UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XII.
NUMBER 140
K. U. MAY EXCHANGE PLAYS WITH NEBRASKA
Only Permission From Authorities of Both Schools Necessary Now
MERELY EXPERIMENTING NOW
If Plan Works, Prof. Mac Murray
Hopes to See All M. V. Schools
in Dramatic Exchange
That K. U. will enter into some sort of a contract with the University of Nebraska whereby the dramatic productions of the two schools will be exchanged seems now to be possible. Dr. Jonathan Prof. Arthur MacMurray, head of the department of public speaking, an invitation to conduct such an exchanga has already been issued to the Cornhusher school, subject to the approval of its university senate. Permission from the University of Nebraska schools is the only thing that now stands in the way of a realization of the scheme.
"We plan to inaugurate the exchange merely as an experiment," says Professor MacMurray, "and later, if it meets with success, to enlarge the scope of the affair and include several Missouri Valley schools in the organization. The prices charged at these auditoriums play a large role and seventy-five cents—will make it possible to secure a large audience at each production, consequently the plan should not fail to go through."
"It will be the policy of the Dramatic Club here in the University to give the public as much as possible for their money; to spare no expense and cost them anything, instead of making money. Art, not profit, will be the purpose of our dramatics. It cost $250 to stage 'The Man From Home'; we paid $4 alone for the theatre reit and our scenery, but still spent a lot of amounts. But the play was certainly a success from the producer's point of view; and I believe that is what the students want, plays that comfortablely with professional productions."
Wayne E. Wingart, secretary of Phi Alpha Tau, national dramatic fraternity, is highly in favor of Professor MacMurray's scheme.
"As a means of elevating the general standard of dramatics here at K. U.," he says, "the dramatic exchange with other schools would be an excellent thing, and would give those who take part in amateur dramatics a better chance to put their training into actual practice than heretofore. It isn't an easy thing to appear in an amateur play before it can be played, but it never still to act before strangers. That is what the dramatic exchange would imply, and therein would lie its immense value."
According to Wingart, Phi Alpha Tan, as a unit, is backing the new scheme and will do everything possible to secure its inauguration. "We want dramatics recognized as a legitimate University activity," says Wingart, "with nothing of the hapiness that the past in it. Previous to this year, interest in dramatics has been short lived and nonproductive, there was very little real work done. But with the dramatic exchange effected, casts would have to be well nigh perfect in technique and execution to 'get by' with a student audience at another school, because this year's biggest step forward ever taken by the devotees of the drama in the University."
SENIORS GET TEACHING
JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR
The following seniors have been elected to teaching positions for next year: Charles F. Grabke, superintendent of schools at Pawnee Rock; Millie Mann, instructor in Latin at Wamgoo; Sylvia McConnell; instructor in domestic science and English at Linwood.
Arthur Duston, '13, who is now superintendent of schools at Kensington has been elected superintendent at Waterville and Mary E. Wolterton '13, has been re-elected as superintendent at Llangford.
Appointed Dispenser
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 28, 1915.
J. B. Early, pharmic, '14, was recently appointed city dispenser at Detroit. The selection was made through the competitive civil service Mr. Early achieved the highest grade in a class of twenty.
Prof. Haskins on Tour
Prof. C. A. Haskins of the department of sanitary engineering left yesterday for a tour through Oklahoma and Texas, where he will make investigations of various water purification methods until the latter part of the week.
Send the Daily Kansan home.
WAGGING TONGUES BRING TROUBLE
Student Learn3 Truth of Axiom
You have heard of wagging tongues sticking to lamp posts and door knobs when the temperature drops below the freezing point. Have you ever heard of a crabberry sticking to a similar tongue? That is what happened to a curious young student on Tuesday afternoon on the Prof. H. P., Caddy was demonstrating liquid air, Professor Cady had just dropped the berry into the air and passed it around to the students with the precaution not to put it in their mouths. Of course such a precaution created curiosity. So the teacher asked him to pick up his tongue to the frozen dainty. Much to his dismay the crabberry liked the situation so well that it remained fast.
