I THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN. VOLUME VII. THE "IDLE IDOL" IS DOMINO PLAY NUMBER 26 WILL BE STAGED BY CLUB NEXT JANUAKY. Contains Twenty-One Original Songs—Plot Deals With Student Life—Cast Announced. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1910 "The Idle Idol," is to be the name of the comic opera which will be produced next January by the Red Domino dramatic club. The plot of the opera and the members of the cast were announced this morning by Moe Friedman. The plot is laid in two scenes, the first at the University on the hill and the second at a confectionery shop. There will be twenty-one original songs written by George Bowles and Matt Graham. The book was written by Moe Friedman. The manager of the play, Donald McKay, promises that the equipment will be complete in every detail, and arrangements are being made to stage the production more elaborately than is usual in amateur performances. One of the features of the play will be a pony ballet by eight girls. The plot is as follows: The idle idol is an extremely handsome young man, popular with the girls, but indifferent to all their advances. He never does any work at school. His father in some way discovers the fact that he is doing nothing, and drops in on him. He is disgusted with his son and eats off his allowance and forces him to go out into the world and earn his own living. In the next scene, which is laic in a confectionery shop, the hero is discovered as a "soda jerker," working on a small salary. One of the girls who became infatuated with him while he was on the hill still remains true to him and the idol himself discovers that he is in love with her, but on account of his humble position does not ex press his feelings. In a short time, however, he proves his business ability and rises to the position of manager of the confectionery shop. He now presses his suit and wins the girl and all ends happily The opera also contains a secondary plot which runs as follows. A young fellow wants to meet the girls but is too timid and shy. After he does meet them he is so bashful that he does not make rapid progress. In his plight he appeals to a lady faculty member, who aids him materially in winning the lady of his choice. The cast is as follows: Girls—Marguerite Stone, Nina Pilkenton, Mary Hurtbinson, Nell Carraher, Lucile Wilkinson, E. Eliott. Boys—Joe Marshall, Don Wheelock, Ben Marshall, Quay Barnett, Louis Doyle, George Shevens, Louis Kupfer, Moe Friedman, Guy Houston, Claude Sowers, Allan Shaw. A SPECIAL MEETING. Y. W. C. A. Will Discuss Missions at Meeting Tomorrow. The Young Women's Christian Association will hold a special missionary meeting, Wednesday afternoon at 4:45, in room 110. Miss Nadia Thomas, the general secretary, will speak and John Ise will sing. The meeting is important and needs the support of every girl in the University. AGAINST THE MASQUE An Attempt Made to Injure the Producing of Dictator. A district meeting of the girl in the eleven hundred block on Tennessee, Ohio, and Louisiana, will be held Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at 1134 Louisiana. One difficulty seems to follow another lately to work a hardship on University dramatics. The latest promised to injure the Masque club in its presentation of the Dictator on November 30 and December J. A few davs ago Mr. Jay Wellington came to Lawrence and announced that he would give the Toastmaster with an amateur cast. He tentatively engaged the Bowersock opera house for the night of November 29, the evening before the first performance of the Dictator and the night of the last dress rehearsal of the play. France Wilson, manager of the Masque, made a request of Mr. Wellington last night that he give his play a few nights earlier. Mr. Wellington refused, however, and this morning, with full knowledge of the circumtasms made an effort to definitely engage the opera house for November 29. It was then that the manager of the theater came to the Masque club's rescue and declined to allow Mr. Wellington's show to be given on that date. The Masque will be allowed the opera house that evening for dress rehearsal and will give their play on the following two nights as previously announced. It is not yet known when Mr. Wellington will attempt to give the Toastmaster. CROSS COUNTRY ON FRIDAY Winning Team Will Be Banquet ted by Athletic Management. The cross country run, which is to be held Friday afternoon, will be open to all men of the University. It is the intention of the athletic management