UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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VOLUME XIII.
CITY ENGINEERS MEET
NUMBER 113.
Four-Day Short Course Offers Lectures and Practical Tests in Engineering
ENROLLMENT DECREASED
Over thirty city engineers from the various towns over the state will be enrolled by tomorrow morning in the short course being offered under the supervision of the department of Civil Engineering, for City Engineers and official public officials. The meetings began this morning in the lecture room in Marvin Hall with about twenty of the visitors in attendance.
Due to Tardiness and Engineers Busy Season
"It is only due to the tardiness in getting the short course under way that makes the attendance so small this time," said Prof. H. A. Rice, head of the department. "This is about the time that city engineers are all beginning their work in paving other city improvements and they feel that they can help their work. Hence the interest by the date to attend this year justifies our holding a similar meeting next year, it shall be held in January or the first week in February, when we can have reason to expect a larger crowd.
"A number of the city engineers over the state have written, sending their regrets at not being able to attend, and stating that they are afraid of the prowess of the man who is去做 this week. The interest has been very general and it is to be regretted that we could not have held the meeting sooner; but it was impaired by the administration had not met, had not yet set its approval on the enterprise."
on the event.
The meetings opened this morning at the meeting with an address of welcome by Dean P. F. Walker of the School of Engineering, who spoke for the University in welcoming the visitors and explaining the work the University is trying to do through the short courses of this kind.
The second lecture of the morning was given by Prof. W. C. McNown on "City Planning." The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides, and every matter from parks to sanitary work was taken up in detail.
The sessions this afternoon were given over to lectures accompanied by actual tests made by the faculty of Engineering. These consisted of a lecture by H.A. Rice on Reinforced Concrete and tests; a cold-bending test by Proof L. Brown; and a test of cement by Proof C. C. Williams.
The program in full for the rest of the week is given out to the visiting city engineers is as follows:
Wednesday
9:30 Lecture on Water Purification
Prof. C. A. Haskins
11:00 Manufacturing as a Factor in City Development - Dean Watson
10:30 Asphaltic Concrete Pavements
A. R. Young, City Engineer
1:30 Lecture on Water Softening— Prof. C. C. Young.
2:30 Inspection of Water Softening Plant in Physics Building and Demonstrations in Water and Sweater Laboratories.
9:30 Recent Developments in Brick Pavements - Prof. C, C. Wiliams
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1916.
11:30 Patient Litigation—Dean M. S
Ketchum, University of Colorado
1:30 The Lake Asphalt Industry i
Bentley Boating Pictures
R. Dr. Reamer
2:30 Brick Rattling Test and Road Materials Test — Prof. C. C.
8:00 Concrete Road Building—Moving Pictures.J. B. Marcellus, Div. Engr. Am. Assn. Portland Cement Mfss.
Friday
2:30 Sewage Disposal — Prof. C. A. Haskins, Engineer State Board of Health.
10:30 Street Lighting and Power—Prof. C. A. Johnson.
11:30 Selection of Prime Movers.
1:30 Trial of Reinforced Concrete Beam—Prof. H. A. Rice.
2:30 Testing of Water Meters—Prof. J. O. Jones.
3:30 Water and Bacteria Laboratories—Professors Haskins and Young.
This Fraternity Petitions
Dean J. W. Green, of the School of Law received a letter from the executive council of the Sigma Nu Phlegan fraternity at Washington, D.C. yesterday, petitioning for a charter here at Lawrence. The letter has been posted upon the bulletin board in Green Hall.
Prof. W. A. Griffith, of the department of painting, has a new Student-taker car which she drives to school. Griffith has only one trouble, and that is getting started.
CARL KRUEGER WILL BE ORGANIST FOR N. Y. CHURCH
Karl Krueger who was glamour from the School of Fine Arts last year, doing work for the degree of M. s in music, went to New York where he was appointed assistant organist in St. Luke's Church and received the appointment of organist and choir director at St. Ann's On-the-Heights, Brooklyn, where he follows the well known composer and organist Richard Keys Biggs. There were more than 200 musicians in this position, Mr. krueger previously declined three other positions which were offered him in New York.
