THE KENTUCKY KERNEL
University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON,

VOL, X
GREAT GERMAN DRIVE
DESCRIBED

BY HOYDEN

Map is Made by Engineers
To Illustrate the

Lectures

FIRST OF THE SERIES

WAR LECTURES WILL

CONTINUE NEXT WEEK

The War Education Assemblies,
held this week on Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday, will be continued next
week, with similar subjects.
Monday, Captain Royden will continue his discussion of the German attack. Dr. Edward Tuthlll will speak
Wednesday on
The
"Attitude of the Greeks in the Great
War," will be the theme of a lecture
Thursday by Dr. Glanville Terrell,
professor of Greek.
A lecture by Captain W. S. Webb,
Camp Zachary Taylor, formerly an instructor in the Physics Department of
the University, may be substituted for
one of the speakers mentioned before.

The first of a series of War Education Assemblies arranged by the War
Education Committee of the University for the study of the causes and
progress of the world war, was given
in chapel Monday morning, when Captain H. N. Royden addressed the students, faculty and a number of citizens
of Lexington on the subject "Military
Activities of the Fifth Major Cam
paign of the German Army."
BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS
Dr. Edward Tuthlll, Professor of History, a member of the War Committee
APPOINTED BY STANLEY
of the University, has been appointed
chairman of the War Educational
Committee which will have charge of
Number of Members Rethe special exercises. Captain Royduced After Recent
den will discuss the military aspects
Legislation
and tactics of the war on Mondays,
and on Wednesdays and Thursdays,
PROBE REPRESENTED
lectures will be given explaining the
The appointment of a portion of the
causes of the war.
new board of trustees of the UniverA large map, 5x8, prepared by the
sity, reduced to fifteen, by order of the
students and, faculty of the engineerlegislature, was announced last
college, has been made, showing recent
ing
week by Governor A. 0. Stanley.
France, the English coast and BelThe new board follows:
gium, with the principle cities and
From the State Board of Agriculcenrivers of France, around which is
ture James Rash, Henderson; H. H.
tered the present great German drive.
Frohman, Ghent; J. M. Elliston, of
The farthest advance made by GerElliston.
many when she crushed Belgium in
From the Alumni P. P. Johnston,
her mad rush toward Paris in 1914 is
Jr., Lexington; Irvine Lyle, New York.
shown by a large blue line. The ling
From the State at large R. C. Stoll,
held by Germany at the beginning of
Lexington; R. C. Gordon, Louisville;
1918, before her fifth major campaign
R. P. Ernst. Covington; Rainey T.
Is in red, and between these lines, is
Wells, Murray; J. W. Turner, Paints-another showing the place over which
one million men have sacrificed their
According to the plan adopted by(
lives.
the legislature, three members of the
Captain Royden said that when Gerthe
board of trustees are
man military leaders in the summer of
governor, the Commissioner of Agri1914 planned to reach Paris by Christculture, and the Superintendent of
mas, they did not consider little
This leaves two
Public Instruction.
with her army of valiant men,
members of the board yet to be apwho stayed the beast for sixteen days,
pointed.
while France prepared. Nor did they
R. P. Ernst and Rainey T. Wells are
think when they met the French at
the only new members of the board,
the Marne that they would be beaten
others having served under the old
by a band whom they outnumbered the
plan. Mat Cohen, Commissioner of
twenty to one.
Agriculture, V. O. Gilbert, SuperinThe German leaders, resting after
and
tendent of Public Instruction,
their great drive in 1916, planned their
Governor Stanley, are the three
fifth campaign. The leaders of Germembers.
many told their armies that this drive
A meeting of organization for the
would end the war with Germany
new board has been called by the
Their object was to
governor for May 8, at the University.
separate the English and French
forces before aid from America reachMISS SWEENEY IS ILL
ed the continent, capture the Channel
ports and crush the British army.
Miss Mary E. Sweeney, who has
On March 21, the great drive was been detained in Louisville on account
begun. In close order, with her army of sickness, will return Friday mornarranged in three waves, a drive fifty ing to resume her work. Miss Sweeney
miles in length pushed on to the sea went to Louisville for the K. E. A., and
between La Fere and Arras. The Bri while there suffered an attack of
ish and Portugese, aided by the Amer- ptomaine poisoning. She has not enican forces and French reserves, held tirely recovered, but will be able to
resume her work next week.
(Continycd on Third Page.)
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Bel-glu-

world-powerfu- l.