OUTDOOR INTER-CLASS TRACK MEET ON FRIDAY
Every Student in University Eligible to Take Part in Annual Event
The annual outdoor inter-class track meet will be held on McCook Field Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meet is open to all University students and every one in eligible to take part in any event.Varsity men will be in the interclass one event as they were in the interclass meet held in the fall.
This is the only open outdoor meet held at K. U. and comes at a time when new material is needed for the Varsity track team. Several big meets are on the spring track schedule, so if you want to be found by this means will have a good chance to get into some fast competition before school is out. The entries for the Missouri Valley meet at Columbia May 29 and those for the Western Conference meet in Urbana, Ill., June 5, must be sent in on Monday, so it is highly important that you attend themselves themselves in the interclass meet.
Medals will be given for the first four places in all events and they are a high grade of medal, according to Coach Hamilton. Although Varsity men can run in as many events as they choose there are not near enough regulars to win all the places and Coach Hamilton expects to see some new men run the regulars some hard work. All entrances would be placed in the hands of the respective class captains so that they will be in the manager's hands by Thursday noon or they can be handed direct of the coach
"I wish the presidents of the various classes would see to it that the captains of their teams put forth every effort to get their men out for training," he said on Friday. "I believe we will be able to find some new material from the entries of this meet and no one should miss this chance to get into track work. I will enter anyone in the Missouri Valley and Western Conference meets that makes a showing which I will warrant my entering them."
Much interest is being shown among the regulars over this event for the classes are evenly divided and each one will try to place their men to the best advantage. However, they must depend on a great extent on the new men who will take lots of places and the class which has the largest number of men to join the meet. The relay will be one of the big events of the meet and gold medals will be given to four men on the winning relay team.
The meet starts at 4 o'clock and will be conducted as a regular Varsity meet. No one will be allowed on campus, except those who testants. Student tickets or 25 cents will admit spectators to the meet. High school students who are to take part in the intercolastic meet the next day will be admitted free.
Con Hoffmann, secretary of the University, Y. M. C. A., will go to William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., one day next week to help in a religious campaign to be conducted by Raymond Robins, of Chicago.
The Sachems will meet at 9 o'clock evening at the Phi Alpha Delta box.
Sachems to Meet
Going to William Jewell
At Morning Prayers
Thursday: "Intellectual Integrity."
Friday: "Appreciation."
Speaker, Rev. E. B. Backus, pastor of Unitarian church, Lawrence.
General Subject: "Neglected Virtues."
YOU'LL HEAR THE OLD SONGS SUNG TOMORROW
To be the First Get-Togethe Chapel Since Last Fall. Everybody to Sing
I hope that every student of the University of Kansas will attend the Old Songs Convocation tomorrow morning and join in the singing. Classes are dismissed at 10:30 o'clock
Frank Strong Chancellor.
The first real, old-time, get-to-gether chapel since the football season son will be held in Fraser tomorrow They'll all be there—Chancellor and his solo, the men's glee club, the women's glee club, and the old-time music student in the University. It's tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock.
Both glee clubs, under the supervision of Prof. W. B. Downing, will be on the platform of Fraser chapel tomorrow morning to lead the singing which will initiate the first all-age choir. Strong will sing his favorite song just as he likes it. Then there will be a revival of honest-to-gooodness-melodies, just the very ones you like, sung as real music. They always come to your heart at least, and Old Song Day will bring them into their own day.
There will be "Suwanee River," "Old Kentucky Home," "Star Spangled Banner," "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," "Dixie," and others. Chancellor Strong will . . . "The Ten Commandments." Bob Suhnu, in
Irene Jonani, the lyric soprano star, will remain over from 'light's concert to sing one or two, as tomorrow.
