The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 26, 1910
VOLUME VI.
NEW BUILDINGS ARE DEDICATED
ENGINEERS WILL COUNT TIME FROM YESTERDAY.
The dedication of the new engineering buildings yesterday marks the beginning of time with the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. Every loyal, enthusiastic engineer attend all the dedicatory services and celebrations.
Marvin Hall, and Haworth Hal Are the Names Given the Engineer Homes.
The first act in the dedication ceremony was the delivery of the keys to the University by W.Y. Morgan, secretary of the Board of Regents. After the response and transfer of the keys to Dean Marvin for the School of Engineering by Chancellor Strong, it announced the special action of the Board of Regents by which the central building of the new group is named Marvin hall. The honor thus conferred upon Dean Marvin received the hearty aplause of the audience, as did the announcement that the main building was named Haworth hall in honor of Professor Haworth.
The afternoon program closed with a song by the Engineers Glee club, which also sang twice earlier in the afternoon.
Dean Marvin's Address.
The first address on the afternoon program was "In Retrospect," a summary of the past, by Dean Frank O. Marvin. In intro
DEAN F. O. MARVIN
ducing him Chancellor Strong attributed to him more than all other men put together the credit for making the School of Engineering what it now is. Professor Marvin stated in the beginning of his speech that only a few of the varied events which had influenced the shaping of the policies and the working out of results could be touched upon.
The first catalog of the University issued in 1866, showed a faculty three professors and a student body of 26 women and 29 men without any other classification. In the next catalog the University offered two full curricula of college work, one along classical lines and the other of scientific character. Courses is drawing, mathematics and office and field practice in surveying
were introduced into the scientific curriculum in 1870. Frederick W. Bardwell, one of the faculty of eight people that year, had the title of professor of mathematical and engineering.
The next year provision was made for a professor of general and industrial drawing, and a curriculum in civil and topographical engineering was established. With the addition to the faculty of a professor of engineering and general industrial drawing, engineering was given the recognition o requiring a chair of its own. One of the four members of the first class graduated in 1873 was an en
PROF. ERASMUS HAWORTH
The national panic which followed "Black Friday" on Wall street in 1872 and the horde of locusts which devastated the state forced the University temporarily to abandon the idea of building up a distinctive engineering department, as the legislature of 1874 did not appropriate enough money for the Regents to fulfill some of the obligations they had already made.
The death of Professor Bardwrel in the summer of 1878 was a serious blow to the scientific strength of the University. Prof. Miller was asked to take charge of engineering as a temporary matter and Mr. Frank O. Marvin was appointed assistant professor of mathematics, physics and engineering. In the fall of 1882 a chair of civil engineering was established and Assistant Professor Marvin placed in charge, the work being separated from that of physics and astronomy. A separate organization for a School of Engineering was established in 1891 and schemes provided for the study of civil and electrical engineering. In 1899 full curricula were added in mechanical and mining engineering and the latter was placed undirection of the Professor E Haworth.
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In speaking of the work in electrical engineering, Professor Marvin paid tribute to the work of Professor L. L. Blake, who occupied the chair of physics and electrical engineering from 1891 to 1906. In referring to the general progress of the School, he gratefully acknowledged the loyalty, zeal, enthusiasm, and hearty co-operation of the present faculty. He also spoke with appreciation of the spirit manifested by students and alumni.
STUDENT MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
EARL GREGORY KILLED NEAR BONNER LAST NIGHT
With Companions Was Beating His Way to Kansas City—Body Found This Morning.
The body of Earl Gregory, a junior in the Law School, from Guthrie, Ok., was found at 7:30 this morning under the bridge at Bonner Springs, by a Union Pacific section man. The body was on the ice, partly submerged in the water. The lower jaw was broken and there was a bruise over the left eye.
Last night Earl Gregory, hi-
room-mate, E. Ira Irwin, a fresh
man in the College, also of Guthrie,
and William Hammer, a juni-
ior in the Law School, set out to
"beak" their way to Kansas City.
They got on the eastbound Union
Pacific at 8:40, Hamner and Irwin
on the blind baggage of the
first car, and Gregory on the
second. The first two did not miss
Gregory until they arrived in
Kansas City. They then thought
that he had been put off at one
of the stations along the line, and
did not learn that he had been
killed until their return this
morning.
It is almost certain that Gregory met his death by being hit by the bridge as the train passed over it. The doctor in Bonner Springs who examined the body this morning, said that it probably had been on the ice all night, and as the train passed there at 10 p. m., it would appear that he met his death in this way.
The body was identified this morning by Paul Surber a freshman, who was visiting at Bonner Springs. He identified it by the fraternity pin on his breast and letters found in his pocket. William Gregory, father of the dead boy, city engineer at Kuthrie, Ok. has been notified and will be here immediately to take care of the body.
