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VOLUME IX.
HANDS ARE SPINNING ON OLD PHYSICS CLOCK
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14, 1912.
Happy-go-lucky Time-piece Makes a New Semester Resolution
PRESSURE BROUGHT TO BEAR?
Physics Department Refuses to Talk as to Form of Coercion Administered.
The Physics Clock is Running!
A student crossing the campus at eight o'clock this morning discovered that the hands pointed to eight o'clock.
Considering it a mere coincidence he passed on his way.
Another student coming from a detained eight o'clock glancing at the building with the Queen Anne front entrance, a rear back view said that the clock said 9:18.
He verified it. Student number one joined him and they compared notes Gazing frankly into the open face of the cluck they found it was running!
Other students and an occasional professor stopped to watch the hands go
Word reached the Daily Kansan office at 10:33. The cub reporter slid over to the Physics Building.
to talk," said Professor M. Weiss who had placed if coal-oil or gasoline had been used.
"Did you shake it up?" persisted the cub.
"I refuse to talk."
"Did you find a wheel missing?" "I refuse to talk."
Anyway the campus time-piece is grinding away and the happy-go-lucky who clambers up the hill tomorrow morning at 7.57$^{\circ}$ will be reassured by a glance at the weather-heaten face in the tower.
And now it can truthfully be said that everybody on the hill is working
Later: The clock stopped without
warming at 12:01.‡
GLEE CLUB TRAVELS IN A PRIVATE CAR
Route Changed to Include Oklahoma and Texas on the Trip
The route of the University Glee Club, on its trip to the western coast, has been slightly altered. The club will go to Chanute first instead of Newton as was arranged at first. From Chanute they will travel through Oklahoma and Texas to the southwest. New Mexico and California.
Melvin Kates, manager, said this morning that a private car had been secured for the special use of the members of the club on the entire trip. He was not certain this morning, whether it will be a Pullman sleeper or an observation car. The club will leave Lawrence Monday February 19 at 9:50 and will be gone from classes for two weeks.
A concert with a program of two parts will be given in Fraser hall tonight. Tomorrow night the concert will be given in the Bowersock opera house. Student tickets will be good for the concert tonight, but fifty cents admission will be charged tomorrow night.
Will Name New Health Committee
A new University public health
committee will be named by the
Chancellor in accordance with acti-
taken by the University Council
yesterday afternoon. This is made
necessary by the absence of three
members of the committee this sem-
ester, Dr. Bailey, Professors Daltor
and Billings.
The University Council instructed the secretary to inform the Men's Student Council that their criticism of Council action in regard to removing the members of the orchestra and Fine Arts opera from the control of the faculty committee on organizations had already been anticipated by the rescindings of such Council action.
Makes Reply to Mens' Council
CHANCELLOR SETS ASIDE
OPEN HOUSE FOR FACULTY
Chancellor Strong announced to the University Council yesterday afternoon that he had set apart an open hour for teachers to meet with him and discuss any matters relating to the welfare of the institution The hour will be on Tuesdays from three to four o'clock in the afternoon.
It is thought that this arrangement will work greater convenience to both the Chancellor and member of the faculty.
TAPS AT 12:30; ON WITH
THE DANCE TILL MIDNIGHT
The University Council at its meeting yesterday afternoon allowed a request from Arvid L. Frank manager of the sophomore annual party that the time of turning off the lights be made 12:30 instead o' midnight. This will allow the dancing to continue until 12 o'clock.
YOUTH VS AGE--
DOLDE WON 12 TO 0
District Court Verdict Favors Middle Law Over Experienced Lawyer of 50
With a knowledge of law acquired in a year and a half in the School of Law, Charles Dolde went to Leavenworth and won a case in the District Court.
Dolde, who is a middle law and has not been admitted to the bar, gained special permission from the judge to try the case. He had it first in the Justice of the Peace court last summer and, appalled it to the higher court.
The case was Miller vs. McCauley.
McCauley, the defendant, Dolde's client,
took a grinding wheel from Miller's barn a year ago and failed to return it. Miller sued him for $1, the cost of the stone. The attorney opposing Dolde, Matt Nangle, who is fifty years old, spent much time in attempting to ridicule the youth of "my wise young friend."
