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The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME VI.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 7, 1909
NUMBER 10
CARS ON HILL DECEMBER 1?
LOOP ACROSS CAMPUS MAY BE FINISHED THEN.
Tennessee Street Line Will Be Opened Monday-To McCook Field October 23.
Street cars will be running over the Mississippi street line, as far as McCook Field, by the twenty-third of this month, and on Tennessee street next Monday; but the road will not be completed over the University hill before December 1. This was the information given out from the Lawrence Street Car Company's headquarters, yesterday, by Superintendent Skinner.
Seventy-five men are now ripping up the pavement and laying track on Henry street west from Massachusetts street This line leaves Massachusetts street at the Woodward Drug Store corner, runs west to Mississippi street and south or Mississippi to the edge of the University campus. From this point the line has not, as yet been definitely established; but probably will follow the drive way through Marvin Grove making a wide sweep to the west, past the north side of the chemistry building, turning south between the geology and mining building and the gymnasium. Here the track will make a sharp turn to the east and, following the brink of the hill, will pass between Fowler Shops and the repair building curving to the south and, at a lower point, to the east again in order to meet the Tennessee street line. This junction will be made in the southern edge of town thus completing the loop which will form a new tie between the city of Lawrence and the University.
When the street car system has been completed, there will be nine miles of track laid which will have cost the company $10,000 per mile. Rails weighing eighty pounds to the yard are being used, which makes a much more solid and smoother riding track than that in most cities, where sixty pound steel is the average weight.
Seven new winter cars are expected to reach Lawrence next week.
FORMER STARS HERE.
Donald, Rouse, and Burt Will See Oklahoma Game.
Carl Rouse, C. P. Donald and "Red" Burt, former Kansas football stars, arrived in Lawrence at noon today after spending the summer on an engineering project in southern Mexico. They will remain in town until after the Oklahoma game; then Donald and Burt will visit at their home town while Rouse expects to spend a couple of weeks completing some work at the University.
Edna Gafford and Isabel Barton went to Kansas City Wednesday for the P. O. P. ball.
Y. W. C. A. BUDGET VOTED.
Association Will Spend $1,030 for this Year's Expenses.
The University Y. W. C. A. voted a budget of $1,030 for the year, at the regular meeting yesterday afternoon. This amount is a little larger than the budget of last year.
Miss Grace Wilkie presented the "parcels" of the budget. They are: salary of the general secretary, $050; social work, $75; printing, $50; Radford fund, $50; state fund, $50; national fund, $15; world fund, $10; summer conference fund, $100; incidentals, $50.
In former years this money has been raised by pledges of the members, by donations from faculty and townspeople, and alumnae.
The young women of the Association intend this year to raise among themselves a larger part of the money for the budget than heretofore and to collect the amounts pledged more promptly.
They Held a Picnic.
Members of the State Normal faculty and their families, 150 in all, had their annual picnic last Saturday at a grove fourteen miles west of Emporia. Much athletic events and vaudeville numbers by different members of the faculty in addition to the picnic supper made up the program for afternoon and evenig. The souvenir printed programs bore the title "Great Annual Getaway of the Amalgamated Society of Pedagogue Manufacturers."
Jones=Bailey.
The two principals of a last years K. U. romance have been located. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones are residing now in Denver, Colorado, where Mr. Jones, electrical engineer,' 09, has a position as chief electrician at the Globe Smelter of the Denver plant of the American Smelting and Refining company. Mrs. Jones, who was formerly Miss Lois Bailey, of Brookfield, Missouri, completed three years work in the Fine Arts department here. The couple were quietly married October 29, 1908, by the Rev. Irving Baxter here but it did not leak out until commencement week.
Dr. James Mark Baldwin, a Princeton man, formerly holding the professorship of philosophy and psychology at Johns Hopkins University has been chosen the head of a national university to be founded in Mexico City under government auspices. He will direct the educational system of Mexico.
Miss Kate Dinsmore, A. B., '03, is home for a short visit from Galveston, Texas, where she has a position in the city library.
Elmer Padfield of the Medical school at Rosedale is visiting friends in Lawrence.
The Alpha Taus will hold their initiation Saturday morning. Saturday night they will give their annual smoker.
SECRET WORK FOR THE TEAM
PRACTICE WILL BE BEHIND CLOSED GATES.
Kennedy Is Giving Men New Plays—More Changes—Another Breaks Training.
Coach Kennedy started his men on secret practice work on McCook last night and will continue such work during practically the remainder of the season. A number of new plays have been formulated by the coach and he expects them to aid the team materially in defeating the Sooners Saturday.
Coach Bennie Owens is coming to Kansas with the full intention of defeating the Jayhawkers. While it is a fact that the Oklahomaans have been playing Kansas a closer game every year for the past several seasons, Kennedy has no doubt that there will be no trouble in defeating them once. The Sooners will have a good chance to be the first team to score on Kansas this season.
The change which the coach made in the line up this week is still looking good to him. Pleasant will go in Saturday at half and Brownlee will play end. Wilhelm is in poor shape and he may be unable to enter the game. He has done too much strong practice work. Kennedy does not wish to lose him altogether on account of his football ability and will probably save him if necessary on Saturday; Lovett, or Dahlene may take his place. If Lovett goes in at his full place at guard will be taken by Powers.
