THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
NUMBER 2
VOLUME VII.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1910
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT WILL BE ADOPTED
CLASS ELECTIONS BY THAT METHOD, SAYS COUNCIL.
Candidates Must Qualify by Petitions and Electors Must Register Before Voting.
Another departure from the oid manner of voting will be the qualification of all candidates for office by the securing on a petition the names of twenty-five persons eligible to vote for them, endorsing their candidacy. All petitions must be handed to an election committee before noon of the Tuesday before election.
The election of officers for the Freshman, Sophomore Junior and Senior classes of the University will be held on Friday, October 7. This date was decided upon by the Men's Student Council at its special meeting Saturday evening.
Though the details of the new election system have not been completed by the council, it has been decided that the election in the four classes will be by the Australian ballot system and on the same day. Each class will have a separate polling place and the expenses of the election will be borne by the four classes.
An election committee of three persons from each class is to be appointed by the president of the Student Council. Each set of three persons will probably be the judges of the election for the class from which they are appointed. This committee of twelve will have charge of the election.
Kansan to Hold Tryout.
The Kansan today announces: tryout for positions on both the reportorial and business staff. A number of reporters will be elected to the board as soon as they have proven their ability. The same is true on the business side of the paper. A cartoonist may also become a candidate for election.
All freshmen who are inclined to newspaper work are especially invited to enter the tryout. All candidates should report at the Kansan office Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The full details of the new election system will be worked out at the first regular meeting of the student council this evening.
Y. W. to Hold a Meeting.
The Y. W. C. A. will hold its first regular meeting tomorrow afternoon in Room 110, Fraser hall. The president of the association, Miss Grace Elmore, will talk to the girls, especially the freshmen, on the subject, "The Association for the Freshman." Before the meeting an informal tea will be held in the Rest room in Fraser hall. Every girl student is invited to attend.
The University cheer leader for the coming year will be elected Friday morning immediately after chapel. This date was decided upon by the Student Council at its meeting Saturday evening.
GOOD TRACK PROSPECTS.
Coach Hamilton Expects 150 Men to Turn Out.
In two weeks more Coach Hamilton will be busy with the track teams. He expects at least 150 men to report for track work. All the old track men are back with the exception of Winters, Haddock and Cummins. Winters graduated and will not be in school this year and Haddock and Cummins have completed their years of eligibility.
Last year's freshmen track enthusiasts are expected to make a good showing.
ADD TO THE FACULTY
Five More Appointments Were Announced by Chancellor Strong Today.
Announcement was made from the Chancellor's office today that Mr. Edgar L. Tague has been appointed assistant professor of chemistry to succeed Prof. D. F. McFarland, who resigned to accept a position with the University of Illinois. Professor Tague held the casein industrial fellowship for three years. He perfected a plan for extracting casein from buttermilk which is a commercial success. He spent the summer in Omaha applying his new method.
H. C. Allen, a graduate of Me-
Pherson College, who received his
master's degree from the University
of Kansas, has been appointed
assistant professor of chemistry
to succeed Prof. R. D. Landrum,
resigned.
Elwood D. Rood of the University of Oklahoma, has been appointed an assistant in food analysis.
Frederick Bruckmiller has been appointed assistant in water analysis, and Walter Bohnstengel laboratory assistant in mechanical engineering.
The first regular meeting of the Men's Student Council will be held in Room 110, Fraser hall, this evening at 7 o'clock. The principal business to be transacted by the council will be in regard to the election of class officers. Though a plan was practically decided upon at its last meeting, several further changes are contemplated.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; cooler west portion tonight.
Council Meets Tonight.
WEATHER.
STRINGENT RULES AGAINST LIQUOR
WILL BE STRICTLY EN FORCED THIS YEAR.
Fraternity Presidents Will Be Made Responsible for Good Behavior of Their Chapters.
Letters have been sent out in the last day or two from the Chancellor's office to all the fraternities of the University, informing them of a resolution adopted by the Board of Rege its at a meeting early in the summer. The resolution forbids the keeping of intoxicating liquor in any fraternity house, or its use on any fraternity premises.
It is the intention of the University authorities to enforce the ruling as effectively as possible this year.
When the Board of Regents next meets, in October, the presidents of the fraternities will be asked to appear before them and assume responsibility for the bezavior of their chapters during the year. At the end of the year they will be asked to sign a statement that the Regents' resolution has been kept in good faith.
The keepers of University boarding houses, also, in order to get their houses on the approved list submitted to students, have been required to agree to see to it that no liquor is kept on the premises by their roomers.
