THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908.
NUMBER 2
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
TWENTY CANDIDATES IN THE FIRST WORKOUT.
Wednesday afternoon Bert Kennedy, mentor of the Jayhawker football squad, put his pupils through the first practice of a strenuous season. Punting and forward passing made up the first lesson. The men are not yet in condition for heavy scrimmage work but by the first of next week all the veterans will be down to football weight and ready to mix it with the scrubs.
The Veterans in Fair Shape—the New Men Make Good Showing.
Twenty experienced men were out for practice Wednesday and most of them were in fair condition. "Old Bill" Caldwell looks as though he could play a hard game tomorrow and suffer no ill effects, Tommie Johnson and Steele, the two most prominent candidates for
CAPTAIN PAT CROWELL who will lead the Jayhawker squad this year.
Captain "Pat" Crowell is a few pounds overweight, but nevertheless he gets into the game as though it were midseason. Big "Tub" Reed was not in uniform but his expansive smile told plainly enough that he was restless to get into the harness. Reed looks bigger and broader and brawnier than ever before and he ought to make one fine guard this fall. Waring, who made a great showing in the back field three years ago, and Carlson, the guard, will be ready for a hard season's work by next week.
The fourteen other candidates looked mighty good. Tom
quarter, are also in first class shape. Pleasant is working like a Trojan and gets down under punts in fine style.
IN K. U. SOCIETY
RUSHING WEEK HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE.
Many Parties, Visitors, Pledges and the Week Has Not Yet Come to a Close.
The fraternity social season is now on in full blast. Each fraternity is trying to outdo its rivals in entertaining the freshmen. Alumni members have returned to take part in the "rushing" season.
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Wednesday was the first day of pledging for the frats.
The Betas gave a party Wednesday evening and will give one tonight and one Monday night.
The Phi Psis are holding a smoker tonight and will give a party September 25.
The Phi Gams had a party last night and will give one Saturday night and another Monday.
The Phi Delts had a smoker Wednesday evening and party Thursday and will have one Saturday evening.
The Sigma Chis gave a party Wednesday evening, a smoker Thursday and will entertain tonight. They give a smoker Saturday evening and a party Monday evening.
The Sigma Nus have not decided on dates for their entertainment yet.
The Sig Alphs had a smoker Thursday evening and will give a party Saturday evening.
On account of the new rushing rules the sororities give but three parties each during the sixteen day rushing period.
WITH THE SORORITIES
The Pi Phis are giving a reception at the home of Miss Amorette Weaver this afternoon. September 26 they will have a card party at their chapter house and October 2 will give a dinner and dance at the house.
The Kappas entertain with luncheon today, they will give a matinee dance September 26 and an informal party October 2.
The Thetas will entertain September 19,26 and October 2 at their chapter house,giving a dinner on the last date.
The Chi Omegas are having a card party this afternoon, will give a reception September 23 and a dance October 2.
PLEDGES.
Betas—Donald McKay, Pittsburg; Robert E. Lee, Kansas City; Frank Veatch, Atchison; Earl Allen and Warren Morris, Emporia.
Phi Psis—George Hill, Paola; George Boles, Lester Hopper and Clarence Mariner of Kansas City; Lewis Doyle, Kingman; Ledrew Carter, Lawrence Phi Gams-Harold Lee, Ok
FORCE SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
EX-CAPTAIN OF 20TH KANSAS GAVE CHAPEL SPEECH.
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Talked to a large Audience in the Chapel on the Value of the Man Who Does Things.
To an audience that filled every seat and all the available standing room Captain Clad Hamilton, of Topeka,journalist lawyer,soldier,troubadour and candidate for state senator, delivered the opening address in the University chapel this morning. The subject of the address was "Force."
In part Captain Hamilton said:
"It has been my fortune to know a good many men having different characteristics. I have observed that there are men, as there are boys, who seem to possess a natural instinct and habit of doing what they set out to do. If such a man is sent to bring an armful of wood or build a barb wire fence or a railroad, he does it. Other men have the habit of failure and if sent to do anything bring back excuses instead of performance. This habit of efficiency or non-efficiency does not seem to be associated with either what we call good character or bad character. Some very bad men have great efficiency, some good men fail in all they undertake. It is difficult to tell just what constitutes that peculiar quality of efficiency, but in every instance there must be the quality of "force."
You may draw up a lovely plan, but the blue print is not the equivalent of the bridge. You may have a fine imagination, the artistic temperament, you may be familiar with Caesar's Commentaries and know the Marquis of Queensbury rules by heart, your military learning may be a wonder, but if you win the game you have got to "hit the line hard."
We are frequently led astray by the reflection that "times are different now." We think we could easily have been like Trajan or Marcus Aurelius or other great men that we wish to be like. But that excuse will not go. Times are not substantially different—human nature is not greatly different from what it was in those days. Roughly speaking, men were judged on their merits then as now. If they were crooked and dishonest other men knew it and rated them accordingly. Godfrey of Bouillon and Tannered and Bayard were loved because they were "good knights without fear and without reproach," and worked and suffered and did hard service
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WANTS GAME
COMMITTEE FROM ST. JOE IS HERE TODAY.
Furnish Park and Advertising, Pay Expenses of 25 Men for St. Joe Game.
Dr. L. A. Todd, Chas. Faust, and E. H. Spencer, all old K. U. students, are at the university as representatives of the Commercial conference committee, of St. Joseph, for the purpose of bringing the Thanksgiving game to St. Joe. They have with them a proposition that looks good and they will meet with the athletic board in the morning for the purpose of presenting it.
St. Joe agrees to furnish a place to play the game where there is a seating capacity of 12,000, to furnish all the billboard and hand bill advertising free of charge, to pay the railroad and hotel expenses of 25 men from Lawrence to St.Joe, and to decorate all the business streets of the city with the university colors. In addition to this they will guarantee that the fare to St. Joe shall not exceed by more than $1.25 the fare to Kansas City and that the time shall not be more than an hour longer.
The only other proposition so far presented to the athletic board is one made by manager Tabeau, of Kansas City. He wants 17 1-2 percent of the gate receipts and only agrees to furnish a park with a seating capacity of 9,000, and offers none of the other inducements offered, by the people of St. Joseph.
Seed and Song.
Upon a quiet seed,
Fell a warm drop of rain;
And a banner of emerald
Soon waved above the plain.
Upon a quiet mood
A drop of insight lit.
And a graceful blade of song
Grew lovely out of it.
—HARRY H. KEMP.
Lee's New "Joint".
The much needed "feed house" and ice cream "joint' in the center of the student district has, been furnished this summer by Lee Bryant, the loyal rooter for all things at Kansas. The building is a neat one. The refreshment parlors are fitted with mission furniture.
The barber shop separated from the rest of the structure is a model. "Shike" will be on hand this winter with all the new ideas in the art of shines.
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Westminster house, the home of the Presbyterian student pastor, is how open to all students. Dr.Wilbur extends a special invitation to all Presbyterian students.