Classes are to be excused at 10:20 o'clock
ORCHESTRA A CITY'S PRIDE
Minneapolis Symphony Organization Carefully Selected by Director
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra which will appear in Robinson Gymnasium on the evening of May 5, is regarded as one of the leading orchestras in the United States, and one of the best orchestras ever assembled. The orchestra which is the pride of Minneapolis is one that has been chosen with the greatest of care and experience from Ph. C. Sull, the School of Fine Arts says that all who hear this orchestra will not be disappointed in the least and that it will be worth one's time to hear it.
The leader is Emel Oberhoffer who has had musical training all his life and has been associated with some of the best orchestras in America. Under his training and direction are the two musicians trained in country and most of the time in addition to these the company carries two women who are in a quartet of soloists. Each member of the orchestra is noted in his particular line of music ability and every one of the company is a skilled artist in himself.
The first straw hat appeared on Oread today. Prof. H, F. Harrington, weight 218 plus, found the Kansas temperature too high and when he went home at noon today, he pulled his last year's Panama out of the closet and wore it up the Hill this afternoon.
OLD SOL BRINGS OUT
FIRST STRAW-HAT
OLD SOL BRINGS OUT
The Jurisprudence Club will meet tonight at the Phi Alpha Delta house. The speaker will be Captain E. D. Scott, of Fort Leavenworth, who will give an illustrated lecture on artillery.
Professor Harrington says he didn't exactly enjoy the stores of the multitude but that Panama surely lid feel good.
Geo. O. Peterson, Engineer, '13 has accepted a position in the chemical laboratories of Sears, Roebuck & Co., at Chicago.
Y. M. MEN TO HIKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Jurisprudence Club Meets
Gets Chemical Job
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
A hike will take the place of the regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A next Sunday afternoon. The start will be from Myers Hall at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Every man who is willing to work together with him to pay the social committee for the feed which will be supplied. The direction of the hike has not been definitely decided, but it will probably be to the Wakaraus. The
The direction of the hike has not been definitely decided, but it will primarily be to the Wakarua. The hikers will return home about 6 o'clock.
CHORAL UNION MAKES SWEET MUSIC TONIGHT
Irene Jonani to Help Local Singers With Solos
and Chorus
The Choral Union, an association of 150 students and Lawrence people, will give a concert tonight at 8:15
clock in the Gym.
The event is on the plan of the popular concert lately introduced in Kansas City, the object of which is to get as many people as possible to cooperate in putting on a program for the public. The people who are genuinely fond of music cannot be induced to attend a concert of strictly classical music, For them, and for everybody else, the Pop concert is intended. The music is all good, most of it having stood the test of time, and at the end of that season though it is nothing like rythm or the moral song with a blessing.
The choral numbers will be inter- spened with songs by Miss Irene Jonani, lyric soprano, who made a name as a concert singer before joining the ranks of the Chicago- Chicagos. During her last visit Miss Jonani attended rehearsal last night and practised the obligatories she s to sing with the chorus.
In order to make it possible for everyone to attend, and so to give cooperative community music a boost, the price of admission has been fixed at 25 cents. No seats will be reserved, and those who come with an adult ticket are forced to face the concert will begin at 8:15 o'clock. The program follows;
1. The Dance Waltz...
...Richards Moszkowski
2. The Anvil Chorus.  ...Verdi
3. Forget-me-not (Ladies'
Chorus)  ...Giese
4. The Green Eyes. MacDowell
b. A Maid Sings Light and
a Maids Sings Low
c. To a Wild Rose.
d. O Sole Mio.  ...Di Capua
d. O Sole Mio, . . . . . . Di Capua
Irene Jonani
5. Lullaby. . . . .
ever (Men's Chorus)...Sousa
Interlinear
Intermission
7. a. The Charm of Spring... Clark
b. I Wish I Were a Tiny Bird. Lloh
c. Down in the Forest... Ronalds
d. Love I Have Won You... Ronalds
Irene Jonani
8. Love's Horn Doth Blow.
(Double Chorus) ... Bullard
0. Roberts of Lichfield (Wa.)
men's (Chorus), . . . . . Bartlett
10. Bridal Chorus, . . . . . Cowen
ENGLISH AUTHOR IN CHAPEL
Noted Lecturer and Essayist Will Talk on Shakespeare's Personality
Frank Harris, English author, late editor of "Vanity Fair," "The Fortnightly" and "The Saturday Review" will lecture in chapel Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The theme of his address will be the "Personal Shapeppeare and the Dark Lady of the Sonnets."
