UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII.
ORGANIZE HOCKEY TEAMS
NUMBER 59.
K. U. Women Will Get Ready for Famous Winter Sport at Meeting, Tuesday
The senior and junior women will meet in the lecture room of the women's gym Tuesday afternoon, December 7, at 3:30 to organize hockey teams for this year. Dr. Alice Goetz, who will coach the teams, urges every upperclasswoman to be there.
Soon feminine shrieks will invade the silence of the flat green hockey field's south on the gym, and bright red and yellow tam-o-shantlers will fight for control. In the finale click of hockey sticks tells the tale of victory and defeat.
Plans are being made to make hockey one of the best and most interesting of women's sports, with the different teams, shin guards, and the official Applebee hockey sticks will all be furnished by the University. No change of clothing will be necessary and the women can go on playing. The fact that twenty-two players are required to make full team insures a fine, healthy, interesting sport with plenty of good companionship. When the weather does not permit it, the game will be played in the gym.
Ella Hawkins, a senior in the College, who has always taken a prominent place in women's athletics, will Dr. Goetz in coaching these teams.
"All upperclass women are urge to turn out to this meeting Tuesday," said Dr. Goetz to a Kansan reporter Thursday. "In many of the eastern schools all the other departments close at dawn o'clock and in winter we have them back in Juniors as well as the other women, taking the exercise which will strengthen backs, square rounded shoulders, and make cheeks rosy and bodies healthy. Here too we have the facilities to carry on this same exercise. It is important that girls is the women. This gym belongs to every girl in the University as long as she is in college and I want her to realize this fact. Several times upperclass women have come to me timidly asking for permission to wear gym clothes when I am urging and trying in every way possible to get the upperclass women in all kinds of work over here. If my good dream of seeing the gym floors crowded with Senior and Junior women could only please than anything else I can think of."
CROWD IS EXPECTED AT BIG FOOTBALL MIXER
From present indications there will be a large crowd of football enthusiasts at the annual smoker which will be given in honor of the team Wednesday night. The committee in charge of the affair have provided probably enough entertainment that the university has been given access to the University. The two boxing matches will be an evening's attraction in themselves.
"Ka" will be presented at the smoker by Ucile Jimmy Green to the members of the squam. "The captain of next year's team will be elected Tuesday night and will speak at the smoker Wednesday.
When asked about the mixer this morning, Chanency Hunter who is managing the big event said: "We want every man in the University to be present Monday night. Cutting the price to twenty-five cents has made it necessary to have a larger crowd than we are currently able to see who is there will be glad he came and we will agree to refund anybody's two bits who is not ratified.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TO HAVE CONSTITUTION "The long-established practices of the university will soon be written law", said Chancellor Strong this morning. The Board of Administration will promote their final sanction to the article, which will be sent immediately to the printer."
The constitution is to contain a collection of those customs and practices which have acquired a legal binding force through their long continuance. It will be a source for information of the institutions involved by the University during the past.
The constitution according to the Chancellor will not be a set of rules. It is for her to act as body as well as the student body. Whether the constitution will be printed here or sent to the office this afternoon at the meeting of the Board.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 6, 1915
A movement was started two years ago to accumulate this mass of unwritten laws but due to a change in the Board of Administrators the plan failed to materialize until this year.
CONCERT POSTPONED
BECAUSE OF INEIGIBILITY
A number of the members of the University orchestra are ineligible. This causes the concert scheduled for December 7 to be postponed indefinitely, according to the statement made by Director McCanlies this morning. Some of the ineligibility cases are minor ones and can be resolved quickly. It takes time to get everything straightened out to satisfactorily, and so it was decided to postpone the concert later. This does not effect the Band concert, however, as the band men are not subject to eligibility rules.
LAW SCRIM A SUCCESS
Two Hundred Enjoy Annual Party in Honor of Football
Squad
In spite of the fact that it was the "thirteenth" annual party of its kind, there was no hoodoom havering about to spoil the Law Scrim, which was given in Robinson Gymnastics Friday night. The monster affair was a success in ways—socially and financially. More than one hundred couples attended.
