THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME III.
IN ONE MONTH
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 26,1906.
UNIVERSITY BIBLE HOUSE TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER.
Building Will Be Named Myers Hall—Total Cost Will Reach $20,000.
The new University Bible Chair House, just north of the library, which is being built by Christian Woman's Board of Missions, will be completed about the first week in November, and open to the University public from that date. It is a fourteen room, brick veneered
ELECT BY ACCLAMATION.
No Opposition for First Time in Class of 1908.
The Junior engineers and arts met in chapel Tuesday noon and elected the following ticket by acclamation: R. L. Douglas president, J. Herbert Lee, vicepresident, Miss Kate Reynolds secretary and Rex Singleton treasurer.
The election was the only one in the history of the class of '08 in which there was but one ticket in the field. In 1904 Miller McCreary and Clyde Com-
BUILDING FOR THE
KANSAS UNIVERSITY BIBLE CHAIRS,
LAWRENCE, KANSA$
HOWE,HOIT & CUTLER,ARCHITECTS.
structure, and will cost when completed about $20,000.
The building will be named Myers Hall in honor of Mrs. Mary Myers, of Philadelphia, who contributed $10,000 to the fund. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Beurgan of Moline, Kansas, gave $6,000 to purchase the old building and grounds. Dr. Payne will use the north end of the building for residence purposes. The first floor of the south end will be used for different phases of Bible Class work. It will have a study and office for the official work of the Hall. Two lecture rooms seating from twenty-five to thirty people each are to be used for class work. The library is also on the first floor. One large room on the second floor will be made into a rest room, which will be open to any one wishing to rest or enjoy a moment quietly reading.
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Otto Behimer, '05 A. B., of Wellington, Kansas, passed through Lawrence a few days ago on his way to Harvard. Behimer will do graduate work along the line of Economics and History.
The University Bible Chair was founded at the University in 1901 by the Christian Woman's Board of Missions, and Dr. W. C. Payne was placed in charge. The work offered by Dr. and Mrs. Payne, and that of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Wilbur of the Westminster House is the only instruction in Biblical topics offered to the University. The Westminister House was established in 1905 by the Presbyterian church of Kansas.
The customary class work will continue as soon as the Hall is finished. Dr. Payne is planning to do more systematic day work, and will continue his classes at clubs and fraternities.
mon were the candidates for president and in 1905 Roy Simpson and Frank Guy each aspired to the position of standard bearer. The fact that the ticket elected Tuesday was a "Barb" ticket placed in the field by a "Barb" caucus made possible the unanimous support accorded it by any factions that may have existed in the class.
ENTERPRISES ORGANIZE.
Scope of the Voluntary Fee is Extended Considerably.
Representatives of the various interests concerned in the Voluntary Fee met in Manager Lansdon's office yesterday afternoon and completed an organization known as the Associated Student Enterprises, to govern matters arising out of the voluntary assessment. The president and business manager of each of the six organizations are the representatives to the new association.
Section XI of the constitution which was adopted yesterday extends the privilege of the fee to the families of faculty members, to families of any student residing in Lawrence, and to all servants of the University and their families. This provision extends the scope of the fee much more than was at first contemplated.
The members who adopted the articles were: Manager Lansdon, of the Athletic Association; Frank Grant, of the old debating council; Heim Goldman, of the mandolin club; Sam Forter, of the glee club; John Ise, of the orchestra; and John Hawkinson of the band.
EMPORIA NEXT
The Betas are wearing colors for Roy Rouche of Topeka.
NORMAL VISITORS WILL BRING A CROWD.
Kennedy's Men Are Working Constantly---Ends and Halfbacks Hard Worked.
The football team has been hard at work all week and the outsider would imagine that Kennedy's proteges were preparing for the Nebraska game instead of the Emporia contest, if the interest in practice was taken as a criterion. The Coach always keeps the boys moving, and no matter how hot the evening or how tired the boys feel, the same regular signal practice is gone through with.
The game last Saturday demonstrated the fact that the ends and halves will have the most work. The quarterback kicks and the short punts necessitate that these men be ever on the alert and there is no doubt that the ordinary man cannot stand the strain of a whole game. The team, however, will not lack ends and halfbacks this year. White, Pleasant, Rouse, Lamb, and Burt can hold their positions with the best and no anxiety need be felt in that direction.
Halfbacks are also plentiful on the squad, but as a rule they are a little light. Angney, Veatch, Miller, Wallace and Dennis are all speedy men, but it will take a hard game to try their caliber.
Richardson turned in his suit last evening and the squad will loose a valuable man. Milton will have his old place without any opposition from now on.
Kansas is weak on a punter this year and it will almost be impossible to find a man to fill Pooler's shoes. The only consolation is the fact that most of the punts will be short ones but then this does not altogether satisfy Kennedy. A good punter must be found before the season is very far advanced.
The heavy men in the line will have to fight for their positions for some time and not until the big games can anything definite be said.
Saturday's game is not counted a very strenuous one and all the men will be tried out. The normals have sent word that they intend to bring an excursion and it will be necessary to get the "Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk!" in action again. The large crowd at the last game demonstrates the fact that the Varsity will not lack support this year.
Benjamin Greenfield left Monday evening for Wisconsin University to finish his course in mechanical engineering. He visited friends here for a few days.
IS CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.
Dr. Sudler Scores the Lawrence Water Company.
In view of the prevalence of a large number of cases of diphtheria and typhoid fever in Lawrence Dr. Mervin T. Sudler, of the medical school, delivered an address in chapel Tuesday morning which contained much valuable advice for aiding in the prevention of those diseases.
During the course of his remarks he took occasion to score the Lawrence Water Company in a very severe manner for furnishing the city at numerous times with water taken from the Kansas river instead of the deep wells. He characterized the practice as criminal negligence of the worst kind as the water from the Kansas river is filled with typhoid germs. He urged upon the student body the advisability of taking action to make the water company inspect the health of its patrons.
Doctor Sudler stated today that in the examinations so far made of students no cases of diphtheria had been found and that there is practically no danger of an epidemic among the University students. If, however, the disease is contracted an almost sure preventive of its developing is the takof a dose of antitoxine. The disease is not so easily contracted by older persons as by children.
So far no cases of typhoid fever have been reported among the students and everything is being done to prevent its outbreak. "Boil your water and milk before drinking," is the admonition given as a sure preventive of typhoid fever.
Only about six persons have been examined for diphtheria and in each case there was no symptoms of the disease. The room for the examination of students or the hours have not been decided upon and there appears to be no necessity for immediate action.
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Sophomores Nominate.
A large body of non-fraternity men met in caucus Monday evening in Fraser Hall and nominated the following ticket as the authorized "Barb" ballot for the sophomore class. President, Ernest Skofstad; vicepresident, Harold Armsby; secretary, Miss Zella Mitchell; treasurer, Carl Pleasant. The meeting was attended by representative barb men and the nominations made were in no way suggested by any fraternity.
The opposing ticket was put out soon after the first and is as follows; for president, Carl M. Ball; for vice-president, Johnson; for secretary, Mary Parker; for treasurer, Clyde Fife.
Chocolate ice cream sodas at Wiedemann's.
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