THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 5, 1908.
NUMBER 61
VOLUME IV.
A MUSICAL TREAT COMING
SPRING CONCERTS BEGIN NEXT FRIDAY EVENING.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a Chorus of 100 and David Bispham the Attractions.
The fifth annual music festival at the University of Kansas will be held in Robinson Gymnasium Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9. The first concert will be Friday night when Mr. David Bispham will give a song recital. Mr. Bispham was for ten years the leading bass of the Royal Opera in Convent Garden, London, and for years was a star at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. This year he is devoting his time to song recitals, a form of art in which he is equally great.
The second concert will be given Saturday afternoon by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of sixty-five pieces, and four soloists. Prof. C.A. Preyer will render his new concert piece for the piano and orchestra on this occasion.
The third event Saturday evening will be a concert performance of Gounod's opera "Faust" by seven soloists, a chorus of one hundred voices, and orchestra. The chorus has been faithfully practising this most popular of operas and will give an interesting program.
Through the efforts of Dean Chas, S. Skilton the music festival has become the leading feature of the musical life at the University, and has always attracted large crowds. This year will be no exception as the seat sale has been large many out of town orders being received from Topeka, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Ottawa and nearby small towns.
Chancellor Gives Address.
Chancellor Strong will deliver the commencement address at the University of New Mexico on Friday of this week.
Prof. C. M. Young is analyzing the gases formed from exploded powder with the view of ascertaining the causes of coal mine explosions.
K. U. WON; 5 TO 6
BUT THE GAME WITH WASH-BURN WAS NOT EASY.
Washburn Scored First and Was Ahead in the Eighth, When Kansans Began to Bat.
Six to five, with the Congregationalists on the down hill end of the score, is a condensed report of the hardest, fiercest ball game that the Jayhawkers have played this season. From the first "play ball" till the game was won in the ninth it was anybody's contest.
Washburn started the scoring in the opening round. A base on balls, a single, a man hit by a pitched ball and a double gave them two scores. The lead was short, for in their half of the first the Kansans garnered three on Carlson's two sacker and singles by Jennings, Angney, and Doubleday.
The Jayhawkers got one in the second, the Topekans added one to their list in the fourth. Neither side could score until the eighth when Washburn again took the lead, drawing a base on balls, two long singles and two scores.
Then in the last half of the ninth, with the score 5 to 4 against them, the Jayhawkers developed a grand batting rally, which assisted by a medley of errors gave them the game. Hoffman, who played left field, the first man up, pooled out a screeching three bagger. Rockerfeller sacrificed him home. Harlan got to first but was out at second on Gibbs' infield rap. Gibbs stole second, got to third on a wild throw, and came on home with the winning run on a second stray heave directed toward third.
Both sides played good ball and both pitchers were hit freely. Harlan was not in his usual form but several times, when men were on bases, he settled down and retired the side.
R H E
Washburn-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-5-10-2
K. U.-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-6-9-2
Umpire, Howell.
The score:
Chas. Kimball of Parsons visited Sunday at the Phi Gam house.
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ELECT MEMBERS FESTIVAL
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB ADDS 17 NEW MEN.
Club Will Follow Advice of National Secretary and Have Larger Organization.
At the last regular meeting of the Good Government Club the following new members were elected: Fred Lyon, Archie Naramore, F. W. Brinkerhoff, H. Clay Waters, O. C. Hull, Frank Tyler, Harry Rodgers, Ralph Spotts, John Schwinn, Frank Parker, Arthur Seddon, Watson Campbell, R. O. Douglas, Morris Blackar, Russell Butler, George Gibbs and Clifford Leonard.
Heretofore the membership of the club has been limited to thirteen men, but following the advice of the National Secretary and organizer of Good Government Clubs, the local club decided to increase its membership. With the newly elected members, the club now has thirty-one members.
TAKE FIRST GAME.
'Varsity Wins From Christian Brothers' College.
Yesterday afternoon in St. Louis the Jayhawkers inaugurated their eastern trip by defeating Christian Brothers' College by the score of 4 to 0. Hoffman had the St. Louisans on his staff throughout the contest and the Kansans put up a great fielding game. Today the same teams play, Wednesday and Thursday the Jayhawkers play Washington, and Friday and Saturday they go to Columbia for a couple with Missouri. The men who made the trip with Manager Lansdon are: Captain Young, Rockerfeller, Gibbs, Jennings, Angney, Carlson, Doubleday, Harvey, McLenan, Stephenson, Harlan and Hoffman.
Meet Cornhuskers Saturday.
Next Saturday afternoon the Nebraska track team will meet the Jayhawkers on McCook. Last spring Kansas took the meet by the close score of $ 52 \frac{1}{2} $ $ 50\frac{1}{2} $ and the contest next Saturday promises to be just as interesting.
FESTIVAL IS PLANNED
NOVEL EVENT ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAY 23.
Girls to Give May Pole Dance Four Sororities Represented.
Miss Shearer Is Queen.
A May Festival similar to that held biennially at Bryn Mawr will take place on the University campus on the afternoon of May 23rd. Many features of the old May day celebrations in England will be introduced but the festival will be much simpler this year than those of the Eastern colleges since the project is now in the experimental stage.
The celebration will begin about three o'clock on the lawn east of Fraser Hall. The first event will be a procession preceded by heralds. In this procession all the actors of the day will appear. This will be followed by the crowning of the May Queen, who has been chosen from the senior class. She will he preceded by the children of the faculty bearing flowers. Her attendants will be twelve in number four chosen from each of the three lower classes.
The Seniors chose Miss Nell Shearer as Queen of the May. For her attendants the Juniors chose today at noon Mildred McCurdy, Nola Ayers, Grace Collins and Bertha Luckan. The sophomores selected for that honor Jennie Urdy, Esther Evans, Margaret Fort and Edith Myers.
After the queen is crowned, five May poles will be wound with May pole dances. One pole will be wound by each of the four sororities, the fifth by girls chosen to represent the University. Music for the dances will be furnished by oldtime fiddlers in costume. May day games such as quoits, archery and bowling on the green will be carried on in different parts of the campus.
Later in the day "Pyramus and Thisbe" will be presented in North Hollow by the Beta fraternity. Songs from Reginald de Kovin's opera "Robin
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COMPUTING