The party began at eight o'clock on the main playing floor of the Gym. In this brilliantly decorated hall, Cap. Clementine's ball team (and the ball team; members of the faculty of the School of Law; and the officers of the school received the two hundred guests. With Captain James in the receiving line were Chancellor Michael Walters, Mrs. H. Higgins Green, Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Higgins, Prof. and Mrs. H. W. Humble, Prof. Edward Osborne, Prof. and Mrs. E. M. Briggs, Mv. and Mrs. Harry T. McGregor, Prof. and Mrs. Alfred Hillman, Hazel Skinner, Ross Davenport, and Phyllis Dunnette.
Programs were distributed during the grand march by Mary Atkinson, the principal conductor of Creighton. Dancing began immediately after, and continued until two o'clock Saturday morning. Music was given to all members in piece orchestra from Kansas City.
A two-course luncheon was served during the evening, the guests being divided into two groups for it. The refreshments were served in a dimly lit room with improvised on the second floor of the Gym. Wagstaff did the catering.
"The party was a success financially," said Willis N. Calkins, manager of the Seram, this morning. "I think it is so important that I but think it is safe to say that we will come out all right. However I'm not so much worried about that, since the party seemed to be a success as anyone else seemed to enjoy himself."
DEBATERS DECIDE BABY'S
DEATH WAS JUSTIFIED
That Dr. Haiselden was justified in allowing the Bollinger baby to die, was the decision given by the judges at University Debating Society Thursday morning Boom 110 Fraser Hall. These taking the affirmative were Harry F. Penicall and Claud V. Horsez, E. Gilligan and Harvest Young defended the negative.
The question for the debate next week will be, "Resolved: That the United States should immediately and substantially increase her armament." It is requested that all members of the conference meet as arrangements will be made for getting pictures for the Annual at this time.
Tags for the Belgian Christmas and Student Funds are flying from the button-hole of hundreds of students. Dimes, quarters, halves and even dollars have filled the boxes of the sixty Y. W. girls who were selling the tags. This morning the total amount turned into Miss Gittens' $135, an expected to reach $135 by this afternoon, because some of the girls have not turned in the money," said Miss Gittens.
BELGIAN CHRISTMAS AND
STUDENT FUNDS GET $13
Half of the money is sent to the Belgian children and the other half is sent to the students that are at the Belfort school, held by the penses. John R. Mott has charge of the distributing of the money to the students.
The sophomore men's gym class at 2:36 is having a hard time to get any exercise. Their soccer field is being empty, and they have no days, so they went to the second floor of the gym to practice basketball; this was already occupied by the women, but they descended to the first floor and done doing freshman work on the mats.
Send the Daily Kansan Home
Scott Griesa was in Ottawa Friday and in Leavenworth Saturday inspecting some imported plants for harmful insects and diseases.
MAYBE THEY'RE AFRAID WOMEN WEARING TAGS
Juniors Can't Get a Complete Team on Field to Scrimmage Seniors
WANTED—Men who will risk their lives to scrimmage against the seniors 200 pound line, and enough to make a complete team. — McCook Field.
The week-end did not see a let up in the practice of the various class teams for their first games which will be played some time this week. The exact date has not been set, but in all probability if the weather is good the first combat will be staged Wednesday afternoon on McCook Field.
The juniors and seniors are practicing hard for their coming games but are handicapped by insufficient material. The t-tanks have their signals learned, but do not know how they will work against another team. The seniors expect to have a line that they can beat. John Battaille and others like them the line will exceed an average of 200 easily.
Coach Heath, who is drilling the sophomores, had his men out Saturday afternoon with a weather eye on possible stars. However, he has not picked his team yet and he may work the whole squad in the first game. The freshmen under Coach Meyn are rapidly rounding into shape, and it is the probability of Meyn that the freshmen will graduate this year men did last season. That has to be proved, but Meyn feels confident it can.
