UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII.
NOT GIVEN JUST DUES
NUMBER 97
The Immigrant a Different Person From Common Belief Says Mary Antin
IS NOT A CRIMINAL CLASS
Tells Story of Her Own Life in Slums of Boston
"I hold in my hand the law of this land—the Declaration of Independence. As Rabbi Hiller once said of the essence of Judaism, "What is our law? The law of lowmen. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary," we may say of the fundamental documents of our government. The Declaration is the whole law; the Constitution, the laws or nation are merely commentaries."
With these words Mary Antin began her lecture upon "The They Knock at Our Gates" before an audience that taxed the seating capacity of her classroom, she guard for the essential truths of the Declaration, the death of the idealism which marked the earlier periods of our history, her own rise from the slums of Boston, the true solution for the immigrant problem, and the aims of the National Americanization Composition, her humor, her earnestness, and her simple, oriental style of speech added to the effectiveness of her address.
EQUALITY OF MEN
"The disregard of the fundamental truths of the Declaration of Independence reminds one," said Miss Antin, "of the interpretations placed upon those truths by the slaveholders, who were not all men, but all British subjects who were arrested, the 'self-evident truths', to them, were self-evident lies.
LITTLE CHANGE IN IMMIGRANT
"All men, means all men, everywhere and always. This sentiment, we are told, should be set aside, when economic questions are involved. The law of the equality of all men should be shelved when we consider an item of dollars and cents. Why not shelve them instead? What to steal', when men are starving, if economic considerations are of paramount importance?
"The immigrant is not what he used to be, we are told. Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first to use that argument. He complained about 'the ragnail of Europe, which we today call the "scum." The Irish were the first to come to the United States and the Germans by the same name. The Germans applied the same title to the Scandanavians. Now we speak of the immigrant from Southern Europe or oppressed Russia as "scum" and say that they are not like the Irish, the Germans, and the Scandanavians, who lived there. One thing one is lead to believe that the only good immigrant is a dead immigrant.
"We judge men by their worst, but God judges them by their best and noblest attributes. Let us bear this truth in the face of injustice in regard to the immigrant. We are told that the immigrant is very criminal, but even these statistics which are cited to condemn him show that the foreign born immigrant commits less crime than the native born American; the foreignborn commits a little more crime than their parents and the second generation commits just as much crime as the native born American, showing that the foreigner has become fully Americanized. This criminality has the foreigner by the ward politician."
OWN LIFE AN EXAMPLE
The rise of her family from Dover street in Boston to Dorchester Heights was graphically and amusingly portrayed. Then the gradual moving away of the older families from Dorchester, because "the neighborhood is now being built" and the truth that in this problem of assimilation "it takes two parties."
"The problem of assimilation involves a mutual relationship. This fact was realized by the National Americanization Committee, whose purposes are set forth in a pamphlet from the United States Institute committee. The fifty-six members of this committee solicit the support of every organization and individual in the work of bringing about a union of many peoples into one nation, with one language, with American interpretation of the American citizen a recognition of foreign-born men and women in the human, social and civic, as well as industrial aspects of our American life. In this work each and every one of you, no matter where you live or what you do, has some use to make a performance. Let remember that God provides for nations, for "He that feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable unto Him."
Irene May and Herbert Wright, students at the University of Baker, were in Lawrence Tuesday, to play Forbes-Robertson play in Hamlet. Miss May may a guest of Edith Banks at the Sigma Kappa house.
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
FIND PLACES EASILY
If you are ever tempted to doubt that the educated man is going to get ahead in this generation, you should go over to the Engineering Building and see how the big engineering companies are striving for the graduates of the School of Engineering.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18. 1916.
Prof. G. C. Shaad, head of the electrical engineering department has received letters from a number of the largest electrical companies in the United States, stating their interest in the project and its tentative to get in touch with the year's seniors for positions next year. The most of these will be chosen from the department of electrical engineering, but a few mechanicals will also be interviewed. Positions will probably be offered to the seniors by these companies at the time of their graduation.