K. N. G. MAY BE CALLED
If War is Declared, Kansas National Guards Will Go to Mexico
The athletes of the University of Kansas are each year taken on trips to the schools of neighboring states. Now the K. N. Gs are to have their chance at a little trip, not to Missouri or Nebraska, however, but to Mexico.
Capt. Frank Jones said this morning that if the present United States expedition failed and the President decided to deal seals, he would call all other United States troops might be called upon at any time. Although Captain Jones does not think the present affair seriouse, he will call an official a call for all United States troops.
The K. N. G.s would be taken to the field by Capt. Frank Jones and University Marshall E. M. Briggs. The route and particulars of the trip would accompany the order. The troops are with them, but already called and other troops from there would probably be ordered to Mexico before the K. N. G.s.
If the United States is compelled to call out the National Guard to pacify turbulent Mexico, Company M, of the University, will be all ready to shoulder arms and march to the south. Captain W. C. Sweeeny, 21st U. S. infantry, and colonel J. Willett S. Moore, assisted the student soldiers last night, and pronounced their condition better than the average.
The men were inspected in all branches of military science that the guards are taught, as well as to their equipment and appearance.
Captain Sweeney said Company M is, "A very good company, better than the average. The company has always been one of the best in the state and was rated second at the encampment at Fort Leavenworth last August. Company H of Lawrence was first by on epoint in the rating.
because the War Department is considering the changing of the company from the infantry branch of the service to the engineering corp, the inspection was closely watched and number of tests were made that are not made with many of the other companies of the state guards.
Captain Sweeney, who is now of the 21st United States Infantry enlisted in the 1st West Virginia at the time of the Spanish-American war and was in military service with the Army and Prison Writer, of the department of Romance languages, who was then in the 10th Ohio. They exchanged a number of reminiscences of that camp and of the officers in charge. Captain Sweeney went on to serve in the regulars at the close of the war and has since risen tnis present position.
There were many interested spectators at the drill last night both from the local military units and from the security men who are not in the company.
General Funston and Lieutenan
Topham May See Service
K. U. is sending men to the front; Frederick Funston, brigadier generals U. S. A. an old K. U. student and Kansas man, is commander of 12,000 men on the front to enter the chase for the Mexican bandit, Villa. First Lieutenant Joseph Topham of the twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, also a former student and resident of Lawrence, is being sent to service during the present Mexican trouble.
K. U. MEN ON THE BORDER
Reporter, botanist, and explorer to brigadier general has been the notable progress in the career of Frederick Funston, who attended the University of Kansas for three years beginning with 1885. He has been service as captain, mayor, and lieutenant of the Cuban Insurgent Army, and was awarded a medal of honor for acts of bravery in the Philippines.
LETTERS FOR ATHLETES
Lleutenant Topham has been in the army for fifteen years and was also in the campaign in the Philippines. Recently he was stationed at Camp Wyoming, where his friends do not know of his present movements.
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Women Will Receive Rewards at Open Lesson in Gym Tonight
350 IN THE EXHIBITION
Will Show Various Phases of Physical Training
More than 350 women will take part in the big open lesson to be given tonight in the Robinson Gym by the women's physical training department.
This demonstration of the many phases of physical training as taught in, the University includes the work of all freshmen, sophomore and upper-class women enrolled in gym. Dr. Alice L. Goetz, Miss Elliott, and Miss Pratt have all been busy in bringing the work to this final climax.
During the course of the evening different members of the W. A. A. who have won the required seventy-five points will be awarded "A's". This letter is symbolized honoring one person or group, one who is not only able to do good work work, but who is master of some sport or sports as well. Personal qualifications are also considered in granting the letters. The women who will receive letters
Seniors, Ella Hawkins and Mildred Spake; juniors, Lottie Martin, Miriam Jones, Cora Shinn, Virginia Lucas and Annette Ashton; sophomores, Joyce Brown, Sara Trant, Margaret Hodder, Foster Dillon, Eric Schmitt, Dorothy Dowson; peerfield, Marion Joseph, Kathleen Reding, Dorothy Cole, Lea Walker
The freshmen and **basketball women who** 1 **in some scheduled game** ___ the numerals "19" and "18" respectively;
Sophomore basketball class: Ruth Endacott, capt., Margaret Hodder, Lucy Richards, Dorothy Tucker, Irene Henderson, Elizabeth Porter, Ridley, Joyce Brown and Saara Tran.