Mr. Harris' recent essays on "The Man Shakespeare" have entitled him to recognition as one of the foremost authorities on the life and literature of the bard of Avon. He has collected these essays in a book published in 1909, and two years later wrote "Shakespeare." He is also written a play, "Shakespeare and His Love," that is becoming popular.
Mr. Harris is a lover of books and men; he takes pleasure in the past by travelling, and in the future by dreaming.
The "call! your club" golf tournament which is to have been held Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24, was postponed because of the bad weather. The members are playing the matches off this week at whatever time they can be arranged. They hope to have this tournament out of the way so that it will be played in a regular tournament which is to be held on this Friday and Saturday.
LAYING OFF POSTPONED
GOLF TOURNAMENT MATCHES
No scores for the tournament have been turned in to the tournament committee yet, although several matches were played off yesterday afternoon. These scores will be collected as an annual tournament score and the handicaps for the final cup tournament will be figured from these.
Orill Club Hunts Geniuses
The provisions of the prizes offered by the Quill Club are that all manuscripts shall be in by May 24. The book for the first best story, $2 for the best poem, and honorable mention for the second best of each. Only sophomores and freshmen may contribute. Contributions in the quill box in Prasser Hall.
LOST LITTLE BROWN
DOG; CAN'T GET DEGREE
Student's Experiment Walked off
"I've lost my brown dog and now I can't get my master's degree," Vivian Strahm, a graduate student said this morning.
Miss Strahm said that she has bee- working eight months on psychological experiments with her little dog and was just about ready to draw her own.
"But last night someone cut the chain and turned him loose," she said "and now my experiment is gone and I can't find my thesis.
"He was just a little fellow, only about 8 inches high. I hope one finds him and brings him back so that I can get my degree."
WE DON'T USE MONROE DOCTRINE BOTH WAYS'
Prof. Hull Says U. S. Has Extended Influence in Western Hemisphere
"The United States has not regarded the Monroe Doctrine as a rule which works both ways," said William Isaac Hall, professor of international law at Swarthmore College, in Fraser Hall yesterday afternoon.
"Numerous expressions have come from prominent persons which indicate that in time of military necessity, the United States would attempt to annex territory. In time of war, I have no doubt we would repeat the attempt to annex Canada. Col. Henry Watterson insists that the natural boundary of the United States is the Panama Canal. Others say why not at the south of America? Why not at the south of America? Others maintain that it is the manifest destiny of the United States to control the Western Hemisphere."
Professor Hull then traced the effect of the Monroe Doctrine on popular government in the western hemisphere.
"By the Monroe Doctrine the United States stands sponsor for popular government in the western continent. In 1895 Secretary of State, Olney said that the fat of the American people must be plundered. Then we prevent Cuba making loans which would entangle her with foreign powers. We suppressed a rebellion in the Dominican Republic in Roosevelt's administration and established the practice of sending petitions to the United States there. In the present administration, we have had two gunboats off the coasts of Haiti and now supervise elections there. We have a treaty pending with Nicaragua giving us the power to suppress uprisings against our protectorate over that country."
"In Mexico we have refused to recognize Huerta; demanded a general election; refused to let him run in the presidential accept him when elected as president.
"We have been marvellously lucky in the past in the enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. The problem is how we are to treat it as we become, constantly graver America must pin her faith to an international solution of the problem;
BASEBALL TEAM STARTS
ON FIRST TRIOMORROW
A surplus of moisture prevented McCarty's Jayhawker aggregation of ball tossers from practicing day afternoon on McCook Field. But Mau was not discouraged and added the rehearsal to the North Field.
