THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOL. VIII.
MANAGER LANSDON RESIGNS POSITION
NUMBER 1
W. C. LANSDON WILL RE- SIGN THIS FALL.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1911
Although the official resignation of Manager W. C. Lansdon had not yet been received at the Chancellor's office this morning, it is generally understood by his friends at the University that he will sever his connections with the Athletic Association by October 1, in order to fill the position of General Manager of the Central Kansas Publishing Company. at Salina, Kansas.
Official Resignation Not Yet Received—Will go Into Newspaper Business.
For the past six years, Mr. Lansdon has been general manager of all athletics at the University and when his successor takes charge of that position, he will find plans laid for University athletics through the football season which is regarded as the hardest of the sports to handle from the manager's viewpoint. Manager Lansdon came to the University from Fort Scott, where he was engaged in the newspaper business. In his work with the Central Kansas Publishing Company, he will be associated with ex-Senator J. R. Burton, editor of the Salina Union.
Ullson. His family consisting of his wife and son and Miss Maggie Bell Long will remain in Lawrence till October 15 when they will go to Salina to make their home.
K. C. Newspaper Men Flew With Honeywell.
STUDENTS MAKE FLIGHTS
During the balloon races at Kansas City this summer, former students of the University of Kansas made some of the ascents. Captain H. E. Honeywell took representatives of the newspapers in Kansas City for a pleasure trip in the air in July, Roy Roberts, a former student of Kansas represented the Kansas City Star.
Roberts wore a "K" sweater when he made the flight. The balloon ascended to a height of about 6,000 feet.
When Honeywell made a second trip in the balloon Kansas City, John Lovett, an old K. U football star went up for the Kansas City Star.
Member of 1911 Offer a Loivng Cup.
PRIZE FOR CLASS BABY.
A loving cup will be given by the class of 1911 of the University of Kansas to the first class baby. Joseph W. Murray, secretary of the class alumni organization, announced the plan.
"Of course," he said, "no member of the class who was married before commencement will be eligible. It is not necessary that both parents be members of this year's class. A 1911 girl may be married to a graduate of the University of Mssouri or a senior man may marry a girl not in K. U. The first baby gets the cup and is the official class baby."
Notice.
Ladies of the faculty will entertain all new students next Saturday at 8 o'clock in Robinson gymnasium.
KANSAN FOUNDER DEAD
Herman Pfeifer, '07, was married in Seattle, Wash., in May. Mr. Pfeifer has been teaching school and also attending the law school of the University of Washington.
Wirt McCarty, Class of '05 Died at. Tulsa.
Wjrt G. McCarty, editor of the Tulsa Post died at Tulsa of typhoid fever, aged 31 years. Mr. McCarty founded the Post in 1910, having been previously connected with the Denver Post and the Denver Times. He also started the official paper of the university of Kansas.
Wirt Glover McCarty was a member of the class of 1905 and was at that time one of the most active students of the University. He was always interested in newspapers and it was he who saw the needs of an official news organ for the University of Kansas and he set to work to start one. The old University Weekly was reorganized into the University Kansan and was a weekly edition, Wirt G. McCarty, editor-in-chief. This was in 1904, but later the Kansan was changed into a semi-weekly and at present is being published as a tri-weekly. For some reason Mr. McCarty did not graduate with his class but left school without a degree.
He continued his newspaper work in Emporia, Kansas, his home town. Later he went to Colorado and in 1910 settled in Oklahoma, since which time he has been publishing the Tulsa Post.
He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was a prominent man in the affairs of the school; was liked by the other students, and beside his connection with the Kansan held several other positions of honor and trust.
NEW COURSES OFFERED.
Reorganized Journalism Department Has New Head
Prof. Merle Thorpe, the newly appointed head of the department of journalism has announced five courses to be offered by the department this semester. Professor Thorpe comes from the University of Washington where he organized a strong journalism department, having a hundred students enrolled next year. He is an experienced newspaper man, and began his work in Kansas. The new courses that are being offered by the organized department the first term area: The Newspaper, Comparative Journalism, The Short Story, interpretation of the News, and Advertising.
Next Friday's chapel exercises should prove of especial interest this year judging by the character of the speaker. State Senator Hodges of Olathe, probably the next democratic candidate for governor, will speak on "The Everyday Man."
HODGES WILL SPEAK.
Friday's Chapel Speaker is a Prominent Kansan.
The Chancellor will deliver his opening address to the students the following Friday morning.
ORDER CHANGETH IN K. U. FOOTBALL
EASTERN METHODS WILL
BE INTRODUCED.
Prospects Are Bright For a Successful Year—Many Old K. Men Back in the Game.
The University of Kansas football squad is to be coached along strictly eastern methods for the first time in the history of the school. The new coach, Ralph W. Sherwin, who came to K. U. from Dartmouth played the eastern game under the revised rules last year. "Under the present rules the game is to punit the ball," Coach Sherwin said. "If the K. U. squad has no kicker I will develop one."
Sherwin is well fitted to teach the kicking game. He did the punting for Dartmouth, although he played tackle. He believes that a team with a good punter can defeat a stronger team without a kicker. Sherwin expressed himself that the line plunges are a thing of the past. According to the eastern style as outlined by Sherwin every man both the backs and linemen must be "fast on their feet" and able to keep up with the quickest play.
When asked his opinion of the forward pass Sherwin declined to say whether it would be an important feature of the play this year or not. He is not a strong exponent of the play and said of it: "The play, as used in the colleges throughout this country, is only successful once out of eight trials. The east tried to do away with the play."
