UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XII.
NUMBER 156.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES COMPETE ON M'COOK
Pick of Trackmen of State and Adjoining Country Here Tomorrow
MEET STARTS AT 2 O'CLOCK
Contest
If Weather Clears Today Field Will Be in First Class Condition for
The cream of the high school athletes of Missouri and Kansas will assemble on McCook Field tomorrow to take part in the annual invitation meet held under the auspices of the athletic association. An invitation is necessary to participate in this meet and to be the best individual athlete in Kansas are coming. Other schools near here are invited to send whole teams.
Approach Record
The cinders at McCook are not in the best shape for a meet of this kind but in case it clears off today the track would be in first class shape by the time the meet starts. However, the track will present itself but it is probable that the field events will approach the record mark.
The four schools of Kansas City, Mo., are sending full teams to take part in the game. Kansas City, Kansas, Topeka and St. Joseph also are entering their full quota of men and some close competition is expected. Besides these full teams who will run neck and neck for points, the individual stars of the interscholastic meet May 1 will enter. These men will split up the points so that the advance dope on the full teams cannot be figured out and previous meets have no significance.
Run Special Train
A special train will be run from Kansas City on the Santa Fe arriving about 11 o'clock and leaving at 9 o'clock after the meet. A large crowd of rooters is expected from Kansas City and many people look for the Kansas City schools to fight it out for the championship. But the stars of the smaller schools of Kansan will have an opportunity to compete with the city folks and may prove the making or breaking of some team which expects to win the penant.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 1915
"The weather is the only thing which can prevent this meet from being one of the classiest of the West," said Coach Hamilton today. "The best material in this part of the country will be here and there is no doubt about the quality of the meet. We expect about 150 men and we will show them as good a time as possible since they came here at our expense. It will be a swell meet without a doubt."
Jack Grover, who usually is on hand for such events, will be referee and starter for the performance while the Varsity track man will serve as officials. The meet starts at 2 o'clock, rain or shine.
ELROY, MY BOY, WHERE IS YOUR MODESY?
Rather Early to go Barefoot
Residents in the 900 block, Mississippi street, who chanced to glance out of their windows yesterday afar, rubbed their eyes and looked again.
Proceeding calmly down the street, with several inches of bathrobe fluttering beneath his raincoat, his pink toes exposed to the elements, a la Isidora Duncan, trudged Elroy E. Tillotson, sophomore engineer from Olathe.
"I am going to the Corner Grocery with some oranges," he explained with dignity as he tucked his bath robe up to his knees to wade through a puddle, "and I couldn't find my shoes."
Draw up Class Constitution
Draw up Class Constitution
Students at Michigan Agricultural College are considering a Class Constitution, embodying all the present customs of class procedure and class traditions. This is calculated to do away with confusion and standardize procedure.
Nutt to Give Address
Nut to Give Address
Prof. N. W. Nutt, principal of Orca training school, will deliver the commendation address, Friday, at Admire. He gives another speech Saturday night, before the Kansas City graduating class.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
HAND BELL USED TO AROUSE K. U. CLASSES
From the time when the janitor of Fraser Hall rung a hand bell down to the present, time of the automatic whistle to dismiss classes there has been a gradual evolution in the means of informing professors that it is time for them to wind up their remarks.
Remnants of Old Systems Left
When Fraser Hall was the only building on the campus the janitor wandered up and down walls ringing a hand bell. Since the students were used to it and knew what it meant no one ever mistook it for an auction sale or a Salvation Army dinner announcement. The next innovation came when more buildings were added to the campus collection. Gongs were hung in different buildings and the janitor worked these also. A remnant of this system is the gong that hangs upon the stairs in Snow Hall.
Use Electric Bells
The next means resorted to was considered a revolutionary event in University history. This was a system of electric balls which were rung from a central station. There was one bell in each building, and in some of the buildings there was a bell in several of the rooms. Whether these individual balls were placed in the rooms of especially long winded professors no one will say. There was a bell in the hallway of the library, but only the wires are now left to tell the tale.
But even the best of systems in its day will be replaced by other newer systems, so the electric bells went the way of the other gongs and the automatic whistle took its place. But the individual electronic devices advantage at times, because many professors cannot jeart the whistle now.
WILL GIVE ORGAN RECITAL
Philip Flint Stevens to Appear in Fraser Tomorrow Night
Philip Flint Stevens, junior in the School of Fine Arts, will give the only organ recital of the year, in Fraser Hall tomorrow night at 8:15. Mr. Stevens will be assisted by Laura Sheerar, our sophomore. Stevens will also support the youngest students that has ever given a recital at the University.
