THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VII.
WAS INTER-FRAT SOCIETY FORMED?
NUMBER 14
RUMOR HAS IT THAT NO MEETING WAS HELD.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1910
Fraternities as a Whole Said to Have Taken Action Against Forming a Local Society.
So far as public reports are concerned, a meeting called at one of the fraternity houses for Sunday morning was not held. The meeting, according to a well founded rumor, was to have been held for the purpose of organizing finally, a local inter-fraternity society. The purpose of the organization was to have been the petitioning of the Knife and Fork club of the University of Michigan.
Publicity on Saturday, however, is said to have changed the plans of the eight or ten junior and sophomore fraternity men. Whether they abandoned the plan of forming the society altogether and settling back to the quiet and simple life, is not definitely known. It cannot be learned whether the organization has yet been formed or whether it will be in the near future. There seems to have been some discussion of that point among th charter members themselves.
"We are found out," one of the leaders said Saturday night in discussing the matter with another member. "From now on we must proceed more slowly."
One or two others are said to have declared before members of their fraternity that they would sever all confection with the society.
It is understood that practically all of the fraternities brought the matter before all of their members at this week's meeting last night. The sophomore and juniors in each society, it is said were warned against joining such a club. The frats, as a whole, declare that they do not want to have any of their members affiliated with an organization petitioning a society with the reputation of the Knife and Fork club.
Prepare for "Jimmy Day."
Verni L. Smith, as president of the senior law class, announced the following committee for the annual Uncle Jimmy Day banquet to be held October 27:
Toastmaster, Henry C. Marks; senior speaker, Ralph H. Smith; middle speaker,Harold E. Harlan; junior speaker, Milton D. Baer; Committee on arrangement, Ben Forbes, chairman; Herbert Stubbs, George T. Hill, Henry C. Dolde.
Committee on finance, Harold Larson, chairman; Roy H. Baer, Elmer W. Columbia, Ray C. Davis
Committee on program: Ray Eyssen, chairman; Andrew J Thompson, John Welch, John S Codding.
A dozen University girls, chaperoned by Miss Abbott, spent the week-end at Lecompton. The girls visited the building which was built for the state capitol, and many other places of interest near this historic little town.
Baer Is Chosen
At the meeting of the Adelphic Literary society last Wednesday evening M. D. Baer was elected member of the Debating council to fill the vacancy made by the absence of Tom Lee, who is studying law at Harvard University this year.
Prof. W. C. Hoad, chief sanitary engineer for the State Board of Health, went to Manhattan today in the interests of the board.
Tom Veatch, assistant engineer of the State Board of Health, went to Topeka today to confer with other members of the board.
DRAMATIC FRATERNITY
To Be Organized—Includes the Thespians.
A movement is on foot in a number of colleges throughout the country to establish a national dramatic fraternity. The Thespian dramatic club represents the University of Kansas in this movement. The dramatic club at the University of Nebraska was the first to suggest the project and they have affiliated, besides the Thespians, dramatic clubs at the Universities of Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Cornell University, and a number of Eastern schools.
Last week a letter was received by Miss Gretchen Rankin, secretary of the Thespians, inviting the club to represent the University of Kansas in this organization. Miss Rankin and Mr. Geo Richardson, manager of the Thespians, say that although they have not yet held a meeting to decide the matter, there is but little doubt that they will accept the invitation.
"This will be a very good thing," said Mr. Richardson, "for it will supply a long felt need in college dramatics. One of the objects of the fraternity will be to exchange plays among the chapters. That is, if a chapter gets a play that makes a hit they will send it to the other chapters of the fraternity. This will, to a certain extent, eliminate the great difficulty we have had in the past of getting plays that will appeal to a university audience." The name and other details of the organization have not as yet been determined.
TEACHERS TO MEET
Forty-Eighth Session on Thursday and Friday.
The forty-eighth annual session of the Kansas State Teachers' Association will be held at Topeka Thursday and Friday of this week. Chancellor Frank Strong is the president-elect of the association. Governor Stubbs will address the association. Many of the teachers of the University of Kansas will attend. The following K. professors will deliver addresses before the assembly: The president's address by Chancellor Strong; "The Administration of the Course of Study," by Dr. Charles Hughes Johnston; "Some Recent Changes in the Viewpoint of Chemistry," by Professor Cady; "Materials for Zoology in High Schools," by Dr. C. E. McClung; "Report of Condition of English Composition in Teaching," by Professor E. M. Hopkins; "The Teaching of History," by Professor Frank H. Hodder; "The Relative Importance of Genetic Child Study and Methodology in the Technical Training of Teachers," by Professor Raymond A. Schwegler; "Standpoint of the College or University," by Dr. J W. Young.
