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THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME IV
NUMBER 68
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 21, 1908.
SIGMA CHIS WON DEBATE
WILL HOLD EWING HERBERT CUP FOR A YEAR.
R. L. Douglas Argued for Student Control of Undergraduate Affairs.
The fourth annual inter-fraternity debate, held last night in Fraser Hall, was won by R. L. Douglas, representing the Sigma Chi fraternity. Douglas upheld the affirmative of the question, "Resolved, That student control of all undergraduate affairs is for the best interests of the University of Kansas."
After the decision of the judges was announced, the Ewing Herbert loving cup was given over to the Sigma Chis, to be held by them for one year.
Three years ago the Sigma Chis won the first debate for the cup, which since then has been won once by the Alpha Taus and once by the Betas. A fraternity must win three debates in order to keep the cup.
Prof. W. E. Higgins of the Law school presided at last night's debate. The judges were Prof. R. D. O'Leary, Prof. C. L. Becker, and Supt. H. B. Pears of Haskell Institute Only four fraternities took part, the Sigma Chis, represented by Roy Douglas; the Betas, by Tom Gowenlock; the Phi Psis, by James Sheppard; and the Phi Gams, by R. S. Pearson.
MRS. McCARTER TO SPEAK.
Author of "Cuddy's Baby" Will Be Heard in Chapel.
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter author of the K. U. story book, Cuddy's Baby, that had such a sale last year at Christmas time, will be the speaker in chapel Friday morning. She will also speak to the newspaper classes on "Journalism by an Ignoramus," immediately after chapel. Mrs. McCarter is a graduate of the Indiana State Normal school and came to this country to accept a position in the Topeka High School. She has written several books, the most popular of which is Cuddy's Baby, a story centered around the life at K. U. The inspiration for this story came to Mrs. McCarter last fall at the K. U.-Washburn football game.
ELM RIDGE MEET
W. M. McCanles of Lincoln, Kans., was the guest of his sons, J. C. and W. W. McCanles, Thursday.
--on sale at the Senior play tonight. The Annual is in two editions of different binding. The souvenir edition is a beautiful specimen of the bookmaker's art, being bound in ooze leather, and the cover is lined on the inside with red silk. The book throughout is
FIVE BIG SCHOOLS WILL CONTEST SATURDAY.
Kansas Expects to Take Relay.-
Choice Missouri Valley Athletes Entered.
Next Saturday afternoon on the Elm Ridge track in Kansas City the track squads of Kansas, Iowa, Drake, Ames, Nebraska, Washington and Missouri will compete in the first annual Missouri Valley Conference track meet.
One hundred and fifty of the best athletes in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas will be in the big meet and it will be the first time that all the schools of this section of the country have entered into one great athletic carnival.
Kansas has no chance at all to get first place Saturday. The best that the Jayhawkers can hope for is fourth. The strength of Iowa, Drake and Ames is not definitely known but one of the three will probably take down the first honors.
There will be several heats in the hurdles and the dashes and Missouri will suffer thereby. Branham can not enter four events at Kansas City and the Tiger one man team will not show up as it does in a dual meet.
Kansas can not get more than twenty points out of the possible one hundred and twenty-six. Priest will run the quarter instead of the half and there will be no Jayhawker entries in the hundred or the two-twenty. No Kansan will compete in more than one event.
The Jayhawker ball squad goes to Topeka Friday for the return baseball game with Washburn College. The Congregationalists were beaten at the last meeting by the narrow margin of one score after a great ninth inning rally by Kansas.
Coach Hagerman's pupils are going to make a great bid for the relay. The time made at Columbia last week by the Kansas relay team was the fastest made in the Missouri valley for some time and any team that takes first from the Jayhawkers will have to cover each quarter in fifty-three seconds. Priest, Dennis, Martindell, and Young will be the relay men.
--on sale at the Senior play tonight. The Annual is in two editions of different binding. The souvenir edition is a beautiful specimen of the bookmaker's art, being bound in ooze leather, and the cover is lined on the inside with red silk. The book throughout is
Dr. W. H. Carruth will give a lecture tonight on "Berlin Illustrated" in the old Music Hall for the benefit of the German Methodist church.
FIRST MAY FETE BEST ANNUAL EVER ISSUED
IS TO BE GIVEN ON CAMPUS SATURDAY.
Several Unique Features Are Ready-First of its Kind in University.
After weeks of drill and elaborate preparations, the characters in the May Fete are ready for the performance Saturday afternoon. This exhibition will be the first of its kind ever held at the University of Kansas. It is similar to the games held at Bryn Mawr and other eastern schools.
The Betas will present Pyramus and Thisbe, the Sigma Chis will give a part of Under the Greenwood Tree,and the Alpha Taus will represent the odd characters. Miss Nelle Shearer will do the honors of May queen. The four sororities of the school will be represented in the May pole dances. One pole will be for other University girls.
At 2:30 the procession will form at the Gymnasium and proceed to the lawn east of Fraser Hall for the crowning of the May Queen. The May pole dances will follow. After which the procession will again form and go to Marvin Grove for the first performance of Pyramus and Thisbe. Next will come the Morris dances and the milkmaids' drill. Ballads will be sung by wandering minstrels. Pyramus and Thisbe will be repeated at the close.
Old English music will be rendered on the bag-pipes and clarinet during the performance.
Parts of the campus will be roped off for the various events.
TO TALK ON TRUSTS.
Republican and Democratic Clubs Will Hold Joint Discussion.
A joint discussion between the Democratic and Republican clubs of the University will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Green Hall. The respective attitudes of the two parties toward the trust question will be discussed. The republicans will be represented by Harry Randall and Ralph Johnson, and the democrats by J.M. Childress and A.A.Mann.
--on sale at the Senior play tonight. The Annual is in two editions of different binding. The souvenir edition is a beautiful specimen of the bookmaker's art, being bound in ooze leather, and the cover is lined on the inside with red silk. The book throughout is
The Harris club defeated the Martin club in base ball Wednesday afternoon at the Driving Park by a score of 12 to 7. The feature of the game was the fancy twirling of Locke for the Harris club boys.
ANNUAL OF 1908 BEST EVER SAY THOSE WHO KNOW.
Is Full of Pictures, Cartoons, Jokes, Roatsts, and Is Bound in Leather, Silk Lined.
The 1908 Annual, said by those who have seen it to be the best book ever issued by a graduating class, came off the press today, and will be placed
CARL H. YOUNG Editor Annual
HAROLD V. BOZELL Manager Annual
full of illustrations. No department of the University has been neglected. The book contains 400 pages. The seniors and introduction occupy 145 pages; faculty, 15; athletics, 40 pages; organizations, 45 pages; fraternities, 60 pages; jokes and josh-
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SENIOR PLAY. Tonight and Tomorrow Night
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