THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VIII.
NUMBER 33.
WILL INTERPRET BASKET BALL RULES
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 5, 1911.
OFFICIALS AND COACHES MEET SATURDAY.
Basketball in the Missouri Valley is to be made more interesting to the spectators and also more scientific. At least that is the purpose of a meeting of the coaches of the different teams of the Missouri Valley Conference coaches of other teams in the valley and officials. The meeting will be held in Kansas City Friday afternoon.
six Men Will Officiate At All Games—Make Schedule Saturday.
There were a number of changes in the basketball rules made this year and the conference committee on rules will explain each of the clauses to the coaches and officials so that there will be no contention over the interpretation of any of the rules. In the past the difference of opinion by coaches and officials has caused much contention and it is hoped by the thorough explanation of the meaning of the rules that this will be avoided this season. The revised rules are definite on the questions of fouls and they tend to make the game free from holding and place speed and skill in a more important position than ever before.
At this joint meeting six men will be chosen to officiate at all of the Missouri Valley Conference games to be played. In limiting the number it will give the officials a chance to make a thorough study of the rules and become more efficient in handling the games. No official will be selected who does not attend the meeting in Kansas City so that the decision made at the conference will be used throughout the basketball season. The Missouri Valley basketball schedule for 1912 will be decided on Saturday.
"LITTLE RED SCHOOL
HOUSE" GAINS GROUND
Kansas is Meeting Place For Social And Civic Center Movement Next Year.
Next year Kansas will be the meeting place for prominent educators of the country who are interested in the Social and Civic Center movement. It was decided at the first meeting of the association which was held at the University of Wisconsin some time ago, that the University of Kansas should be the next host. "The movement is gaining ground and our efforts to make the people see that the "little red school house" is good for other things than a country school are getting results," said Prof. R. R. Price, head of the extension division of the University. Prof. A. W. Trettein, of the school of education, and Ralph Spotts, who spend considerable time traveling over the state say that they find a very favorable attitude toward the movement.
Prof. G. A. Gesell of the department of public speaking will give an address at Marysville, Kansas Saturday on the movement.
There will be an important meeting of the engineers in their chapel Thursday morning at 10.15.
A son arrived at the home of Vice-chancellor William Herbert Carruth yesterday morning. The young vice-chancellor is a strong lad but it will be some time before he can keep up with the Chancellor's heir.
Engineers' Attention.
Carruth Has a Son.
THE KANSAN WANTS TO KNOW
At present it compares favorably only with other Kansas college papers, and is not in a class with student dailies of other universities.
The University Kansan should be a Daily.
There is not a university in the country of the rank of Kansas that has not a student daily.
Our neighbors on every side boast daily papers. There is Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago, Missouri.
"Missouri" brings to mind the sample copies of the University Missouri distributed on the campus last week, and the conscious and unconscious comparison with the Kansan. The comparison was not favorable to the Kansan.
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With the new equipment of the department of journalism, and the help of the journalism students in laboratory and in gathering news, the Kansan can be made a daily.
It can be made larger by one-fourth and issued every college day in the year.
It can carry more departments, including a high school department, and go out to the high schools and the state, a worthy representative of the big school whose name it bears.
It can be sent to every high school in the state.
The Kansan Board will relinquish its profits in the publication and turn every cent into the paper.
A board composed of the presidents of the Men's and Women's Councils, Chancellor Strong and Professor Thorpe would audit its books monthly and report to the students.
Appointment to the board and editorship would be strictly on the merit basis, and any student in the University would be eligible. The Daily Kansan would still be a student paper; a student would have absolute control of its editorial policy.
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All this and much more could be done if the students of Kansas would support the paper by their subscriptions so that the Kansan could consciently ask its advertisers for more patronage.
At present the Kansan costs $3,000 a year.
At present the Kensington costs are
A daily, six-column, set in smaller type, printing one-fourth more news, features, and cuts and sending out 1,000 copies daily over the state, would cost $6,000 a year.
