UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VGLUME XIII.
NUMBER 99
ADVISE BUYING PLANT
Engineers Agree That Lawrences Should Purchase Water Works And Add Improvements
HOW PRICE WAS REACHED
Guffer of M. A., Tells How $175,
000 Was Agreed Upon
Any fear that Lawrence, in buying its water works system at the election March 14, would receive the worst end of the bargain, was dispelled by the discussions of Engineering and engineer for the state board of health, E.B. Black, of Black and Worley, municipal engineers of Kansas City, Mo., and Otto Guffer, president of the Merchants' Association, at a public meeting on the water question at the Plymouth Congregational Church last night.
Details concerning possible sources of water supply, appraisals, present condition of the water system, cost of improvements, and other matters were
MERCHANTS SET PRICE
Mr. Gufner, who was a member of the committee of the Merchants' Association which conducted the negotiations with C. F. Street, president of Lawrence Water Company, told how they asked, $75,000, came to be reached.
"The initiative came from the Merchants' .Association after a trip made by the association to California," Mr Guffer said. "We had stopped at a number of cities which owned their water systems and were pleased with what water they used, furnished. On the way back, we began discussing the possibility of buying the Lawrence plant. Shortly afterwards we asked J. H. Mitchell, receiver for the water company, to urge President Street of New York to come out and discuss the proposition with us. He met with the Merchants' committee and a price was recommended to him by his secretary immediately, saying that the stockholders would not consider such a proposition for a moment.
FIGURED 17 PER CENT DEPERSLATION
"The appraisal board consisted of E.B. Black, of Worley and the Kansas City company representing the city, and W. Kiersted, who has long experience in municipal engineering problems at Kansas City, Mo., who was chosen by the other two engineers in the project to agree. This board set the total price of the plant at $231,995.29. Interest during construction and going value were included in this valuation, but goes back to the cent deducted in the appraisal.
"The Merchants eliminated the going value in their consideration and based their price on the actual physical valuation of the plant which was about $176,000. We felt that the price of $175,000 was as much as we could justly afford to pay for the plant and Mr. Street was so informed.
"IN an effort to induce a businessmen to figure the business to each member of the committee personally to try to get a higher recommendation, but he was not listened to. Finally, after returning to New York and discussing the proposition with his directors, Mr. Street wired that the price would be acceptable if the citizens of Lawrence would vote favorably on it, and if the water company would not be required to take such action, then the vote of the campaign preceding the election on the proposal."
Professor Haskins then explained the condition of Lawrence water and said that under no conditions could a better water supply be obtained. He said that no matter where wells were located, there would not be obtained and that therefore the practical thing to do was to use the present source and install an iron removing process and a softening plant. The iron removal process could be installed for $30,000, he said. With this technology Haskins said that the Lawrence supply would be an excellent water for domestic and drinking purposes. In daily tests which have been* made since October 26 in Professor Haskin's laboratories, no disease bearing bacterium have been found. The water is on his own account and his treatment could be made palatable also.
MR. BLACK FAVORS PURCHASE
Mr. Black, as an experienced municipal engineer, gave his expert opinion on the advisability of purchasing a plant under the conditions proposed.
"For the figure of $175,000, Lawrence cannot afford to lose a chance to get control of this important utility," he said. "Lawrence could put $450, but it would not be possible, then not be exceeding the average investment which cities of its size are making in water systems. Out of over two hundred water systems in Kansas, only a dozen are privately owned and operated." He says that plans which has come to my observation in professional work has left no doubt in my mind about the advantages of municipal ownership."
When asked if it was more practice to buy the plant, Mr. Black replies that it is not necessary; the plant is, in some respects, it would be much cheaper to improve it than to install a new system, for there is usually no equipment which can always be used."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1916.
Several arguments against the pres ent proposal were made but the engineers met all of them with figures 'from their data.
MARVINITES WANT DAY
Ask University Senate to Restore Holiday For Celebration
A petition with more than two hundred signatures attached has been presented to the University Senate by the students of the School of Engineering asking that "Engineering should be restored to the past, be restored to the Engineers."
