UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XII.
NUMBER 115
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS
Reforms of Education Comup at High School Conference Next Week
TO CUT UNIVERSITY COURSE?
Advisability of Taking First Two Years' Work in High School and Other Changes Considered
Should the first two years of university work be taken in the high school?
That will be one of the questions which Charles H. Judd, director of the School of Education at the University of Chicago, will discuss teachers of Kansas schools next week at the University of Kansas.
The proposal to combine the seventh and eighth grades of elementary schools and the first two years of high school also be debated by Professor Judd.
the conference, which is the twelfth one held at the University, will draw high school teachers from parts of the state to participate in a high school basketball tournament will be held in connection with the teachers' meeting. The business meeting and final debates of the high school debating championship will
The University Glee Club will sing Friday night, March 26.
Program for Conference of High School Teachers
Special Features
Annual business meeting of high school debating lessons, Chapel, Fraunce School.
Annual basket-ball tournament for state high school championships, both boys and girls. Final contest Saturday evening, Robinson Gymnasium.
Luncheon—Robinson Gymnasium, 12:30, Saturday. (Demonstration of Drills and Exhibitions by Department of Physical Education).
After-dinner speaking -Robinson Gymnasium, following the luncheon Chancellor Frank Strong, Charles H. Ward, Prof. W. Prot. W. L Burick, Ed. T. Hackney,
Displays of high school work in
face of high school visitors, Fraser
Hall
High School Conference
General Discussion, led by A. J.
Stout, Topeka.
Bible Study for School Credit
Friday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Room
110, Fraser Hall, Chairman, Prof.
W. H. Johnson, University of Kansas,
Address, W, S. Heusner, Junction
City.
"Report on the Olathe Plan of Correlated Bible Study." S. D. Dices
High School Conference
Friday, 10:00 a. m., Chapel, Fraser
Hall, Chairman, Chancellor Frank
Strong.
Friday Afternoon Session
"Certification of High School Teachers," W. D. Ross, state superintendent of public instruction, Topeka neka.
"Elements of Moral Training in High School Life." Dr. S. E. Stetey
2:00 to 4:30 p. m., Chapel, Fraser
1:50 to 3:15 p. m., Arvin Olin,
University of Kassan
"Credit Standards in School Music," C. Kagan, S. Skilton, University of Kansas.
"The Longer Class Period With Supervised Study," L. M. Allen, Wash., 1974.
Discussion, J. H. Clement, Dodge City.
"Vocational Work in the Small School," John B. Hefflinger, El Dorado.
Discussion, R. B. Bowden, Alta Vista.
"High School Courses in History and Government." J. W. Gowans
WOWS
Discussion, H. T. Steeper, Parsons "What is the Matter With the Teaching of English?" Prof. W. H. State Agricultural College, Manhattan
Discussion, Miss Lela, Douthart Kansas City, Kansas.
Friday Evening Session
7:45. Musical program by the University Glow Club.
8:15, "Proposed Reorganizations Between the Sixth Grade and the Senior College." Charles H. Judd, ed. of Education, University of Chicago.
Saturday Morning Session
Saturday Morning Session
8:30 to 10:00 a.m., Chapel, Fraser
Hall, Chairman, Prof. Raymond A
Schwegler, University of Kansas.
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TO SPEAK ON WORLD PEACE
New York Man Comes to Lawrence as guest of Polity Club
Dr. J. Metz, of New York City, will be at the University next week as the guest of the International Polity Club, a student organization. While in Lawrence, Dr. Metz will visit various colleges to note its work here. He will remain at the University for a week, during which time he will deliver a series of addresses to various classes, clubs, and fraternities. The complete program he announced later. Dr. Metz will arrive either Monday or Tuesday.
The International Polity Club is the youngest of student organizations on the Hill, having been formed only last week, at a meeting held at the Sigma Chi house, and attended by over forty students and faculty members. Guy Lamar, middle law, is president of the World Peace question, and the means for its promotion, as well as active work in the propaganda, is the aim of the club.
BASKET BALL MEN TO ELECT TEAM CAPTAIN
Letters and Gold K's to be Given Varsity Regulars Tuesday Night
The 1915 basketball Varsity me,
will meet Tuesday night at the home
of Conch W. O. Hamilton to elect a
chief coach. The 1920 probably be-
probably awarded at that time.
Because of the number of regulars who will graduate, there are really only three men on this year's team who will be back next year. Kaiser and Wasserman were among those are the trio certain to return. There is also a good chance of Sorensen, the sensational forward, being back in school next year and if he does return he stands a good chance of landing with the senior perlissman on the returning squad.
Coach Hamilton has purchased for the Varsity men small gold basket-balls, emblems of a championship team, of a team to be sent to the squad at Tuesday's meeting.
