UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII.
CHANCELLOR IS SILENT
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY 8, 1916.
Dr. Strong Refuses to Commit Himself on Council's Plan for Military Course
"OPPOSED TO COMPULSION"
But Board of Administration Will Consider Petition
Chancellor Frank Strong said this morning that the petition regarding the advisibility and the ways and means of establishing elective courses in military tactics, engineering, and drill in the University would be given careful consideration both by him and the State Board of Administration.
May Fete of Other Days
"Therefore Be It Resolved;
The Chancellor did not commit himself regarding his attitude toward the Student Council's proposal but said that he did not favor war or preparation, especially in the case of compulsory training in an educational institution.
WAR DEPARTMENT TO HELP
The may pay, now under consideration the pay for nurses for the cooperation of the War Departments and the universities of the country in establishing such courses in Military Science as would fit the graduates for officers in the reserve army. The officers and instructors would be hired by both the state and National governments. The instruction would be so thorough that the graduates of such schools would be equipped with science and tactics. With the installation of this plan in all the universities of the country about 50,000 officers would be available if needed for war in a few years from now.
STUDENTS FAVOR MILITARY COURSES
The following petition was presented to the Chancellor and Board of Administration:
"Therefore, Be It Resolved:
'1. That it is the opinion of the Student Council that the University of Kansas requires courses of instruction (p. Military, School."
"2. That the Chancellor be requested by the President of this body to confer with the Board of Administration and the faculties of the University concerning both the desirable courses and means of establishing elective courses of instruction in Military Science in the University of Kansas."
NO TRYOUTS 'TILL FALL
Dramatic Club Has Not Choseu Play
Tryouts for next year's Dramatic Club show will probably not be held until next fall, according to a statement made this morning by Prof Arthur MacMurray, head of the department of public speaking. "The executive committee of the Club is now at work, examining several manuscripts; but as yet we have not seized any material," Prof Murray this morning. "It is highly probable that we will not choose one in time to have tryouts this spring In that case, we will select the casel early next fall."
A comedy-drama, or a straight comedy, is the sort of play which the following probably produce next year. Following that, the drama this season, when "The Witching Hour" was presented, is it hoped to attempt a standard comedy by a successful playwright. "Green Stockholm has been suggested as being suitable.
GREEKS WILL STAGE MEET
There are more than 210 men entered in the Pan-hellenic track meet which will start at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon on McCook field. Coach Hamm will start the speedsters and the men will be finished before 5.45 p. m.
The Phi Gams have the largest number of men entered but the dope last fall seemed to favor the Phi Pis and Sigma Chis. Since that time Tree-keepers have competed in Varsity meets and the meet seems to be a nausea set.
Pan-Hellenic Contest Tomorrow Twelve Fraternities Entered
The following fraternities have entered the meet: Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Alpha Chi, Sigma Iota, Sigma Tau, Acacia, Sigma Signa, Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha.
The visiting editors have various names for our Merle Thorpe, head of the School of Journalism. He is re-commissioned to manage Dean Thorpe and Doctor Thorpe.
Prof. H, P. Cady was in such a hurry to get to the concert in Robinson Gymnasium Tuesday afternoon that he forgot to remove the pencil, which he kept on ear during the entire concert.
NUMBER 147.
MISSISSIPPI EDUCATORS
WILL VISIT UNIVERSITY
Members of a state committee on education from Mississippi will visit the University of Kansas Wednesday or Thursday of this week. In the spring semester, Mr. Ehrenor of Mississippi; W. H. Smith, state superintendent of education; Chancellor J. N. Powers, of the state university; Joe Cook, president of the school and six trustees of the higher educational institutions of Mississippi.
DEANS OF WOMEN HERE
First Conference of Advisers or Women Is In Progress In Fraser Hall
Unique was the idea of calling a conference of Kansas Deans of Women, which has been arranged by Mrs. Eustace Brown. The conference is held in Fraser Hall. The Deans of Women in accredited colleges in Kansas have responded to Mrs. Brown's invitation to discuss mutual problems. It was at meeting of this kind to be held. It will be one of the sist of lectures by the different members. An address by Chancellor Frank Strong opened the meeting Monday morning, after which oration and completion. Mrs. Brown is chairman.
