UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII
NUMBER 73.
TOO DEEP FOR SENIORS
rreshman Writes Theme After Seniors Failed— Can You do as Well?
THE ISSUE
An important issue is raised in internal communication and the theme which follows is by doing it its reflective thought because worthwhile for instructors to think deeply on abstract problems? Are we to continue our work? The communication which was issued by Mr. Kranenberg is not the only communication which was issued by it which follows and owes the cause serious reflection. It should be kept clear that the mental power of University students and students at what should come of a university education which involves any part of any particle course offered.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1916.
An attack on the nature of the rhetoric work that is being assigned to freshmen appeared in the communication columns of the Daily Kansan Friday afternoon. The writer of it stated that none of the seniors in one fraternity house could explain what was meant by an assignment given to one of their friends in their assignment course a theme on "intertelling hostility." The writer of communication concluded by venturing the opinion that the average senior in the University couldn't write a satisfactory essay on the subject.
ANNOUNCES HIS POLICY
Following is the reply by the instructor to the assignment Element of the Daily Journal.
I think that if some of those fraternity men whose intellectual horizon is bounded by the cabaret show and Harold Bell Wright would "quit school," the University would be better off.
ANNOCURIES FOR I am an educator, instructor who assigns a theme on "Intellectual Curiosity" and was hence criticized by "Indignant" in your columns. I say plainly that the writer of the letter was correct when he said that "just such assignments shall be more important than what is more, just such assignments shall be made every day—at least in my classes—and as long as I have the authority to make assignments. The motto in my freshman courses is: To students I must enable you to enable the student to express this curiosity in correct English."
"LEARN TO THINK BY THINKING"
I am determined to do all in my power to awaken the young men and women with whom I come in contact to an earnest and serious attitude toward life and its arts and problems. We learn to do by doing—to think we blunder at first. So we can try to think thinking, if it is difficult at last. We can never get anywhere if we say "this subject is too deep for us" and if we go to our "senior fraternity adviser" for help.
OFFERS HIS EVIDENCE
Yours truly,
PERCY B. SHOSTAC.
I am glad to say, however, that this question of "Intellectual Curiosity" which caused so much intellectual perplexity in our students of certain fraternity, was answered most satisfactorily by most of the freshmen. In fact twelve of the themes were grades I or 1+, and only a handful entirely left to grasp by them.
For the benefit of these intellectually curious seniors I suggest that you print the theme *tie onesie*, just as usual, and then print the best. I received, but there are many others of almost equal merit and I will be glad to show the whole set of themes for the who is interested in printing the theme directly underneath this letter.
Here is the theme, written by Helen,
McKinney, freshman College, from
the Bronx.
INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY
Certain instincts and tendencies are characteristic of every human mind. Curiosity is a very common quality, but when it seems to be an instinct it seems to me. However, the distinctions are necessarily fine. We are not so much interested in the natural inquisitiveness which every one has regarding the trivial and ordinary things of life, but rather in intellectual curiosity. It is mount wike-wake interest and intensity in seeking after truth.
Children take many things on faith. Certain things are told them by their parents as facts. They believe these things implicitly for some time. Perception is often unwittingly in error. Gradually the children develop a desire for investigation on their own responsibility. Sometimes they are astonished to arrive at conclusions varying materially from reality. This natural curiosity should be fostered and cultivated in children. It is a pertinent sign that the youthful mind is developing properly. Too often parents are ignorant of this fact, so children question the child's questioning to an utterly愚固 cause—stupidity.
During the years a child is in the
nigh school, he puts much confidence in books. Because his history or rhetoric says such a thing, undoubtedly it is so. If a teacher ventures a different idea or opinion, the pupil has to agree. The student says so-and-so." By the end of the high school course, the pupils have formed opinions and arrived at conclusions which to them are infallible. Introspection, retrospection, and actual investigation are merely words used for no concrete action on their part.
