bat in the last four games Capt. Johnson has hit safely 11 times, making a per cent of 650, and closely following him are Bloss, Brookins, Brown and Young. The average of the entire team is almost 250 now, while at the end of last year it was less than 200 percent.
The next contestants of Kansas on the track team will be Ottawa University, which will allow themselves to be measured by the strong Kansas team on Saturday. The Ottawa team is a stronger aggregation than that of Emporia College, so track enthusiasts may look for a good contest. They are reported to be exceptionally strong in the sprints and the weight events and have a relay team that is hard to beat. This will be the last opportunity to see the Kansas team in action before they meet the strong teams of Nebraska and Missouri, and at which the mettle of the boys from Kansas will be severely tried before they bring victory home. The meet will precede the base ball game between Kansas and Drury college.
C. O. Pingry went down to Topeka last evening to attend the Republican State Convention.
Bicycle Playing Card's at Vic's.
FRESHMAN PARTY! Fraternal Aid Hall, 8:30,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4,
Admission 75 cents.