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THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME IV.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 26, 1908.
AMES WON MEET
WIN CONTEST EASILY BY FIFTY-TWO POINTS.
Missouri Took Second Place Parker Broke High Jump Record —Tied for First at 5 ft. 10 in.
Iowa State College overwhelmingly defeated all opponents in the Missouri Valley Conference meet in Kansas City Saturday by fifty-two points. Missouri won second place with twenty-two points. Drake took third, Washington fourth, Kansas and Nebraska tied for fifth, and Iowa brought up the rear with only eight points.
The track at Elm Ridge was in poor condition and rain fell during the progress of the contest. The time in nearly all the track events was slow, the mile was done in 5:10 3-5; the two mile in 11:45; the half in 2:17 2-5. For Kansas, Parker tied for first in the high jump. Guthrie got third in the mile, Dennis second in the quarter, Newbold second in the low hurdles, and Cummins third in the two mile. These eleven points were all the Jayhawkers could secure.
The high jumping contest was the prettiest and keenest fought event of the meet. At five feet eight inches Parker, Knode of Nebraska, and Mitchell of Washington were the only entries still qualifying. The three men cleared five feet, nine, and at five, ten tied for first. Parker was representing Kansas for the last time and finished four years of consistent service by raising the University high jump record one and one-quarter inches.
Newbold was a surprise in the hurdles and Dennis ran a great race in the quarter. The short strides of Cummins and Guthrie were handicapped by the mud in the long distances.
K. U. ATHLETIC RECORDS.
100 dash—9 4-5 sec., Moulton, 1899.
220 dash—22 1-5 sec., Moulton, 1898.
440 dash—51 sec., McCoy, 1905.
Half mile—2 min., 2 sec., Miller, 1907.
Mile—4 min., 38 sec., Guthrie, 1908.
Two mile—10 min., 22 2-5 sec., Cummins, 1907.
120 hurdles—16 3-5 sec., Butler, 1905.
220 hurdles—26 4-5 sec., Tobey, 1902.
Hammer—I45 ft., 1 in., Putnam, 1907.
Shot—39 ft., 8 in., Beaman, 1899.
Discus—114 ft., 3 in., Drake, 1907.
High jump—5 ft., 10 in., Parker, 1908.
Broad j·mp-21 ft., 5 3-4 in.,
Butler, 1907.
Pole vault-11 ft., Russell, 1906.
Mile relay-3 min., 321-5 sec. Dennis, Young, Martindell, Priest, 1908.
PLAY TENNIS AT LINCOLN.
Contest with Nebraska Next Friand Saturday.
Kansas and Nebraska will meet in a tennis contest Friday and Saturday at Lincoln, Nebr. Owing to the rainy weather it has been impossible for the championship series here to be played. The teams were chosen on their past records.
H. J. Eaton and J. V. Pierson both champions in singles at different times and Watson and Weaverling will constitute the two teams in doubles. It will be decided among these players who will play the singles.
Besides these games at Lincoln there will be a series at Lawrence between St. Marys and K. U. The members for these teams will be chosen later in the week.
Coach Blanchard Resigns.
Coach Blanchard of Washington University has resigned his position with that school to accept one at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Coach Cayou, who has turned out a never defeated base ball team at Wabash College, during four years of service, will take Blanchard's place at Washington University.
Miss Connelly Gets Scholarship.
Miss Judith Connelly, of Kansas City, sophomore in the College has been chosen for the Marcella Howland scholarship for next year. It pays sixty dollars for one year. Miss Connelly has been on the Kansan staff for two years.
Notice to Seniors!
Caps and Gowns are here and can be obtained at checkstand tomorrow at 12:15. All gowns must be paid for on delivery.
KANSAS LOST
JAYHAWKERS MET FIRST DE FEAT ON McCOOK.
The Men From St. Louis Outhit and Outclassed the Kansans— Last Game Today.
NUMBER 70
Yesterday afternoon the Jayhawkers met the first defeat they have suffered on the home grounds this season at the hands of the Washington aggregation of fast baseball players. The score was 3 to2. The St. Louisans played a steady game and outhit and outfielded Kansas. Well timed hits and errors by Harvey and Van Cleave gave the visitors three runs.
Washington scored one in the first on a couple of hits and an error, but in the second Kansas took the lead, sending two men across the pan on three raps and a sacrifice. The scoring was stopped until the seventh when Washington took advantage of a costly error and drove in two runs.
Both teams played fair ball and there were many good plays. Rodenberg, the Washington catcher, was applauded for reaching over the barbed wire fence enclosing the bleachers and taking a high foul. Doubleday made a fast run-in on a Texas leaguer to center and though he fell flat held on to the sphere. In the sixth Hoffman fanned three men straight, and Angney stopped a hot grounder in the ninth.
The game this afternoon decides the series between the two schools, each team having one game to its credit.
The score:
R I h Washington 100000200—38 Kansas 020000000—25
Blackmar on Graduate School.
Professor F. W. Blackmar, dean of the Graduate School, spoke in chapel this morning in regard to the work in that department. The enrolment this year is one hundred and three. Twenty-six degrees were granted last year. He said that real scholarship in a special direction could only be secured by the student who devotes the extra year for original research after he has secured the A.B. degree. He believes that the Graduate School should be emphasized to prevent the University from becoming merely a preparatory school for eastern universities.
HODDER TO HEAD DEPARTMENT
The Band Will Play for
European and American History Departments to be United.
Tickets 75c.
Shirtwaists in order.
Professor Carl Becker has been raised in rank from associate professor to professor of European History. Professor Becker is a graduate of Wisconsin University and has been with the University of Kansas since 1902.
TO ESTABLISH PARK.
The departments of American and European History at the University will probably be united and Professor Frank Heywood Hodder placed at the head of the new department. This action is occasioned by the resignation of Professor W.C. Abbott as head of the European department. Professor Hodder is one of the best known historians in the United States. He is an official of the American Historical Association, and has been with the University since 1891. He is a graduate of Michigan University and has studied extensively in Europe. Professor Carl Becker has been raised in rank from associate professor to professor of European History. Professor Becker is a graduate of Wisconsin University and has been
Last Party of the Season
Kansas Hermit Wishes Station at Cameron's Bluffs.
In a speech made to the German club Sunday afternoon in camp, Hugh Cameron, the Kansas urged University students to start a petition to establish a railroad station at Cameron's Bluffs. It is the intention of the Hermit to start a pleasure resort on his place for the especial benefit of students.
Sent Bottles Down River.
F. A. A. HALL. MAY 29.
Sunday morning at "Dolly" Graeber's boat landing some University boys helped fish out bottles containing notes sent down from above after the river rose. One was a postal card containing three illegible names. The bottle had a strong smell of something besides water, which probably accounts for the poor writing. Manhattan, Kans., was plainly written. The other bottle contained a leaf of a memorandum book on which the names of several boys were written. It was sent from Rossville, Kansas.
Graduation Piano Recital.
Miss Bessie Bowden and Miss Ella Clevenger, of the Fine Arts school, will give their graduating piano recital this evening in Fraser Hall.
To Lecture on William Tell.
Dr. Alberta Corbin will give an illustrated lecture on "William Tell" tomorrow afternoon in the lecture room of the Physics building.