THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VII.
NUMBER 68
SCHOOLS ELECT THEIR ORATORS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911
BUT LITTLE COMPETITION AMONG SPEAKERS.
Fine Arts School Will Not Be Represented. Pharmics Elect a Freshman.
Speakers were elected by the various schools of the University yesterday, to represent them on Student day, May 26. All schools which were represented in the Student Council, were eligible to elect one speaker. There will be no speaker from the School of Fine Arts nor the Graduate School. The College, Engineers Laws, and Pharmie held their elections at chapel time.
In the Law School, Harry Allphin, a senior, was chosen from the four candidates. The vote was Harry Allphin, 56; M. O. Locke, 40; Clem Parker, 26; A. O. Andrews, 11.
Fred Lee, a senior, was the successful candidate in the College over William Land, Roy Work and Grace Elmore.
The engineer's election was practically by the departments, although there was some mixed vote. Mat Graham, a senior civil, won with a vote of 65, a majority of 21 over Henry Hoffman, electrical, who got 44. The other candidate was Tom Purton, mechanical, who had 11 votes.
The pharmacies voted 23 for Stone, and 12 for C. C. Cramer Stone, however, refused to accept the honor, and it fell to Cramer, the minority candidate, who is a freshman.
50 MEMBERS ATTENDED
Phi Beta Kappas Banquet at the Presbyterian Church.
The medies held their election at 8:15. Those up for election were J. D. Cook, D. O. Smith, Martha Wallace,and Lillian Fowler. Cook won by a small majority.
Fifty members of Phi Beta Kappa attended the annual banquet and initiation of fourteen new members at the First Presbyterian church last night. Prof. F. W. Blackmar, president, acted as toastmaster. The toasts were
"Ideals that Lead Us"—Prof Blackmar.
"Vocational Training"'— Miss Terrill.
"A Little Original Research" Eliot Porter.
“O Tempores! O Mores!”—Mrs. F. H. Hodder.
"Popular Approval of Higher Education"—Chaneellor Strong.
The University receives all sorts of queer gifts and bequests. Among the most recent acquisitions is a living bald eagle. On the cage containing it were these words: "For the Professor of Natural History, at the University of Kansas."
Live Bird Received.
Harry L. Olsson, editor of the Bethany Messenger, was a University visitor today. He has been attending the conference of the editors of the papers of the state denominational schools at Topeka. The Messenger is the official publication of Bethany College at Lindsborg.
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
Prof. Schwegler Shows Differ enc between Boy and Man.
Prof. Raymond A. Schwegler of the department of education spoke at the regular weekly meeting of the University Y. M. C. A. at Myers' hall, Thursday evening upon the subject of "Religious Experiences of Young men." He divided religion into two classes, namely, emotional and intellectual. Emotional he defined as the pleasurable side which resulted by giving attention to special music, rousing sermons by an enthusiastic pastor, to a buoyant congregation. Intellectual was defined as the catching of a vision of God and translating it into the lives of men.
For an example he took the life of a certain boy. He told of the ideas the young boy gathered from his parents, Sunday school teacher, and pastor in regard to religion, most of them were emotional in character. He accepted these from them as authority. He carried these ideas up through his boyhood until he reached the period of adolescence. During this period his emotional was at its highest pitch and he went to church regularly. There he was very much impressed with the average revival service which had as usual its martial music and militant revivalist.
The arrival of this youth at the University was the turning point in his religious career. The new surroundings instilled into him a different spirit. When he attended the church of his preference he rubbed up against a strange congregation and a strange pastor, and these failed to stir up the old emotional religion to which he had been accustomed. After experiencing a temporary relapse from all religion, he abandoned his former ideas and put his religion on an intellectual basis from which he gathered a vision of God and became contented with his new belief. His old emotional religion fled from him because it was broken by this element of intellectual religion.
Continuing Dr. Schwegler said, "The fundamental thing in religion is to catch this vision of God."
