THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME III.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JANUARY 16, 1907.
NUMBER 30
THE BIG FIVE
TENTATIVE ORGANIZATION OF MISSOURI VALLEY SCHOOLS.
Permanent Organizations Will be Attempted Next Month—Slight Disagreement on Rules.
At a conference of five of the big schools of the Missouri Valley in Kansas City Saturday a temporary organization was effected. The schools represented were Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Washington and Kansas Universities. Professor A. T. Walker, Dr. James Naismith and Manager W. C. Landson represented Kansas.
During the meeting the subjects of the one-year residence rule and post-graduates rule, the scheduling of Freshmen foot-ball games outside of the University and the training table were thoroughly discussed. The Kansas representatives stood tooth and toenail against the one year rule and the rule making post-graduates ineligible. Nebraska sympathized with Kansas while Washington, Iowa and Missouri favored the reaffirmation of the Chicago conference on these points. The majority of the conference also opposed the scheduling of Freshman games outside the University. The training table is to be permitted providing the men on it pay half the expense and the amount paid by the athletic board not exceed $400 each year.
At another meeting about one month hence this organization will be permanently effected, providing the athletic boards of the several schools adopt the recommendations of their representatives from Saturday's meeting.
Just when these rules would go into effect is another question at present. If they take effect at once a Missouri Valley track meet will be probably held in Kansas City this spring between the five schools and basket-ball and base-ball games will probably be scheduled. If the new rules do not take effect until next fall our track meets and ball games will be governed by the same rules that we followed last year.
Among the students and faculty very few are opposed to the organization of the Conference but a large per cent among the students especially are opposed to the elimination of our freshmen athletes and degree men from this spring's athletic contests. In track and base-ball Kansas would lose some of the best material she has had for years.
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At the mid-week meeting of the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow evening Charles Siler will speak on "Belief."
WASHBURN QUESTION.
Council Has Submitted the Iowa Subject.
The Debating Council at its meeting Monday afternoon, voted to submit the Iowa question for the Washburn debate. It is "Resolved: That the cities of the United States should seek the solution of their traction problems in private ownership." The Council has been slow in announcing the question on account of Washburn's delay in notifying them of the ratification of the compact.
The first preliminary debate will be for the Oklahoma question next Monday evening. The list of men for this preliminary is announced in another column.
Kansas City Automobile Show.
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Kansas City will this season hold its first annual Automobile Show in its big Convention Hall, the week of March 4th to 10th, inclusive. The show will be held under the management of the International Show Association.
The show will be modeled after the big eastern shows and Manager Woodward promises something novel in the way of decorations and lighting. The Convention Hall is an ideal place for expositions of this kind; it has floor space, arena, of 110 x 185 feet, and a seating capacity of 15,000.
The business office is in the Willis Wood theater building, and the board is composed of Louis W. Shouse, chairman; D.M.Shively,secretary; Frank L.Woodward,manager and treasurer.
University Men in Legislature.
The following is a list of graduates and former students of the University now in the Legislature, with the counties they represented:
J. A. Edwards, Greenwood; F. B. Wheeler, Crawford; S. C. Westcott, Cherokee; W. R. Stubbs, Douglas; J. W. Harden, Montgomery; J. M. Davis, Bourbon; Sheffield Ingalls, Atchison; G. P. Hayden, Nemaha; C. F. Foley, Rice; W. Y. Morgan, Reno; C. L. Davidson, Sedgwick; A. C. Mitchell, Douglas; E. P. Rochester, Scott; C. T. Neihart, Osage; C. I. Martin, Bourbon.
Two Interstate Meets.
The K. U. track team is invited to take part in the K. C. A. C. invitation indoor meet at Kansas City, March 3, and the M. A. C. indoor meet at St. Louis, March 17. If Missouri is scheduled March 10 or 24 at Kansas City, Coach Hagerman will have a few busy days soon. Even now he is running a bunch of distance men in the basement of the new gymnasium every afternoon.