SOPH FARCE TRYOUTS MONDAY
Material for Sketch to be Presented at Hop Will be Selected
"Every sophomore in school who has the least bit of dramatic ability is urged to come out to sophicear tryouts in Green Hall theater at 3:30 Monday afternoon," said Lawrence Miller, president of the second year class this morning. "Competition is here and there; people in the cast to be the best on the Hill. Come out and try for the other fellow's job."
The annual sophomore farse will be given as a part of the Soph Hop, when it is staged in the Gym on April 26. The farse committee selected, Janet Thompson, chairman of the farse committee, hopes to announce one by the time of the tryout. Several faces by William Dean Howells and Sanger and Jordan are
Don Burnett, business manager of "The Man From Home," and a man who has had five years experience in professional dramas, playing in stock and on the road, will direct the farce.
GERMAN CLUR GIVES ITS
PLAY MONDAY AFTERNOON
A musical comedy, "The Rehearsal in a Girl's Boarding School," will be presented on Tuesday at 4:30 o'clock in Room 313 Fraser Hall. The cast: teacher, Mrs. P, C; Punk; students, Elsa Barteldes, Helen Didley, Annette Ashton, Irma Whelmi, m
Size-up K N G Tonight
Four members of the triangular debating team went to Kansas City this morning to be present at a quadrangular debate on the Single Tax question between the four Kansas City high schools—Northeast, Manual, High School and Met Hat. Tenounced the debate at Central, Henry A. Shin, at Northeast, Odis H. Burns, at Manual and C. E. Williamson, at Westport.
Capt. W. C. Swenee, of the United States Army, will inspect the University company of K. N. G. tonight at 7:15 o'clock in the Gymnasium. Col. Wilder M. Smetalf will inspect for the state. Visitors will be admitted.
Debaters Visit K. C.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1915
Prof. H, V. E. Palmblad, of the department of German, has been unable to meet his classes for the past two days owing to an attack of gripe.
PREPARE STUNTS FOR ANNUAL SPRING SHOW
Gymnasts Train Daily on
Their Ring and Trapeze
Tricks
AT BOWERSOCK APRIL 20?
Not Definitely Decided But H. A.
Lorenz Thinks Arrangements
Can be Made
Twenty-two gymmasts, attired in bright red and yellow tights, are working out daily in the Gym for the annual University vaudeville show to be given on April 20, probably at the Bowersock theater. Tumbling teams, ring and trappee performers, and plain and fancy contortionists go on stage every day, and the monster entertainment is fast assuming form and "class". H. A. Lorenz, Gym instructor, has charge of the sound.
In another room, at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, still another squad of men are hard at work learning the mysteries of athletic dancing. They are teaching their way under the eye of a teacher seeking the apex of terpischoral grace.
"We have not yet been assured that we can stage the show at the Bowersock," said Mr. Lorssnz, this morning, "but we hope to do so. The woman's performance will go into the woman's doryment, of the university.
A third attraction on the program will be a stunt presented by Phi Alpha Tau, the new honor drama dramatically, recently installed in the University.
PROF. PREYER TO CALIFORNIA
Pianist and Composer Granted Year's
Leave of Abuse to Teach
Carl A. Preyer, for twenty-two years professor of piano at the University of Kansas, and one of the founders of the west, has obtained a year's leaves
PROF. CARL A. PREYER
Professor Preyer is a graduate of the Vienna conservatory of music in Austria-Hungary and a former pupil of Theodore Leschitzky. Professor Preyer came to the University from Leavenworth in 1898.
of absence, from the University which he will spend teaching in Pasedena
The baseball season at the University of Kansas will open in a contest with the Topeka Western League team on McCook Field, Monday April 12. This game will be followed the next day by a contest at Topeka.
The University team holds the championship of the Missouri Valley from last years victories. Coach Leen McCarty says the prospects this spring are for a strong team and the pitcher's box is being warmly conceived, now worse than then that promise by their work and another victor'ous year.
BASEBALL STARTS APRIL 12
First Game of Season With Topeka Western League Team, Here
The regular baseball schedule:
April 21—Ames at Lawrence.
April 22—Ames at Lawrence.
April 23—Ames at Manhattan.
May 1—Aggies at Manhattan
May 6—Ames at Ames
May 7—Ames at Ames.
May 5 or 8—U of, in, at Iowa City;
May 13—Missouri at Lawton;
May 14—Missouri at Lawton;
May 17—Aggies at Lawrence
May 18—Aggies at Lawrence
The regular baseball schedule:
NAME COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS
Dr. D, E. Esterly, of the class of 1890, came down from Topeka last night to attend the Phi Kappa Psi banquet.
Council and W. S.G.A. Working Out Election Grouping and Point System
MAY SPLIT COUNCIL ELECTION
Suggested That One Half Members of Governing Bodies be Elected
in Fall
A conference committee from the Men's Student Council and the Women's Student Government Association has been appointed to consider the adoption of the point system and the grounding of school elections.
