The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APRIL 1, 1909
DEAN RESIGNS
NUMBER 72
PROF. TEMPLIN STEPS OUT TO AID REORGANIZATION.
Added Powers Make New Office of the College Deanship—Heads Select Professor Templin.
The important changes which have been made were the result of the rapid growth of the College. It became necessary that the Dean should have more responsibility, especially in regard to the appointment of teachers below the rank of full professor, and the promotion of teachers to whatever rank, and also in regard to the recommendation of new courses, and the elimination and correlation of courses of study in general.
In the past few days the administration of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the University has undergone radical reorganization. The principal change is in the enlargement of the powers and responsibilities of the Dean. Before the reorganization was undertaken, Dean Templin handed his resignation as Dean to the Chancellor and it was accepted. After the reorganization had been effected, the meeting of heads of departments in the College, without a dissenting vote, recommended the election of Professor Templin to the new office of Dean. The Chancellor will accordingly make this recommendation to the Board of Regents.
The Dean of the College has heretofore had restricted powers and has been mainly an executive officer with no responsibility except that of carrying out the details involved in the administration of the rules of the faculty. Dean Templin had been in office six years, having been appointed when the office carried only this restricted authority.
When radical changes in respect to the Dean's authority became necessary, Professor Templin felt that in justice to himself and his colleagues he should ask that his resignation be accepted in order that the reorganization might be made without reference to any particular person and in order that the administration should be entirely unhampered in the choice of a Dean for the more responsible position being created.
This plan commended itself to the administration of the University. A meeting of the heads of departments in the College was called yesterday afternoon. After a lengthy session involving a full and candid discussion of the problems involved, a written ballot was taken and it was decided without dissent that Professor Templin should be recommended for the new office of Dean.
Easter Vacation Announced.
The following announcement was given out from the Chancellor's office this morning:
"On the recommendation of the University Council, the Board of Regents adopted the following rule: 'The Spring vacation shall be the Friday before and the Monday after Easter of each year.' "
Reporters For This Issue.
The members of the Sophomore Journalism class who composed the reportorial staff for this issue of the Kansan are: Fred Cooper, Leslie Cahill, Louis La Coss, J. S. Wenger, Harry Elliott, Louis Breyfogle, Fred Pettit, Neal Wright, O. D. Keilman, Miss Bertha Sellards and Miss Marjorie Bodle.
"AS YOU LIKE IT"
THESPIANS TO GIVE SHAKES-PERE'S POPULAR COMEDY.
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Cast of Fifteen Has Been Under Direction of Miss Georgia Brown Many Special Features.
Tomorrow evening the Thespians present "As You Like It." This is the third production of the club. The cast has been under the direction of Miss Georgia Brown, of Kansas City, for the past three weeks.
Among the many special features will be the singing of "Nut Brown Ale" and "Under the Greenwood Tree." Roy Burdick will be the stellar performer in the wrestling bout. A feature of the last act will be a dance.
In addition to the fifteen members of the cast there will be a chorus of lords and ladies.
REGENTS MEET
The new board of regents met for the first time today in regular session. L. S. Cambern, of Erie, and C. F. Foley, of Lyons, replace A.C. Mitchell, of Lawrence and T.M.Porter, of Peabody.
Scott Hopkins, of Horton was elected vice-president and W.Y. Morgan, of Hutchinson, secretary.
GAY MAY FETE
ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS
NOW BEING MADE.
Event to Include Morris, Gypsy and Other Dances and English Dramatic Scenes.
For some years there has been a steadily increasing desire among the faculty and students of the University of Kansas to institute organizations and functions which should embrace the interests of the entire student body and increase genuine University spirit. It was felt by many who witnessed the experimental May Fete on the campus last Spring that such a celebration might profitably be continued, not only for its unique features, its dignity and its beauty, but as a delightful outdoor event in the social calendar of the University.
It is of course impossible for each student to take an active part in the celebration each year, but an earnest effort is being made this Spring to make the affair as representative as possible. The four classes will be represented, as well as the clubs and fraternities, and many meetings are being held to arrange for the event.
The pageant will be more elaborate this Spring, and the committee is fortunate in the possession of valuable material collected by Professors Bryant and Boynton in England last year, illustrating the gorgeous Chelsea and Oxford pageants.
In addition to the best features of last year, there will be presented the quaint old Morris dances, gypsy dances, and others of equal historic interest. Scenes from old English plays will be given in Marvin Grove, and wandering minstrels will sing ballads and May-Day songs before an old English audience of nobility and rustics. It is the hope of those interested in this event that this picturesque celebration of MayDay—the only one of the kind in the West—may add distinction to student life, and that in the near future it may become a gala day, on which in addition to the student celebration, such companies as the Ben Greet players and the Robertsonians may come to this University, as they are now going to other colleges and universities, and give some of their out-door performances in Marvin Grove.
REVOLT, IN CLASS.
My soul is starving for the open sea Where all the white-topped breakers foam and flee; I hate these studies, narrowed and confined By dusty dialectics of the mind. My soul is beating out to open sea Where all the white-topped breakars foam and flee; I feel a wind,-and straightway cease to care For all these sweet co-eds, though passing fair. These loud-dressed boys who sprawl, bright-hosed, in class, Pass from my view like breath-mist from the glass... And the old Viking call comes over me. And my soul hungers for the open sea!
Orchestra Concert Tonight.
Harry H. Kemp.
The K. U. Orchestra of twenty-six players with Dean Skilton as director will give their annual concert this evening. The program is especially strong and promises to be interesting and well executed.
As special numbers Miss Phipps will play two selections with stringed orchestra accompaniment. Miss Gertrude Russ will sing Berceuse from "Jocelyn," the words of which were composed by Professor Carruth. "The Old Folks at Home," written for the stringed orchestra by Carl Busch of Kansas City, will be another feature. Probably the "hit" of the evening will be the "College Song Overture," which embodies many of the college songs of this and other universities.
VAN EEDEN HERE
"HAPPY HUMANITY" THIS AFTERNOON'S SUBJECT.
Will Speak in Chapel Tomorrow and at Vesper Sunday.
Dr. Frederick Van Eeden, who will lecture at the University for one week beginning today, is not only a dreamer but a pronounced practical reformer. He was born in Harlem, Holland in 1860 and in 1883 was graduated from the University of Amsterdam. In his early twenties he became recognized as a leader in the revolution of Dutch literature and from that time until the present he has continued to add fame to his name. He is a poet, novelist, dramatist and practical sociologist and has been ranked with such men as Maeterlinck and Tolstoi.
About twenty years ago he founded a clinic of hypnotism for the cure of disease at Amsterdam. It was the first of its kind in Holland and the third in the world. A short time later he turned from the study of science in the laboratory to the practical reforming of society through communism. He has since founded two communistic colonies in Holland and while they have not always been prosperous they still exist.
Dr. Van Eeden's purpose in coming to America is to start a movement in this country for communism. This afternoon he spoke in the Chapel at four thirty on the subject, "Happy Humanity." His subjects for the rest of his stay are, "The Mission of the Poet,""Treating Diseases by Mental Suggestion," and two lectures on "Dutch Literature." He will also speak at Chapel exercises to-morrow morning and at Vesper services Sunday on the subject of "Religion and Business."