UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XII.
NUMBER 159.
MRS. KELLY SUGGESTS TREATMENT FOR OWI
New York Times Writer Says Fist Penalty Best for the Editors
DON'T GO TO NEW YORK NOW
Tells Journalism Students That East
ern Field is Not Good for New-
spaper Work During War
"In the old days, editors and reporters often had to face the fists of an enraged reader when they made a misstatement. The matter was setted quicker than by a bibl suit, and I think this would have been the proper treatment for the editors of a publication which has recently appalled University," said Ms. Florence Finch Kelly, referring to the Sour Owl.
Mery. Kelly is a writer of book reviews and newspaper articles for the New York Times, speaking to the students of journalism at 11:30 o'clock this morning in Room 110, Fraser Hall.
"The cub reporter, as well as the managing editor, should feel his responsibility to his readers," continued Mrs. Kelly. "He should quickly identify himself with his paper, feel the atmosphere of his office, and, of course, read his own papers." The cub reporter was the habit of reading very widely, and have a special and detailed knowledge of at least one subject."
Don't Go to New York
"Don't go to New York to do newspaper work until the war is over," warned Mrs. Kelly. "Conditions there are unfavorable for newspaper men, owing to the large amount of mail, post offices and news letters from Europe."
TO TEACH COACHES BY MAIL
University to Give Extension Courses in Athletic Training Next Year
Mrs. Kelly was graduated from the University in the class of 1881. Her son, Sherwin Kelly, is a sophomore in the School of Engineering.
Extension work for basketball coaches in Kansas high schools will be offered next year. During the basketball tournament there this spring the coaches organized, and means of making rules and discipline uniform were asked. Now it is planned to have a year's course open to all high schools interested in the fall, avail- ce of its members the privilege of sending questions on regulations and methods to the University for solving.
CLASSES MAKE CAMPUS VIEWS
Physical examinations for all members of teams before they are permitted to play will be required, and hygienic principles will be insisted on. The girls tournament will be held separate from the boys hereafter.
Students Transfer Landscape to Canvas on Spring Days
Painting classes in the School of Fine Arts have been busy all spring with the usual beginners work of landscapes and scenic views and on every fair day the wielders of the brush gather in favored spots on the campus and spoil good canvas by the hour.
Haskell Institute from back of Blake Hall, the clump of trees northwest of Potter lake, scenes on the golf links, Dyce Museum from the Physics Building, and any other spot which may happen, to appeal to the aesthetic temperament of the disciples of Rembrandt and Turner, have been portrayed in many colors and many shapes.
One beginner class, consisting of students from the College and the School of Engineering, has been working on the south side of the road between Snow Hall and the Law building in Boulder. The spring-time view of the entrance to the home of the Solos and Spooner Library, to canvas.
An exhibition of the campus views painted this spring is being planned for quix week by Prof. Griffith, head of the School of Fine Arts, painting in the School of Fine Arts.
Return Library Books
Students are requested to return by the end of this week all books which they have out of Spooner Library.
RECEIVE DEBATE QUESTIONS
University of Colorado Submits Prop
positions for Argument Next Year
Three tentative questions for debate with the University of Colorado have been submitted to the local debating council for consideration. According to Prof. Howard T. Hill a choice of one of the three questions will be made this spring, allowing these students to present their material during the summer. Following are the three questions submitted;
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1915
Resolved: That the Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned by the United States (Monroe Doctrine to be defined).
Resolved: That Boards of Arbitration with compulsory powers should be established to settle labor disputes between employers and employees in the United States. Constitutionality of such a Board waived.
Resolved: That the United States should permanently retain the Philip II statue.
An invitation to debate with the University of Southern California was received some time ago by the local council but the expense of the long trip to Los Angeles will force the University to decline.
It is Squealing
Student sentiment at the University is determined to clean up the Sour Owl. The last issue overstepped the bounds of propriety and decency. Of course those implicated in it are eager to stop all discussion of the Sour Owl. "Forget it," they say, "you are giving the University undesirable publicity." But it is up to the students who have some respect for their school to show the people of the state that the Sour Owl is not representative of the University and its students. The vigorous protest against the Sour Owl is proving to those who support this institution that the students have no sympathy with the tone of the last Sour Owl.
Aliring this disgrace is no pleasant task to anyone, but the Sour Owl dared to spread its foul gossip and it cannot consistently squelue when publicity steps on its own toes.