Gregory was a member of the Sig Alph fraternity. He lived at 1224 Ohio street.
About one hundred people, the members of the music club and their friends, enjoyed a Schubert song recital by Mrs. Blanch Lyons on Wednesday afternoon at Dick's studio, by Mrs. Olin Bell, Mrs. C. G. Dunlap made a few explanatory remarks before each selection. Each member of the club was allowed to bring five guests.
Mrs. Lyons Gave Recital.
Members of the faculty at Minnesota have pledged $100,000 with which to build an apartment house for the use of the University professors.
George Banta, president of Zeta province of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, is visiting at the local chapter house today.
THE WEATHER.
Generally fair tonight and Friday; slowly rising temperature.
THE WIND WAS TEMPERED
Zero Weather Brought One Engineer Back to Lawrence.
"He froze up the ditches so the boss could let me off, and its about the first time I was ever thankful for either zero weather or frozen ground when I was trying to put in a sewer."
"The Lord is mighty good to me," said an engineer yesterday morning, who had returned to his Alma Mater for the dedication of the Engineering buildings.
THE TRIP IS NEARLY OVER
TWO MORE VICTORIES ADDED TO THE LIST.
Jayhawkers Defeat Nebraska 40 to 20 and Ames Is Baten 31 to 18—Team Home Tomorrow.
Last night the Jayhawkers won the third game this year from the Cornhuskers on the court of their rivals. The score was 40 to 20. This is the final step to the championship of the Missouri Valley. Van der Vries played a star game for the Kausans and did the bulk of the scoring. Wood, the colored guard was the star for Nebraska and as was the case when the two teams played here, the struggle between he and the Kansas captain, was a great exhibition. Tommy managed to hold a shade the better of the argument and shot three goals.
Tonight the wanderers play the last game of their trip at Lincoln, and tomorrow will see them back at the old stand, after the most successful trip that any college basket ball-team anw themthebasket-ball team in this section of the country has ever taken.
The Kansas Travelers had very little trouble in attaching the fixtures to the Iowa Aggies Thursday. The score was Kansas 31. Aggies 18. Hamilton's gang took the lead in the first two minutes of play and at the same time were game went on. They played much faster ball then did their opponents and a the same time were far their superiors in goal shooting: At the end of the first half the Jayhawkers led by a tally of 18 to 7. In the second period Ames played a better game and their star, Herbert, made a lot of trouble for the travellers. The starring for Kansas was done by Woodward, who caged six bass kets.
Homer Berger, business manager-elect of The Kansan, and Clyde Dodge, a freshman in the College, went to Kansas City yesterday to visit over Sunday with home folks.
QUORUM WAS NOT PRESENT
REGENTS DID NOT ACT ON T.
N. E. AFFAIR.
Chancellor Has Not Completed Reading the Letters Sent Out Some Time Aga.
On account of the failure of a quorum to be present at the meeting of the Board of Regents, held yesterday, the action, which was to have been taken with regard to the T. N. E. investigation, was postponed indefinitely. Regents Cambern and Morgan were present. Regent White has not yet returned from New York, Regent Hopkins was called to Chicago, and Regents Foley and Gleed were detained by local duties.
Chancellor Strong has not yet had time to read all the replies to the letters he sent to the fraternities and the fraternity men asking for information concerning Theta Nu Epsilon as it has existed in the University since the compact made three years ago by the members of T. N. E. and the fraternities with the Board of Regents. As soon as the Chancellor can finish the preparatory work, the Board will meet and take final action against the society.
Owing to the fact that the stories printed by The Kansan several weeks ago caused considerable comment among the students of the University an investigation was made by The Kansan to find what fraternities had members who had joined with T. N. E. or the same society under a different name since April 10, 1907. It was found that members from four of the eight fraternities of the Universities were wearing the T. N. E. pin. These men were not members of T. N. E. Prior to April 10, 1907. The four fraternities are Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Alpha Tau Omega.
Outside of an occasional meeting of the old members of T. N. E., the organization has been inactive for the past two years until late this fall. Urged on by a new member of the faculty, who is himself a member of T. N. E., the latent society decided to give a little party. It is understood that the members of T. N. E. had no idea of the perilous position they were placing themselves in when they allowed themselves to be influenced by this new member of the faculty.
THE VESPER SERVICE Bishop W. A. Quayle Will Speak Tomorrow.
One of the most notable services of the year will be held at tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Bishop William A. Quayle of Oklahoma City will deliver th address Th musical program will b as follows: piano prelude, "Romance," Dykes; chorus, "The Heavens are Telling," from "The Creation," Hayden; piano, organ and Busoni.
Make Dates for Junior Party, Admission 75c. F.A.A.Hall, Mar.4 Shanty's Orchestra