Last year after the celebrations on Engineers' Day the University had a school holiday to be held only on Saturdays or holidays. The reason was that classes in the entire University were broken up for an
In years past the feature of Engineers' Day was a big parade, which was scheduled to start at ten or ten-thirty, but it rarely ever started before twelve, thus causing overtime. The course was interrupted while the College and Law students waited for the procession.
It has been suggested that some plan might be worked out whereby the parade would be scheduled for and start at noon, so that not more than twenty minutes of class work would be lost. Such a plan would allow the engineers to deal with large degree and still give the Engineers a chance to advertise.
The petition is in the hands of the Chancellor at present awaiting the action of the University Senate at its meeting on March 7.
WOMEN TURN TO HOCKEY
Practice in the Outdoor Sport to Begin Tuesday Afternoon
"Women's hockey teams will take up out door practice now at once," said Dr. Goetz, "we have been fortunate in securing Bertha Kitchell who is taking graduate work in Physics here on the Hill, to coach our hockey teams. Miss Kitchell was on the varsity hockey team at the University of Wisconsin, and was an alum from this sport in California. She will coach the women on Tuesdays at 3:30 and at that time every upperclass woman interested in hockey should be on the field.
"If the hockey field below the gym is too wet the grounds in front of the Fowler Shops will be used. The women can practice among themselves at any time and I hope hockey sticks will be clicked on the field every day. The women intend to play against them should report at once, the seniors to their manager, Ella Hawkins; and the juniors to Mabel Elmore.
"We had planned to make hockey the first intercollegiate sport among the women here but unless this game is practiced very faithfully I am afraid basketball will be the first on our intercollegiate schedule.
Dr. Ward Cook of Boston was on the Hill yesterday visiting old friends. So she his graduation from he has he been doing work in a Boston hospital.
"Although the women can play hockey better in gym suits yet change of costume will not be necessary. The players can come directly to the gym after classes, get one of the official Applebee hockey sticks and a pair of the heavy red or blue wool stockings which distinguish the different teams and impairment we were bully guards, and go down to the hockey field. I hope all the old players and many new ones will be out every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 for regular practice."
Send the Daily Kansan home to the folks.
This sport, which is reserved for upperclass women at the university, was started and coached last fall by Dr. Goetz with the idea in mind of making it the first of intercollege sports in the country. All required are required to make a full team, the upperclass athletes have a good chance, in case of a varsity game, to win the letter "K," the highest emblem of honor awarded by the Women's Athletic Association. Before winter forced the practice of indoor volleyball many of the upperclass women turned out twice a week to wield the hockey stick and join in jolly and active companionship together.
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Kansas Track Men Win Over
whelming Victory From
Farmer School
The Kansas track team is the most heartless group of individuals that has been seen for some time around Manhattan. They seem to have no regard for the feelings of others. Which are they? The team took the Aggies to a "good sound wal-oping" in Manhattan Monday night with a score of 66 to 19.
PLACE IN EVERY EVENT
The Aggies for the past week had been claiming the meet by a 44 to 14 score while the Kansans refused to make any boasts other than that the meeting would be close and that Kansans should win. But the Aggies' talk scared the Kansans tracersisters into believing Mr. Maeser made a real track team and the one-sided score resulted from this scared feeling.
Whatever caused the wonderful showing of the Jayhawkers is immaterial. But the showing was there and the large crowd which gathered in the K. S, A. C, gym to see Merner's trackers hand K, U, the same treaters' team and the basketball team was sorely disappointed with the result of the meet.
In every event the Kansas men seemed to be going at their best and as a result the Agries took only two firsts and three seconds in the entire meet. Kansas placed in every event and took both places in five events.
Kansas started the meet off with a first in the 30-yard dash by Davidson. This was the first of the unexpected Kansas points and put Kansas in the top position, but Kansers took the Aggie side when Frizzell took firsts in both hurdle races. The Jayhawkers came back with first and second in the shot put and from that run to the halfway step they took. The distance races annexed the majority of the points for the Kansas.