The following is the program:
Fugue in D major...Bach
Adante Cantabile...Widor
Sonata in A Minor...Rheinberger
Tempo Moderato, Intermezzo
...Fura Chromatica
Score. When First I Met You.
Salter In the Garden...Salter
Low...Cadmar ...
Miss Scheurer
Canon in B Minor... Schumman
Song of Sorrow... Gordon Kevin
Will o' the Wisp... Gordon Kevin
Toccata in D major... Kinder
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS
The Mechanical Engineers' Society met last night at the home of Prof. A. H. Sluss, 1122 Ohio street for the last meeting of the staff and the election of officers. Howard Baugher, senior engineer gave a report of "Salt Wells" and Professor Slusse read a paper on "Steam Boiler Economy" which he delivered at an engineers' meeting at Wichita last week.
The following officers were elected:
Jerry Stillwell, president; Burnette Bower, vice-president; A. J. Nigg, corresponding secretary; Chas. Hagenbuch, recording secretary; Walter Pickering, treasurer; Geo. H. Habrath, the program committee; representatives on the Governing Board of Associated Engineering Societies, Jerry Stillwell and S. E. Campbell.
Will Send State's Tree to Fair The College of Forestry at Syracuse University has been asked to send a small tree typical of New York state to be planted by Governor. Whitman at the Expansion ground. A man at the specimen of the native white pine, about five feet in height will be sent. About 400,000 trees have been handled by the Forestry School this year.
Achoths Pledge
Will Sand State's Tree in Fair
Achoth sorority announces the pledging of Lysle Hait, of Borner Springs, and Dr. Alice Goetz, director of physical training for women.
Leader: Dean C. S. Skillon, School of Fine Arts; Monday: "The Ideal of Wealth."
At Morning Prayers
Upward Through Blood
He thinks war is essential to the future existence of his country. He thinks that universities must be destroyed, cathedrals shattered, fields left to the care of feeble women, old men and children, fined up against a wall and shot, and thousands exiled in poverty to face starvation that his country may expand. It is the same in England, and France and Russia. They hope for all through war.
That German officer of whom Mr. Scott spoke this morning doesn't want war. He lost a large part of his investments in England, his German factories were closed, he had to leave his business and fight.
But after the desolation is spread, when the seething nations swoon from exhaustion perhaps—perhaps—they will crawl upward through blood out of Hell.
PHI CHI FRATERNITY ENTERS UNIVERSITY
Chapter Here
Eastern Medical Organization Establishes Kappa Upsilon
A chapter of Phi Chi, a large medical fraternity will be installed in the University School of Medicine tomorrow. A delegation from St. Louis University will arrive today for the installation. The chapter here, the first chapter, is latest chapter to be installed. The fraternity has a membership of 7,200.
the petitioners who have been organized as a local medical fraternity are as follows: John Dykes, Homer Blincoe, Vic LaMercer, Roy Grayson, William James, Tom Howden, Leo Davis, Frank Ackers, Grover Grady and H. A. Lorenz. The pledges are: Karl Pinckard, John Calenne, James L. Williams, Eber D. Jolly, Ralph Collins, R. W. Emerson.
THE NUMBER YOU MAY READ
The new fraternity held a smoker t the Pip Upsilon house last night.
Spooner Library Has 80,000 Volumes and 750 Periodicals
"We have more than eighty thousand volumes catalogued in the library now," says Miss Currie Watson, a senior employee to the inquisition of a curious student.
"In a few years we expect to have 100,000 volumes. Of course all these books are not in the building now. Hundreds are in circulation and disbanded among the various departments. We receive more than 400 periodicals."
The University spends over $10,000 for 5,000 books a year. It seems a big sum to the layman, but many universities spend twice as much. The money is appropriated by the Board of Administration among the heads of the departments. For each book desired, the head of the department fill's out a card on which he writes the name of the book, the house, date of publication and the cost. If he is in a burry for the book, he writes "naste" down in the right hand corner of the card.
Miss Cora M. Downs, a student in the department of bacteriology, has been appointed as a member of the staff of the Atchison City Hospital. Her duties will consist in bacteriological diagnostic work. Miss Vivian Strahm, also a student in the department of bacteriology, will go to a position with the Kansas City, Mo. Her duties will be to conduct the Wassermann tert and to make other laboratory diagnoses.
Students Appointed
The oral examination of C. H. Landrum for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be held Monday, May 24 in Room 204. Administration Build-4:30 clock in the afternoon. All members of the faculty are invited.
