UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XIII.
SIX ARE DISFRANCHISED
Student Council Takes Action in Class Election Fraud— No New Information
After hearing the evidence offered by its investigating committee, which was that which appeared in the Daily Kansan, the men's Student Council voted last night to disfranchise men and prohibit them from riding at crowded fraudulently at the recent class elections. The penalty will be in force during this year.
Nine votes separated the two candidates for president in the sophomore class. Because the six known to be illegal would not have changed the result, and because the defeated candidate, Clare Young, was elected, the outcome satisfied with the outcome, the Council did not seem it necessary to hold the election over.
In making its investigation, the committee, composed of Leland Thompson, Paul Grever, and Chaucey Hunter, was hampered by the fact that the poll list could not be found. Its task was made still harder by the unwillingness of the students to testify against one another.
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The Daily Kansan believes, however, from investigations it has conducted, that a sufficient number of fraudulent votes were cast to change the result of the election. After its original story, which was followed by the appointment of the investigating committee, the Daily Kansan made no attempt to obtain additional evidence of illegitures, although reports of crimes were one. One of the judges estimated that at least ten votes were illegal. One of the men distranchised presided over the election booth during the noon hour.
The committee found no new evidence during that furnished by the Dallaing.
TEN MEMBERS CHOSEN
FOR MANDOLIN CLUB
Twenty-five candidates for the Mandolin Club assembled Wednesday night in Fraser Hall for the initial tryout of the year. Ten of these aspirants were rewarded with positions.
Present plans of the organization are to give one big concert at the University before the Christmas holidays and another one after vacation. During the holidays a tour of the towns will be made by the teenagers.
Tue players are: mandolin; Frank Bost, Carl Jones, J. White, Russel Friend, Waite Mickey and Kenneth Shane; guitar; George Bowman, Paul Schmidt and Henry McCurdy; violin; Harold DeBenham.
Any student who would like to try out for the club should see Mr. Shane
THE BOOK EXCHANGE AT MICHIGAN IS A SUCCESS
It is hard to think of another field in which college Y. M. C. A.s could assist students but the Michigan association conducts a book exchange. In a week it has sold $500 worth of books and provides a temporary feature, its immediate success has led to a desire to keep the exchange permanently.
Engineering Books for Library
Th exchange was forced to turn away $400 worth of business because it did not have enough books on hand. Students leave books which they desire to sell and all books for sale among the whole student body are thus brought together saving time and money.
Engineering Books for Library
A five volume set of books containing official reports of agreements between railway officials and engineers has been received at Spooner Library. The books are a gift from W.S. Stone, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and contains reports of ninety-eight different railroad lines together with a great mass of official data. They are attractively bound in tan buckram.
Mrs, J. N. Van der Vries, wife of Professor Van der Vries, of the mathematics department, is on her way to San Diego.
Send the Daily Kansan home
Senior Kansan Board to Meet
Members of the senior board of the Daily Kansan will meet in the lecture room of the Medical Building at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, October 15.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14, 1915.
MISS HAIGHT RESIGNS
AS VISITING NURSE
Miss Mary Hight, who has held the position as visiting nurse for the city of Lawrence and who has taken an active part in the work of Friendship Hall for the past year or more, yesterday tendered her resignation at the monthly meeting of the directorate of the Social Service League.
Miss Haight has been employed by the Board of Administration as resident nurse for the University hospital. At the present time, she is dividing her time between the University Hospital and the Social Service League Hall, where she will continue to assist until her successor is chosen.
NEW ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT
Will not Materially Effect Students of University, Says Chancellor
"The new law which provides that a graduate of any high school accredited by the State Board of Education may enter the University without examinations will not, in my opinion, lower the entrance standards of this institution," declared Chancellor Donniel B. Hammond and noted regard to the attitude of the faculty toward the change in the regulation of entrance requirements.
"The Board of Education will be just as jealous of high scholastic standards as we have been. The Chancellor of the University, the president of the Agricultural College at Manhattan and the president of the Normal at Emporia are members of the college board. Their voice in setting the standards to which voice in setting the standards to which a high school must conform."
The Chancellor went on to say that the new system will not materially affect K. U. "The only difference," he said, "will be that the duty of examining and accrediting the high schools will be accomplished by the Board of Education instead of the University high school visitor. The Board of Education has already engaged two high school visitors who are capable men, and who will rate the various schools in accordance with a set of requirements which will be drawn up by the Board of Education."
Dr. Strong did not think that any great adjustment would be necessary on the part of either the high schools or the University. Neither did he believe that the proportion of students taking Latin and Greek will be altered noticeably. The University does not at present require Latin or Greek for admittance. The only restriction is 'that the candidate must present at least fifteen units, not more than three of which can be vocational subjects.'
