THE KANSAN
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
Published every Wednesday and Saturday night of the school year. by the Kansas University Publishing Association.
Office in Basement of Fraser Hall.
R. L. Douglas, Editor.
Carl H. Young, Managing Editor.
Frank H. Blackmar, Business Manager.
Allan W. Dodge, Assistant Bus. Mgr.
Wallace F. Hovey
Emery Trekell
May V. Wallace
Roy Roberts
Joseph Murray.
Ward H. Coble,
Claud A. Clay,
Will G. DeWeese,
H. C. Waters,
Judith Connellly
Wesley Stout
Clinical Department:
C. D. Blackly, Simpson block, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Entered as second class mail matter
September 30, 1904, at the Lawrence,
Kansas, Postoffice under the act of
Congress, March 3, 1879.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1907.
The second semester is under way and the number is thinned as usual as the result of the finals. It is inevitable that there should be failures in an institution where the standards are being raised constantly. It is not a disgaace to fail by any means-often the highest standing goes to students who, as the result of aptitude, study least. The man who plods on and makes up his failures and graduates with more III's to his credit than I'm often deserves more praise for consistent work than his Phi Beta Kappa neighbor.
The action of the University authorities in raising the entrance requirements of the medical school is significant in that it marks a tendency exactly opposite to that of a few years ago. Then it was fashionable to talk about cutting down the college course. Eminent educators discoursed at length on the advisability of granting a degree in three years instead of four. That was the extreme. The pendulum of opinion is swinging toward the opposite end of its path. It is inevitable that requirements should be raised gradually so long as the course of development of our educational system is uninterrupted, and only some sort of revolution can do that. More and more will be expected of college and professional men from year to year. The world of fifty years hence will no more be satisfied with the present standard than our own time is satisfied with the things our fathers and grandfathers had to be content with. Professional men must know of a great many things at least in a general way, and it would not be surprising to find a college course required as a prerequisite to a professional course in a decade or two.
Hagerman, the volunteer track coach is working harder for the interests of track athletics than any professional coach ever worked. He spends all afternoon in the gymnasium training men for the indoor
meets and shows more solicitude for the men under him than any coach the University ever had in any line of athletics. The fact that Hagerman gave up a fellowship at Oxford to devote his time to the interests of the men at Kansas University shows his self-sacrifice, and the men appreciate his services. There are many distance men now doing well in the new gymnasium but the supply of sprinters and high hurdlers is too limited. What Hagerman wants is a hundred men to try out for these events. A man can develop into a sprinter with only a few weeks of training but it takes months to work out a distance man. It is a fine art to be able to take a pair of spikes and beat a bunch of fellows who think that they can run and every university man should be skilled in the sprinting line. A few days of training each week will enable a man to beat any untrained sprinter provided he has a little natural ability. Hagerman makes the point that track work will make a man out of a spindle legged dude quicker than any other line of athletics. There is now no reason why Kansas should not have a crack track team if the men take advantage of the favorable conditions.
The Kansan will be delivered to any address for the rest of the year for fifty cents. This price is for mailing subscriptions, as well as for the city delivery by Carriers. Subscribe for your friends at home.
What are you going to do next summer? Inquire at the K. U. Pantatorium if you want a job.
The Thetas had a group picture taken this year for the annual by Squires.
Spring Term Books
New and second hand.
Theme paper by the lb. Quiz Books 5 for 10 cents.
University Book Store.
Both Phones 206. 803 Mass.
College Men in Demand
Search for 1907 men who will be in the market for positions next summer or fall is already on. This year we ran off college men long before we had filled all the positions that came to us for them. Positions now open at each of our twelve offices for 1906 college and technical school graduates who are not yet permanently located. Well known firms offer salaries $500-$1000. Write us today.
HAPGOODS
The National Organization of Brain Brokers. Chemical Building, St. Louis, Mo. Offices in twelve cities.
Bob Stewart's Barber Shop & Bath Rooms.
Newly Furnished. Best Workmen in city. 838 Massachusetts Street.
