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The Kansan Incorrect, Says Chemistry Department.
To the Editor of The Kansan:
The Chemistry Department begs leave to correct some errors that have crept into your article on "Flunks" in the last issue. Your figures give too small a number for the enrollment of College and Engineering students in the Department. From your data, there were 183 engineers and 140 college students—a total of 323, whereas there were 444 enrollments in these two schools. By combining together the failures and conditions, you give a very erroneous impression, because with us, the larger part of the conditions are due to unpaid bills. For the protection of the University, the grades are withheld and conditions reported.
The percentage of failures and of conditions, involving additional work on the part of the student, is really small, not only for the Department as a whole, but also for the most difficult of our courses. You mentioned specifically Chemistry I and II, and in both cases are in error. In Chemistry I, there were among the College students 12 failures and no conditions, as against your statement of 34 conditions and failures. You say that only engineers take Chemistry II, which is incorrect, as there were 51 College students in the class. Out of a total enrollment of 179 in the course, there were 18 failures—10 per cent. of the whole—and 11 conditions, which involved as much work as taking another quiz. Of these 11 conditions, 3 were given at the requests of the students, because of their inability to complete their work on time, owing to sickness, etc.
The grade in Chemical Club is based entirely upon attendance, which is compulsory for chemical engineers. It is a well recognized fact that students put off as long as possible the writing of technical reports. Those neglecting to hand them in at the proper time would have to be classed among the failures. E.H.S.BAILLEY.
The above statement of the number of failures in the Chemistry department corrects some of the details of a story that appeared in The Kansan. On behalf of The Kansan, it may be stated that this explanation denies none of the essential features of The Kansan story. Professor Bailey states that there were only 12 failures of college students in Chemistry I, as against The Kansan's statement of 34. But the other 22 were pharmacy students. So it is in many cases—just a question of classifying the flunks.
Professor Bailey states that the larger majority of conditions are for unpaid bills. It would be interesting to have the exact number of students who were conditioned for this unusual reason. The Kansan will later make a more detailed investigation of the question of "flunks."-Editor.
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See Ockerblad's club swinging at the Olympic games, on March 6.
Championship wrestling bout, "Young" Gotch vs. "Kid" Hackenschmidt, at the Olympic games.
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Attention, Students! GRAND BALL
Given under the auspices of Co. H, First Regiment, K. N. G,
March 4,1909,
Fraternal Aid Hall
ADMISSION $1. LADIES FREE Music by Newhouse's Orchestra Special invitation to members of K.N.G. attending school.
Fraternal Aid Hall Was Scene of Festivities Last Night.
PI PHIS ENTERTAIN.
The members of the Pi Beta Phi sorority gave their annual spring party last night in Fraternal Aid hall. The room was decorated with wine and silver
Kelley's orchestra, seated behind a dense bank of palms, furnished the music for the twenty dances. The programs were in the form of booklets with the words, "Pi Beta Phi," in gilt on the front cover. They were given out by Misses Leota McFarlin, Effie Dean, Ruth Mervine and Clare Jaedicke.
On the receiving line were Misses Amorette Weaver, Grace Leslie, Elizabeth Stevens, Imogene Dean, Bertha Luckan and Mrs. Breece. The grand march was led by Dean and Mrs. J. W. Green and Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Emery.
A three course luncheon was served in the dining hall which was also decorated with colored lights.
One hundred and twenty-five couples were present. The outof-town guests were: Lucile Pollock, Mamie McFarlin, Twila Norton, Bernice and Frederica Fluke, Josephine Gay, Mabel Hayes, Winifred Adams, Marian Mervine, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Poindexter, Wallace Spellman, Hyden Eaton, Ted Cook, Marvin Creagor, Lester Hopper, Howard Mervine, Clifford Leonard, Pryor Combs, George Belt and Jay Richardson, of Kansas City; Dorothy Porter, Mary Chase Chamberlain and Mabel Andrews, of Topeka; Allen Dodge, Salina; Hazel Higgins and Brock Pemberton, of Emporia, Rebecca Ott, of Ottawa; and Stanley Myers, of Fort Scott.
Try the fruit salad at Wiedemann's.
blue lights, the colors of the sorority. The central chandelier was a mass of red lights.
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