THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 8, 1907.
VOLUME III.
KANSAS VS. M. U.
--fee will be charged. The department has prepared a clear English translation that will make the actions easily understood by any one in the school.
'VARSITY CONTENDS WITH TIGERS ON TRACK SATURDAY.
Best Team in Years-Butler, Putnam, Driscoll and Russell Last Chance at Missourians.
NUMBER 62
Missouri comes again Saturday. This time it is the Tiger track team that appears on McCook field. This is the last chance that the K. U. track men will have to defeat the M. U. runners for a long time as Putnam, Russell, Butler and Driscol, the mainstays of the Jayhawker team for the last two years will graduate and in their events Kansas cannot hope to develop their equals. Donald and Brunner played their last game on Thanksgiving day and these men meet Missouri for the last time Saturday. Two years ago the Missouri team came to Lawrence, strong and confident, and the result of the meet hung in the balance until the last event and the Tigers got the meet by winning the polevault.
Saturday Kansas will put the strongest team in the history of the sport at K. U. on the track and the outcome of the meet will no doubt be decided by the relay. The Tigers have the stronger team, but the K. U. men are going into the meet to win. Today, at a track meeting, every man pledged himself to do his utmost to win. The mile run between Cooley and Jackson will be the feature of the meet, with the half-mile run second in interest. It is doubtful if Lapham, who is suffering from a torn tendon, can get in shape for the meet. His loss is felt in the hurdles and broad jump.
Sixteen men will be chosen from the following list to represent Kansas:
In the sprints—Newbold,Haddock, Driscol and Babb; 440-yard run—Newbold and Driscol; 880-yard run—Priest and Miller; mile run—Cooley and Miller; two-mile run—Cummins; high hurdles, Butler and Lapham; low hurdles —Lapham, Butler, Campbell and McCoy; shot put—Putnam, Russell and Cohn; hammer—Putnam and Pringle; discus —Drake and Eddy: high jump—Parker and Young; pole vault—Russell and Butler; broad jump—Butler and Young; Relay—Driscol, Newbold, Haddock, Babb or Young.
French Play Tonight.
The French play cast will present Labichés "Optimist and Pessimist," in F. A. A. Hall this evening. This is certainly one of the best plays that the French department has ever presented and deserves the attendance of all those interested in this work. No admission
JUNIORS AND SENIORS COMPROMISE
The Juniors to Attend Play Free of Charge on Second Night— Why Seniors Reconsidered.
The threatened war between the junior and senior classes has been averted. Seniors will attend the Junior Promenade and juniors will see the senior play and it will not cost them a cent.
The second night of the senior play 150 tickets will be given to the juniors and juniors will sit in parquet seats. In the past it has been the custom for the seniors to give the juniors complementaries to the play. This year the managers of the play thought to reform matters, and informed the juniors that they would have to pay. The reason given was that the juniors had been too hospitable in giving invitations to the Laws, and that the seniors couldn't invite all so they would invite none.
It was then that something broke loose in the junior class. None of the seniors had received invitations to the Prom. Rumors to the effect that no invitations would be forthcoming were afloat.
Then the senior committee reconsidered. Now the members of each class are congratulating each other on the amicable adjustment of the difficulties.
LETS HAVE A STUDENT DAY.
The Speakers Last Year Good— Why Discontinue It?
Last year one of the most interesting events in the school was students day. The committee on chapel oratory have as yet made no arrangements for such an event this year but if the students show an interest in and a desire for such a day they can have it. "It is up to the students themselves; if you want a students day get busy," so says Professor Hunter.
Miss Katherine Holmes. of Emporia, is the guest of Miss Mabel Stone and Miss Bess Parkman and will remain for the Junior Prom.
--three members during the festival, Dean Skilton, Professor Preyer and Miss Phipps each rendering a number. The overture which Dean Skilton is to present with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is the "Oread Overture" dedicated to Dean Green and rendered by the University orchestra at the dedication of the Law building last year.
PROM POSTPONED
FOR SECOND TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO CHANGE DATE.
The Floor Will Be in Good Shape Invitations Out Are Good To Use Same Programs.
The Junior Promenade has again been postponed. This time until May 17. The postponement was made necessary owing to the impossibility of getting the new gymnasium in readiness by Thursday night. The floor is still in a poor condition for dancing and the stairways leading to the second floor have not yet been placed in order.
The juniors have been making every effort to get the new building in shape. Thirty or forty juniors were intending to work on the floor last night, but before the time for work came the committee in charge decided to postpone the big event.
It is thought the building will be in readiness by next week. A large force of workmen are busy and by Saturday the floors will be ready for the wax.
No new invitations will be issued, but the ones now out are good for May 17th. The same programs will also be used as it is now too late to order new ones. This will make the expense of postponement very small.
READY FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL.
The Event This Week Promises to be a Brlliant Affair.
The Annual May Music Festival, to be given in F. A.A. Hall next Friday and Saturday, promises to be a brilliant event for the musical circles of Kansas. Though this is only the fourth festival here, yet it ranks favorably with those being given at other older universities. Michigan University is giving her seventeenth festival and no greater talent will be displayed there than at Lawrence. In the festival chorus the students are forming only about one-fifth of a chorus of one hundred, while at Michigan and Oberlin the students compose almost entirely choruses of several hundred. Dean Skilton says that the students here ought to afford a chorus of at least two hundred.
The music faculty of the University will be represented by
The Senior Class Presents the Thirteenth Annual Senior Play
Cerebrotentanum
May 23-24. Bowersock Opera House
The Star Twirler of the University Leaves to Pitch for Springfield.
KAUFMAN LEAVES TOMORROW
The University ball team received a hard blow yesterday, when it was announced that their favorite pitcher, Dick Kaufman had withdrawn from school and was preparing to leave to fill his contract with the Springfield team of the Westefn League. Kaufman had not intended leaving the University until June 1, but the Springfield management prevailed on him to come earlier. His contract calls for $100 per month and extends throughout the season. Kaufman is a freshman engineer, and by far the best twirler Kansas ever had. The entire school will hate to see him go. Mr. Kaufman has quit school and leaves Thursday for Springfield.
FAVORS POWERFUL NAVY.
The Security of the Country in Big Ships, Says Prof. Newton.
Prof. J. D. Newton spoke in chapel Tuesday morning. He told of his experiences in the United States navy during the Spanish-American war. Recounting the experiences of that time and the present question of trouble with Japan, Professor Newton thinks that the future security as well as greatness of this country lies in the construction of a powerful navy.
A Student from France.
The University has received a letter from a student in the University of Dijon, France, who wishes to enter the senior class here next year. He has taken two degrees at Dijon and expects to take his bachelor's degree here.
Kenneth Campbell stopped in Lawrence Friday and Saturday on his way to his home at Clay Center. He was obliged to quit school on account of his eyes.
The Sigma Nus defeated the Alpha Taus in the second interfraternity base ball game this afternoon by a score of 6 to 4. The game was an exciting one.
Mrs. Finley Lucas is visiting her daughter, Miss Isabel Barton at the Theta house.