The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 24, 1910
VOLUME VI.
GETS A NEW FELLOWSHIP
PROF. DUNCAN MAKES PROVISIONAL PLANS.
The fellowship will be given for the purpose of an investigation of the chemistry of vegetable ivory. Vegetable ivory is the material of a seed, grown in South America which is used enormously in the manufacture of buttons. The fellowship is placed by one of the largest button manufacturers in America. It yields $1,500 a year for two years, together with an additional cash prize of $2,000 to the holder in the event of his success and in addition to this a good position with the company. It is a curious fact that at present no chemist in America knows anything about the chemistry of vegetable ivory.
Prof. R. K. Dunean of the department of industrial chemistry, was offered a new fellowship for the University when he was in the East recently. In case satisfactory arrangements can be made whereby Professor Dunean will have oversight of the department of industrial chemistry in the University next year in addition to his position at the University of Pittsburg, the fellowship will be brought to the University. University authorities are trying now to arrange matters and it is possible that Professor Dunean will have charge of the department next year.
In Case Prof. Duncan Directs Work Next Year, a $3,000 Fellowship Will Be Added.
Professor Dnnean will announce the name of the fellow within x month if the fellowship is brought to the University.
Freshman Baseball Captain Fel
From Car.
Carl Hieks, captain of the freshmen baseball team and a freshman in the College, was severely injured last evening by falling from a street car on Massachusetts street. Hieks was working as an extra conductor on one of the open summer cars and while collecting fares his hand slipped from the handle on the side of the car, and he fell to the pavement. A gash was cut in his head and he was severely bruised.
SEVERELY INJURED
THE LAST WEEK.
Only Two More Issues of Kansan This Spring.
The Kansas will be published but two more times this spring. As is the usual custom, the last issue will be printed on Saturday evening before quiz week, in order that those who work on the paper may be relieved of the responsibility of getting out the paper and writing quizzes at the same time.
The paper will be issued again next fall at the usual time. At that time the present staff will continue to do duty.
H. Clay Waters, a former editor of The Kansan, visited University friends in Lawrence Sunday.
A VARIED PROGRAM.
Announced for Regatta on Kaw Next Saturday.
The annual University regatta will take place on the Kaw next Saturday. Already the "aquatie" athletes have donned their swimming trunks and are training every day for these events. The rowing committee of the Athletie association will have general oversight of the day, and everything from a fifty-yard swim to a three mile launch race will be found or the program.
One-fourth mile rowing race, singles; one-half mile rowing canoe race, doubles; one-fourth race, doubles; one-fourth mile rowing race, mixed doubles, one-fourth mile canoe race, mixed doubles; 50-yard swim, one-fourth mile swim, 3 mile launch race, fancy diving and tilting tournament.
Last year the cup which was presented by the K. U. Canoe club to the pair who won the most points, was won by the Long brothers. This year a cup will be given to the winner of the greatest number of points. The cup will be given either by the Athletic association or one of the Lawrence jewelers.
As a special feature of the regatta, an inter-fraternity "fourman to the canoe" race has been arranged.
The program for Saturday follows;
NUMBER 96
"JOY RIDE" FOR ALUMNI.
To Take Trip on Train of Ten Street Cars.
If the present plans are carried out the former students, with the Thirteenth Infantry band, will take a "Seeing Lawrence" trip on a train of ten street cars.
The alumni of the University of Kansas will have a "joy" ride when they visit Lawrence during Commencement.
The ride is scheduled for eight o'clock on Wednesday evening of Commencement week. The band will lead in the first car of the train, and all of the alumni will be invited to take the ride to renew their acquaintance with the town.
Prof. L. E. Sayre and Prof. L. D. Havenhain, both of the department of Pharmacy, left yesterday for Salina, where they will attend the meeting of the State Pharmaceutical society. Professor Sayre is librarian of the association. They will be gone two days.
The present program includes a concert on the campus west of Snow hall, at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. The public will be invited. Another concert will be given at noon of the same day.
E. C. Beezley of Winfield, Kan is visiting his brother George, who is a junior law.
The band will also give an openair concert the evening before the "joy" ride so the people of Lawrence may attend. Prof. Herman Trutner, director of the Thirteenth Infantry band was in Lawrence yesterday making arrangements for the concerts.
Attend Meeting at Salina.
WILL CONTEST IN TWO MEETS
KANSAS MAY TAKE FIRST PLACE AT DES MOINES.
Dopesters Confident That K. U Will Make a Good Showing— At Urbana June 3.
The Missouri Valley conference meet to be held next Saturday afternoon in Des Mines, Ia., will be a big affair. The schools of the conference have extended invitations to a number of other institutions in the valley.
The schools of the Missouri valley conference are Iowa, Missouri Kansas, Nebraska, and Washington Universities. The colleges to whom invitations have been sent are Drake, Iowa State, Grinnell, Simpson, Coe and Des Moines, and the Rolla School of Mines.
Kansas has never won a conference meet, but the prospects for this year are bright. The closest rivals of Kansas seem to be Nebraska and Missouri, while the smaller colleges may give all a good race for the championship. The dope fifures that the school which takes more than twenty-five points will in all probability win the meet.
The dope figures that the school ure that Kansas has a fighting chance to win thirty-five points if the athletes show the spirit in the meet that they have shown in the previous meets.
Kansas figures on a first in the 100-yard dash and the 220, the high jump, the broad jump, that is, four firsts, or twenty points. With good luck Kansas may win first in the low hurdles the high hurdles and the relay, or thirty-five points and the meet.
