THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
NUMBER 34
VOLUME VII
KANSAN WILL ISSUE CHRSTMAS EDITION
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8,1910
BUT NO PAPER WILL APPEAR
NEXT SATURDAY.
Special Number Will Be Devoted to News, and Pictures--A Football Insert, Too.
The University Kansan will not be issued on the next regular publication day, Saturday, December 10. However, the paper will make its appearance on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week in the form of a special Christmas edition.
Contrary to a precedent established in past years, this winter's Christmas edition will not include such a broad resume of all University activities as in the past. On the other hand, an effort will be made to make it strictly a news issue. Several feature stories will be included and there will also be a number of half-tone cuts and cartoons. An insert of all the "K" men of this season's football team will also form a part of the special issue. The insert will be similar to that of former editions and will be suitable for framing. The Christmas edition will go
The Christmas edition will go to all of the regular subscribers to the paper. Extra copies may be secured at the University Kansan office.
WILL PLAY BASKET-BALL.
The Frats Will Hold a Tournament This Winter.
An inter-fraternity basket-ball tournament has been arranged by the Pan-hellenic Council. The eight fraternities which will take part in the tournament have been divided into two squads, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Gamma Delta being the first, and Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Beta Theta Pi in the second. Each team will play one game with the others in its division and the winners from each group will play for the champion ship.
The first game of the series will be played in January and will be followed by the others at regular intervals until the championship is decided. This will be the first inter-fraternity basket-ball contest. The winner of the series will receive a silver loving cup.
County Club Will Give Farce.
Cherokee county students met again Tuesday evening and formed plans for a reception to be held Wednesday evening before Christmas at Columbus with the high school seniors and alumni in Cherokee county as guests. The entertainment planned will be a farce representing a meeting of University students arranging for a county club banquet. The various difficulties and opposing schemes which come up on such occasions will be presented. As a curtain raiser to the farce the guests will be shown what pursuits to be the room of a Cherokee county student in Lawrence as he is about to start for a county club meeting.
Read Paper on Railroads.
E. E. Brookens, '09, of Topeka, read a paper on the railroad development of Kansas at the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the State Historical Society at Topeka Tuesday afternoon. The paper was written by O. C. Hull, '09 principal of the Great Bend schools, who was unable to be present.
A list of seniors of the accredited high schools of the state is being prepared in the office of Registrar Foster. This list is prepared each year by the University and sent to the other colleges of the state.
CHRISTMAS VESPERS.
Will Be Held in Chapel Sunday Afternoon.
The Christmas vesper service will be held in University hall Sunday afternoon. Prof. J. E. Boodin will make a short talk. A special program of Christmas music has been arranged, as follows: Ogran and piano, "Pilgrims" N.Y.C. (NYU)
Organ and piano. "Pilgrims Chorus." (Wagner.)
Quartette, "The Night Song of Bethlehem," (Buck.) Solo, "No Candle Was There and No Fire," (Lehmann.) Especially arranged for piano and organ by Prof. Carl Preyer for Professor Hubaeb,
"O, Come All Ye Faithful," (Vin cent.)
Piano and Organ, "Andante,' (Webli.)
Good Government Club.
The Good Government club will meet tonight at the Alpha Tau house at 8 o'clock. Mr. R. A. Daily of Chicago, who is delivering a series of lectures to the law students, will speak on a selected subject.
Earl F. Ammons, junior in the College and end on the varsity football team, was elected captain of the football team for the season of 1911,at the banquet given Tuesday evening by Manager W.C. Lansdon. Roy Heil, of Topeka, the star quarterback and half, was the only other candidate for the position. The contest was decided on the first ballot.
AMMONS IS CAPTAIN
Ammons has been one of the most consistent players ever on a University of Kansas team. This was his second year on the varsity, having played at end in 1909 and end full this year. His stellar work at full has won him the name of the "Rock Crusher," and he was the only player on this year's team to be placed on the all-Missouri Valley team. He gained his preliminary training on the Arkansas City highs, playing two years on that team. Ammons will have a majority of the 1910 team back next year to help him build a winning football squad.
On First Ballot the Star End and Fullback Was Chosen to Head the 1911 Team.
