The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 1, 1910
VOLUME VI.
NUMBER 61
FRENCH PLAY CAST CHOSEN
STUDENTS WILL ALSO PRESENT SPANISH DRAMA.
Both Productions Will Be Staged in the Gymnasium on April 23.
The tenth annual French play will be presented by the Frenel department on Saturday night April 23, in the gymnasium.
The play selected for this year is the three-net comedy, "Moi," by Labiche and Martin. These playrights have produced some of the best of the modern French comedies and "Moi" is one of their most popular productions The cast has been chosen and is made up entirely from students in the French department. The students who will take the different roles and their parts, follow Dutrecy, rentier — Martin Breaks
De La Porchaiea, rentier—Quay Barnett.
Armand Bernier, his nephew
—R. J. Ryland.
Thehere, his niece—Kather
ine Martin.
Fromental, banker—E. D.Cress man.
Georges Fromental, his son— J. F. Marshall.
Madame De Nuvieres, his daughter—Agnes Conrad.
Fourcinier, doctor—LaVergne Dale.
Aubin, a servant—H. B. Kellogg.
Cyprienne, a servant—Lois Harger.
As a curtain raiser the one-act Spanish drama, "El Sueno Dorado," by Vital Aza, will be staged. This is the first time that a Spanish play has been presented at this University and if successful this year the custom will become a permanent feature of dramatic productions. The cast for this performance has not been definitely selected.
Special scenery will be obtained for both productions and
everything that can make the play a success is being done. Special music is to be provided for intermissions. The direction of the action for both these productions will be entrusted to Professor Galloo, head of the French department.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY.
Earl Gregory Buried at His Home in Guthrie, Ok.
The body of Earl Gregory, the student who was killed last Friday night by falling off a Rock Island train at Bonner Springs, was taken to the home of his parents at Guthrie, Ok., Sunday night. Hal Rambo and Ira Irwin, his roommates accompanied the body home.
The funeral was held at Gregory's home in Guthrie, Ok., at 2:30 this afternoon.
SCOOP CLUB TO MEET.
Will Gather at Phi Delt House Tonight.
The Scoop club will hold a business meeting at the Phi Delt house, 1406 Tennessee street, tonight. Plans for the spring banquet with the newspaper men of Kansas City will be talked over it is important that all members be present.
Visited in Colorado.
Hal Clark and R. E. Watson well-known athletes of the University, returned Sunday morning from Denver, where they went the first of last week to attend the house-warming given by the Sig Alphs of Denver University for their new fraternity house. They also visited the Sig Alph chapter at the School of Mines at Golden, Col.
E. E. Brookens, '09, assistant supreme court reporter of Kansas visited the School of Law yesterday and addressed the middle law class on "Some errors in supreme court Briefs."
NEW BUILDING PLANS READY
BE FORMALLY AP PROVED SOON.
WILL
New Building Will Be the Center of the University Life of the Future.
After preliminary work lasting over a year, the plans for the new $500,000 administration building have been completed. They are the result of the work of Prof. W. A. Griffith, of the department of drawing and painting, Prof. W. A. McArdle, lecturer on architecture, and State Architect Chandler, Dean Olin Templin and Professor Griffith worked out the preliminary plans several months ago. Later their plans were submitted by the Board of Regents to the state architest, and then Professor McArdle did some work on them.
The architectural style of the structure is Classical-Renaissance its principal dimensions are; length, 480 feet; with of wings, 170 feet. The central section is 130x130 feet. The smaller sections on each side are 65-65 feet. The wings are three stories, the central sections four stories, and the intermediate section two stories in height.
The most striking feature of the interior design is the rotunda at the center of the building. This is 60 feet in diameter and extends through the entire four stories. It is lighted through the great flat dome. The rotunda is designed to be the center of the University life of the future.
The Board of Regents has not yet formally approved the new plans, but there is no doubt that this will be done at the next meeting. Formal approval of the
The present appropriation of $125,000 will be used to construct the east wing of the new building Excavation work has already begun, and when good weather comes again the work will be pushed to completion.
Fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler in southeast portion of Kansas.
THE WEATHER
plans was impossible at the meeting of the board held last Friday because a quorum was not present.
TO GET CHARTER.
First Real Co-Ed Honorary Fraternity in School.
The five girls in the Fine Arts school who formed a local honorary sorority to petition Alpha Psi, were visited last week by the grand secretary of this organization, who said that their petition would be granted and the installation take place this spring. Alpha Psi is purely honorary and membership is gained only by those who excel in music. This is the first honorary fraternity in the University to which only the coeds are admitted. Dean Skilton says he is in favor of the establishment of an organization of this nature in the Fine Arts school.
AGAIN THE GLEE CLUB.
Second Concert in Chapel Next Tuesday, March 8.
This concert will be given owing to the many requests from Lawrence people and students of the University who were unable to attend the concert which was given after Thanksgiving.
The Glee club of the University will give the second concert of the year next Tuesday evening March 8.
The program of the concert will not be the same as given at that time, but will be similar to the one given on the last trip. Athletic tickets will be good for admittance.
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the Good Government club tomorrow night at the Bhi Delt house. Prof. Bates will speak on the "English Budget.
14 GAMES ON SCHEDULE
BASEBALL PLAYERS PRE- PARING FOR CONTESTS.
Besides Games Scheduled, Others Are Tentative—Southern Trip Abandoned
Manager Lansdon announced this morning the schedule for the baseball team for the coming season. Fourteen games have been arranged and a half dozen more are practically assured. Work-outs have been in order during the past two weeks and the men will now be rounded into shape for the first games. The schedule calls for an equal division of at-home and foreign games. The first will be played against Nebraska on McCook.
Besides the scheduled games two are now in the tentative stage with the Baker team and two more will be played at some time as practice contests before the real season starts with the Haskell Indians. The "Aggies" will also be met, providing they agree to play under the conference rules.
The management found it impossible to schedule the Southern trip that has been anticipated and consequently it was abandoned.
Following is the schedule as given out today:
April 22-23, Nebraska at Lincoln.
April 15-16, Nebraska on MeCook.
April 29-30, Missouri on McCook.
May 10, St. Marys on McCook.
May 13-14, Washington on McCook.
May 19-20, Missouri at Columbia.
June 6-7-8, Arkansas at Fayet ville.
Miss Vera Atkinson a freshman in the College, will visit her brother in Kansas City Friday.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH WILL COST $500,000 WHEN COMPLETED.