COLLEGE WORLD
NEWS OF OUR SISTER INSTITUTIONS.
Michigan Sore at Chicago Conference. —Washburn To Get a Gymnasium.
Sentiment at the University of Michigan seems to be running strongly in favor of rebellion against the action of the Chicago Conference last Saturday. The last issue of the Daily says: "If anything like the old Michigan spirit prevails among the students, a mass meeting will in all probability be called next week to petition the University senate to withdraw from the conference."
The failure of the seven-game schedule and of the elimination of the retroactive feature of the three year rule is the cause of discontent. By the latter Michigan loses Captain Garrels, Ramey and Stewart from the track team; Captain Magoffin, Graham, Hammond and Patrick in football; Wendell and Carruthers in baseball.
Gymnasium for Washburn.
President Plass of Washburn announced last week a gift of $35,000 by a nameless friend of that college to be used in building a gymnasium. The gift is conditional on raising $80,000 for the permanent endowment fund of the college.
Nebraska's New Coach.
"King" Cole, as he is known at Michigan and in Virginia, has been chosen by the athletic board to coach Nebraska next fall. Coach Cole is perhaps one of the best all round football men in the west, having won an enviable record on the Michigan team, where he played for four years. At the University of Virginia last season he succeeded in turning out one of the fastest football teams in the history of that institution. Daily Nebraskan.
New History Book.
The class in American Government next term will study the one volume edition of Bryce's "American Commonwealth." This is one of the most notable books about the United States ever written and the recent appointment of Mr. Bryce as British ambassador gives to it a new interest.
Mrs. Robert Snyder, Jr., of Kansas City is visiting Bertha Bowen at the Theta house.
The Sigma Nus have pledged T. W. Gaines of Kingfisher, Okla.
Dean Marvin will speak in chapel Friday.
There will be something doing March 1.
Kansas Club at Michigan.
Kansas students of the University of Michigan held an enthusiastic meeting last evening at the home of one of the members and organized a state club. The membership list at the start includes thirty men whose homes are in all parts of the Jayhawker state. A social committee was chosen to have charge of a banquet to be given shortly before the beginning of the second semester.
Officers were elected for the new organization as follows: President, Isaac R. Rubin; vicepresident, Frank Bates; secretary, C. W. Colby; treasurer, T. M. Eaman; executive committee, Charles Dettweiler, Clyde L. King, R. F. Hunt; social committee, Philip R. Anderson, Charles W. Eaman, C. A. Steele. —Michigan Daily.
Debating Notice.
The following men will debate the Oklahoma question in the preliminary next Monday evening, January 21: Charles Ise, John Ise, E. Petry, J. T. Jennings, R. E. Butler, W. W. McCandless, Parker, S. Lomax, O. Souders.
They will meet in Professor Higgins' office in Green Hall Friday, after chapel to draw lots for the side of the question they are to debate.
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Prof. Gray in Quill Club.
Charles H. Gray, of the English department read a paper on "Historical and Literary Concord" at a meeting of the Quill Club last evening. He illustrated his lecture by photographs of places of interest. His paper was an account of a personal visit to Concord.
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Miss Adelaide Thurston, who will be at the Bowersock Opera House Thursday evening ranks as one of the best and most popular of the younger stars in the profession. Her new play, "The Girl from Out Yonder," is a delightful four act comedydrama dealing with life on the Maine coast in all its rugged simplicity. Robert Siddell, actor and stage manager with Miss Thurston is an ex-University of Wisconsin man, and is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
J. M. Davis, who was at the University from '88 to '91, visited here Monday. He is a representative in the legislature from the 22nd legislative district. His home is at Bronson, Bourbon county.
A picture for the senior cut will be given free with every dozen pictures purchased at the Morris Studio.
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The usual good line of cigars and tobaccos at the Corner Grocery, 1303 Kentucky.