Doctor's Examination
Something New in Gym Equipment
The University of Texas has installed something new in the way of gym apparatus in their sports facilities, installed for cleaning and drying the athlete's uniforms, particularly the football togs.
Faculty Gets Paid for This
Smith College has decided to institute a system of freshman advisers.
One hundred students, fifty juniors,
and fifty seniors will be appointed as advisers of the freshmen.
Faculty Gets Paid for This
Junior Boy—"How would you like a pet monkey?"
Junior Girl—"Oh, this is so sudden."
FATHERS AND MOTHERS WILL SEE SENIOR PLAY
Alumni to Witness Second Production of "The Professor's Love Story"
"The Professor's Love Story" will be repeated on the first day of commencement week, June 7, at 8:15 o'clock at the Bowersock Theatre. Few changes have been made in the cast from the last presentation. E. W. Wingert will take the part of Carl Painter. Wingert was the leading man in "The Fortune Hunter" presented last year.
The play is being put on for the benefit of the alumni of the University who will return for the commencement program. The officers of the senior class say they expect a crowded house to see the second appearance of the play at the University.
The play of the class of 1915 makes the twenty-fourth one put on by classes at the University. In the beginning the plays were used for the off" on members of the class. They are of home talent and local setting.
"There will be little chance for any time to lag on the hands of members of the 'class or alumni that day,' said a member of the commencement committee of the senior class, this morning.
In addition to "The Professor's Love Story" in the evening and the regatta in the afternoon a regular baseball game will be played between the University and St. Marys in the afternoon.
When You Take 'Em
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Examination Schedule
Spring Semester:
May 31st to June 4th Inclusive.
Classes meeting at 10:30 will be examined Monday a. m., May 31 '15.
Classes meeting at 4:30 will be examined Monday p. m., May 31 '15.
Classes meeting at 11:30 will be examined Tuesday a. m., June 1 '15.
Classes meeting at 3:30 will be examined Tuesday p. m., June 1 '15.
Classes meeting at 8:30 will be examined Wednesday a. m., June 2,
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Classes meeting at 2:30 will be examined Wednesday p. m. June 2
Classes meeting at 9:30 will be examined Thursday a, m, June 3, '15.
Exclusive Saturday classes will be examined Thursday p, m, June 3, '15.
Classes meeting at 1:30 will be examined Friday a, m, June 4, '15.
Three hour classes (and one hour classes meeting on Monday, Wednesday or Friday) will be examined from 8:30 to 10:30 if scheduled above for the morning; from 1:30 to 3:30 if scheduled above for the afternoon.
Two hour classes (and one hour classes meeting on Tuesday or Thursday) will be examined from 10:50 to 12:30, if scheduled above for the morning, from 3:50 to 5:30, if scheduled above for the afternoon.
Four and five hour classes will be examined from 8:30 to 11:30, if scheduled above for the morning; or from 8:30 to 11:30 if scheduled above for the afternoon.
Laboratory classes will be examined at the time corresponding in the schedule above to the first laboratory period or at the time corresponding to the least advanced (tourist) at the discretion of the head of the department concerned.
Classes meeting on Saturday and not on other days in the week will be examined Tuesday p. m. from 1:30 to 3:00 for one and two hour courses; from 1:30 to 3:30 for three hour courses.
MR.ROOT OF ROBINSON,
DO YOU WANT HIS JOB?
Statisticans Figure It Out
Last call for statisticians! When they have finished up the time-honored job of figuring how old is Ann or how far around the moon the quiz papers would reach, there is yet another problem waiting for them.
M. S. Root, the towel custodian in the Gym, dispenses about 2400 towels a week, 36 weeks a year and has been doing it for the past eleven years. To the statistician, here's a little hint to begin with. He checks them out at the rate of about one a minute during time that he works. How old is he?
Mr. Root, as most of the men students know, is the thin white-haired man whose wrinkled, pleasing face is constantly seen behind the little barrier in the hole in the wall at Robinson Gymnasium. Since the Gymnasium was built in 1904, friendly Mr. Root has presided over the towels and athletics team he has developed his memory to such an extent that he remembers many of the students who have possibly forgotten him.
Dispenser Root has about 400 towels on hand. Allowing one-tenth of a cent for wear, one-fifth for interest, two thirds for laundry, he has a cost of 29-30 of a cent on each towel. By charging twenty-five cents for fifteen towels', he makes a profit of seventh's of a cent on each one.
Respected as he is, a few thoughtless students often forget to check back their towels. It means a cost of forty cents each the shirt. If you were forgotten would mean a week's living at an average prune board.
