UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII.
REUNION STAGE IS SET
Wiring For Transcontinental Alumni Meeting Now Finished
START SEVEN FORTY-FIVE
NUMBER 131
Five Hundred Will Listen on as Many Phones
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1916.
All tickets have been given out. If any ticket-holder finds that he can not attend, he will do a kindness by returning his ticket to the Alumni Office.
The wiring of the gymnasium was finished today and everything is ready for the transcontinental reunion tomorrow night. The preliminary test will be made Saturday morning. Workmen have been busy for two weeks to commence an investment to accommodate five hundred seniors and alumni, who will gather in the gym to hear programs in New York and San Francisco.
Special request is made that everybody be in his place at the gym promptly at 7:45. The wire will "open" on the instant.
Four copper wires, the thickness of a lead pencil and worth a million and a half dollars, will bring together from ocean to ocean members of the Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota Saturday night at 7:45 o'clock.
With receivers to their ears five hundred alumni and seniors, congregated in the Gymnasium will hear the roll call come over the 14,400 miles of copper wire. Then Mr. E. C. Alder will exchange greetings with Chancellor Frank Strong at Lawrence and Prof. W. R. Carruth in San Francisco. The Chancellor will next deliver a five mile tour of campus in San Lawrence, New York and San Francisco. After the reading of a resolution adopted by the New York Alumni, "Life at K. U." will be sung by Ben Brune at New York.
"The Crimson and the Blue" first verse by the New York audience, second verse by Lawrence and third verse by Nicholas Sparks will follow. Lucius Sayre in New York will exchange greetings with Dean Sayre of Lawrence. After a musical selection from San Francisco, the Star Singer will close with a good-night roll call.
Professor Carruth will then talk three minutes followed by a musical selection by the K. U. Glee Club, Greetings will be exchanged by acquaintances at each coast. Mrs. Florence Finch Kelly in New York will speak a few seconds with her son Sherwin Kelly in Lawrence.
To accomplish transcontinental telephony the Bell Telephone Company has used 6,200,000 pounds of copper wire and one hundred and four-four thousand telephone poles. To put Lawrence on the transcontinental network the alumina association meetings in New York and San Francisco a circuit was established between Lawrence and Omaha a distance of 250 miles.
RUB-A-DUB-DUB!
EACH GIRL IN A TUB!
Freshmen, Junior and Senior.
With the confidence of Henry Ford, four Annette Kellermans stepped into four tubs to race for the opposite side of the pool at the Splash Party given for women at Robinson Gymnasium, last night. Just as the peace plans sank in the water, they carried their fair freight to the depths below, and the race was finished a la side stroke, Australian crawl and 'over and over.'
Splash! Forty swimmers had volunteered to remove the twelve floating mines without touching them, the removal, the twelve applicants for a Carnegie medal试饮 to drinking from one to twenty gallons of water. Oh while they were on the apples.
Faithful but tricky Old Dobbin, in disguise of a barrel, threw every rider; in spite of the fact that he was a man of strength and absolute failure. Five finished the last game, Follow the Leader; jackknife dives, back somersaults, double turns from diving board, platforms, and tables; too stremmous for most of the party.
Appetites, eats, and a vote of thanks.
Women's archery class will meet every day at 4:30 instead of 3:30 o'clock.
Send the Daily Kansan home to the folks.
Plain Tales from the Hill
In explaining the chapter on attention to one of his psychology classes recently, Professor Dockery wandered off on absent mindedness—that is to say, he told a story about an absent minded professor.
At the next meeting of the class, absent mindedness was receiving no little attention on the part of the students. To revive them, Professor Gurdas Kumar and Radha provided method and cited an incident illustrating absent mindedness.
A titter went around the room, no load outbursts as usual. It was the same story which he had told at the previous meeting.
Professor Olin, in class in education: "Of course I have no right to ask you this question, but does anyone happen to know the name of the stove which was called after Benjamin Franklin?"
Student: "Franklin stove."
Professor Olin: "Good, Miss Blank.
Dr. Alberta Corbin, instructor in the department of German, is meeting her classes after having been deferred for two months on account of illness.