In the low hurdles Kansas has a good chance to win a first with Hamilton and in the relay to take second easily if not first. In the distances Kansas should take a second or third with Watson, Fisher and Cummins in the mile and two mile.
In this meet some of the Kansas athletes may win a "K" for this year. The requirement for a "K" in the conference is a third place in any event. In this meet Watson, Fisher, Davis and Thompson with good luck and consistent training may take a third and get the coveted initial.
The Des Moines conference is not the last meet this year for the Kansas athletes. Kansas will send a good representation to the Chicago conference meet to be held in Urbana, Ill., June 3. Manager Lansdon said this morning that while he would probably send five or six athletes there the ones to go had not definitely been picked. The men who will probably go are Captain Haddock, Winters, Wilson, French,, and Hamilton if he shows his usual speed at the time to go. Kansas will not send any of her distance men, as it is not believed that they could take a place.
Murdock Pemberton, who was a freshman in the College last year, has a three-stanza poem entitled "Spring," in the May issue of the Kansas Magazine recently issued.
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Wednesday no change in temperature.
MANY ADDRESSES.
To Be Given High School Graduates by Faculty Members.
A large number of University professors will deliver commencement addresses before different graduating classes of high schools of the state during the coming two weeks. Following are the names of those who will deliver the addresses and the schools they will visit:
Monday, May 23, Prof. R. R.
Price at Girard and Prof. R. A.
Stewegler at Oneida; Tuesday,
May 24, Prof. Wm. Burdick, at
Logan; Prof. J. N. Van der Vries
at Colony; Prof. A. S. Olin, at
Wichita.
SLIM MEETING.
Wednesday, May 25, Prof. Wm Burdick at Wellington; Prof. R A. Schwegler at Douglas, Prof. J N. Van der Vries at Lansing, and Prof. A. S. Olin at Strong City,
Thursday, May 26, Prof. Wm Burdick at Anthony, Prof. R. R Price at Russell; Prof. R. A Schwegler at Burton, Prof. F. W Blackmar at Atchison, and Prof D. C. Rogers at Hoisington.
Nevertheless, Athletic Association Constitution Was Amended.
Friday, May 27, Prof. Wm. Burdick at Delphos; Prof. R. A Schwegler at Chanute, Prof. C. A Dykstra at Dodge City, and Prof W. H. Johnson at Duelkin.
A notice of a meeting to amend the constitution of the Athletic association was posted three weeks ago, and a notice was printed in The Kansan; but when the meeting was called yesterday noon in the chapel, there were but five persons present. Two of them were officers. The following amendment to the constitution was adopted:
KANSAN BANQUET.
"All elections for members to the Athletic board shall be held by the Australian ballot system. The rules governing the details shall be the same as those governing the election of members of the Student council. The expenses of election to be defrayed by the candidates. No faculty members are eligible to vote."
Annual Affair Will Be Held at Eldridge Tonight.
The annual Kansan banquet will be held at the Eldridge house at 6 o'clock tonight. As usual, the affair will be given by the officers elected to the board on the first of last March and their guests will include the officers and board members who retired at the time, as well as the society reporters of the down town papers. About eighteen will be present.
Mr. E. J. Crego of Burlington, i n town visiting his son John, a freshman in the College.
Dr. Ida Hyde will read a paper before the American Medical association which meets in June, in St.Louis, Mo.
WILL HELP COLLEGE MEN
CLUB ORGANIZED IN CHICA GO FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Kansas College Club Has Written Chancellor Strong Stating Its Object—Will Interest Seniors.
A letter which will interest all of the seniors and post-graduates of the University was received by Chancellor Strong this morning. The communication comes from Chicago and was written by a graduate of Kansas. Its purport is to convey to the University students, and especially those who will leave school this spring, the fact that a Kansas college club has been formed by the alumni of Kansas colleges, who are now engaged in business of every kind in Chicago.
The purpose of the club is to aid young college men from this state who go to Chicago to enter in technical or professional lines of work. The letter reads as follows:
Chancellor Frank Strong,
Dear Sir:
The recent graduates and students of Kansas colleges now in Chicago have formed an organization known as the Kansas College club. The purpose of this club is the development of mutual acquaintances and good will among the former Kansas men.
It is the aim of the club to be of service to the many Kansas college men entering the city as strangers, to take up work as students or in the technical or professional lines.
Will you kindly bring notice of this before your senior class and see that it is given publicity in your college paper in order that any of your graduating class expecting to take up work in Chicago may take advantage of this opportunity of getting in touch with the other Kansas men in the city.
Those coming to the city should report their names to L. S. Weatherby, Snell hall, University of Chicago.
Very truly yours,
GUY L. GEBHARDT,
Campbell, '07, Pres.,
EDGAR G. CORWINE,
K. U. '09, Sec.y'
A TOUR IN EUROPE.
Prof. E. W. Murray Will Conduct a Party of Sightseers.
Prof. E. W. Murray, of the department of Latin will conduct a party of sightseers to Europe this summer. Professor Murray is engaged by a company in Boston which secures University professors each summer to act as guides and advisors for parties who wish to visit Europe. The party will consist of about twenty-five persons who will come from various parts of the United States. The party will leave June 27 and will return about September 8 or 9. It will visit England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
Miss Verna Weidlein of Augusta is here visiting her brother Edward.