THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VII.
250 TEACHERS ARE TO COME THURSDAY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1911
MANY PROMINENT SPEAK ERS SECURED.
Teachers and Ball Players Need Entertainment—Loving Cups to Be Given.
The eighth annual conference of the teachers of the high schools and academies accredited by the University of Kansas will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Two hundred and fifty instructors from the preparatory schools of the state are expected to attend this conference and those who desire rooms while in town, may obtain a gift from Registrar George O. Foster The object of the meeting is to increase the interest of the high schools in the University. A number of addresses on the subjects of current and practical interest to the instructors will be given by some of the prominent educators of the state. Those men who will address the meeting are; Prof H. F. Roberts, of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Prof Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago; H. W. Fairchild state superintendent of public instruction; Prof. O. G. Markham of Baker University; Prof. H. J Foster of Ottawa University Prof. Ira D. Cardiff of Washburn College; Prof. Edward C. Elliot of the University of Wisconsin Prof. A. J. Schwartz of the Me Kinley high school of St. Louis and Prof. H. L. Miller of the Kansas City, Kan., high school.
The opening address of the conference will be given by Professor Roberts of the Kansas State Agricultural College on the subject of "The Relation of Agricultural Botany to the Teaching of Botany." This meeting will be held in Snow hall under the auspices of Sigma Xi, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
On Friday in chapel Professor Shailer Mathews and E. T. Fairchild will address the teachers.Mr. Fairchild will talk on the subject "Recent Legislation and the next Step." The first general conference will be held in Snow hall at 2 o'clock when Professors H. H. Foster and O. G. Markham will deliver addresses. During the mainder of the day special meetings for the teachers of the various departments will be held.
On Saturday morning the last general conference will be held in Snow hall when Professor A. J. Schwartz, James Naismith, R. A. Schwegler and H. L. Miller will talk. Special conferences o the departments will be held during the rest of the day.
Saturday noon a luncheon will be given for the teachers in the gymnasium and the men and women will give an exhibition of dancing and tumbling.
Twenty-one boys ' teams and ten girls' teams have entered the basket-ball tournament that will be held in Robinson gymnasium on Friday and Saturday of this week. The preliminary games of the tournament will be played on Friday morning and afternoon and and the semi-finals will be played on Saturday. The championship wil be decided in the
evening of the last day. The girls will play their preliminary games on Saturday morning.
"Fog" Allen and "Dick' Waring will referee all the games of the tournament. The schools that have entered girls teams are: Bonner Springs, Chanute, Clay County, Dickinson County, Florence, Hutchinson, Olathe, Rene County, Wamego, and Wellsville. The schools that have entered boys teams are: Anthony, Arkansas City, Atehison, Baldwin, Buffalo, Clay County, Clearwater, Dickinson County, Florence, Fort Scott, Halstead, Iola, Lansing Lawrence, Mankato, Newton Olathe, Topeka, Washington Wellsville, Winfield.
For the winners of the championship among the boys' teams there will be large silver loving cup given by the University and a like trophy for the winner of the girls' championship.
SOCCER PRACTICE TOO.
NUMBER 69
Athletes of Debrutalized Game Will Elect Captain.
There will be a meeting of the members of last year's soccer foot ball team in the faculty room of the gymnasium Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, for the purpose of electing the captain for the coming year and organizing for spring practice. The first spring practice will be held on Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock on the field, south of the gymnasium, and Coach Root expects about twenty-two men to report on the first day.
"Practically all the men of last year's team will be back for the squad next fall and the prospects of turning out a winning aggregation are better than ever," said Coach Root. "We are trying now to obtain the support of the University Athletic association, and if we are successful in obtaining this backing, we shall have a good schedule next fall. The schools that we can schedule games with are Washburn, William Jewell, Baker University, Emporia, Kansas State Normal Friends University, and Fairmount.
Y. W. C. A. Meeting.
The Pi Upsilon fraternity entertained about thirty people at a "stunt night," given at their house Friday night. A dinner was served and dancing followed the program. The program included numbers by the orchestra, quartet, the human piano, and monologues, and a farce.
Mrs. J. T. Chafin of Swope Settlement, Kansas City, will speak before the Young Women's Christian Association Wednesday afternoon at the regular meeting. Her subject will be "Settlement Work," the second of a series of talks on "Practical Work by the Association." All girls of the University are urged to come.
Charles C. Cramer, a junior pharmacie, will speak before the Pharmaceutical society Friday morning at 11:15 in the pharmacy lecture room. His subject will be "Advertising."
Secretary E. E. Brown has moved into his new home on University Heights.
TWO CONCERTS WILL BE
GIVEN THIS YEAR.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED TODAY
Selection From "Madam Butterfly," "Egmont" and "Faust"
Are Included in the Program.
Dean Skilton announced this afternoon the complete program for the eighth annual music festival, to be held in the Robinson gymnasium April 7. There will be two concerts, one at 2:30 in the afternoon and the other at 8:15 in the evening. The famous Minneapolis Symphony orchestra will again appear at the University. Prof. Wort Morse and Mrs. Blanche Lyons of the School of Fine Arts are the local soloists who will take part in the festival.
Following is the program :
Friday, April 1, 2.30 p.m.
Overture "Egmont" —Beethoven.
Soprano solo, "Ave Maria," from "Cross of Fire" (Bruch)—Lucille Tewksbury.
Friday, April 7, 2:30 p. m.
Symphony No. 4—Tchaikowski.
Three movements.
Violin Solo, Concerto in D, (Paganiini); Gypsy Airs (Sarasate)Professor Wort Morse
Scenes de Ballet, Op. 52 (Glaz
ounow), Four numbers.
Friday, April 7, 8:15 p. m..
Friday, April 4. 8:10 p.m.