The regular University vesper service will be held in the chapel at 4:30 Sunday. This will be the last musical service and there will be but one other vesper service this year.
Vesper Service.
The program will be "Andante," from Preyer's first Sonata, by Professor Preyer; the "Anthem Te Deum," from Buck by the quartet; "Father Lead Me by Thy Hand," by Butterfield, from Belshazzar, by a trio consisting of Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Simons, and Mr. Hubach; an organ and piano duet, "Duo Symphonique," from Wehly, by Miss Maude Cooke and Professor Preyer; a tenor solo "Eternal Rest," from Piecolomini, by Mr. Hubach; an organ and piano duet, "Adagio," from Beethoven.
AGNES HUSBAND IS CHOSEN MAY QUEEN
C. W. Whitehair, state college secretary of college Y. M. C. As. was a visitor at the University Y. M. C. A. Wednesday.
RULER OF FETE WILL SING THIS YEAR.
Committee Can Find no Jester
Senior Girls Will Give
a Party.
The senior girls, at their meeting yesterday in the chapel, unanimously elected Agnes Husband May queen for the May Fete, which will probably be held May 13. It will be remembered by the juniors and seniors that the last fete, two years ago, was held in the gymnasium on account of the April shower. This year the event is to be held later in the spring and it is hoped that the wet month will have exhausted itself before the campus is decorated for the games.
It is the present plan of the senior girls that the May queen sing a song suitable to the occasion. It was suggested that the queen ride a white horse in the procession, but that part of the arrangement has not been definitely decided as yet. As in the fete two years ago, the May queen will be preceded by a jester and four heralds. The committee is having some trouble to find a jester in the University.
This celebration of May day is the only one of the kind in the west, and it is intended to add a distinction to student life. The different classes are all represented in certain parts of the program, as are the fraternities and sororities.
At the meeting yesterday the senior girls also decided to give a party a week from today in the gymnasium. Those appointed on the entertainment committee were Mabel Evans, Alice Johnson, Lena Terrill, Marjorie Bodle, Bessa David, Novma Mering, and Beryl Lovejoy. The refreshment committee is Ann Williams, chairman; Mary Polack, Ola Jackson, Violet Haynes and Helen Morrow. The members of the finance committee are Allen a Grafton, chairman; Mabel Watkins, and Marienne Sapp. A tea is to be given for the faculty ladies April 20. The hostesses chosen were Gertrude Blackmar Helen Phillips, Agnes Husband, Oreta Moore, Mary Senior and Lois Stevens.
RELAY WITH MISSOURI.
Two Teams Will Try Fortunes Again Tonight.
Columbia, Mo., March 16. The University of Missouri and the University of Kansas relay teams will meet again Saturday night in the athletic meet of the Missouri Athletic club in St. Louis. Missouri will enter teams in the 1-mile relay against St. Louis and the University of Kansas and in the 2-mile relay against Drake University.
"Kansas will be our strongest competitor," said T. E. Jones, instructor in athletics today. "We have a good chance to win the cup offered to the school scoring the highest number of points, and there is no reason why we shouldn't capture several of the gold and silver medals offered for individual events.
JUNIORS ORGANIZE.
This Class Society Will Called "The Friars."
Twenty-three members of the junior class met at the Sigma Nu house last Thursday evening and organized a society that will be known as "The Friars." The primary purpose of the club is to perfect an organization whereby affairs of the class may be discussed. They will also entertain the other class societies at some time during the year and discuss matters of university concern.
The members of the society are: George Bowles, John Williams, James Boring, Carl Cannon, Andrew Van Eman, Roscoe Redmond, Clarke Wallace, George Stuckey, Robert Lee, Ira Bermant, Karl Moore, William Moore, Arch McKinnon, James Daniels, Frank Davis, John Johnson, Elmer Dittmar, Henry Ahrens, Ben Marshall, Solon Emery, Isaac Lambert, Lee Roberts, and Everett Brummage.
