THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
VOLUME V.
LAUDED DIXIE IDEALS
Supt. James M. Gwinn of New Orleans, Praised the South
NUMBER 11
IS REGAINING INFLUENCE
Position in National Affairs Strongest Since Civil War
The address, "Southern Ideals" given by M. James M. Gwinn, superintendent of schools of New Orleans in Blake Hall, yesterday afternoon, was one of the best which has been given at the University this summer. Mr. Gwinn said he gave a most interesting sketch of the southern life. He said in part:
"The fundamental American ideals are the ideals of the people of the Southland. The South is of the nation and holds in common with the ideals of our country those ideals which have given character and individuality to our nation."
"The decrease of southern influence in national governmental affairs in the years following the Civil War caused some to think the South apart from the rest of the nation. Recently the South has regained her position of influence in national affairs with a president, speaker of the house, mayor, and practice of southern blood, and separation tend to disappear.
"The South is more conservative than the North and held the early political and governmental ideal more inviolate—that it was less ready and able to change with changing conditions. In the war between the states we of the South believe the South contended for the original provisions of the Constitution, while the North stood for change. A change to meet the new conditions which all now recognize as necessary and wise.
"The South has not cared so much for accumulating wealth as other portions of the nation. The hurry and striving after the almighty dollar is not so characteristic of the South. The Southerner says, 'A wealth of worth rather than a worth of wealth. Makes men rather than money.'
"Southern hospitality is known well among the who have travelled through the South."
"The love of the past is strong in the South; 'Old times there are not forgotten. Our women love to count and account the 'greatful days and events before the war.'"
TRAVEL MOVIES POPULAR
"Political rather than commercial and industrial aspects of society have attracted the attention of the southern man. The average southern man is likely to be interested in politics and culture, but not in community life. Rhetoric and oratory are natural products of this emphasis on the political side."
Good Crowds Saw the Mawson Antarctic Pictures
The Mawson Travel Pictures proved a big drawing card in Fraser church Wednesday and last night. Although icebergs ten or fifteen times as large were trailing up raiding blizzards were shown the temperature of the room was not affected.
The penguins waddled along flopping their wings, jumping into the cold water and then back to land. Large numbers were seen with seals and sea elephants as they stood gazing at the members of the Mawson party.
Pictures of peculiar ice formations and the icy crevasses where Lieutenant Nimmis lost his life were shown. The pervious trip of Sir Douglas Crew sent Nimmis and Dr. Mertz showed the dangers of traveling in the region.
The pictures were shown here as a result of some hard work by the Extension Department.
C. B. Watkins, a Summer Session student, spent Tuesday in Kansas City in conference with one of his teachers. Professor Watkins has charge of a ward school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He says that the breeze Mr. Oueland is mighty fine after coming from the hot climate of Oklahoma.
Miss Aura Smith, a teacher in the Kansas City schools, spent last week in Lawrence with Miss Myrtle Ferguson a student in the Summer Session. Miss Smith has gone to Tonganoxie to spend a few days. From there she will return to her home in Kansas City.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1916.
Prof. C. H. Ashton and family motore dtd Kansas City last Saturday and returned home the same day.
BUYS, SELLS AND BUYS
AGAIN DODGE CITY PAPER
Ross E. Busenbard, who was graduated from the University in June has bought, sold and bought back again the Dodge City Weekly Journal from C. T. Warren in the course of the last three weeks.
"Easy money" caused Busenbark to sell the paper back to Warren according to the Belpre Bulletin which is owned by a sister-in-law of Busenbark. Presumably it was some more of the same substance that caused Mr. Ross to become Ross Ross. Ross Busenbark was associated in the enterprise with his brother, Homer.
Mr. Warren is planning to move to Lawrence this summer and his daughter, Helen, will enter the University this fall.