to give medals to those finishing first and second, and the winning team will be the guests of the athletic management at an oyster supper. The first four men to finish will also be included in the supper. Two teams will be chosen from those entering by "Bob" Fisher and "Cub" Watson. The scoring will be by points. The first man finishing will receive as many points as there are men in the contest. The last man will be credited with one point. The run will start from the gymnasium, at 4:30 p. m., Friday. It will be over a two-mile course and will include several fields. International Secretary Here. The Chi Omega girls will give an informal at home at their chapter house, 1541 Kentucky, November 18, from 4:30 to 5:30 for all faculty members and ladies of the faculty. Mr. E. T. Colton of New York City, an international secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will address the meeting or the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening. The local organization is very fortunate in securing Mr. Colton as he is an able speaker and very much in demand. He has traveled extensively among the colleges and universities of both the United States and South America. He visited the University a few years ago and was favorably received. Mr. Colton's address will be a summary of his experiences among college men. MORE FIGHTING SPIRIT NEEDED TOO FEW ROOTERS' TICK ETS HAVE BEEN SOLD. Prospects Are for Poor Cheering at Thanksgiving Game Unless Students Wake Up. "Of course I'll get my seat with the 'Fighting Five Hundred.'" was the emphatic statement of Registrar George O. Foster today. "You couldn't keep me away from there." That's the spirit. That's the kind of enthusiasm that will help win the Thanksgiving game next week. But is it possible that the faculty members are more enthusiastic rooters than the students? "Ueele Jimmy" Green, the foster father of K. U. football, was among the first to buy a ticket in the rooters' section. Professor Van Dries says he would not have a seat in any other place than in the "Fighting Five Hundred" section, and many other professors are going to Kansas City to yell with the students. Reverse the picture. Fewer than 250 seats have been sold to students in this section. Surely the pessimist would have good ground for saying that the time has come when the students are relying upon the professors to make the noise at the football games. It is up to the students to awaken to the situation, to get busy and help in the plans for united rooting at the Missouri game. The Tigers are coming to Kansas City by the thousands and the K. U. rooters by the hundreds. It is the duty of the students to make some small sacrifice and do their part next Thursday. Get the spirit of fight. The cheer leader said this morning when asked about the failure of the men to get seats in the rooters' section, "It is up to the ment to get together even if some sacrifice must be made by the men. We ought not be working for 500 men. We ought to be working for 1,000 men." "Fighting 500" to Meet. No seats will be sold after Saturday night. Buy your ticket in the rooters' section tomorrow. Maud Clark of Fredonia and Carl Rouse were married Saturday, November 12, at Fredonia. Kan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rouse are well known among University circles, having attended school here three years ago. Friday evening in the University chapel there will be a meeting of all the men who have purchased tickets in the "Fighting 500" section. The meeting is called for 7:00 o'clock and will not last more than an hour. The songs and yells will be practiced and plans discussed for the Missouri game. Former Students Wed. Several new songs which have been handed in to the cheer leader will be practiced. All are written to popular tunes and will take little work to learn them. Grace M. Elmore, a senior in the College, was called to Chanute Monday to take charge of a class in the high school there on account of the death of one of the teachers. ROOTERS DON'T RESPOND. Seats for "Fighting 500" Not Selling Rapidly. Is the enthusiasm for the Missouri game that was so evident a short time ago dead? Are the students unwilling to get together for good rooting at the Thanksgiving game? It would seem so to the men who are endeavoring to get 500 men in a special section on that day. Thus far not more than 250 seats have been sold, although it is in one of the best parts of the bleachers. The Missouri students come to the game by the hundreds although they are much