The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 9, 1909
NUMBER 62
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
NO DISSENTING VOICE ON UNI-
VERSITY APPROPRIATION.
Two New Buildings and Increased Maintenance Provided for To Raise Salaries.
The lower house of the legislature showed itself distinctly friendly to the University when the appropriation measure came up to a vote last Saturday evening. The senate bill passed by a unanimous vote, although every other appropriation measure this term has developed opposition.
The bill appropriates $982,159. Under its provisions the University will receive $347,993 for maintenance in 1910 and $368,-978 in 1911. For the first wing of the new administration building $50,000 will be available in 1910 and $75,000 in 1911. The sums of $50,000 for the new state hospital at Rosedale and of $10,000 for equipping the electrical engineering building will be available in 1911. For repairs and improvements of buildings and grounds, $40,144 will be expended each year of the biennium.
A part of the increased maintenance fund will be used in raising the salaries of faculty members. This increase, together with the action of the legislature in making University professors eligible to participate in the Carnegie pension fund, will put the University on a par with its neighbors in attracting the best instructional talent.
WANT AN ANNUAL?
Then Better See The Manager at Once.
The manager of the annual must put in his orders by March 20, and on that date he must know how many copies can be sold. No more books will be ordered than are sure of being sold.
The Jayhawker this year will be in two editions; a souvenir, leather one for $2.50, and a cloth one for $2. Students desiring one or the other should leave their name and choice with the manager or any member of the annual board before March 20.
Notice to Freshmen.
All candidates for the Freshman track team will meet in the gym. at 4:30 Thursday afternoon.
FINISHED WITH A GREAT RECORD
The record of the Jayhawker basketball team is an enviable one. Of the twenty-eight games played three were lost; one to Washington, one to Missouri, and one to Nebraska after the championship series had been concluded.
For the greater part of the season, there were but seven men in the squad. All of them were first team caliber and of about equal ability. They were: Captain Woodward, Martindell, Johnson, Long, McCune, Bergen and Heizer.
The record:—
Kansas, 21, Baker, 18.
" " 44, " " 16.
" " 36, Normals, 24.
" " 42, Agricultural Col., 27
" " 35, Kansas Wesleyan, 18.
" " 36, Bethany, 24.
" " 65, Fairmount, 15.
" " 47, Winfield Y.M.C.A., 3-
" " 39, Chilocco, 9.
" " 48, Nebraska, 13.
" " 36, " " 17.
" " 65, Ames, 22.
" " 43, Wm. Jewell, 12.
" " 61, Ottawa, 22.
" " 46, Washburn, 17.
" " 18, Nebraska, 13.
" " 24, Missouri, 14.
" " 31, " " 23.
" " 37, Warrensburg, 14.
" " 26, Washington, 28.
" " 23, " " 18.
" " 25, Missouri, 19.
" " 21, " " 37.
" " 33, Washington, 28.
" " 27, " " 25.
" " 28, Nebraska, 22.
" " 24, " " 15.
" " 29, " " 32.
Lectured on Palestine.
Prof. Lewis B. Paton of the Hartford Theological Seminary gave an illustrated lecture Monday afternoon on "Palestine in the Light of the Latest Archeological Researches." Through the excavations carried on by different nations within recent years the knowledge of the ancient cities of Palestine as presented in the Old Testament has been greatly supplemented. Excavations in Egypt and old Babylonia also have direct bearing on the history of Palestine because its people were at times subject to the more powerful nations. Thus the inscriptions on the Babylonian pottery of which Prof. Paton exhibited pictures were important in relation to the character of the presemitic race that lived in Palestine. The clay tablets found in Tel el Marna, Egypt have also materially contributed to the archeologist's knowledge of Palestine.
WHY NOT DO IT THIS YEAR?
MOVEMENT FOR A STUDENT'S DAY STARTED.
Professors Carruth and Boynton Think the Plan a Good One Students Get Busy.
What is a students' day? It is a day on which a long chapel is given to representative members of the student body who shall speak on some phase of University life. There have been at least two of these occasions at the University—the last one being held four years ago. They grew out of the abolition of the May day "scrap."
Shall there be a student's day this spring?
Vice-Chancellor Carruth says, "It is a good plan and I am in favor of it. Some opportunity should be given the students to express their views as to University affairs. The date for the exercises might be on May day and the time after chapel might be given as a holiday."
Professor A. J. Boynton, in speaking of the student's day, said, "I am most enthusiastic about it. It would be good for the students and for the University. A high standard should be set for the speakers. Natural leaders should be brought out—men who would truly represent their schools. A speaker ought to be selected for his general ability, his popularity, and his leadership. Thus in a short time the position of a student day speaker would be a coveted one."
A Communication.
Every voter in the University who has the interests of the country at heart should immediately communicate with his representative in Washington and express his opinions in regard to the re-election of Speaker Cannon and the changing of the rules in the House. As Alfred Henry Lewis has said, "There isn't one of our statesmen but will pay more attention to a letter than to the voices of many men." So get busy men and let your own representative and perhaps all eight Kansas representatives know how you stand. It is important that you act immediately as the question will come up March 15th. The writer has addressed a letter to each Kansas representative asking that Speaker Cannon be deposed and that the rules of the House be modified. The representatives are: D. D. Anthony, jr., Leavenworth; C. F. Scott, Iola; P. P. Campbell, Pittsburg; James M. Miller, Council Grove; W. A. Calderhead, Marysville; Wm. A. Reeder, Logan; Edmund H. Madison, Dodge City; Victor Murdock, Wichita.
A UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR.
FIRST TRACK MEET HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday night of this week the Jayhawker track team will meet the Baker team in Robinson Gymnasium. It is early in the season and neither team is at its best. The meet promises to be an exciting one since it is the first one between these two schools for several years.
The last preliminary tryout was held at Robinson Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. The results were satisfactory and things look good for a walk away with the Methodists.
Thompson broke his former tryout record in the two mile by making it in eleven minutes twenty-four seconds. Park took second place. The quarter mile was won by Perril in fifty seven seconds. In the high jump Smith and Reynolds made five feet six, and Wood put the shot thirty-six feet three inches.
The Baker team has been holding its final tryouts during the past week but the results do not compare with those of Kansas. With the dope in favor of Kansas and the meet to be held here, Coach Hagerman is confident of coming out with a victorious team.
Debating Teams Chosen.
The faculty committee consisting of Professors, A. J. Boynton, W. H. Carruth and C. H. Gray, has decided who shall represent Kansas in the debates with Missouri and Colorado. M.O. Locke and L.E. Overman will go to Columbia. P.C. Carson, J.W.Harbeson and Ralph Hemenway will debate in Lawrence with the team from Colorado.
Band Concert Tomorrow Night.
Tomorrow night in Robinson gymnasium the University band will give its annual concert under the direction of John C. McCanless. The band has been faithful in its attendance at athletic contests this year and deserves the support of the student body.
Thespian Rehersal.
The Thespians began rehearsals for their spring play, "As You Like It,' Saturday evening under the direction of Miss Georgia Brown of Kansas City. Keith Clevenger resigned as manager of the Club and Thomas A. Lee was chosen to take his place.
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Bonhag, of the Irish-American Athletic Club of New York City, lowered the five-mile record to 24:18 1-5 last week.
Senior Party
Fraternal Aid Hall
March 12
Shanty's Orchestra
Admission 75 Cents