Among the men who will be here to look over the seniors are: Ross I. Parker, of the General Electric Co., of Schenectady, N. Y.; J. W. Deitz, of the Western Electric Co., of Chichester; I. Kline of Gas and Electric Co.; and Mr. Beebles of the Westinghouse Electric Co.
Randolph Says Class Representatives Shall Pass on Senior Production
Owing to the uncertainty on the part of Donald Bunett, Manager of the Senior Play, as to the producibility of the play, "Copping the Grapes," by Alton Gumbiner, which won, the prize offered by the Dramatic Club, and in view of the reemphasis of the role members of the Senior Class that the play be produced as the senior play, C. A. Randolph, president of senior class, has appointed the following committee of seniors, who are to examine the play from the point of view of the senior class, and has authorized it to speak for the class as to whether the class wants a play; he is also a committee: John Dykes, Leland Thompson, Helen Jenkins, Guy Waldo, Maureen McKernan, Harlan Hutchings and Alice Coors.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
This action is taken to relieve Burnett of the responsibility in case the play is accepted and should prove a failure or fail to get across, when his personal judgement as to the nature of the play was at the same time to insure the rights of all parties concerned. Burnett has expressed his willingness to have the controversy settled in this way. He says that he will produce the play if the class wants it produced, although he will not accept the responsibility of producing it by presenting the story to success when he is somewhat uncertain in his own mind. He wishes, however, to be entirely fair.
LATIN-AMERICA TO GET
ENGINEERING CATALOG
Latin-America is to be invaded by the School of Engineering! The Engineers' Catalogue is being translated into Spanish for general distribution in South and Central America with the idea of bringing the students of those countries to Kansas to study engineering.
The whole catalogue, including the departments of mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural engineering will be printed in Spanish and sent to South America to advertise the University.
The work is being done under the direction of Associate Professor A. L. Owen of the department of Romance languages and Angel Sevilla, a junior engineer from Dahl, Honduras. The catalogues he prints this spring to be distributed time to advertise for students next fall.
The catalogues will be sent to the United States Consulies and Ambassadors in the various countries and cities where they are located as well as to the graduates of Kansas and other Engineering schools who are located there. The larger and better schools will also be sent to other literatures, from the University.
"There will be some question about the degree granted to the prospective students from the South," said Dean P. F. Walker, "for in those cases Mr. Baker's degree means little more than a fair high school education in this country.
"The question of language requirements is also one that is still under question. The writing and speaking knowledge of the English and at least some elements of some foreign language. It is a problem to acquire all the necessary knowledge of the foreign student, requiring only a year or two of English, and a good general knowledge of Spanish, or to require more English."
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Marvinites Will Revel With Song... Eats and Toasts "Thursday Night"
it has been the custom in years past for the Engineers to include their annual banquet in the general festivities of "Engineers' Day." This hardly proved successful, however, because there were always so many people attending each day, so it was decided to hold the banquet at an earlier date.
The Engineers will feast earlier this year than usual.
ENGINEERS TO BANQUET ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
The banquet will hold held at Ecke's on the evening of February 24. About 250 Engineers have signified their intention of being present. The banquet has been one of the big things in the university year for the Enguers, and it was a tradition our students years now, the custom having been established 'way back in the early history of the school by its first Dean, F. O. Marvin.
There will be student speakers faculty speakers, and "Daddy" Haworth and H. A. Rice will tell stories about the Civil engineering School, Dean P. F. Walker will also talk, Prof. C. C. Williams of the civil engineering department will be the toastmaster, students will be announced before the end of the week.
The committee appointed by C. B. Sykes, president of the School of Engineering to make the arrangements for the banquet, consists of Tony James, E. C. Arnold, and Gordon Welch.
ENTERTAIN MARY ANTIN
Special stunts by the electrical engineers, civil engineering stunts by the Civils, and on so down the line, will be features. Every Engineer will bring his song book and harmony will fill the hall.
"The first thing to remember when dealing with celebrities or geniuses is that they are human. Eccentritities of genius are not the result of an abnormal state of brain reactions to extraordinary circumstances. Mary Antin speaking at the Theta Sigma Phi luncheon in her honor.