KENTUCKY,

STROLLERS

SCORE

FORMER STUDENT NOW ARMORY BEING CHANGED
HERALD CITY EDITOR

ONGE

AGAIN AT OPERA HOUSE

Roy C. Bennett, A student In the
University in the College of Arts and
came this week
Science in 1911-1from the Dally States In New Orleans,
to succeed Maurice Bronaugh as city
editor on the Lexington Herald.
Mr. Bennett took his sophomore
work here, then went to the University of Missouri, where he was graduated. He received his first newspaper training in the Department of
Journalism of that Institution.
Mr. Bennett visited on the campus
Tuesday morning, renewing old acquaintances. He was particularly interested in the growth of the Department of Journalism.

Substantial Sum Raised For
University Red
Cross
"PENNY-ANTE-

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No. 28

MAY 3, 1918

IS HIT

A representative and enthusiastic
audience greeted the skits and war
pictures shown at the Opera House
Wednesday night, under the auspices
of the War Committee of the University. A substantial sum was cleared
for the Junior Red Cross of the University and the National Surgical
Dressing Association.
The skit, a scene in an American
hospital in France, where a vaudeville
troupe came to entertain the wounded
soldiers, was put on with the usual
Stroller "pep." Sam Morton was pompous and imposing as stage manager.
Jackson
Charles
Frederick
and
Planck were good in their black face
sketch, "In the Morning."
J. P. Barnes in his "Old Mother Hubbard" sermon captivated the audience.
Fred Augsberg and Miss Norma Rach-- f
el, in "The Manicurist," proved them- selves "song and dance artists" of pro-fesslonal ability. Gordon Marsh, Cecil
Heiie im and John Sherwood made the
hit ot the evening in an original
sketch, featuring the love affairs of a
fair Roman damsel, "Penny-ante.Dick Duncan concluded the program
with a rendition in costume of the
latest Hoover parody on "Little Or-han Annle "

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Sec-."bit- ,"

GOOD

SHOWING

MADE

Whipple Has Charge of All
Buildings For The
Soldiers

UNIV. TO BE READY
Two score or more workmen are
now busily engaged in transforming
Buell Armory into a model auto shop;
the Floral Hall of the Fair Grounds Into model soldiers' quarters; its betting-sheds
into ideal kitchen, mess
hall, recreation and Y. M. C. A. rooms
for the 400 men of Tennessee who
come next Tuesday for three months'
technical training in the University.
Where once was heard the lilt of
music and the fascinating strains of
Smith's Quintet as it lured the enrap
tured dancers to the floor; when once
was heard the
of the
guide as a company wearily did its
win now be heard the roar of
machine, the siren call of the klaxon,
and the grinding of brakes as the amateur mechanics try their skill on the
engines dedicated to their use.

mere once wag Been the pr,zed
ban ,jiwork 0f the fair women of the
Blue Qrass tne iuscIoua Jara of home.
made ,.Jell wIth cakeS and bung and
pies gaiore, eyed by countless men
wbo fam woui grab, will now be
ound orderiy rows of army cots, each
blanket turned to a nicety, each cover
Emery Frazier, prominent Stroller, arranged by rule,
and maJor of the student battallon
wag hemI
Thfl
whflre
last year, stood second in the examina- oC tne cork a3 the ..dope..
tion of four hundred candidates. All wa8 tapped, or the whirl of the
the former students of the University chlne aa the bet waa paId( or tne noIse
made a good showing. These men o the betters as the winner came in.
win be carried on the list of eligible wlll now be filjed wlth large ranges.
officers, and commissioned when va- - hotel style( fun 0f learning pots and
cancies occur.
panS) more sleeping quarters, tables
Thirteen graduates or former stu- dents of the University successfully
completed the Third Officers' Training
Camp of the National Army and have
been recommended for commissions
as second lieutenants in the Reserve
army.

