UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FIRST CHANCELLOR WAS CHOSEN 50 YEARS AGO
Board of Regents of University Held Initial Meeting in Lawrence, March 21.1865
Fifty years ago Sunday—the twenty-first day of March, 1865—the Board of Regents of the University met for the first time. The council rooms of the city of Lawrence were used as headquarters and seven of its officers were sed settlers were present. These siting around the table in that cold March ill-furnished room on that cold March morning were S. O, Thatcher, Charles Robinson, J. S. Emery, G. W. Paddock, Joseph B. McKee, A. Barker, Mr. Goodnow was superintendent of public instruction and Mr. Barker was secretary of state.
And there, less than two years after Quantrell and his men from Missouri had ridden down Massachusetts street on their murderous raid, this little group of public-spirited men laid plans for founding what was to become one of America's greatest educational institutions.
Charles Robinson was elected chairman and G. W. Paddock, secretary. The Reverend R. W. Oliver, pastor of the Episcopal church, was chosen chancellor of the University, G. W. Ditzler was elected treasurer and J. S. Emery, librarian. The executive committee was made up of Reverden Oliver, Paddock, Emery, Thatcher and Robinson.
Recommendations were made to open a preparatory school as soon as the city of Lawrence could provide rooms suitable without cost to the state. It was also decided to accept the ground and foundation of North College—which had been failed—from the city of Lawrence in case the cost to the state of completing the building would not be more than five thousand dollars. The city afterwards granted the land on condition that the building be completed by the first January of 1866, only to start later. The building, much as it stands now, was completed in the middle of September, 1866, and school started. There were no whistles to announce the end of the hour; there were no glee clubs or junior proms; a Kansas-Missouri track team came early; others did they have school. Not school as it is known today, but in their own way, they had their classes and played their games.
WOBBLING CAUSES QUAKES?
atlantic Disaster Attributed to Varina
tion of Axis From Popular
Machine
That the "wobbling" of the north pole may be responsible for the earthquake that devastated Central Italy, oligarching many of its towns. It appears to have appalled inhabitants and doing damage to property in excess of $60,000,000, on January 13, is the latest theory tentatively advanced by scientists for such an upheaval of the earth's surface. Scientists predict that many quakes are caused by volcanic action. Many of them are also due, according to generally accepted theories, to "alips" or sudden readjustments of the deep-lying rock strata which form the foundations of the earth. There are, however, many earthquakes that cannot be attributed to either of these causes, so far as scientific investigators have been able to demonstrate. That these quakes, when observed in a nearby island connected with the variation of the earth's axis from its normal position, has been suggested by some excellent authorities.
"Recent study of these polar aberrations has demonstrated that the axis is constantly moving about in a spiral course, in much the same manner as the axis rotating on a slightly uneven surface. By astronomical observations this path has been traced and the discovery made that the axis returns to about a normal position approximately 180 degrees from where it found that when the axis makes a sharp turn in its very irregular course, seismic activity is materially increased. From this it is reasoned that the movement of the pole probes the earth, which results in vivo;ent upheavals along faults and ridges."
Miss Burke Not to Return
Marie Burke, freshman College, who was forced by a threatened attack of typhoid to return to her home in Kansas City the first of March is moved. She will not resume her work, in the University this semester.
Dr. John S. Glendennin will preach at the Presbyterian church both morning and evening Sunday.— Adv.
Pineapple ice, at Wiedemann's. Adv.
FRESHMEN REDS GIRLS' BASKET BALL CHAMPS
Defeat Freshmen Blues and Sophomore Greens in Two Fast Games
before an anxious crowd of about a hundred mothers, sisters, cousin-ants and class-mates, the freshmen Reds proved last night that they are the real thing in feminine basketball tossers. They defeated the freshman Blues in the first game, 15-13, and then in the next breath walloped the doughty sophomore great. Both players were trailers and kept Hollisdin busy totoiling his whistle, and dodging the flying ball. He was a most just referee and sternly called fouls in spite of frowns and stumps of feet.
The Gym had a very festive appearance when the athletes ran on to the field with their gay array of white middies, blue bloomers, and brilliant hair-ribbons and ties of red. The players were enough to appear in violent crimson hose, but the Blues and Greens refrained.
The rooting would never have done for a Missouri game, but there were plenty of shrieks and chirps at exciting moments when the spectators forgot themselves. At the end of the first game, the ball got their heads thrown out, all the players "are we dead yet? Are we dead yet? Are we bad crying, the Reds are here yet."
we deen,
No, by crying, the Reds are here yet."
