UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University of Kansas
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THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Address as. communications to
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Lawrence, Kansas.
Phone, Bell K. U. 25.
The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate students to go further than merely printing the news by standing up and holding; to play no favorites; to be clean; to be cheerful; to be chantable; to have more serious problems to wiser heads, in all, to serve the university equally the good of the University.
Mark Twain
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916.
Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
THOSE SPECIAL ISSUES
There are three infallible ways of raising a rising scale of compliment, 1 to tell him you have read the book; 2 to read all of his books; 3 to ask him to answer the accompanying book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2, no mention; No. 3, no comment you clear into his heart.
Some of our readers may have wondered as to the reason for the special numbers of the Kansan—the Medical number, the Journalism number, the Pharmacy number and others. Why were these issues printed?
We ask you then: Do you know the University—your own school? Do you know why there is a University? Do you know how much the school helps the state?
Can you answer these questions?
We'll wager you can not. The special issues are the answers to such questions. They tell the College students and all the other students what is going on in the School of Medicine. They tell the Medics and others what the other Schools are doing.
Other special numbers will appear soon and will give glimpses of other parts of the University.
These numbers help to show the citizens of Kansas what the University is really doing, what value the school is to the state. They take up a few of the activities of the various Schools of the University and bring them before the eyes of the students and the people of the state.
American soldiers are traveling to the Mexican border in box cars. K. U. students who failed to secure the hoped-for box car transportation to Columbia last fall are interested in seeing the change of opinion on the part of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
GUN SIGHTS AT THE WAR
GUN SIGHTS AT THE WAR Last Thursday one thousand Mexican bandits crossed the United States boundary to attack and murder American civilians. Since that time the army, already with nineteen thousand soldiers on patrol duty, has been preparing to go in pursuit of Francisco Villa and his fleeing band.
Would Germany have waited a week to average such an attack? The pacifists and armistats have brilliant examples, within their own time, of nations prepared and nations unprepared for defensive or offensive warfare. When the German government decided upon war against France her troops were already well upon their way when the declaration was delivered.
Surely, as long as there are Mexican bandits in the world, their neighbors must keep better prepared than are we.
Scarcely has the United States been
called upon to exert a small portion of its strength, when the complaint is made that there are no means of transporting the troops rapidly to the Mexican border. The reports tell us that American soldiers have had to travel in box cars because of the lack of proper "rolling-stock" with which to carry troops in the time of need
This is merely one of the many obstacles that our government must meet should a long conflict develop.
Going to the track meet in Kansas City, Friday"
LET'S ALL GO!
Better join the "gang" and come along; for this is the time that we beat the Missouri Tigers. Jayhawkers ought to be in Convention Hall to see the renewed twisting of that much-tailed nail.
Missouri figures that the "dope" favors them; Kansas does not agree with Missouri—so it ought to be "some scrap"—to see who is right. Coming?
TOO BUSY?
"Are K. U. students too busy?" we are asked—Well, that depends upon the student. If one is a fraternity man, a track man, a debater, a society man, and a good student, we should say that he was too busy. In fact he would be too busy even to sleep.
Luckily, however, very few students attempt to be all of these things. They are satisfied to be two, or maybe three. Most students take up only one thing at a time—besides their studies. They go in for the literary side of university life, or for athletics. No student has time for all university activities, and one must choose those things that he believes most important and work on them.
No, we do not think that the university student is too busy. Most students are too sensible to try to do too much.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
"You must have had a terrible experience with no food and mosquitoes swarming around you," the man said. "I was in the backyard, and had been cast upon the Jersey sands."
"You bet I had a terrible experience," he acknowledged. "My experience was worse than the water even when we were in the kitchen but not a drop to drink." With it me it bites, bites everywhere, but not a bite to eat."—Chicago News.
Another howl from Robinson Gymnasium! The young women had little to say about showers and towels, but they did not. The older roar was more than they could stand.
VALUES OF GERMAN
How does the study of Modern Language relate itself to life, is the question that presents itself to every student of German.
But there are many other phases worth considering. The language of a nation that opens up to us such wonderful values in science, education, music, art and literature. Space forbids our enlarging upon each of these realms, but let us consider literature for a moment. The tale that the greatest given to the world "Elle faste Burg ist unser Gott" and "Stille Nacht" has a depth of sentiment and religious feeling never dreamed of by the casual observer who has been attracted only by Germany's military prowess. We pride ourselves on living in an age when the main emphasis is laid on service in his battlefield, four years ago, biologically taught that the only road to real contentment and happiness is that of serving our fellowmen.
In the first place there is the commercial side. Every man likes to have the person with whom he deals speak his language. So true is this that it is the most impossible to secure a business position without a knowledge of German. One of our leading grocers told me recently that what German he knew had been worth thousands of dollars and we never saw aEvery student who has canvassed in a German community knows that a few words of German have made many a soldier for him. Next year we hope to offer in addition to our regular courses a course in commercial speaking. So much for the "principal" side.