PAN-HELLENIC BASEBALL.
Fraternities Lay Plans for Tournament This Spring.
At a meeting of the Pan-Hellenic council Tuesday evening, plans were drawn up for the annual fraternity baseball tournament to be held this spring. For several years it has been a custom for the different fraternities to play a series of games every spring. As usual a cup will be contested for this year. It was arranged by the council to divide the fraternities into two divisions. The members of the first division are the Sig Alphs, Phi Gams, Sigma Nus, and Alpha Taus. Those in the second group are the Sigma Chis, Phi Psis, Betas and Phi Delts. The winners of each division will play a series of three games to decide the championship. The restriction on the players is that
The winners of each division will play a series of three games to decide the championship. The restriction on the players is that no varsity man, who has played the same position on the varsity in two games, can play that position on a fraternity team.
Receives Solid Alcohol.
A box of solidified denatured alcohol has been received by Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, from the firm that manufactures the product, located at Wheeling, West Virginia. Professor Bailey requested the company to send him a sample of their product for the purpose of investigation and examination into its properties and uses. According to the company the alcohol is non-explosive in such a form.
Dr. J. F. MacKey of the department of industrial research, addressed the Chemical club yes terday afternoon on the subject "Cementing Materials." Dr. Mackey developed a classification of cements based upon their manner of setting and showed that the development of modern constructional methods was due in a large measure, to the use of improved cementing material.
Dr. Hoffman, editor of the Chicago Daily Socialist, who addressed a large audience in Lawrence Tuesday evening, is a brother of John and Walter Hoffman of Enterprise, students in the College.
KANSAS OPENS THE SEASON AT HASKELL
COACH LANSDON'S PUPILS TEST STRENGTH TODAY.
Allphin and Hill Start as Battery—Spring Practice Has Been Satisfactory.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the University baseball team opened the season with a game on Haskell field with the Indians. Thirty varsity men are out for the team and no permanent line-up was given, all the try-outs being allowed a chance to show their baseball ability. The line-up for the first inning today was:
K. U.— Haskell—
Hicks . . . s s . . Jenkins
Hill . . . c . Lawrence
Ward . . . 3rd . . Bebeaul
Larson . . l. f . Burnett
Cayot . . . 2nd . . Deere
Porter . . . 1st . . Parker
Moore . . . r. f. . Fremont
Mahin . . . c. f. . Crow
Allphin . . p . Matthais
Vaughan. Hudson
Umpire—Harlan.
The first inning was just started as The Kansan went to press.
Between twenty-five and thirty men have been reporting regularly for baseball practice on McCook field, and the competition for the positions on the nine gives promise of one of the fastest and best teams that Kansas has been able to produce since the days of Kauffman. Since the prospects of putting such a good team upon the diamond have developed, it is the opinion of Manager Lansdon and Captain Haller that there is little probability of the athletic board withdrawing the baseball team from the conference and confining the sport to a University league and class teams.
The members of last year's team have been allowed to check out uniforms, but the men who are trying out for varsity ball for the first time have had to wait until the old men have had a chance before they will be given the gray uniforms of the varsity squad. The men who are showing up best in the daily practice are: "Jim" Smith and Hill, catchers; Locke, Farrell, Goff, and Buzick, pitchers; Wilhelm and Larson, field; Hicks, Hoffman, and Randolph, short-stop; Porter, first base; Cayot, Rambo, and McCarty, second base; and Haller, and Ward, third base.
First Lecture Sunday.
Prof. F. W. Blackmar, dean of the Graduate School, will give the first of his series of five lectures on city problems, at Myers hall Sunday afternoon at 2:30. His subject will be "Vice and Crime."
This is one of the five mission courses that the Y. M. C. A. is offering. The classes will meet weekly for the next six weeks. Two hundred men have already signed for these courses. One hundred of the students will be in Professor Blackmar's division.
John C. Johnson, a freshman medic, has been called to his home in Formosa, on account o the serious illness of his mother.