Plain Tales from the Hill
Katherine Reding, who was a sophomore in the University last winter will spend her vacation in Colorado. Miss Reding with her parents and sister left last week in their car for a trip through Colorado. They carry their camping equipment with them to all of the campgrounds they the summer. During their journey they will visit Denver, Pueblo, and Colorado Springs.
One day last week when Prof. Arthur MacMurray picked up a book belonging to one of his star readers a dainty little powder puff fell to the floor. And you should have seen how much effort was required for the fractory article, so far it was done that those in the back seats could not understand just what had happened.
Max, the English bull terrier belonging to Dr. Alice Goetz, has just returned from the "Canine Beauty Parlors" at Kansas City, where he has been for the past month having his ears trimmed. He seems glad to get home although he is still a trifle touchy about his ears for they are still sensitive. But he will soon be able to put on all the airs proper to a full-blood English bull terrier with clipped ears.
The class in diplomacy under Prof. W. W. Davis took a good laugh Monday morning when V. D. Fulcrut, a Summer Session student, with a hand grip rushed into the class room in the Administration Building at exactly 7:30 o'clock. When asked if he had a hand grip, Dr. Fulcrut insisted that he did not have anything in his hand grip. He said he had made his usual Sunday evening trip to Bonner Springs, but had missed the last car back to Lawrence
Prof and Mrs. F. H. Sibley save left for Minneapolis, Minn., where they will secure a cottage for the summer. Professor Sibley will return in a week to resume his consulting work with a firm in Kansas City.
George H. Marshall, a student of the Summer Session, visited with friends in Ottawa Saturday and Sunday.
The last month of summer school will offer the same attraction as the six week course. The Sings and Recreation hours will be continued and both the Pool and Potter's Lake will remain open. Classes will be closed,colored rooms of the building and if electric fans can be provided for the chapel the free moving picture shows and chapel exercises will not be abandoned.
Fletcher Hasken '16, spent Sunday here visiting old friends. Mr. Hasken is connected with the Bell Telephone people at Kansas City.
Final examinations for the six weeks course will be held Wednesday, July 10, on the hour at which the classes are offered. In the four weeks' course will take place early in the week.
A comedy in Birdville occurred yesterday, comedy from the onlookers point of view but grim tragedy from the point of view of _ Mr. and Mrs. Wren, who were just returning to their home in the honeysuckle when they beheb Mr. Jaybird hurryring with a wilde egg in his bill. They imitated their pursuit and formed an outraged procession behind it, screaming, scolding and gesticulating as only these little birds came.
Walter Weisenbon, c19, spent Sunday here visiting friends. Mr. Weisenbon is spending his vacation at in his Kansas City.
Final Exams Wednesday
MONEY NOT EVERYTHING
Dean Templin Points Out Other Things of Importance in Interview
When asked yesterday for his opinion regarding the recent resignations of professors from the College faculty Dean Olin Tempelin said:
"Personally, I confess I am glad to know that members of the University faculty are so appreciated, as is indicated by their election to other institutions, although I regret as much as any one can the fact that some of them have decided to make a change. These invitations to go elsewhere are the best evidence that the faculty is made up of men and women of ability. It would be the easiest thing in the world to get together a faculty that would never be disturbed in this way, but I doubt whether the people of Kansas want such a faculty as that. It may sound queer but I do not hesitate to say that I hope that those who are elected to fill these vacancies will very shortly be called for by such institutions as Chicago, Cornell and Wisconsin. I know of other members of our faculty who are right now on the waiting lists of other universities and may be called in the near future, fortunately, most of our best teachers have not been discovered. I could give other institutions some valuable pointers in that line.
"The matter of supreme importance is that those who faithfully and competently do the heavy work of the institution shall be appreciated and employed, but not they are so fortunate as to attract the attention of other institutions.
"Of course, Kansas can not compete in all respects with the greater universities of the land. They can offer advantages that are entirely out of our reach here, and will be for many years to come. The only thing for us to do is to do the best we can, gradually improve conditions, hold as many of the best men as we can, and let the others go and in their going form bonds of intimate union and sympathy with these great institutions. Even there these men can still serve Kansas, and serve her in ways in which she needs to be served, and in which others can not serve her.