"End runs are the ground gainers under the present," said Kennedy's successor. "It is an impossibility for a team to gain ten yards in three downs on line plunges against a team if they are equally matched."
The squad this year will be well supplied with "K" men. Thirteen wearers of the numeral are expected back. Owing to "Pete" Heil's ability to kick the ball, Coach Sherwin is interested in the return of the diminutive quarterback to school. "Pete" wrote the coach and although he did not say definitely that he would return, Sherwin believes that Heil will be on hand for the fall practice.
The team this year will be strengthened by the return of Brownlee, who played end on the team of 1909. "Billy" Price also is back; Delaney, a former wu notjonnda wu suq osqu oxlk kicker and plays ends.
"Butch" Cowell is back for his old berth at tackle. Bramwell, a husky and speedy member of the tyros last year, looks strong for a tackle position. Baird and Davidson, last year's guards will be out. "Hank" Ahrens is expected to be "hack" in his old position at center.
The halves will be contested by Todd and Buzz Woodbury and Kabler, "K" men, and Beezely, and Schwab. The material
for fullback is as promising as any of the positions. Captain "Rockercrusher" Ammons and Davis of last year's team and Butch" Stuewe, the freshman star of last year, are all elegible. Coach Sherwin has issued the call for the first practice for Wednesday of this week. He says no man will get a position from past record.
SECURE NEW SPECIMENS
Entomological Survey Has Good Summer.
The University entomological survey under the direction of F. I. Williams, assistant curator of the University museum, is finished, and the group returned from their summer's work loaded down with over 15,000 specimens for the museum. The group has made a complete survey of all the 12 counties in the south-western part of the state, except Ford and Comanche, gathering specimens of every character. Among these were found a few very rare ones as the Sesian moth and rare grasshoppers. They also made investigations and complete re-reports on the faunal regions of that part of the state, making investigations for the Similium fly on the ranches of four counties in those parts. This fly is found altogether with live stock but no traces of it could be found in this region.
The survey group traveled over 225 miles by wagon, gathering material and experimenting on the edible qualities of the prairie dog of that region. Those making up the party were Owen Lovejoy, Raymond Miller and F X. Williams, of the University and Stewart Lockwood, of Baker University.
HELP TEACHERS AT HOME
New Law Will be Met by Addition.
To enable the country school teachers of Kansas to comply with the new teachers' certification law passed by the last legislature, the extension department of the nUniversity of Kansas will offer an entire course of high school studies, with the exception of some science, by correspondence. The new law provides that in 1913 no teacher's certificate shall be granted in Kansas to any person who has not had one year of high school study. A year's work will be added annually to the requirement, until in 1917 four years of high school work will be required for any grade certificate.
Professor R. R. Rice, head of the extension department, thinks that hundreds of teachers over the state will avail themselves of the new correspondence course, which will be offered in September.
"Many cannot spare the time from making a living to go to high school," he said "and many others are older than most high school students and to attend school in the ordinary wya would be embarrassing. By studying in their leisure time these teachers will be able to keep up with the requirements of the new law."
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PREPARATIONS MADE FOR RAISING FUNDS.
A Women's Day in Chapel October 6 Will be Held to Expalin Plans.
During the last summer a committee was appointed by the Alumnae Association to look after the necessary details preparatory to drawing up plans for the new women's dormitory. The members of the committee are: Dean Templin, chariman, Mrs. Scott Hopkins, of Topeka, W. Y. Morgan, of Hutchnios, Professor Gallou, Mrs. P. T. Chalkley, Mrs. Carruth, Mrs. Laptad, Miss Dodge, of Wichita and Miss Alberta Corbin. Miss Corbin will have charge of the work at the University.
Their plan is to construct a building—architecturally a credit to the donors—which will be the center of the girls' activity, the place for their organizations to gather, the seat of their self government, a residence for some sixty of the girls, and of a capable Dean of Women, or Housemother, who will be their friend and counselor. The building will be called a Hall of Residence. The plan has been indorsed by the Board of Regents, and a site has been promised on the University grounds. The above committee will attempt to raise $75,000. For this purpose separate committees have been appointed in each class, and country to solicit subscriptions. Separate accounts will be kept showing the relative amounts contributed through these agencies in proportion to the membership and population. Mr. Scott Hopkins, '81, Regent of the University and president of the Prudential Trust company, Topka, Kansas, will serve as custodian of the funds. The committee has had prepared a little pamphlet explaining their plans.
The meaning of the success of this movement is obvious. For the freshman girl in particular, leaving home for the first time, it would be a welcome retreat and the merry makings which the older girls could and would plan for her, would take from the first strange days the sting of loneliness that has sent many a freshman home. In order to give as large a start as possible to this idea, a special Woman's Day has been planned for Friday morning Oct. 6 during chapel period. Miss Gertrude Blackwelder, '75, prominent in philanthropic work in Chicago, will be the principal speaker. Members of the faculty and girls representing the student body will also address the audience. Invitations to attend this meeting will be sent to all the women in the state and as it is the first of its kind ever held in the University a large gathering is expected.
Wattles to Amherst.
Willard Wattles, who received his master's degree at the University last month, has been appointed instructor in English at the Massachusetts State Agricultural College at Amherst. Wattles held a teaching fellowship at the University last year and is spending the summer fossil hunting in Nebraska for the American Museum of New York.
Fellowship Awarded.
Ned Iles a member of this year's graduating class has just been informed that he has been elected to a fellowship paying $600 in Gallardet university. Washington, D.C. This will lead to work on a master of arts degree which will be signed by the President of the United States.