THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME IV.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, JANUARY 15, 1908.
CHOSE DEBATERS
COUNTRYMAN, BRAY, AND WRIGHT TO REPRESENT K. U.
The preliminary contest to decide who should represent the University in the annual debate with Washburn College was held in Green Hall Monday evening. The three places on the team were given to Thomas F.Countryman of Wakeeney, Edgar W.Bray of Syracuse and Cowles Wright of Arkansas City.
In Debate with Washburn in April—Will be last Topeka Debate.
Ten men entered the contest, all taking the affirmative of the question to be debated, "Resolved, that Kansas should extend the same suffrage rights to women as to men." Kansas is to have that side of the question in the contest with Washburn.
The debate will be held at Topeka probably late in April. According to the decision of the Debating Council this will be the last debate with Washburn as it has been decided to debate none but state institutions in the future. The old contract held good this year.
Professors Thomas and O'Leary and Rev. Nethercutt acted as judges in the tryout Monday evening. Preliminary contests will be held in the near future for the debates with Colorado and Missouri.
Missionary in Chapel.
Rev. J. F. Russell, a missionary on his way to the Philippines under the auspices of the American Baptist society, spoke briefly in chapel Tuesday morning. He referred to the work in which he is engaged and said that he hoped some time in the future to see many Christian teachers and lawyers from the University of Kansas locate in the Philippine Islands.
Baby Boa Constrictor.
The Poehler Mercantile Co. gave Professor L. L. Dyche a young boa constrictor, which was received this week in a shipment of bananas. The snake is a small one and was alive when found.
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Dr. W. C. Payne will be in Wichita Sunday and Mrs. Payne will have charge of his Bible classes. Mrs. Payne will talk to the Saturday evening class concerning the characters of Miriam and Deborah.
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Ray Clifford, Jack Harris of Kansas City, and Stanley Reed of Topeka have been visiting at the Sigma Chi house.
Claire Brigham of Iola has been spending a few days at the Sigma Chi house.
ADAMS COURSE WELL ATTENDED
Chapel Filled Every Day at 4:30.
English Speaking Union
Urged.
"When the two great English speaking people unite, as they must eventually, in a common policy, they will control the destines of mankind," said Prof. George Burton Adams president of the American Historical Association, and head of the Yale department of history in his opening address Monday. That will be England's third great contribution to humanity. Her first two are, the idea of a free government, and the AngloSaxon Empire.
Professor Adams delivered the first of his series of lectures on English History, Monday afternoon. The subject of this lecture which served as an introduction to the course was: "The Results of the Norman Conquest." Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 4:30, Professor Adams lectured on the "Growth of the English Judiciary System," and Friday at the same hour he will discuss the "Development of the House of Commons."
All the lectures were well attended, the chapel being filled every day.
"The Underground Railroad."
At the meeting of the Old and New Club last Saturday evening at the home of Professor Sayre, Professor Todd of the department of Geology talked on the subject "The Underground Railroad." Professor Todd's father was a personal friend of Jim Lane and John Brown and was the founder of Taber, Iowa, one of the stations on the circuitous route by which slaves were taken to Canada.
The Pharmaceutical Society will meet this week on Friday at 11:15. Professor Billings will give an illustrated talk on the subject of the air-plants.
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Secretary S. J. Crumbine of the State Board of Health was at the University Tuesday arranging for the Food and Drug exhibit in Topeka next week.
Hill P. Wilson, Mining Engineer, '05, visited his mother in Lawrence last week. He is now employed in railroad work in Mexico.
SIX GAMES HERE
BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT FOR TEN DAYS.
Nebraska, Nome Alaska, William Jewell, Newton, K. C. A. C. and M. S. U. Play Here.
Six games of basket ball will be played at the University in the next ten days. Starting with Nebraska on Friday and Saturday nights of this week, the Jayhawkers will meet the famous Nome, Alaska, basket ball team on Monday night of next week. This team is touring the United States and are winning eighty-five per cent of games played. Don Alford,'03, and ex-captain of the Jayhawker basket-ball squad, is captain of the "Arctic Brotherhood" team.
The contests with Nebraska promise to be the most interesting of the season. The Cornhuskers have a strong five this year and are playing good ball. In the first contest with Nebraska, McCune and "Billy" Miller will play forwards; Berger center, and Woodward and M. Miller at guards.
January 22 the Jayhawkers meet William Jewell; January 24, Newton Athletic Association; January 25th, K.C.A.C. and Missouri will meet Kansas on the 4th and 5th of February.
GREEN BUG CRUSADE.
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Prof. S. J. Hunter Speaks to Agricultural Board.
Prof. S. J. Hunter of the department of entomology spoke at the meeting of the State Board of Agriculture in Topeka last Friday about the green bug which did so much damage to the grain crops of Kansas last year. He told of the marvelous rate of reproduction of the pests and that the difficulty of destroying them is increased by the fact that some of them have wings.
The encouraging part of Professor Hunter's talk was in regard to the parasites which attack the green bug and the practical success which has been reached in their introduction over the state.
Fred Matthews, who graduated in mining engineering in '99, and who is now employed in Refrigerator construction work in Schnectedy, N. Y., was at the University last week.
Basket Ball
Kansas vs. Nebraska University
Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
Season Tickets good.
General admission 25c
SENIOR CLASS
MAKING PLANS
Faculty Asked to Wear Caps and Gowns at Commencement— Class Day Exercises.
At a meeting of the senior classes of all three schools yesterday, the college, engineers and laws, a resolution was adopted asking the faculty to wear caps and gowns at the commencement exercises. The class first voted that the seniors of all the schools should wear caps and gowns and then took up the question of the faculty wearing them also as is the custom in all the larger universities.
The class day exercises were discussed at some length by Prof. McFarland chairman of the faculty committee on class day and Alan Dodge, president of the senior class. Committees will be appointed soon to get the arrangements under way.
Harold Bozelle and Carl Young of the Jaykawker board told briefly of the plans for the Jayhawker and asked the support of the class. Two styles of Jayhawkers are to be issued this spring, a souvenir edition in full leather to cost $2, and a half leather binding for $1.50. Lists of questions were given to the seniors to answer to furnish material for the Jayhawker.
710 More German Students Than Last Year in High School.
The class then voted to give several exclusively senior parties this spring.
MUCH INTEREST IN GERMAN.
The German department has just finished the compilation of some interesting statistics showing that the study of German in Kansas high schools has undergone a heavy increase during the year past. At the present time there are 3811 students in the German classes of Kansas high schools against 3101 at this time last year, showing an increase of 710. The number of schools giving a three year German course has increased during the past year from 34 to 43; the second year courses from 58 to 69; the one year courses have decreased from 17 to 8. The number of K. U. graduates teaching in the high schools of the state has increased from 51 to 57. Professor Engel says that a greater interest is being displayed in the study of German over the state that ever before as is evidenced by the great demand on the department for literature. Two bulletius will be issued by the German department this year instead of one as formerly.
Jerry Driscoll, LL. B. '06, of Kansas City is visiting friends at the University.
Junior Party, Friday evening, January 28. F.A.A.Hall. Shanty's orchsstra. 75 cents