THE KANSAN The official paper of the University of Kansas.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1910.
WE DO NOT WANT FOOTBALL ABOLISHED.
"I do not want football abolished."
These are the words used by Chancellor Strong in a communication printed in The Kansan today.
"We do not want football abolished," the committee on rules has said in effect, by spending many weary days in deciding what the game shall be next year,—eliminating features which have been shown to be dangerous adding others that will make the game safer, trying in every way possible to meet the critics of the game and to save to the college of the country the great American college sport.
"We do not want football abolished," will doubtless be the sentiment of the mass meeting of students which will be held in the chapel tomorrow evening In order that the sentiment may be expressed in no uncertain way it is the duty of every student in the University to be there when the president of the student council calls the meeting to order to morrow evening.
Come to the football mass meeting.
The regeneration of T. N. E from a band of naughty boys into something sweet and pure is now complete. The Kansan has the evidence to prove the statement just made. A week ago there appeared in The Kansan a little story about a drinking party which had been held on McCook field. The edition was not half off the press before a former member of the twice-defunct T. N. E. came rushing into the office, to protest against the publication of facts which would "hurt the University." Various other members of the late organization came in to express ideas of the same sort. This shows that T. N. E. has changed. If the mere publication of stories about drinking parties rouses such pain in the former members, it is only fair to suppose that the parties themselves can only be thought of with horror and loathing.
Now that the Easter recess is over, it may be confidently said that the backbone of the term is broken. Unfortunately, the same thing can not be said of the term's work. The students who are saving up a number of little
odds and ends of work for sometime nearer the end of the term are, as always, in a large majority.
"The expression, 'Beware theides of March,' is likely to be supplanted as a classic in the University of Kansas by 'Beware the tenth of April,'" said a freaternity man the other day. "What is the explanation of the fascination which that date April 10, has for the University authorities, anyway?"
PROPOSES THE SOLUTION.
George Ade Talks of Revising Football.
The heated discussion relative to a proposed revision "downward" of the present football rules has provoked George Adc to the following solution of the problem:
"Selection of Players: The eleven players constituting the team shall be selected by the faculty, and the student who has received highest grade in Greek anthology shall be captain of the team. No student shall be eligible for the team unless he is up in his class work and has an established reputation for piety.
"Preliminaries: When a team appears on a field for a contest it shall greet the opposing team with the Chautanqua salute, which consists of waving his handkerchief. After this, a few friendly chats concerning books and writers may precede the opening of the game.
"Substitute for the toss: Instead of tossing a coin to determine which side gets the ball, the two captains shall be called upon to extract the cube root of a number, provided by the profess or of mathematics. The captain who is the first to band in the correct solution gets the ball."
"Advancing the Ball: The ball having been placed in the center of the field, the umpire, who must be a professor of geology, exhibits to the team having possession of the ball a fossil. All members of the team who think that they can name the geological period to which the fossil belongs hold up their right hand. The umpire selects a player to name the period. If he answers correctly he advances the ball two yards. If in addition, he gives the scientific name of the fossil, he advance the ball five yards. If no member of the team can answer the question propounded by the umpire the opposing team shall be given a trial. If successful, it is given the ball."
"Rotation of umpires: After each touchdown there shall be a change of umpires, so that the questions asked of a team may in the course of a long and exciting game, cover the class work in zoology, applied metaphysics veterinary science, Sanskrit, and other useful studies.
"Offside Plays: Any player who makes a grammatical error, mispronounces a word or seeks assistance from a fellow student shall be deemed guilty of an offside play, and his side shall be penalized at least five yards.
"Substitute for Kicking Goal After a touchdown has been made the team making it shall be credited with five points, and the captain of the team shall translate 500 words of Caesar's Commentaries. If he does so without an error, his team is given an additional point, the same as if a goal were kicked. If he fails, the ball goes to the opposing team on the twenty-five yard line."
300 Guests Expected at Third Annual Banquet.
K. C. ALUMNI DINNER.
The third annual dinner of the graduates and former students of the University of Kansas, in Kansas City, will be held Saturday, April 9, at the University club Eleventh street and Baltimore avenue. It is expected to be the most important event of the kind to be held in the West this year. Besides the Kansas City alumni and former students of the University of Kansas, many men from nearby Kansas towns will attend. It is expected that more than three hundred persons will be present.
The date for holding the dinner was selected at a meeting of several of the Kansas City alumni at the University club. The meeting was presided over by Justin D. Bowersock, '91, president of the Kansas City Alumni Association, who appointed a committee to make arrangements for the afair. Those appointed are Dr. H. A. Poorman, '01; J. C. Nichols '02; W. T. Grant, Henry Schott; E. C. Meservey, '82; Leslie Lyons, '00; James Edson, '01; A. T. Beach, '05; Gomer Thomas, '97; Frank House, '96; Walter Sutton, '04; Thornton Cooke, '93; F. G. Crowell, '87; Denton Dunn, '87; and Justin D. Bowersock, '91.
The University orchestra will give its annual spring concert in the chapel on Thursday evening March 31. Besides the regular musical numbers, the program will include vocal solos by Professor Hubach. The hour for the concert has been set at 8:15.
Will Give Spring Concert.
$2 AND $3
We just wish we had kept count of the number of men who have said to us, "Why, I didn't suppose I could find such styles in $2 and $3 hats." It would make interesting reading. As we've remarked and repeated and emphasized before, we are making hat history with these nifty styles at
Your Eyes will Expand, Too!
$2.00 and $3.00
and that, too, without sacrificing one speck of quality either in the body or the trimmings.
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PASSED RESOLUTION.
Volunteers Grateful for Their Entertainment.
The following resolution was passed by the Student Volunteers at their meetings held here last week:
"Be it resolved, That we extend our hearty thanks to the people of the city of Lawrence for the hospitality they have shown to us by opening their homes for our entertainment to the University Y. M. C. A. for the welcome they have given up by extending to us the use of Myers hall for our conference, to the local committee and officers for the work which they have accomplished in arranging for and managing the conference, to the conference speakers for their inspiring addresses. And be it Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the conference report and that copies be handed to the local papers and The Kausan for publication."
HATTIE PRICE,
I. L. GLASS,
B. E. CRANE,
Committee.
FRESHMEN CAPS TO RETURN
Friday, April 1, is the date set for the re-appearance of the proverial freshman cap. Last winter the student council decreed that the first year men be allowed to stow away the diminutive head gear during the chily months and adopt caps which were provided with ear muffs, if they so desired in order that their organs of hearing might be protected from Jack Frost.
At the time the ruling was made it was further decreed that when the balmy zephyrs of spring should blow gently over Mt. Oread the freshmen should institute a search for the discarded caps and bedeck themselves with the half-dollar size "Merry Widow" once more. The date for the return of those balmy zephyrs was set for April fools' day. At last spring is here and April fool is fast approaching. These circumstances bring forth the question "Have the freshman forgotten?"
April 1, the Date Set by Student Council.
Held County Banquet.
The Johnson County club of the University entertained the seniors of the high schools of Johnson county at a banquet in Olathe Saturday night. Registrar George O. Foster was the principal speaker, and acted as toastmaster for the occasion. Many University of Kansas alumni were there.
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Took Sixty-Five Mile Walk.
Last Friday Louis Reeves, a junior law, and J. R. Elliot, a freshman in the College, set out on a hike that took them sixty-five miles. The two students walked from Lawrence to Leavenworth on Friday, arriving at the latter place in the afternoon. The next morning they set out for Kansas City, arriving there a day later than they had arrived in Leavenworth. The trip back to Lawrence was made by train, however, they being satisfied with the sixty-five mile record.