WILL DEBATE IN CHAPEL
Bowersock Theatre not Available for
Friday Night's Con... Debaters
Hike to the Woods
The Kansas-Nebraska debate will not be held at the Bowersock Theater, according to a statement made this morning by Harold Mattison, manager of the university's bookstore, made an outside booking," said Mattison, "and we thought it useless to attempt to change the date. The debate will be given in Fraser Hall on December 10, as originally announced. Student enterprise tickets will admit.
Rehearsals of the debate are being conducted daily in Fraser, according to the University's squad now has his material well in hand, and several of them have their speeches committed. The material is final in shape during the daily rehearsals.
Announcements of the two men who will be selected to fill the vacant places on the teams will be made available. If anyone is trying out, and each has his speech in such form that he will be enabled to take up the line of argument where the preceding speaker and bring it to a logical conclusion.
The eight men on the debating squad, accompanied by Prof. Howard T. Hill and Hugo "Dutch" Wedell, hiked to Baldwin last Saturday for a steak roast. They returned on the evening train.
The general meeting of the Kansas County Club Union for the purpose of electing officers has been called by Willard Glasser for evening, December ninth, at seven o'clock in Fraser Hall.
"There are at present nearly thirty county clubs, organized," says Glasco, "and all are expected to send a delegate to this meeting. Of the clubs have attended to this one, and of the clubs have not are urged to call meetings do so later than Tuesday. Any clubs that have not held meetings and elected officers this year are expected to be summoned by their last year's president for the election, electing their delegates. The mill must come up again next year and the clubs should be thoroughly organized."
COUNTY CLUB DELEGATES
WILH. ELECTOR GOVT
Glasses argue all the clubs to see him and report their officers so that they can be printed. There is at present a record of keeping a record of the clubs.
With twenty-five hustling men starting the sale of tickets this morning the plans for the big freshman mixer to be held Tuesday night, December 14, at Ecke's hall are now well under way.
Chairman Howard Martin of the mixer committee was working hard to make the big gathering a success. To do this, he promised of several faculty men as speakers, and the Mandolin Club will furnish music. "Not a dry or boring moment during the whole evening," is the slogan of the committee.
One Hundred Pledge to Boost Athletic Association—Increasing Daily
Boost the Women's Athletic Association. Mass meeting Dec, the 9th, 7:15 at the Robinson Gym.
These words appear on the square red tags flapping from scores of feminine swetters and coats. K. U. women are presenting petitions, headed, "We want a Women's Athletic Association at K. U." to all person signs. One person signs she is given one of the red tags, to wear as a symbol of her loyalty and support to the whole movement. Already one hundred women have pieddled their agitation this agitation is but fairly started.
Present Plans Thursday
Last week some of the more enthusiastic women gathered together informally, after one of the gym classes, in the office of Dr. Alice Goetz to discuss the possibility of having this organization. The group was especially anxious to have an association which would give awards and trophies to all those accomplishing something in athletics. Thus the upperclass women, who otherwise are not interested, have an incentive to keep up their gym work. Plans were made for a traininghip which will be presented to the women at a mass meeting next Thursday evening.
Dr. Goetz Is Delighted
"I am more than delighted with this step which the University of Kansas women are taking," said Dr. Alice Goetz Friday, "and I see other women's organizations that are now doing efficient work and are a vital part of the University life had to be started once. The field which lay open before them has already been developed before this planned Association, the Missouri and Nebraska women and in most of the eastern schools the women have athletic organizations, and several of them have a strong association about the athletic association which they supposed, of course, we had.
Enters All Fields of Sport
Enters All Fields of Spo.
*"Contests in hockey, basketball, tennis, golf, other sports, stunt nights and gym-suppliers are some of the activities which the association might engage in. In such an organization more of our college life could be brought into the lives of our K. U. women."*
The Y. M.-Y. W. Christmas Tree Party will be held in Robinson Gymnastics Saturday night, Dec. 11.