"The departure of Professor Millis is a great loss to the University and so also is that of Professor Ogden and Professor Becker and many others that have gone before, but let us thank the Lord that they have been here, and let us do everything possible to find more like them."
Concerning the question of salaries a paragraph in the last annual reports of Dean Templin to the Chancellor deserves quotation. It is as follows:
"Relatively too much consideration, is often given to the question of salaries, important as that factor is in the building of a faculty. The chance of working under favorable conditions, the sympathetic appreciation of competent and faithful efforts, a realization of position, connection with an institution of undoubted standing in the academic world, confidence in the justice of the administration in its treatment of all alike, enough but not more teaching than is consistent with high standards and scholarly efforts in research and production—these things weigh more heavily with the best type of university men and women than does mere money. When these things can be secured and an intelligent policy of recruits a university faculty will be assembled that is competent, contented and creditable."
Ralph D. (Lefty) Sproull, who was operated on for appendicitis, at Shaw Hospital, Holton, Wednesday, July 5th, is recovering rapidly. He is past the danger point now, and is able to take nourishment.
The physician in charge says that he will be able to leave the hospital Sunday or Monday, but he will not have regained strength enough to take up summer work, at the beginning of the second term. Neither will he ever return to school as City Red Sox on the coast, as he had planned, being unable to participate in any athletics until late this fall, for fear of reopening the incision
LEFTY SPOURL RECOVERING
RAPIDLY FROM OPERATION
OPENFOUR WEEKS MORE
K. U. Dames to Picnic
The K. U. Dames will entertain their husbands with a picnic Saturday evening at the home of Mr. J. G. Cummings, west of town. All the married students of the Summer Session with their wives will meet with Mrs. C. C. Stewart, 814 Missouri street at four o'clock.
Swimmers Can Use Potter Lake Remaining of Summer
Session
Ten more loads of sand were dumped into Potter's Lake Wednesday and as a result Summer session studious again have a clean place to swim in.
Although the first semester of the session ends next week, W. O. Hamilton, manager of athletics announced yesterday that the lake would be open for at least four weeks longer with the usual guards in charge. At the request of the three guards, Adrian Lindsey, Scrubby Laslett, and Swede Kennedy, Manager Hamilton has issued the following rules to govern the conduct of swimmers at the lake.
(1) The lake will be under the control of the Department of physical training and will be used for the regular departmental work in swimming.
(2) No charge will be made to Summer School Students Regular enrolled In Swimming. (3) All others will be charged a fee of $1.00 for four weeks ending August 18. (4) Boys and girls under sixteen (16) years of age must furnish written permission of parent or guardian. (5) A guard and student instructor of swimming will be furnished but no responsibility for accidents will be assumed. (6) No swimming is permitted when guards are not in charge. (7) The hours for swimming are restricted to 9-12 and 2:00 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock. (8) Persons entitled to use the lake will be furnished a permit which must be granted before entering the lake. (9) The right is reserved to refuse a permit to use the lake any time. (10) No rowdyism will be mitted. (11) No swearing or obscent talk permitted. (12) No "ducking" permitted. (13) The boat is reserved for the use of the guard at all times. (14) All bathers must wear dark coated, neat and proper clothes. (15) Persons who will not observe the above reasonable rules will be barred from use of lake. (16) Howard Laslett, Adrian Lindsey and Swede Kennedy are placed in charge with full authority to enforce all above rules.
Special Notice. The guard is on hand to give assistance when ever necessary. Simulation of distress will be considered a breach of rules.
An extra guard, Carl P. (Swede Kennedy, has been put on the guard force at Potter's Lake by W. O. Hamilton, manager of athletics. Swimming will now be permitted from nine to twelve o'clock in the morning and from two to nine o'clock in the evening.