Leland Wilson, 118 Engineer, is a master with the bell-bars. When he arises in the morning he gracefully waves an eighty pounder over his head and up and down fifty or sixty times to put him in trim for the day.
Every student would do well to study German for its commercial, educational and cultural value.—Wesleyan Advance.
Katherine Fogarty, '18 College, has been confined to her home on account of a severe cold.
Mauel Muller on a summers day, the Mauler hays hay Beneath her torn hat glowed the brown.
MAUD MULLER
Of simple beauty and rustic health.
Singing, she wrought, and her mer-
town,
White from its hill-slope looking
The mock bird echosed from his tree. But when she glanced to the far-off,
down.
The sweet song died, and a vague un
And a nameless longing filmed her
Wait, the word after "and" is "nameless." It looks like "nameless longing filmed her."
The first word is "And".
The second word is "nameless."
Let's re-read line 2.
And a nameless longing filmed her
Actually, the image might be slightly blurry or pixelated. I'll just transcribe what I can see.
And a nameless longing filmed her
And a nameless longing filled her
A wish that she hardly dared to own
A wish that she hardly dared to own
women that are hardly dared to own
a car, better than being known.
—Whittle
GIRLS AND COLLEGE ACTIVITIES
The cry of the multitude, et cetera,
is "get into more activities, girls.
It will do you good! What you put into
yourselfs out get again! Broaden
yourselves."
But I wonder how many of the multitude under the same conditions would be able to get into more activities.
Compute the hours work done by one girl in one day! Usually eight hours—an average of six, say! Preparation time for each study is supplied to students close at five and if studying is started at seven o'clock it would take until one to half way prepare a half hour assignment! Half way prepare the next day's work—and how many instructors limit their assignments to twelve hours—a lesson beside. The reading is supposed to be in "done extra time."
Then our laboratory work! The B Ec. course as described by one of the faculty is lots of fun in it, but you can't outside preparation for it." But still we have lab, exams in zoology and reading assignments. We have more work in Ec. lab, than we can do. They ask us to run up be- bergs and go into any other any laboratories and start some little thing that has to stand for twenty four hours.
If experience is the greatest teacher then we must study history if we would profit by the success and accomplishment of judging the future by the past, for history repeats itself. Students go out of the Wesleyan best prepared to enter political activities of their community had a thorough course in history.
It is the busy girl who always has time to do something more and do it well—otherwise where would we be? —lown State Student.
And then they say "Get into more activities, girls."
HISTORY
History trains men to think. No man can hold any position of public trust unless he is a student of history. To read his daily paper under German Reichstag, the trouble over Alsace and Lorraine or the neutral policy of the Holy Alliance for Belgium. History puts us in touch with the greatest movements in history, understand by knowing the motives back of them.
The history student has a broader outlook on the world's problems. By avoiding the mistakes already made he is able to forge ahead and accomplish new tasks, but these are not themselves but work together as means to a larger end.
The trained student must be acquainted with historical facts to enjoy literature. History is one of the cultures' subjects—Wesleyan Advance.
South America is opening to our trade and commerce. Men are needed to enter this field. If they are to succeed they must speak the Spanish language. American capital is being invested and Americans speaking Spanish are now in demand to enter the business activities there and create a real neighborly feeling toward United States.
Spanish is spoken in nineteen different republics. No other language is spoken in half that number of countries. In the United States and her colonies alone 10,000,000 people speak Spanish.
SPANISH
Missionaries are needed to keep pace with the advanced trade, and trained workers speaking Spanish are in demand. Every country in South America but Brazil speaks the Spanish, certainly a great field.
THE NEW WOMAN
Spanish ranks high for its cultural value. The Spaniards are justly proud of their soft, rich language, and their literature. Many of their writers rank with our best English authors—Wesleyan Advance.
Whenever we hear of a college woman who has entered the field of scientific research, or is the "only woman in the College of Mechanics," or is majoring in hygiene or agriculture we are told that her photograph is featured on the front page of the paper for making a faux pas in a usually masculine field of endeavor we always feel a sneaking hope that the undesired publicity may attract ambitious feminine adventurers. Of course it is unfortunate that they should be thus featured, simply because they are women. However, we can only hope against hope that the featuring will continue, for it may be the preventive proof of providence and home nature.
Oral Holmes, special Fine Arts,
from Coldwater, was one of the victims
of the small gale which blew over Mt.
Orden last week. Holmes was struggling
along with her leg as he sang for the student concert
Wednesday night. His music, "Redouin Love Song," was resting quietly in the outside pocket of his overcoat. Suddenly a gust of wind struck the hill, this the last song he wrote, sings, jerked the music from his pocket and playfully lifted it to the topmost branches of a hedge tree nearby. Holmes claims that if it had lodged anywhere else, he'd be rescued it, but as it was he thought best to invest another thirty cents.
