THE KANSAN
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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.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1908
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
Thursday, January 30:
Thursday, January 30:
Prof. C. S. Skilton will give Organ Recital in Fraser Hall.
Ira G. Hedrick of Kansas City,
will address the Civil Engineering Society.
Friday, January 31:
Rev. O. C. Brown will speak in chapel.
Basket Ball, K. U. vs. K. S. A. C.
Saturday February 1:
Basket Ball, K. U. vs. Washburn at Toneka.
THE SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY
An incident happened at the K.C. A.C. basket ball game the other evening that every true friend of the university sincerely hopes will never occur again—the stopping of the contest to call down the crowd for unfair and unsportsmanlike rooting. Basket ball, dependent as it is so much on the officials, is the one sport most likely to arouse the ire of the crowd and, for that reason alone, the spectators should be all the more careful to see that their conduct is not unworthy and unbecoming of the university.
The referee at the best has a difficult and trying position. He cannot help but make mistakes but he is honest in them. The athletic management of the university would never allow a man to officiate here that it did not know was sure of giving fair play to everybody. So if those mistakes occur, and most often the "unsportsmanlike rooting" is done when the referee is in the right and the crowd in the wrong, they should not be questioned by the crowd. Remember the referee is doing his best.
Then comes the question of cheering the home players. When a good play is made there is never any hesitation over the hearty applauds with which it is received but when the boys are off color and are not putting up as good a game as they were expected too, a certain few spectators, not loyal rooters, have greeted them with hoots. Remember, that they also, are doing their best and that when they are at their worst is when they most need the support of the rooters,not their discouragement.
Any such unfair rooting either
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February 14th and 15th
at the referee or at the players, reflects not only upon the few actually concerned in it but upon the entire university. Kansas should ever cherish its reputation for fair play.
While of course, it is considerable of a disappointment that the university council did not see fit to give the proposed changes in quiz week a trial, still a move was taken in the right direction when a committee was appointed to see what could be done to eradicate as many of the evils of the present system as possible. Many of the instructors now scatter their quizzes out during the term so that when the final week comes only one quiz has to be given and that only over part of the terms work. If the agitation for a reform did nothing else than to influence other instructors to lighten somewhat the strain of the present system of quiz week it was not entirely in vain. The holiday on Friday of "exam" week will be relief to everyone, faculty and students alike, and certainly is not one of the least results of the reform agitation.
Twenty-six men tried out for the Kansas-Colorado debate Monday—a sure sign of the increasing interest being taken in
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FROM OTHER COLLEGES.
A Scandal Club, an organization of twelve students, has been formed at the University of Minnesota to discover all the scandals that occur during the school year. The club is a great success.
Columbia has adopted the system of simplified spelling.
The trustees of Northwestern have acceded to the demands of the students and reinstated football. The alumni will be asked to guarantee the expenses of the team next fall.
At Washington University, the editor of the College paper was expelled from school for criticising the faculty. The students threaten to strike unless he is re-instated.
Syracuse University has the largest freshmen class in the history of an American college. 1500 are enrolled.
The pride of Washburn's Natural History Department, a huge stuffed buffalo, was badly damaged last week. The animal after the burning of Rice Hall was placed temporarily in the library. In some way it fell from its position and broke its horns.
Purdue University is to have a course in scientific baking. This was the result of a conference between President Stone and the Master Bakers' Union.
Mr. Fritschy the Swiss artist, who is the official mandolin and guitar instructor of K. U., assisted Mr. Samuel Siegle, the world's greatest mandolinist, both in teaching and concert playing for six years in New York and Chicago. All students wishing to play these instruments artistically are requested to enroll at once. See Dean Skilton for further information.
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