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University girls dressed in the
nurses costumes, acted as ushers.
Among them were: Misses Louise Turner, Louie Powell, Sarah Harbison,
Kate Reddish, Mary Beall, Mildred
Collins, Elizabeth Card.

IN

Emery Frazier Stands
ond of Four Hundred
Candidates

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Those taking the parts of nurses,
and patients were: Misses
Elizabeth Murphey, Marie Collins,
Frieda Lemon, Isabelle Dickey, Milton
Revill, Rollie Guthrie, Bob Mitchell,
Grover Creech, Robert Raible.
The pictures, showing actual battle
scenes, the work of the Red Cross in
the trenches, behind the lines and in
the hospitals, and some of the practi- cal work of the National Surgical
Dressing Association were unusually
interesting.

U. K. MEN NOW

INTO MODEL AUTO SHOP

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Tne namea of the UnIveralty men for the "400," and Y .M. C. A. rooms,
reCommended follow: Homer B. Com- - where may be found reading tables,
beatf Liberty, Infantry; Henry C. Cox, checker boards, writing materials,
Weat L1berty, infantry; Morrle J. books and magazines, music and son?.
Crutcher, Louisville, Infantry; Emery
The University authorities are strivPrazIer, Lawrenceburg. infantry; ing their utmost to receive the 4C0
infantry; from Tennessee in a most hospitable
John c FuS8( Frankf0rt,
Earl Mayhew, Barboursville, infantry; manner. The girls of the University
Rhey B. Parsons, Mayfleld, infantry; have already made arrangements 'for
Bart N. Peak, LaGrange, field artillery: various recreational features. Plans
Graclan M. Pedley, Owensboro, field are underway to erect a Hostess
artillery; Tom T. Richards, Morgan- - House, where the soldiers' friends may
field, field artillery; Drew W. Stanrod,lbe received. J. E. Johnson, Secretary
Cadiz, infantry; Robert W. Waterflll, of the Y. M. C. A., has obtained a
a
Lawrenceburg, field artillery; Karl P.
with a full supply of records and
Zerfoss, Lexington field artillery.
a piano to furnish the "Y" room at tho

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Vic-trol-

CHAPIN TRANSFERRED
TO WASHINGTON POST
A. S. Chapin, extension poultry hus-

bandman at

the station, has been
transferred to the bureau of animal
industry at Washington. Mr. Chapin
reported In Washington Wednesday.
His work will be in the war emergency poultry department.

Fair Grounds.

MUTCHLER ELECTED

of
A. O. Whipple, Superintendent
Buildings and Grounds of the UniverDr. Fred Mutchler, head of the exsity, has charge of the .quartering of
tension division of the College of Agri- these men and the erection of suitable
culture, was elected last week to the shops for their proper instruction. He
presidency of the Department of Agri- has arranged to divide the Armory
culture ot the Kentucky Educational Into five compartments, each compart-

Mr. Chapin and J. Holmes Martin,
Association at the annual meeting of ment complete with benches, tools,
In poultry work at the Exthe K. E. A.
etc., for the thoro overhauling and

assistant

periment Station, were the originators
J. M. Feltner, of London, the reof the colored egg work which attracted much attention turnout the tiring president, was elected secretary without contest.
country, recently.

of machines.
He has arranged

for

makin; tho

Floral Hall suitable for tho barrack-

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