"The practice, of men who cannot swim very well taking girls who cannot swim out to the raft, will also have to stop," said Mr. Hamilton. "The men do not realize the danger or they would not do such a thing."
"Water-wings and boards which are used to swim with beyond the ropes will be forbidden," said Mr. Hamilton. "Any man or woman who cannot swim without the aid of these will not be allowed to go outside of the ropes. Anyone failing to comply with the rules which are tacked up at the lake will forfeit their permits. The guards at the lake are ordered to enforce these rules. A guard will also be kept at the lake to see that no one goes in swimming outside of the regular hours."
Edward H. Taylor, A. B. University of Kansas, '12, who has spent four years in the civil service of the Philippine government, is enrolled at the University Session, completing his master's thesis on "The Reptiles of Kansas."
GRAD FROM PHILIPPINES
BACK FOR SUMMER WORK
Mr. Taylor served three years as superintendent of schools in the Philippine Bureau of Education, being transferred the last year to the Bureau of Science as chief of the department of fisheries. Recently he has established fish hatcheries for the breeding of both fresh and salt-water fish. A large aquarium in Manila, where about 200 living fish and many other sea animals are kept for public exhibition, is also under his charge.
He has been preparing a monograph on the reptiles of the Philippine Islands, and brought back with him about 400 specimens, which are at present housed in Snow Hall. On his return to the Islands in September, he will spend some time inspecting the fish hatcheries along the Pacific Coast.
He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
A letter home—the Summer Session Kansan.
PROF. PATTerson TO BE A WAR CONSPONDENT
Prof. D. L. Patterson expects to sail from New York for France July 22, on the S. S. Lafayette the same day; on April Robert Flint sailed earlier this summer.
Professor Patterson will act as a correspondent for the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times while in France. He is very anxious to see actual fighting and to talk to the people of the belligerent nation and see what they think of the war. Professor Patterson has made two trips to Europe before, spending one year in study in Germany and in Italy. He expects to be back for the beginning of the fall semester in September.
Announcement was made last week of the engagement of Miss Catherine Stanley of Topeka, to Chas, S. Sturtevant of Cimarron. The wedding is to take place early in the fall. Mr. Sturtevant was formerly editor of theaily newspaper, and appeared a doctor in the department of journalism here this spring. At present he is the owner and manager of the Cimarron Jacksonian.
A visit to the home of her roommate and an operation for appendicitis were crowded into one week-end by Edna Sager. Miss Sager was visiting at her room-mate's home in Baldwin when she became seriously ill from Kansas City as called and an operation was formed at once. Miss Sager's parents arrived sometime after the operation. She is improving rapidly.
Plain Tales from the Hill
Miss Pauline MacCatherine, assistant in the business office, left on her vacation on the 8th. She expects to spend a part of her time at Pleasanton.
Rex Miller, c17, who received the Oxford Scholarship last fall when he took examinations in Latin and mathematics, took the Oxford Senior Local Examination in Greek Wednesday. Mr. Miller expects to sail for England some time in October where he will study modern history and economics.
One should feel cool when he looks along the curb and sees it apparently covered with snow, but somehow it only has the effect of intensifying the heat when he finds that the cool-looking stuff is only the cotton from the cottonwood trees.
Dorothy Beel, Edna Davis, Aline Wilson, from the School of Fine Arts will travel on a three-weeks' circuit this winter for the Epworth Lycum Bureau of Indianapolis. Miss Beel wrote a book about her life and is also the reader, Miss Davis who has a contralto voice, is the soloist.
Slime isn't a very pleasant subject for research, but H. P. Evans, assistant in the state chemical research spent the last week in Joplin collecting slime samples. This doesn't cast any reflections on Joplin as a slimy town, where worms were zine slimes and are to be used to further the rotation investigation.
Clair O'Donell, a former student in the University is spending the summer vacation here. He has also attended Washington University and Columbia.