TESTS TIME TO SAY SCAT
quackness of Thought is Measured by Machine—Chronoscope
It seems to be generally understood that there is no word that can be said quicker than "seat." But just how long it takes to pronounce this monosyllable after the cat's first vocalization break upon your sleepy ear is a question for modern experimental psychology.
If you were intent upon speaking just any word upon hearing it, how long would it take you to say it and what would you say? If you were a student in the psychological laboratories of the University, the chronoscope, an instrument which measures time in thousands of a second, tells the time exactly.
Dependent Upon Experience The word you speak is dependent upon one's past experience. Some words are naturally associated with others and consequently the time taken to speak a word varies from three hundredths to eight tenths of a second.
Dependent Upon Experience
Real hard associations, like the capitals of the different foreign countries, usually take from a half second to half an hour, according to the student's knowledge of geography. Of course, if there is an atlas near, it rarely takes half an hour. One young man twisted his face into all sorts of grimaces trying to say "Rome." Time: ten seconds.
One student in an experiment recently made record time using the word "bottle." In just seven hundredths of a second the little indicating din at time 07, "07" was the entry that was made in the notebook.
The clock was started to whirring again. "Psychology!" shouted the operator. "Flunk" yelled the subject. And it took him but eleven hundredths of a second to connect the two words.
Gear Pledges Kanza
Psychology and Flunk
Marvin L.  Gear, sophomore Eml
lonsen from Ruffalo, has pledged
kanss.
If you are opposed to this dirty sheet called the "Sour Owl," why don't you petition this investigating committee and show the people where you stand? Why don't you use your influence where it may count for something? Let's get busy and get the name of every self-respecting student on a petition to the faculty to stop this scandal promulgator.
Students, where are your petitions? You who sent committees to the governor, resolutions to the president, and petitions to the Board of Administration all relating to things over which you had no control and could not possibly influence in one way or another.
Editor Daily Kansan:
Wants Petitions Against Sour Owl
Editor Daily, Kansas;
WOULD MEASURE HEAT VALUE OF KANSAS GAS
Prof. H.C.Allen Says Selling Quantity is Unjust to Consumer
Consumer
Prot. H. C. Allen, of the department of chemistry, who has been investigating the gas situation in the Kansas field for the last year says the present system of charging the con- dust much to much cubic foot of gas is unjust.
At Morning Prayers
What the people buy or should buy is heat and not a mere measured quantity of gas which contains in many cases a large per cent of impurities. The plan of selling the consumer heat instead of a measured quantity of gas would save the people of Lawrence $1,000 a day. Since that amount of gas helium applied with gas under the system Professor Allen asserts the new plan would save the people of Kansas thousands of dollars.
Real Student.
The Kansas Public Utilities Commission which has been considering the application of the Kansas Natural Gas Company asking for permission to raise the price of gas twelve and one half cents per one thousand cubic feet has asked Professor Allen to meet with it in Topeka, June 7, when they reconvene to take up the Kansas Natural case. At that time Professor Allen expects to give the Commission the details of his plans and go into the measurement and heating values.
Leader; Dean C. S, Skilton, School of Fine Arts.
WANT TO USE ALL TICKETS
If you don't want your ticket for
the University, turn it in and
let us see.
Committee Asks For Return of Dinner Comps That Are Not Needed
Thursday, "The Ideal of Art." Friday, "The Ideal of Science."
This is the substance of an appeal sent out by the ticket committee under the caption, "Are you Willing to Help?" The University Dinner held during graduation week has space accommodation for only 1076 persons. Complimentary tickets are given to graduating students, returning alumni, and the faculty. Thus the supply is nearly exhausted before other guests have a chance to purchase tickets.
The committee recognizes that many complimentary tickets are never used, so it asks that they be returned and sold to people who wish to attend the dinner. In case that a returned ticket is desired to get to some particular person, it may be so arranged by bringing it to the Registrar's office after a o'clock Tuesday of commencement week.
The archery contest which was to have been held at the May Fete will be Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in front of Fowler Shops. The Gustafson trophy is to be awarded to the one making the most points.
About ten girls will take part, each
shooting nine arrows, thirty-five
hit.
