COUNTY CLUBS ARE MANY
BANQUETS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DRAW STUDENTS.
Clubs Will Entertain Members of Legislature and Present Needs of the University.
The county clubs which are organized at the University each year, are becoming more prominent as factors for inducing students to attend the college here than any other means of advertisement. During the Christmas holidays the clubs give banquets to the senior classes of the high schools of their counties. Besides this, football and basketball teams composed of University students arrange for games with the high school teams during vacation time. This all tends to bring the high school people in close touch with University people and their ways. When the prospective college student hears the old yell "Rock! Chalk! Jayhawk! K.! U.!" at these banquets or athletic contests he is imbibed with the true Kansas spirit and all his loyalty is turned to the University of Kansas.
An effort is being made by many of the clubs to secure the state senator or representative from their district to speak at their Christmas banquets. By doing this it is thought that the real position which the University holds in the state can be clearly shown to the legislators, and that they in turn will recognize this and stand by the University when the appropriation bill comes up before the legislature this winter. This is an especially important feature of the work, as it is generally understood that the legislature will either grant an appropriation sufficiently large to make the University the leading educational institution of the state or else it will deny the Chancellor his request and put it on a level with the other state schools.
On account of the short Christmas vacation it would be impossible for the University clubs to entertain the high school people if it were not for cooperative work of the University alumni and alumni clubs. They attend to the details of preparing for the banquets and arranging the schedules for the athletic contests. Thus the only thing left for the active members to do is to arrange for speakers for the banquets and to get their athletic teams in condition to follow out the policy of Kansas, that is, to win.
The county clubs which have organized, elected their officers and have arranged for holiday banquets and athletic contests, with the names of their officers and members of their teams are:
WYANDOTTE.
The Wyandotte county club has eighty-nine members. The officers are: president, Edwin Cooley; vice-president, Kenneth Troup; secretary, Ada May Varney; and treasurer, Amy Green. A banquet will be given
at Portsmouth Auditorium in Kansas City during the holidays in cooperation with the Alumni Club, to the senior high school people of the county. Chancellor Strong or Governorelect Stubbs will be the speaker of the evening.
CHEROKEE.
The Cherokee club is a big one and its members are going to do things Christmas. Besides giving a banquet to all the seniors of the high schools of the county a game of football with each high school's team will be played. Club officers; John Brentlinger, president; Cleve Bowser, vice-president; Mabel Hardwick, secretary; and Dan Nevinger, treasurer. Members of club's football team:
rold Burnett is president of the club; Charley Fisher, vice president; Miss Fredrick, secretary; and Francis Copper, treasurer. HARVEY
HARVEY.
The Harvey county club is arranging to have the University Glee Club at their banquet to be held at Newton on Dec. 28. The alumni and high school seniors of the county will be entertained. Dr. L. T. Smith A. A. '89 will be the principal speaker of the evening. The following are the officers of the club: George Kates, president; Ed A. Baumgartner, vice president; and Helen Nolder, secretary.
PHILLIPS.
There are only four students from Phillips county but they
AFTER THE COUNTY CLUB BANQUET.
On December 30 the Crawford county club will give a banquet to the high school people of the county, at Pittsburg. Chancellor Strong will be asked to make a speech at the banquet. Clan-
Bowser, Brentlinger, Nevinger, Larsen, Douglas, Lusk, Hamilton, Moeller, Rousch, Maxwell, Black and Harvey.
CRAWFORD.
SUMNER.
SMITH.
RICE.
There are twenty-three members in the Sumner county club. Merle Prunty is president; John Stewart, vice-president; Roy Spear, treasurer and Zella Mitchell, secretary. A banquet will be given during Christmas vacation for the seniors of the high schools of the county and the alumni of the University. State Senator George Hunter will deliver the address of the evening.
