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VOLUME IX.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25, 1912.
ENGINEERS DAY TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER
Plans Launched at Mass Meeting and Committees Appointed
BANQUET COMES FEBRUARY 13
Will be Put Within Reach of All
And New Stunts And Lots
of Them.
Plans for a bigger and better Engineers' Day, together with other plans for the annual Engineers' banquet, were launched at a mass meeting held in the Engineering school yesterday morning at the call of President Edmund Rhodes.
March 29 is announced as the of official Engineers' Day.
A committee of twelve men, two from each of the six Engineering societies, were appointed by President Rhodes to prepare plans for each society on Engineers' Day. New stunts, and more of them, is the aim of the committee. Owing to the interest aroused the Municipal Engineers were this year admittent into the plans for a joint celebration.
It was also decided to hold the annual Engineers' banquet on the evening of Feb. 13. An additional committee of five men was appointed to take charge of the preliminary work for the banquet.
"We hope to put the banquet within the reach of the entire Engineering school more than ever before," said President Rhodes today, in speaking of plans.
Prof. H. A. Price was elected toastmaster.
Some good stunts are promised for this year's banquet. Last year the Electricals featured with a miniature electric locomotive and railway run upon the banquet tables and other electrical lighting effects All the Engineering societies are expecting to furnish special stunts this year.
Following are the committees appointed today by President Rhodes
Refreshments—E. E. Stephens, chairman, R. M. Smith, R. N. Hoffman.
Speakers—M. C. Conley, chairman, Geo. O. Peterson.
Mechanicals—L. E. Knerr, R. H.
Forney.
Electricals—D. E. Marvel, T. P Steeper.
Miners—C. M. Coates, Hainbach.
Chemical—G. A. Bragg, J. D. Mannett
Civils—H. B. Becker, B. E. Dodge Municipals—T. A. Davenport, F. D. Messenger.
The Weather.
Spring apparently is coming so if you want to act according to indications and the weather report get out your Oxfords if you want to be comfortable. The report is: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight.
PROF. HARDY OF OTTAWA
TO TEACH IN SUMMER SCHOOL
Prof. Charles O. Hardy, head of the department of History and Economics of Ottawa University, has been appointed to the Kansas University Summer School for the summer of 1912.
This will be a course for which Prof. Hardy's study renders him peculiarly qualified, a large part of his graduate work having been done in Modern European history. Before going to Ottawa University Professor Hardy spent two years at Chicago University.
SOPH. GETS IN TOUCH WITH THE ENGINEERS
He will teach a three weeks' supplementary course in "The French Revolution"; the course to continue from July 18 to August 8.
Sparkler
This morning an unsuspecting college sophomore - sophomore, mind you, inadvertently stepped into a draughting room in the Engineering building. Twelve brawny engineers looked up, frowning. Then savage smiles of joy lit up their ferocious faces.
A volume of magazines believed to be the oldest literary publication by undergraduates in any American college is the latest addition to the library of the journalism department. It was presented by Prof. S. L. Whitcomb. The name of the magazine is Horne Collegeiana, and it was published at Amberst college in 1888.
Spanked!
In an instant the frightened Soph was surrounded, ambushed, overwhelmed, and, in less time than it takes to tell it, his trembling frame was stretched out on a draughting table. Twelve barrel staves appeared from somewhere, and the drum was filled with sweet music the hungry ears of the bloody thirsty assassins.
. Then he was cast forth into the hall, from whence he hastened to the more civilized eastern side of the campus, a sadder but wiser Sophomore.
SHARPEN PENCILS FOR SCHOOL NEWS
High School Writers Getting Ready for Work on Daily Kansan
Daily Kansan
Several high-school correspondents have been added to the Daily Kansas's staff since the publication of the preliminary list. Notification of appointment, with instructions and necessary supplies will be sent to the correspondents within a few days. The department of high-school news will appear with the beginning of the second semester.
The interest taken by the schools in the nomination of their representatives indicates that the Daily Kansan's news service from the secondary schools will be prompt and complete.
The new schools represented wit
the names of the students recom-
mended for the staff are:
Seneca—James Mason.
Clay Cento—Albert Randolph.
Herington—Fred L. Miller.
La Cygne—Mary Stolper.
Tonganoxie—Frank Turner.
Washington—Ivan Allen.
Wakeeney—Hazel Janes.
