The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MARCH 13, 1909
NUMBER 64
KANSAS 66 BAKER 19
HAGERMAN'S PROTEGES WON IN A WALK.
Jayhawkers took 9 Firsts and 7 Seconds—Preachers Strong in Field Events.
Kansas won the track meet last night in Robinson Gymnasium from Baker by a score of 66 to 19. The score tells the story. The Preachers were simply outclassed. They couldn't stand the pace set by the speedy Jayhawkers. Six or seven hundred people saw the contest.
Baker did not get a point until the fourth event when Cunningham took second place. Fairchild of Kansas, stumbled on the last lap and failed to place. Martindell won the race easily.
Kansas was strong in the running events, winning all of the firsts and all but three of the seconds, of the eight races. In the field events Baker won the high jump and the pole vault, but the Jayhawker shot putters outdistanced the visitor by more than a foot. Kansas took the relay race in a walk.
35 yard dash: Haddock, Kansas,
first; Newbold, Kansas, second;
time 4 2-5.
The results follow:
One mile run: Clark, Kansas, first; Badger, Kansas, second; time 5.2.
35 yard high hurdles: Johnson, Kansas, first; Hamilton, Kansas, second; time 5-4.5.
Quarter mile: Martindell, Kansas; first; Cunningham, Baker, second; time 61.
Half mile; Bergen, Kansas; first;
Best, Baker; second; time 2:13.
35 yard low hurdles: Newbold, Kansas, first; Dunstan, Baker, second; time 4 2-5.
Pole vault: Wilgus, Baker, first;
Wenger, Kansas, second; height 9.8.
Two mile run; Thompson, Kansas, first; Leslie, Kansas, second; time 12.3.
High jump: Beck, Baker, first; Reynolds, Kansas, second; height 5.5.
Shot put: Stephenson, Kansas, first; Wood, kansas, second; distance 37-10.
Relay; Haddock, Newbold, Fairchild, Badger, Kansas.
Officials: Starter, Masker, K. C.
A. C.; Clerk of Courses, Reilly,
K. C. A. C.
NEW MISSOURI COACH
Coach Monilaw has been let out as football coach at Missouri. Coach Roper of Princeton, an old eastern star, has been secured to train the gridiron stars at Columbia next year. Dr. Monilaw will remain as track and baseball coach.
Phike IV, the Phi Delt English bull dog, won the second prize in the Topeka Kennel show this week. The dog is nine months old and was given to the chapter by Mrs. Cross of Emporia.
Phike Took Second.
BIBLE INSTITUTE BEGINS MONDAY
Next week, beginning Monday, the fourth annual Bible Institute of the University will be held March 15 to March 21 inclusive. This year the committee has been fortunate in securing two of the most prominent religious leaders of the country, Professor Hugh Black, the famous preacher and author, and Dr. Frank K. Sanders, the well-known Bible scholar.
Professor Black, who was formerly pastor of the Scottish Free church in Edinburgh, is at present professor of practical theology in the Union Theological Seminary of New York City. Half of each year he devotes himself to teaching, and the rest of the time he responds to calls for lectures from the large universities of the country. He has made strong appeals to the students of Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Michigan and other schools in the East.
Dr. Sanders conducted the Bible Institute here three years ago, and is well known on the hill. For some years he was dean of the Yale Divinity School. Dr. Sanders is well known as an author and editor on scientific study of the Bible. His lectures this year will begin a series of courses that will continue as a part of the Bible Institute for some years to come.
Arrangements are being made for several conferences, so that the students may meet Professor Black and Dr. Sanders.
BISHOP LILLIS SPOKE IN CHAPEL
Religion in its largest meaning and including the individual's duty to his Creator was the subject of the vigorous address given in chapel Friday morning by the Right Reverend Bishop T. F. Lillis of Leavenworth. He enumerated several of the demands which society makes of its members. To meet these demands some controlling motive is required by every man. The desire for the esteem of fellow men or even devotion to duty, said Bishop Lillis, are often not sufficient for all occasions. Nor is education in itself an adequate motive to cause man to meet the demands of society. Religious principles alone will furnish the necessary universal motive.
