UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
71
VOLUME XII.
NUMBER 102
MISSOURI GET FIRST IN VALLEY TRACK MEET
Jayhawkers Take Fifth Place Grady Second in Two Mile Race
AMES AGGIES WIN SECOND
Iowa School Cincinnati Position Next to Tigers While Drake is Third
The Missouri Tigers easily won the Missouri Valley Conference track meet at Columbia Saturday with a score of 52½ points. The Ames Aggies took second with 26½ points while Drake took third place back to the north with 24. The Kansas Aggies came a close fourth with twenty-three. The best Kansas could take was a fifth place with 21 points. Nebraska scored twelve and Fairmount College five but the other schools entered failed to locate a place.
The meet was the first ever to be limited strictly to Missouri Valley schools. In other years Chicago, California and other universities have captured the meet which should belong to the Valley. The meet is from the constant rain of the week before and the day was damp and cold for track work.
One Man Broke Records
This little defect of the weather did not keep one, Robert Simpson, Coach Schulte's pride, from winning a name for himself in the track sports of America. This cinderist broke the only two records that were broken in the meet and besides this took a first in the broad jump. Simpson is a hurdler of no small fame and increased this fame by clearing the high obstacles in exactly fifteen seconds which ties the world's record. Simpson's time in the low hurdles was 24:4 which is one-fifth lower than the former Missouri Valley record.
Sproull Third in Mile
Among the surprises of the meet was Rodkey's failure to place in the quarter. Niedorp, the Missouriian who has averted Rodkey since the Convention Hall episode, had the pole and took the lead right on the start and was never headed. Rodkey on the other hand drew sixth place and with a poor start dropped in near the last of the starters as they rounded the final curve. With that handicap got around the crowd and did not get close enough to place. Edwards met the same difficulties in the half mile by drawing a poor position among sixteen others and got stuck in the mob.
Kansas started scoring in the first event of the day, the mile run, when Cargill Sproull surprised his teammates by finishing a close third to Barker of Ames and Weaver of the Aggies. Sproull stuck right with the leaders through the eight furlongs while Herriott, Kansas' other entry, dropped to fifth place because of the cold.
Grady Gets Second
Grady of Kansas not repeat his performance of last week and was beaten out at the tape in the two mile by Teeter of Manhattan who made the distance 142.2 yards. Teeter, who was expected to win first took a close third.
The relay was a five point counter for the Kansas burch and by winning it the Jayhawker has another loving cup to add to the large collection. This was really not a Kansas victory for Missouri won the event and Ames took second leaving Kansas only a third place. However, Captain Murphy, Missouri, and Captain Wilson, Ames, had a habit of mining in it, so they held a relay and the judges kept their eyes open. They started the scrapping in the first lap and both were disqualified leaving Kansas a winner.
Reber Fails With Discus
Reber Fans With Discus
Beder was the only individual Kansas to bring home five points. Bonnie had but little trouble in winning the shot put but failed to place in the discus heave. Grutzmacher, Coach Hamilton's new brook jumper, made Simpson do some unusual jumping to win a first at 23 feet 9 inches. Grutzmacher jumped within three inches of the Missouri's mark.
Part of the Jayhawk team will go to Urbana, Ill., Friday and Saturday to take part in the Western Conference. The other are to go have not yet been chosen.
AWARDS "K'S" TO THIRTY-TWO
Board Gives Letters to Twenty Base Ball Men and Tweve Tracksters
At a meeting of the athletic board today at Lee's at noon twenty track and twelve baseball letters were awarded. The men receiving the letter in baseball are Captain DeLongy, Sproull, Wandel, Chinery, Weible, Craig, Lindsey, King, Harrell, Russell, Morrow.
The track men number nineteen who are given their letters now and the other one, Dick Treweke, who broke the K. U. record in the read jump is to be given his "K" if he is eligible for Varsity competition next fall. Treweke跑23 feet 11 inches in the Pan-Hellenic meet last week breaking the Kansas record. The board allowed him his letter for his performance but insisted that the eligibility qualification be achieved. The quarterty track letters were given to Captain Edwards, Hilton Crum, Heirriott, C. Sproul, Grady Poos, Heath, Elliott, Rodkey, Ellis-wick, Fiske, Creighton, Campbell, Reber, Keeling, Grutzmacher, McKay, Miller and Treweke.
An official certificate for awarding the Varsity letter was adopted and will be sent to every man who ever competed in the game. This will be used in the future also.
In appreciation for past services the athletic board voted an increase of $500 on Manager Hamilton's salary for next year. This in the last fall of 2013, the next fall the newly vested organization takes office.