Most people who enter the universities of the country, are compelled to leave their homes in order to have this advantage. College life is quite different from any other form of work are opened up, new acquaintances formed, and a different type of instruction is given to them. This changed environment naturally effects the student's life, especially his mental life. As he grows older, his firmly grounded opinions are up-rooted and his mind is in chaos.
And this is as it should be. After the debris of former years is cleared away, the new structure will rise from the ruins. With careful leading and maintenance, it can be stabilization, the student emerges from the confusion with a new set of ideas, firmer principles, and a capability unknown. These first years of college life should be given to tearing down, disputing, affirming, and denying, but not guessing at things we really ought to know, but at those which we might but do not know. We should not accept every statement which we read or hear. Let us be a little skeptical until we do know. If doubling the number of students so doing we finally learn the truth, which after all is the end in view.
HELEN MCKINNEY, '19.
Lanky Center Selected Last Night to Head Basketball Five
GOLE ELECTED CAPTAIN
At the regular basketball practice last night, Lawrence Cole, center, was elected captain of the squad for the season which has already begun. The vote was almost unanimous for the big Jawahyer center. The elec- tion had been held tonight, but the squad decided last night to hold it a day early.
CAPT. LAWRENCE COLE
Cole won his "K" on Hamilton's 1914 squad but did not get a letter last year. The opening of this season saw "Slats" playing center and he has shown up good in the practices and games this far. His playing has made the center position the only one on the team that is definitely not unless some "wonder" appears he will get into every game this season. That is, of course, if the mumps do not bother him as was the case last year.
ELIGIBLE NEXT YEAR ALSO "Slats" has a very aggressive style of play and his ability to "get up in the air" makes him inimitable. He centers in the Valley that are taller than Cole and very seldom has one been found that can out-jump him. If the first appearance of the Jayhawk quintet is to be taken as a representative showcasing cole will be the mainstay of the team.
Cole is a senior engineer and a resident of Lawrence. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He did not participate in the spring 2015 season, he will have another year of eligibility after this one if he desires to return for the basketball season.
The basketball squad will journey to Haskell tonight at 7:30 for practice with the Indians. On account of the concert in the stadium, a different place to practice and a practice game with the Braves was arranged. The scrimmage with the Indians put Hamilton's singles together tomorrow night and also give them a taste of a foreign court before going to Lineola Friday.
SCRIMMAGE HASKELL TONIGHT
Ruth Lichen, a graduate of last year and from Leavenworth was a guest at the Sigma Kappa house over Saturday and Sunday.
DRAMATICS WILL BEGIN MAY HURRY HEARING
K. U. Students to Play "Witching Hour" at Bowensock January 12
After more than two months of preparation, the consumption of which was a solid week of whirlwind rehearsal, the University Dramatic Club will present "The Four acts," by Augustus Thomas, at the Bowersock on Wednesday evening of this week. The play, according to Prof. Arthur MacMurray, is the "most worth while" ever attempted here by an amateurs, and it is expected that all K. U will turn to fitness the Club's annual production.
During the last week, there has been a decided change in the personnel of the east, owing to the fact that several original members were retired from work. Following is the cast as it will appear Wednesday:
Jack Brookfield, Elmer C. Clark.
Jack Brookfield, Bimar Of Cain
Judge Prentice, Otto Dittmer.
Frank Hardmith, Will Ranson.
Clay Whipple, Karl Jones.
Harvey (a servant), Henry Peguer.
Tom Denning, Guy Waldo.
Colonel Bayley, Clarendon Having hurst.
Judge Henderson, Leland Thompson.
Jo (a servant), Ames Rogers. Servant, Fred Hurd.
Lew Ellinger, Alum Gumbiner,
Mr. Emmett, a reporter, W.
Hickman
Mrs. Helen Whipple, Ada Dykes,
Mrs. Alice Campbell, Helena Galati
"The cast is doing splendidly," said Professor MacMurray this morning, "and I have never worked with a more loyal, more aloof, more satisfactory cast I have ever conched. Not a line is carelessly, even during rehearsals; and every person in the cast has made a real study of the character he wanted."
Viola Campbell, Alice Coors.