Some of the subjects to be discussed are:
*Housing of Women Students*, *Mr. Mitchell, State Man*
*Training Normals*
"Student Government," Miss Ella Bernstorf, Southwestern College
Bethstorl, Southwestern College.
“Extra Curriculum Activities,” Miss Mary Alice Whitney, Kansas State Normal School.
"The Social Life of the Student."
Mrs. Pierre Plessy Kansas, Kansas
University College.
"The Deans' Responsibility to the Freshman Girl," Miss Flora Clough, Fairmount College, Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, who needs no introduction to University people, will also give an address.
Tuesday there will be an address to women students, at 4:30 in the chapel.
The Engineers big dance of the year given Friday evening was voted a decided success by the one hundred and three-piece orchestra furnished the occasion. The dance is usually given on Engineers' Day, but on account of the Soph Hop being held on that night this year the Engineers postponed the ceremony until Smith, '16 Eng., is responsible for the successful management of the hop.
Mr. S. S. Smith of Abilene is visiting his daughter Mary, at the Alemannia house today.
Engineers' Function Big Success
—100 Couples Present
MARVINITES GIVE DANCE
Mrs. H. C. Tammen, of Kansas City, is visiting at the Sigma Kappa house, Mrs. Tannen is a member of their council.
FETE MUSIC ORIGINAL SAYRE'S DAY TUESDAY
Prof. Skilton Composes Score for Greek Dances, and Torch Ceremony
The bulk of the May Fete music will be original, having been composed specially for the occasion by Mr. Baxter and Dr. Robert of Fine Arts, Prof. Skilton has written the music for two dances to be given, "The Dance of Diana," and the Dance "Apollo" and the Nine Dances; also the music will be presented in the afternoon.
The Latin chorus and orchestra accompaniment have been personally trained by Prof. Skilton. The chorus will sing the virgil of Venus, "late Latin poem in the style of a Greek choral ede. Prof. Skilton has divided his work into four parts; he will be sung at intervals and have dramatic connection with the pageant. The accompaniment will be played by seven wind instruments from the University Orchestra with the addition of double bass and harp, the idea being to use as far as possible the instruments of the ancient Greeks and the Romans.
Professor Skilton has also written a song for the torch ceremony with words by Prof. Willard Wattles, which will be sung by the senior women at the beginning and end of the pagen. Special trumpets have been ordered from New York to be carried at the head of the procession.
MISS LONGABOUGH GIVES
FIRST FINE ARTS RECITAM
Charles Greenless and Davida B. Sawtell of Kansas City, Kansas were married at 5:30 Thursday, May 4, at the brides home in Kansas City by the Reverend Elderin of Lawrence, Ms. Greenless left last night for Rock Spurs. Wyoming where they will be at home to their friends after May 8.
The first of the graduating recitals of the School of Fine Arts was given by Hazel Joy Longaback, organist, Saturday night, in Fraser Hall, William Dalton, instructor in violoncell, assisted.
Miss Longabaugh's playing was artistic and brilliant. A fugue by Bugeau was rendered with clearness and classical repose and a modern sonata by Guilman was played with impressive flair. The popular number was the Anatrium by Lemare, and Boelman's Gothic炒 introduced some novel effects.
Greenless is widely known in the University as a star on the football team and was a member of the Sproul-Dumire-Greenless combination which made the K. U. basket ball team the terror of the Valley. Greenless graduated from the University in 1914.
The next graduating recital will be given by Phillip Stevens, organist, in Fraser Hall. He will be assisted by Miss Ruth Staddin Cady, soprana.
The violoncello solo by William Dalton was an especially beautiful adagio chord, with whom Prof. Charles Skilkov companist, once studied composition.
CHARLES R. GREENLESS
HARRIS GREECE GLESS
MARRIED IN K.C. THURSDAY
Tomorrow the Pharmies will hold their first Pharmics Day Celebration, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the school. The day will henceforth be an annual event and will be known in the future as Daddy Sayre's day being named after Dean L. E. Sayre, who has been connected with the school ever since it was founded in 1885.