J. M. Johnson, chairman of the Y. M. social committee, said yesterday in reference to the party:
Y. M. AND Y. W, PREPAIRING
BIG YULETIE CELEBRATION
"We have things going on a good financial basis this year and there is money in the treasury, every cent of it goes to Christmas Tree Park. The Christmas tree will be there of course and tree candy and a fishing pond, oat of which fish in the form of presents may be drawn. One new feature of Christmas trees will be a farce, which we think will add greatly to the entertainment."
The admission charge of ten cents will be used to partly defray the cost.
A petition to Dr. Alice Goetz to have the locker rooms of the women's gym enlarged, and the position of the showers changed to one place in the women's basement is being signed by many K. U. women.
Many complaints have been made to the effect that the dressing rooms are over crowded with sometimes as many as 20 girls in the smallest dressing rooms, and that the position of the showers which adjoin these foster rooms adds to disagreeable conditions because of the water running down women's clothing and into their shoes.
WOMEN PETITION TO HAVE SHOWERS MOVED
The Phi Mu Albah held a meeting at the Stigma Nu house last Thursday to select a noted singer for the concert to be given shortly after Christmas. Because two officers were absent nothing definite was decided upon as to the nature of the event, so an officer a committee will be appointed soon to come prosecutions of getting a good singer for the event.
Hope To Get Noted Singer
Basketball Practice tonight at o'clock.
ONE HUNDERR STUDENTS
NEED NOT FEAR TYPHOBIA
Several more students took advantage of the free vaccination offered at the University Hospital last week, and were inoculated for typhoid fever. This brings the total number of inoculations up close to one hundred, according to the hospital authorities.
An equal number of men and women have been vaccinated thus far and this proposition will stand as yesterday was the last day for taking advantage of the free vaccination, in order to prevent incinnations necessary, and only two more incinnations can be given before the holidays.
ADVOCATES PUBLIC SPEAKING Prof. Arthur MacMurray Thinks Everyone Should be Trained in Extemporaneous Speech
Every man should be trained in the art of extemporaneous speech in the opinion of Dr. John R. Macarthur, associate professor of the English language in the Kansas State Agricultural college.
"There are many men—and women too—who have a thorough knowledge of some subject," says Doctor Macintosh. "You can up in public and tell others about it."
College Men Should Rule
"In my judgment there are few things more important than the ability to express oneself with ease. Especially is this true for the college community, where you have a message to give the world, or to that part of it in which he finds himself. Yet many a capable and right thinking man is forced to remain in his seat at meetings where people are being discussed, and to allow less competent men—and sometimes unscrupulous persons—to have their own way, all because of a knowledge of public speaking."
"I agree with everything Dr. Macarthur says," stated Prof. Arthur MacMurray, head of the department of public speaking, when interviewed this morning. "If students in an agricultural college, where a large number of students are in laboratories, need a knowledge of public speaking, how much more so we need it here at the University, in our college of Liberal Arts and Sciences!"
WHAT TO GET FOR DAD? Kansan Will Carry Column of Christmas Suggestions
What shall I get for dad?
Daily
What shall I get for dad?
That with slight variations, will be the burning question until Christmas.
Thousands of students, professors and townpeople are asking that question.
The Kansan will answer it for them. The merchants of Lawrence are operating with the Kansan to answer the request in the most satisfactory manner.
What shall I get?
Tomorrow there will appear a column of timely suggestions headed "Tuesday."
You can profit by looking it over. You can solve the problem of what to give by investigating "Today's Best Bargains."
Three additional entries in the Drama Prize Competition being conducted by the University Dramatic Club have been announced by Prof. Arthur MacMurray, chairman of the contestants will answer two Twelve students are now listed competitors, and according to Professor MacMurray, two of them have their plays almost completed. It looks as though the competition was a big success," he said; 'and present locations certainly guarantee that it will be all that can be desired.
