The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APRIL 27, 1909
NUMBER 82
PROM PLANS COMPLETED
GET YOUR TICKET AT ONCE OR NOT AT ALL.
Several New Features in Farce. Be Careful About Advance Programs.
The Junior Prom. is now only two days off and arrangements are perfected for the mammoth social function. The prom. is proving such a success this year that the management fears that the plans will have to be enlarged at the last minute to accommodate the numerous guests. In order that all who wish to attend the function may be well provided for, the committees have decided that all fees and dates must be in by Wednesday night.
Those who have paid their fees and received receipts or certificates must exchange their papers for a ticket. Tickets alone will entitle an admission and the tickets are obtainable from Ed Banker, class treasurer, alone. The night of the prom, not even the cold cash will buy an admission. Tomorrow morning at chapel time and tomorrow evening from 3:30 until 4:00 persons wishing to pay their fees may do so at the check stand. Isabel Barton; Fern Cramer, Martha Stough, Spotts, Markham, Baumgartner, Pohlman, Harman and Banker make up the finance committee and any one of them will accept fees.
The caste for the farce is practicing nightly and several new stunts are to be sprung during the play. Those who know declare that the between act specialty this year will be one of the keenest stunts ever pulled off at the University and the farce is said to bristle with jokes on prominent University people.
DR. LAFLAMME
Several people are making out their programs for the prom. Carl Eddy, one of the managers, this morning said: "Some of the people who are making out their dance programs ahead of time are going to get into serious complications. Every couple will have to go to supper at the time their program calls for and sergeants will enforce this rule strictly. Those who are not at supper between the dances their program states will not get any supper.
SPOKE OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN INDIA
Entertained by Y. M. C. A.-Gave Special Talks During His Three Days Stay.
Dr. H. F. LaFlamme, International Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement,went to Topeka Tuesday after spending three days at the University during which he spoke several times to small groups of students. At the reception in Myers Hall on Saturday evening he spoke informally of the wrongs of women in India. On Sunday afternoon he spoke to the men on the great immorality of the Hindoo religion. At a later hour he discussed methods of missionary activity with the missionary committees of the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A. He also spoke at the Christian church Sunday morning and at the young people's meeting at the Presbyterian church in the evening.
Besides speaking to a class of Medics on Monday, Dr. La Flamme spoke in the chapel at 4:30 on "Social Conditions of India." In speaking of the British administration of India he said that it is the best on earth in efficiency; it might be criticized for some things but on the whole gives many positive indications of its great value to the natives. In speaking of their great poverty Dr. La Flamme said that it was caused in the last analysis by a lack of character which could only be overcome by the religion of Christ. He spoke of the indiscribably unsanitary condition of Indian villages with the natural result of fearful ravages of loathesome diseases and an appalling death rate. The great illiteracy of the people may be inferred from the fact that four fifths of the villages have no schools. The moral condition of the people must necessarily be very low from the thoroughly immoral characteristics which they ascribe to their gods.
For Girls Rules.
The girls appointed from the various classes met Monday afternoon and appointed Nadia Thomas, Martha Stough, Maybeth Parker, Lucy Wright, and Kate Hart to confer with a committee from the faculty which will be announced by the Chancellor at some future date.
FELLOWSHIP FROM STUBBS
GIVES 1000 DOLLARS FOR RESEARCH WORK.
Chemist Will Not be Selected Until More Money is Raised—May
Help Grenfell's Cause.
One thousand dollars from the Governor of Kansas is the latest measure of his interest in the University. Yesterday Gov. W. R. Stubbs sent a check for Professor Robert Kennedy Duncan to use in industrial chemistry work. A biological-chemical fellowship to be known as the "Walter Roscoe Stubbs Fellowship" is to be established for two years for the purpose of investigating the ductless glands of diving organisms, especially the whales of the Labrador coast.
The visit of Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell to the University started this idea with Professor Duncan. Dr. Grenfell has entered into the plans, and will assist the chemist here by getting suparenal and thyroid glands out of the whales caught in the Labrador waters and sending them to the University of Kansas.
Any discovery of an industrial nature under this fellowship will go to the benefit of Dr. Grenfell's work among the deep sea fishermen. The benefaction, however, has nothing whatever to do with the Grenfell Association and is merely a personal gift to Professor Duncan by the Governor.
In order to obtain the services of a man fitted for research work of this order, the fellowship should yield $1500 a year. Consequently the money will be held in charge by the University until it has increased, or until more is added to enlarge the present benefaction to the desired amount.
Hanna Is Married.
Word has been received that Dallas Hanna, a senior in the college, has been married in Austin, Texas to Miss Elizabeth Farquhar of that city. Hanna is connected with the zoological department of the University and became acquainted with his bride on his zoological trip to the Gulf last summer.
Louise Leonard, a senior in the college has been spending a few days in Kansas City.
HIGH SCHOOLS
WILL HOLD TRACK MEET ON McCOOK SATURDAY.
150 Entries, a Dozen Loving Cups and More Than Fifty Medals to be Awarded.
The annual interscholastic track and field meet will be held on McCook field, Saturday afternoon. This year promises to be even more successful than ever as the popularity of this state meet is growing steadily. The teams will be divided, as usual, into four classes: A1, A2, B and C. The high schools are divided this way in order to place the smaller schools in a line for winning places.
Manager Lansdon has announced that at least thirty teams will compete. From these teams 150 men will be entered. Fourteen track and field events will compose the days' program. A silver loving cup will be given to each man who breaks a record.
In the meet the following prizes will be awarded: Eighteen gold medals for first places, eighteen silver medals for second places, eighteen bronze medals for third places. Four silver loving cups will be given for relay races, four for teams scoring the highest number of points in each of the four classes, and four to the individual competitors scoring the highest number of points in each of the four classes.
COSTON WILL SPEAK.
Will Tell of Alaskan Country on May 4.
Mr. Coston, father of Fred Coston who graduated from the University last year, is spending some time here. Mr. Coston, formerly of Ft. Scott, has lived in Nome, Alaska for the past seven years. He went to Washington last fall on official business and is waiting for the summer boats to start for Alaska. Mr. Coston said, "We live quite as comfortably as we did in the states although not as luxuriously. For example we don't eat many eggs in the winter for they cost $3.00 a dozen."
Mr. Coston has consented to talk to the students of the University about the northern country on May 4 in chapel at 4:30.
Don't Forget you absolutely WILL NOT be admitted to the Junior Prom. without
a ticket. Therefore to save being placed in an embarrassing position. see Ed Banker at once in regard to exchanging your Receipts and Certificates at Check Stand at Chapel time and at 3:30.