The seat sale, which began at the Bowersock Theater this morning, has been rapid. Prices for the produce are thirty-five, fifty, and seventy-five cents.
GRAD GIVES RECITAL
Karl Krueger, Talented Organist, to Play Friday in Fraser Chapel
Mr. Karl Krueger, a post graduate of the University, assisted by his brother Max Krueger, will give an organ recital in Fraser Hall, Thursday, January 13 at 8:10 o'clock. The former was conceded the most talented and theoretical graduate from the oratory department of the university is an instructor in Romance languages at Midland College at Atchison, from which place his son Karl was graduated before coming to the University. Mr. Krueger spent a year in Boston studying organ at the New England Conservatory in York City immediately after the recital Thursday to follow his work as a profession.
Cuckoo and Nightingale Con-
certo.    G, F. Haendel
Allegro Moderato
Larghetto
Allegro
Largo
Pastoralte ... *Caur Franch*
Sonata in D Minor ... *Gulmanh*
*Bach*
Violin, Hejre Katie...Joo. Huboy
MR. MAX KRUGER
Pastorate
Largo e maestoso ...
Injured In Explosion
Prelude to Hansell and Gretel.
... (arranged by Cresner)
Claire de Lune. ... *Gorg-Ellert*
Intermezzo from "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" ... *Mendelssohn*
(arranged for organ by
S. Skilton)
Gavotte from "Mignon" ... *Thomas
Toccatte* from Org Symphony
The eyes of H. N, Rowton, a student in Chemistry I were severely burned by sulphuric acid this morning. He was performing an experiment when gas formed in a test tube, pushed out the tube and poured into water. Rowton was able to walk to his room after the acid had been rinsed from his eyes by first aid methods.
V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ch, M, Widor
Miss Amida Stanton will address the Cercle Francais, Wednesday, January 12 at 4:30 in Prasar. All individuals are cordially invited to attend.
To Address French Club
Special Senate Meeting to Consider Dance Rules, if Request is Made
A special meeting of the University Senate will consider changes recommended in the dance rule by students, provided some member of the Senate requests a special session, according to a statement given out by Chancellor Frank Strong the day before. The request is not made the matter will hang fire until the next regular meeting of the Senate, about three weeks from now.
11 the Senate meets it will consider request will probably come from Mrs. Eustace Brown, adviser of women, in whose hands are the social affairs of men; 12 the Senate Brown is ill with the grip, and could not be reached this morning.
The Chancellor expressed himself perfectly willing to issue a call, but said that he would follow the usual custom of waiting until someone called.
if the senate meets it will consider the two rules recommended. The one, passed by a meeting of men students representing thirty organizations, also regulates registration be altered so that Friday night dances end at one, Saturday night at 12, and forms at 2 o'clock. A similar meeting of women recommended that all dances end at one reception, save those Saturday night.
The rule now in force, to which students voiced such strong objection, ends all dances except the big formation. The dancers are permitted to last until 2.
Objections assumed a concrete form in the shape of resolutions when Mrs. Brown called meetings of the men and women to consider the formation of a social committee to advise with her. Students objected to the method in which the rule was passed by the Senate, in disregard of the facts, wishes, rather than the fact that they would be deprived of an hour's dancing.
ATTEMPT TO INSTALL
COURSE ABOUT K. U
Students of the University of Kansas will be given an opportunity to learn something of their Alma Mater, if the University Senate is able to back up its recommendations to the Chancellor that such a course will be taught not only the history, ideals, purposes, and growth of his own University, but also the general aspects of American university life in general. At present, the matter has been carried no further than a Senate recommendation, owing to the crowded conditions on campus offered, both the Senate and the Senate hope to have the course installed next year.
QUIZZES AFFECT THE GRAD STUDENTS, ALSO
The Graduate Club's slim attendance recently has caused some comment as to whether a graduate student takes as much interest in activities on the Hill as the undergraduate.