PROFESSORS AND FORMER STUDENTS FEED TOGETHER
Prof. Howard T. Hill and R. V. Reid, Law '14 were in Wichita from Saturday until Tuesday, attending the International Wheat Fair.
While inspecting the products of the arm they met a few former K. U. students among whom were E. C. Linaw, Liar '14, who is in the office of Brubaker and Conly, attorneys, at Wichita; Joe Schwin, Law '14, who is a member of the law firm's inmokers; "Buny" Soliite editor of the Argentinian Argos; Bell Templeton, K. U.'14 and her sister, Mrs. Car勉 Irwin and her husband. This group took dinner together Monday evening in Wichita.
Two hundred women enjoyed a housewarming given by the Y. W. C. A. at their new apartment at Twelfth and Oread yesterday afternoon. The apartment was tastefully decorated with sumac, and the rooms with their new furnishings, promise much home-like comfort to their users. Punch and wafters were served and the event proved to be an effective "get acquainted" party. Many useful gifts were left by friends and members of the organization, and these donations will go far toward giving the new home of the Y. W. an effective start and adequate equipment.
Miss Helen Ritter left for her home in Junction City today, after a month's visit with Miss Katherine Fogarty, a sophomore in the College.
Y. W. C. A. Entertains
The Faculty Tennis Club elected Prof. R. D. O'Leary, president; and Prof. Arthur Mitchell, secretary, at its annual meeting last week.
The Cone Club of 1206 Tennessee "hiked" to Cameron's Bluff three miles up the river, last Sunday. Toasted marshmallows furnished the eats.
NORMAN ANGELL COMING
Noted London Author and Editor to Speak at K. U. on World Peace
Arrangements have been made by the K. U. Polity club to have Norman Angell of London, England, speak at the University during the last of next month. Mr. Angell will not come under the auspices of the International Polity club, since it was decided at that time that no speaker should not to send out any speakers from beligerent countries to speak before the polity clubs.
The faculty committee for bringing speakers here assured the local polity club that it would give fifty dollars toward the expense of having Mr. Angell speak to the University students. Ms. Angell was there day by Guy M. Lamar from William B. Freakin of New York, who is arranging the tour of lectures.
Norman Angell has come into prominence through his book, "The Great Illusion." He is also the author of two other books dealing with problems of world peace, "Arms and Industry" and "The Citizen and Soil," Mr. Angell and Ms. Gorra in Europe, as a journalist, having served for three years as an editor of a Paris newspaper and more recently on the London Times.
The subject of the address at K. U will be on world peace.
First Night Meetieg Held in Kansas City—Hopkins and Ingham Present
EXTENSION CLASSES START
The University extension division centred a new field recently when the first class organized by the department was held at the regular meeting of the night classes of the Kansas high school Prof. M. Alas, of the department of English and H. T. Ingham, head of the extension division were in charge.
Literary criticism was the only course organized last night and it will meet regularly every Monday night with Professor Hopkins. Many of those who have enrolled in the course are teachers, high school graduates of the past few years and former K. U. students. This group will their residence study this year. The enrollment was not heavy but much interest in the work was displayed.
There is some demand for a course in Education and arrangements are being made to start that class next week. More courses will be offered whenever there is a demand for them but under the new system that is now before the Board of Administration for endorsement the minimum enrollment of the classes will be raised to twelve or eighteen.
The extension division is offering these courses at the request of I. B Morgan, principal of continuat- schools in Kansas City. The night schools there now have an enrollment of over 2000.
At the meeting of the Chemica
Club Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
Professors Bailey, Answorth, Whitaker,
Dains, and Cady spoke on the
purposes and advantages of the club.
The club is open to all chemical studen-
ture. It is also to reach the
pharmacists and the medics, as well
as the engineers.
Chemical Club Meets
Jurisprudence Club Meets
The Jurisprudence Club held its first meeting of the year at the home of Prof. H. W. Humble on University Heights, Wednesday day at 7:30. The Rev. Wm. Haworth of the Friends church spoke on the subject "Peace at any Price." The next meeting will be held Nov. 4.
Reverend G. B. Thompson's Bible class which meets each Sunday morning at 9:30 in the Y. M. C. A. building has passed the hundred mark in its attendance. Mr. Thompson considers this a very gratifying record for this class, and much more pleased at the interest the students are showing.
Lawrence to Debate Oread Lawrence high school is planning to organize a debating club and challenge Oread high to a debate during the latter part of the semester. The debate last year on the unicameral legislature was won by Lawrence high.
Lawrence to Debate Oread
Send the Daily Kansan home.
