THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VII
NUMBER 71
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1911
MORGANSUCCEEDED BY RODNEYELWARD
NEW REGENT WILL TAKE OFFICE IN APRIL.
Upon the expiration of the present term of Regent W. Y. Morgan, which goes into effect on April 1 of this year, he will be succeeded by Rodney Elward, of Castleton, Reno county. The appointment was announced Thursday evening by Governor Stubbs, The term of Scott Hopkins of Topeka will expire at the same time, but he has been appointed to succeed himself. The term of J.W. Gleed also expires in April but his successor has not yet been appointed. It is understood,however, that he will not succeed himself.
Elward a Republican Insurgent a Former Newspaper Man Morgan's Record.
Rodney Elward, the new Regent who will succeed Morgan, is a Republican, but belongs to the insurgent school and has been active in the fights against the "standpatters." He is a young man, is a college man, has worked on the Milwaukee Sentnel, and is at present a ranch man. He was at one time the private secretary of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. He has a sister in the University, Virginia Elward, who is a freshman in the College.
W. Y. Morgan, the retiring Regent, has held the office of Regent of the Kansas University for two terms, and with the students is one of the most popular Regents of any man who has held that office. He was graduated from the College in '85, lives in Hutchinson, and is the editor of the Hutchinson News.He held the office of state printer for two terms and is interested in the banking business in Hutchinson. He has served four terms in the house of the state legislature. He was the only Regent who held out for a continuation of the annual football game between Kansas and Missouri at Kansas City on Thanksgiving day.
Last Year's Football Captain the Manager of Big Plant.
PLEASANT MAKES GAIN
Carl Pleasant, president of the senior class '10, has recently passed the city civil service examination at Kansas City, far ahead of a number of other applicants, and has been appointed manager of the municipal asphalt plant at Kansas City, Mo., a position paying $2,000 a year.
Pleasant was captain of the football team in 1909 and played half-back on the team. He was a civil engineer and did special work in chemistry. He took his bachelor's degree in 1909, and his master's degree in 1910. In June 1910, he received an appointment as assistant city chemist at Kansas City, Mo., a position paying $1,500 a year. His work there was principally inspecting and testing asphalt paving.
C. O. Vandyke, '10, who is teaching in Campbell College at Holton, attended the sessions of the high school conference Friday and Saturday.
Vespers.
The last University vesper service of the school year will be held in the chapel tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. The address will be given by Dean Shaul Mathews of Chicago University. His subject will be "The Adventures of Faith." The special music will consist of a piano prelude by Prof. C, A. Preyer; a solo "Evening and Morning," by Mrs Lyons, and a violin solo and organ postlude by Miss Dunne, Prof. Preyer and Miss Cooke.
FIRST RELIGIOUS ADDRESS
Shailer Mathews Discusses Relation of Jesus to Men.
"Jesus is essentially an individualist;he is concerned not with human, but with man the unit," said Dean Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago Divinity School, yesterday afternoon in the first lecture of the institute of Religious Education. The subject of the address was "The General Character of the Social Teaching of Jesus." "Yet this individualism in no way detracts from the democracy upon which Jesus constantly insists. He sees in human relationships the chance for an ideal fraternity."
"This fraternity," said Dean Mathews, "is to be one of usefulness rather than of rights, Jesus deliberately emphasized this truth to those who had privileges. He had a frank recognition of the cost of his doctrine, it cuts down into the selfishness of the human soul.
"The perception of his own social teachings which Jesus had is primarily religious. He says that men can be truly social beings only by becoming the sons of God. Jesus approaches all his teachings with the fundamental conception that men ought to become like God even though it means sacrifice."
Dr. Matthews will speak at the vesper service at 4:30 Sunday afternoon on "The Adventure of Faith." and at the same hour on Monday on "The Teaching of Jesus as to the Worth of the Individual."
BLACK HELMET MEETING.
Addressed by Faculty on Value of School Spirit.
The Order of the Bleck Helmet, a sophomore honorary society held its first smoker at the Sig Alph house Thursday night. Todd Woodbury, president of the society, was toastmaster and responses to the toasts were made by members of the faculty and the student body. Dr. W. L. Burdick of the School of Law and Prof. E. W. Murray of the College were the faculty representatives and spoke of the value of school spirit to an institution and of the benefits of the fellowship that were to be derived from these societies. If conducted properly they were a help to the students and such organizations should be encouraged. Earl Miller, Clem Parker, and Ben Forbes of the seniors and spoke upon the benefit of the development of the societies among the students and the advancement of the interests of the University. A cafe lunch was served.
