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Arthur Cameron, '21
ASSOCIATE KMTOKS
Allele Slnde, '21
Katlierlno .McGlblion, '21
Virginia Throckmorton, '11

REPORTERS
Kntherlno Wenkley, '21
Lucille Moore, '21
Knthrlno Herring, '21
Enrl Wnllnce. '21
George Gregory, '21 Adallne Maun, '22
Hodges, '23 Blle Rncho, '23
Arthur
Margaret Lnvln, '24
Dnn Bowmar, '21
BUSINESS MANAGER
H. B. LLOYD, '21

ADVERTISING MANAGER
,T. Iltirton I'rewltt, '22
MANAGER
CIRCULATION
Glenn Tlnnley, '22

FRIDAY,

By Troy

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DECEMBER 3, 1920.

TWICE A WEEK
While tliis is but the second edition
of The Kernel issued under the twice
a week plan, indications already
promise that the trial will prove successful.
It is true that The Kernel does not
present such an imposing appearance
dn
form as it did in the eight-pag- e
style but so many advantages
may be derived from the new form
that it will more than offset this single
criticism.
The box has been removed from the
heading on the front page, thus not
only allowing more space for news,
but also giving The Kernel more the
appearance of a newspaper.
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SERVER, CAPTAIN
A veteran who has fought on Kentucky's gridiron for three years and
a mainstay Of the 1920 line is "Big
Jim" Server. His election as captain
of the 1921 Wildcats was certainly
deserved. "He was the logical man for
the job and with all good wishes for
next year, The Kernel congratulates
him.
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PROFESSOR DANTZLER
ADDRESSES FRESHMEN
Professor L. L. Dantzler, of the Department of English, addressed the
students of (Matriculation Lecture Saturday, November 30, on the subject,
He said
"What is an Education?"
that a great many students have been
induced to take a special course that
will prepare them for a certain profession, without first acquiring a good
foundation by taking some of the
cultural subjects. He told the students
that an education consisted In having
poise and the best way to obtain it Is
to become acquainted with the classics
which depict the finer side of life.
"Though so many people emphasize
the need of a knowledge of Science,"
said Professor 'Dantzler, "nowhere are
the cultural subjects, or humanities, as
they wore called some years ago, of
more advantage than In Kentucky,
which nbounds in a wealth of literature and

COURTSHIP OF PRISCILLA
"Cheer up boys, there is a hell."
H. L. Mencken.

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BOURBON STUDENTS
ORGANIZE CLUB

The students from Bourbon county
met recently and organized a club of
'twenty-flvmembers. The main pur
pose of the club is to interest students
of Bourbon county high schools in the
University of Kentucky by explaining
to them tho advantages of the University and many and varied courses that
are offered here
The following officers were elected:
Basil Haydon, president; Fannie HelMiss Frances Jewell attended the ler, vice president; Raymond Connell,
semiannual meeting of the Kentucky treasurer und Edna Snapp, secretary.
Vassar Alumnae held at the Seelbach
BUY YOUR
KENTUCKIAN NOW
hotel In Loutlsvillo, November 27.
folk-lore.- "

Major Mitchell, the newest member
of tho commissioned staff of tho University of Kentucky, was graduated
from West Point in 1902. Ho was
stationed in tho Philipincs 1905-0and
.
In the meantime he wan an
instructor at West Point. After two
years service on tho Mexican border
ho was aent to Franco and was placed
in command of tho Tank Corps Brigade. After his return from Franco
last yenr ho was in command of the
Tank Corps 'Brigade at Camp Meade,
Maryland, until October, when ho became assistant commander of the R.
O. T. C. at Norwich University, Norwich, Connecticut.

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gave her in marriage, and at the same
time the bridegroom entered with his
best man, William Yager of Danville.
A recoption was held immediately
after the ceremony, and following that
Mr. Wayland and his bride left for a
wedding trip to Columbia, Mo., Kansas
City, Mo., before going to New Wilson,
Oklahoma, where they will make their
home.
The bride, matron of honor and
maid of honor are former Kentucky
students und the bridesmaids are all
now In the University.

ALUMNI

REORGANIZE
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President Frank L. McVoy returned Alumni Association. Tho leaders in
Wednesday from Austin, Texas, whero tho reorganization of
tho club In LouJs-vill- o
he addressed tho annual convention of
are W. II. Grady, '05, a trustee
tho Texas State Teachers' Association. 'DC; Leo, J. Sandman, '14; Miss Emma
KENTUCKIAN STAFF