The K. U. football team will lose another member this fall. Linus Fitzgerald, who is in Montana working on an engineering project has decided to attend the University there while he uses his work in engineering. Fitz was expected to take Wood's place on the team in case Wood did not return.
Fred Rodkey, track captain-elect,
has joined a Redpath chauquaa
crew in Nebraska and will spend the
summer in that work.
Chapel Today at 11:05
Everyone is requested to attend chapel today at the regular hour. Due to the intense heat there will be no chapel speaker but special announcements will be made by Dean F. J. Kelly.
There will be no more issue of the Summer Session Kansan and possibly no more chapel exercises. For this reason the Dean is anxious that every student meet for a few minutes at 11:05 today in Fraternity announcements concerning closing session and the one which will follow. The regular Friday's class schedule will be followed out today.
THE PARTY TONIGHT
Big Attendance Expected at All-University Affair in Gymnasium
TICKETS GOING RAPIDLY
Tags Find Ready Sale at Fifteen
Cents Each
With a heavy advance sale of tags, tonight's All-University Summer Session Party in Robinson Gymnasium promises to be a real success from every standpoint. Over one hundred instance tags have been sold already and total attendance of two hundred Summer Sessionists is expected.
With a big attendance assured the committee in charge headed by Dorothy Cole chairman, has put in some serious work. He will well justify the interest shown.
Although dancing with the three piece orchestra will be probably the biggest feature of the evening, the committee has arranged plenty of dancers dancing and guarantee every one will find plenty to keep them interested.
"Dates are" by no means necessary.
According to the ticket committee a man in his 40s was been sold to women making a "dated" offer, suitable for those who go without one.
INTO A DEMOCRATIC FIGHT
K. U. Interested in Gaftskill-
Lansdon Struggle
In a clever letter to his fellow students of the University, Joe Gaitskill, cheer leader of last year, this week urges all K. U. students to vote and use their influence for his father, Ben S. Gaitskill, of Girard, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination of governor.
By an odd chance the University has a peculiar interest in the fight for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the August primaries for the opposing candidate to Gaitan Larson, Lansdon, owner of the Salina Union baseball league, member of athletics before the coming of William Omar Hamilton in 1909.
Which ever man lands the nomination will have only Gov. Arthur Capper to face on the Republican ticket, the G. O. P.'s having placed no one in the field against the Topeka Capitol publisher.
SUMMER GRADUATE SCHOOL
NUMBERS 132 STUDENTS
About twenty of them have taken part of their graduate courses at some one of the following universities: Chicago, Columbia, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, or Wisconsin. About the same number are enrolled merely for research work or for the completion of their thesis.
The Graduate School of the Summer Session now numbers 132 students, about fifteen of whom, Dean Blackmar judges, will receive their master's degree at the close of the summer term.
The various professions are represented by one doctor, one minister, one farmer, and one civil service employee in the Philippine Islands; but by far the largest number are grade, high school, or college teachers. Among these are seventen superintendent of colleges and seven principals. These teachers come not only from Kansas schools, Oklahoma, Idaho, Missouri, Colorado, and South Dakota.
RAISE WAR BABY IF
YOU WANT A REAL KID
"If you would raise an ideal baby, raise a war baby," say the Phi Psis. Then you need never be kept awake nights by its crying or need to worry about its conduct when it grows up. A sum is spent monthly to support the after which baby will not cause the least trouble for another month. Yet the Phi Psis are as proud of their baby as if it were in their own home.
The support of war babies has become a nation wide movement, but the Phi Psis were the first in Lawrence to offer aid in the movement. Several other organizations expect to support war babies this fall.
Miss Grace Stokes visited with her sister, Bertha Stokes the first part of this week. Miss Stokes returned to her home in Kansas City Monday.
A baby birl arriving at the home of F. E. Johnson of the department of electrical engineering kept him from meeting his classes last Friday.