THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VII.
NUMBER 50
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1911
TO MANHATTAN TO TEACH JOURNALISM
MISS SADIE MOSSLER HAS POSITION AT K. S. A. C.
1s Known to Many Students Through Her Newspaper Comments on University Affairs.
Miss Sadie Mossler, who is well known to many University students through her work on the Lawrence Journal, will give up her position as city editor of that paper to accept a better place. The Regents of the Kansas State Agricultural College have decided to enlarge the course in journalism in that school and have asked Mis sMossler to become an assistant professor in the department. Miss Mossler will take up her duties at Manhattan in about a week.
Miss Mossler has been city editor of the Lawrence Journal for three years. She began her work as society reporter, and the department of society gossip "by the S.R.," in the Journal has been exclusively her work. Her humorous and satirical comments on student affairs have caused many University people to read the "S.R.'s" column with interest. Many of Miss Mossler's opinions were put into the mouth of "the little lad who hang around the S.R.'s desk."
The department of industrial journalism was created at the Agricultural College last fall.Charles Dillon, formerly of the staff of the Kansas City Star, is at the head of the department.
Chancellor Strong and Professor Cady go to "Strokm Jemt."
REST AFTER QUIZZES
Chancellor Frank Strong and Professor H. P. Cady are spending today and tomorrow at "Strokem Jotem on the Kaw," for a rest and relaxation after the strenuous days of quiz week. "Strokem Jotem" is the lodge that these two men with Professors Olin Templin and Johnson built at Cameron's bluff this winter and it is serving its purpose very well in furnishing an asylum for the members of the faculty.
Griffin Scholarship Awarded.
Homer Hoyt, a sophomore in the College, was awarded the Charles S. Griffin memorial scholarship. It carries with it a fund of fifty dollars and was open to any boy in the sophomore class who can use the sum properly in paying his expenses.
The members of the awarding committee were professors B. J. Dalton, S. J. Hunter and M. W. Sterling.
Paul Harvey a Professor.
Paul Harvey, who was graduated from the College last year, has become instructor in English at Alma. E. B. Gift, who received his master's degree in 1908, is the superintendent of the schools. Harvey was editor-in-chief of The Kansan last year.
Professor Dunlap went to Fort Scott this morning to deliver two lectures before the Teachers' meeting at that place.
JUDGE PHILIPS WILL SPEAK
The Ex-Federal Judge Will Ad dress University Students.
Hon. John F. Phillips, ex-federal judge of the western district of Missouri, will speak in the lecture room of Green hall, Friday morning after chapel. His subject will be "The Federal Judiciary" and will be for the law students, but all those who desire may come. The speech will not be technical in nature and will be interesting to the public. The University is very fortunate in securing Judge Phillips, because he seldom makes speaking dates and this will be his first trip to Lawrence. Professor Higgins of the School of Law who secured him has practised before the judge and thinks he is one of the most eloquent speakers in the middle west. He also has a new pleasing person city.
Mr. Philips is a graduate of Central College of Kentuey, and in the Civil war served on the Union side. Afterwards he settled in Missouri and practised law till he became a member of the state supreme court. From there he was appointed a federal judge and resigned only last year
WILL TEACH BOTANY.
Miss Grace Charles Will Take Prof. Agrelius' Place.
Miss Grace M. Charles of Chicago has arrived at the University to take the place in the faculty made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Frank U. G. Agrellius, who has accepted a position in the State Normal. She will conduct the teachers' course in botany and instruct in Botany 1 during the spring semester.
Miss Charles received a doctor's degree from the University of Chicago last September and is a teacher of experience, having taught in the University of Wyoming as well as in high schools. She has also carried on special work and will have published in the March number of the Botanical Gazette a research paper on the Marattia, which are subtropical tree ferns.
Short Bible Courses Offered.
Roy Dietrich, chairman of the Y. M. C. A. Bible study committee, is completing plans for the Bible courses to be offered during the spring semester. Special emphasis will be placed upon the small group classes which will carry on short courses. The canvas for members will be begun by the men of this committee next week.
Glee Club at Haskell.
Will Speak at Baptist Church.
C. J. Galpin of the University of Wisconsin will deliver the fourth of a series of Sunday night lectures at the Baptist church of Lawrence tomorrow evening. The talk will be especially for students. The subject will be "Enthusiasm in Ordinary Life."
The Glee club will give a concert at Haskell Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The program will be practically the same as was given in the chapel some time ago.
COLLEGE TEAM WINS FROM BETHANY FIVE
"SWEDES" BEATEN IN A SLOW GAME YESTERDAY.
By a Narrow Score the Second Team Wins Its First Basket-Ball Game.
The first game on the schedule of the College basket-ball team played in Robinson gymnasium last night resulted in a defeat for Bethany College, the visiting team, by a score of 25 to 23. The outcome of the contest was in doubt until the last moment of play, when Nesbitt threw the winning field goal for the College five.
The Bethany "Swedes" scored the first point on a foul and from that time maintained a lead of one or two points until the middle of the first half, when the Kansas team took the lead by a spurt of playing that was the only really fast basket ball played during the entire game. This lead was kept until the score was tied in the latter part of the second half and until the end of the game it was a question as to which team would win. The score at the end of the first half was 16 to 10 in favor of the College team.
The contest was fast and clever at times, but the men could not maintain their fast pace for the entire session. The absence of roughness was the feature of the evening. Numerous fouls were called, but most of them were technical.
Tonight the varsity squad meets the fast K. C. A. C. squad, after a preliminary between the Kansas City, Kan., high school five and the Lawrence high school five.