Dean F. W. Blackmar, when questioned on the subject of the graduate student, merely said, "Oh dear me! You can't start anything before quizzes, and graduate students feel the strain and the heavy pressure in your Next semester, when things settle down again, we are going to reorganize our Graduate Club, and start things on a firmer basis.
Avis Middleton, a graduate of last year, has been visiting friends in Lawrence the past week. Miss Middleton is on her way to Collinsville, Oklahoma, where she will fill a vacancy in the English department of the Collinsville High School at the beginning of the new term.
Dean F. W. Blackmar will deliver the second number of a course of six lectures before the teachers of the Kansas City schools Saturday morning on "Social Evolution", at the New Central High School.
Glen Baker of Cherryvale is visiting his brother Quinn, a junior in the college. Glen was a student on the Hill last year.
Orena Durnell, Marjorie Rickard, Ada Dykes, Lucene Spencer, and Charlotte Kreck were guests at the Sigma house for dinner Sunday.
A smoker will be given at the University Club in honor of Oscar Seagle immediately after the concert tonight.
Smoker For Seagle
The state hospital at the University School of Medicine at Rosedale has already cared for several hundred cases of the indigent poor of the state. Through its investigative efforts, it has undertaken diaseses as pellagra and infantile paralysis it is doing direct service for the state and unity.
I.
TALKS ON OCCUPATIONS
FOR COLLEGE WOMEN
Miss Frances Cummings, manager of the Intercable Bureau of Occupations in New York, will speak to the women of the University in Philadelphia at 4:30. Miss Cummings will talk on "Opportunities for College Trained Women" and will tell of the actual placements of the Bureau, as well as the specific problems facing women in the workplace, the economic, and social fields.
Miss Cummings comes to the University through the efforts of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, of which Miss Isisce Winters, junior department is president, and Mrs. Harry V. Palmbla, secretary.
"Every girl," said Miss Winston, "should make an effort to be present Monday afternoon to hear what Miss Cummings to to teach me lessons other than teaching that are open to the college trained woman."
OSCAR SEAGLE TO SING
Great Voice Teacher Will Give Song-Recital Tonight
Sixteen dollars an hour for training one's voice in the art of singing may sound fabulous, but that is what musical instruction under Oscar Seagle is worth while he is on his tours. Mr. Seagle will give the next number of the University Concert Course on January 11.
This is the first time that he has ever appeared before western audences, since this is his first trip to Chattanooga. The native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He studied in Minnesota, Boston, and New York, and finally finished his job.
SEATS AT THE CONCERT TONIGHT
The gymnasium has seats arranged for basketball games which are slightly different from the usual seating at the concert course. The five end seats if each row have been transferred to the raised seats on the side, which lie in a horizontal stage. It is practicable to remove these seats before the end of the basketball season, so patrons of the concerts are asked to accept the few changes rendered necessary with the apologies of the management for the inconvenience. In case a party should be divided the ushers will provide new
in his program, which follows, he will be assisted by Frank Bibb pianist.
1. Prologue (Pupillaric, *Leonaucarc*
2. a) Turn Ye to Me ... Old Scotch
b) False Phyllis ... Old English
c) Tender Apple Blossom ...
d) Old Irish
d) Ballymure Ballad
3. a) Musette ... Old French
b) Chanson a Manger ...
d) Lamento Provençal ... Palatide
d) Carnaval ... Fondraiwain
4. b) Starsail ... Brahmes
b) Nachtigall.
b) Batschaft.
d) Heimiliche Aufforderung
... Strauss
5. a) Silhouettes ... Carpenter
b) Colored Toys.
c) The Unforeseen ... April Scott
d) A Rondel of Spring.
e) Pahk
MORE GYM CLASSES
AND WORK—FOR WOMEN
A meeting was held among the members of the women's department of physicaI training, Monday morning. "No, we didn't do a thing like that," Gladys Elliott, "just planned loads and heaps of hard work for ourselves—and the gym classes. Things are going to be much more interesting in the general class work this semester, and we are even more likely new classes for the girls. No, I can't tell you about them just yet."