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If five hundred more students will promise to subscribe for a Daily Kansan, from January to June, $1.25, 125 issues at one cent an issue, the Kansan will become a daily the first of January.
Does the University of Kansas want a Daily?
Write the editor what you think about it.
DESIGN OF QUEBEC SOLVED MYSTERY BRIDGE FAULTY OF UNKNOWN FEVER
Dr. Swain's Lecture Was Well Attended—Forest Conservation Subject Tonight
“In engineering practice as well as in any other pursuit of life the study of one's mistakes is sometimes better than the study of successes,” said Dr. George F. Swain, of the department of Civil Engineering of Harvard, in his lecture yesterday afternoon on the "Quebec Bridge and its Fall."
Dr. Swain is one of the prominent engineering educators in the country and has spent much time studying the higher type of structures. The cause for the collapse of the mammoth Quebec bridge, he stated in the lecture, was the improper design of some of the compression members of the structure. This one fault caused 17,000 tons of steel to plunge into the river.
"This bridge would have been the greatest structure in the world, even greater than the Fourth Bridge of Scotland, had it stood. It was built across the St. Lawrence river seven miles above Quebec. At this point the river was 2,000 feet wide. The steel bridge was to furnish railway service across the river and was to have one clear span of 1,800 feet.
A well filled chapel greeted Dr. Swain last night. This afternoon he will lecture on "The Relation of Forests to Stream Flow."
Dr. Gentry K. U. '05 Discovered Malta Fever in Mexico—Now in Government Service.
"The bridge was designed by engineers of the old school and the greatness of the work was out of range of their experience. Consequently the improper design of the compression members caused the disaster which is claimed to be the greatest engineering tragedy of the present day."
When the Mexican goat herds in the canons of Texas and New Mexico became afflicted with a strange new disease during the past few years, the government called on Dr. R. E. Gentry, K. U. '05, for a solution, and the secret of the unknown malady was forthwith laid bare. It was discovered that the baffling disease was identical with the European Malta fever, which is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean. It is caused by a bacillus which is present in goats and is spread to persons by continual drinking of the infected goat's milk.
A large part of last summer Dr. Gentry spent in field laboratory work, studying the Malta fever in the goat country along the Pecos, Nuesces and Rio Grande rivers. The results of his work were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, August 26, September 9, 16, and 30, 1911.
The doctor passed through Lawrence last Wednesday evening on his way from Fort Leavenworth to San Francisco, from which port he sails today for Manila on the U. S. Army transport, "Logan." He will be in the Philippines two and a half years as a member of the Army Board for the study of Tropical Diseases.
Dr. Gentry was a member of the Army Medical Corps at Washington in 1910 and was afterwards stationed at Fort Leavenworth. His degree of M.D. was conferred the previous year by John Hopkins University, but he has an A. B. from K. U. in 1905. He completed a year's graduate work at Rosedale afterwards.
FOOTBALL MEN WILL
BANQUET AT ELDRIDGE
Athletic Management Will Entertain Thursday —Squad Will Elect Captain.
Next Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Eldridge House the annual banquet given by the athletic management to the members of the football squad will take place. Every man who has played in any one of the eight scheduled games is invited to attend.
At this banquet the men who have earned their "K" this year will be awarded the coveted letter and the captain for the team next year will be chosen. At the present time there is only one candidate in the field for the captainey, Harold Brownlee being the only one mentioned.
CLASSMEN CHASE PIGSKIN NOW
Varsity Players Not Eligible For Class Teams—Will Arrange Schedule Soon.
"We will play until snow and cold weather drives us in," said the coach this morning. "as soon as the teams get organized, a schedule for the inter-class series will be arranged."
The men who are trying out for the class football teams checked out suits and were given preliminary instruction by Coach Sherwin on McCook field this afternoon.