farther from Kansas City than are the Kansas students. The rooting section will probably not be held open later than the last of this week. A TOUCHDOWN--CAMP Yale Football Authority Says Kansas Scored in Nebraska Game. Walter Camp has taken the same view of the disputed play in the Kansas-Nebraska game as is held by Coaches Kennedy and Mose. It was a touchdown. On the evening of the game, Coach Mosse wrote Walter Camp a letter describing the play exactly, and asked the Yale mentor his opinion as to whether the result should have been called a touchback or a touchdown. Today he received Camp's reply, a brief note. "It would certainly seem from your description of the play that it was a touchdown," wrote the Yale man. RED CANES FOR LAWS There was no dispute at the time, nor has there been any since, as to the details of the play. The decision rested entirely on a matter of rules. Referee Masker interpreted them one way, the Kansas coaches another. Now Walter Camp has said that the Kansas coaches were right and that Kansas should have had a touchdown. And Walking Sticks Will Have Silver Tops. The senior laws decided in a meeting this morning to carry small, dark red canes with German silver tops. The canes will appear on the hill for the first time next Friday and will be carried from then on until the end of the school year. This is the first time such a custom has ever been introduced into this school, and it is the hope of the senior laws that it may become a tradition as it has in many of the Eastern schools. Last Call on Tickets. Students who wish to get their tickets in Lawrence for the Thanksgiving day football game, must be sure to purchase them before Saturday night. All the tickets which remain unsold at that time will be taken to Kansas City and placed on sale there. W. C. LANSDON, Manager Athletics. Arthur C. Bradley, '02, is construction engineer for the Santa Fe railroad in Dahinda, Ill. SECRETPRACTICE TO PREPARE FOR M. U. KANSAS SQUAD WORKING BEHIND CLOSED GATES. Coach Mosse Is in Charge of the Squad, Which May Go Into Retirement Soon. The team also missed the services of Heil, as he is the only one the can run down punts successfully. Not much of a practice was held last night, but from now on the team will be worked hard for the Tiger game. The "Beat Missouri" spirit has taken hold of the team and everything will be pointed for that goal. Absolutely secret practice began on McCook field this afternoon and will be kept up until the last practice before the Missouri game. Coach Mosse is in charge of the squad. The death of Leslie Ulrich, a nephew of Coach Kennedy, will keep the chief mentor away from the squad the greater part of the week. Some changes in the line-up will be made. Ammons will be shifted to full and Price will go in at right end. In the Oklahoma game Mosse was trying out the backfield The one that was used last, consisting of Tod Woodbury and Kabler halfs, and Ammons full, was the most successful. As yet nothing has been done about taking the team away from Lawrence before Thanksgiving, "But it would be best for the team to get away from the students," said Coach Mosse this morning. The Jayhawkers returned in good condition from the Sooner battle Saturday. The poor showing of the team is attributed partly to the hot weather and to the condition of the field. There was a layer of dust several inches deep on the field, and whenever the team scrimmaged a great cloud of dust arose. Nevertheless, Oklahoma had a strong team and played a great game against the Jayhawkers. ENROLLMENT IS 2,246. Final Figures Announced by Registrar Foster Today. The tour can be attended by school was announced by Registrar Geo. O. Foster today. It follows by schools: School Men Women Tot Graduate 46 20 66 Engineering.. 404 404 College 539 530 1069 Fine Arts... 11 162 173 Law 208 2 210 Pharmacy 63 5 68 Medicine 70 19 89 1341 738 2079 Names counted twice... 55 4 59 1286 734 2020 Summer School, less double registration... 107 119 226 Totals... 1393 853 2246 Senior-Sophomore Party, Saturday, December 3. F.A.A. The ladies of the faculty will give their second tea Thursday afternoon, November 17, from 3 to 6, in the Classical Museum, in Fraser hall. All girls of the University are cordially invited. The Men's Student Council will hold a meeting in room 110 tomorrow evening at 7:00 o'clock. The attendance of all members is requipeted. Roy Hall's Orchestra. 75c Shanty's Five Piece Orchestra Second Junior Party Friday, November 18 Admission 75c COME OUT AND BOOST JUNIOR CLASS FUNDS