And a few loyal sophomores, led by
Cora Shinn and Iqaska Hillsman rooted
shrill for their 'cass' and team.
Between halves Elizabeth Morrow led
in a rousing Rock Chalk. Weildle,
and Bonnie Reber who unpired, listeed,
and grinned.
A View for Your "K" Book
The star of the evening was Joyce Brown, forward for the Reds. She shot 'em in regular Lefty Sproul fashion, and couldn't be stopped. Ula King and Mable Hardy, sophomore guards did fine work for their team. Little Betty Betts, side center for the Reds, was the liveliest player in the game. She was everywhere at once, bouncing around like a rumble ball. She was from the scene of action. She was very popular with the crowd, too and they encouraged her by yelling, "We are betting on Betty Betts."
Between games, 12 girls gave a very pretty dumb-bell drill and three couples floated about gracefully in an aesthetic dance. Glauca Harris, Lesen Clark, and Mildred Spake made in hit with their "Humoresque" dance.
"This finishes, girls basketball for this year," said Missy. Slyvia Adams, a senior, said she would like to be a starter for a tournament next year, in which each class will have at
Haworth Hall was built in 1909 and is occupied by the department of geology and mining. Specimen case, lecture rooms, drafting rooms, ore laboratories and library are located in the building. A clay working laboratory was added in 1911. The building was named after Erasmus Haworth, professor of geology and state geologist.
THE NEW HARVARD
We want to show you this new Oxford. Suppose it does cost you a little more than the ordinary Oxford, don't you think it worth while in order to gratify your desire for a stylish, comfortable shoe? You can choose between Black or Mahogany Brown.
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OTTO FISCHER
The Reason for Uncle Jimmy Day
The School of Law will hold its annual banquet in honor of Uncle Jimmy's birthday, April 8. Uncle Jimmy will be 73 years old.
Freshman_Reds
least one team representing it." The line up of teams follows. The official score sort of loafed on her job, so the box score is lacking.
Joyce Brown, forward.
Katherine Redding, forward.
Irene Thien, guard.
Orline Bourassa, guard.
Margaret Hodder, center.
Betty Betts, center.
Freshman Blues
Dorothy Queriff, forward,
Gladys Rice, forward.
Lucy Richards, center.
Ruth Stout, center.
Ruth Eddott, center.
Mildred Cass, guard.
Mildred Cass, guard.
Sophomore Greens
Esther Burke, forward.
Helen Ruhlant, forward.
La King, guard.
Margaret McElvain, guard.
Margaret McElvain, center.
Ola Guier, center.
ROMAN POETS IMITATORS
Incorrect to Class Greek and Latin Literature Together Says Critic
“To put Greek and Latin poetry together and call them 'classic literature' is a proof of incredible barbarian in taste and of regrettable ignorance, that its most potent genius,” writes Houston Stewart Chamberlain in “The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century”, which has been translated into English by Ben Foster. Yet it is also a poetry attempts the sublime, as in Virgil and Ovid, it clings with a correct sense of its own hopeless unoriginality as slavishly as possible to Hellenic works. As Trettschek says, “Classic literature is Greek literature written in Latin.
"The genuine and the false, the glorious, the free creation arising out of the greatest creative necessity and the finely formed technique in the service of gold and diettantiam, genius and talent, presented as two flowers from the same stem, differing but little!"
"It, however, the Latin tongue is to be retained at all costs . . . (instead of teaching Greek alone but more thoroughly), then let it be seen at work where it accomplished wonders, where it, in accordance with the parable and with its historical development, does what no other language ever did or will be able to do—in the plastic moulding of legal notions. People say that the Latin language educates the logical sense; I well believe it, although I cannot do so very easily. It is very软语 in which, during the scholastic centuries, in spite of all logic, more nonsense was written than in any other at any time; but whereby has the Latin language acquired a character of such conciseness and definiteness? By the way, when we speak of the language of business administration and law. This the most unpractical of all languages is a magnificent monument of the momentous struggle of free men to obtain a sure code of law.
Give Books to Converts
Every student who signed a decision card during the Mott-Robinson campaign will receive two small books, and those sent by Doctor Mott in accordance with a promise made to those who made decisions during his meetings he held. Students attending the University Y. M. C. A., and will be mailed to the proper students.
Skating at the Auditorium every night except Monday.—Adv.
Reception sticks, all colors and flavors, at Wiedemann's.-Adv.
Dr. John S. Glendening will preach at the Presbyterian church both morning and evening Sunday.—Adv.
The Auditorium is available for- special skating parties.- Adv.
The Junior Prom-Three Weeks from Tonight
Have You Made Your Date Yet?