Theta Sigma Phi Gives Luncheon in Honor of Noted Author
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Mary Antin, or Mrs. Amadeus William Grauban, as she is in private life, is a quick, nervous little woman with dark skin and short, curly black hair that bushes around her feet. She is the one around Mary Antin. Her whole attitude is one of emotional tension. She is very slight in build, probably because as she says, "No one who is introspective can ever get fat. Introspective people get thin from searching their own souls. That is why Hamlet must have been thin. He constantly looking within himself."
When Miss Antin understood that it was Miss Margaret Lynn with whom she was sitting she rose to her feet and grasped Ms. Lynn by the shoulders. "Oh," she exclaimed, the blood rushing to her face, "Is this her life?" And I know so much? Oh, I do feel happy now that I cane. I wanted to stay another day in Kansas City, but now I feel that it was worth all to have come here." And when she learned that she was to see Miss Esther Clark later in the day she became greatly enthusiastic once I had no idea that I was to meet two such celebrities in one day.
Those who attended the luncheon for Mary Antin were Virgil Gordon, Lucile Hildinger, Blanche Simons, Kathleen McCoubrie, Marion Lewis, Katherine McNunn, Barbara Gruber, Maureen McKernan, Barbara Bales, Caroline McNutt, Caroline Greer, Miss Margaret Lynn, Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes and Zetha Hammer.
Frank D. Gage, freshman Engineer, left Friday morning for Minn eapolls, where he expects to remain until Monday. He will act as sub-presenter at a dance and motion picture theatre in the absence of the regular man.
"I do not care for reporters," remarked Mary Antin in her perfectly frank way. "Of course I am always courteous to them and simply tell them that I am too tired to talk. I never carry manuscripts of my work because I never write them I believe in talking to people and audiences as I feel it. Then reporters expect me to give them my whole mission in two seconds that later on I will give in an hour. When I am interviewed I want someone to talk to me intelligently upon some subject. I do not like this idea of being pumped. I like to talk to people. I have not had time to write anything, but I am too busy with giving speeches, and must have leisure to think things out."
Four resignations of members of the faculty were accepted at the meeting of the Board of Administration yesterday afternoon. One faculty member was appointed, three fellow- students were awarded and ten degrees granted.
Professor Becker Will Leave In September—Board Grants Degrees and Fellowships
The resignation of Professors C. L. Becker, of the department of history; B. C. Drake and I. L. Lillehei, of the department of Romance languages and Fred R. Hesser, of the department of history, have accepted. Professor Becker's resignation will take effect next September and those of the other men at once. Professor Lillehei resigned to take up work in the University of Chicago and the Board approved the appointment to be a faculty acaney made by Lillehei's resignation.
Professor Drake has accepted a position in a St. Louis high school and Professor Hesser is resigning to enter business in Kansas City.
Hazel Michaels was appointed as fellow in German and DeForest Clearwater Stem School. The fellships were awarded to till canies made by the resignation of Mary Elizabeth Parker and Wm. Justus fellows German and Geology.
Miss Ruth Faris was appointed as librarian in Blake Hall and Miss Sibyl Woodruff was appointed lab-master. The library vacancies made by the reservation of
The degree of Bachelor of Arts was granted to the following students: Fred S. Degen, Minnie Hempel, J. M. Johnson, Elizabeth Lovejoy, N. A. Peck, and Gertrude M. Russell.
The following students were granted the degree of Master of James C. Anderson, A. P. Cummins, A. R. Kellog, and W. H. Carothers.
The board also ruled that the account books of the different student organizations should be audited by the advance students in accounting under the direction of the head of that department.
19-ERS WANT MEMORIAL
Will Collect Ten Cents From Each Member of Class
At a meeting of the freshman memorial committee last night the amount of the memorial dues for each freshman was fixed at ten cents. By making this amount this week, the freshmen will reach practically the entire class.