We are glad to see women voting, and we would have them own property and be independent when they will. Yet when we hear the fear of their hats to her and offer her seats in street cars and refrain from smoking or searing in her presence, we must bake to differ. We are glad that the day of the death of our friend hope that the era of unsexed females will never come. The noblest act a man can perform, as we see it, is to be every inch a man. And we cling longingly to the good idea that the noblest works for the lady a choice, or at least to remain a woman. Co-operate with man; yes, be man's companion, yes; control and illuminate man, yes; compete with man, hoping to be accepted in fields of labor that are only for men no.—Exchange.
Milton Nigg, architectural engineer '16, has invented a wheel of perpetual motion. One half of this wheel is a gravity sieve, and the other half is drawn around each time by the force of gravity.
LOST—A gold engraved fountain pen, bearing initials J. L. M. Finder kindly return to Kansan office.
WANT ADS
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Surplus and Profits $100,000
The Student Depository
For the latest in commercial and society printing call on
A. G. Alrich 744 Mass. St.
Conklin Fountain Pens
Non-Leakable and Self-Filling
Sold in Lawrence at
F. B. McColloch's Drug Store
847 Mass. St.
PROTSCH The College Tailor
See Griffin Coal Company for Fuel.
SHUBERT MATINEES WED. and SAT
Popular matress Wed. 256 to $1.50
MR, WM, FAVERSHAM
In his great "THE HAWK"
in floor $215 to $300
for SALE OF SILK STOCKINGS*
CLASSIFIED
KEEELER'S STORE STORE. 293 Mass.
ST. Typewriters for male or rent.
St. Books for adults.
Paper by the pound. Quits books 8 for
10c. Pictures and Picture framing.
Book Store
Jewelers
ED. W. PARSONS, Engraver, Watch-
house. Bell phone 715, 717. Mass.
Phone 715, 717. Mass.
Shoe Shop
**China Painting**
MISS CHINA NORTHGROUP, CHINA
painting. Orders for special occaions
carefully handled. 736 Mass. Phone
Bell 152.
**shoe shop**
K. U. SHOE SHOP Fantatorium is the best place for best results 1342 IHU
Plumbers
PHONE KKNNN nmmm PLUMBING CO.,
Mazes Phone KKNNN mmmm Lamps. M.
Mazes Phone KKNNN mmmm Lamps.
B. H. DALE, Artistic Job Printing.
Both phones 228, 1027 Mass.
Shoe Shoe
Dressmaking
MTSR M A. M. ORGANAN, 1821 *Tennessee*
taking the job, *every* very reasonable.
taking the job, *very* reasonable.
FORNEY SHOE SHOP. 1017 Mass. St.
don't make a mistake. All work
will be done.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. H. L. CHAMBERS. Office over
Squires' studio. Both phones.
HARRY BEDING. M. D Eye, ear,
bone. U. Blge. Phones. Bone 513;
O. U. Blge. Phones. Bone 513;
G, W, JONES, A, M, M, D. *Diseases*
*involved in ocular health*
1802, London S.I. Phonix. *Heal-
tion*
J. R. BECHTEL, M. D., D. O. 833 Mss.
Both phone. D. office and residence.
A. C. WILSON, Attorney at law, 743
Mass. St. Lawrence, Kansas.
DR. H, W. HUTCHINSON, Dentist. 3018
Perkins Bldg., Lawrence, Kansas.
C. E. ORBLUP, M. D. *Disk Bldge*, Eyx
AreYouaPessimist?
If you don't really know what a pessimist is, you can't hardly answer that question. You do know, however, that it has a mean, disagreeable sound and that you don't want to be one.
One of the wits says that "A pessimist is a man who sleeps unsoundly through the night for fear it will soon be morning." Poor man, you say. But
Mr. Business Man of Lawrence:
Are you sleeping unsoundly through the night in the fear that your competitor is getting more than his share of the trade? Is he really getting it? If so, why? Are you a pessimist? Did you insert one little ad in the paper the other day and then holler your head off every time a newspaper man came in the office about "not being able to see that it brought any results?" If you want student trade—and it is a safe bet that you do—the only way to get it is to go out after it. Your only way of letting the students know what you have is through the advertising columns of the University Daily Kansan. One barber has increased his business ten per cent through one month's campaign in the Kansan. One cleaner, presser and dyer has asked his advertising man to lay a little low on the dye question, as he is afraid he will run out of supplies before he can order again if suits and dresses keep coming in. And we could tell of a few other cases, too.
You know where the students trade, Business Man of Lawrence. Watch them as they go down Massachusetts street and you will see that they turn in at the places of business whose advertising they read in the University Daily Kansan.
In view of the fact that you would give your right arm to have a big share of the student trade; that you have been too short-sighted to pursue a definite advertising policy in the paper that goes to every student five times a week; that you don't act friendly to an advertising man when he walks into your store—consider him a thief and robber, trying to beat you out of your hard-earned money instead of helping you to make more—that you cuss the luck of your competitor and wonder how anybody can see anything decent about the goods he handles—if that has been your policy and you think it is time to consider some other one, we would like to help a little.
The advertising service of the University Daily Kansan is absolutely free. A man from our office would like to talk to you tomorrow. Or
ARE YOU STILL A PESSIMIST?