Had Christmas Tree.
A Christmas tree with candles tinsel pop-corn, and candy was the center of attraction at an informal entertainment, given by Mrs. Blanche Lyons for her students, at her North College studio Wednesday afternoon. Solos were sung by various pupils, and decorum in public singing discussed and studied.
Students of the University from Reno county will be entertained at the home of Dean Olin Templin, of the College, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. The question of a meeting and organization of a Reno county club during the holidays will be taken up.
Dr. Henry C. Mabie, of Boston, met the student volunteer band and others interested in foreign missionary work last Monday afternoon in the assembly room of Westminster hall to give some instructions on the method of carrying on work in the foreign lands
Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary debating fraternity, will give a smoker to the debating squad at the Phi Delta Phi house Friday evening.
The Shortgrass club will hold a meeting Friday evening in Myers hall. Plans for the Christmas holidays will be considered at this meeting.
Reno County Club.
GOVERNING BOARDS MEET AT DESMOINES
CHANGELLOR STRONG CALLS
CONFERENCE JAN. 6.
Will Discuss General University Matters, Leaving Athletics in Hands of Faculties.
Chancellor Strong yesterday sent out letters to the presidents of the schools comprising the Missouri Valley Conference, calling the presidents and governing boards of those institutions to meet for their second annual conference at Des Moines, January 6. The first meeting was held at Kansas City last spring. At that time the football question was the most important matter of discussion, and the new regulations regarding faculty coaches and the abolition of the training table were passed.
The questions which will be discussed this year have not been made public. It is thought that most of the time of the conference will be devoted to general questions of University administration and policy. It is likely that not much time will be given to athletics. Chancellor Strong said some time ago that the conference of governing boards would so far as possible leave athletic matters in the hands of the conference of faculty representatives. The faculty representatives of the schools comprising the conference are:
Kansas, Prof. C. E. McClung.
Missouri, Prof. W. G. Manley.
Nebraska, Prof. R. G. Clapp.
Iowa, Prof. A. G. Smith.
Drake, Prof. John L. Griffith.
Ames, Prof. S. W. Beyer.
Washington, Prof. C. A. Waldo.
Recovering From Diphtheria.
Two students are at present confined at the University hospital, Pearl E. Gorsuch, a freshman in the College, and Cecil O. Gorsuch, a sophomore in the College, brother and sister, from Sharon Springs, Kan. For the past three weeks they have been confined to the hospital with diphtheria. They will be released tomorrow.
Two students of the School of Geology and Mining are experimenting with Leavenworth coax with the view of finding a process to eliminate the sulphur and asl which gives much trouble by sticking to grates. Besides the practical results to be obtained the young men will use this as the foundation of their theses.
Forrest C. Allen, a graduate of the University, who is now studying in the Central College of Osteopathy at Kansas City, has been offered the position of coach of the West Point Military academy basket-ball team.
Position for Forrest Allen
As a special feature of the chapel exercises this morning the University orchestra played two selections, a serenade by a Russian composer and the "Soldier's Chorus" by Gounod.
Orchestra in Chapel.
The last meeting of the German Verein before the holidays will be held next Monday at 4:30 o'clock. Instead of the regular meeting, German games will be played and refreshments served.
Chancellor Strong, who has been ill for the past week, is still confined to his home on account of a severe cold.
Prof. R. A. Schwegler will speak at a county teachers' association meeting at Plainville next Saturday afternoon.
Prof. S. J. Hunter is in Parsons where he is working on an entomological commission.
TRACK MEET GOES ON.
Fourth Series Is Scheduled for This Afternoon.
The second series of the interclass track meet, which is being held in the gymnasium this week was held Tuesday afternoon. The events were the shot put and the running broad jump. Bowers, a freshman, won the shot put, and Wilson, a junior won the broad jump.
The third series came off yesterday afternoon. The winners of the events were as follows;
Half mile—First heat, Osborne; second heat, Kraus; third heat Davis.
220-yard dash—First heat, G. Smith; second heat, Britt; third heat, Fairchild; fourth heat, Smith.
Freshman, Hazen; sophomore Davis; junior, French; senior Hamilton.