In order that the business of collecting may be taken care of with the use of only a small amount of time the committee has decided to name two days, probably of next week, for collection days. Alfred Bennett, chairman of the memorial committee, believes this will be sufficient time for reaching each member of the class. He has appointed Dr. Curtis Schultz as Chairman of Engineering and the College and will supply them with a quantity of small rectangular tags that are to serve as receivers.
College: Lucile Hovey, Rose Nworth, Helen Chapman, Helen Nailsmith, Marjorie Castle, Helen Nixon, Margaret Young, Elizabeth Carney, Margaret Fitch, and Ruth Walton, Margaret Olsen, Hugh Hugh Cwik, Cecil Ritter, Hugh Sacher, Tom Pringle, Herbert Jordon, Kenneth Bell, Hershal Washington, William Allen, Harold Sutton, Robert Martin, Warren V. Woody, Eugene Martin, and Clifford Pugh. The list from the School of Engineering is Percy Hurk H., J.-Martin, Peter H., Carl Kerstner Record, Carl Betcher, Kelsey Matthews, Merel Hunt, Alfred Bennett, and Edward Good.
The two days for collection have not been decided on but will probably be announced Monday. The following have been named by the committee to assist with the collections:
The University band has commenced practicing on its annual spring concert to be given in April. Director McCanels is working the boys hard, and promises an extra strong program.
Lois Hunt, Margaret Fairchild, Ray Hemphill.
Week February 21 to 25
MORNING PRAYERS
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Leader, Rev. O. C. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist church, Lawrence.
Monday: "Where is John?" Tuesday: (Holiday)
Wednesday: "Escaped From Despondency."
Thursday: "After the Prize." Friday: "In the Hospital."
WOMEN HAVE ORGANIZED TO
PROMOTE GOOD FELLOWSHIP
The young women students of the University, west of Tennessee and south of Fourteenth street, meet at Knoxville's Kaplan house, in order to elect a chairman for that district. This chairman will meet with the W. S. G. A. once a month. Virginia Lucas was a majority of the thirty women present.
The district organizations have been planned by the W. S. G. A, for the purpose of making the women students of the city better acquaintance with their father and president of the W. S. G. A., said at the meeting last night, "This movement was started by the W. S. G. A. among the girls of the districts, in order to promote a spirit of good citizenship." The districts are in different parts of the city. Any one having a complaint to make regarding room conditions, or failure of either the student or the landlady to carry out the rules of the W. S. G. A. to be able to give all complaints to the W. S. G. A. through the chairman.'
The next meeting will be about the middle of March.
MANY HEAR ARTISTS
Work of Soloists Is Greatly Appreciated by Audience at Pop Concert
A trio of master artists, Mrs. Herriol Olecott, Carl A. Preyer, and William B. Downing, made the third "pop" concert of the Lawrence Choral Union the most successful entertainment the organization has given.
The seating capacity of Robinion Gymnasium was not taxed last night, but the audience was large and appreciative. Mrs. Herman Olott, conjoined with her sister before a Lawrence audience, won a warm place in the hearts of the music lovers. Her songs were well selected and the fine quality of her voice was so compelling that whisperings almost before the applause had ceased after her first song.
The return of Carl A. Preyer was scarcely applauded before he had met they, and after he had slayed the attacker, encore until he returned, when theyettled back in content. He was 'their' Carl Preyer who had resisted them, so they loved to hear him, and probably even better han when he went away.
Professor Downing sang well and well received and the chorus numbers were excellent. To Prof. Arthur kirk was given a credit for the good rook of the chorus.
K. N. G. MAY DEVELOP A
COMPANY OF ENGINEERS
If this change is made, it will mean an increase in the number of enlisted men from sixty-four, the present enlistment, to one hundred and sixty, the addition of one lieutenant to the number of commissioned officers, and an increase of $18,000 in the amount of equipment on hand.
Company "M" of the K. N. G. which, at present, is a company of infantry, may be changed into a corps of engineers. This action may come as a result of agitation by the company or by every branch of the service. Captain Frank Jones of Company M thinks that the proposed change will occur sometime before the close of the present semester in order that the men may be drilled in their new training and summer encampment in August.