Garnett—Bert Simons.
Anthony—Nell Mitchell.
Florence—Arthur Tucker.
REAL MONEY OFFERED FOR STUDENT WRITERS
Two Hundred Fifty Dollars for Essays on Practical Religion
Religion
An announcement was made today of the largest and most important prizes offered to the students of the University for work this year. Four prizes, known as the Hattie E. Lewis prizes, amounting to $250 will be given to the students preparing the best essays upon "The Application of the Teachings of Jesus to the Practical Affairs and Relations of Life."
THE HATTIE E. LEWIS PRIZES
Announcement Made Today of The Largest And Most Important Plums in Student Contests.
The winner of the first prize will receive $100, the second $75, the third $50 and the fourth $25.
The committee which will judge the essays is composed of Professors Carruth, Boynton, Dunlap, Wilcox, and Hoad.
Some of the different phases of the subject which may be chosen are:
The Application of the Teachings of Jesus to the Relation of Landlord and Tenant; or to the Relations of Native Citizens and Immigrants; or to the Relations of Union and Nonunion Workers; or to the Relations of Different Races living as Neighbors; or to the Social Relations of Students; or to the Relations of Borrower and Lender; or any similar definitely circumscribed problem which may be approved by the committee.
It is a tradition of the law school of Indiana University that the members of the class rise when the professor enters the room and remain standing until he takes his seat.
The essays will be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, and must be prepared and handed to the Chancellor before May 15.
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CHEMISTRY BUILDING GETS A SULPHURIC ACID BATH
No, that isn't the new yell of the Domestic Science department but the racket made yesterday by the breaking of a demijohn over in the Chemistry building. It contained—not what a demijohn is generally supposed to hold and what you think it should, but about ten gallons of sulphuric acid.
Yesterday afternoon the janitors were wheeling into the Chemistry building a ten gallon demijohn—the kitchen was full of them, those many slips 'twixt the etc.,
occurred and as a result the carboy toppled off the truck and broke. The acid spread out over the floor like molasses over a hot pancake while the air was filled with sulphurous fumes and profanity.
A nearby chemist (name unknown), rushed out and stopped the sizzling and fuming by neutralizing it with sodium carbonate.
After the excitement was over the jantiers got out their buckets and mops and as they scrubbed away one was heard to exclaim in the language of Macbeth, "Out damned spot." But it would not out.
FACULTY GLOATS AND DEAN TEMPLIN BACK DRIVES GAFF DEEPER AT HIS DESK FEB. 5
Refuses to Let Students Forget the Impending
Disaster
Not content with one terrible announcement of the prepared torture of examination week the faculty with thumbs down, has brought forth another on the protext that it is "official". It differs so slightly from the first as announced in the daily Kansan last week that the pretext is superfluous.
Anyway here is the "official" call to the carriage:
10:15 classes, Saturday morning. Jan. 27.
4:30 classes, Tuesday afternoon
Jan. 30.
1:30 classes, Tuesday morning Jan. 30.
11:15 classes, Wednesday morning Jan. 31.
9:00 classes, Monday morning Jan. 29.
Scenes on Engineers' Day last year. Plans have just been formulated for a more spectacular affair this spring.
8:00 classes, Thursday morning Feb. 1.
3:30 classes, Wednesday afternoon. Jan. 31.
Next year all undergraduates at Y ale will be required to oom on the campus.
2:30 classes, Friday morning Feb. 2.
Writes Interestingly From Old Mexican Cities He Is Visiting
From the City of Mexico Dean Temlin writes:
Dean Templin, who takes his vacation in the winter and stays"on the job" during the summer when everybody else is away, is now in the City of Mexico. He expects to be at his desk again at 10 a.m. on the opening day of the second semester.
"I went to the Museum of Antiquities which is replete with evidences of the savagery of the Aztecs and equally of the Spaniards who conquered them. For example, here is the sacrificial stone upon which hundreds of thousands of innocent victims had their hearts extracted and offered to the ugly god whose enormous figure stands near by. There are many great stone bowls which were used to hold human hearts.
"The Zapatistas are apparently growing bolder. They are raiding farms and sacking villages within fifty miles of the capital. Military law was declared yesterday and it is expected that an end will be put to all this. It is really an uprising of the poor people against the landlords who are Spaniards. Of course the government has to support the landlord. Mexico is a sea of misery on which float, in aid magnificence, a few lazier priests and cruel landlords."