Dolde won the case on his plea to the jury. In this he pictured his client, a cripple, being persecuted by an overbearing neighbor. He took advantage of one of Nangle's statements that the cripple owed Miller fifty dollars to show that the suit for $1 was only a spite case. Dolde explained that he had proved affirmative statements through the trial while all of Nangle's had been negative. The jury out ten minutes. McCauy was awarded the verdict and Miller forced to pay the court expenses which amounted to fifty dollars.
SENIOR FARCE PROGRESSES
Committee Attempting to Get Original Production That Has Vim.
ANNOUNCE PLAY IN A WEEK
The Masque Club was entertained last night at the home of Miss Gertrude Mossler and plans for their play were discussed. The definite date of the play has not been decided upon, but it will be some time during the latter part of April.
The senior farce committee is working hard on the comedy that will be presented during commencement week in the spring. The farce will be completed by April 1 and the try-out will be held and work on the presentation will be commenced.
Gladys Elliott, chairman of the Farce committee, said this morning that efforts were being made to inject originality into the plot of the play they will give and that the committee was attempting to get away from the set atmosphere and circumstances of all college farces.
Art Entertainment by Miss Mossler
Plans Were Discussed
The name of the play will be announced in a week.
The Colonel Talks
Colonel Wilder H. Metcalf, of Lawrence, regimental commander, reviewed the University company of the K. N. G. in the gym last night. He also gave a talk to the non-commissioned officers concerning the relation of the militia to the regular army. He also explained the bill now before congress to provide regular pay for the militia.
The Colonel Talks
TEST EFFICIENCY OF GAS METERS
Prof. P. F. Walker Investigates Gas Pressure for Utilities Commission
TESTED METERS FROM TOPEKA
Commission Wants to Know if Con-
Commission Wants to Know if
sumer Gets What He Pays For
Under Low Pressure.
REGENT'S VIEW POINT IN AHRENS' AFFAIR
At the instance of the Kansas Public Utilities Commission, an investigation of the natural gas pressure to determine just what the consumer receives for twenty-five cents a thousand cubic feet when the pressure is high and when it is low, has been started by Prof. P. F. Walker of the Mechanical Engineering department. E. H. Guelman, secretary of the Commission, shipped to Professor Walker two of the tested meters that are installed for use. These meters were tested for every possibility in measuring gas and then sealed by the state engineer be fore being shipped.
Tests made here will show whether or not a gas meter runs as fast or faster with low and high pressure the heat obtained from a certain quantity in a certain time under various pressures and under various heating appliances.
"Thousands of persons complained of their gas bill for January when they had little gas and still the meters seemed to run," said Mr. Hogueland. "At Wichita, Hutchinson, and Topeka, the city commissioners are planning court proceeding to reduce the price of gas a certain per cent when the pressure is low, as the consumers do not get the same amount of heat from a thousand cubic feet at low pressure that they do at high pressure, so it is said. We don't know about this but we have arranged with the University to find out."
MUST COLLECT $50.
Young Women of Senior Class Will Redeem Pledge to Dorm, Fund
Arrangement have been made for collecting the money that the organization of the young women of the senior class pledged for the dormitory fund. They promised to raise $50 and will make efforts to deposit the money with the treasurer of the fund by March 1.
Following is the arrangement for making the collection. Anna Manley will call on those whose names begin with A and B; Myrtle Ferguson C; Mildred Manley E, F, and I; Brown Angle H; Bertha Burgess, J, K, L and Z; Beulah Murphy M; Glendale Griffith P, and R; Nell Martindale S; Lucy March T, W and W; Winneford Fisher G, U, and O.
Illustrated 'Deutschheilebegesage,' or German love songs will be a feature of an entertainment planned for March 28 by the German Club, a boarding club of language students who speak only German at meal time. The club will present a light German play at the Fraternal Aid Hall, and after the performance, singing and dancing will be in order. The cast of the play will present some old-world feature dances.
The women of the class have been divided into squads arranged alphabetically and each squad has beer assigned to a certain girl who shall call, in person, on those upon he list. In this way, every member of the class will be interviewed.
Advisory Board Will Entertain the Sustaining Members of Association
"GERMAN EVENING" PLANNED
The advisory board of the Y. W. C. A. will give an informal reception at the home of Mrs. L. E. Sisson Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock, for the sustaining members of the association. The cabinet members and the sustaining membership committee are invited to meet the sustaining members.