Freshman class: Iril Nelson, Capt,
Darlene Woolsey, Gladys Drake, Ruth
Dunmire, Lucy Heathman and Ruth
Faris.
A drill team from the National Guard will appear before the crowd and give some military drills, bayonet attacks and other demonstrations of premedecedness.
The 1000 invitations that have been issued to the faculty and University women bear in the corner the words, "may admit a gentleman if accompanied by a lady," which make it possible for the men to come.
The program: Calisthenic exercises, freshman class; Swedish gymnastics, sophomore class; exercises with wands and dumbbells, freshman class; exercises with Indian clubs, sophomore class; gymnastic games, freshman class; basketball, sophomore basketball squad.
Folk Dances; Swedish Klap dance, freshman class; Ace of Diamonds, freshman class; Irish Jig, sophomore class; Swedish Ring dance, sophomore class; Snow dance, freshman class; Cinderella, sophomore class; Folkiana, sophomore class; Spanish dance, sec.; Madrilena, (Spanish dance), advanced class, 2nd. sec.
Technical exercises on which the aesthetic dances are based: Elementary exercises, freshman class; intermediate exercises; advanced exercises, advanced class, 2nd. sec.
Aesthetic Dances: San Toy, sophomore class; Tennis Racelet dance, sophomore class; interpretive dances, advanced class.
ANNOUNCE CAST MARCH 1
"The cast for the senior play will be announced some time this week, probably about next Thursday," said Manager Don Burnett this morning, "and if we have a good attendance at the rehearsal tomorrow afternoon the committee will have no trouble in making its decision."
Senior Committee Has Difficulty Deciding on Its Actors
Tom Woodbury, junior Law and hurdler on Coach Hamilton's track team, has not shaved as often as is his custom lately. Some are even bald enough to rumor that Tom is attempting to start a mustache.
Up to the present time the tryouts for the play have not been satisfactory, according to the manager, and, as he phrases it, "it there has been a lamentable tendency among the fourth year people to want star team players," Ahrens was held yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Green hall but, on account of poor attendance, the committee was unable to make its final decision as to the cast. With the announcing of the lineup this week work will be started in earnest and the management expects to make Alton Gumbiner's Coaching the Grapes" to play ever at the University. The first production will be given on the evening of April 14 and another sometime during commencement week, for the benefit of the alumni.
Fifty-Four Fight
TOURNEY BIGGEST EVER
H. S. Teams Will for Championship
HAMILTON
EXPECTS 500
K. U. Will Have Huge Crowd of Visitors
Visitors
The interscholastic basketball tournament which will start in Robinson gym Friday morning at 10 o'clock will be the largest tournament ever for this year. The eight boys' teams and sixteen girls' teams accepted the invitation to enter and every one of them is expected to show up. This is ten more teams than the last year's manager Hamilton expects 500 visitors on Mount Oread.
The drawings for the tournament will be made this evening and the preliminary rounds will be arranged for in advance so there will be no hitch in the plans when the teams come on the floor Friday morning. The girls' games will be played on the first floor of the gym while two boys games will be held on the second floor. The boys' games will be open to anyone, while the girls' games will be open to women or women with escorts.
With 432 athletes coming for the big tournament the athletic association will have about all it can to take care of them properly but plans have been made to give them a Vacant rooms all over town have been reserved for the accommodation of the visitors and boarding houses will be filled to capacity to feed the athletes. The Athletic Association paid part of the cost of their workers, while the high school which they represent saves the other part.
A feature of the entertainment for the visitors will be the Varsity-All Star exhibition game Saturday afternoon. Lefty Sproull is getting a bunch of old timers to appear for the series and they have high hopes of taking Slats Cole's team to a trimming. Stuffy Dunnire, Mumie Vries, Biff Würd, Dutch Uhr-dery may be the other four men on Sproull's squad. This game has always proved one of the big events of the tournaments in the past and causes considerable interest among the high school students.
