THE KANSAN
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
JOSPH W. MURRAY - Editor in-Chief
FARI ESCRIER - Managing Editor
BUSINESS STAFF:
HOMER BERGER - - Business Manager
CLARK WALLACE - Ass. Bus, Manager
HENEY F. DRAPER - - Treasurer
I. R. MILLER - - Circulation Mgr
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Entered as second-class mail matter September 30, 1904, at the Lawrence, Kansas, Postoffice under the act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1910
VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW
A communication from H. V. Bozell, manager of the Jayhawker in 1908, elsewhere in the issue of The Kansan, sets forth as Mr. Bozell says, the view that is likely to be held by the manager in regard to turning the profits of the senior play into the Students' Loan Fund. The Kansan believes that the manager's view has prevailed too much in recent years, to the exclusion of other interests that ought to be considered. To the class as a whole it is a matter of indifference whether the manager makes a "good thing" financially out of the play or not. But the whole class is interested in having its various enterprises representative in the best way possible. It is to this end that The Kansan has suggested putting the proceeds of the play to a different use than that of mere personal profit.
In Mr. Bozell's article the objection is urged that the manager ought not to be deprived of the profits of his work as long as he has to assume the financial risk That is a valid objection. The class should assume the financial responsibility. Nor would it follow even then that the manager should serve for honor alone Probably somewhat more efficient service could be secured by offering the manager a share of the profits. But the idea that he should have all he can make over and above the expenses of the undertaking is a pernicious one There has been a tendency in recent years here toward the "commercialization" of student enterprises. The idea of service to the class has been supplanted to a large degree by the idea of using the public offices of the student body as a source of profit.
The Michigan plan which Mr Bozell speaks of is worth looking into. The classes at the University may find that they can profitably introduce it into student affairs at the University o Kansas.
A St. Patrick's Day Tea.
The last of a series of teas given by the ladies of the faculty was held in the Classical Museum Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Strong. Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Haworth were the hostesses. A St. Patrick's Day color scheme was carried out and small shamrocks were given as favors. A harp of smilax served as a centerpiece.
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SENIOR PROFITS
H. V. BOZELL WRITES OF PLAY AND ANNUAL.
Suggests New Plan by Which Classes May Gain Control of Class Funds.
To the Editor of The Kansan:
May I, as the manager of a former Jayhawker, have a few words as to the disposal of profits from the senior play and Annual?
The idea that the money from such source should be turned to the Student Loan Fund very naturally has strong attraction to the outsider, and there would doubtless be good result from it but let us look at it from the view point of the manager. He is elected, in either case, not for the profits, or "grapes," which he may be lucky enough to get but for the honor that accrues to him from the place. The class asks him, though, to assume the whole financial responsibility of the production. The manager is required to put in about as much time as the board or committee and above that to do the business outside of that. The amount of this can never be fully realized by one who has not been through it; I, for one, although I was lucky enough to come out ahead would never care to take up such a proposition again for the same amount of money, merely on account of the time and work it took. If the class would attempt to assume the responsibility, there would be more argument on the other side, but who had to stand the loss of the two rainy night in 1905; the poor sale of the Annuals in 1907?
I must disagree from the statement that a minimum is spent, so that profits will increase. The manager keeps down expenses only to such a degree that he feels he will not lose money. With the class of plays and books that the University of Kansas demands of its senior classes nowadays, it is a hard proposition for managers to see how such an expensive production can be put out without a personal loss. If a manager can stage a play or produce a book with business ability enough to have some left over, I
seems he should have that for his work.
It appears to me that it is the system that is wrong in the first place. The chairman and members of the play committee, and the editor and member of the board of the Annual, all do work and should receive something but the manager could hardly pay out of his pocket. If some system, such as is used at Michigan, could be inaugurated, I think everyone would be satisfied. This is to elect managers and editors and chairmen to do the work for a certain modest salary, the class, or school, to assume responsibility, the men working under bond, and any profits to go to some predesignated fund or purpose. Kansas is large enough that some better business basis is needed, and such a one seems feasible. I think all managers who have been through the mill will agree with me in saying that the present system requires, for the best productions, that the managers shall be entitled to the profits—this as long as they are required to as sume their positions as they would assume a private enterprise.
PENCIL DUST.
H. V. BOZELL, 708.
"Just now all eyes and ears are turned toward Roosevelt," says a Lawrence paper. Hardly While all eyes are turned toward the jungle hunter, in some quarters the ears are laid back.
The exodus of discouraged divorce-seekers from Idaho will not materially affect the population It is the loss of social standing that Idaho bewails.
A friend is someone who knows you well and still likes you.
The press dispatches say that "a former student or a professor of the University of Kansas is in the limelight at present through claiming to have discovered that Gentiles and not Jews erucified Jesus." If the claim of the "former student" is true, it is clear that the Arizona cowboy who "beat up" a Jew in 1887, after having learned for the first time that members of the latter's race had put Jesus to death, owes his victim an apology.
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UNIVERSITY NOTICES.
The last vesper service of the year will occur tomorrow at 4 o'clock when the vesper chorus, with soloists, will give Stainers' cantata, "The Crucifixion. Those who desire to attend are asked to be present before 4 o'clock, as it will interfere with the unity of the service to open the doors latter.
The chapel exercises next Tuesday morning will be a memorial service for Professor Newson, Dean Marvin, Professor Dunlap and Professor Harshbarger of Washburn College will make brief addresses.
A tryout for the Junior prom farce will be held Tuesday evening, March 22, at 7 o'clock, in Fraser hall, room 110.
Gave Last Recital.
Prof. Charles S. Skilton gave the fifth and last of a series of recitals at the Unitarian church last night. The program was made up of numbers, both vocal and instrumental, selected from several of Wagener's operas, Lohengrin, Tanmauser and Parsifal. The vocal numbers were given by Prof. C. E. Hubach and Mrs. Lyons.
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