THE KANSAN
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1910
COMING EVENTS
April 29. Junior Prom.
April 28, German Play.
April 29, Junior Prom.
April 30, K. C. A. C. Track Meet.
April 30, Missouri-Kansas debate.
May 5, Student Council Election.
May 7, High School Meet.
May 13, Sophomore Prom.
May 13, Girls' Gala Day.
May 14, Nebraska Track Meet.
May 21, Missouri Track Meet.
May 19-20, Senior Play.
May 28, Missouri Valley Meet.
A number of good men, who should be members of the Student Council, have not appeared as candidates. It is said that factional alignments have kept them out of the running. If it happens, that two men who are good Student Council material belong to the same organization, only one of them can be a candidate—because, it is said, representation or the Council must be passed around That is a most mistaken idea. If the students of the University pay attention only to preserving the "balance of power" between university factions in the membership of the Council to be chosen at the next election, it will spell ruin for the usefulness of that body. The next year will be a critical one for the student council idea at the University. It is important that candidates be selected for merit alone, and without regard for whatever affiliations they may have. There is only one issue and that is the issue of getting a Council with sense and energy enough to make itself really useful to the student body
With the change of a single word, every Jayhawker can most heartily commend the following editorial from the University Missourian: "There is only one way to make the last game of football in Kansas City a great success. This last game should be Tiger victory."
Tomorrow night the seniors and members of the faculty will be the guests of the junior class at the greatest social occasion of the year, the Prom. The Prom this year will be notable through having as a guest Ambasador Bryee. To honor the represente
tive of a great nation and the man who has performed a great literary service for America is a privilege of which the class of 1911 may well be proud. It will make tomorrow night's gathering unique among junior Proms.
Company "A" of the Kansas National Guard will be a valuable addition to the activities of the University. It is to be hoped that the organization of the company can be completed this week The training which will be imparted will be of value to the members of the Guard and will make them more useful to the state than they could otherwise be.
PRIZE FOR ESSAY.
$2,000 Contest Open to University Students.
An opportunity to compete for economic prizes amounting to two thousand dollars has again been given to the students of the University of Kansa- The invitation comes from Professor J. Laurence Laughlin of the University of Chicago, who is chairman of the committee on the contests.
The subjects of the essays cover such topics as:
The value of protectionism to American workingmen;
The economic reasons for or against building a deep waterway from the Lakes to the Gulf;
The valuation of railways;
The effect of modern immigration in the United States;
The value of organized speculation ;
The History of the rate of interest in the United States.
The prizes are to be divided as follows:
Class "A," first prize $1,000 second prize $500.
Class "B," first prize, $300 second prize, $200.
Class B includes only those, who it the time the papers are sent in re undergraduates of any American college; Class A includes my other Americans without restriction.' A contestant in class B is eligible to a prize in Class A
THE WOMEN'S ELECTION.
Will Be Held Thursday, May 5 Rules for Candidates.
The election of officers of the Women's Student Government association will be held Thursday, May 5, from 9 to 5 in the rest room of Fraser ball. Voting will be by Australian ballot.
The officers to be chosen at this election are a President, vice president from each school registering at least fifty women, a secretary, and a treasurer. The president and the vice president at the time of their election shall have credit for at least five semesters' work done in this University; the secretary and the treasurer for at least three semesters' work. They must also meet the requirements of scholarship fixed by the committee on student organizations other than athletic.
Any woman student in the University may become a candidate for office in the association, who meets these requirements, on petition of fifty members of the association, not more than half of whom shall be from any one class. All petitions shall be in the hands of Miss Laurene Steven, chairman of the committee on elections, or Miss Mable Evans, secretary of the association, not later than 10:15 o'clock Tuesday May 3.
The Mechanical Engineers society will meet at 1301 Ohio street, this evening.
UNIVERSITY NOTICES.
The Junior Prom will be held in Robinson gymnasium tomorrow evening.
Baseball, Kansas vs. Missouri on McCook Field, Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Ambassador James Bryce will deliver a public lecture in Robinson Gymnasium this evening and will speak in chapel tomorrow morning.
The Kansas-Missouri debate will be held in the chapel Saturday evening.
University Committee Helps tc Find Teachers.
A HELP TO SCHOOLS.
School authorities throughout Kansas are learning to depend more and more on the recommendations of teachers made by the committee for this purpose at the University of Kansas. The work of the committee is directed by W. H. Johnson, of the department of school visitation. The committee has always been conservative and careful in its recommendations and whether the teacher in question is a graduate of the University or not, every effort is made to secure the best qualified person for the vacancy which offers. Every year there is a growing demand for good teachers and it has proved of great advantage to school officers to be able to seek the counsel of an advisory committee such as this at the University.—Emporia Gazette.
An Alumnus Gets Office.
Solon T. Gilmore, '86, was on Monday appointed to a position on the board of police commissioners of Kansas City by Governor H. S. Hadley of Missouri. Mr. Gilmore has been practising law in Kansas City since graduation from the School of Law in 1888.
Missouri—Kansas debate. Saturday evening, April 30. Fraser Hall.
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MADE A GULF TRIP.
C. M. Harger Recommends It as a Rest Cure.
Prof. C. M. Harger, head of the department of journalism, went to New Orleans last week to attend the Shriners' convention. While on the trip he went as a passenger on a freight boat from New Orleans to Mobile and back. In his paper, the Abilene Reflector, he describes the voyage and recommends that kind of outing for Kansas people:
"The boat cruises along the coast, stopping at little towns with freight until it reaches well down on the west coast of Florida. Then it returns and makes its week-end stop at New Orleans. It has for the western novelty and change; it is a good time to rest and enjoy a few days in peace undisturbed by telephone calls and the demands of business. It makes one of the best rest cure imaginable and if some people would take a few days out of New Orleans in such a journey instead of spending frantic weeks at expensive hotels in Colorado they would not only save money but accomplished much in health and recreation."
Prof. R. A. Schweegler speaks a Rossville tonight and at Mitchel tomorrow evening. The addresses will be made before county teachers associations.
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