A regiment of medic students set upon a punitive expedition Monday morning in pursuit of a freshman bandit who boldly stole across the campus without wearing his little cap. The villa(in), after being chased down to 13 and Louisiana streets, eluded his pursuers. The medics returned en masse, a sorrowful and disappointed lot.
The effects of the colossal war in Europe have at last reached the men at K. U. in a direct and poignant way. The price of hair-cuts (feather-edge or round cut, it makes no difference) jumped last Saturday from twenty-five to thirty-five cents at the long tonal parlor.
"Everything looks fresh and green like spring," remarked Kyle Cyclops, as a freshman with his pre-Easter headgear passed by.
Roy Kent visited his sister, Miss Clara Kent at the Gamma Phi Beta house and incidentally his fraternal brothers at the Kappa Sigma house this week-end. Kent attended the University during his freshman and sophomore years and is now in the College of Emporia, at Emporia.
Prof. R. M. Ogden, who has bee out of town on business for the past week, is again conducting his psychology classes. Prof. F. C. Dockeray has been managing his classes during his absence.
Clark Bruington, 164, Law is the possessor since last Saturday of a brand new apartment to his house in Dodge City with it when the school year is endy
Miss Myra Johnson, a student at the Kansas State Normal at Emporia visited Lucille Hampson, '19 College Sunday.
Prof. C. C. Crawford's class in English history was reviewing the turbulent reign they undertook when the tungled domestic relations of that monarch and how frequently death came to his discarded wives. The last two minutes of class wore given over to asking questions about the lives of those understood in the lesson. A voice finally inquired: What became of Catherine after the king had divorced her? Professor Crawford looked at her and said: "She was allowed to die."
This may be Leap Year, but that is no excuse for the posters advertising the Soph Hop to picture the lady always leading the man. All the posters so far have the lady in the wrong position with her left arm extended.
When the faculty and the student body of the School of Law took their cuts Wednesday they felt that hankering desire to stand on the steps of Green Hall again. With the building empty, they knew that it would appear strange to the other students as they passed by and found no law on duty.
So, several of the laws climbed wearily up the Hill to stand at their post. When they came up and pressed on the steps. There they remained for some time.
From three to sixty tons of coal are used daily at the University, depending on the season of the year and the severity of the weather. This coal is obtained at a cost of a little more than moderated weather the heating plant fires up only about four or five hours each day, using on an average five tons of coal.
They can't stay away!
In reading an extract from an abolition to his class in American history Wednesday, Professor Davis came upon a reference to children as little David, and Professor Davis, "and I have come across many a rhinestone in my life."
Prof. R. D. O'Leary has heard the call of warm weather and is having a large sleeping porch built at the residence of his residence at 1306 la. street,
TWO MIXERS A MONTH HOLD PATRIOTIC FEAST
Sophomores Agree to Have Their Get-togethers Every Two Weeks
Sophomores Agree to Have
CORN COB-AFFAIR APRIL 18
Ten Cents Will Admit—Koester Working on Program
"A sure enough pep party" was the verdict of the seventy-five sophomores who attended the Hall of Fame in 1989 mixer The Classroom. Successful was the event that similar ones are to be held every two weeks in the future, the next being scheduled for November.
Professor Thorpe slipped the provisional fireworks under everybody's chair by urging the building of a University commons where get-together nights could be held with less trouble, less expense, and more convenience.
UNIVERSITY COMMONS
"You can't build a commons torror row, of course," said Professor Thorpe "but there's no reason why a series of mixers such as this shouldn't lead to clubhouse in the future. Why don't you have these class mixers often?"
Acting on the suggestion, the mixer committee has announced a "corn cob mixer" for Tuesday, April 18. The price of admission will be one dime. It was placed low in order that every sophomore man might be induced to take a course with some lively boxing matches, some snappy mask, and more peppery talks.
ANOTHER ONE APRIL 18
E. C. Bricken to Banquet Championship Team at Oread
WILL DELAY H. H. GAMES
Cafe
The Hash House League baseball games, which were to have begin tomorrow, have been postponed on account of the snow. The games slated for this week will probably be transferred to the end of the schedule, as it will be finished in ample time to permit another week's play.