At the Regents' meeting on September 8, the Board adopted a resolution making fraternities responsible for what goes on on their premises during the entire calendar year, and not for the school term alone.
The annual Y. M. C. A. "stag" was held in Robinson gymnasium last Friday night. After spending a short time on the first floor getting acquainted, the boys went up stairs where the remainder of the time was taken up by short talks. Ralph Spotts acting as chairman, introduced Prof. J. E. Boodin Dean L. E. Sayre, George O. Foster, Coaeh Kennedy and Chas. W. Whitehair of Topeka, state student secretary of the Y. M. C. A. They spoke on University topics. The stunts consisted of a peanut race, grape eating and milk-drinking contests, and an amusing mock registration scene by upper classmen—for Registrar Foster's benefit.
The Y. M. C. A. "Stag."
The enrollment at Missouri University for the first day was 875, an increase of 25 over that of the opening day last year.
ARTHUR ST. LEGER MOSSE.
Assistant Coach and Donor of
Porcine Mascots.
ENROLLMENT GROWS
Nearly 1000 Students Are Now Registered in the Different Schools.
Enrollment figures at the University have kept the pace set by those of last summer, and more. Today the total registrations had reached 1865, with a number of days yet to go. Last year on the corresponding day only 1717 had been enrolled by the school officials. This gives a lead of 150, which has been maintained during the past several days. The lead is expected to remain at about that point until final figures are taken.
The enrollment by schools today follows: College, 1,030; engineering, 380; laws, 160; fine arts 150; graduates, 54; pharmacy, 63; medicine, 54.
COLLECTED FOSSILS.
University Expedition Worked in Trego County.
The combined zoological and paleontological expedition sent out by the University this summer returned with many new and interesting specimens to add to the two departments. The expedition was headed by Prof. C. E. McClung, who was assisted by Prof. Horace Gunthorp and six students of the department of paleontology of this University.
The members of the expedition spent eight weeks gathering their specimens, most of the time being spent in Trego and Graham counties along the courses of the Smoky Hill river and Hackberry creek.
The most important discovery was of some specimens that will go far to clear up some very difficult questions as to the anatomy of a number of important species of the fish family.
COACH MOSSE IS NOW ON THE JOB
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KENNEDY'S ASSISTANT ARRIVED TODAY.
First Scrimmage Tomorrow With Haskell—Captain Johnson Suffers Bad Injury.
Arthur St. Leger Mosse, who gained added fame last year by giving a pig mascot to the pigskin chasers, arrived in Lawrence from Leavenworth this forenoon and began work as Coach Kennedy's assistant on the gridiron this afternoon. During the past ten days Coach Mosse has been at the state fair at Topeka, exhibiting his swine. He is particularly proud of Donna Maisie, one thoroughbred porker with which he won grand championships over the entire state's of Nebraska and Missouri.
"I expect to repeat that championship stunt with the K. U. squad," said Coach Mosse today, in speaking about football prospects. "From what Kennedy tells me, I think we have good material, only it's green. I reckon we'll have a good team before the season's over." was the assistant coach's way of expressing his confidence in the situation.
The first tangle in which Coach Bert Kennedy's prodigies will participate this fall will take place tomorrow afternoon. At 3 c'elack the Jayhawkers will go to Haskell where Bill Caldwel has promised to have his Indian braves lined up in battle array. Both teams will enter a mix-fest for a period of four quarters--not two halves as of yore.
It will be the first real imitation of a game for both of the squads. And the fury of the contest is expected to result in the spilling of considerable *jood*. Whether it will be tallied against the Kansans or the Indians depends largely on conditions still hidden. There will be no admission charges and the coaches are both anxious that a large number attend.
Kennedy has selected as a line-up for the first game the following men: Spear, center; V. Smith, and R Smith, guards; Wenger and Power, tackles; Urice and Lynch, ends; Heil, quarter. Woodbury brothers halves, and Ammons at Full. Caldwell's line-up includes a number of choice Indian names that cannot be set on the Kansan's linotype.
Tommy Johnson, over whom there has been some discussion as to physical condition during the past summer, will not be in tomorrow's scrim. His right knee has been wrenched and a tenelop strained and as a result the warrior is out of the game for probably two weeks. Just how serious the injury will be is not yet known, but it is expected to keep Johnson from practice work for that long.
The Sigma Nus have pledged John Alcorn of Bedford. Ia., and have affiliated Freeman Alexander from the University of Colorado.
The Pi Upsilon fraternity has pledged Chester Cassingham of Warrenburg, Mo.; Ray Eldridge of Ellsworth, and Walter Brown