ALUMNI AND PARENTS TO SEE SENIOR PLAY
'The Professor's Love Story'
Will be Told at Bowersock
Monday Night
The three act comedy, "The Professor's Love Story" which the seniors have been asked to repeat as a new feature of commencement week is being rehearsed by the cast of seniors this week and is almost ready for production at the Bowersock Theater. Monday, June 7.
The cast has but one change from that playing it in February and is as follows: Professor Goodwille, Deane McEhlnny; Lucy White, Agnes Moses; Dr. Cosens, Wayne Wingart; Eiffle, Mary Stanwayt; Sr George Gliding; Ruth Lichen; Agnes Goodwille, Mary BelleMcGill; Pete Austin Bailey; Henders, Jo Berwick and Dr. Yellowleaves, John Thompson.
For Home Coming Alumni
The purpose of the repetition of the play is that the alumni and people of Lawrence may have an opportunity to see it and that that it may give an added attraction to commencement week. It will also furnish entertainment to the parents of the seniors who come back.
Selected by Play Committee
The play was selected by the senior play committee above and is under the direction of the department of theater. Prof. Arthur MacMurray is the head.
BAND FOR GRADUATING DAYS
Tickets will go on sale Thursday morning at the Round Corner Drug Store. The price is fixed at fifty cents for all seats.
The Commencement Band will rehearse at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in chapel. This is the final rehearsal before Commencement.
Commencement Musicians to Practice in Chapel Saturday
The following members of the regular band will constitute the Com-
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1, 1915.
Harold Lytle, Le Verne Tucker, Cecil Hough, Orland Lytle, Harold Roberts, Fay Walters, John Hartman, Jay Hargett, Donald Good, Ocey Krier, Frank Stortz, Maurice Darby, LSmith, Olin Darby, David Cow, James Robinson, McRobinson, Hubert Nutt, R. McLennan, D. Markley, H. Elliott, C. Long, Fritz Hartman, Elmer Bradley, Ralph Fritts, Homer Hunt, Paul Thiele.
McCanles Gives Line Party
Prof. J. C. McCanles will give a line party at the Bowersock and Wiedemann's tonight for members of the Phi Mu Alpha, honorary musical fraternity. All members are expected at the Bowersock Theatre at 7:30 o'clock.
CHANCELLOR MAKES PUBLIC INVESTIGATION OF OWL
"The University Senate after consideration of the publication recently put out by the Owl Society and the report of the Disciplinary Committee in regard to it, put the matter in the hands of the Chancellor of the University.
"FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS:
"The Committee as well as myself are particularly concerned that any student or body of students in a university like ours should be so wanting in the true perception of what becomes a gentleman, so blind to the demands of decency and chivalry, in as any way to desire or allow a publication containing articles such as appeared in the publication on the day of the May Fete. Neither the Committee nor myself can believe that this condition is widespread in the student body or that it is enforced by any considerable number of students. On the contrary, I believe that the general condemnation which follows takes this matter. The Committee, however, has felt important consideration to be a full realization by those commentators on the publication and all others in the committee, to these comments and cowardice of anything that is indecent or that reflects upon defenseless students. The action of the committee, therefore, has been directed toward the attempt to secure so far as possible the attitude of mind that will lead all students to a high standard of thinking and to a voluntary refraining from publishing articles that are in any way vulgar or harmful.
"The Owl Society has definitely said in a signed statement that the society as a whole is responsible for the publication in question. The members of the Owl Society for the school year now ending are:
"John A. Reber, Brownt B. Crowell, Robert Smith, Lawrence S. Nelson, Halleck Crane, Deane E. Ackes, Raimon G. Walters, Henry A. Shamsi M. J. Johnson, Guy L. Waldo, Theresa D. Perlini, Joseph E. Goatskill, Arthur S. Wickstrum, Junius W. Dyche, Alex E. Creighton
SRI, Srikaram, and others.
"Theses and especially those most actively engaged in the publication of the paper must bear the responsibility and stigma before the University community of a publication that has brought disappointment and harm and shame to the University community in Lawrence, to graduates of the University and to its friends and supporters throughout the state and the country. This is no light load to bear. The Committee as well as myself believes that the Owl Society did not see or intend to produce the effects now so clear and it is well known that some of the members of the Society have had no sympathy with such publications. It will be seen from the statements following and their ology and regret that they have done something to make reparation. It will be seen also that the incoming members of the Owl Society through their president have pledged themselves for the future and so far as I am concerned I am satisfied that they will live up to their obligations in every respect.
"the members of the incoming Owl Society are: A. Lindsey, M. L. Stockton, president; I. H. Herriot, O. H. Dittmer, Rex Meller, H. G. Appel, Watson Dodge, G. H. Yekum, Oscar Brownlee, F. McEwen, J. V. Challis, Fred Rodkey, J. E. Wolf, P. K. Friend, J. L. Bond.