Bishop Lillis sees in the history of the nation and in present day conditions many evidences of the power of religion in the United States. On the other hand he sees many forces attacking the religious ideas of the people. Among these is the attitude of legislators and society in general toward the granting of divorces.
TEACHERS MEET NEXT WEEK
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
Special Sessions for Instructors in all Lines—Dr. Hugh Black Will Speak.
The sixth annual conference of Kansas High Schools and Academies accredited by the University will be held next Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, at the University. The first session will open at 10 o'clock Friday morning when the visiting instructors will unite with the students in listening to an address in the chapel by Dr. Hugh Black of Union Theological Seminary of New York. The remainder of the morning will be occupied by a general conference during which there will be an address by Chancellor Strong and by Hon. E. T. Fairchild, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, on the subject, "School Administration."
Dr. Black, who will be at the University the entire week in connection with the Bible Institute, will deliver two other addresses during the conference. His lecture on "Culture and Control" at 1:30 Saturday afternoon is offered especially for the visiting teachers.
The Friday afternoon and Saturday morning sessions will be devoted to the presentation of papers and informal discussions on the various practicable problems which confront the high schools and academies of the state. Prof. C. G. Dunlap will be chairman of the English section which convenes at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Prof. E. M. Hopkins will speak. At the same hour Prof. W. H. Carruth will preside at the meeting of the German section at which he will give an illustrated lecture on "The Tell Country."
Prof. F. H. Hodder and Prof. Eugenie Galloo will preside respectively at the American History and Civics section and the Romance Language section on Saturday morning. E. A. White of Kansas City, Kansas, will be chairman of the chemistry section. The program for the general conference on Friday evening will contain much of interest to the visiting educators. Principal Gilbert B. Morrison, of St. Louis, a well known authority on secondary education, will deliver an address on "Relation of Manual Arts to a Liberal Education." Prof. D. M. Bowen, of Ft. Scott, will apply the problem directly to the situation in Kansas by presenting the report of a committee o
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MORE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE FACULTY
The question as to whether the students' day shall be made a reality or not, is being discussed by the students as well as the faculty.
In speaking of the students' day "Uncle Jimmy" Green said, "It would be a mighty good thing, if properly carried out. But there is the danger of too much criticism by the speakers. An injudicious use of invective, personal abuse and criticism might be productive of more harm than good. Criticism given conscientiously would be beneficial—for it would be given from the viewpoint of the students. Much would depend upon the kind of speakers as to the success of the enterprise."
Dean Green thinks the best way for the students to get their day is to act through the various classes. The presidents could send a petition to the Chancellor asking for the students' day. This would give the movement official sanction. Professor J. E. Boodin is another great enthusiats for the students' day exercises. "I greatly approve of it," he said, "and would be glad to cooperate in the work."
Professor Boodin was chairman of the chapel committee when the last students' day was held a few years ago. He said they had every reason to be satisfied with the exercises. He suggested that each school elect its own representative who shall speak on the work it is doing. Then several men might be chosen from the University at large to speak on any theme they might choose.
The Hiawatha News.
Copies of the first issue of the Hiawatha News have been received at the Kansan office. This paper is being edited by Wallace F. Hovey, who last year was graduated from the college. He was also managing editor of The Kansan when Roy Roberts was editor. The News is a five-column, twelvepage paper. It has many more departments than the ordinary weekly. It is one of the few country weekly papers that devotes the front page to big news stories.
WILL BE A NATIONAL.
Lambda Epsilon, the local legal honorary fraternity organized some time ago received an acceptance to its petition to Phi Alpha Delta today. Phi Alpha Delta is a national honorary fraternity of good standing and has been installed at several neighboring law schools this year.
Clifford Leonard, '08, is visiting at the Phi Delt house.