The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APRIL 13, 1909
WON ONE;
LOST THREE
KANSAS BROKE EVEN WITH AGGIES THOUGH.
Too Early in Season for Team to Play Well—Gibbs Does Star Work.
Today the baseball team came home from its first trip of the season with three defeats and one victory to its credit. The trip took in games with Topeka league team, with Manhattan and with the Lindsborg Swedes. Games were dropped to each team but the Jayhawkers took one game in turn from the Aggies, and by breaking even with the terrible Farmers retrieved their other defeats.
The Aggie's team has been practicing at the pastime game for some time past and has collected and trained a great team. It looked as though Kansas was scheduled to let the Manhattan nine annex a couple straight and in fact the first game was lost by the score of 9 to 4. But the next day that sterling young slabster, Harlan, was pitted against the enemy and took the contest 5 to 4.
The Jayhawkers played fair games while on the trip and their team work, considering the earliness of the season, was fair. The pitchers did not work in the best shape and the men did not have their batting eyes with them. Gibbs and Carlson did the best batting for the squad and Gibbs was the star of the trip.
Against Bethany yesterday Kansas lost by the score of 1 to 0. The game was close and exciting all the way and Heizer for Kansas pitched a good game. The Lindsborg players won through ability to bunch their hits and take advantage of errors.
The game with Topeka on last Friday was lost by the score of 7 to 2. The Leaguers were too much for the Kansans.
ASKED TO SPEAK IN LONDON.
Prof. Duncan is Asked to Speak on "Industrial Fellowships."
The London section of the Society of Chemical Industry has invited Prof. R. K. Duncan to deliver an address May 7 on "Industrial Fellowships." The invitation comes as a high honor, for the London section ranks as the most eminent society of technologists in the world.
Acting Managing Editor.
During the illness of Edgar Markham, Ralph Spotts of The Kansan board will act as managing editor.
THIS DOG LICKS STAMPS.
C. C. Young Has No Mucilage Taste in His Mouth.
NUMBER 76
Last week a gentleman from one of the more remote sections of the state was "seeing the sights" at the University. While he was going through the chemistry building, his attention was attracted by an unusual sight in one of the laboratories. On one of the tables was a long row of empty bottles and a high stack of labels. And perched upon the table was a fine specimen of a bull pup, calmly engaged in licking the labels, one after the other, while a young man, standing nearby, was pasting them on the bottles.
"Smart dog," said the visitor. Ye'd think them labels'd stick to his tongue."
"No," explained the young fellow with the rubber apron; "You see, the animal substance in the gelatin stimulates the action of his salivary glands, which naturally secrete the fluid that moistens the backs of the labels. Hence, no adhesion." "Well, I guess ye've edycated him all right," the gentleman returned as he walked off.
The dog is the property of Mr. C. C. Young, who has charge of the water analysis in the chemistry building. He says the dog learned the trick back in the chemical laboratories of Lehigh University, where he used to be stationed.
$300 IN CHEMISTRY PRIZES.
The American Optical Co. and W.R.Nelson Are the Donors.
A prize of $100 has been offered by the American Optical Company, through the Industrial Chemistry department, to any student in the University who discovers a method of putting permanent numberings and markings on optical lenses. W. R. Nelson of the Kansas City Star has given Prof. R. K. Duncan $200 to be given in prizes to the most deserving undergraduate students in Industrial Chemistry. Prof. Duncan has divided this amount into four paizes of $50 each. He has added one of these fifty dollar prizes to the $100 offered by the American Optical Company. This will give the winner of the contest $150. Students having industrial fellowships can not try for the prize.
Carruth at Canfield Memorial.
Dr. Carruth has been invited to speak during the memorial services to be held at Nebraska University on April 23 for the late Dr. Canfield.
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Margaret Hamilton, of Baker University, spent Sunday with Ruby Hosford, a senior in the college.
QUESTION OF DORMITORIES
RECENT ELECTION SHOWED ATTITUDE OF LAWRENCE.
Slogan of "No Dormitories" Was Popular—Town Likes to Exploit Student Body.
A new and interesting light was thrown on the question of the high prices which the students have to pay for board and rooms in Lawrence by the recent city election. One of the issues on which the victorious candidate for mayor was elected was his opposition to the building of a dormitory for the girls of the University. The two newspaperswhich supported him came out and stated plainly that the building of a dormitory meant less money for the townspeople, and urged everybody to pull together to insure a state of affairs that would enable them to get the maximum amount of money out of the student body.
The outcome of the election would seem to show that if the University expects to get a dormitory, an appeal will have to be made to the state at large, as the Douglas county statesmen who usually undertake to further the University's interests in the Legislature can not be counted on to help get a dormitory.
That the policy of the townspeople is foolish and shortsighted becomes evident when it is reflected that the presence of a dormitory at the University which would accommodate seventy-five girls would doutless increase the attendance of girls 200, and 125 of them would necessarily be left to the tender mercies of Lawrence boarding house keepers.
It has always been a puzzle why living expenses are higher at the University than in any other college town in Kansas. The people of the town have always claimed that there was a sound economic reason for it, but the recent election indicates that the phenomenon may have another explanation. A dormitory or commons would have the effect of fixing a standard of rates which boarding house keepers might not like to meet.
The county clubs of the University should take up the matter of dormitories and impress upon the state at large the attitude which the town has taken toward the University.
Lectured on Liquid Air.
During the Easter vacation, Professor H. P. Cady lectured at Pawnee Rock and Great Bend upon "Liquid Air." He spent Sunday with his mother at Council Grove.
CHANGES IN FELLOWSHIPS.
Ralph Shuey Will Continue his Work on Diastase in Europe.
Some important changes have been made in the fellowships now held in the department of Industrial Chemistry.
The Alden B. Spear fellowship, which was established for the purpose of discovering new and improved methods in the laundry industry, has been extended by its donors for a period of three months at double the initial value. At the end of that time Fred Faragher, who now holds the fellowship, will have the privilege either of going into the corporation or of continuing his work for another year at the increased value.
The Parke, Davis Company intends to lengthen the time of its fellowship to a third year. Ralph Shuey, who is working under this fellowship, will leave in a short time for Europe where he will continue his investigations of diastase.
A CO-OPERATIVE CLUB.
Chemists Try an Experiment During Vacation.
Under the high-sounding title of the "Commensals Chimiques" nine of the members of the Chemistry department formed themselves into a co-operative boarding establishment for last Friday and Saturday of the Easter vacation. Miss Florence Hedger was chef for the occasion. Paul Faragher acted as secretary, his duties consisting in putting the menu on the black board. Henry Kohman was chief bread and potato baker. The treasurer was Paul Parmlee. The other officers were Ward H. Cook, official dish-washer; Frank Rupert, towel artist; Ralph Shuey, fryer; Fred Faragher, Monk; and Clarence Nash, ice man.
The menu was extensive and the cooking was a pronounced success' They enjoyed everything from hot griddle cakes and maple syrup to ice cream and home made doughnuts. The food was served in evaporating dishes, beakers and test tubes to give it the proper chemical flavor.
The most interesting feature was the economy of the undertaking. It cost each co-operator only eighty-two cents for his six meals.
The finale of the whole affair was a sumptuous poached egg contest. There were seven entries, but the thirty-six eggs gave out before a real victory could be declared. The winner withholds his name through modesty.
Helen Hurley of Emporia College was the guest of Nellie Burnham during the Easter holidays.