ARCHERY MAIDENS TRY
PROWESS WITH ARROWS
Five boy scouts from St. Paul Minn., were on the Hill this afternoon. They were on their way to San Antonio, and were delayed here by the rain.
The Custer Club, chaperoned by Mrs. J. L. Custer and Mrs. French, gave its farewell party last night.
Custers Give Party
Scouts Here
Send the Daily Kansan home
WILL HAVE WHISTLE
BLOW AT 10:30 P.M.
Women's Council Would Have Cursew When Date Rule Becomes Effective
The Women's Student Government Association decided yesterday to ask the University to have a whistle blow at 10:30 o'clock each night so that there can be no difference of opinion between the landlady and the young man making the call at the woman's rooming house as to the time of night. The time for the operation of the date rule goes into force at 10:30 o'clock at night. Some of the landlads say that the men turn back their watches in order to make the time appear earlier than it actually
To Be Authority
In order to make a time that will be authoritative the women will request that there be a blast of the whistle at the proper time each night.
The women also decided to suspend the date rule for the remainder of this school year. The rule is usually suspended the last two weeks because University have to study all the time during the last two weeks of school.
WILL MERGE DEPARTMENTS
Bacteriology and Physiology in College and Medicine Combined
The department of bacteriology in the School of Medicine has been merged with the department of bacteriology in the College. The departments of physiology in the College and the School of Medicine have been consolidated and will be under a board as that of German is now.
The following appointments' have been made: Arthur W. Larson, University of Wisconsin, instructor in mathematics; H. M. Curfman, instructor in electrical engineering; J. O. Jones, Cornell University, assistant professor in engineering; Russell E. Leonard, Massachusetts Institute Technology, instructor in electrical engineering.
GIVES FRESH AIR CONCERT
University Band to Make Second Ap
pearance on Dyce Museum Steps
The University band will give its second open air concert on the steps of Dyce Museum Friday night at 7 o'clock. The concert will be held early so that those who attend may hear performances to other social events that evening.
"We will have the concert from the steps of Dyche Museum Friday night if nothing happens," said J. C. McCanley, director of the band this morning. "We want to have it as near 7 o'clock as possible." Other concerts will be given if the attendance Friday night will justify.
Two young men in St. Louis became very puzzled watching a girl walking down the street. Every once in a while she would hesitate in her walking, take a few short steps and then resume her natural gait. The young men asked her if she would explain her peculiar stride.
"Oh," she exclaimed, "I am from Columbia, Mo. That walk is the result of a habit I formed crossing the
Molly: I believe William is insane.
Pelly: You don't say!
Molly: Yes, last night I heard him say that he didn't care for the modern dances.—Gargoyle.
There was a young man named Heebe
Who said to his sweetheart named
Jessica, "I'm sorry."
"I'll have to see
What the minister's fee be,
Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebe."
Send the Daily Kansan home
KANSAS ENGINEER OFF PRESS
First Issue of Marvin Hall Publication Appears on Hill Today
Volume No. 1 of the Kansas Engineer, published by the Associated Engineering Societies of the University of Kansas, made its appearance this morning. It is a substantial volume of 132 pages, and is full from cover to cover of well written and practical articles on Engineering subjects, making it a book of real value to members of the engineering profession. The articles touch upon most phases of the engineer's work in engineering, mechanical problems, and special articles such as the "Reminiscences of an Od Engineer." "Campus Planning," and several editorials.
The article on campus planning, by Prof. Goldwin Goldsmith, is a description of the problem brought out by the expansion of the University campus. The campus has often been praised for its beauty, but the expansion of buildings has raised a problem which Professor Goldsmith will discuss in a series of lectures one is the first. The article is supplemented by a map of the campus, showing the proposed University boulevard.
The book has several other special articles on coal mining, sewage disposal, etc., and contains a three page list of alumni notes, showing that recent graduates of the School of Engineering are scattered over the globe from South America to Belgium, from Africa to the Philippine Islands.
The book is printed by the department of journalism press and sells for thirty-five cents.
"Stop Thief"
And the funny thing about it is the fear of the Sour Owl crowd that the University will get some undesirable publicity.
Everybody keep still now while the Sour Owl slips out the back door.
TO PLAN BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS
Men's Student Council to Plant Trees and Shrubs Next Year
The Student Council met last night in Room 110. Fraser. The meeting was given over to a discussion of the campus to clarify the campus with trees and shrubs.