Play. Folk Dances and Illustrated Songs by German Boarding
RECEPTION FOR THE Y. M. C. A
William Allen White Replies to Editorial in the Daily Kansan
WRITES AS "AN OLD FRIEND"
Author-Editor Once Bombardier Chancellor's Office And Was "Meaner than Any of You."
To the Daily Kansan:
First let me say that your article upon the Ahrens matter in your issue of the ninth is exactly the kind of fair dignified discussion of subjects pertaining to university management from the studentus view point that should be found in a student's paper of a high grade. You're making a success of your daily that will bring credit upon the university all over the state and the country. I know of no other daily student paper in the country that excelled at this task, and your expression entirely correct in form and in spirit from a student's view point, and I congratulate you upon the straight forward way you go at it.
Also by way of parenthesis, let me say that I have not been so long out of school that I do not remember lining up with a body of indignant boys outside of the Chancellor's door to see the Regents about the action of the faculty in trying to control the expression of a student's paper, and we remember how we stressed our rights when it was wrong! Stick to your rights; if you will be wrong sometimes; but it is better to be wrong than to be pie-faced.
Now about the Ahrens matter: It is one of those matters upon which divergence of opinion comes from divergence of viewpoint; you look at it from the inside out the university; we outside have another squint at it. Your view point is that it is dishonorable to turn state's evidence. (I wish to say snitch, instead of "turn state's evidence", but having used the word pie face, I have gone about as far in that direction as the Englisch. But it is of course loyalty, and loyalty is the first of the cardinal virtues. Probably youth should cultivate loyalty, with the hope that discernment will come with years. Loyalty plus discernment is the basis of all character.
Depends on Viewpoint
Now we see your viewpoint in school try for a moment to see our viewpoint out of school, and then you may appreciate the feeling of those who feel that the soft pedal should not be put on th Ahrens matter.
A Champion of Students
For a quarter of a century in the faculty one man above all others has stood time in and out for the rights of the student democracy; he has stood for sport. He has encouraged all the student activities. When boys were in trouble he championed them. When they got in jail, he got them out; when they let their youthful spirits rise, he smoothed the wrinkled high brow of care upon the members of the faculty, who would have come down hard with discipline Green — Jimmie Green, God bless Green — Jimmie Green, God bless Green — If the students of Kansas University owe loyalty to any one, they owe it to Jimmie Green.
Yet Ahrens deliberately deceived Dean Green, cold-bloodedly made him the goat in this whole matter; imposed upon the best friend a university boy ever had and by appealing to Dean Green's love of sport and of good sportsman, put him where he signed an affidavit to Ahrens' eligibility. Is an ineligible boy who will do that thing worthy of any other boy's entire respect? Are those who knew of his ineligibility and realized that he was doing this unspeakably cowardly thing to Dean Green to be shielded by the student body in their loyalty to Ahrens, and in their disloyalty to Dean Green?
A Case of Cheating
The Student Council recently reprimanded certain students for cheating in examinations. isn't it worse to cheat this kindhearted, chivalrous gentleman who all these years has fought the boys' battles? What we who are out of school feel is that you who are in school should stand by your friends. Dean Green has been your friend. Ahrens went to Dean Green, because Ahrens knew
the Dean was the man in school who more than many others was gentle high-minded and loyal to the boys. The men who were accessory to Ahrens' act knew exactly who would suffer when Ahrens was exposed The students know who now is left holding the sack. Is not some public censure due to those who knew what Ahrens was doing? Did they not owe infinitely more loyalty to Dean Green than they owed to Henry Ahrens? Perhaps they did not have discernment with their loyalty.
But the student body has discernment. The Student Council has discernment. You who are in school know. You are entrusted with self-government. A crime against good manners, good morals and good student government has been committed. Presumably certain members of the team were accessories to this crime before and after the fact; certain members of the Sigma Chi fraternity were accessories to this crime. The regents have no complaint against the man upon whom this brutal crime was committed. We know Dean Green for all that his big manly, boyish heart and his fine just mind and noble soul is worth.
Rules Not Alone Violated
But what of the Student Council? Should the Council offer as a remedy a change in the elegibility rules when the Council must know that it was not the rules but Dean Green's kind heart that was violated? You must change his heart and not the rules if students like Ahrens and his accessories are to operate in the University. And these men will operate in the University year after year, so long as kind hearts are found in the faculty, unless the Student Council by formal action makes a public disclaimer of the mistaken loyalty of the men who shielded Ahrens.