The attention of the managers and captains is called to the rule which requires a list of players to be handed in, showing what men are regular boarders at the clubs, and those who are not. The name turned in to the copy desk at the Daily Kansan or mailed to John Glisserman, 1425 Tenn. Street.
E. C. Bricken, proprietor of the Oread Cafe, has offered to banquet the championship team of the Hash House League. Brick promises a white velvet table and linen, and all the trimmings, to the nine that wins the pennant.
"Every member of the faculty and student body of the University of Kansas must interest Kansans in the proper maintenance of this institution," said Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, a law professor at the university, in her talk to the women of the faculty at the University of Kansas, Thursday afternoon in Fraser Hall.
SOCIAL LIFE VALUABLE
Mrs. Lewis Urges Women to Enter Politics for University
"Kansans must be taught to be cheerful taxpayers and the woman of the University can do her share in the teaching by enlarging her life in teaching. We have a university qualified to be a leader in her community; it is expected of her.
"Every woman on the faculty is a central distributing power for all that is good and should influence the representatives of practically every county in Kentucky, and we feel in the class room alone; there is need for personal contact and social compatibility between the women of the faculty and student body. The state of Kansas does not recognize the faculty and has made no provision for it."
The Weather
Mrs. Lewis told how other states furnish their universities with halls of residence for the young women and a woman's building, whereby bringing the social life of the institution under the influence of the faculty.
She urged women to enter politics and vote for the man loyal to the University and furthermore to inform the state over the state with loyalty to K, U.
The Forecast: Fair and colder tonight with temperature considerably below freezing. Saturday fair and warmer west portion.
K. N.G.s Meet in Merchants' Hal—Banquet and Hear Talks by Officers
ONE HUNDRED PRESENT
Adj. Gen. C. I. Martin Praises
Company M
With miniature American flags standing guard over the menus and patriotic selections sung by a victoria. Company M of the Kansas National Guards held its second annual banquet in the Merchants Association Hall Thursday night. Nearly one hundred officers and men were present.
The banquet began promptly at 7 o'clock and lasted for three hours. Captain Hugh Means, Regimental Adjutant of the First Infantry, was the first speaker and gave a talk on "Patriotism."
"No nation can exist very long without its people being patriotic in every sense of the word," he said. "Of course, there is a certain amount of it in this country but not enough; we have all been too interested in chasing the dollar to give a thought to the protection of our country."
Adjustant General Charles I. Martin, praised the showing made by Company M in the recent inspection. Company M is a military organization in this country in which there is no commercialism. According to his belief it will not be many years before every import would be delivered; he will have required military courses.
Chaplain James Naismith, spoke on the part athletics played in the army, and the necessity for physical training. Major Carl Phillips then explained the work of the Medical Corps at the time, and one moment of the First Infantry, spoke for a few moments on the importance of being a hard and efficient worker.
Sergeants Merrill F. D. Daum and Sherwin F. Kelly gave short talks on different phases of army work. Captains Walter C. Sweeney, and Albert J. who were scheduled for a talk, were able to attend the banquet.
K. U. HELPS HOME TOWN
Information Bureau Spreads the Gospel of Better Cities Over
State
Did you know that a league which is working for the betterment of conditions in your home towns has its head office at the University of Kansas? It has.
The League of Kansas Municipalities was organized in 1910. The membership of any Kansas city in this league is authorized by law and any city may by ordinance appropriate money out of the general fund to pay employees for the expenses of two delegates to the meet- ners of the league.
Homer Talbot, secretary of the league, conducts an information buruer here which answers scores of inquiries daily not only from cities which are league members but others as well. The questions relate as a rule to the city officials in cases in which city officials do not know the correct form to be used or wish to know what state laws govern the passing of such ordinances.
The league holds a convention each year at some city which it specifies. At the convention held in Hutchinson last October there was an attendance of about 10,000 people four Kansas cities and towns. The next meeting will be held in Independence on October 11, 12, and 13. At these conventions problems of city administration are discussed and information and experience thereon circulated.