MAY EXTEND DATE RULE
Shall dates at the University of Kansas stop at ten-thirty or eleven o'clock, was the question threshed out at last night's meeting of the W. S. G. A. There has been a growing sentiment on the part of the women that the rule would be more satisfactory and better observed if another half hour were added to the time limit for closing the rooming houses.
Women Will Consider Addition of Extra Half Hour on Friday and Saturday
The Council decided last night to put the new rule before the women for
The entire change suggested by the Council and its advisers is that on all nights with the exception of Friday and Saturday, the rooming houses shall close at ten o'clock while on Friday and Saturday night the houses will not close until August "will depend on how the women of the University feel about it," said Maureen McKernan, secretary of the association, this morning.
Nell Kennedy, vice-president, explained the reasons for the proposed change. "We believe that it will make the situation better in all ways. At the present time, it is impossible for a girl to go to a show and get home by ten-thirty. Yet if she does go to a dance on the same night, she could stay out several hours later. We feel that the new rule would make things much more satisfactory. On the other hand, I feel sure that anybody is willing to 'have a date over by ten o'clock on Sunday nights. As we have very little trouble with rooming houses during the week, the new change will make little difference."
Blanch Mullen, president of the Council, has asked that the women of the University express their opinion of the new rule through the communication column of the Kansan.
BOTANY CLUB MEETS AND ELECTS OFFICERS
The election of officers for this year was held at the meeting of the Botany Class at 7:30 last night in Snow Hall. The following were chosen: J. B. McCormick, secretary; Wes president; Helen Trant, secretary and Bertha Sallee, treasurer.
twenty-five applications for mem
bership were voted on and these
students will be taken in at the next
meeting. Prof. Chas. A. Shull, of the
department of botany was appointed
chairman of the program committee
and Prof. Grace M. Charles, chairman
of the membership committee.
The Monday night gymnasium class, conducted by Miss Gladys Elliott and Miss Hazel Pratt, had an attendance of thirty at its meeting Monday evening.
The Botany Club which now has an enrollment of about fifty members is composed of students and faculty members who are interested in the study of botany. The club meets twice a month in Snow Hall. At these meetings, both botanical and repellent are on botanical subjects and recent investigations and discoveries. A portion of each meeting is devoted to soiial activities.
Miss Elliott was well pleased with the number, but desires to have it increased to at least fifty in order to introduce a more varied program. Basketball will be used as well as folk and aesthetic dancing, and swimming,
Gym Class Well Attended
Mrs. Charles Esterly, the accommodating encyclopedia of Dean Olin Templin's office, has been suffering with a cold. Her voice was so hoarse yesterday afternoon that the telephone operator couldn't understand what she wanted when she asked for the ball score. She finally had to ask the ever-present Daily Kansan reporter to call up for her.
The class is open to the wives of faculty members, women of the faculty, and women employees. The fee for the term is $1.50. Two dances given by Miss Elliot and J. B. McNaught after the regular class work.
A new Burroughs adding machine has just been added to the equipment in the accounting office of the department of economics in the Administration Building.
The Geology club met this afternoon in Room 203 Haworth Hall, to hear an address by Prof. J. E. Todd, on the history of the Missouri History of the Missouri River."
DRAMATISTS WILL ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT WEEK
The Dramatic Club, which was to have met last night, will meet next Wednesday night on account of Prof. MacMurray being out of town.
Jack Challis, president of the club, urges all members to be present at this meeting as officers are to be elected and the play, "The Witching Hour," which will be staged by the club, will be held on Tuesday days is to be discussed. The meeting will be held next Wednesday night at 8:30, in Green Hall.
DEBATERS PLAN EXPANSION
Will Probably Enter State Oratorical Association and State Peace Contest
The Debating Council met yesterday afternoon and decided to refer the question of entering the State Oratorical Association and the State Peace Contest to the department of public speaking. As the department is decidedly in favor of finding an outlet for this form of public speaking, it is probable that advantage will be taken of the action of the Council.
The challenges for debate received from Drake and Creighton were both refused, as was the challenge for a girl's debate with Oklahoma University. Although nothing definite has been done in regard to a debate with Nebraska, it was agreed to continue correspondence with that school, as prospectors for a debate appear excellent. No changes in the contract with Colorado and Oklahoma were made at the meeting.
The question for the debate with these two schools will be: "Resolved: That the United States should perk Oklahoma at Norman." In these debates Kansas will probably uphold the affirmative Colonies upon the home floor and champion the negative against Oklahoma at Norman.
The following officers were elected for the coming year; president, O. H. Burns; vice-president, W. H. Dodds; secretary and business manager, Harold Mattoon. By virtue of his office the debating coach is the corresponding secretary.