CON CLUB TO BANQUET.
E. C. McBride, a former student at the University, who is now attending Drake University at Des Moines, Ia., where he is editor of the Delphic, the student newspaper, visited Friday and Saturday with W. M. Hughes.
C. F. Squires will give a complimentary dinner to the thirteen original members of the Con club on Monday evening at 6 o'clock
The "Patron Saint," C. F.
Squires, Will Give Dinner.
The Con club was organized about a week ago. The one requirement for membership, it is said, was that each man must have been photographed at least six times for the 1911 Jayhawker. Further than that the ideals and purposes of the society are not known to anyone outside of the members.
Miss Helen Haynes of Emporia visited with her cousin, Miss Violet Haynes during the sessions of the high school conference.
H. S. TOURNAMENT ALMOST DECIDED
CONTEST HAS NARROWED TO FOUR BEST TEAMS.
Lawrence and Topeka of Boys and Chanute and Reno of the Girls Remain.
The final contest for the enamipionship in the boys' tournament will be played between the Topeka and Lawrence high schools this evening. The deciding game of the girls' tournament will be played between Chanute and Reno County. The games this evening will be played on the long court of the gymnasium and the halves will be full twenty minutes. In the semi-finals, Topeka defeated Arkansas City this morning by the score of 35 to 32. Lawrence qualified for the final contest by defeating the strong Buffalo five by the count of 35-32. These two games were the hardest and fastest that have been played in the tournament this year, and the game this evening promises to be one of the fastest contests that has ever been played between high schools on the court in Robinson gymnasium. The Topeka five have a good record this season, but the Lawrence squad has one that equals it in every way. The Lawrence team has lost only three of their contests this season and they won the cup at the tournament held by Baker University this spring. Perhaps the fact that they are more acquainted with the long court will work to the advantage of the Lawrence men.
In qualifying for the finals of the girls's part of the tournament, Chanute defeated Wamego by the score of 38 to 12, and Reno County defeated Clay County by the score of 44 to 8.
In the second set of games in the boys' tournament, Friday afternoon, eight teams qualified for further contests. The third round played Friday night and Saturday morning resulted as follows: Topeka, 27, lola 23; Arkansas City 32, Winfield 30; Clay County 25, Lawrence 28; Buffalo 29, Halstead 25.
In the girls' tournament five games were played Friday and the teams that qualified for the semi-finals are Reno County, Clay County, Wamego and Chanute. The results of the girls' games are as follows; Reno County 36, Olathe 20; Wamego 29, Dickinson County 19; Chanute 68, Bonner Springs 4; Clay County 12 Osawatomie 9; Hutchinson 20, Olathe 21.
Lawrence and Clay county played the fastest game of the series last night and the result of the game was in doubt till the final moment of the contest. Lawrence nosed with a three point lead. Clay County won the championship in the tournament last year and their efforts to repeat the feat were strenuous, but the newly organized team of the local school roped too fast.
Last night the opening game of the evening was played between a team of all stars of the University and the freshman team. The result of this contest was a defeat for the all-stars by the score of 20 to 16. The All-Star team consisted of Edward Van der Vries, Long, Hargis, "Phog" Allen, and Listen. The Freshmen were Brown, Baldwin, Boehm, W. Brown, Greenees and Smith.
At noon today lunch was served to about 225 visitors at the Robinson gymnasium, after which they were entertained by an interpretation of various folk dances by Miss Fish's dancing class. This was followed by an exhibition of pyramids and tumbling by Root, Babb, Pauly Shotts, Ghormley, and Brownlee.
Among the prominent visitors on the hill today were. Professor
Shailer Mathews of Chicago University, Professor Schwartz of the McKinley High school, St. Louis, Professor Pierson of Kansas City, Kan.; Professor Todd of Washburn, Professor Garrett of Baker, Professor Knight of Wichita, Professor Short of Topeka, and Professor Ware of Olathe.
WENT UP IN SMOKE.
Thinking They Were Smoking Tobacco Medics Inhaled Postum.
Somebody ought to carry the news to C. W. Post. Recent medical tests have demonstrated that the bran products of his Battle Creek factories are not only good to eat and drink, but that they can be inhaled with great mental and spiritual benefit.
