Wednesday, December 20, 1911
THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
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ALUMNI RAISE DORMITORY FUND
COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
ARE WORKING
Students Give Proceeds of Many Enterprises - Faculty Offers Active Support.
Bv Miss Alberta Corbin
The State Alumni Committee on a Building for Girls has progressed so far with the organization of the Kansas Counties that preparations have been made for a state wide campaign for pledges in the holidays. Letters have been sent out to all county chairmen with suggestions that a meeting be held in every county between Christmas and New Year's.
This is the time when many counties regularly hold a meeting of Alumni and former students, and present students. It is hoped that this year every county in the state will do so. At these meetings pledges for the Building will be made and a campaign of the county planned the campaign to be made in the remaining days of the vacation The County chairmen have been requested to report the result to the University on January 8.
Task Not a Great One
Alumni of other colleges have done as much or more. A small college in Indiana with only three hundred Alumni recently raised $250,000. The students and faculty assisted the Alumni in the work. The Alumni of Indiana University raised $50,000 two years ago. Last year the Alumni of Texas raised $100,000 which they presented outright to the University as a free gift "for the good of Alma Mater."
The alumni have undertaken to raise $75,000. The task is not great if united action is taken. Any of the larger Kansas towns can raise for a public building as much as the alumni are asking from the whole state. Indeed they not only can do so. They have done so.
The question has been asked, how soon can the total amount be raised. The committee has hoped from the beginning that the work would be done by June 1, 1912. Other Alumni are of the same opinion. It has been suggested for instance that a three days campaign would bring in such a sum that the remaining amount could be easily and quickly added. Success depends chiefly upon united action.
One of the county chairmen has said, "All we want to know is what our county should contribute. We can raise the money as easily in six weeks as we could in six months. Let us finish this business and get ready for something else, and not have it drag on until everybody is tired and sick."
Many members of the Alumni Association residing in other states are working for the Dormitory. In Kansas City, Missouri, members say they will raise $15,000.
Men and women are taking an active part in the movement which has become statewide. Prominent people in all sections of Kansas are working to raise money.
Regents Support It.
The Board of Regents were approached on the subject at the beginning of the movement, and on June 16, they passed unanimously the following resolution
"Resolved that the Board of Regents express its appreciation of the effort being made by the alumni to raise a fund for the erection of a building for University girls. This is a great need at the University and the Board will place the girls building on University grounds."
The Faculty
RETURNS FROM ALASKAN CRUISE
The Faculty The faculty are giving the
FORMER STUDENT, FISHING EXPERT ON ALBATROSS
Johnston, Senior College Last Year, Investigated Halibut Beds on Alaskan Coast.
Edward C. Johnston, a senior in the College last year, returned yesterday from an eight month's cruise in Alaskan waters to spend the holidays with his parents at 1501 Rhode Island street. While in school Johnston specialized in biology but before he had completed his work for an A. B. degree he took the civil service examination and obtained a position as captain's clerk on the ship "Albatross" which works under the direction of Bureau of Fisheries. The ship sailed from Seattle last June and proceeded north along the Alaskan shore investigating the halibut beds. This work was kept up until the ship grew unseaworthy and the captain put back to San Francisco for repairs. The boat is now in the harbor waiting until Congress appropriates money for the repairs and Johnston took advantage of the delay and came home for the holidays.
"We had an uneventful cruise," said Johnston today. "The boat has a crew of seventy men and officers besides four men connected with the Bureau of Fisheries. We went as far north as the Bering Sea. The weather of Alaska is delightful and the scenery among the small islands is wondeful."
movement their hearty support. At a meeting called November 8 for the special purpose of discussing the plans of the Alumni Committee, the following resolution was introduced and adopted :
"Resolved that it is the sense of the general faculty of the University of Kansas that the proposed Woman's Building at this institution is an urgent and primary necessity, and that the efforts of friends of the University should and must be centered upon this object until it is achieved."
A committee consisting of Professors Haworth, Billings, Green Bailey, Dunlap, Kester, and Shadd was appointed to solicit funds. Substantial contributions have already been made.