"I'll take a final turn in the great Alameda where a fine band plays every evening while the natives in picturesque costume lounge and smoke, and around the unfinished twelve million dollar marble opera house! There's nothing like it in the United States, but the nabos wanted it and the state is building it.
In another letter from Pueblo, Dean Tromelin speaks of the beautiful plaza.
"It is the spot where five hundred Americans routed twenty-five hundred Mexicans and I take no pride in that event. We could do it again with no credit to ourselves. I arrived here this evening having left Orizaba at ten this morning. Most of the way, after reaching the highlands, was hot and dusty. Climbing out of the terra templa took me up through wonderful mountain scenery. I'm sure there is nothing like it, at least surpassing it, in both beauty and sublimity. Yesterday I climbed to the top of a mountain above the town and looked out over the valley. It is beautiful beyond description. It is constantly and tantalizingly picturesque. One could live there, I imagine, and almost lose interest in the rest of the world.
"Through the day it gets quite warm, especially in the sun, on these highlands, but at night it seems very cold. No one has any means of keeping warm except by wrapping up in a blanket. Out on the plaza I saw only one other man with an overcoat almost all the others having blankets, usually bright-hued, which they drew about their bodies and over their mouths. Straw hats, and cotton trousers complete the dress of most of them."
Dr. Edna Day, head of the domestic science department, will address the students of the Agricultural college at Manhattan in chapel next Saturday on "The Broader Aspect of Domestic Science Training." She will be in Manhattan to meet with a committee which will consider the standardization of domestic science work in the high schools of the state.
DEAN SKILTON REPLIES TO COUNCIL PROTEST
The honor system has just been introduced into the University of Kentucky.
Explains Why Orchestra and Chorus Should be Exempted
Exempted
CAST IS ALREADY ELIGIBLE.
Cites Band and Players in May Fete as
Precedents for University
Council's Action
Dean Skilton has taken exception to the protest of the Student Council against the action of the University Council in removing members of the Fine Arts Opera from under the control of the faculty committee on organization.
"The opera consists of three parts, the cast, the chorus and the orchestra." Dean Skilton said this afternoon: "The Council has voted that chorus and orchestra should not be subject to eligibility rules. This does not apply to the cast nor to the orchestra when giving concerts of its own. In the present opera selections are not ask two in the cast, thirty-two in the chorus and twenty-six in the orchestra. The cast, in itself, is as large as an average student organization and every member has been passed by the Eligibility Committee.
"No other organization possesses anything corresponding to the chorus and orchestra. Moreover, the opera is not strictly a student enterprise but is given by the School of Fine Arts for the chief purpose of training the voice and violin students in such work as is required of such students. Four members of the Fine Arts faculty prepare the production, devoting from four to ten hours a week for three months without financial compensation to the work which they consider as educational in character as some regular classes.
"The part of the orchestra is the subordinate one of accompanying and it is a great undertaking to find thirty-two singers for a chorus. In view of these facts the council took its action and it can hardly be claimed that they were aware of what happened when all who are on the same footing are subject to eligibility rules.
Orchestra of Students Will Play at "Billy" Feb.12 Special Scenery
"It should also be remembered that neither band nor participants in the May Fete are subject to eligibility rules and they furnish the only possible comparison with the position of the chorus and orchestra in connection with the opera."
"STUDENTS ONLY"
FOR THE SPIAN SHOW
After several changes the Thepians announced today the complete cast for "Billy" which they will present in the Bowersock theater on the afternoon and evening of February 12. The revised cast which is now practicing for the play is as
follows:
Billy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claude E. Sowers
Alice, his sister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Culp
Sam Eustace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarence Sowers
Beatrice Sloane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurine Fairweather
Mrs. Sloane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hazel Clark
Mrs. John Hargrave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Roberts
John Hargrave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Staton
Stewardess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virgizia Elward
Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Staton
Doctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Edwards
Boatshain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ward Marii
Sailor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roy "Pete" Heil
Steward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russell Clark
Under the direction of Charles Robinson an orchestra has been organized which is made up entirely of University students and it is holding regular practices on the special music that accompanies "Billy." Ike E. Lambert, the manager, has secured the special scency that the North Brothers Stock company of Topeka will use in its production of "Billy," for the performance here.