THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 24, 1908.
KANSAS 10; WASHINGTON O
NUMBER 16
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SCORE IN ONE-HALF
GAME 10 TO 0.
On a Slushy Field in Blinding Snow Teams Performed Aquatic Stunts Before Small Crowd.
In a blinding snow storm on a field covered with four inches of slush and snow the Jayhawkers trounced Coach Cayou's pupils this afternoon by a score of 10 to 0. The game was called at the end of the first half. It would have been inhuman to have made the boys play ball under such conditions. They were nearly frozen and were soaked through with ice water. Kansas had the advantage over the enemy from the start.
The game was a comedy of fumbles, high dives and amusing slips. It looked more like a water polo contest than a gridiron combat. The ball was heavy and it was impossible to kick goal.
The Kansas men were the heavier and being masters at the ducking game easily downed the boys from the East. After ten minutes of play down the sloppy field Kansas pushed Bond over the line into a sea of cold water for the first touchdown. Goal was missed.
Late in the half Bond splashed up the creek with the aid of perfect interference for a thirty yard gain. In another minute he dived into the pool and came up on the other side of the line for touchdown number two.
The unfavorable weather made the game seem more like a friendly contest than a serious one. The boys on both sides showed their grit when they plunged through the ice cold stream on McCook field. Newbold got his first chance at the game today, taking the place of Fiske. For the sake of their men the managers agreed to call off the second half.
Voted Dormitories.
The second district Federation of Woman's Clubs held last Wednesday in Iola voted to start a campaign for the erection of a dormitory for the girls of the university. Several young women of the second district are being educated in different schools of the country by these clubs. The club women wish to endow a dormitory for girls who have no permanent home while in the university and who are not connected with any recognized organization.
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W. D. Kemp, '06, of the Pharmic school, has just received an appointment at Washington, D. C. in the chemical department of pure food and drugs.
CONTRACT IS SIGNED.
Missouri and Kansas Agree on Kansas City for Five Years.
At noon today Manager W.C. Lansdon returned from Kansas City with the contract for the Thanksgiving game signed by the management of Kansas and Missouri and by Manager Tebeau.
Yesterday Dr. W. G. Manly, representing the Missouri Athletic Association came to Lawrence to make a final plea that the game go to St Joseph. When he understood that the Kansas management could not back down from their previous agreement, Dr. Manly agreed on Kansas City. Yesterday afternoon the managers went to Kansas City to sign the contract with Tebeau.
Missouri did not want to give over 15 percent of the receipts for the park rental and wanted the contract to hold for only one year. Tebeau would not even talk unless he was granted $17\frac{1}{2}$ percent. Kansas and Tebeau both wanted a five year contract. Missouri acceded to the demands and the original contract as submitted by Tebeau was signed by Missouri after a months delay and negotiation.
The contract binds Missouri and Kansas to play the annual turkey day game in Kansas City for the next five years. Tebeau is to provide seats for 9,000 people at his park and must get it in condition for the game. The complimentary tickets will be limited to 100 to each of the three parties.
The water polo game, which was to have been played the first of the week between the two teams chosen from the gymnasium classes, was postponed on account of the wet weather. High water prevented the players from reaching the gym. The men are not in condition to play matched games yet as they have not mastered the rules of playing. The first game will be played in two weeks, when a series of water sports will be held. All men of the University are eligible to enter these contests.
Water Polo Called Off.
Prof. H. P. Cady went to Kansas City this afternoon. He will give an address before the Kansas City section of the American Chemical society tonight on "Corosion of Iron." The November meeting of the section will be held in Lawrence.
To Talk of Rusting Iron.
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Athletic Election Friday.
The election to fill the vacancy on the athletic board caused by Milton Miller will take place next Friday in the chapel.
SIMPLE LIFE IS IMPOSSIBLE
LIFE GROWING MORE COMPLEX, SAYS BLACKMAR.
Says Simple Life Would Ruin Those Who Dam People's River and Grind Flour.
"We could all live on beans and rice, and survive, but if everybody did, what would become of the man who owns a mill and gets rich making flour; we could go back to the tallow candle, but what would become of the man who dams up the water which belongs to the people, and sells electric power for light?" said Dr. F. W. Blackmar yesterday morning in a chapel talk on family life before the students of the University. "We could go back to the sod house of the early settlers, but what would become of the men who grow rich in dealing in lumber? We could become Indians and return to the blanket and wigwam, but what would become of our civilization."
The chapel was crowded with students anxious to hear the professor vindicate himself of incorrect newspaper articles which have appeared, concerning a speech made by him at Topeka September 11, before the associated charities. He clearly explained what he did say and took exception to misquotations made on the chapel rostrum. In his Topeka talk he said that a man who got $25 a week and a woman getting $20 would lower their standard of life if they attempted to live on the man's $25 and added the burden of a family. He could have said $10 for the man and $5 for the woman and the illustration would have been the same.
"It is wonderfully interesting," said the professor in closing, "to hear the man who has got his dollar and holds it hard and fast talk to the other fellow, who has none, about the American craze for the almighty dollar, and to advise everybody to go back to the simple life. It is idle to talk of the simple life without reconstruction of society. This is a highly complex life and we must take our chances in it."
Lecture on Faust.
Professor Carruth will deliver a lecture Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in Room 29 on the review of Faust as made by Prof. Goebel. This is an open meeting and both students and instructors are invited.
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The members of the varsity football team will attend the Washburn-Drake game next Saturday in Topeka.
FOR INTER-CLASS FOOTBALL.
First Game of Schedule to be Played Tuesday.
The inter-class football schedule has been arranged. Tuesday, October 27,the freshmen will play the sophomores and the juniors will play the seniors. On Saturday, October 31, the championship game between the successful teams will be played.
A silver loving cup will be a awarded the champion team. The cup will be deposited in the trophy room and will become a permanent memorial of any class which wins it three times. Each winning class has its year, the year of its victory, and the names of its members engraved on the cup. The winning team, in addition to getting the cup, will be taken to the Thanksgiving game. In order to get this trip the team must remain in training up to Thanksgiving.
RECORD FALL OF MOISTURE.
Greatest Rainfall in University's Record.—8.8 Inches This Week.
The precipitation of moisture for this week has been 8.80 inches, which is the greatest October rainfall in the forty years record kept by the University. Previous to this week .65 inches had fallen, making the total 9.45 inches. Since yesterday morning the precipitation of melted snow measures 1.29 inches.
The only October record which comes anywhere near this amount is that of 1870, when the rainfall for the whole month was 6.97 inches. There are several days more in the month in which the old woman up in the sky may continue to pluck her geese, and the month of October, 1908, bids fair to make a record that just can't be beaten.
A Disturbance on Olympus.
Merely because the students at the play last night were calling for the usual rendition of Boola-Boola, ex- Congressman Bowersock appeared in the gallery with a squad of police and attempted to suppress the demonstration. After sizing up the situation, however, the minions of the law decided to lay hands on no one, as the "gods" numbered about 200 and showed a disposition to hold together. The students then continued to make sarcastic references to Professor Blackmar's speech in a way scarcely calculated to mollify the irate owner of the opera house.
Notice.
All members of the University Hospital association, holding receipts, call at check stand Monday and receive membership cards.