THE KENTUCKY KERNEL
University of Kentucky
DR.

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THE DREAM

H. KASTLE, HEAD OF EXPERIMENT

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STATION,

No. 2

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, SEPT. 28, 1916.

VOL IX

DIES AFTER SHORT

ILLNESS

FLOWER FRESH

I seek a flower, blood red and small,
Of odours sweet and yet withal

AND SOPHS TO

FIGHT AGAINST BATH

TO OPEN

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Than shyest mermaid of the

most Chemist Following Two Weeks'
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Dr. Joseph Hoeing Kastle, head of chosen by the trustees of the Univerthe Experiment Station, died sudden- sity and of the staff of the Experiment
ly at noon Sunday at his home, 238 Station. He was elected dean of the
East Maxwell Street, following a two- - College oil Agriculture October 26,
weeks' illness from Bright's disease.
Only Dr. Kastle's associates at the
Experiment Station, of which he was
director, knew of his absence from
office and few realized the seriousness
of his illness. Dr. Kastle was fifty-twyears of age.
iFuneral services were held at the
residence at 3 o'clock .Tuesday after- noon, Dean Robert K. Massie, of
Christ Church Cathedral, officiating.
Burial took place in the Lexington
Cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Callie Warner Kastle, he is survived by two
daughters, Miss Elizabeth Thane Kastle and Miss Harriet Kastle, all of
whom were with him when the end
came, and an uncle, Charles Kastle,
of Lexington. The members of the
family were advised several days ago
that the hopes for his recovery were
very slight.
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Dr. Kastle was born in Lexington,
25, 1864, the only child of
Daniel Kastle and Mrs. Thane
Kastle. He attended the
University of Kentucky, then the Ken- tucky State College, graduating from
this institution in 1884 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Science. He received his master's degree two years
later and in 1888 graduated from
Johns Hopkins University with a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

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On recommendation of Daniel Colt
Oilman, Dr. Kastle was offered the
professorship of chemistry at the University which he accepted and held
for seventeen years, resigning in 1905
to go to Washington, where he was
made chief in the division of chemistry in the Hygienic Laboratory, United
States Public Health and Marine Hospital service, with the rank of major
In the United States army.

In 1909 Dr. Kastle accepted the professorship of chemistry at the
verslty of Virginia, succeeding Dr.
John W. Mallet, one of the greatest
Southern chemists. In 1911 the call of
Kentucky and his old home were too
strong for Dr. Kastle and he returned
to Lexington at the solicitation of Dr.
Melville A. Scovell, then director of
the Experiment Station, to become research professor of chemistry at the
Experiment Station, which position he
held at the time of his death.
After Dr. Scovell's death in 1912, Dr.
Kastle was his logical successor, to
which position he was unanimously

O'er half the world I've sought to find
This fair creation of the mind.
In meadows green; in forests dank,
And on the brooklets mossy bank.
But still my soul will know no 'rest,
Although 'tis but an idle quest,
For this one flower that I crave
Grows In a land beyond the grave.
R. FRANCIS RICHEY.

1912, from which he recently resigned.

work at
While taking
Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Kastle
became a member of the Beta Theta
Pi fraternity. He was also a member
of the Society of Biological Chemists,
of the American Physiological Society,
the American Chemical Society, and
a member and former president of
the Kentucky Academy of Science.
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versity was formed by Dr. Kastle and
Adhering to the recommendation of
Dr. Alfred Peter and upon the forthe University faculty The Kentucky
mer's motion, Dr. Peter was chosen
first president of the association. Dr.
Kastle was chosen second president
and since that time has been an enthusiastic worker and loyal member
of the association.
During his faithful service as a professor in the University, Dr. Kastle
has made many fast friends among
the students and alumni of the institution, all of whom feel as if they
have lost a member of their immediate family. Dr. Kastle was keenly
interested in the sports and frolics of
the students and did everything in
his power to make student life enjoyable. Ho was also deeply interested
in athletics and for many years had
taken an active part in the faculty
management of athletics.
As a token for their affection for
him and an appreciation of his services, the Alumni Association presented to the University last June a large
oil portrait of Dr. Kastle, who was
the flrdt recipient of such an honor
at the hands of the association.
Although Dr. Kastle has always
been busy as a professor and a leader
in activo University affairs, ho has
found time to write articles on many
technical subjects and it Is upon
these that his international fame as
a chemist rests. These articles have
been extensively read not only in this
country, but in European countries as
well and chemists have accepted them
as the best of authority on the subject under consideration. His "Chemistry of Metals," which appeared while
he was a professor here, is now widely used as a textbook by a number
of engineering schools.
As head of the Experiment Station
and dean of the College of Agriculture, his work has covered a wide
range. Probably the greatest practical benefit the farmers of the State
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according to the Simplified Spelling
Board. The spelling of yesterday is
fast passing into obscurity and the
public have answered the call for the
simplicity in all walks of
life. "To save time is to lengthen
life" and keeping this fact in mind
will no doubt encourage simplified
spelling.
Realizing it is best to begin with the
young mind The Kernel takes this
step forward that its readers may become intimately acquainted with the
three hundred simplified words which
it intends to gradually adopt into
usage.
A reporter of The Kernel interviewed Professor L. L. Dantzler concerning the policy it intends pursuing and he was highly pleased with
the step. Professor Dantzler said:
"Simplified is in no sense a new
thing; it was proposed 300 years ago.
John Milton advocated it and Tennyson later on even attempted to organize an association to promote simplified spelling. The fact that we,
the people of today, are slow In
adopting the three hundred words
simplified by the Simplified Spelling
Board of Madison Avenue, New York,
shows that wo are at least 100 years
behind the times. I am glad to see
The Kernel take this important Btep
as so many of our colleges are doing.
I believe that it will mean a great
saving of time among the students to
follow your example and you may tell
them that I recommend they write the
Spelling Board for free literature upon this subject."
Professor Dantzler lias dono much
sim
good in the line of promoting
plicity in orthography and it stands to
his credit that he succeeded in lim
ing the University faculty recommend
simplified spelling to all of its de
partments.
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SEASON

Ben.

