The University Kansan.
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
JOSEPH W. MURRAY - Editor-in-Chief
EARL FISHLER - - MANaging Editor
BUSINESS STAFF;
BUSINESS STAFF:
HOMER BERALLE - - - Business Manager
CLARK WALLACE - Asst. Bus. Manager
HENRY F. DRAPER - - - Treasurer
J. E. MILLER - - - Circulation Mgr
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
MEMBERS OF BOARD
LOUIS LACOSS        CARL CANNON
M. D. BAER          RALPH SPOTT$
                   M. D. McNAUGHTON
Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the postoffice at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the school year, by the Kansas University Publishing Association.
Address all business communications to Homer Berger, Business Manager, 1411 Tennessee street, Lawrence, Kan.; all other communications to Joseph W. Murray, 1341 Ohio street, Lawrence, Kansas.
Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance; one term, 75e; time subscriptions, $1.75 per year.
Office in basement of Fraser Hall,
Phone, Bell, K U. 25.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR.
Nov. 14 and 15, Sigma Xi Lectures.
Nov. 18, Tryout for Debating Squad.
Nov. 24, Football, Missouri, at Kansas City.
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Masque play, "The Dictator."
Dec. 2, Annual football banquet.
December 6, Glee Club concert.
Dec. 14, University Band Concert.
NO TRAINING TABLE.
The well-meant efforts of those University students who have been circulating a subscription paper for the purpose of raising funds to supply the football team with one meal of proper food a day for the rest of the season are likely to produce unexpected and disastrous results if the project is carried further.
It can hardly be doubted that the plan will be regarded by the governing boards of Missouri Valley colleges as an attempt on the part of Kansas to evade the regulation which forbids the maintenance of a training table for athletic teams. The University Kansan believes that the men of the football team would be kept in better condition if they were allowed to take one meal a day at the Eldridge house under the direction of a trainer, but that is not the important question which demands consideration in this connection.
It is not a question of taking the best possible care of the men for the remainder of the season. It is a question of taking care that abuses are not allowed to creep into football that will make the game itself a fair target for unfriendly criticism when the governing boards meet again to discuss the Missouri Valley situation. That meeting has been called for December, shortly after the close of the season, and the supporters of football may be sure that any aspects of the game which can be criticised will not be spared at that time. If it could be clearly shown there that the training table rule is virtually a dead letter—it may be good-bye football for awhile. The enemies of the game will not be slow to use such an argument to show that the situation is one which the governing boards can not cope with by any other means than by abolishing the game.
It may seem strange to rooters
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and players, who are likely to regard football as occupying an impregnable position, that the simple passing of a resolution could do away with the game. But that such is the fact, football history at Northwestern, at Baker, and at Columbia bears ample witness.
The weary years of agitation which have been necessary in some places to restore the game, once it has been discontinued, ought to be enough to convince every loyal football supporter at the University of Kansas that the gridiron sport must not be subjected to unnecessary risk.
The supporters of the game would be powerless to show that the proposed plan would be no violation of the spirit of the rule that there shall be no training table, and their efforts meant for the improvement of the sport would have the opposite effect.
In the best interests of football, the team should refuse to take advantage of the courtesy of the business men of Lawrence and the success which the circulators of the subscription paper have met with. The shadow of the coming conference at Des Moines broods over the football situation. It is better to endure a present disadvantage than to jeopardize the future of the sport for the sake of this year's team.
- There is evident in the University a new determination to make something out of University debating. Plans are under way to arouse the interest of more men than have participated in many years, and have them take part in the tryouts. There is no reason why Kansas should not hold a place in debating as high as that of any other school in the West. Certainly it would be hard to find a state where people take more pleasure in "arguing it out." The informal debate is indigenous to Kansas soil, but of late years the formal variety, such as University debating, has been a slender shoot which demanded much care to keep it alive. It is to be hoped that a more sturdy growth will follow this year's cultivation.
A K. U. Student's Plea to the Legislature.
O Fathers wise, who give us laws,
We ask your kind indulgence;
Your fame is like the heavens decked,
In glittering refugium;
And we are*small, weak less than dust,
And far beneath your station;
But lend an ear unto our cry—
Pass our amoration!
TO AID SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
We need so many, many things,
We can't enumerate 'em.
Secretary Engle Asks Students to Use Their Training.
We need a million for a new Administration building; The cost of living skyward soars; Our profs from want need shielding; We need two new Departments, and More rooms for recitation. A sanctum for The Kansan's cubs—Please grant the 'propriation'!
Should make us overrate 'em?
For knowledge, as you know, is power.
Is it a weakness?
We have here on Mount Oread's brow,
Two thousand men and maids.