"The Chancellor is authorized to make public the following statement:
Statement of Owl Society
(1) The Owl society has published the Sour Owl during the past years in the belief that an occasional publication, representing general student opinion, and devoted to outspoken criticism of the weaknesses of the Administration of the University, to a frank revelation of the incapacity or folioles of the faculty, and to the humorous exposure of students who have laid themselves open, by unbecoming conduct, to just reproof, has a value in clearing the atmosphere and making for more wholesome conditions in university life.
"(2) We are convinced, however, from the formal protests elicited by the appearance of the last number of the Sour Owl, from the nature of newspaper comment, and from conversation with students on the hill, that it is the general sentiment of the students, of the alumni, of the faculty, and of the community that the Sour Owl has done harm rather than good, and that it reflects discredit upon the student body, upon the University, and upon the Owl Society.
"(3) The Owl Society desires, and has always desired, to meet the approval of all right minded people. It was founded to further the best interests of the University as a whole; and since it can have no other purpose in the future, the present active members regret that the publication of a paper which has not met the approval of the community, and the members elect pledge them their rights. It is clear that the foundation of anything which casts unwarranted suspensions on the moral character of any person, or which would be regarded by right minded as an indecent publication."
"(Signed for the Society by)
J. M. Johnson, President, Owls, 1915-16.
M. L. Stockton, President-elect, Owls
"(This statement has already been signed by most of the members of the society).
*Statement Made and Signed by Members of the Owl Society.
Statement made by the Disciplinary Committee of the University may not labor under a misappreciation, we, the members of the Owl Society, solemnly swear, that
"First, No individual alone of the Owl Society edited the Sour Owl. "Further, Only two committees were appointed in behalf of publishing the said paper.
"The other was to attend to the printing, to see that the paper was correctly "set up," and to advise the printer.
"One was to attend to business end.
"To this the undersigned Owls, solemnly swear."
To this the undersigned are:
(Signed) H. B. Crowell, A. S. Wickstrum, H. I. Craig, R. Smith,
Joe Gatskill, R. E. Busenbark, Chas. W.胃buch, J. M. Johnson, Thos.
Molley, Guy L. Waldo, A. E. Creighton, J. W. Dyche, R. G. Walters,
John A. Reber, L. S. Nelson, C. Van Derip.
"Statement of the Disciplinary Committee."
"In reporting on the case of the Sour Owl the Disciplinary Committee presents for your consideration the inclosed statement of the Owl Society, and the committee recommends.
"To the Chancellor:—
"(1) That this statement be accepted as a sufficient apology for the present offense on condition that it be signed by the members of the Society. The committee refrains from recommending more drastic discipline in view of the following facts: (a) several numbers of the Sour Owl, some of them admittedly worse than the present number has published without eliciting any official authority; authors of these numbers of the Sour Owl was printed in the press of the department of journalism the University has incurred a certain responsibility for it.."
"(2) The committee further recommends that when the inclosed statement of the Owl Society is published in the Kansan the Chancellor shall issue in connection with it an explicit declaration that the University is absolutely opposed to the publication, either by student societies or by individual students, of papers of any sort which contain libulous matter, or matter that is essentially, or in its implications, indecent or vulgar; and that in the future no leniency can be expected by those who offend in this respect.
"(3) The committee recommends finally that the Chancellor lay before the University Senate article one of the statement of the Owl So.
CALLS FOR ATHLETIC GOODS
Manager Hamilton Wants Equipment Returned to Office at Once
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The athletic association is making a final call for all athletic equipment which has been checked out by the students during the year. The students have been careless in returning the borrowed property and are causing a lot of work in the department. All property must be checked in before school closes and the sooner the better for Coach Hamilton has to turn in a list of all those back and the student who is charged up with any equipment cannot graduate until the account is settled.
"I do not want to keep anyone from graduating," said Coach Hamilton this morning. "But the students have neglected to turn in their equipment and I am required to turn in their names. I think it is more negative than anything else but they attend to it as soon as possible."
The goods can be checked in at Manager Hamilton's office any time this week and must be checked in before the end of the week. No equipment can be kept over for the summer without special permission from the manager.
CONTRIBUTED $872.27 TO RED CROSS FUNDS
Faculty and Students of University Gave Freely to Europe's Suffering
The students and faculty of the University contributed $872.27 to the American Red Cross for relief work in the present war. This is one of the most liberal contributions which was made by any University in the country. It is all the more significant when the fact that all the contributions were purely voluntary and the money was collected without passing subscription blanks in the different classes.
the committee is: W. A. Whitaker,
chairman, Prof. W. W. Davis, Prof.