Qualify Round Completed—Others to Follow.
THE TOURNAMENT STARTS
The qualifying round of the fall tournament, of the Oread Golf club was held last Saturday on the golf links. The second round of the tournament, in which sixteen players will compete, will be finished on or before Saturday, October 22; the third round, on or bore Wednesday, October 26; the semi-finals on or before October 28. The finals will be completed by October 29. All the contests are to be matched plays at 18 holes except the finals,which will be at 36 holes.
A social mass meeting of all the girls of the University and the ladies of the faculty will be held Saturday, October 22, at 2:30, in Robinson gymnasium.
HARVEY POWELL'S FUNERAL TODAY
TYPHOID FEVER VICTIM
BURIED AT HOME TOWN.
Body Taken to Leroy Last Night Boy Died at University Hospital Saturday.
Harvey Powell, the young man who entered the University for the first time this fall with the intention of taking engineering, and who contracted typhoid fever two weeks ago, died Sunday night at the University hospital.
The body was sent to his home town, Leroy, Kan., last night, and the funeral services were held at 10 o'clock this morning at the Christian church at that place; Powell's mother came to Lawrence to nurse him as soon as she was informed that he was ill, and remained at his side until he died. His father came Saturday and remained here until last night, when both parents accompanied the body back to Leroy. The Y. M. C. A. took charge of the affairs after the boy' death. A wreath of flowers was sent to the parents with notes of sympathy from "The K. U. Boys."
The money which was raised from various sources to defray all expenses while the boy was in the hospital, has been placed on deposit and after all burial expenses have been paid, will probably be used as a fund for the meeting of simiar contingencies.
GRADUATES ORGANIZE.
Arrange Programs for Fiscal Year's Meeting.
A meeting of members of the Graduate School was held in Fraser Hall yesterday, and arrangements were made for the following year. A program was made out which includes each of the meetings of the organization and arrangements were made for various entertainments to be given during the winter. An interesting feature of the meeting was that each member present was required to give a history of his experience since leaving his Alma Mater. One of those present makes his home in Sweden, another in Germany and another in Ontario. Several of the other member come from different states in the Union. The officers elected for the following year are: President, H. P. Miller, vice-president R. C. Ingalls, secretary and treasurer, Faye Dodge.
CHEMISTS STILL PROTEST.
Want Work Cut to Less Than Fifteen Hours.
The committee appointed Friday morning did not have power to reach an agreement with the department, it is said. A conference was held with Professor H. P. Cady, at which he said he would ask for no more than a total of fifteen hours work a week. This was not satisfactory to the committee and a petition was started yesterday morning for a further reduction. The matter will be referred to the faculty of the School of Engineering at their meeting the last of this wek.
There has been a misunderstanding in the case of the "sophomore engineers vs. the Chemistry department."
Carl Krebbiel, president of the sophomore class, was called home Friday on account of the illness of his mother, who is in a hospital at Halstead.
University to pay their voluntary fee of twenty-five cents. Make payments to Glendale Griffiths, treasurer.
APPOINTS ANNUAL BOARD
Editor Overman Announced Assistants This Afternoon.
Elbert L. Overman, editor-inclief of the 1910 Iyahawker, gave out the following appointments this afternoon:
Associate editor, Helen Phillips; assistant editor, Homer Berger; graduate editor, J. Earl Miller; college editor; Louis La Coss; engineer editor, Murray, Conley; law editor, Arthur McAdams; pharmacic editor, Walter Varnum; fine arts editor, Earl Fischer; organization editor, Milton D. Baer; fraternity editor, Fred Pettit; sorority editor, Hazel Stiles; literary staff, Joseph Murray, Walter LeClerc, Frank Motz, Grace Russell, Millicent Nottzger, Gertrude Blackmar.
The senior medics at Rosedale will be consulted before the med-
The senior medics at Rosedale will be consulted before the medic editor is announcer.
WILL NOT BE DEAN
The first meeting of the board will be held at 4:30 to uorrrow afternoon.
Crumbine Denies Acceptance of Head of Medical School.
