THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
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LOUIS H. BURKE    Editor-in-Chief
COLLINS N. CAMON    Managing Editor
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M. D. BAER - Circulation Manager
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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.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1911.
COMING EVENTS.
April 18—Tryout for Senior play
April 22—French Play.
April 22—Relay Carnival at Des Moines.
April 24-28—Dr. Zuoblin Lectures
April 24-28, Room 106
April 29—Missouri Debate.
April 29—Interclass track meet.
May 5—Sophomore Prom.
May 6—Interscholastic Track Field Games
May 11—Baseball game with Kieo University.
May 16----May Fete.
May 13—Missouri-Kansas Dual
May 13
May 18-19—Senior Play.
May 20—Fourth Annual Invita-
May 20—Fourth Annual Invitation Meet.
NEW QUIZ SYSTEM
It seems as if the faculty has just awakened to the realization that our old methods of conducting quizzes were not conducive to a high standard of work nor did they obtain the greatest efficiency from the student body. Quiz week in days past has been a horrid nightmare for the fellow who neglected his work and has been tolerated as a necessary evil by the ones who maintained a high grade of work during the term. Quiz week as it was resolved itself into a mental Marathon in which the student who had the most versatile mind was able to meet the quizzes as they came in rapid succession better than the one with the slower working intellect.
Quizzes when perfectly regulated seem to call for an unnecessary expenditure of energy. There seems, however, to be no other way by which the status of a student may be obtained. The change recently adopted by the faculty council will provide for distribution of time in proportion to the hours of the subject. The fact that one quiz of several hours in one subject, is given will probably recommend itself to the student body. At any rate any change will be acceptable. The system in vogue in the past was abominable.
UNIVERSITY DEBATE.
Kansas has won and lost in debate. At Lawrence the Oklahomaans were defeated and at Colorado our representatives lost by a close score. The inclementy of the weather prohibited a large
attendance at the debate here, but even in view of this there was a fair sized crowd. This year the student body showed more interest in debate than it has for many years. Our team showed good training and were a credit to the school.
Reports from the debate at Boulder, Colorado, show that our debaters made a splendid fight for first honors and lost by the score of 2 to 1.
Missouri is the only remaining school that the debaters will meet this year. We have not won from the Tigers in seven years and it is time that we show our superiority over the Tigers on the platform as well as on the football field.
Those members of the faculty who believe that more good comes from defeat than victory, doubtless are afforded ample consolation in the result of the golf match played at Topeka last Saturday. The Mt. Orcad club lost 32 out of a possible 33 points.
WELCOME THE COMMISSION.
The Topeka Capital says that at the last session of the Legislature, when appropriations for education were being discussed, it was reported that there were nearly as many professors as students in certain departments at the University. It is to be feared that the powers at Topeka acted to readily upon such misinformation as the foregoing. Probably when the truth is known there will be less shaking of the big stick over the University from the executive mansion. The new commission of
higher education has its work cut out for it. To disseminate some truth about the University in place of the falsehood that has been so readily accepted is a duty which should be attended to as soon as possible.
Jack Cannon, the Missouri Valley tennis champion who has enrolled in the law school at Missouri and is trying out on the tennis squad, ought to be some "gun" for the Tigers.
In talking about his new plan for the educational institutions, Governor Stubbs remarked that in the past there had been some trouble about the appropriations. Surely the governor must have been jollying—Lawrence Gazette.
Red Domino Club Will Avoid Controversy.
He Didn't Mean it.
MORE TALK OF UNION
During the vacation some steps were taken by certain members of the student body to discover means by which the Masque and Thespian dramatic clubs might be united to the satisfaction of the members of both clubs. The idea of forming a single club was discussed at some length but nothing definite had been done before.
In order that the Red Domino club may not become entangled in the controversy; their president has written to a number of the eastern universities and found that nearly all the institutions have one dramatic club such as the Masque and one musical opera club such as the Red Domino.
STUDENTS FILL PULPITS
Caldwell, Martindell and Spotts Address Kansas Cityans.
Ralph Spotts, Donald Martin-dell and William Caldwell gave a series of talks at a number of the Kansas City churches the latter part of last week. The Kansas men were invited to speak by the pastors of the churches. The purpose of the talks were to give the younger members of the churches some idea of the religious and educational work being carried on at the University of Kansas.
Friday evening at the Howard Memorial church each of the men gave a speech before an audience of over 200. Ten or fifteen students of the university who were in Kansas City also attended. The work of the three men was in the nature of a lecture course. Saturday evening Spotts and Martindell spoke before the Senior Endeavor league of the Linwood Presbyterian church.
The Kansas students were introduced to the church audiences as leaders in University life who are interested in religious matters.
Dr. Carl Wilm of Washburn who has been regularly employed as Professor of Philosophy during the University Summer Schools for the past few years has been offered a position as joint-assistant at Harvard and Radeliffe Colleges at Cambridge. He will accept for one year if Washburn will give him a leave of absence.
Dr. Wilm to Harvard
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