THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
AGGIES HERE SATURDAY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 8,1908.
TEAM IS GETTING IN SHAPE FOR BIG GAMES.
Reed and Crowell Will Probably Be Out of Game Saturday—Hennessey Probably Out for Season
The first of the big games of this football season is Saturday. On that day the Aggies will come over to have their annual fight with Kansas. The Farmers have seven old men on their team and will put up their usual good games.
The Jayhawker squad is gradually being sifted down and will soon assume shape for the season. The line-up Saturday will be the regular line-up with a few exceptions. The ends will be Pleasant, Rice, and Houghton; the tackles Crowell, Caldwell, and Speer; the guards, Reed, Wood, Randall and Jolly. Carlson will likely be center, and Steele and Johnson are the two strong candidates for quarter.
The remainder of the back field will be picked from a dozen men. Waring and Houghton have the call for left half, Bond and Fiske for right half, and Stephenson and Dahlene for full.
Coach Kennedy is well pleased with the work of the line on both offensive and defensive work. The back field is not doing well on defense however. The coach is dissatisfied with the defensive work of Bond, Fiske and Dahlene. These three men can carry the ball well and will be valuable as soon as they learn to help the runner and run interference
Captain Crowell and Reed may not play Saturday. Both these veterans have bad knees. Hennessey, a likely candidate for end, had his shoulder dislocated last night and is out for the rest of the season.
The kicking department is bad off this year. Steele is a good onside kicker, Johnson punts better than any man on the team, Bond is an expert drop kicker, Stephenson's forte is place kicking, and Dahlene is the star goal kicker. These five men do what one man ought to do. All five can hardly be in the game at one time and an effort is being made to make one man able to do nearly all the kicking for the team.
Mary Williams, a sophomore in the college last year, is visiting her sister Lucy.
TENNIS MEN BUSY.
Will Practice All Winter in the Gymnasium.
A University tennis tryout will be held this week. Each man will play every other opponent who enters the tournament. The eight players who make the best scores will constitute the University squad. The work is under the direction of Doctor Naismith and Manager Lansdon. Games will be scheduled with Missouri, Nebraska, Baker and St. Mary's this fall. After these are played the squad will continue indoor practice work in the Gymnasium until spring when the class tournament will be played.
The first tryout will be played Tuesday afternoon between Bigelow and Lee. Other games have been scheduled.
PUTNAM THROWS HAMMER.
NUMBER 9
Breaks Oxford Record Fifteen Feet Made Long Throw Here in '07.
George Putnam a former University of Kansas student, now a Rhodes Scholarship man at Oxford, is throwing the hammer from ten to fifteen feet farther than the Oxford record which is 136 feet. Putnam was at Yale last year but could not make the track team there on account of the one year rule.
While here in 1907 he established a record of 145 feet, one inch in the hammer throw. It has not been broken here. Putnam is receiving much comment in New York,Boston and Kansas City papers.
Masque Club Elects.
The Masque Club met at the Theta house last evening. Miss Gertrude Mossler was secured as director for the Club, in order that it may be put on a strictly University basis. Miss Mossler is instructor in the elocution department. A tryout will be held this evening in Fraser Hall. The purpose of the tryout will be to get a line on desirable material for the play which is to be given some time before the holidays.
Thespians Meet.
At the first annual meeting of the Thespian dramatic club held in Fraser Hall it was decided to hold a tryout for new members on Wednesday, October 14. This tryout will be held under the personal direction of Miss Georgia Brown, of Kansas City. The tryout is open to all students of the University.
UPTON SINCLAIR WAS HERE
TALKED TO SCOOP CLUB ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
Professors Are Not Free to Say What They Think, is Sinclair's Opinion.
Upton Sinclair, novelist and literary socialist, whose book, "The Jungle," caused the Government investigation of the Chicago stock yards and was influential in securing the passage of the pure food law, stopped off between trains at Lawrence yesterday afternoon as the guest of Harry Kemp. Mr. Sinclair made a short talk in Fraser Hall before the Scoop club and a few invited guests from the University faculty.
Upton Sinclair had all the appearances of a freshman. In fact one of the professors when introduced to him, not knowing that he was the famous novelist, asked him if he intended entering the university. In his talk before the Scoop club he took for his subject, "Academic Freedom." He told of the immense power that was in the hands of the corporate interests of the country and how it was being used in many instances to control the teachings of the educational institutions of the country. He cited a number of instances where professors had been turned out of their positions because they dared express what they thought. Woodberry and McDowell of Columbia; Professor Triggs, of Chicago; and Professor Ross, of Leland Stanford, were among those he named. He said the College of the City of New York was absolutely under the control of politicians and that no books of a liberal nature were allowed in its library.
In reply to a question raised by the Chancellor as to whether such conditions existed in the state universities he told of a scheme that is now on foot in the University of Wisconsin to remove some of the members of the faculty who were thought to be too liberal in their expression on political subjects. Professor Ross, who was removed from Leland Stanford, is now the head of the Sociology and Economics department of Wisconsin and has recently published a book called, "Sin and Society."
Sinclair impressed those who heard him as a man well informed on economics and at
the same time a great observer of conditions as they exist. He has a pleasant and innocent smile that only added to the sarcasm of some of the stories he told of conditions as they exist in the industrial sections of the country.
Mr. Sinclair left last evening at 6 o'clock for California. He was accompanied as far as Wamego by Harry Kemp.
FRESHMAN HAS APPENDICITIS
Harry A. West is Ill at 1403 Tennessee Street.
Harry A. West, a freshman in the College, is confined to his room at 1403 Tennessee street by a sudden attack of appendicitis. Owing to his critical condition he was not taken to the University Hospital. He has been taken care of by the executive committee of the Hospital association, assisted by the wives of Professors Olin Templin, W. C. Hoad, W. J. Baumgartner, A. M. Wilcox, and E. H. S. Bailey.
His father, a physician of Yates Center, arrived yesterday morning and after an examination and consultation an operation was deemed not necessary.
West's condition is much improved today and gives promise of a quick recovery.
Publish New Bulletin.
A committee meeting was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the publication of a new series of University Bulletins. It has been proposed to run a double series of the Bulletin, continuing the Science Bulletin as at present and beginning the publication of a new series devoted to humanistic research. No action was taken at the meeting. The committee was adjourned on call of the chairman, Professor F. H. Hodder, who will investigate the matter further.
Student Volunteers Elect.
The Student Volunteers for Foreign Missions met Tuesday evening at Myers Hall for the purpose of organization. Fred E. Lee was elected president and Miss Leota Lentz, secretary and treasurer.
The Volunteer Band meets at seven every Tuesday evening at Myers Hall.
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the Scoop club at the Sig Alph house tonight at 7:30. It is important that all members attend.
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