SELECTS HALL OF FAME Dean Blackmar One of Electors Chosen to Pick N. Y. University's Greatest American
Recently the names of seven great Americans were added to the list in the Hall of Fame at New York University. These names were selected by ninety-seven electors chosen from different states. Dean F. W. Blackmar, of the Graduate School, is the elector from Kansas and his ballot helped select the names. Dean Blackmar has assisted in the selection of great Americans. Elections have been held every five years, beginning in 1900. They are conducted by the committee of New York University where the Hall of Fame is located. When the plan was inaugurated, Dean Blackmar was selected to send in nominations and to vote on the lists.
Mark Hopkins, educator, born in Stockbridge, Mass., in 1892, who was president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872; died in 1887.
The 1915 list is composed of:
Francis Parkman, historian, born in Boston in 1823, who won recognition as the highest authority on the French dominion in America; died in 1893.
Elias Haye, inventor, born in Spencer, Mass., in 1819, who perfected the sewing machine in 1846; died in 1867. Joseph Henry, scientist, born in Washington, in 1797, who was conceived in Philadelphia and succeeded from 1846 to 1878; died in 1878. Charlotte Cushman, actress, born in Boston in 1816, who won distinction in Shakespearean roles, retiring in 1875; died in 1876.
Rufus Chote, jurist, born in Essex, Mass., in 1799, who succeeded Daniel Webster in the United States Senate and next to him was. Massachusetts' leading member of the bar; died in 1858.
Kenneth Lott, middle Law, was called home Tuesday because of sickness of his father at Perry. Okla.
Daniel Boone, pioneer.
Irma Brown, sophomore College. will go to Kansas City tomorrow to visit with friends for several days.
CAN PLAY WITH 24 HOURS
K. U. Now on Equal Footing With Other Conference Schools for First Time
Hereafter athletes at K. U, will be eligible for participation in Missouri Valley athletics if they have passed in 24 hours work the preceding year. The number of hours was lowered morning by the eligibility committee.
The following statement was issued from the office of the Chancellor this afternoon:
The rules of the Missouri Valley Conference governing requirements for athletic eligibility are indefinite in their terms and capable of various interpretations, so that it is difficult to determine what the Conference rules are until September, 1916, when definite and comprehensive rules go into effect for all members of the Conference. In this uncertainty those charged with the immediate control of eligibility are attempting to the best of their ability to enforce the rules with substantial justice and are proceeding on the basis of twenty-four hours, which they regard as substantially the Conference rule until the new rules go into effect in 1916.
The attention of the University athletic teams, all athletic authorities, and of the University at large is called to the fact that i- September, 1916, the new conference rule requires studentDirectory will go into effect and will be enforced by the University of Kansas.
Frank Strong,
Chancellor
E. W. Murray,
Chairman, Enthlipty Von,
As a result of the胶水
committee*, Manager Hamilton
expects all the men to play in
the rest of the games this year.
The origin of the whole question lay in the fact that the K. U. eligibility requirements were much stricter than the Missouri Valley rulings, and according to the latter, every man out for Jawahar football is eligible.
Kansas will allow her athletes the same privileges that are allowed players of other Missouri Valley institutions. The requirements at Kansas for several years has been that each player must have passed in at least twenty-eight hours work in the year previous to his competition and must be passing in his studies at the time required in all the other Missouri Valley schools is only twenty-four. Thus the Kansas players have been held to a more rigid scholastic standing because of a faculty requirement.
At a meeting of the Missouri Valley Conference officials in Lincoln last spring a uniform eligibility rule was passed that will take precedent over the Kansas law but this is not to become effective until September 28, 1916. Until that time Kansas will require the same number of hours work from each students as the other schools she competes against.
"I am sorry to hear all this fuss that has been aroused over ineligibility," said Manager Hamilton this morning, "In the first place I expect every man on the squad to be in any game Olcott wants to use him this fall. It is true that a few of the men were regarded as on the doubtful list but most of that was due to a misplacement of records and the failure of a few credits to be turned in at the proper time.
"For a number of years Kansas athletes have been held for four more hours credit than the men of any other Valley school. It is only a fair proposition and we should be on an equal footing."
133 Women Buy Athletic Tickets
Out of 909 Student Enterprise tickets sold this year, only 133 have been purchased by the women students of the university. Out of the time 987 Student Enterprise tickets had been sold and 88 guest tickets, while this year the number of sales of guest tickets have amounted to 53.
123 Women Buy Athletic Tickets
MORNING PRAYERS
Leader, Rev. Gordon Bennet Thompson, student pastor of the First Methodist church of Lawrence. Gen. Charles A. Thevene "The Seven Blunders of the World."
Friday, "The Blunders of Reaction."