last year, is easily the first man in this event. From Howard, Perril, Baer and Clark his running mate will be chosen. All these men are fast and the coach says there is no choice.
HALF-MILE.
Bergen, who took second in the half-mile at Missouri last year, is conceded by the coach as the first man for the place. The men who will make a close fight for second place are Badger and Perril of last year's freshman team, and Cain and Richardson.
MILE.
Cooley, who earned his "K" two years ago by breaking the record here for this event, is in good physical condition and is expected by the coach to run in his old time form. McCarty, Allendorfer and Badger, all men of ability, will try for a place.
TWO-MILE.
Cummins, the gamest runner who has donned a Kansas track suit for years, will be in school in time to get his place on the team. He is the man who beat Jackson of Missouri so badly two years ago. From Park, Bosse and Baer the coach thinks he will be able to choose a competent man to run with Cummins.
HIGH HURDLES.
LOW HURDLES.
Johnson, who earned his "K" three years ago in this event is going to try for a place. Martindell took second in two dual meets last year running the hurdles. He will be out for a place. Reynolds, of last year's freshman team, is a good man.
In this event there are five men of equal ability to choose from. Newbold won a "K" by winning the low hurdles in the conference meet at Kansas City last year. McCoy, Grignard, Smith, and Hamilton are the others of the quintet.
HIGH JUMP.
Reynolds, Smith, Johnson, Ruggles, Huff, Heizer and Hamilton are candidates for a place in this event. Any of the men can jump five feet, six inches and the ones that make the team will be point winners. PROAD JUMP
BROAD JUMP.
Martindell won a "K" in the Missouri meet last year by taking first place in the broad jump. Smith and Heizer of last year's freshmen team and Huff and Winters can all do twenty feet or better in this event.
POLE VAULT.
There are four men who are going to try for a place in the pole vault. They are Wenger, Johnson, Peard and Hamilton. Any of these men can vault nine feet six inches.
SHOT PUT.
There are seven men in school who can put the shot close to thirty-six feet. They are H.Wood, Stephenson, V. Wood, Reed, Meyers, Randall and Houghton. The coach says the team will be strong in this department.
DISCUS.
Heizer of last year's freshmen team can hurl the discus 110
feet. Other men who can beat the one hundred foot mark are Meyers, Stephenson and Smith. HAMMER
Meyers, who took first place in the interclass meet for the freshmen last year can throw the hammer 140 feet consistently. Dahlene and Reed are good men in this event too.
RELAY TEAM.
It is of the relay team that Kansas is always proud. This year the coach has nine good men, from which to choose the team. These men are all game runners. They are Dennis, Haddock, Stan Myers, McCoy Bergen, Newbold, Howard, Martindell and Perril.
THE SCOOP CLUB
There is in the University of Kansas eachyear a little group of men who have worked on newspapers before coming to the University and who expect to follow newspaper work after they leave. Last year a club of these men of more or less common interests was formed, bearing the euphonious title of "Scoop" club.
A "scoop", as everyone knows, is a piece of news printed by a newspaper an edition or two before competing newspapers get to it, and the fortunate reporter who can score a scoop on an opponent has his job cinched for another week at least—unless before that time elapses he should allow himself to be scooped. It can readily be seen that the word "scoop" is synonymous with steady job, ready money, and other delectable things know: in the newspaper profession chiefly for their scarcity. This accounts for the name being adopted by the association of men who sometime hope to enjoy the things the name stands for.
The members of the club in conjunction with the classes in journalism issued one number of a Lawrence paper, an edition which gained a wide notice over the state through its exposure of violations of the prohibitory law in Lawrence. After a period of excitement and discussion the term of court was called in which the members of the club went into court and proved every allegation made in their paper.
Now members elected this year are Allen Merriam, of Winfield, Oscar Stauffer, of Emporia, Clarence V. Drake, of Piedmont, Geo. B. Waters, of Galena, Murdock Pemberton of Emporia, and John Brownlee, of Wichita.
Of the men who were members of the club last year, Wallace Hovey is a reporter on the St. Joseph News-Press, Jerome Beatty is with the Kansas City Journal, Carl H. Young is with the Kansas City Times, Roy Roberts is city editor of the Lawrence World, and Brock Pemberton is on the staff of the Emporia Gazette.
Henry Clay Waters is president of the club for this year, J. W. Murray is vice-president, and Claud A. Clay is secretary and treasurer.
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While University parties are not as a rule, formal there are during each year a number of functions which are elaborate and which would be a credit to any metropolitan "Society Column."
None of the parties are unduly formal for it is impossible for a crowd of students to lose their good democratic spirits even under the stress of "fussy" clothes and high collars.
The banquet to the football men was one of the largest affairs of its kind ever given here. It was especially delightful because it was a change from dancing parties. If given annually it will be placed on the Social register as one of "the functions."
The spring parties will all be given at Fraternal Aid Hall except the Phi Gam party which will be a pavillion dance.
Besides the so called Spring Parties there are a number of annual banquets given. The Betas have a Turkey Pull, the Phi Delts, a Matinee Mess, the Phi Gams a Pig Dinner, and the Sigma Chis a Hallow'een Masquerade Dance. All these parties are limited to the individual fraternities but at the spring parties we find all the University people represented.
The Junior Prom is probably the most looked-forward-to event in the year. Committees work for months preparing for it and their labors are surely well paid. It comes April 29 this year. While entirely democratic it is a sought-for privilege to attend the Prom. Its distinct individuality makes it the crowning social event of the year.
The fraternities and sororities who will give spring parties this year with the dates are: Beta Theta Pi, January 8; Kappa Alpha Theta, January 29;
Sigma Chi, February 19; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, February 12; Pi Beta Phi, February 26, Kappa Kappa Gamma April 16; Sigma Nu, April 29; Phi Gamma Delta May 7.
DEUTSCHER VEREIN AND CERCLE FRANCAIS
German and French Departments Give Plays Annually.
The faculty and students of the German department have a Deutscher Verein which meets every Monday at 4:30 in Fraser Hall. At these meetings faculty members and outside visitors give short talks, students read essays and recite German poetry and sing German songs. Every word spoken in these meetings is in German. The organization has a student president and a student secretary. These officers are changed every month.
The Cercle Français is supported by the French faculty and students. At the regular Tuesday meetings a topic for discussion is assigned and under the direction of a leader the Cercle discusses the topic in French.
The French and German departments present plays each year. This year's plays will be given in the spring.
So It Seems.
Lecturer—"Today the men are living much faster than the women."
Man (in audience)—“That's right. Twenty years ago, when I got married, my wife was five years the older; now she's five years the younger.”—Judge.
He—"Really, now, what would you do if you were a man?"
She—"What would you?"
—Judge