The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 8, 1909
VOLUME V.
NUMBER 87
FIRST COUNCIL WAS ELECTED
A GOOD VOTE CAST FOR MEN LAST THURSDAY.
Lack of Competition Held Down Voting.—Good Men Chosen for Places.
STUDENT COUNCIL.
STUDENT COUNCIL.
Dan Nevinger—President.
Ed Baumgartener-Vice Pres
Geo. Neal—Secretary.
ENGINEERING COUNCILMEN.
Fred Hesser.
Herbert Ellis.
Horace Hollingsworth.
Vernon Foster.
Roy Speer.
COLLEGE COTNCILMEN
Ed Cooley.
Roy Dietrich.
John Harbeson.
Earl Woodward.
MEDIC COUNCILMAN. V.W.McCarty.
At the student council election last Friday over half of the men in the college, engineering school and medical school voted. In all four hundred and fifty ballots were cast.
The vote for the different men was as follows: Don Nevinger for president, 388; Ed Baumgartner for vice president, 398; George Neal for secretary, 396; in the engineering school, Fred Hesser 161, Horace Hollingsworth 150, Roy Spear 150, Herbert Ellis 144, Vernon Foster 144; Edmund Rhodes 130 and J. W. Banker 89; in the college Earl Woodward 165, Roy Dietrich 143, Ed Cooley 144, John Harbeson 118, Tom Lee 106, Leo Bozell 98, J. W. French 59; in the medical school V. W. McCarty had no opposition and received 12 votes. Clark Wallace the original freshman nominee on the college ticket was declared ineligible at the last minute and the freshmen had no name on the ticket. French, the high jumper, received 59 votes however and probably would have been elected had his name been on the ballot.
Miss Loleta McCune and Miss May Whitaker of Leavenworth were the guests of George McCune for the Music Festival and May Fete.
Wayne Long is in Topeka to visit over Sunday with Washburn friends.
Lewis Sawyer will visit with friends in Topeka over Sunday.
Miss Bertha McPhillimy, of Effingham, is visiting friends at the University.
TESTED PLANT
STUDENTS AND FACULTY TRY OUT NEW POWER HOUSE.
Many Received Shocks—Results Will Be Announced Next Week.
The faculty and many students of the engineering school have been testing the machinery and apparatus in the new power plant. A twenty-four hour run with the students doing all the work in alternate eight hour squads was the test given the machinery. It is a rare opportunity for students to be on hand at the testing of a large plant and the engineers were anxious to get the experience. They stoked the coal, oiled the machinery and kept account of the testing done.
The testing was completed this morning at 8:20 o'clock. It is not known whether the test was successful or not as a large amount of calculation must be made before definite results can be ascertained.
The machinery tested was the two large boilers, a crosscompound engine, directly connected with a direct generator of 150 K. W. capacity, a turbogenerator of 100 K. W. capacity and a motor generator set. The electricity for power purposes will be taken from the direct current and for lights from the alternating current.
FESTIVAL WAS GREAT SUCCESS
ORCHESTRA WAS THE BEST EVER HEARD HERE.
A third boiler to be taken from the present power house will be installed later in the year. The service and fire pumps will also be transferred to the new building this summer. By next fall the plant will be ready for use. It is said that this is the most mod-
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Three Concerts Were Received With Great Enthusiasm—Festival a Financial Success.
The sixth annual May Music Festival came to an end last night with the second concert of the Minneapolis symphony orchestra given before a large and appreciative audience. The enthusiasm of the audience at each of the concerts marks this year's festival as the most successful and pleasing that has ever been given.
In Thursday evening's concert by Arthur Hartmann, violinist, and Alfred Calzin, pianist, two of the ablest artists who have ever appeared in Lawrence, were heard. Mr. Hartmann played his transcription of MacDowell's "To a Wild Rose" and closed the program with a composition of his own, "In the South," a symphonic rhapsody based on southern airs. Mr. Calzin's playing was very favorably received.
The Minneapolis orchestra proved a delightful surprise to the audiences at the concerts yesterday afternoon and last night, as it is easily the best trained aggregation of musicians that has ever appeared in Lawrence. Mr. Emil Oberhoffer, the conductor, has an ideal presence for such work and his control over his players players was something wonderful. The spontaneity with which they responded to his slightest movement was rare
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A WET MAY DAY
PART OF FETE GIVEN IN THE ROBINSON GYMNASIUM
Several Novel Features—Nola Ayres the Queen and Archie Naramore King of the May.
The rainy weather this afternoon partly spoiled what promised to be a successful and well attended May Fete. The Y.W. C.A.girls and different University organizations had planned many novel features a number of which the inclement weather prevented. Miss Nola Ayres was the Queen of the May and Archie Naramore was the May King.
Three large May poles were placed on the campus but could not be used there on account of the rain. One was moved to Robinson Gymnasium where it was set upon the stage and there practically all of the Fete was given. The booths at which popcorn, candy, peanuts, pies and other May Day commodities were sold were also moved to the Gym and took their places on the first floor, where they did a flourishing business after the Fete.
The program started with the pageant, which marched around the outer aisles of the gymnasium auditorium. It was led by a Jester and four Heralds. Then came the Lord and Lady of the May and Attendants, May Pole girls,Morris Dancers, Milk Maids, Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh, "Pyramus and Thysbe" players, Chimney Sweeps, "As You Like It" players, "Mother Goose" players, "Robin Hood" players, Shepherds and Shepherdesses and Wandering Minstrels.
The University band in white
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KANSAS UNIVERSITY'S TIDDLEDYWINK TEAM (THESEMEN ALSO WEAR THE " PROBABLE WINNERS OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE TIDDLEDYWINK TOURNAMENT.
IZMIENA! Senior Play, May 20 & 21
Bowersock Opera House