H. A. Rice, Prof. G. Mitchell,
Prof. Hamilton, P. G. Goo,
O. Foster and John Glieisen.
Following is a final report of the committee:
Total funds pledged. . . . $884.50
Total funds collected. . . . 872.27
Funds not collected... $ 12.23
Funds forwarded to National
Red Cross. ... $864.93
Expenses of collection ... 7.34
Disbursements: Checks
No. 1. K. C. Red Cross . $700.04
2. American Red Cross . 140.00
3. Dept. of Journalism . 6.34
4. Telegraphs . . . . . . . 1.00
5. American Red Cross . 24.93
Disbursements: Checks
872. 93
Bank book and vouchers attached.
We have examined the bank book and vouchers and find them to be correct.
John Gleissner
H. A. Pinn
May 27,1915. W.A. Whitaker,
May 27, 1915.
W. A. Whitaker, Chairman of the Com.
PLAY OREAD GOLF FINALS
Allen Sterling and Altman Winners of Second Round Will Compete
Allen Sterling and Altman were the winners of the second round of the Oread Golf Club in the annual handicap tournament finished Saturday night. The finals must be played before Saturday night.
In the first round Altman beat Allen 3 up and 2 to go; A. Sterling beat M. W. Sterling 2 up and 1; Kitchen beat Briggs 5 up and 4; Anderson beat Reed 3 up and 1. In the second round Altman beat Kitchen 3 up and 2 to go and A. Sterling beat Anderson 8 up and 6.
PHI CHI INITIATES
AND PLEDGES THREE
Phi Chi, honorary medical fraternity, held initiation Saturday afternoon, at the Phi Gam house, for J. L. Williams, Ralph Collins, Eber Jolly, Robert Mellhamh, and Ralph Emerson.
Phi Chi announces the pledging of Sherwin Mella, or Leavenworth; Harold Shelley, or Elmdale; and I. Poirier, of Wathena. Dr. J. S. Schafer, department of sociology, active at Dr. Ralph D. Suncan, editor of the Phi Chi quarterly, of Kansas City, were guests of the fraternity.
GOV. CAPPER PLEDGES
$100 TO STUDENT FUND
State's Chief Executive Announced Contribution This Morning
FACULTY CAMPAIGN STARTED
Committee to See Each Prof in Person for contribution to $50,000
Lonn Fund
Governor Arthur Capper has pledged $100 to the $50,000 student loan fund. Announcement was received from the state's executive this morning to this effect. Governor Capper worked himself from an office boy with a newspaper to the owner of one of the state's largest dailies and to the office of governor. Other large pledges are expected.
Faculty Campaign Begins
Three Plans Open
The campaign for contributions from the faculty began this morning when the members of the committee started the work of seeing each man and woman instructor in the University for pledges to the funder. We wrote a personal person so that there will be no danger of slighting any one.
Three plans are open to the prof. First, he may pay cash to the fund. Second, he may pledge a contribution to be used on call from the loan fund committee. Third he may make contributions to students dorser of security for obtaining money from banks or other institutions for needy students.
Collections are being made from students this week. It is the desire of the committee to get all the money ready for use next year. Pledges may be paired at the office of the Registrar at any time during the day and a receipt will be given for every payment.
Papers Not Closed
The student pledge papers have not been closed to the undergraduate of the University and any one wishing to make a contribution may be calling at the business office in Fraser Hall and asking for a petition.
Each mail brings letters of inquiry concerning the loan fund from people of Kansas and other states. Many come from members of the alumni of the University in various parts of the country.
ENGINEERS GO INTO CAMP
Sophomore Miners and Civils Move to Robinson Estate
Engineers from Marvin and Haworth Halls will go into summer camp this week. The camp this year will start Thursday, and as usual last four weeks. The miners will remain with the civils for two weeks of this time, but although no arrangements have been made for their instruction during the next two weeks, in former years it has been customary to spend the last two weeks in gaining practical mining experience. Last year the miners spent two weeks in the mines at Lansing.
On Robinson Estate
The summer camp this year will be on the Robinson estate, four miles north of the river. Professor W. C. McNown will have charge, and will be assisted by Prof. Frank L. Brown. George H. Fair of Lawrence, has been elected by the trip, and Charles Sloan of Pomona, was elected assistant chief. Thirty men will be in camp.
The students will be given practical instruction in topographical surveying, triangulation, leveling, field astronomy and base line measurement. The School of Engineering owns its own camping outfit, including tents, cooking utensils, grub wagon and engineering instruments.
Outing Compulsory
For four weeks the sophomores in these two departments of the School of Engineering will be given a compulsory outing—for that four weeks in the summer camp is necessary before a degree will be granted. The outing is not the principal reason for holding the summer camp because it requires a pleasant camp, that complaint is seldom heard from those who are compelled to take the practical work afforded to the summer camp.
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