The twenty-five varsity players who went to Columbia are not eligible to play in the series but several of them will assist in coaching their class teams. A rule has been adopted that none will be allowed to play in any game unless he has trained continually from the beginning of practice.
"During these contests I will get a chance to watch for varsity material," Sherwin said. "The series will also give me a chance to do individual work with several members of the freshman squad who look good for next year.
MANAGER HAMILTON SPOKE
Was the Chapel Speaker This Morning.
Subject of Address to Mining Journal Wednesday.
Referring to the playing of the football games in college towns Mr. Hamilton stated that playing the game on the grounds in Columbia this year was successful beyond the fondest hopes of either school. The address was concluded with an appeal to the student body to give more loyal support to varsity athletic teams.
"MINING IN MEXICO,"
Manager W. O. Hamilton was the chapel speaker this morning and quite naturally his address was concerned with athletics at this University. The speaker noted the great interest that has been created in college sports within the last few years and cited as an example the large number of athletes that appeared for the initial basket ball practice this year compared to the few that came out in the past years.
WILL DISCUSS BIG ATHLETIC CHANGES
"Mining Conditions in Mexico" will be the subject of a talk to be given before the Mining Journal Wednesday afternoon, at 4:30 in Haworth hall, by Mr. E. J. Schrader, a mining engineer who is visiting in Lawrence. Mr. Schrader is a graduate of the Minnesota School of Mines, and is fresh from five years' experience in Mexican矿工 work.
MISSOURI VALLEY CONFER-
ENCE MEETS HERE.
May Add Two Members to Roll
—Will go Over Baseball Situation Again.
The annual fall meeting of the Missouri Valley Conference will be held at the University Saturday. This is the first time that the conference has been held at any of the schools interested and following the meeting in Lawrence the conference will be held at the different Valley schools in rotation.
Professor McClung, the Kansas representative in the Conference, does not know what questions will be decided by the men at the meeting Saturday. It is probable however that the baseball situation in the Missouri Valley will be decided at length. Many universities are abolishing this sport, but Mr. McClung says that he is satisfied this step will not be taken by the conference. Professionalism, which is supposed to be interfering with baseball will be the chief subject of discussion.
It is also possible that the conference will receive petitions for membership from the Kansas State Agriculture College and the University of Oklahoma. The Aggies have always wanted to join the conference and the Oklahoma victory over Kansas and Missouri this fall in football gives that school a prominence which it will use in gaining admission.
Besides the regular routine work of arranging schedules the questions of Missouri Valley officials undoubtedly will be discussed. The conference includes Nebraska, Missouri, Ances, Drake, Washington, and Kansas.
SCHOLARSHIP LOVING CUP
Sig Alphs Hold Convention During Holidays.
The Kansas Alpha chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon entertained the Zeta province of that fraternity here last Friday and Saturday. The convention was concluded with a banquet at the Eldridge house. A large delegation of Kansas City alumni attended the banquet. The chapter at the University of South Dakota was added to the Zeta province making the number in this division eight. The Sig Alphas inaugurated a plan to improve the scholarship standing of the Zeta chapters. A handsome loving cup will be awarded the chapter with the best record each year. The next meeting of the province will be in Columbia, Mo., in December, 1912.
PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT
Italian Artist Will Play—Enterprise Tickets Good.
The third Fine Arts recital of the fall course will be given tonight at 8:15 in Fraser by Silvio Scionti, the Italian pianist who recently appeared in Chicago with the Thomas Orchestra.
Student Enterprise tickets will be accepted. The following program will be played.
Andate Favori... Beethoven Toccata and Fugue in D minor... Bach-Busoni Rhapsody in E flat... Brahms Capriccio in B minor... Brahms Ricordanza... Liszt Concert Etude... MacDowell Ballad in G minor... Chopin Nocturne in F sharp... Chopin Polonaise in A flat... Chopin
Sachem Meeting.
A meeting of the Sachems will be held Thursday evening at 9 o'clock at the Phi Delt house.