Boys—for I assume this is after all a boy's affair—this is written on my forty-fourth birthday. I am climbing to youth as a dying man to live. I have a passionate desire to see and understand and be one in the life you are living. Above everything I don't wish to be an old crank. I not speaking only for myself; not for the Regents—except to say we didn't "threaten football"; not for the Chancellor; not even for the taxpayers of Kansas. I am speaking just as an old friend who rumped and fooled and loafed and loved and sorrowed and was happy; on the hill twenty-five years ago and who was meaner than any of you; meaner than Ahrens so far that goes. For after all Ahrens didn't think; the fellows with him didn't think. Life's business is to make us think. It hurts sometimes it costs fearfully in every thing that is dear to learn to think. And the sooner you pay, and the more manfully you pay, the quicker you are out of debt.
In Debt
In the Ahrens matter it seems to me half a dozen or a score of fellows are in debt—in debt to the student body for what this accessor group did to Dean Green. He has forgiven them of course. Everyone knows he is not crying for retaliation: I am sure that the Board desires no vengeance. But I know one member who feels that so long as you boys are to have a formal government and not a cream puff and chocolate eclair order of society you should in your organized capacity temper the loyalty of your mistaken fellows with a little discernment.
Truly,
W. A. WHITE.
Emporia, Feb. 10.
PROFESSOR BOYNTON WILL
SPEAK IN FRANKFORT
Prof. Arthur J. Boynton, of the Economics department, will go to Frankfort Thursday to deliver an address in the University Extension course. His subject will be: "The Attitude of a Large Agricultural Community like Kansas Toward the Larger Policies of the Nation."
BISHOP GRISWOLD
WILL SPEAK HERF
Bishop S. M. Griswold of Salina will be the speaker at the Thursday evening meeting of the Y. M. C. A in Myers hall. Bishop Griswold has spoken at the University on several occasions and has become popular with the students.
UNIQUE STUNTS FOR ENGINEERS' BANQUET
Sixth Annual Gathering In the Gymnasium on February 24
PROF. H. A. RICE TOASTMASTER
Ticket Sale Begins Monday Evening
—Damages Are $1.25 This Year
—More than 300 Expected
The date for the sixth annual Engineers' banquet has been set for Saturday evening February 24. It will be held in Robinson gymnasium at 8:30 o'clock. Speakers from Kansas City, Topeka, Manhattan, and Rolla, Missouri, besides several members of the University faculty, have been secured for the banquet and Prof. H. A. Rice, of the Civil Engineering department will be the toastmaster.
The Engineers' banquet has been an annual feature of the Engineering students' life since 1907 and this year it is expected that all former records for attendance will be broken.
"We are planning on an attendance of more than three hundred men," said Ed. Rhodes, president of the Engineers, this morning, "and the members of the various committees who are working on the stunt; promise that it will be bigger and better than ever. Each of the departments of the School of Engineering will have some stunt that they will pull off on the evening of the banquet and since the plans for these are being carefully guarded some big surprises will be in store for those who sit down to the table."
The price of the tickets this year will be $1.25 and the ticket sale will begin Monday morning.
HAS LEADING ARTICLE IN A NEW MAGAZINE
Prof. E. M. Hopkins Gives Account of Teaching Composition
The first number of a new monthly magazine, the English Journal, of which Prof. E. M. Hopkins is associate editor, appeared from the press of the University of Chicago, January 15. This periodical devoted t the interests of teachers and students in all English subjects, while largely pedagogic in character, is to be also linguistic and literary. The February number discusses the high school English course and the college entrance requirements; the March number gives an account of the work of the Drama League of America and will contain an original play for children. Each number will comprise sixty-four pages, and the first edition numbers 5000 copies.
The leading article in the first or January number is contributed by Professor Hopkins, and is an account of the results of the work of the Committee on English Composition Teaching of which he is chairman, and which has now been enlarged, and authorized to proceed further under the joint authority of the National Council of Teachers of English and the Modern Language Association of America. The Council by means of the Journal, which is its official organ, is giving the committee effective aid; and as one result of its cooperation a joint order has been received from a number of New England colleges for a ninth edition of the committee's report, 2500 copies, for distribution in New England. Blanks are sent out as an insert in the first number of the Journal to obtain further information for the committee as to the comparative cost of the teaching of English and other subjects.
Roy Stockwell, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and Ray Soper, a junior in the College will go to Hutchinson, Kansas, tomorrow to attend the state convention of the Association