The team has a hard week's workout in preparation for its first trip of the season. The Kansas Aggies will be played tomorrow and Friday at Manhattan and Saturday Umpire's St. Marys nine will be the Carolina State opponents. St. Marys. The men return early Saturday night.
TO PLANT IIVY AROUND
CAMPUS BUILDINGS
The small cedar trees along the walk to Marvin Hall have been taken up and arbor vitae, evergreens have been set out. Most of the cedar trees in our own field will be planted in some other suitable spot on the campus.
Plans are being made for planting ivy around some of the University buildings and some evergreens are planted in the east approach to Fraser Hall.
Frank H. Storms, of the Babson Statistical Organization of Boston, will speak before the advanced economics classes. Friday morning at Administration Building. The lecture is open to all interested.
Daily Kannan Meeting
Kannan Board meets in the office of
the board.
BOARD RETIRES DEANS OF TWO K. U. SCHOOLS
Dean C. S. Skilton and Dean Arvin Olin to Return to Teaching
"TOO MUCH FOR ONE MAN"
Separate Administrative and Teaching Functions—Both to Remain— No Successors Chosen
The Daily Kansan withheld publication of rumors concerning changes in the University's policy on the facts. Though knowing that changes were likely to occur, it preferred, in justice to those most concerned, to wait until it could verify the stuatesments.
Following rumors that changes were to be made in connection with the faculties of the School of Fine Arts and of Education, the Board of Administration came to Lawrence to make final decision in the matter.
It is now certain that the deans of these schools will be retired and allowed to devote more attention to teaching. They will both remain on the University faculty. No successors have been chosen yet.
Following is the statement given out by the Board of Administration that
The Board's Statement
"Dean Charles S. Skilton of the University of Kansas has been relieved of his administrative duties in connection with the School of Fine Arts and will confine himself to the field of work to which he has given most of his time, that of teaching, or both. He was also on the Board of Administration last night, and was satisfactory to Dean Skilton.
"At the same time the Board divided the work that has hitherto been carried by the Dean of the School of Oilin to devote more attention to the Summer Session, which the Board announces will be made into a ten weeks" "fourth quarter" after the开学 University of Chicago next summer.
"These changes were inspired by the feeling that the University will have a much greater demand on it for the training of teachers since the Certification law has gone into effect, and therefore the graduate courses of the School of Education, and that a strengthening of the work was necessary.
"The man who will be appointed to take up Dean Skilton's administration, he should plassee more than ever before the problem of stimulating the musical activities not only of the University but to organize and develop the music."
"The Board points out that this is not a new idea but that it has been successfully carried out in Wisconsin and California."
PROM BENEFIT DANCE, MAY 6
Ray Hall's Orchestra Will Play For the Big Occasion
The benefit dance to recuperate the loss incurred by the Junior Prom, has been announced for the evening of May 6. Owing to the elaboratness of the big social event, the management, went in debt about $50. The dance has been arranged to clear up this financial haze.
Ray Hall, the premier dance musician, with his orchestra has been hired to dispense the music for the occasion. 'This announcement should alone guarantee a large crowd.' The dance will be given in Robinson Gymnasium and will be open for the whole University.
FIVE HUNDRED WANT
ROBINS TO COME BACK
Signatures are coming in fast for the petition to secure the services of Raymond Robins to lead the opening meetings of the University Y. M. C. A. next fall. Seventy faculty signatures were secured at the Chicken Pie supper Monday night not all of the patients have been turned in at the Y. M. office, it is thought that at least 500 students have signed. Those wishing to sign will find petitions at Con Hoffmann's office.
Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity, announces the pledging of John Miller of Atchison, and Ross Clayton of Hill City.
Y. The M. C. A. cabinet will meet
the move in a crowd even at
Con Hoffman's厂房.