THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME III.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JANUARY 23, 1907.
REGENTS NAMED
NUMBER 32
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GOVERNOR SENT NAMES TO SENATE YESTERDAY.
W. Y. Morgan and J. Willis Gleed are New Members.-Both are Graduates.
Governor Hoch sent to the senate yesterday for ratification the following appointments to the Board of Regents, for the four year term beginning February 1: Scott Hopkins, A. B. '81, Horton, reappointed; W. Y. Morgan, A. B. '85, Hutchinson; J. Willis Gleed, A. B. '79, Topeka. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Gleed succeed Frank J. Crowell of Atchison and Thomas W. Butcher, now of Edmond, Oklahoma.
Mr. Morgan, "Billy" Morgan as he is known, is a well-known character in Kansas affairs, and recently drew very favorable attention with his highly humorous "Journeys of a Jayhawker," which ran through two or three editions. Mr. Gleed, who graduated in law from Columbia University after leaving here, is one of the best known lawyers in the State. He has been for several years general attorney for the Frisco System in Kansas.
With the exception of Mr. Potter, of Peabody, the board is composed wholly of Kansas University men, four of whom are graduates. Mr. White, the fifth member, was at the University for less than four years.
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Junior Committee Named.
Manager prom: Cecil Forter.
Farce committee: Roy Roberts, chairman; Bernard Sheridan, Everett Copley, Henry Bischoff, Raymond Barrows, Helen Eveland, Kate Reynolds, Lucia Burnham.
President R. L. Douglas, of the junior class, announced the appointment of the following committees yesterday:
Invitation committee: John Schwinn, chairman; Adelbert McCleverty, James Daugherty, Frank Blackmar, Allen Dodge, Richard Priest, Edith Turner, Thekla Fisher, Esther Rauch, Gertrude Brock, Susie Shafer. Decoration committee: Frank Parker, chairman; William J. Wilder, Burton Sears, Winnifred Wilcox, Eleanor Blakey, Leonard Pulliam.
Finance committee: Rex Singleton, chairman; Ralph Feagles, Sidney Cook, Mary Minor, Florence Henlen.
Refreshment committee, Carl Young, Clara Brigham, Genevieve Clark, Nellie Shearer.
Music committee: Howard Farnsworth, chairman; John Ise, Billy Miller.
Senior Party.
The senior class will give its first party in F. A. A. hall Friday evening, February 1. Everybody is invited.
STILL MORE ELEMENTS.
Neon and Argon Discovered in Natural Gas.
Professor H. P. Cady and Professor D. F. McFarland have continued their research work since their discovery of helium in natural gas and have recently discovered also the related elements neon and argon in the gas. The argon was found in the Dexter gas and the neon in the local pipeline gas. The element neon is a little more scarce in the aggregate than the element helium but is present in a little larger quantity in the air. Neon is present in the air to the extent of one part of neon to 80,000 to 90,000 parts of air. Helium is found to the extent of one part of helium to 250,000 parts of air. Argon is a little more plentiful, being present to the extent of one part of argon in 100 parts of air. Professors Cady and McFarland are still continuing their analysis of the gas to determine whether or not other members of this group are present.
This discovery of neon and argon in natural gas is of considerable interest since these elements are found here in larger quantities than in the air, which has been heretofore the only source from which they could be obtained. Sufficient quantity of these elements for experimental purposes can thus be obtained much more readily than they could formerly when the air was the only source from which they could be obtained.
For a Bowling Alley.
A letter of inquiry came to the Eldridge House yesterday, asking about the terms that could be made for the use of Fraser Hall as a bowling alley. "I have several halls in mind," writes the inquirer, "but have been informed that Fraser Hall would be just the thing. Write as to terms, etc." Inquiry developed the fact that the man really wanted to know about Frazier Hall on Massachusetts street.
Hospital Association Notice.
There will be a meeting of the University Hospital Association on Friday evening of this week at the home of Professor Bailey,1329 Ohio Street. Changes in the constitution and other matters leading to a permanent organization for next year will be discussed. All member are urged to attend if possible.