Samuel Ainsworth is president of the Rice county club. The other officers are: Frank Glaze, vice-president; Clarence Nash, secretary; and Ross Potwin treasurer. The Rice county high school seniors will be given a banquet during vacation. A football team composed of Caldwell, Woleslager, Glaze, Reynolds, Brownlee, Nash, Ray, Holton, Alter, V. Adams, Fleeson, Potwin, Atkinson and Gilliland will play the high school team.
The Smith county club was organized some time ago but the members are undecided what they will do during vacation but they will probably give the high school people of their county a banquet. The club of officers are: Scott Rice, president; Evelyn Ragsdale, vice president; and Blanche Mollison, secretary and treasurer.
are pushers and have organized a county club. Instead of giving the high school people a banquet the latter are to give an entertainment New Years night at which time the men from here will respond to toasts on "The University of Kansas." Representative Gray '01 will be present. The club offices were divided in the following way: President, Wallace Pratt; George Wright, vice president; Ora Baum, secretary; and John Pratt, treasurer.
DICKINSON.
MIAMI.
The Dickinson county club will not give a banquet at Chapman during the holidays but will play the county high school team on the 19th of December. Officers of the club: Fred Thompson, president; Roy Wick, vice president; Lucy Williams, secretary; and Will Moore, treasurer.
Keith Clevenger is president of the Miami county club; George Hill, vice president; Hazel Kelly, secretary; and Earle Wilson is treasurer. The club will have Professor J. E. Boodin make a speech at the banquet which they are to give to the senior high school people December 31.
CHASE.
Ralph Johnson, president; Albin Houghton, vice president; Louis La Coss, secretary; and Ralph Harman, treasurer are the officers of Chase county club. On the 23rd of December the club will give a banquet to the high school seniors and faculty at Cottonwood Falls.
MCPHERSON.
Wirt C. Salthouse is president of the McPherson county club, R.W.Baldwin is vice-president; Agnes Husband, secretary; and Amos Grant, treasurer. The
club will give a big banquet to the faculty and seniors of the McPherson high school and all former K. U. students living in the county. An effort will be made to get the state representative of the county to attend the banquet.
LYON.
Earl Allen is president of the Lyon county club, Oscar Stauffer, vice-president; Viola Haines,'secretary; and Ike Lambert, treasurer. The club will give a banquet to the high school seniors of the county during the holidays at Emporia. William Allen White, member of the board of regents, will deliver an address at the banquet.
SEDGWICK.
The members of the Sedgwick county club have not made definite arrangements about their holiday campaign as yet. The officers are: Carl Davis, president; Z. Wetmore, vice-president; Neva Foster, secretary; and Frank Kimble, treasurer.
MONTGOMERY.
Ernest McBride is president of the Montgomery county club; Paul B. Nees, vice-president; Paul Carl, treasurer; and Marion Young, secretary. The club will give the usual Christmas entertainment to the high school seniors of the county.
LABETTE.
BARBER.
The following are the officers of the Labette county club: J. H. Jonte, president; Clair Leib vice-president; Eleanor Draper secretary; and A. T. Lewellen treasurer. The club will give its annual holiday banquet to the high school people and K. U. alumni on New Year's night.
The Barber county club has only seven members but a banquet will be given to the prospective students of the University from that county. The officers of the club are: E. C. Carpenter, president; Frank Goff, vice-president; and Carrie Ishmael, secretary.
RENO.
The Reno county club officers are: Fay Livengood, president; Walter LeClere, vice-president; Carrol Harper, secretary; and Helen Smith, treasurer. A banquet will be given by the club to the high school seniors of the county on December 29. W.Y. Morgan, member of the Board of Regents, will speak.
GEARY.
The students from Geary county have organized a basketball team and will play several games with the high school teams of their county during vacation. They did not elect officers for the club.
WASHINGTON.
The officers of the Washington county club are: Earnest Thiele, president; Clarence Earnest, vice-president; Christian Peterson, secretary and William Thiele, treasurer. The club will not give a banquet during the holidays, but a basketball team will play with the high school teams of the county. The members of the team are: Peterson, Earnest, W. Thiele, Woods, Soderstadt and Markham.
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