BAND WILL PLAY TONIGHT
If Big Crow Attends Other Concerts Are to be Given
The University band will give the first open air concert this spring on the steps of Dyce Museum at 7 o'clock tonight. The concerts will be given from time to time during the remainder of the school year.
"We are willing to give the concerts," said J. C. McCanles, direction of the band, this morning, "if the students and members of the faculty are interested enough to turn out to them. It will be impossible to have forty men come out when only a few people are present at the concert."
Harold Brownlee -Here
Harold Brownlee, and not Oscar Brownlee, was captain of the 1912 football team and is here doing research work in the department of chemistry.
CEMENT STEPS FOR FRASER
Wooden Entrances of West Front Are Replaced by Stone Approaches
The steps of the south entrance to the west front of Fraser Hall will be completed in a few days, if the weather will permit the work to continue uninterrupted. The workmen resumed work this morning after a few days' lay off on account of the heavy rains of the past week. The old wooden steps have been taken away and are being replaced by a stone approach that matches the walls of the building. The approach will be mounted with cement steps. The wooden steps at the north approach of the west front will also be replaced with cement approach with cement steps, but the work will not begin there until after commencement work.
Print Biographies of All Grains
Print Biographies of All Grads
With condensed biographies of
every student who ever enrolled
in the university, the University of Illinois
directory will appear sometime
near the entrance. The names of
32,000 students, alumni and former
faculty members will make up the
list.
A CORRECTION
The Daily Kansan was misinformed concerning the withdrawal of two women following the publication of the Sour Owl. It was the opinion from an official source that they had left the case of the publication of the Sour Owl, but further investigation reveals that their withdrawal was for other reasons.
Send the Daily Kansan home,
CROWDED HALL GREETS CONVOCATION SPEAKER
Charles F. Scott, Returned From Europe, Tells of War Scenes
BELGIANS GRATEFUL TO US
Stricken People Remember Help Extended Them From America
Should Bide Our Time
"It is my most profound and passionate conviction after having visited the battle-fields of Europe that under no possible circumstances, other than a direct attack, should the United States be precipitated into the terrible conflagration," said Charles F. Scott, '81 editor of the Iola Register, and a member of the Belgian Relief Committee in his address in Fraser chapel this morning to an audience that filled the room.
"I have the highest regard for national honor, and believe every red-blooded American should shoulder his country's burden, but if we are wronged by any of the fighting countries now, our only alternative is peace and forbearance," continued Mr. Scott (of Germany) or England and other harms American citizens or American interests, they should be punished—but not now. When the war is over and reasoning powers are again working under normal conditions, then is our time to ask for satisfaction."
Belgians Grateful to America
Mr. Scott spent considerable time in relating various experiences which he encountered during his journey over the war stricken countries. In Belgium, every prayer uttered, contained the clause, "Thank God for America." The feeding of the Belgians, he said, offered the greatest commissary enterprise ever undertaken in the history of the world, and the energy and zeal with which Americans took up the mammoth task would stampe to their games, deny the manihantarianism, "The English," he continued, "fail to exhibit any signs of war. They attend races, football games, and the theatres with as much regularity and in almost as large number, as under normal conditions. The only signs of war visible in London, are the posters asking for recruits and the shaded lights. The latter are made necessary because of threatened Zepellin raids."
Blames Wars, Not Nations
According to Mr. Scott, one who visits the warring countries is not aroused against any of the conflicting nations but against war itself. "The Germans claim," he said, "that the destruction of Louvain was justified because the Belgians violated rules of war. The Belgians, on the other hand, say the destruction was uncalled for. To decide which friction is right is next to imposing restrictions on the beautiful cities; art treasures, and savings of centuries have been wiped from the face of the earth. The relative merits of the excuses offered by the warring countries matter little; the tragedy is presented in war itself, and in its accompanying horrors and hardships, which not countries, but humanity, have to bear.
Blaine Hite, freshman Engineer,
from Cherryvale, has pledged Phi
Vappa Psi fraternity.
MUST FILE NOTICE
OF MAJOR THIS MONTH
"During the last month of his sophomore year each student must file with the Dean notice of the department in which he applies for the privilege of selecting his major, giving his reasons for the choice. The Dean will notify the department about all of his application and the student will confer with the department with reference to the work of his junior and senior years."
Sophomores are expected to comply with the provisions of the above faculty regulation at their earliest convenience. I shall be glad to receive applications daily from 3 to 4 o'clock.
Juniordesiring to change their major department should file requests at the same time.
Olin Templin.