The appearance of the Varsity in action is one of the educational features of the tournament. The method of warming up for a game, practice in goal shooting, passing and team work instruction, training teams, developing teams and the Varsity shouts shows the visitors how it works in real practice.
The winners of each of the congressional districts will play in the tournament here. The contest between these will be especially important, because Holton, Parsons, Quenemo, Dickinson, Elsworth, Spearville, and Newton.
Other teams that will probably be in the contest to the last, if they keep up the showing made by former teams from the same schools, are Iola, Lawrence, Atchison, Leavenworth, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas.
Sterling and Arkansas City both have strong girls' teams entered this
The boys' teams are: Spearville, Newton, Ellsworth, Dickinson, Quenon, Parsons, Rosedale, Holton, Argentine, Arkansas City, Attolon, Baldwin, Bonner Springs, Burlington, Coldwater, Elmore, Eudora, Fowler, Greeley, Iola, Kansas City, Kans., Larned City, Leavenor, Larned City, Lyndon, Macksville, Merriam, Morril, Moundridge, Oread Randall, Seneca, Selena Grove, Topeka, Viola, Washington, and Winfield.
The girls' teams: are Argentine Arkansas City, Atchison, Baldwil Belleville, Bonner Springs, Burli game, Burlington, Holton, Leaver Patrons, Merriam, Morton Patrons, Rosalde, Sabcahn, Sterling and Waterville.
W. O. Hamilton, manager of athletics, wishes to call attention to the imperative need of accommodations for the 500 high school students from all parts of Kansas who will gather at the University for the basketball tournament.
OPEN YOUR DOORS!
It will be necessary for boarding houses, sororities, and private residences to open their doors to accommodate the crowd. K. U. will be host to the largest number of athletes from secondary schools that have ever gathered in the west.
From among them new students will be recruited to swell the enrollment, and the future athletes of the University will come. The benefits of the visit will be too obvious to need discussion.
It's up to us to make the event a success!
EASTER CONCERT CHANGED
TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS
In order to make it possible for all students to attend the Easter Concert by the Choral Union, it is to be held on April 16, in Palm Sunday, April 16, instead of on Easter. The Ministerial Allegiance of Lawrence have agreed to close all the churches on that evening and to hold an invitation in making it a successful service.
The Choral Union which practices every Tuesday night at 7:30 in the Lawrence high school auditorium, is also a place where may care to take part in the concert.
ZOELLNERT TO APPERR
Popular String Quartet to Play Professor Skilton's Indian War Dances
The Zoellner String Quartet, which proved so popular in Lawrence last year, will appear in Robinson Gymnasium Thursday evening. One of the features of the evening's program will be the work of Prof. Chas. S. Skilton, which have been attracting national interest.
The following program will be given at 8:15 p.m.
Program
Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5 (The "Lark"
Quartet)
Allegro moderato
Adagio cantabile
Milongo, Allegretto
Finale, Vivace
Quartet No. 1...Arthur Nevin
Quartet No. 1...Arthur Nevin
Moderate...no, no, trongo
Quartet Op. 10 (Two Movements)
...Debussy
Assez vif et bien rythme Andantino
Two Indian Dances. .Chas. S. Skiltor
Deer Dance
Rain Song, Op 35... Shingigaila Polish Folk Tune. Counterpointed by
Kaesamayer.
WAITING CLARK'S ANSWER
Coaches Are Desirous of Getting Illinois Style of Play
Clark's name was recommended following the announcement of Jay Bond, former assistant football coach, that he was going to give up football. It is believed that Bond plans to take over the farm of his father who is sick.
George Clark, quarterback back of the championship Illinois team for the last two years, who has been recommended to be a starter, did not give a definite answer.
Clark was all-quarter last year on the team that won the Western Conference championship. He was quarter the year before on the team that won last season in the United States. He is a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
we want an Illinois man," said manager W. O. Hamilton, "in regard to the fact that we have thark, thark, style of football at the kine we want to have here."
MUST HAVE CHAPERONS
The Committee on Student Interests, of which Mrs. Brown is Chairman, recommends that at fraternity and sorority house dances there be several, or at least two couples of chapernors. This is done with all respect for the sufficiency of the mother, the moral courtesy, in connection that chapernors may enjoy themselves more if there are several present.