Bethany G. F.T F.
Rondeck, l f...3 0 0
Peterson, rf ...4 7 3
Ekblad, e ...1 0 3
Hultannt, r. g...0 0 0
Tilburg, l. g...0 0 1
Burk ...0 0 0
Totals...8 7 7
Kansas College
Nesbitt, l f...2 3 4
Hite, r. f...4 0 3
Malleis, e...4 0 2
Ebnother, l. g...0 1
Eisele, r. g...0 0 2
F. Long, r. g...1 0 2
Totals ...11 3 14
Waterworks at Waterville.
Totals...
Referee—"Fog" Allen.
Prof. W. H. Johnson, high school visitor, and Prof. W. C. Hoad, engineer for the State Board of Health, went to Waterville Wednesday morning. Professor Johnson will inspect a new high school building, which has just been completed, and Professor Hoad will go over the ground and give advice concerning a proposed work works system.
At Chapel Tuesday
The chinch bug campaign in Kansas will be the subject of a chapel talk next Tuesday by Prof. F. H. Billings. Professor Billings will pay especial attention to the late Dr. F. H. Snow's important service in the work.
The University Y. M. C. A. now has 450 members in contrast with the 325 which was the total for the entire year of 1909-10.
ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Secretary of New Board in Kansas City Tells of His Work.
L. A. Halbert, secretary of the Board of Public Welfare of Kansas City, Mo., spoke at the regular Y. M. C. A. meeting in Myers hall Thursday evening on "Public Charities." Mr. Halbert said, "The taking care of the poor and needy of the cities is the greatest problem the modern city has to face and it has been found that it can be solved only by the establishing of a board of public welfare which could devote its entire time to the furtherance of such ends."
In order to understand the work done by the board it is essential to know something of its composition. The field of activity covered by the board can be divided into three classes namely correctional, charitable, and general elfare. The work of the correctional department is divided into three heads, the workhouse being placed first, as it is the place where the vagrant husbands and fathers and the lazy young men and women go to work out fines. Those who can not be classed as being criminal and utterly worthless, are sent to the municipal farm where plots are allotted to the different prisoners for cultivation. The bureau of correction follows, since it keeps a record o all the convictions in the city in order that the board may know the criminal record thoroughly and study the habitats of crime.
The largest field is that of charity. It is divided into three departments, lodging house, constructive work for the destitute, and the charities registration bureau. There is only one place in the city where board and lodging can be had at low prices and that is at the lodging house. The people who frequent these places are the poor and destitute and those out of work. In order to prevent duplication of charity to one family, a charities registration bureau was established. It is the work of this bureau to keep a record of the aid given to each family and to act as a confidential employment and information bureau. In this way all the cases of charity can be attended in a systematic manner, thus establishing a unified policy for the improving of conditions of the needy and distressed.
The third and last class is the department of general welfare. Three departments are included in this, the free legal aid bureau, employment bureau, house inspection, and dance inspection. To protect the weak and ignorant laborers from the encroachments of the avaricious employer a free legal aid bureau was established. Many young attorneys for Kansas City offer their services free of charge to the bureau. Also an employment bureau is maintained and over 2175 jobs were secured for men during the month of October. House and dance inspection are also carried on, inspectors being employed in each case to root out the evils in their respective departments.
Gilbert A. Bragg, a junior engineer, was called to his home in St. Joseph, Mo., Friday evening by the death of his grandmother.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM CHEMICALS
AN EXPLOSION ENDANGERS
EYES OF EDITH BABB.
Presence of Mind and Prompt Action of Robert Davis Saves Student From Acid Burns
Another explosion in the chemistry building yesterday afternoon would have resulted in the loss of the eyesight of Miss Edith Babb, a junior in the College, but for the presence of mind of Robert Davis, who works in the same class.
Miss Babb was cleaning apparatus in the laboratory room for Chemistry I.preparatory to checking in at the close of the term. She made a solution of acid with which to cleanse the apparatus and after placing the solution in a flask corked it securely and then inadvertently shook the flask. The reaction of the acids was stronger than the flask could bear and the resulting explosion filled Miss Babb's eyes with the acid. She immediately cried out that her eyes were burned and ran for the door to seek the aid of Miss Hedger on the lower floor of the building.
Upon hearing her cry of pain, Robert Davis, a freshman in the College, from Kansas City, Kan., ran to Miss Babb and by the arm, hurried her to the water faucet where he dashed water in her face and forcing her eyes open thoroughly washes the acid from the lids. The power of the acid was shown on both Miss Babb's and Mr. Davis' hands, which were severely burned.
Professors H. P. Cady and Forence Hedger said, in speaking of the accident afterward, that the quick and thoughtful action of Mr. Davis at the time of the accident was the only thing that possibly could have saved Miss labb's eyes.
As it is, the most painful injury that resulted from the explosion is the burn upon Miss Babb's hands.
NU SIGMA NUS INITIATE.
Also Hold Founder's Day Banquet in Kansas City.
The Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity held initiation for three men at their chapter house in Rosedale last Friday evening. The men initiated were Dr. W.F. Kuhn of the medical school at Rosedale and Henry John and H. A. Alexander, both freshman medics. Fourteen members of the chapter here went down to the initiation and remained over until Saturday night for the Founder's Day banquet, held that night in the University club rooms.
New Catalogues to Printer.
Registrar Foster is unable to announce when the catalogues will be ready for distribution.The state printer received a special appropriation at the beginning of the present session of the state legislature for the work. The manuscript has already been sent to the printer, but owing to rush of business they may not be printed for another month.