AGGIE "SURE POINTS" UPSET
the sure points* which the Aggies claim climb in the high jump. Captain Frizzel took second to Treweeke of Kansas in the high jump, and Tector, the star two miler, was defeated over a lap and a quarter by Grady, the Kansas veteran. These two events the greatest upsets of the evening.
The time in the distance events was the most remarkable part of the meet. Several K. U. outdoor records were approached and several new dual quarter, half and mile times were the best that has ever been made on the indoor track by the men of either school. Herrritt and Sproll started the work when they took both places in the final straight-all the way until the final straight-away where Herrritt nosed him out by r foot. O'Leary and Campbell then came in for two places in the quarter mile and showed clean pairs of heels to Hollyroyd, who had been doped to five times the time of 64 flat was unusually good.
UPSET THE AGGIE DOPE COME ALL YE SCRIBES
RODKEY AND GRADY STAR
With this showing the chances for a victory over Missouri in Convention Hall, March 17 looms up strong. The week before, the initial conference meet will cause Schlumberger to a few nights' sleep between now and the annual tangle and, incidentally, it may cause him to lose the big affair. But that is three weeks off and at present the tracksters are preparing for the K.C.A. C, games Saturday night.
The half mile was won by Rodkey in 2:01; with Fiske in second place behind. This is only three-fifths of a second slower than the K. U. record established on the outdoor track by Rodkey two years ago. Then he did the good work with an even ten minute victory over Teeter in the two miles.
Low hurdles, 30 yards—Frizzell
Agrees, first; Kansas, second.
Todd
Trewake, after being informed by Aggie rooters that he would have to beat six feet four inches to win first, jumped six feet one-fourth inches to a victory over Frizzell. Reber and Small took both places in the shot put at Campbell and Pattinson had things their own way in the pole vault.
Mile run—Herriot, Kansas, first,
proud, Kansas, second. Time: 4:32
minutes.
GET LINE ON MISSOURI
Two-mile run - Grady, Kansas
fat; Teeter, Aggies, second. Time 10:16
The results of the meet are as folows:
Thirty-yard dash - Davidson, Kan
second - Vandenberg, Aggle, acke
first time.
Quarter-mile run - O'Leary, Kanaa thrashes Campbell, Kansas, second time.
high hurdles, 30 yards—Frizell
agges, first; Elliott, Kansas,
second
Half-mile—Rodkey, Kanasa, first.
Fiske, Kanasa, second. Time 2-01.
Shootout--Rober, Kansas, first:
Small, Kansas, second, Distance, 29.
45.
High jump—Treweeke, Kansas.
Strongly Organized Department of Journalism Will Gain Respect—To Meet Tonight
Have would-be newspaper-men a right to dapple in politics? The scribes of the department of journalism, and there are over one hundred enrolled in this department, will meet tonight in the portorial rooms of the Daily Kansan and settle the question as to the right of news reporters. For instance, least, the promoters of the scribes' union maintain that the University news gatherers have the right of organizing their own department.
For many years the reporters have schemed and written article after article to create student sentiment in favor of the organization of similar groups. The serires point to the well organized Schools of Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Medicine, and the Graduate School.
The promoters of the proposal organization for the tribe of journalists will attempt to have the same for their own department. With the department well organized, they say, there will be one more altar for aspirants to high political office before the voters, and the venders in political plums neglected the publicity department of the student body.
A president, vice-president, treasurer and two secretaries will be chosen at the meeting tonight. A woman secretary is to be elected to take care of interests of the large newspaper department. The meeting will be called in the journalism building at eight o'clock.
A REAL STUDENT PARTY
All-University Affair Next Sat-
urday Night
"It will be truly a students' party," said Mrs. Eustace Brown, this morning, in speaking of the second annual All University Party on Saturday night, and next Saturday night, "The general arrangements are in charge of a student committee, the music will be furnished by the University oratorium, the faculty of science we planned by students, the cover programs was designed by students, the punch which will be served during the evening will be made by students, and the members of the team are to be the guests of the students."
There will be a practice of the pannet dance at the Gymnasium on Tuesday evening, starting at 10:30. Every organization in the University, and each class is urged to have an instructor.
