The University Kansan.
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
JOSEPH M. W Murray - Editor-in-Chief
EARL FISCHER - - Managing Editor
BUSINESS STAFF:
BUSINESS STAFF
HOMER BERGER -- 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 SPOTTS
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, 75c; time subscriptions, $1.75 per year.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Office in basement of Fraser Hall.
Phone, Bell, K U. 25.
The opinions held on problems of athletics in universities by such men as Alonzo Stagg, director of athletics at the University of Chicago, are always valuable. In a recent letter in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Director Stagg discusses the influence which the Chicago conference has had upon college athletics. He says:
"The whole intercollegiate world is debtor to the Chicago conference for the best regulation respecting intercollegiate athletics which has been promulgated; namely, the one year residence rule. This rule has since been adopted by all of the best universities of the East. It is the strongest blow against so-called "ringers" in college athletics which has ever been struck, as well as the most effective rule in the interest of the scholar-athlete which has been adopted."
Coach Stagg is one of the men who at first were opposed to the rule prohibiting the training table, but who came to support it later. He goes on to say that
"Another regulation of far-reaching good in which the conference has set the lead is that against the training table and training quarters. Like many others who have been in charge of coaching and training athletes, I had supposed that the training table was a necessity from the standpoint of properly conditioning athletes and I was frankly opposed to the regulation. I am now thoroughly convinced that the training table is not a necessity. Furthermore, I believe that it is about the last stronghold about which professionalism can gather in well regulated athletic institutions, and from the experience of several years in administering the training table problem and from hearing the testimony of many men in other institutions on the subject, who are familiar with the matter, I am well satisfied that the training table presents problems of professionalism which the ordinary manager can no more master than can the ordinary grocer make all his collections."
Superintendent William Pickens of the Western State Normal School at Hays has issued a circular letter to the people of Kansas protesting against the action of State Auditor Nation in cutting the estimated appropriation needed for the support of the western branch of the Normal School 73 per cent. Superintendent Pickens shows by a comparison with the estimated appropriation for the Manual Training School at Pittsburg, the only other school in the state which is in the same class with the Hays school, that too large a slice has been taken by the auditor out of the only state school in western Kansas. The Pittsburg estimate was cut only about 18 per cent.
The State Auditor did not, it appear, show any special animus against the University in trying to lop off over a quarter of a million from Chancellor Strong's estimates of the needs of the next biennium. But he has menaced the whole cause of higher education in Kansas by recommending that large reductions be made in the budget of every institution. If the Auditor's recommendations are followed in respect to the University, the school will be years in recovering from the setback which will follow; and it is fair to suppose that the same thing will happen all the way down the line.
The University, or rather the state of Kansas, would lose the School of Medicine which after years of slow development is just getting fairly started. The proposed cut in the maintenance appropriation would make it impossible to provide for the needful expansion of courses and to prepare for the proper handling of increased enrollment. The University would not be able even to hold its own and a backward trend would be substituted for the progress of the past decade.
The Gift to Smokers
Cigars
A box from Rowlands Cigar Store will be just the thing.
If the same thing happens in all the schools as a result of the cutting down of financial support the higher educational system of Kansas will cease to be a source of pride to citizens of the commonwealth.
Following the practice established in previous years, The Kansan will issue a special Christmas number next week. The regular issue of next Saturday will be omitted in order that the staff may work on the special edition.
Nice salted almonds at Wiedemann's.
Kansas
Steins
Tankards
Plates
Pin Trays
Hat Pin
Holders
Ash Trays
Match Holders
Vases
And many other suitable seasons gifts at
Rowlands College Book Store
Northwestern Mut. Life In Co.
L. S. Beeghly. 1415 Mass.
Lee's College Inn appre- nates your business. Why not go there?
Hot chili and crackers 10 cents at Wiedeman's.
Squires, the student photographer, has a classy line of picture frames.
The College Inn carries a full line of Douglas candies in boxes that are fine.
If you like chile try it at Wiede mann's.
Just received—a fresh line of Douglas candies, in boxes, at the College Inn.
DON'T BE FOOLED
by sudden warm spells. Nothing can head off those blizzardy, biting cold days we're going to have before
long—and you'll want your new Overcoat when you can slip into it on a moment's notice. Moral. Get it now. If you decide to buy of us, you are sure of five important things: First, faultless style; second, pure quality; third, fine tailoring; fourth, a perfect fit; fifth, the best value obtainable for the amount you spend. A stock that hasn't a poor quality in it must be an exceptionally good stock and that is precisely the kind you'll find here at—
$10, $12, $15,
$20 to $35
good-all guaranteed with a money back proposition that completely insures you against dissatisfaction whether you purchase a $10 garment or any other garment in the store. The od saying, "You'll do better at Ober's," is just as true today as it has been for years. Test it.
The same healthy condition prevails in our suit stock-all
Now's a Splendid Time to Select Christmas Gifts
for the men folks. We are offering some mighty attractive specials to induce early shopping and to bring people in to see the finest and most comprehensive holiday stocks in this part of the country. Rare opportunities in Bath Robes, Smoking Jackets, Silk Neckwear, Fancy Hosiery, Shirts and Gloves.
Varsity Art Shop
Kansas and Fraternity Emblems in Leather
Leave your Christmas orders now at
Rowlands College Book Store
Protsch
Fall Suiting
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
MASS. ST. PHONES 34
The Corner Grocery in the Student District. WM. LA COSS. Everything fresh that the market affords. Both phones 618. 1333 Ky. St
A New Laundry
UP-TO-DATE
PRESS WORK
NO IRONING
Gem Sanitary Laundry
Phones 485 1026 Mass. St.
Buy your Christmas Cards and Christmas Presents at the INDIAN STORE, 917 Mass. St.
the Gift Shop of Lawrence.
The Watkins National Bank
Capital $100,000
Surplus $50,000
Undivided profits $20,000
J. B. Watkins, Pres. C. A. Hill, V. P.
C. H. Tucker, cashier.
W. E. Hazen, assistant cashier.
First-class work. Prompt delivery
Lawrence Steam Laundry
MOON & JOSTE, K. U.
Agents
SPECIAL WORK
Bell Phone 455
Take 'em down to
Those Shoes you want repaired
TUTORING—I will do tutoring in Spanish. Call Bell phone 1953.