Students' Work.
Of peculiar importance is the interest evinced by the students themselves. The Student Government Association has pledged the net proceeds of the May Fete. The Senior girls are raising money. The Juniors are giving a series of candy sales. The Sophomore and Freshmen are only waiting for a clean field to carry out plans. Private organizations also are taking part in the movement. Allemania is arranging to give a play. Kappa Kappa Gamma has given the proceeds of a Dutch Market, Chi Omega and Pi Phi have both made pledges.
The various counties, too, are planning to raise money. Barber County students will work up a play and make the tour of the county towns in the summer. Kansas City, Missouri students have arranged a social event for the holidays, the proceeds of which will go to the Building fund.
The local interest in the Alumni undertaking is of great importance. The Alumni committee of twenty five in Lawrence have presented the question to the women through their clubs. Many clubs have voted unanimously to favor the movement in every possible way. Over three hundred women have pledged themselves to help carry the work to a successful issue.
Lawrence Will Raise $10,000.
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STORE OPEN EVENINGS Beginning Wednesday—Until Christmas.
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LAW STUDENTS ARE OVERWORKED
VAINLY TRY TO KEEP UP A
30 HOUR SCHEDULE
Middle Laws Appointed a Committee to Prove That They Are Working.
Who says that the Laws are not an energetic crowd of young men? For a long time it has been the opinion among University people that the School of Law is a place where "snaps" may be obtained at will and where those of the leisure class may make up the sleep they lost the night before. This idea has been more or less augmented by the fact that numerous stories have been circulated in regard to slumber parties in class, cutting class in order that a date may be kept and the exceedingly great interest the Laws take in all University affairs outside of the class room.
Study Equity Pleadings—3 concentrated hours.
In order that the School of Law may have justive done it the members of the Middle class have appointed a committee to make a thorough investigation of the exact time during which a law is necessitated to apply himself to study. The conclusion reached, as shown in the following schedule, requires a thirty hour day if the law wishes to make use of all the time demanded of him. The schedule is:
Practice Court—3 concentrate ed hours.
Outside lectures—3 concentrated hours
Recitation—3 concentrated hours.
Eating—3 concentrated hours.
Recreation, fussing, etc.—3 contrated hours.
Sleeping—Eight concentrated hours.
Total----30 hours
MADE COAL CRUSHER
Engineers Constructed Machine For Mining Testing Lab.
Total=30 hours.
It is true that the Laws in
The new coal crusher for the testing laboratory in the Mining building was completed this week and delivered to Haworth hall ready for installment. This machine, which cost $125, has been entirely made by the University. Professor Young, of the Mining School, designed the machine, V. E. Lednicky, '11, made the drawings, while the actual work of casting and assembling was done in Fowler Shops, under the direction of Professors Jones and Ward.
For Christmas candies go to Wiedemann's.
Announcement
For a variety of ice creams and confectioneries see Wiedemann's.
The hundreds of people who were in my store last Saturday and could not get waited on will find the same low prices on everything in my store that were offered the opening day of my Big Removal Sale. Students should avail themselves of this opportunity and buy whatever they might need before going home for the holidays. Don't pay a profit for any article found in a first class clothing store when you can buy every thing at cost at Vie Johnson's Big Removal Sale, 742 Mass. St.
"Are you loosing money?" We have been able to show many people that they were by failing to buy from Wolf's Book Store.
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CAR SCHEDULE
Cars Leave Haskell A. M. hour, 15, 30 and 45 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave Haskell P. M. 5, 20, 35 and 50 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave Henry and Mass. North Bound a. m. 10, 25, 40, 55 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave Henry and Mass. North Bound a. m. 5, 20, 35, 50 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave Henry and Mass. K. U. via Tenn. St. 5 and 35 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave K. U. via Miss. St. 25 and 55 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave Indiana St. 5, 20, 35 and 50 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave K. U. via Tenn. St. 7 and 37 minutes past hour.
Cars Leave K. U. via Miss. St. 22 and 52 minutes past hour.
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