THREE MORE ENTRANTS
IN DRAMATIC CONTENT
"I shall be be to confer with any contest at any time I am at liberty. I have some copies of plays by students by students at lower State College. I glad to allow contestants and prospective contestants to look over."
Engineers Plan Smoker
"Ye Marvinites, know ye one another," said the Engineers. The opportunity to get acquainted will be given Thursday night, December 9, when a "Smoke Fest" is held at Eagle's Hall. The K. U. band and club there help furnish entertainment. "There are smoke, eats, stunts, speeches and general good time," said C. B. Sykes, president of the Engineering School.
DEFENDS K.U. ATHLETICS Chancelor Replies to W.T. Foser's Attack on Collegiate Sports in Atlantic Monthly
William T. Foster, in an attack on intercollegiate athletics, pointed to the number of the Atlantic Monthly, the system of inter-collegate contests and failure as far as the health, recreation and structure of student life are concerned. He also says that universities would be able to support collegiate athletics were abolished.
"Although intercollegiate athletics are far from perfect, with us, I think they have greatly improved," says Chancellor Frank Strong in reply to Mr. Foster's attack on intercollegiate athletics. "They can be made more beneficial than they are at present, if they can be put and kept on a campus of honorable place, and be so inclusive as to give a large proportion of students a chance to participate. The problem now is to do that.
"Here at Kansas we have succeeded in some degree. The Missouri Valley Conference has done something toward cleaning up conditions among college football players, broken down a great deal of professionalism and unfair competition between schools. It has put into effect a definite code of ethics which has had a positive effect on intercollegiate sports. But there is room for much improvement."
Chancellor Helps Save Football
Chancellor Strong was instrumental in organizing the Missouri Valley Conference. The board of regents in 1910 became so dissatisfied with the conditions in intercollegiate athletics that it was ready to abolish football and other sports, and several other members of the board induced their colleagues to withhold their action. The Board of Regents then called a conference of the heads and governing boards of the larger schools in the Missouri Valley Conference. A meeting was called in April, 1910 at Kansas City and a conference organized. This was the first attempt to put intercollegiate athletics on a standardized basis. Rules against professionalism and professional coaches were adopted. In 1912, a new chairman and is, in the Chancellor's opinion, solving some of the problems of athletics.
"But there is yet much to be done," the Chancellor confessed. "The trouble is that we wager an on winning. As soon as we are going to blame someone, we will be tempting him to use unfair means to get players. Some coaches are too self-respecting to yield to this pressure, but it is asking a great deal of effort for reputation and livelihood. We must learn to be good losers first of all."
Chancellor Strong believes that athletics teach us very important lessons. The systematic training, the quick perception and response which are the key to training of the right sort on the athletic field are desirable traits, he thinks. "I wish we could approximate the condition in all our studies. We need more training, sometimes restricted to the few." The Chancellor would see more students brought into the scope of athletics. Kansas is trying to do this by the freshman football team, and the freshman class and inter-fraternity games.
Athletics Keep Down Dissention
"I see another advantage in athletics," he continued. "We have usually little trouble with general discipline during the football season.
"I am for athletics, as I have said many times to the students. I am also for the educational and moral life of us. It is the well-rounded life that we teach Athletics must take their place along with other activities. We want our university in these very decisive matters the moral and intellectual stamina that will give K. U. a high place among the universities of America and Europe."
Sixty future pharmacists enjoyed a reception given to the students of her department, Dean L. E. Sayre last Thursday at 1230 North Ohio. Teefreshments were served.
MORNING PRAYERS
December 6-10.
Leader, W. A. Elliott, pastor First Baptist church, Ottawa.
Subjects:
Subjects:
Monday: (unannounced)
Monday: (unannounced).
Tuesday: The Ship of Emphasis.
Wednesday: The World's Altar Builders.
Thursday: The Soul's Brooding Days.
Bell.
Friday: The Moral Minus.