The committee in charge of the decorations had a meeting Friday afternoon and worked out the final details for transforming the Gymnasium into a colonial ball room. ___
TO BRING SCHOOL OF
HEALTH OFFICERS HERI
A School for Health Officers to last for one week during April or May was provided for at the meeting of the Board of Administration Friday. An appropriation was applied to cover the expenses of the meeting.
The convention will be open to all breath of officers of the state and will under the direction of Dean S. J. Crumpton, Chair, the exact date has not been decided upon but a program of speakers is being arranged. Most of the lectures will be delivered by members of the faculty of the School of Medicine, and several prominent medical men will be brought here for the occasion.
Wednesday: Fair tonight and Thursday, warmer southeast portion tonight, cooler northwest portion tonight.
The Weather
"Dutch" Gooding, who has been in the hospital the past week suffering from an attack of appendicitis, says that after being on a diet consisting mainly of grape juice he realizes how W. J. Bryan must feel.
Harold M. Swepe civil engineer in the employ of the Santa Fe, is visiting the School of Engineering at Oklahoma State College the Oklahoma Agricultural College.
The lecture, which was to be given by Dr. H. B. Cady before the Chemi on the "Preparation and Use of Hydrogen" on the European Wer," was postponed.
first; Prizzall, Aggies, second. Height,
6 feet 1/4 inch.
Pole vault-Patterson and Campbell of Kannan, tied at 10 feet 6 inches.
Mile relay-Won by Kannas (Elimination), Campbell and Rodkey)
Time: 3:41
K.U. K.A.
Firsts . . . . . . . . 9
Seconds . . . . . . . . 7 8
Total . . . . . . . . 16
KANSAN SUBSCRIBERS MAY
OBTAIN BOUND VOLUME
Total points,...66 19
Many clubs, fraternities, and sororites are taking an invoice to see if they are entitled to a bound book. Kansas for the present school year.
"If any such organization has ten yearly or twenty half-yearly subscriptions, it is entitled to a bound volume," said Vernon Moore, circulator. "The members do not need to be in school to get the benefit of the offer."
STATE SOLONS TO TALK
Kansas Legislators Among the Prominent Jayhawkers Coming to Oreand
A number of Friday afternoon lectures on timely and important subjects by prominent Kansans are being arranged by the departments of political science and economics in cooperation.
The first will be given Friday at 4:30 by Senator Harry Macmillan, of Minneapolis. He will talk on this issue and explain the interest just at this time in view of the pending legislation in congress, and the universal interest in it. Senator Macmillan is familiar with the legislative, and will speak with authority.
The following week Senator W. P. Lamberton, of Fairview, a member of the state economy and efficiency commission named by the last legislature, served as State Government in the State Government of Kansas." As one of three members of the economy and efficiency commission, it has been Senator Lamberton's duty to visit various state institutions and assist in construction of schools employed. A report will be presented to the next legislature.
The complete series of lectures will probably number ten or a dozen. The list of speakers will be announced in a few days. The University politics will be invaded although the projects with which benefit of benefiting the students interested particularly in political science, economics, and kindred subjects.
STUDENTS MAKE USE
OF STACKS AT NIGHT
Students have begun to take advantage of the stacks being open at night more in the last week than they did the first week or two that year. The faculty committee which has charged the regulation of the stacks is keeping a record of the use made of them at night in order to see whether or not there is sufficient demand for retention of the practice. Some evenings there is very little use on the stacks; there is considerable. During the past week the number of calls each evening for books from the stacks has averaged about ten. One evening there were but two calls. The majority of calls come between the hours of eight and nine o'clock after
VANT TO GROW TALLER?
GYM WORK WILL DO IT
Statistics prepared by Dr. James Naismith, of the department of physical education, show that the average student gains in height to an appreciable degree while taking his gym classes in school.
The ability of athletic work to make one taller is undoubtedly proved by the long list of records which have been kept at the University, which show that the student will gain from two-tenths to one-half of each in height more than his normal growth while training. The younger the student, the greater the gain in height, the records show.