October 13 Date of
at Clifton Heights
Pond

Football Rally in Chapel
Tomorrow to Precede
Saturday's Contest

BOTH CLAIM VICTORY

LINE-U-

Tug-of-W- ar

Bright's Disease Proves Fatal To Kentucky's Fore-

GAME

BUTLER-STAT- E

Arrangements are being made in
the Sophomore class to treat the
Freshmen on Friday afternoon, October 13, and the Freshmen, not to be
outdone in hospitable intentions, are
insisting that they are the boys to do
the honrs. The occasion Is the annual
tug of war between the lower classes,
and if past performances are any indi
cation, the Battle of Waterloo will
in a girls' semilook like
nary when compared to the Battle of
Water-Blooeon
Clifton Heights.
The Sophomores were victorious in
the struggle last year, and have the
benefit of experience, but the Freshmen insist that they have more men
and more pulling.
So far the strategists in each camp
have refused to give out any authoritative news on the manner in which
they will fight, but it is generally un
derstood that both sides will try to
win by retreating, carrying the cable
with them as they back away. The
civil engineering students from the
two classes have mapped off the field,
and when the time of reckoning comes
every foot hole will be listed and occupied by a Number 9 or better.
President Barker has given absolute
assurance that the cable will withstand the strain of the pull.
Last year more than a thousand persons witnessed the tug between the
1918 and 1919 classes, and the attendance this year will probably be much
greater, as a large number of alumni
will come in for the Golden Jubilee
before the 13th, and they will all want
to see the melee. The girls of the
two classes will, of course, be on hand
to decorate their warriors with the
class colors and to give a few soprano
yells to put courage In their hearts
and strength In their arms.
Many claims have been put forth by
both sides. Tho Sophs declare that
the newcomers have been much weakened by tho loss of their hair, and
quote Samson as an example, but the
Fresh retort that Samson came back
and shook down the house of his detractors. Both bunches are sure that
Friday the 13th, augurs 111 for their
opponents. So far honors In claiming
havo been equal.
The winning class will bo allowed
to paint a numeral on one of tho most
prominent buildings on the campus,
and this numeral will bo safe from
molestation by tho losers. Also, tho
losers will be forced to take a bath in
the pearly waters of Clifton Pond
without even a piece of soap. The
pond is reported to be in oxcellent
condition for a cold plunge.
The classes will hold meetings
either this week or early noxt week
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Some of the
brand of
college spirit is expected to bo exhibited at the football rally to bo held
tomorrow in chapel in anticipation of
game.
Chapel
the Wildcat-Butle- r
hour, from 10 o'clock to 10:30 o'clock,
has been set aside as the time for the
big preliminary event.
All the boys will be there with their
hoots and yells and their "best" girls.
Rival, cheer leaders with rival classes
will send up volley "after volley for
the "team."
The first game of the season is
nigh and the Wildcats are primed for
the "scrap." Kentucky will meet Butler College on Stoll Field Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.
Weeks of constant practice and
training is having its effect on the
football squad. With the return of
Rodes to quarter, the outlook is better
than it has been for some time.
game
for Saturday's
The line-uhas not been determined, Coach Tigert
being anxious to give the best men
chances regardless of records or reputations. In an interview Dr. Tigert
said in part: "Many shifts will probably be made. I was never more completely at sea as to who will be played
and where each player will be placed.
"In regard to the outlook for a good
season, I will not say that I expect a
more successful one than the last, but
certainly the prospects for a winner
last year at this time were not nearly
so good." It will be remembered that
a comparatively new team entered
tho field last year and succeeded In
winning all but one game.
The abundance and quality of material at hand was expressed very aptly by tho coach In tho comparison:
"Perhaps we have no eleven men so
good as eleven of last year's team,
but I sincerely believe that we have
twenty-fiv- e
men In our squad this year
who could run a like number of tho
1915 squad off the field."
Despite the fact that tho team has
not been chosen and Coach Tigert refuses to make firm predictions in regard to the future, football "bugs"
aro cheerful and expect tho Wildcats
to continue their string of victories
from last season well into tho next.
allots
Speculation as to the line-utho position of quarterback to either
Rodes, Klnne, Rork or Gay with
Rodes in the lead.
Tho backfleld men aro: Grabfelder,
Haydon and Gumbert, "K" men;
Brunston,
Baugh, Walker,
Howard and Pullon with Brlttaln and
Simpson as possibilities in case of a
shift in the line.
For end, Kinno, Crutcher, Hober,
Peak, Thompson, Propps and Pullen
aro most prominent with the "odds"
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