Swallowed A Mouthful
Eda Woelk, freshman College,
caused a hurried call for Dr. Naishm when she swallowed a mouthful of water while in the swimming pool in Robinson Gymnasium yesterday morning. She recovered immediately. The authorities at the Gymnasium were not inclined to discuss the incident.
H. L. Russell, freshman, has withdrawn from the University and returned to his home at Muscatot.
General subject, "Religion and Deocracy."
MORNING PRAYERS
Daily subjects:
Week Jan. 10.14.
WANTS MILITARY DRILL
Daily adopters:
Wednesday, "Responsibility."
Thursday, "Problems."
Friday, "Patriotism"
L. Thompson, President of Student Council, for Military Training
"Compulsory military training as a substitute for the present system of required gymnasium work for freshmen and sophomores would be one of the more important schools," University of Kansas for many years," said President Leland Thompson of the Men's Student Council this morning in regard to the suggestions for military training made in the columns of the Daily Kansan a few days ago.
"Such training could not only take the place of the regular gymnasium classes by offering work not dissimilar and of the out-of-door variety, but there are many other advantages not possessed by the regulation gymnasium training in calisthenics and a few athletic games.
MANY SCHOOLS HAVE IT
MANY SCHOOLS HAVE IT "I visited practically all the larger schools in the last summer, and I have a large majority of the system of compulsory military training was used as a substitute for the required gymnasium work. The faculty and students in all of these schools were almost unanimous in their approval of the system, finding on the whole that the athletic training was better for the students, and the conditions of drill and practice were much more uniform. The feeling of democracy seemed prevalent among the students and every man had a large circle of acquaintances.
"This spirit of democracy was explained by the fact that military training does not discriminate between combatants and non-combatants man and the non-fraternity man. Every man is dressed in the same uniform, and he is taught the essentials of good military training, including the use of moral side along with the physical.
"While the question of helping along the growing national sentiment in favor of preparedness is one that is not to be scoffed at, and should be given due weight in the matter, it is important to remember that our ones having direct vital interest to the present generation. If military training will take the place of the regular gymnasium work without losing any of it's better qualities, and at the same time keeping an eye on itscipline, a sentiment in favor of respect for superior authority, and a spirit of pulling together on the part of the student cadets, as experience has shown it will do, in other large groups of students, that we are missing a good part of our school life by not having the advantages of such training."
BENEFITS INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
Thompson is in favor of a strong agitation towards compulsory military training, and he intends to bring before the next meeting of the Men's Board. He advises that the student sentiment in the matter, Whether by special election or by means of petitions circulated to find out the student sentiment he was not able to say: "I am in favor of establishing such training here in the Army." I will heartily support any suggestion to realize that end," concluded Thompson. "We want the sentiment of the student body, and I feel safe in speaking for the Council in saying that men students are in favor of such treatment, which counsel will use whatever influence it can command to bring about this end."
WANTS STUDENT OPINION
The gymnasium classes are being quizzed this week. "We have planned to quiz the freshmen classes Monday and the sophomore classes on Tuesday," said Miss Glady Elliot, yesterday. "The freshmen are to be quizzed in English while the sophomore classes will show what they have learned in Swedish work; throwing Indian clubs, marching, and aesthetic dancing."
BUZZ GYM CLASSSES
FIRST OF THIS WEEK
Add New Equipment
Plans are being made to install a recreation turbine in the laboratory on the first floor of Fowler Shops. We now ten horse-power machine will enable the trucking up to this time pressure has been secured with a pelton wheel, of only one and a half horse power. A so-called 100 bch hydraulic ram will probably be used to perform these provenvements will cost approximately nine hundred dollars.
Bailey Gives Slides
Prof. E, H. S. Bailey, of the Chemistry department, has presented the Extension Division with a fine set of slides. The Origin, Chemistry and Use of Foods, to be used in the Extension Slide Service. An interesting lecture accompanied the slides.
Cora. Charles, a junior, spent Sunday in Baldwin with her brother, Roscoe, who is a student at Baker.