The representatives of the Student Council on the committee are: J. C. Greenstreet, Lloyd Jackson and Russel Gear; from the W. S. G. A.; Dorothea Hackbuch, Naomi Simpson, Agnes Moses and Eunice Pleasant.
Officers of the two organizations say that the conference committee is to arrange for a uniform time for the elections at the University in two groups and to agree upon a uniform point system.
It is expected that the committee will decide to have one of the elections in the fall of each year and the other in the spring. The Student Council is considering the election half of its representatives at the fall election and the other half of them at the election in the spring.
"I think we should always have some representatives on the Council who have had some experience," said Victor Bottomly, this morning, "and the election of members at two elections will solve this problem.
"The grouping of the elections will do away with much of the confusion that has resulted in the past from the many elections that have been held," continued Bottomly. "I believe that we should make the change for the good of the Council and the University."
"The grouping of the elections at the University is one thing that we need," was the statement of Emine Pleasant, secretary of the W. S. G. A., who talked about the division of the election of the members into two groups so that one representative from each class would be elected in the fall and one in the spring of choosing both at the same election, but I believe it would be a good idea.
"One trouble with the present system of the election of representatives is that there are times when practically all the members are new at the work," continued Miss Pleasant, "The present Council has almost no one on it that has had experience in the work."
PHI PSIS LEAVE TOMORROW
Twenty Delegates From Western Schools Attending Convention
The district convention of Phi Kappa Pa si will end tomorrow. Tonight a formal dance will be given for the decorates.
The schools in the district and their representatives are: University of California at Berkeley, Matthew Beaton; Leland Stanford university, Matthew Beaton; Sylvia Sanlin, Frederick M. Cooper, C. L. Williams; John F. Hanscom and M. Thompson; University of Iowa, W. W. Townsend, James Addison; University of Washington, 6. W. Mathieu; University of Washington, 7. W. Mathieu; Jasper Yowell; University of Missouri, E. H. Miller, James Hand and E. L. Williams; University of Minnesota, James Boyle, Frank Hubachne; Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.; University of Nebraska, Sy. Bryant and John L. Bowen.
Special orders for senior invitations may be left with Kirk Hilton at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. Those who were unable to order their invitations, or who want more than they ordered, may leave them with Hilton and they will be forwarded to the enrovers.
Among the gastroonomic specialists are Irving Hill, Prof. W. C. Stevens, Willard Wattles, Professor Sturtevant, Dr. A. W. Clark, Dr. Noah Hayes, W. E. Koehring, Dr. Burt Kennedy and D. Estabrook.
Several University professors will help cook and serve a supper at the Unitarian church tonight which is to be given by the men of the church.
Last Call for Invitations
PROFESSORS TO COOK
FOR CHURCH SUPPER
Ainslee to Lead
Rev. F, W. Almsee, student pastor of the Baptist church, will be the lead minister for the next year.
K. U. GETS STATE BUREAU
Senate Passes Bill Providing for Extension of Journalism Work
The bill establishing an information bureau at the University of Kansas to procure and disseminate financial information on the state's statistical information of the state of Kansas for the purpose of encouraging investment and immigration, passed the senate this morning, and elected Governor Capper for his signature.
The bill carries an appropriation of $5,000 a year, provided an additional $5,000 is made available by other interests. The publishers of the state have agreed to contribute this amount each year, and it is probable that a third $5,000 will be raised by various commercial bodies.
The bureau is to be directed by Prof. Merle Thorpe of the department of journalism, and he is given authority to employ assistants, and to provide necessary printing, postage charts, surveys, and office supplies.
WOMEN PLAN CLUB WITH DINING HALL
Dormitory Idea Abandoned, but Place to Take Meals Meets With Favor
Instead of a dormitory, the women of the faculty are planning to open club rooms and a dining hall. This would enable them to keep their present quarters, but would bring them together at the eating hall and the parlours would provide a meeting place and reading rooms.
Questionaires have been sent to all women of the faculty and the sensitizing students in meeting place. A few do not favor the dormitory plan, but the idea of having an eating hall and parlor seems generally approved according
Several places are being considered for the rooms, which will probably occupy only the lower floor of a private house.
Dr. Charles Wants It
"A club house for the women of the faculty would be a splendid thing," says Dr. M. Charles. "A general club room, to be used a good deed like the student room, should be feasible, and certainly ought to be a great help in a social way. In Chicago there is an arrangement of that kind which is for both faculty and students, and it is successful. Faculty women at the University of Kansas have made it a custom to hold reception, and those held this year have been very pleasant affairs, but of course a reception meeting has more frequent and informal meetings."