“There are two things we are working for,” said Secretary Talbot when asked about the work of the league, which includes other the initiative and referendum. We need especially the home rule,—an amendment securing to the people of the cities the right to local self-government and the general laws of the state.”
HOLD CONVENTIONS
One hundred and thirty Kansas cities and towns have joined the league during the last five years that organized it. Every city official in these cities receives a monthly magazine edited by the secretary of the league, Homer Talbot, in which municipal problems and every section of the state are discussed.
The Forty Club will have its annual spring party at F. A. U. Hall, May 5, according to the plans discussed at their meeting at the Kanza River Park. The club also have a dance at Woodland Park Saturday beginning at 8:30 p.m.
WORKING FOR HOME RULE
The officers elected for the coming year are; Horace Chandler, president; John Dykes, vice-pres.; and Wilfred Wann, sec. and treas.
CHANCE TO ORGANIZE AERIAL CORPS—JONES
"The formation of aerial corps is a new proposition," said Prof. F. E. Jones yesterday. "I think that there is a good chance for the formation of a corps at the University, provided the right person gets behind the movement. There might be an organization of men, not necessarily aeronauts, but astronaut engineers. There are many students who are interested in those particular phases of the work and I have no doubt that if they had the right kind of boosting they would form an Aerial Corps."
Y. M. CABINET IN TONIGHT
Installation Banquet to be Held in Myers Hall
The Y. M. C. A. cabinet for the coming year will be installed at a banquet given this evening from 5 to 7 o'clock in Myers Hall. The members of the cabinet for the year which has just ended, the new cabin and the faculty members of the Y. M. C. A. board will be present at the banquet. The address被 addressed by Chancellor Strong, Rex Miller, the president for the past year and Edward Todd, the incoming president.
The cabinet for the coming year follows: president, Edward Todd; vice-present, Harry Harlan; recording secretary, Lester Evans; and the following chairmen, religious meetwork, work on behalf of the work, harland Russell; new students, Lester Evans; social, Homer Herriott; employment, association stenographer; missions, John Calene; publicity, Clarendon Havehurst; boys work, Lawrence Nelson; memorial team, Chas. Slason; conventions, Benjamin Baltzer; Bible study, John B. Dail; visit reception, Fred Rodkey.
Dean Blackmar (in sociology class); "Miss Gossard, do you really think that women should adopt military tactics and become soldiers?"
Plain Tales from the Hill
Mary Cossard: "Well! yes I think they should and I could, then they could
Dean Blackmar: "Ahem! I think I shall leave the nabbit of war and war
The Chi Omega sorority held its annual Founder's Day banquet at the chapter house Wednesday evening April 5. The alumnae back for the banque were, Misses Gertürd Dunne and Misses Anne Dornan. Oswego, Josephine Todd of Leavenworth, Erna Fischer and Pearly Emily of Lawrence.
Miss Nellie M. Stevenson, of the extension department, is a very honest person. When she found a pocketbook on a crowded street car after the Passing Show Tuesday evening, she went to an unusual amount of trouble to find its owner, who was Mrs. J. T. Buchanan.
LAWRENCE CAMERA CLUB
EXHIBIT NEXT WEEK
The annual exhibit of the Lawrence Camera club will be held in the Fine Arts rooms in the Administration building next week. The exhibit of the club this year will be similar to those of former years. Many new pictures will be shown with the best of past work.
The club is now the oldest camera club in America although it was not the first one organized. Other clubs have been organized, have had their day and died, but the Lawrence club has survived. The last secondeen years and is today one of the most national organizations of the kind in the country
While the days of the exhibit have not been decided on yet, nor the pictures that are to be shown sent up, Prof W. A. Griffith believes they are important enough by taking the three flights of stairs even by people that are not camera flends.
Dean P. F. Walker on Tanning
Dean P. F. W. Walker of the school of engineering who is visiting different towns in southeastern Kansas for the purpose of investigating and arousing interest in manufacturing and the industrial possibilities of the state, spoke last night at Intercounty members. One point which Dean Walker is emphasizing in his talks, is the possibility of developing the tanning industry. Kansas has the raw materials for this business and the manufacturing industry would be lost in instances instead of Dean Walker believes.