A new man went out for practice tonight. His name is Magill and he is an old Fairmount college end. He is said to be a good player and an old head at the game.
One more man has disobeyed the training rules of Kennedy and has been given the punishment which was threatened to all men not observing them. This time it is Lennox. He has been smoking.
The Wisconsin observatory is offering the public an opportunity of gazing at Mars twice a week.
An organ recital by Dean Skilton dedicating the Howland memorial organ will be given at the Unitarian church this evening beginning at 7:15. Mrs. Lyons will assist. The organ is a new one which was placed in the church this summer.
Will Dedicate an Organ.
The Princeton freshmen after a hard struggle gained an entrance to Dickeson Hall and elected their class officers.
Henry Kettler, of Pittsburg, Kas. is here today visiting his son Harry who is a freshman in the College.
Montgomery Harris, a former Law student of the University, but now of Junction City, is visiting friends and relatives in Lawrence this week.
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT
Rooter Club Will Hold Practice
At 7:00 Friday.
Unless the weather prevents, there will be a meeting of the Rooters Club of the University at 7:00 o'clock Friday evening at the corner of Tennessee and Adams street. The meeting will not last more than half an hour and the cheer leader is desirous that all members be present. There seems to be some misapprehensions regarding the membership of the Club. The leader states that every man who has a megaphone is a member of the Rooters Club. This however does not prohibit anyone from cheering at the games.
First Monthly Tea.
The ladies of the faculty will hold the first of their monthly teas for University Girls on Friday afternoon from 3 to 5:30 in the classical museum at the south end of Fraser Hall on the second floor.
A JOURNALISM CONFERENCE
NATIONAL MEETING PROPOSED BY C. M. HARGER.
All Colleges Invited to Send Delegates to Discuss Teaching of Newspaper Work.
A national convention of teachers of journalism to be held at Lawrence late in November has been planned by C. M. Harger, director of the department of journalism at the University. Mr. Harger yesterday announced that he had sent out invitations asking colleges and universities interested in the teaching of journalism to send representatives to a national conference. The methods and principles of teaching newspaper-making will be discussed at the meeting. The program and the exact date will be decided later.
It is expected that most of the colleges of the middle west will have representatives at the conference. Some prominent newspaper men will be engaged as speakers.
The newspaper class will listen to a number of addresses by prominent newspaper men this year. Arthur Brisbane, the well known New York editor will probably speak. Others who will deliver addresses are Charles Blakesley and W. B. Taylor of the Kansas City Star, C. C. Cline of the Kansas City Journal, Albert T. Reid, the illustrator, G. A. Nichols of the Associated Press, J. A. Calvin of the Western Newspaper Union of Kansas City, William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette, and W. Y. Morgan of the Hutchinson News.
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Arthur Green, of Kansas City is visiting his sister Amy Green, a senior in the college.
Stanley Myers and Morris BLacker are visiting at the Phi Psi house.
THE ENGINEERS GET PRESIDENT
GEORGE
NEAL, JR. CHOSEN YESTERDAY.
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Seniors Used Australian System Half of Each Ticket Elected 403 Votes Cast.
At the senior class election yesterday George A. Neal, Jr. was elected president of the class; Guy Finney, vice-president; Blanche Zurcher secretary; M. D. Leslie, treasurer; Ralph Spotts, editor of the annual; Cy Leland, manager of the annual; Vale Nance, chairman of the senior play committee and Milton Cain, manager of the senior play. Four from each of the two tickets were elected and the majorities ranged from ten to thirty-four.
The senior election was conducted according to the Australian system and there was much scratching. Practically every senior in the University voted and there was a total of 403 ballot cast. Twenty-four of these were challenged and twelve were finally thrown out. Besides those working for an undergraduate degree all graduate students were permitted to vote. This accounts for the large number of votes cast.
Of the candidates elected four were from the school of Engineering, two from the College, one from the school of Law, and one from the school of Medicine. Four of the successful candidates were fraternity men.
The exact vote was as follows—for president: Neal 212, Banker 178; vice president: Finney 201, Riling 187; secretary: Zurcher 200, Myers 185; treasurer: Leslie 207, Ellis 176; editor of annual: Spotts 212, Harvey 178; manager of annual: Leland 206, Eddy 181; Chairman Senior Play: Nance 202, Baumgartner 192; and Manager of Senior Play:-Cain 198, Adams 186.
Thespians Held Tryout.
The Thespian Dramatic Club held its first tryout of the season last evening in Fraser Hall. Forty students read parts and pantomined before members of the club. A final tryout will be held by Miss Georgia Brown, of Kansas City, next week for those who will be selected, but will probably be a modern comedy.
Golf Tournament Next Week.
The Oread Golf Club did not hold the proposed tournament last week as planned. The grounds, which were in a poor shape could not be put in first class playing condition in time. However, the tournament will be played next week. The nine hole course will be in excellent condition. The mowers have been working daily and all parts of the course are being rolled.
A son was born to Professor and Mrs. J. A. Campbell at 1717 Ohio street this morning.