C. A. Poland is chairman of the committee which has this matter in charge. A definite plan of procedure will be worked out by this committee and the work of planting the shrub will begin next fall.
DO NOT PAY WHITE CROSS
Students Are Far in Arrears With Payments to Relief Fund
More than $600 of the White Cross money contributed by the students of the University last fall remains unpaid. About $1500 has been received at the office. Many students have not yet made the first payment, while others are still in charge of a committee in charge of the White Cross funds asks that the payments be made at once so that the books may be closed before the end of the year. 'Statements of the amount due will be sent out within the next few days.' Payments may be made at the Registra's office at any
PHI ALPHA TAUS ARE
STUDYING THE DRAMA
A study of the importance which make-up plays in the modern drama is now being conducted at the weekly theater Festival Tau, honorary dramatic fraternity.
In addition to such text books as may be secured upon the subject, the men are using a series of letters and hints from actors of importance. Among the contributors to the study are Ralph Kellard, of the Auditorium Stock Company, and H. M. Northcroft, the creator of the role of "Captain Courtesy." Mr. Northcroft is an authority on character make-up, especially in regard to old age portraiture.
Yale Chapel Overcrowded
Is It Possible?
Yale's chapel has been outgrown by the number of students which compulsory chapel necessarily brings out, Freshmen next year will not attend the regular chapel services but will meet in a different hall by themselves.
Headline from Oregon Emeralds:
"Profs to Bless 28 Classes of Preppers."
PLEDGES TRICKLE IN FOR THAT LOAN FUND
Students Pay $44 in Pledges to Help Needy Undergraduates
FACULTY MEMBERS SIGNING
Ask Help
This Money to be of Great Help Next Year—Already Fifty-nine Ask Help
Many Students Want Help
Students have-called at the office of the Registrar to pay their loan fund pledges. Cash to the amount of $44 is now in the fund. Petitions are coming in slowly. Several professors are sending papers for the first time this week.
Many of the students in the University attending classes where the instructor failed to pass petitions have gone to the office in Fraser Hall to sign the paper. Several members of the faculty have signed petitions from students who are campaign for funds from members of the faculty has not yet started.
Already applications for work next year have begun to come in at the office of the employment bureau in Myers Hall. Cards have been received from fifty-nine persons, many of them students who expect to be in the University next year. In each case they say that they do not the man and woman have their equipment and want some employment. These men and women will have to have some kind of help while at the University.
Authorities at the University declare that many of these people who work their way make the best student, very seidom fail after leaving school.
The campaign among members of the faculty will probably begin this week. The collection of the money pledged by students will start either early or late in the semester and students will continue even after faculty members have been solicited.
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Psychologist Says That Manual Labor Increases Memory
WORK HARD BEFORE FINAL
How much manual labor can a student do and still think认真 and swiftly? The careful student probably goes to bed early and rests thoroughly before his final quizzes, but the investigations of the department of psychology show that he is wrong.
Professor Dockery, who has done research work on fatigue, says that the mind works faster and more accurately after a certain amount and, at least faster, even after a large amount of physical work. In his experiments the student was given a mind test and then put to work on a gymnasium pulling apparatus for a time varying from 2 to 20 minutes. He was then given another mind test. The results showed that accuracy increases for a short time and then diminishes rapidly, while speed increases up to as high as 15 minutes hard work.
The answer is this. If the student wants better results, he should work hard for a short time just before an examination; but if the professor is easily bluffed by the amount that is written, a higher grade can be obtained by doing 15 or 20 minutes manual labor before a quiz.
BOOK IS BOUND IN BOARDS
Naturea Historiorum, by Pliny, 1518,
Oldest Volume
"Naturem Historiarum," is the title of the oldest book in Spooner Library, and the book certainly has some age, having been printed in 1618. A Mr. Cushing is also indebted for this ancient treatise and it is written in his best Latin.
They bound the books in 'pretty good shape in the old days. "Naturem historiarum" is bound • in wood a quarter of an inch thick which is covered with inlaid leather. Its measurements are eighteen by twelve inches.
The single volume really contains thirty-seven books and was presented to the library through Gen. Geo. Weitzler, by William A. Phillips.
Will be Principal
Della S. Uruhr, senior College, of Larned, has been elected principal of the Ella high school. She will teach English for charge of the Normal training work.