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Tho production Inst Tuesday of an
adaptation of Longfellow's "Tho Court-Bhlof Miles Stnndlsh," gives renewed
attention to a specimen Interesting to
The prim, tho
literary 'researchers.
maidenly, tho kittenish, the virtuous
Longfellow, undoubtedly intended no
heresy in his pious outpouring bearing
that name. Yet ho here echoed unintentionally tho doctrine of Shaw and
the moderns that woman is tho pursuer and man the pursued. This doctrine, however, was not new with
Shaw, nor for that matter with Schop.
Enlarged
enhauer, Its
and broadened It comes down as tho
commonly acctepted principle of today
that women lmve much more to gain
by marriage than men, and that the
majority of men are aware of it, and
would never marry at all if it were
not for women's relentless effort to
bring them to it. There Is, of course,
a defense for women in this. Shaw
has shown it in his treatment of the
matter in "Man and Superman: We
laugh at the haughty American nation
because it makes the negro clean its
boots and then proves the moral and
physical inferiority of the negro by the
fact that he is a shoeblack; but we
ourselves throw the whole drudgery
of creation on one sex and then imply
that no female of any womanliness or
delicacy would initiate any effort in
that direction." Due ,to John Alden's
contemptible stupidity, it became desperately necessary that Prlscllla make
toward passes; it was no sentimental
or rom&ntic notion that prompted her:
it was the voice of her sharp and
Longfellow's
practical intelligence.
accidental embrace of this Hunnlsh
theory was undoubtedly due to the fact
that the matter of the piece came to
him in the nature of a legacy.
The acting in the presentation of the
piece was very well done .being of
Laurlne
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caliber.
good
Wells as Dame Hadley sang pleasantly.. Mamie Woods acted the shrinking violet, Priscilla, according to the
best movie models. But as Priscilla
was a Puritan maiden, one would prefer a little less violet and a little more
shrinkage. R. E. Davis, in the part of
Miles Standish, displayed a trifle more
energy than insight, but he Btrutted
well. Troy Perkins acted and looked
almost exactly as John Alden looked
and acted, if John Alden looked and
The outacted like Troy Perkins.
standing point of the pogrom was the
staging by Professor William Mike-selThe arrangement of the stage
and accessories showed considerable
Ingenuity. Judging by this the professor should be able to do several
interesting things in the future.

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blanks for tho senior section? If not,
do so Immediately. Oct tho blanks at
the Kentucklan room In tlio basement
of tho Library. Secretaries of Organizations: You must turn in to the editor
of tho Kentucklan the names of the
officers of your club, the names of the
members or whatever material you
desire to nppear on your page, by Wednesday, December 8. No material for
publication will be accepted after this
date. All fraternities and sororities
nre requested to hand dn pictures of
their houses. All Freshmen, Sophomores nnd Juniors are requested to
hand in snapshots for the snapshot
pages of the respective classes.
Seniors are asked to hand in individual snapshots. Anyone having any
good snapshots of U. K. people or
campus scenes are also asked to hand
them dn. A prize will be given for the
best set submitted.
If the student body will help in these
things it will be greatly appreciated by
those who have the burden of the
Kentucklan on their souls.

J. Werner, '05; Mrs. Albert Krleger,
of tho University; Dr. H. A. Davidson,
'06; Dr. Samuel L. Pottlnger, '92, former president of the club.
At present there nre active clubs of
the Alumni Association of Chicago and
New York. The Philadelphia club
will be reorganized Jn tho near future
A splendid response has been mado
by former students and alumni to letters which the Alumni Association
have sent out. Letters have been received from all parts of the lUnited
States as well as from several foreign countries. The .Kentucky Kernel
Is being sent by tho Alumni Association to members of the Association
who are in Spain, Camada, South Africa and France. Many of the alumni
who are receiving The Kernel have
written to the Alumni Association saying that The Kentucky Kernel is one
of the best college papers which they
have seen.
As soon as the Alumni Association
has successfully completed the State
Memorial Buiildlng Campaign, it is
planning to do all In its power to secure sufficient funds from the State
Legislature for the maintenance of
the University.

What Is Air?
BEFORE

thought he knew what air is. "A
mixture of moisture, nitrogen and oxygen, with

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of hydrogen and carbon dioxide," he would explain.
There was so much oxygen and nitrogen in a given sample that he
simply determined the amount of oxygen present and assumed the
rest to be nitrogen.

One great English chemist, Lord Rayleigh, found that the nitrogen obtained from the air was never so pure as that obtained from
some compound like ammonia. What was the "impurity"? In
with another promintnt chemist, Sir William Ramsay,
it was discovered in an entirely new gas "argon." Later came' the
discovery of other rare gases in the atmosphere. The air we breathe
contains about a dozen gases and gaseous compounds.

This study of the air is an example of research in pure science.
Rayleigh and Ramsay had no practical end in view merely the discovery of new facts.
A few years ago the Research Laboratories of the General Electric
Company began to study the destruction of filaments in exhausted
lamps in order to ascertain how this happened.
It was a purely
scientific undertaking.
It was found that the filament evaporated
boiled away, like so much water.
Pressure will check boiling or evaporation. If the pressure within
a boiler is very high, it will take more heat than ordinarily to boil the

water. Would a gas under pressure prevent filaments from boiling:
away? If so, what gas? It must be a gas that will not combine
chemically with the filament. The filament would burn in oxygen;
hydrogen would conduct the heat away too rapidly. Nitrogen is a
useful gas in this case. It does form a few compounds, however.
Better still is argon. It forms no compounds at all.
d
lamp appeared, and so argon,
Thus the modern, efficient,
which seemed the most useless gas in the world, found a practical
application.
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Discover new facts, and their practical application will take care
of itself.
And the discovery of new facts is the primary purpose of the
Research Laboratories of the General Electric Company.
Sometimes years must' elapse before the practical application of a
discovery becomes apparent, as in the case of argon; sometimes a
practical application follows from the mere answering of a "theoretd
lamp. But no substantial
ical" question, as in the case of a
progress can be made unless research is conducted for the purpose of
discovering new facts.
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