The men will be trained in the construction of bridges, the proper laying out of entrenchments, the building of roads, the establishment of supplies of drinking water, and other similar duties.
GRAD SCHOOL HOLDS
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Members of the Graduate School will meet tonight in Robinson Gymnasium at 8 o'clock for the first of a series of social events. Dean and W. B. Blackman and Dr. and Mrs. Stanton Olinger will act as patrons.
Social and folk dancing are on the program and later in the evening there will be a cafeteria luncheon. Each member of the Club will settle his own bill. All graduate students are urged to attend.
Dean's Son Dies In China
Warren Crumbine, 24 years old, a son of Dr. S. J. Crumbine, dean of the school of medicine at the University and secretary of the Kansas Board of Health, died of pneumonia in Shanghai, China, yesterday. He represented American packing interests in China.
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THE OWLS TURN RABBIT
"Honorary" Junior Society Prints Paper, But Fails to Circulate It
IT IS A SICKLY SHEET
Contains Nothing of Interest—
Organization Stops Sale
PEANUT JOURNALISM
Although the "Sour Owl," a scurrulous publication issued each year by the Owls, "honorary" junior class society, was printed last night at the office of the Lawrence Gazette, it does not appear on the Hill this morning. It is understood that one of the organizers basked with undue severity was able to bring sufficient pressure to bear to cause suppression.
The issue, now in the possession of Oscar Brownlee, is an excellent example of "peanut journalism." Its attempts at ammonpling are puerile and asinine, and its humor is inane and jarring. The crimes are not the least "lague or spice," but do with graft, and contains nothing but a poorly-worded rechash of the election expose printed recently in the Daily Kansan. The other lead writer's response was the absence of several students, all of whom appeared in other papers previously.
A pseudo-satirical attack on Mrs. Eustache Brown, adviser of women, is poorly phrased, and lacks the punch to get across.
CHANCELLOIR ULTIMATUM HELD
The publication follows, probably with the matim of Chancellor Frank Strong, and omits the salacious and slanderous matter that made its predecessors famous—or rather, infamous. In attestation to this fact, the versity狨es and fallibilities it fails.
Its alleged jokes are ludicrous—not humorous. It is purely an attempt to discredit the ill reputation of former numbers.
Great secrecy surrounded the preparation of copy and the printing. C, S. Hall of the Gazette delivered it last month that a taxicab with an armed guard on the seat beside him. It was to have been sold on the Hill this morning, but the influence of one organization seems to be able to cause a change of plans.
Much of the copy was written by a man who had a senior woman in no way related to him.
NEW RULE SWELLS FUND
fifteen Dollars Netted From Enrollment Fines
Fifteen dollars have been turned into the coffers of Registrar G. O, Foster since the beginning of this semester, as a result of a new ruling made last fall to fine each person who enrolled late, one dollar.
Enrollment has now practically ceased and no more changes from one class to another will be permitted, according to Dean Olin Templin. Enrollment also reports the apal number of early withdrawals from classes.
Tau Delt Pi, honorary engineering fraternity announces the following elections: Eugene Rolfs, Law Enforcement; Charles Sloan, Pomona; G. Daniel Johnson, Lawrence; Hugh Crawford, Lawrence; Emile Lefevre, Caney; Carl Anderson, Rosedale; Burnett Sound City; George Bunn, Humboldt.
Polity Club Coupon
University students are requested by the K. U. International Polity Club to express their opinion on one or more of the following questions and drop the coupon into one of the University mail boxes. All coupons must be turned in before Tuesday evening.
I favor the following question or questions: (Mark with an X in the squares opposite the question. Then drop in a University mail box—not a Government mail box).
Do you favor compulsory military training for the student in American university?
Do you favor the establishment of courses of instruction in military science in American universities?
Do you favor compulsory mil-
] Do you favor compulsory military training for the students in American schools below the universities.
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Do you favor a substantial increase of armament for the United States?
Are you in favor of the administration's program for increasing our army and navy?
creasing our army and navy?
(Signed)
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(Names will not be made public.)