Symphony in E Minor, No. 4 (Brahms), Four movements.
Soprano Solo, Arioso, from "Madam Butterfly," (Puccini)—Mrs. Blanche Lyons.
Bass Solo, Serenade from "Faust" (Berlioz)—Marcus Kellerman.
“Angelus” from “Prize” Symphony (Hadley); tenor solo, Arioso, from “La Boheme” (Puccini)—Charles Hargreaves.
Scherzo, Op. 43 (Goldmark.)
The program for the concert Thursday evening, April 6, when Carlo Fisher, violoncello, and Jennie Norelli, soprano will be the soloists, has not been announced.
Varsity and Central Y. M. C. A Divide Honors at St. Louis.
KANSAS TIED FOR FIRST.
Despite the handicaps under which they labored, the varsity track team that went to St. Louis last Saturday night to take part in the invitation meet, tied with the Central Y. M. C. A. for first place with eleven points. The Missouri Athletic club was second with ten points and the Kansas City Athletic club third with six points. Roberts took third in the 50-yard dash, Charles Woodbury took first in the high hurdles and Harold Woodbury second.French jumping from seratch, tied for second with Nicholson of Missouri, who had an advantage of an inch and a half. Missouri won the relay by a lead of about four yards.
Notice.
The Mathematics club will meet at the residence of Prof. J. W Young, at 1792 Massachusetts, to morrow night.
J. V. Redman, the Julius Kamen fellow in chemistry, went to Chicago, Thursday morning.
RELIGIOUS MEETINGS HERE.
Ten Lectures by Divines This Week and Next.
The sixth annual institute for religious education at the University of Kansas will be given during the week beginning next Friday and lasting until the following Thursday evening. The speakers will be Prof. Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago and Dr. Frank Sanders, president of Washburn University. The object of the institute is to discuss important religious and ethical problems of the day. The teachers of the state attending the high school conference are also invited to hear them.
Prof. Shailer Mathews is dean of the School of Divinity at the University of Chicago. He will give a series of six lectures in the chapel every afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, excepting Sunday, when there will be vespers and Saturday, when it will be at 2 o'clock. The subject is "The Social Teachings of Jesus." In addition to this Professor Mathews will deliver the chapel address Friday and the vesper address Sunday. Dr. Mathews is well known throughout the country as an author, teacher and speaker.
Dr. Frank K. Sanders was formerly dean of the School of Divinity at Yale, but is now at Washburn. He will give a series of four lectures daily at 3:30 o'clock, from Monday till Thursday. The subject is "The Six Creative Centuries of Ancient Israel."
HENRY SCHOTT A VISITOR.
Reporting Class Was Addressed by Kansas City Newspaper Man.
Henry Schott, managing editor of the Kansas City Times, made a talk before the class in reporting yesterday morning.
"The supply of editors and copy readers never runs short," said Mr. Schott, "but a real reporter is a rare bird. A reporter is a man who can recognize the news and feature value of whatever he observes, and almost everything he sees will suggest a story to the trained reporter."
See everything, ask questions, take notes, and read much, was the advice Mr. Schott gave to students who would be reporters.
Mr. and Mrs. Schott were the guests of Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Carruth at luncheon.
Will Pave Adams.
At the city council meeting last night a contract was let for the paving of Adams street to the top of the hill.
Donald Yoeman, '10 will spend Friday and Saturday with friends in Lawrence. Mr. Yoeman is teaching mathematics and physics in the Hutchinson high school and will accompany the basket-ball team to Lawrence.
L. D. Redman, a fellow in the department of industrial research was called to Washington, D.C., this week, in connection with his fellowship.
The students in the School o Fine Arts will give a recital North College this afternoon 4 o'clock.
REFUSE ADMISSION TO FIVE HUNDRED?
ENROLLMENT OF SCHOOL NOT TO BE INCREASED.
Lack of Funds Will Prohibit Accommodations for Students Beyond Present Numbers.
That the University of Kansas will refuse admission to probably five hundred young men and women during the next two years, was the statement made public today by Professor Olin Templin, dean of the College. The reason given for this action was based on the recent reduction made in the appropriations for the University. It was felt that the legislative appropriation of $40,000 per year for upkeep would provide for absolute necessities, but the action of Governor Stubbs in cutting the appropriation to $20,000 per year has made further progress practically impossible.
The $40,000 originally asked for was to provide for the reroofing of the Medical building, repairing the south wall of the Snow hall, providing adequate sewerage facilities and for various other repairs that were absolutely needed. These things must receive attention and the money with which the work may be carried on must come out of the fund for general maintenance.
Under the conditions as made evident by the new appropriations there can be no raise in the instructors' salaries, no enlargement of the class room facilities, no institution of new courses already planned, and in no instance can accommodations be made for the usual increase of two hundred and fifty students that apply for admission to the state school each year.
According to Dean Templin he will present a plan at the next meeting of the Board of Regents and urge its adoption, that because of a lack of funds with which to carry on the work the student body shall not be allowed to increase beyond its present numbers for the next two years.
LETTERS ON BASEBALL
Opinions of Other Schools on Spring Sport Sought.
Professor McClung has sent a letter to each of the conference schools with the hope that some agreement as to amateur standing may be reached. It is provable that the conclusion reached will be that all players who cannot be fully certified as to their playing in organized baseball, will be dropped. It is the intention of Professor McClung to hold out for an unquestioned amateur standing.
If the inter-collegiate games are dropped from the University schedule, in all probability there will be a series of inter-school games for the championship of the University. Manager Lansdon believes that eight or nine ball fields could be laid out and that sufficient paraphernalia for that many teams could be arranged for by the association. A suitable trophy will be offered, and the loss of the inter-collegiate games would not be so keenly felt.