High jump—This event was pulled off by classes. The winners were :
Davidson and Smith of Football Team Disapprove Athletic Board's Action.
The fourth series of events, consisting of the low hurdles, 100-dash and pole vault is being held this afternoon.
TWO REFUSE STRIPES
Following a week of more or less violent discussion, in which the action of the athletic board in awarding football Ks to seventen men of the 1910 team and a K and three service stripes to men of last year's team, has ben criticised and defended, two members of this year's team today decided that they did not want to accept the stripes which were awarded to them for last year's service. Ellis Davidson and Ralph Smith have requested Laudson to have their sweats made with but one stripe in place of the two they are entitled to wear.
When interviewed this afternoon Davidson said, "There are two reasons why I asked Manager Lansdon to have but one stripe put on the sleeve of my football sweater. The first is that I think I did not deserve a K for last year's work. I did not think I could take a 'Service Stripe' (as the board calls them) for a stripe means the same as a letter here and at other schools. I can not see any reason why a stripe does not mean a K. This is the first time anything like a so-called reserve letter has been considered. The second reason is that I do not think my name would have been mentioned but for the fact that as a result of certain developments in the meeting of the Athletic board I was awarded a stripe so that another man could receive his letter.
"I did not consider the fact that the board had awarded the seventeen Ks in arriving at my decision to return my last year's stree."
REGENTS TOMORROW
The matter figured largely in the banquet given by Manager Lansdon Tuesday night, when Ralph Smith made a talk in which he intimated that one K had beer given because of fraternity influence on the athletic board.
Will Discuss the Problem of the School of Medicine.
FOOTBALL SEASON PAID $11,491.64
The Board of Regents will begin a two-days' session at the University tomorrow. In addition to a large number of routine matters which they will have to consider, they will discuss the problem of the School of Medicine, which probably will take up most of the session.
The Griffith club at 1229 Ohio will give a dance at I. O. O. F. hall Saturday evening.
MANAGER LANDSON HAS
PREPARED REPORT.
Total Receipts Were $21,779.56.
Over Half of Which Came From
the Missouri Game.
Following is the report : Receipts.
The treasury of the Athletic Association is just $11,491.64 richer than it was at the beginning of the term, as the result of the football season of 1910. Manager W. C. Lansdon has prepared a complete report of the receipts and expenditures of the season so far, which he will submit to the athletic board at its next meeting. The total profit from the season is several thousand dollars less than the University's share of the receipts from the Thanksgiving game.
Student enterprise tickets $1,381.76
Ottawa game . . . . .
Total...$21,779.56
Expenditures
ages . 2,658.20
Trips with team . 1,718.69
Officials . 528.82
penses ... $2,827.00
Trainers ... 401.20
Labor on McCook ... 83.08
Laundry ... 65.15
Equipment of team ... 1,783.48
Publicity and printing ... 118.18
Miscellaneous ... 104.20
Quantitative end percent
Total...$10,387.92
WILL TELL OF INDIA.
Wilber T. Elmore, a Missionary,
Will Speak in Chapel.
Wilber T. Elmore of India will speak in chapel Friday morning on "India's Unrest." During his nine years as missionary to India, Mr. Elmore has made a careful study of the political, industrial and religious conditions and is thus fitted to give first hand information regarding the present situation there.
For the past year he has been on a lecture tour through the United States, but soon will return to occupy a place in the faculty of one of India's educational institutions.
Before the Y. M. C. A. at Snow hall this evening he will tell of "A Trip Through Southern India With a Camera." This will be illustrated with one hundred lantern slides.
Prof. Dunlap will go to Hutchinson this evening to deliver the first of a course of six lectures. Three lectures will be given by Professor Dunlap, two by Professor Johnston and one by Professor Joscelyn of the department of education.
The Jayhawker board has decided upon, December 16, as the last day on which senior "write-ups" will be received. After that date the board members will attempt to fill in the vacancies.
Prof. H. C. Allen spoke before the Chemical club Wednesday in the chemistry club building on "The Use of the Microscope in Analytical Chemistry." Prof. F. W. Bushong of the department of chemistry will speak at the next meeting on "How to Use the Library."
The Women's Student Council held a meeting this afternoon.