The Kansan.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 9,1909
VOLUME VI.
NUMBER 24
DR. VAN EEDEN WILL LECTURE
DUTCH DRAMATIST WILL BE HERE NOVEMBER 29.
For a Week Thereafter He Will Drill the Cast of "Ysbrand" and Lecture on Poetry.
Dr. Frederick Van Eeden, the Dutch dramatist whose tragi-comedy "Ysbrand," will be played at the University in January, will visit the University the latter part of this month. He will arrive in Lawrence, November 29, and will spend the following week in lecturing on poetry at the University and in interpreting to the members of the cast of "Ysbrand" their parts in the play. Dr. Van Eeden will be in Europe when the play is given. He will do all he can while he is here toward making the play a success by getting the actors started right in their parts. In his lectures he will set forth the motives and ideas underlying the play, so that the public as well as the players will understand its atmosphere when it is given. His conception of the drama in modern life will be the subject of one lecture, and in another he will talk on Keats and Shelley. The dramatist will also give other lectures on subjects to be announced later.
The communistie colony, which has lately been established at Wilmington, North Carolina, is at present claiming Dr. Van Eeden's attention. He will come to Lawrence direct from Wilmington, and when his week at the University is over will go to New York and from there will sail for Holland December 7. By making close connections he will get to Amsterdam just in time to oversee the staging of a new play which will be presented there for the first time in December. This new play, which he has called "The Palace of Ciree," has an American setting. The University of Kansas has the option of using it for its first staging. The play has not yet been translated into English. After the American play is staged in Amsterdam, the author will visit cities in Germany, Austria, and Sweden, where other plays of his will be staged.
for the successful production of "Ysbrand," a lot of special
music is necessary, and this Dr. Van Eeden will bring with him when he comes to Lawrence. By the time he gets here, the east will have been chosen and all will be in readiness for him to give the players lessons in bringing out to the best advantage the dramatic possibilities of the piece.
CHAPEL THIS MORNING.
Schwegler Told of Impressions Students Make on Each Other.
Prof. R. A. Schweegler spoke in chapel Tuesday morning in regard to the impression made upon a student by his fellows Too often we are much more concerned with the knowledge which a man gets rather than the use which he makes of it. Professor Schweegler said that a student is in a plastic state when he enters the University and that the influence of his companions determines what use one will make of the material furnished him by the school. He said that it was a matter of superlative importance what kind of character the student secured and the attitude which he carried away from the University.
DR. GRISWOLD AT VESPEHS
Large Crowd Atteded First Services Sunday.
In his address at the Vesper services Sunday afternoon Bishop S. M. Griswold spoke on the value of human life in relation to material things. With the text, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath," he discussed not Sabbath observance, but the value of a man as indicated by the opportunities and responsibilities given him by God.
The large crowd present and their appreciation of the address and the choruses indicated the success of the first vespers of the year.
Dr. S. J. Crumbine spent Saturday at the University, in conference with Professors Sayre, Bailey and Rice, on the State Board of Health work. Professor M. E. Rice has been appointed to take Professor Stimpson's place on the board, to pass upon weights and measures.
Crumbine Was Here.
ONLY TWO MORE TO BE PLAYED
JAYHAWKERS WILL REST NEXT SATURDAY.
Iowa and Missouri the Remaining Victims-Men to Watch the Big Games Saturday.
The victory over Nebraska last Saturday sends Kansas football stock booming again. With only two games left to play and both of these opponents doped as no stronger than Nebraska, football critics are sure that Kansas will finish the season ever-victorious. An ever-victorious team would give the Jayhawkers undisputed title to the Missouri Valley championship unless Drake should defeat Missouri next next Saturday at Columbia, and Kansas should fail to defeat Iowa by a larger score than Drake did last Saturday.
The Thanksgiving game between Kansas and Missouri at Kansas City is looked upon, by many followers of the gridiron, as a continuation of the old time Pennsylvania Princeton enmity. Caach Kennedy, an old Pennsylvania man, has been heard to express the opinion that as soon as the Princeton season is finished several of the old trainers from Roper's alma mater will be on deck at Columbia to help the new Tiger coach get his men in shape to defeat the strong Jayhawker team in the final struggle.