Dr. S. J. Crumbine will not accept the position of dean of the University Medical School at Rosedale. The head of the new medical institution which is to be completely reorganized was offered to Dr. Crumbine by the Regents last Friday. He made a positive denial yesterday, however that he had or would accept the place.
“There is no truth in such a statement,” said Dr. Crumbine. “I don't know where such a rumor started as I have no thought of accepting such a position and intend to stick to my present work with the health board.”
It is not yet known who will be called to the deanship of the new school.
TO LECTURE IN GERMAN.
Prof. Hohfeld to Speak Before Students Tomorrow.
A lecture in German is one of offerings to language students and others interested in German literature at the University this week. Prof. A. R. Hohfeld, dean of the department of German of the University of Wisconsin, will deliver lectures at Fraser Hall, tomorrow and Thursday afternoons. He will lecture on "Der Rhein" at 4:30 tomorrow, the lecture being entirely in German and illustrated with views. Thursday the professor will deliver an English lecture on "Richard Wagner as a Dramatic Poet."
Prof. Hohfeld is one of the foremost German scholars of the world. He is a clear, forcible and interesting lecturer and is well worth listening to.
Both lectures are free to the public and everybody is invited.
ATHLETICS 9, CUBS 3.
Today's results in the world's baseball championship series follow:
Chicago ..1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1—3 8 3
Phila ...0 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 x—9 14 4
Batteries—Philadelphia, Cooms
and Thomas. Chicago, Brown,
Ritchey and Kling.
Bertha Mix, will Moore Joseph Muray and Lulu Greenough have gone to Topeka to attend the marriage of Birdie Greenough, '06, to Roy M. Moore, '06.
The Men's Student Council will hold a regular session this evening in Fraser Hall at 7.30 o'clock.
Andrew Van Eman of Leavenworth has pledged Phi Beta Pi.
KENNEDY SHIFTS FOOTBALL LINEUP
POWER AND COWELL TO THE BACK FIELD.
Davidson and Smith to Tackles McMillan and Baird in at Guards.
The Jayhawker football team is working hard for the Drake game, which will be played at Des Moines,Saturday afternoon. There will be several changes in the line-up for the game. Some of the new men who are showing up in good form will be given a chance to show what they can do.
Coach Kennedy gave out the following changes this afternoon: Davidson and Smith, who have been playing guards will be shifted to the tackle positions. McMillan and Baird will be used at the guards and Power and Cowell will be tried in the backfield. Price is still at end and the remainder of the players retain their old positions.
Mike Lynch, the plucky right end, who has been out of the game for the past two weeks with a bad shoulder, was out for practice last night and entered into the serim image with his usual dash and vina.
The Kansas will publish in Saturday evening's edition a detailed report of the first half of the Kansas-Drake game. The second half story will include bulletins and scores. The paper will be held for the complete account. There will be no bulletins given from the office or the chapel, however.
RECITAL TONIGHT
Calzin, Pianist, the First of Fall Concert Course.
Tonight at 8.15 in Fraser Hall, Alfred Calzin, the French pianist, will give the first recital of the fall concert course. The second recital will be given October 27, by the famous English composer, Liza Lehman, who will give her noted work, "In a Persian Garden," and the nonsense songs from "Alice in Wonderland," accompanied by a quartet of singers from England. The third recital will be given November 22, by Paola Gruppe, the leading vionocelist of Holland, and the fourth on December 1 by Lilla Ormond,a well known American singer. This course is not included in the student enterprise ticket, but a separate course ticket is offered students at one dollar, and may be obtained at the door tonight. Single admission is fifty cents.
Good Government Club to Meet
There will be a meeting of the Good Government—club at the Sigma Nu house tomorrow evening at 7:30. Plans for the ensuing year will be decided upon. All members of the club are urged to be present.
The Wichita and Sedgwick county club is planning a boat ride and picnic for next Friday afternoon. Members of the club will start from the Ohio street wharf at 4:30 p.m.
Fostor Cline, who was graduated from the Law School last spring, is now located at Welsenburg, Colo. He is the representative for the Law and Order league for his county.
Estelle L. Benkowitz of Kansas City, Mo., who was a freshman in the College last year, is now enrolled at Radcliffe College.
Mrs. D. E. Schmidt of Mound-ridge has been visiting her son, Edwin Schmidt, a sophomore in the College.