Student Seriously Hurt
Roscoe S. Harrington, a freshman from Augusta, was seriously injured this morning in the basement of the Gymnasium. Returning from under the showers after class he fell backward upon the floor striking on the head. A third of his life was in the basement at the same time and with the help of several students carried Harrington up to Dr. James Naisthim's office.
RIVALS DEBATETONIGHT
Kansas and Missouri Clash On Fraser Rostrum—Gov. Caper Will Preside
THE FIGHT WILL BE SHARP
Subject One of Great Interest to Sport Lovers
The debate between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas on the question, resolved: that intercollegiate athletics should be abandoned in American colleges and universities will be held in Fraser Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. Governor Arthur Capper will preside. The discussion promises to be an exciting one, on account of the interest which students all over the country would want to derive them from intercollegiate athletics. Should any attempt be made, the arguments for it would probably be the same as those brought out tonight by the Missouri debaters.
Kansas will be represented by two veterans, O. H. Burns, and H. A. Shim, and one new man, Rayner Wittman, who is negative of the question, namely, that American colleges and universities should not be deprived of the right to rival each other in football, basketball, track, or other athletic competitions. W. W. Fuller and F. Gableman will argue the affricative for Missouri.
The judges are: H. J. Haskell, of the Kansas City Star; L. A. Helbert, of the Kansas City Commission in Kansas City; and Rabbi M. H. Mayer, also of Kansas City Mo.
The debate will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Student tickets will admit.
WINTER MAKES LAST CALL
Overcoats Again Reappear as Cold Wave Hits K. U.
Reports have stopped coming in to the weather bureau here that students are swimming in Potter's Lake, and not a single voice chirped over the phone that a dandelion is blooming in some remote corner of the campus. Winter has decided to give a few skid marks of resistance. It hasn't been cold enough to injure crops but it was cold enough Thursday to make overcoats in demand and walking or freshman caps decided uncomfortably.
"It is frequent that we have snow in April but it seldom falls so heavily," said Prof. F. E. Kester, weather forecaster and professor of meteorology at the lowest temperature last night was 34 compared to that of 52 of last year.
There is consolation in the fact, and it would be a good thing to think of as we trudge through the slush, that no water is eye trouble than April snow water.
COMPANY M MAKING PLANS
TO HAVE DRILL OUTDOORS
Beginning next Tuesday evening,
Company M, K. N. G., will hold its weekly
meetings on an earlier hour than the gymnasium
on an earlier hour that the custom during the winter months.
Many members of the company find it impossible to do any work on drill nights when drill begins at 8:30. The men work out for about an hour and a half, the regulation of the war department, and the entire evening is occupied by reporting to the armory, drilling and changing of uniforms.
"There is no reason why the men cannot be here at seven o'clock," said Capt. Frank E. Jones. "If we start at that time we would be able to drill outside in the daylight in a week or two. We could all be through by 8:30 at the very latest, and the rest of the evening would be free."
MONA CLARE HUFFMAN
PRESIDENT OF W. S. G. A
Mona Clare Huffman was elected president of the Women's Student Government Association held yesterday in Fraser. Before the polls closed on Friday, Mrs. Huffman was on in on the ballot for president. This was done without her knowledge, Miss Thompson says. In a similar manner the name of Edna Davis was entered, as opposed to Myrle Cross, candidate of the Representative of the School of Fine Arts.
After the votes were counted the results of the election were found to be: Mona Clare Huffman, president, Bess Ulrich, vice-president from the School of Fine Arts 257 votes; Katherine Reding, treasurer 280 votes; Hazel Carson, secretary 297 votes; while Janet Thompson, the minority candidate for president received 70 votes, and Edna the School run for vice-president from the School of Fine Arts received the votes of 43.
Alene Wilson cast the first vote that started the exciting election at nine o'clock while Nell Kennedy finished with the last ballot at six o'clock.