HIAWATHA CAFF
After the, Opera or Dance go to the Hiawatha Cafe for a Lunch. Regular Meals. Cigars. LOUIS BOCKLEND
LOUIS ROCKLUND
James Kelsey, Eng. '95, of Chicago, who is now commercial agent of Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company of that city, visited the University the first of the week. Kelsey was captain of the baseball team at the University in the early nineties.
Squires, Photographer
Seniors.
The Kansan has for sale one transferable subscription to Hapgood's Employment Agency. They always bring positions. Inquire of F.H. Blackmar. 1121 Kentucky St.
All kinds of fruit at Vic's.
Ottis Whipple, of Kansas City,'03 captain of the Jayhawker track team, was visiting with Edwin Cooley the middle of the week. Whipple held the pole-vault record until last year, when Russell raised it from 10 feet 9 inches to 11 feet 4 inches.
Get Busy!
Every picture perfect and up-to-date
Oscar Zimmerman, '06, came up from Kansas City yesterday to attend the Pi Phi party.
Lee Clark, Alpha Tau, and junior in the College, has returned to school.
NEWS NOTES.
The Sigma Chi fraternity was photographed in a group this week by Squires.
Many Debaters at M. U.
The University of Missouri is beginning its annual training for the spring debates. There are only fifteen places to be filled and fully a hundred and seventy-five candidates, ranging from freshmen to special seniors.
The try-out for the squad will come off soon. The men chosen then will have special training for the next three months. At the end of that time the team will be chosen. Missouri University, like K. U., is thinking of establishing an emblem for the debaters.
Every picture perfect and upto-date.—Squires.
Wilder Bros. CUSTOM LAUNDRY
Special attention given to ladies' work.
Goods returned on short notice if desired.
Phone No. 67.
GUY R. DUER, K. U. agent.
Students, when you want trunks hauled, call Lawrence Transfer Co., either phone No.15.
C. H. Hunsinger,
HACK AND LIVERY 922 Mass. St.
Fine rubber tired rigs. Tel. 258.
FRED BOYLES 725 MASS. ST.
Largest line of Valentines both pretty and comic. Both Phones, 616.
F. A. EWING
Best Ice Cream 5 eats a dish
Pure Mexican Chili 5 cents a dish
Hamburgers and Hot Lunches of all kinds. Ice Cream for Club Trade $1.00 per gal. 50e per $1/2 gal delivered.
1031 Mass. St. Both Phones.
WATKINS NATIONAL BANK
Capital $100,000
Surplus $20,000
J. B. Watkins, Pres. C. A. Hill, V. P. C. H. Tucker, cashier. W. E. Hazen, assistant cashier.
The Smoke House
The Gentlemen's Resort.
The Gentlemen's Resort. Finest pool and billiard equipment in the city. All tables newly repaired and covered. Satisfactory treatment guaranteed to all. Try a game on our newly covered tables.
STUDENTS!
All work guaranteed.
Model Steam Laundry
908 Massachusetts Street.
All Work Up to Date and Guaranteed.
Domestic Finish.
M. B. Galloway, University Agent.
Both Pnones. 383.
FRANK W. BROWN, Mgr.
L. U. RUTLEGE, K. U. Agent, 806
Vt. St. Bell phone, 156; Home, 145.
The Lawrence Steam Laundry Co.
W J. Francisco & Sons
LIVERY AND HACKING
SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY
Open Day and Night.
812-14 Vt. St. Both Phones 139
We haul trunks.
Dr. A. R. Kennedy
DENTIST.
Room 5, Jackson Building.
Phones, Bell 1515 Main; Home, 344
University of Kansas
University of Kansas
Writing Papers
In Tablets, new line at
BOUGHTON'S
1025 Massachusetts St.
Donnelly Brothers
Livery, Boarding and Hack Stables. All Rubber Tire Rigs. Corner of New Hampshire and Berkley Both Phones 100.
We call for and deliver your Clothes. O. P. LEONARD
TAILOR SHOP AND PANTATORIUM
Rates, $1.50 per month
Tel. 5321 Red. 733 Mass. St.
MOAK BROS.
BILLIARD PARLOR. Pool, BILLIARDS AND Bowling Regulation sized tables. First class line of cigars.
The Sig Alphs will have a group picture this year for the annual made by Squires.