Housemothers Not Sufficient
Chaperons for House Dances
"Faculty members of fraternities may, if married, act as chaperons on faculty trips," said Mrs. Eustace Brown, "since it is the advity who它能 the chaperon."
At the Pan-hellenic meeting of March 5, a resolution was passed that a house mother constituted sufficient chaperonage. Mrs. Brown says that in recommending the presence of several chaperons, the housemother following established social custom and precedent in the larger universities.
"This is not an order," she says, "but kindly advice, in order that chaperoning may be more of a pleasure in the future."
Francis A. Guy has been appointed to succeed Claire Youse as chairman of the invitation committee of the Sophomore Hop. Youse withdrew from class when his brother died the first of this semester.
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Donald Burnett, '16 Law and president of the Dramatic Club, went to Leavenworth Friday to instruct the high school pupils in their class play.
TEACHERS COME TO K.U.
Instructors and Educators of the State Attend Annual Conference
EXPECT
RECORD CROWD
Dean Kelly Thinks Large Numbers Will Hear Speakers
"It is safe to say that a large and zealous gathering of teachers will attend the meeting," said Dean Kelly this morning. "Much interest is being taken in the work by the teachers over the state and with the basketball team." It was also time for counting on an enthusiastic representation from all over the state."
The Thirteenth Annual Conference of Kansas high schools and academies will meet here Friday and Saturday. The conference will focus on the high school teachers and educators of the state and from inquiries received at the office of Dean F. J. Kelly of the School of Education a large and distinctive crowd will attend the conference.
A plan for providing meals for the visiting schoolmen is being considered by the ladies at Myers Hall but no definite arrangements have been made. The University Y. M. C. A. is making a schedule of the available rooms for men and the office of the adviser of women in the schoolmasters of the university, or of rooms for women. When the visitors arrive on the Hill Friday they will be directed to these two places where they may quickly find the available rooming places.
The program for this year's conference is the strongest and most complete that has ever been arranged for his annual meeting. Several prominent national educators will give addresses at the general sessions and the leading men and women of Kansas in education will be present.
The conference' will convene at 9 o'clock Friday morning. The first meeting will be a general session in Fraser chapel with Thomas Kirk, president of the State Normal School at Emporia, as the leading speaker.
Six general sessions have been provided for, four sectional meetings in the departments of sciences, mathematics, languages and history and government, and four meetings departmental round tables will be open for discussion in the departments of English, economics and sociology, biology, German, physical science. Romance languages, school administration, psychology and sociology will fill up the problems of teaching these branches in high schools.
Arrangements have been made for superintendents and principals of the state high schools to meet graduate students and seniors who are planning to teach school next year. Many school men are coming here primarily for the purpose of looking over the prospects for securing teachers.
A number of the city superintendents are planning a meeting which will be held Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock for the purpose of obtaining survey of the city schools. This conference was not announced in the programs sent out over the state but has been arranged by the men interested in this study. The study has been made possible by the establishment within the School of Education of a Bureau of School Service which will be able to render much help to the superintendents in whatever situation we wish to do in their own school systems.
The annual business meeting of the High School Debating League will be held in Fraser Hall Friday afternoon at 4:30.
A feature of the conference will be the demonstrations given to the visitors by the department of home economics, illustrating the different phases of the experiment. Friday afternoon commencing at 2:30. Demonstrations will be made by students in the department and exhibits illustrating the scientific principles underlying the selection and preparation of clothing, clothing and shelter will be shown.
A reception will be held in the Women's Corner in Fraser Hall from 4:30 to 5:00.
Lance Hill, who was a juniper in the School of Pharmacy two years ago, went to Kansas City Thursday morning to finish selling the stock of the Nith Chemical Company. The stock is nearly all sold now and Mr. Hill expects to set up a chemical office of his wnb about the middle of March.
The Weather
Tuesday; the weather tonight and
Wednesday, colder than tonight.
MORNING PRAYERS
Week of March 13 to 17-
Leader, Prof. H. T. Hill.
Subjects:
Wednesday, "The Fool's Prayer."
Thursday, "The Great Seal."
Friday, "Kansas, Beloved Mother."