J. H. Engle of Abidence, secretary of the Kansas State Sunday School Union, spoke in chapel yesterday morning on the opportunities for usefulness open to the college graduate in Sunday school work. Introductory to his appeal he outlined the manifold ways in which the University is now influencing Kansas affairs.
So look at ends and not at means,
And vote the 'propriation!'
Above cash valuation,
So look at ends and not at means.
Two thousand men and maidens,
Whose Ideal is to love our state,
And save her from decadence;
The moulders of the life and thoughts,
Of our next generation—
To make them better, heart and soul,
*Increase the 'propriation!*
—F.
"Graduates of higher institutions of learning positively can dominate this nation provided they allow no selfish motives to actuate them," said Mr. Engle. "The most elemental principle in man is his religious interest, and to my mind the greatest open door for religious influence in the United States is the Sunday school. For this reason I emphasize my belief that society has no better use for-the college trained man or woman than the work of a layman in our Sunday schools."
Remember the New Fairfax after
after the dance.
ED ANDERSON
Restaurant and Confectionery
Kodak Films and Camera Supplies AT RAYMOND'S
First-class work. prompt delivery
Lawrence Steam Laundry
MOON & JOSTE, K. U.
Agents
SPECIAL WORK
Bell Phone 1962-455
Home Phone 3992
The Old Reliable
K. U. Shoe Shop
I am like Gov, Stubbs and T. R., I believe in a square deal. I believe in giving the K. U. students the worth of their money, so bring in your shoes and give me a trial and be convinced that this is the place to get a square deal. Don't forget the place.
W.J.Broadhurst,Pro.
1400 Louisiana
Lost—Glasses taken from top of Miss Day's desk. Return to owner, 1141 Kentucky.
Manhattans for Fall "The Handsomest of All"
Color schemes never before attempted in Men's Shirts have been successfully brought out by the famous Manhattan factory this Fall and we were so impressed with their beauty that we weren't satisfied until we had gone through the factory and gobbled up every solitary new pattern in the stock. What is the result? Simply that a visit to our
Store amounts to about the same thing as a visit to the Manhattan factory. We have their entire new lines, without exception. The only full showing in Lawrence.
Prices $1.50 to $3
If you like classy Neckwear, come in and look at the rich Oriental weaves we're showing in fine silks at 50c. The colorings match up beautifully with the new suit patterns. Finer grades at higher prices.
Ordinarily a stock of Men's Underwear is not a very interesting thing to look at. It's different here. We show so many entirely new ideas from the best makers—so many styles that are not carried by other stores in this community—that you'll get a lot of enjoyment from looking at the display. Exceptional lines at
50c, 75c and $1.00
Finer ones up to . . . . . .
$3.00
The Watkins National Bank.
Undivided押$20,000
J. B. Watkins, Pres. C. A. Hill, V. P.
C. H. Tucker, cashier,
W. E. Hoege, assistant, cashier
C. H. Tucker, casier.
W. E. Hazen, assistant cashier.
Capical $100,000
Surplus $50,000
Undivided profits $20,000
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Buy,
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Rent,
Exchange
Typewriters?
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R. M. Morrison Agency, 744 Mass
Ed. W. Parsons JEWELER
717 Mass. St.
Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. Engraving.
FOR FINE
Palace of Sweets Phone 931
Home-made Candies and Pure Ice Cream, call
The Corner Grocery
in the Student District.
WM. LA COSS.
Everything fresh that the market affords. Both phones 618, 1333 Ky.St
A. G. ALRICH,
Printing
Binding, Copper Plate Printing,
Rubber Stamps, Engraving, Steel
Die Embossing, Seals, Badges.
744 Mass. St.
Base Ball and Foot Ball Goods Kennedy & Ernst 26 MASS. ST. PHONES 341
Frank Koch The Tailor 727 Mass. St.
S. H. McCurdy
Good things to eat—Groceries,
Fruits and Vetetables, Flour
and Feed.
1021 Mass. St. Both Phones 212
Everybody Welcome.
SCHULZ
FOR FALL SUITING 911 Mass. St.
Take 'em down to
Those Shoes you want repaired
K. U. Seal EMBOSSED on Post Cards. Something altogether new and up-to-date at the INDIAN STORE, 917 Mass. St.
THE
White Barber Shop
1025 Mass. St.
JACK PHILLIPS, Prop. Pantatorium in connection.
Shorthand and Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Practical and Commercial Training. Enter at any time.
Kennedy Plumbing Co.
GAS, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
937 Massachusetts St.
Phones 658
The Peerless Cafe
A PLACE TO EAT
1009 Mass. St.
W. C. PARRISH
OPEN FOR THE DANCE
Go right this day and let HIATT, the CLOTHIER, order your fall suit from the ROYAL Line.