Pharmics Will Celebrate School's Thirtieth Birthday; To Be Annual Affair
The main events of the day are the baseball game between the juniors and seniors at the afternoon and the banquet at the Eldridge House in the evening. The banquet is being given by the students in honor of the fac- Besides the addresses by the faculty members the principal speaker of the evening will be B. A. Parsons of the Parke-Davis Co. in Kansas City.
PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR
PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR
Hibiscus the School of Pharmacy has always believed that it not until this year have any plans been nade toward gaining a definite end in holding these celebrations. From on it is intended that plans for he next year's event will begin as the last day's program is mished.
Dean L. E. Sayre came to the University from the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy which is the most prominent in the United States. He held his first class in the basement of the Medic Building where the department of journalism is now located. During thirty years the school has risen from a small, modest present place among the best in the United States. There are at present 60 students with five faculty members with three assistants.
May 16 the students of the School of Pharmacy will make their annual trip to Kansas City as guests of the wholesale houses. They will spend the day visiting the several large drug factories and attending the meetings of the Kansas State Pharmaceutical Association. A steamboat trip down the Missouri River is being arranged for the evening.
TO KANSAS CITY SOON
Kenneth Davenport, one of the telegraph editors of the Kansas City Times was the guest of Robert Smith over the week end. Mr. Davenport was formerly on the Joplin News and the Pittsburg Headlight.
The Forecast: Probably fair to
tight and Tuesdays warm; Tuesday
and Wednesdays cool.
The Weather
MORNING PRAYERS
Week of May 8 to 12
Leader the Rev. H. W. Hargett,
General subject; "Unexplored Re-
mainders."
Daily Subjects;
Tuesday: "Remainders of Truth"
Wednesday: "Remainders of Memory"
Thursday: "Remainders of Sin."
Friday: "Remainders of Faith."
NTERCLASS MEET MAY
BASS SHELL MAY
BRING OUT DARK HORSES
Today's interclass track meet scheduled for 3:35 o'clock on McCook Field will give those athletes not participating in the Nebraska dual meet Friday, an excellent chance to why they should be among the K. U runners in the annual meet with Missouri at Columbia Saturday.
That Kansas has only a fighting chance to win the Tiger meet was shown in the poor showing made against the Cornhuskers, unless some darkhorse shows up in today's class and quarter; heretofore rated the strong K. U. events, even Nebruska was able to place.
EDITORS' WEEK ENDS
Election of Editorial Association Officers Brings Meeting to Close Saturday
Kansas Newspaper Week and the annual meeting of the Kansas Editorial Association ended Saturday with the following officers for the year:
President, W. C. Markham, Baldwin Leader; vice-president, Herbert Cavaness, Trihune, Chanute; correspondingly secretary, O. W. Little, Enterprise, Alma; recording secretary, J. Byron Cain News, Belle Plains; Treasurer, Clark Conklin, Republican, Lyons. Vice-president of the Association were elected as first chair of the district, L. B. Mickel, Clipper, Soldier; district, John C. Madden, Republic; Mount City, third district, J. S. Gilmore, Citizen, Fredonia; fourth district, Tom Flory, Gridley; fifth district, Roy Bailey, Journal, Salina, sixth district, W. A. Hill, Times, Plainville; seventh district, R. P. Mecham; Anthony, eightl district, O. W. Mecham, Pantagraph, Sedgwick. The Editors enlarged J. Byron Cain for treasurer of the National Editorial Association.
The day was spent discussing the numerous problems of interest to editors and publishers, among the speakers being Gov. Capper; Marvin Creager, telegraph editor of the Kansas city star; Kleith Clevenger, of the downtown Will Township, Will Township, of the Great Bend Township, of the Great Bend Township, H Brown, of the Horton Headlight, Commercial; Click Fockele of the Leroy Reporter and several others.
Donald Thompson the Topaka War photographer under the auspices of the Topoca Capital showed five reels of new war films featuring Veridan. The scenes depicted were war episodes in the vicinity of the famous French fortress before the recent assaults by Gorgons on the great stronghold, Capitan Thom's fortress while the pictures were being captured by editors manifested much interest in the pictures and asked many questions about them.
The Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity announces the pledge of Donald Red Lei
W. C. Palmer, of the Jewell City Republican, was in Lawrence last week attending the Editors Shorture and incarnately visiting his son, Everett Palmer, who was highly pleased with the University and also with the short course.
DUAL MEET A SURPRISE
Unexpected Happenings Held Score Over Huskers Lower Than Kansas Looked for
O'LEARY WON TWO FIRSTS
Then K. U. Took the Two-Mile
Assuring Cornhusker Defeat
The annual dual track meet with Nebraska resulted in another victory for the Kansas队 on McCook Field. The team was much smaller than the Kansas men were looking for. And not only that but during the meet some who were holding only slight hope for a victory over the northern squad.
NEBRASKA TOOK FIRST EVENT
Strange things happen in track meets and Friday was no exception. They started coming in thick and fast when Treweeke, while warming up for the high jump, again pulled the muscle which he strained last week and was unable to participate in the high and broad jumps against theakers. This allowed Wiley of Nebraska to take an easy first in the broad jump but in the high jump came another surprise. Rise and jump, jumping for the first time in Valley meet, leaped 5 feet 9 inches taking first place.
Nebraska got the jump on Kansas in the first event of the day when Scott and Irwin took both places in 0-yard dash. But Kansas came right into them in the mile race when Sproull dazzled Herrert second in the mile run. Kansas led the lead when Elliott took first in the high sticks and only once during the remainder of the meet was Nebraska able to tie the score. Larry Winn was easy place in the high hurdles when he came next to the last hurdle and fell allowing Baten of Nebraska a place in this event.
A first year man, O'Leary, showed up as the star of the meet for the 220-yard dash and the quarterback's Jayhawker score while his quarter of the mile relay increased the Kansans lead in this event. In the heat he tied the K. U. record of 50 [3-5 seconds made by Rodkey last week.
PREPARING FOR MISSOURI
The two-mile run put the Kansans out of danger of defeat and gave them enough points to win the meet without the relay or broad jump Grady and Stateler ran a slow race but it was fast enough to allow them to come up the straightaway to break the tape arm in arm.
The tracksters will have some real workout this week. This afternoon the interclass meet will be run off rain or shine. Tomorrow and Wednesday workouts while Thursday will be light work. Friday morning the squad will leave for Columbia where they will rest until time for the dual match with Missouri to start Saturday. This will allow me to carry on for the Kansans and ladd all his week will have to be with Kansas to score a victory on Schulte's cinderates.
Kansas will have to overcome one big handicap in the high and broad jumps for Treweke does not expect his leg to be in shape for jumping before the Missouri Valley meet, May 27. This will practically mean that Pittman will take five points for Mission he the high jump and Simpson five in the low jump. Simpson macher can hit the stride he hit last year in the dual meet when he defeated Simpson. But the situation looks mighty serious and just how Coach Hamilton will solve the problem will have to be figured out later,
THE SUMMARY
The results of the Cornhusker meet follows;
100-yard dash—Won by Irwin, Nebraska; Scott, Nebraska, second; Brooks,
Mile run-Won by Sproull, Kansas;
Horiott, Kansas, second. Time 4; 48
min.
2-mile run- Grady and Stateler of Kansas tied for first. Time 10:20 15-1. On to Baton, on to Elliott, Kansas; Baten, Nebraska, second. Time 16:3 5-seconds.
Discus - Won by Corey, Nebraska;
Rio Grande, second. Distance, 118 feet
5 inches
Oleary of Kansas broke the K. U. quarter mile record when he won the 440-yard dash in 50 3-5 seconds. The old record was 51 seconds.
440-yard dash -Won by Oleary.
Kansas; owen. Nebraska second.
second.
High umpidWon by Rice of Kansas; Miller of Kansas and Wiley of Nebraska tied for second. Height, 5 feet 9 inches.
Broad jump--Won by Wiley, Nebrask, Grutmacher, Kansas, sees
them.
Mile relay —Won by Kansas, Elliott,
Campbell, Rockey, Oleary; second,
Nebraska, Overman, Townsnd, Bates,
Owen. Time —3:29 4-5.