"The boarding houses have sometimes supplied the needs, but not everyone finds a satisfactory group of associates in that way. I think hat the organization of a University faculty women's club is particularly needed for the new members of her faculty."
SCIENTISTS EAT AND TALI
It was a strictly scientific feast for strictly scientific people according to the menu. The menu gave an analysis of the seventeen articles on the bill of fare, with the per cent water, per cent proteins, per cent carbohydrates, per cent fat, and calories per pound of each.
iigma Xi Banquet a Scientific Feast for Scientific People
Sigma Sigh-less Eve, the program called it, and the sixty-five members of Sigma Xi who were present at the event had been late; evening say it was a good name.
The toast program was arrange by gastronomic experts, with Dean L. E. Sayre, as toastmaster. Prof. W. H. Rodehbach to respond the toast "Aix". Prof. E. H. S. Balley spoke on "Water", and took occasion to make some remarks about, and par for each perimeter water, in a new water, Prof. Erasmus Haworth's subject was "Hash". Mrs. J. Murray spoke of "Custards". Prof. S. A. Mathews of "Beefsteak" and Prof. W. C. Stevens of "Pippins."
Medic Frat to Banquet
Hoffmann to Speak
Phi Beta Pi, honorary medical fraternity, will hold its annual Founders' Day banquet Saturday evening, March 20, at the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City. Twenty members of Alpha Iota chapter at Kansas will attend, besides the University of Missouri and Kansas City chapters.
Con Hoffmann will tell the story of his life Sunday afternoon in Myers Part of it is given in "Adventures of a Wizard," Oher. He will tell all of it Sunday.
WHEATON UNDECIDED ABOUT COACHING K. U.
Feels Unable to Spend Entire Time in Lawrence and May Not Return
HAMILTON WANTS HIM BACK
Thinks He May Induce Kansas City Man to Keep Position as Advisory Football Coach
Manager W. O. Hamilton today confirmed the report that Coach Jack Wheaton has not yet agreed to return to the University of Kansas as football coach. The report says Wheaton may be induced to come back. Wheaton is willing to come but his wife objects to living away from Kansas City where she is prominent in social circles. Hamilton is on the case, man, should Wheaton be lost to K. U.
Last year Wheaton made the trip from Kansas City to Lawrence and return nearly every day but the local authorities are desirous of having the Head Coach in this city throughout the football season this year and this time he will be Wheaton's return. Wheaton is at present in business in Kansas City.
Should Wheaton be unable to return, it is probable that a former Kansas football man will succeed him. The choice seems to lie between Jay Bond, now actively engaged in coaching at K U, Bill Hargill, who coached the most successfully last season and Alpha and Alpha IX. "K人, who never took a degree, but who has been coaching in Kentucky for several years.
Owen Refused Position
The greatest coach ever turned out by the University of Kansas, Bennie Owen, will not be available as 1915 football advisor for he is under contract with the University of Oklahoma. Owen refused to consider an offer from K. U. before signing this contract with the Sooners. Earl Rutledge (former) and his U.K. star recently signed a contract to become physical director of the University of Pittsburgh in September 1915.
Sixteen Men Out Yesterday
A prominent Yale athlete and team mate of Wheaton's has been mentioned as a possibility but no definite steps have been taken to obtain him. The concensus of opinion indicates that every possible effort to get an old Kansas man will be made before eastern men are considered.
Sixteen men turned out for the first spring football practice. Jay loud工作 to have a good sized parking as soon as the weather hanges.
RABBI WISE TO SPEAK HERE
Churchman and Social Worker Will Deliver Commencement Address
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of New
Wayland, will be the commencement
willer this year.
Rabbi Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied at the College of the City of New York, and was graduated a doctor's degree by Columbia University. He spent much in social work in connection with his duties as churchman.
A year ago he addressed the Knife and Fook Club in Kansas City on modle
The commencement address will be
given Wednesday morning, June 9.
KANSAS TOWNS WANT
K. U. MEN TO SPEAK
The extension division of the University have listed high school commencement speakers from the members of the faculty for the following
Admirie, Argonia, Attica, Douglas,
Florence, Gardner, Halstead, Hays,
Highland, Hill City, Kincaid, King-
man, Latham, Lewisburg, Little
River, Neosho Falls, Ness City, Oakley,
Peru, Powhatan, Republic, Sawyer,
Shannon Springs, Silver Lake,
Vancouver, Toronto, Troy, Windom.
Young Haworth in War
Prof. Erasmus Haworth, state geologist, recently received a letter from his son Paul who is a member of the Australian army. The army he camped in reserve all winter in Egypt at the foot of the pyramids. The letter was written about a month ago and the men were expecting to be sent against the Turks at any time. The Turkish thousand Turkish prisoners held there after writing.
Dean and Mrs. J. W. Green entertained the members of the senior law class of the University last night at their home at 637 Tennessee street.