Tomorrow afternoon the second team will play the Manhattan scrubs. In this game the coaches will endeavor to get a closer line on some of the substitutes in order to prepare for the Iowa game. Unless Iowa appears much stronger before the game on November 20, the Kansas team will in all probability be made up largely of substitute men.
Last night the Jayhawker squad did nothing but run signals for a few minutes. Serim mage work will not be done until the last of the week.
The Varsity men are in good shape after their hard struggle at Lineoln Saturday. Stephenson, Lovett, Carlson, and Ford have
some pretty bad bruises, but they will be in tip top shape for the Iowa game in case they are needed.
Saturday sub-quarter Heil and one of the coaches will watch the Ames-Iowa game, and practically the whole squad, with the other two coaches, will be taken to Columbia to see the Tigers play Drake.
NITE WAS RELEASED
He Will Return to School When Second Term Opens.
Sam Nite, a pharmacy student who killed his father last Christmas in defense of his mother and sister, has been released from the charge. At his trial in Garden City, he was adjudged guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree, but the judge immediately paroled him. The supreme court held that the judge acted within his power, and that Nite should be dismissed. Nite will return to school the second term, to get his degree in pharmacy.
While in school Nite was a popular and well liked fellow. He was earning his way through school and all the students thought he was justified in his act.
UNDERTAKES NEW ROLE.
"Tommy". Johnson . Will . Turn Actor Next Month.
"Tommy" Johnson, the Johnny Bender of Kansas, will appear on the stage next month as the hero in the play, "Father and the Frats," which is to be presented by the Thespian dramatic club. Not only as the football hero, but as the all but despairing lover, "Tommy" will occupy the main part of the plot in the third act. The direction of the play is in charge of Mrs. Georgia Brown of Kansas City.
Took Rhodes Examination.
Lester Disney, who was a student at the University two years ago and a member of the Kansas staff, recently took the Rhodes scholarship examination for the state of Arizona. Mr. Disney is at present a student of the University of Arizona, and editor of "College Life," the student newspaper.
WILL ATTEND INAUGURATION
CHANCELLOR AND REGENTS TO GO TO MANHATTAN.
H. J. Waters Will Be Formally Made President of Kansas State Agricultural College.
Chancellor Strong, accompanied by the Regents of the University, who will be in session tomorrow, and a number of the professors, will leave tomorow evening on a special ear over the Union Pacific for Manhattan for the formal inauguration ceremonies of H. J. Waters as president of the Kansas State Agricultural College. Thursday will be a great day in that institution, as all classes will be dismissed and the entire day given for the in auguration exercises.
Governor Stubbs will preside at the morning session, which will be largely devoted to greetings from various prominent citizens. Chancellor Strong will present "Greetings from the State University," and President Hill will speak for the State Normal. Supt. E. T. Fairechild and F. D. Coburn will give greetings from the state and the Kansas farmers respectively. Dr. Walter Williams of the University of Missouri School of Journalism will bring "Greetings from Coefees and Universities at large." Hon. Chas. F. Scott, '81, will speak on "The State and Nation's Duty to Agriculture."
The following professors and perhaps others will go to attend the reception Thursday evening; Olin Templin, L. E. Sayre, W. H. Carruth, E. H. S. Bailey, A. T. Walker, S. J. Hunter, W. E. Higgins, P. F. Walker, J. W. Green, J. E. Boodin, J. W. Blackmar, M. G. Sudler, E. Haworth, F. O. Marvin, L. N. Flint and E. E. Brown.
Nina Cushing of Kansas City, who was a freshman in the College last year, has been visiting friends on the "hill."
Jesse J. McShane, '08, of Kansas City, visited Saturday and Sunday with University friends
Gale Gossett, a sophomore in the College, spent Sunday in Kansas City.
SENIOR PARTY, Friday Night, Nov. 12. F.A.A.Hall Kelley Orchestra,6 Pieces $1.00 EVERYBODY INVITED