Granted Leave of Absence
Granted Leave of Abuse
Professor Winter department of Romance languages, has been granted a leave of absence for next year by the Board of Administration.
Professor Winter will be granted a leave of absence but it is not known at what school.
Dean F. J. Kelly, of the School of Education, is in Dibrotre this week under consideration for the Department of Superintendents of the National Educators Association.
Engineers Arrange Dance
The first announcement for the Engineers' dance has been made, and although the date has not been set a committee has been appointed to make arrangements for a date and the minor details. The follow-up will be announced in the comittee: Fletcher Haskin, Art Wick strum and Paul Thiele.
William M. Morton, '14, member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, stopped over in Lawrence for a few days on his way home from Colo-
mia. He is now on a business trip. Morton is now prac-
ticing law in St. Joseph.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
GIVE GUMBINER'S PLAY
Committee Decides to Use "Copping the Grapes" as Senior Production
TO BEGIN PRACTICE SOON
Manager Announces Tryouts
Next Friday and Saturday
Following an investigation by the special senior committee named by President C. A. Randolph, it has been decided that he senior will present Alton Gumbiner's play, "Copping the Grapes," which won the $50 Dramatic Club prize. Members of the committees, Guy Waldo, Helen Jenkins, Harlan Hutchings, Alice Coors, and Le兰 Thompson.
The special committee was named by Randolph after the senior play manager, Don Burnett, had expressed his doubt as to the advisability of presenting it, disagreeing with the faculty members of the award committee.
Burnett has commenced work, and announced tryouts today for Friday, after the season ended in Hall. The play has fifteen parts, four of them for women. Burnett says there is a chance for excellent work, performances for a big turnout at the tryouts.
The report of the committee follows;
"Your special committee appointed to examine the play which won the Dramatic Club prize, and authorized to speak for the class whether therants the play produced or not, beg leave to submit the following report.
"At our first meeting we met and read the play. At the second meeting we discussed it from all the view points of a senior, remembering that the senior play would be reproduced commencement week before our par-ents, relatives, and friends, taking into account what the play, the objections offered by the senior play manager, and the question of producing the play.
"The play manager's chief objection was that there was a lull and drag in the action in the second act. The committee was favorably impressed with the play as a whole, and voted unanimously to allow Alton Gumbine, for a period of three days, to make certain revisions and alterations, thereby giving more pep to those scenes which the play manager said were lacking in action.
"At the third meeting of the committee we met to consider the play as revised. The play is one which will designate the subject of the characters than the words spoken, but it is the opinion of the committee that the present senior class has the material to put it across. We are not going to doubt be a credit to dramatics at the University of Kansas. Therefore, we, the committee authorized to speak for the class, recommend that Alton Gunn play the character of Jem, which won the prize offered by the K. U. Dramatic Club, be produced as the senior play of the class of 1916."
ROFESSOR SHULL INVENTS
SOIL-TESTING APPARATUS
Chinese puzzles are perfectly free from complexity, in fact they are simple and silly, when you compare them to French puzzles. Professors in the Botany department.
For instance, can you conceive of measuring the force with which a little seed pulls in water? If so, then take these measurements and find out the force with which soil particles hold water. All these things are done to minimize exactness of measurement and practical importance, especially to the people in arid sections of the country.
Professor Shull has devised a little machine to be used in this work which has been very favorably commented upon at Columbia University, as well as the expérience of using it on the machine is run for fifteen days without stopping, by an electric dynamo used with a reducer. Its purpose is to rotate a dozen soils containing different amounts of moisture in which are seeds that have been weighed. The object is to measure the amount of the seeds absorb by bringing them into contact with all of the soils.
This is the first machine from which really accurate results in the measuring of the water-holding power of soils have been obtained.
Parsons K. U, Club will meet at
Kanuka house at 8:00 p.m. m. tonight
MORNING PRAYERS
Week February 21 to 25 Leader, Rev, O. C. Brown, pastor of he First Baptist church, Lawrence Sublime.
Thursday: "After the Prize." Friday: "In the Hospital."