On the living-room table of the Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity house in Rosedale, stands a tobacco jar, the contents of which are used by all the residents of the house and paid for by a smaller number. One day a sample package of postum was left at the house and one of the men, thinking to discourage the "moochers," emptied the contents into the tobacco jar and mixed Postum and tobacco well together. The effect was better than he expected. The men who liked to get something for nothing noted that the jar had been replenished and went after it, pipes in hand. For days they smoked, praising the good "tobacco" between puffs. Only after the jar was emptied did the student who had thought up this new use for Postum explain to his fellows what they had regarded as diversion had really been work leading to a new medical and scientific discovery.
HOBSON IS CAPTAIN.
Schedule Planned by the Soccer Team Is Heavy.
Asher Hobison was elected captain of the 1911 soccer team yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the soccer team, held in Coach Root's office in Robinson gymnasium. Plans for getting men out for practice were also discussed. The squad will begin spring practice Monday afternoon on the soceer eld just south of the gymnasium, under the supervision of Coach Root. They will practice three days out of the week at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Alma Manley '09 of Junction City visited with her sister, Miss Anna Manley, during the high school conference.
A schedule is being prepared and games with Baker University, Friends University, Fairmount College, College of Emporia, and the Kansas State Normal will be played next fall. According to present prospects the University soccer team will be a strong aggregation next year.
ATTENDANTS ELECTED.
Freshmen Girls Will Elect Monday Noon.
The sophomore and junior girls elected their attendants for the May Queen Friday noon. The juniors elected: Leota McFarlin, Esther Degen, Nan Armstrong, and Brownie Angle. The sophomores chose Fay Chisham, Maryzita Cabill, Helen Degen and Vera Atkinson. The juniors had their meeting in the chapel and the sophomores met in room 119. The freshmen girls will hold an election Monday to determine their representatives.
Prof. W. C. Hoad has been in Pratt, Kan., the greater part of last week, assisting Professor Dyche, fish and game warden, in planning improvements on the state fish hatchery there.
GOVERNOR STUBBS BECOMES INCENSED
THE STATEMENT BY DEAN
TEMPLIN IS CORED.
Resents The Kansan Editorial and Demands an Explanation— Regents Meet Tuesday.
Last Saturday The Kansan criticized editorially the action of Governor Stubbs in cutting $40,000 from the University appropriation. On Monday a statement from Dean Templin appeared in which it was said that he would present a plan at the next meeting of the Board of Regents in which it was proposed to refuse admission to possibly five hundred students during the next two years.
Evidently these two articles did not please the chief executive. At any rate in the Topeka Daily Capital for March 23 there appeared an interview with Governor Stubbs in which he resented the charges made that his paring of University funds would impair the growth of this institution. He says in part, "In view of the fact that the appropriations for the upkeep and maintenance of the University have increased $400,000 in the last four years, and the further fact that the enrollment has not increased to exceed two hundred, it appears to me that the institution will be able to keep its doors open for the next two years."
Yesterday The Kansan received a communication from Regent W. A. White in which the attitude of The Kansan toward Governor W. R. Stubbs was declared to be unworthy of his actions. This article is printed elsewhere in the paper.
Agitation over the appropriation bill in general has been rife during the past few days and it is expected that there will be something of unusual interest happen when the Regents meet next Tuesday. The Graduate Magazine appeared today and added its voice to the clamor, by branding the governor as a political climber, who is using the University as a means for his political advancement.
Today the Chancellor, when questioned in regard to the Dean Templin statement, said that it was wholly unofficial and that he had nothing whatever to do with its declaration.
An open letter was sent out yesterday by Governor Stubbs to the Regents in which he demands an explanation of all this recent resentment of his actions.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY TODAY.
Two Addresses by Kansas City Members Delivered.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock, Norman S. Bushnell, chief chemist for the Armour Packing company, spoke on "The Laboratory and the Packing Plant." At 6:30 supper will be served for the members of the American Chemical society, at Lee's Inn, and at 7:30 William J. Reese, head chemist of the Peet Brothers Manufacturing company, will speak on the subject, "Observation on the Teter point of mixed fatty acids."
Prof. F. B. Daines of Topeka, president of the Western Branch of the American Chemical Society, and several members from Kansas City and Manhattan and be present.
Arthur R. Caylor, a freshman in the School of Fine Arts, withdrew from school and left Thursday for Portland, Ore., where his parents now live. Mr. Caylor will continue his college work in Reed Institute.a university which will be opened next fall in Portland.