Dr. Palmer Lecture Tomorrow.
Owing to a delay in trains at Albany, N. Y., Dr. Palmer failed to get to Lawrence today. The first of his series of lectures will be in the University chapel tomorrow evening, instead of this evening.
BARDS AT THE U.
PROFESSOR CARRUTH AND H. H. KEMP IN FEB. AMERICAN.
Kemp Has a Poem Accepted by Century—Supports Himself at University by Writing.
The University of Kansas is surely well represented in the February number of the American magazine which is partly owned by William Allen White, a former student of the University and at present one of the regents. William H. Carruth has an excellent poem in this issue entitled, "It Is Glory Enough," and Harry H. Kemp, the "tramp" poet of K. U. has a full page poem entitled "The Song of the Wireless Telegraph."
Mr. Kemp has a poem accepted by the "Century" and one by "Everybody's" which will appear within the near future. A poem entitled "Oklahoma" is now in the hands of the New York Independent to be run when the new state adopts its constitution. Kemp is also writing for the Topeka Capital and the Kansas City Star and by his pen is supporting himself at the University. He has just received a commission from one of the Kansas City papers to come to that city and in the disguise of a tramp to make a visit to all the charitable institutions in the city and among the slums to gather material for a series of feature stories.
Telephones and Phone Systems.
The Sigma Xi society has arranged for a series of public scientific lectures during the winter and spring. The first of them will be a lecture on "Telephones and Telephone Systems," by Mr. C. S. Winston of Chicago on Monday evening, February 4, at 8 o'clock in University hall. The lecture will be popular in character and will be illustrated by lantern slides and other apparatus. Mr. Winston is one of the best known telephone engineers in the country and his lecture will be instructive and entertaining. The general public is invited.
Kansan Elects.
S. E. Crumb, laboratory assistant in Entomology, has been invited to talk in two agricultural meetings in Cherokee county the first of next month. He will talk at Baxter Springs and at Weir City, on "The Relation of Entomology to Farming."
At the last regular meeting of the Kansan board two freshman members were elected. They are: Judith Connelly and Wesley Stout, both freshmen in the College from Kansas City. They were elected solely on the merit of the work they have done this year in newspaper writing. There will be another election about the end of the year.
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BASKETBALL MEN WORKING
Will Play Ottawa Feb. 8.—Trip to Nebraska Later.
One thing is almost certain, there will be no game in the K. U.gymasium as no visiting team will risk their lives among the pillars and there is no room for spectators.
The basketball team is rounding into form for the first trip which will begin Frebruary 8, with Ottawa University at Ottawa. Manager Lansdon is in Topeka today arranging for a game with Washburn College. Manhattan, Ft. Riley and Nebraska will be played on this trip.
The team this year is not so strong as it was last year, but Captain Miller is doing all he can to develop a strong team. The men work well but the forwards are not up to the standard in team work during a game.
OKLAHOMA TEAM CHOSEN.
Butler and Lomax Will Debate the Sooners.
The tryout for the Oklahoma debate was held in the lecture room of the Law building Monday evening.
The question debated was: Resolved: "That the present policy of the United States in excluding the Chinese should be maintained." The first two places were awarded to R. E. Butler and S. Lomax, with W. W. McCandles as first alternate. The other speakers in the contest were Charley Ise, John Ise, Gibbs, and Petry. A friend of the University presented a Webster Office Dictionary to the one winning first place. In the tryout for this debate Oklahoma has but two men entered.
Change Assessment Percentages.
At the meeting of the Association of Student Enterprises Monday afternoon the managers of the musical clubs were asked to prepare financial statements of the receipts and expenditures of their organizations. If their portion of the student's assessment is found too small, steps will be taken to increase the amount for that purpose. It seems probable that the assessment may be raised for next year for various reasons. It is a little too low this year, and another year the hospital association fee will probably be included. As soon as the various managers report the conditions in their clubs, all these matters will be taken up in detail, and the organization perfected for another year.
Professor Frazier will go to Manhattan Saturday to act as a judge in the oratorical contest to be held at the State Agricultural College.