A TRIBUTE IN HAMPTON'S
MAGAZINE REVIEWS CHANCELLOR STRONG'S WORK.
Tells How His Plans Have Uni fied State Education and B ettered the High Schools.
Hampton's Magazine for April, in its department entitled "Personalities," have a page article about Chancellor Frank Strong and the University of Kansas. The article is accompanied by the Chancellor's portrait. Previous articles in Hampton's have called attention to the work of the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and in the current issue a tribute to Chancellor Strong for securing similar good results in Kansas. The article follows:
In all the wetter of sometimes silly schemes of modern education a really big practical idea has been developed, within the last ten years, throughout the Middle West. It is that of connecting up the high schools of a state with the state university. This perfectly simple plan has accomplished two things: it has bettered the curriculum of the high schools, and it has increased the attendance and interest at the state university. Incidentally also, it has raised the standard of school athletics and successfully done away with professionalism In Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas Iowa, Arkansas and Texas great strides have been made.
Already in these pages attention has been called to the excellent work of Wisconsin and Minnesota. This is to be a word about what has been done for Kansas by the man at "K. U."—as the state university up on the hill at Lawrence, Kansas, is familiarly called. His name is Frank Strong. Two good names, these, and put together they really give you a picture of the tall, broad-shouldered, clear-eyed man who came out of Yale in '84 to tackle the educational problems of the Middle West. He was born in central New York, but he wanted to get out into the open land of hard work. First he was superintendent of the schools in Lincoln, Nebraska; then president of the University of Oregon. He has been chancellor of "K. U." since 1902. He is a born organizer. He rearranged the school system of Lincoln, established one of the first kindergartens in the West and remodeled the curriculum of Oregon's university upon the lines it follows today.
No people is more eager for an education than the people of the Middle West; the states keep the cost of a college education down to the matriculation fee; board and room can be bad for as low as two dollars and a half a week. If you cannot pay for your books, frequently the state will buy them for you. As a result, from all over the world students come to these colleges, passing by the larger and better known institutions of the East. Japanese, Egyptians, Porto Ricans, Filipinos attend in considerable numbers.
But it is the home education for which the state is most anxious; it is its own men and women, boys and girls, of whose education these states are most jealous. As Dr. Strong said, when he first took up the chancellorship of "K. U.": "The University is for the people." Then he began with his system of high school visitation, bringing the entire school system in close touch with the University, increasing materially the efficiency of secondary education.
To bring the university close to the people it has been made useful to every community through university extension lectures, correspondence courses, food and drug inspection, water analysis for municipalities, addresses on municipal problems and direct effort in helping the farmers through systematic warfare on grain pests that threaten crops in the wheat belt. The university's "green-bug" and "ebinch-bug" campaigns have saved the farmers millions of dollars.
The industrial chemistry department has reached out into the manufacturing field and already has established eleven scholarships dealing with problems of moment. Courses in banking, business, journalism, have attracted students seeking special training, while the courses of the College of Liberal Arts have been made more elastic.
This broad conception of the University's work, backed by Dr. Strong's associates and the Board of Regents, has borne fruit in an increase of attendance from 1,223 in 1902, to 2,250 in 1909. It is recognized as a people's school and its activities are reaching into every section of the state.
Kansas folks have about given up the idea that they haven't time to get a college education, and every youngster in the short grats country looks today with longing at Frank Strong's school and the time when he'll be able to yell the most wonderful college yell ever invented;
"Rock Chalk,
Jayhawk,
K. U.;"
OREAD NEWS NOTES.
Prof. J. A. Campbell will speak in chapel tomorrow morning.
Everett Brumage, who has been confined to his room for the past week, because of an attack of blood poisoning, is again able to attend classes.
Professor and Mrs. Erasmus Haworth and Professor and Mrs. C. M. Young will give their reception and dance in the new Min ing building on Friday evening.
Dean L. E. Sayre will leave May 2 to attend a preliminary meeting of the Pharmacopeia Revision committee in Richmond, W. Va. From there he will go to Washington, D. C., to attend the national meeting of the committee. The purpose of the meeting will be to establish a standard of drugs for the United States.
Miss Dorothy Williston, daughter of Dr. S. W. Williston of the University of Chicago enrolled in the University this morning. Dr Williston was dean of the Medical School and professor of paleontology in the University of Kansas several years before taking his present position at Chicago as professor of paleontology
All the students in the department of music at the University will be entertained next Friday evening by Dean and Mrs. C. S. Skilton Professor and Mrs. C. A. Preyer and Professor and Mrs. C. E. Hubach, at the home of the latter at 1232 Louisiana street.
The largest K. U. seal and the smallest K. U. seal. Ed. W. Parsons, jeweler, 717 Mass. st.
TO ORGANIZE CITY LEAGUE
OFFICIALS OF KANSAS TOWNS TO MEET.
Prof. F. G. Bates Sending Out Invitations for a Session at Wichita May 18 and 19.
Prof. Frank G. Bates, assistant professor of political science, will tomorrow mail to the mayors of second and third class cities of Kansas a letter of invitation to a meeting to be held at Wichita on May 18 and 19 to consider the organization of a league of Kansas cities. The letter is also on he authority of C. L. Davidson, William Green and F. L. Martin, who are mayors respectively of Wichita, Topeka and Hutchinson with whom Professor Bates has consulted.
The letter calls attention to the associations of city officers and others interested in neity government which have been formed in other states. At the meetings of such organizations questions of practical interest such as street paving, lighting, garbage disposas, municipal ownership and new legislation have bee neconsidered in formal papers followed by general discussion. No opportunity for interchange of ideas -exists among city officers of Kansas and it has been suggested that an organization to secure the benefits of such an interchange would be desirable in this state.
The invitation is extended to the councilmen and other city officers through the mayor to whom the letter is sent. Professor Bates has been acting as temporary secretary of the movement since he was in conference with the mayors mentioned a few weeks since
UPHOLDS THE WORK.
Eradication of San Jose Scale to Continue.
The district court in Sedgwiel county has recently sustained the authority of the state entomological commission in its work conducted under the direction of Prof. S. J. Hunter to eradicate the San Jose scale from the orchards of that county. The trouble arose from the action of a property owner living near Wichita who filed a petition for an injunction prohibiting the representatives of the state from entering his premises to inspect his orchards or spray his trees.
Judge Wilson not only denied the injunction, but also issued a restraining order prohibiting further interference with the work of the state. He stated that the purpose of the law was to prevent the spread of injurious insects and diseases among fruit trees and nursery stock and efforts to prevent such work were antagonistic to the welfare not only of Sedgwick county but of the country at large.
K K Club Will Have Headquarters on Oread Avenue.
HAVE A NEW HOME
The members of the K K club, part of whom are now rooming at 1336 Vermont street, have contracted for the lease of a fourteen room house to be erected for next year at 1235 Oread avenue. Mrs. L. E. Brown, who is building the house, will live there and act as matron. The men will run a cooperative boarding club in connection with the house.
GOLFERS ORGANIZE.
Improvements Will Be Made on the Links.
The University Golf club was reorganized last week, Prof. F. W. Blackmar was elected president, Prof. J. D. Newton treasurer, and Prof. C. C. Crawford secretary of the organization.
The chief work which will be done by the club this spring will be that of improving the links. Already more than $200 has been spent for the work which has been done. This year a large horse power lawn mower will be used to keep the links in good condition and other important improvements will be made.
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