The Kentucky Kernel
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

MIY

DR.

No. 14

LEXINGTON, KY JAN. 9, 1920

VOL. X.

PUBLISHES

REPORT TO TRUSTEES

HOPELESS NUTS FORM SIX PROPOSITIONS
"POOR FISH CLUB"

"CHINESE LANTERN"
MISS MARSH ATTENDS
TO BE ANNUAL PLAY

BE VOTED

Red and Green

Ribbons Mark Those
Who Acknowledge Fallings

Phllosophlans To Present Production
s
Begin.
In April;

TO

Try-out-

Summary of Needs of University Sent To Governor and Legislature
STATE'S

AID

URGED

The biennial .report of President
to the Board of Trustees,
which was read to that body in its
monthly meeting December 18 and in
turn transmitted to the Governor of
Kentucky for the consideration of the
General Assembly in its present session has just been published. It is a
concise, forcefully presented report,
dealing frankly and fully with conditions as they obtain in the University
at present and making recommendations to meet requirements for the
forthcoming biennial period that the
State of Kentucky is expected to impose upon its chief institution of
learning.
The report explains under four
heads what the University has accomplished, cost of operation, the needs
of the University, and legislative requests. Commenting upon what the
University has accomplished in the
biennial period ending July 1, 1919,
the reports sets out that this iwas a
period of war. There was an embargo on materials and supplies with a
rapid increase in price. Besides these
adverse material conditions, the Government called on the universities and
colleges of the country to assist in the
training of men.
McVey

Many Trained

Here.

The report sets out that in May,
1918, the War Department established
a camp known as Gamp Buell, for the
vocational training of soldiers at the
University.
In the first installment
376 men were sent for eight weeks.
This group was followed by two others of 429 and 419 men, respectively.
In consequence the University trained
1,214 men up to the time of the Armistice in vocational subjects, such
as automobile mechanics, engineering,
signalling, carpentering
and
In addition to the men
trained in vocational subjects there
were 855 men in the Student Army
Training (Corps. All these men were
housed, fed, taught and drilled on the
University campus.
Our Part In the War.
The Bulletin states that 1,068 Uni
versity men served during the war In
the military forces of the United
States. This number does not include
1,244 regular soldiers given technical
training by the University, nor 855
in the S. A. T. C. The classes of
1892, '93, '94, and the classes from
1896 to 1919 had representatives in
the world war. The following army
and navy commissions were granted:
Two colonels, five lieutenant colonels,
captains, one
eleven majors,
hundred and sixteen first lieutenants,
second
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'The Chinese Lantern," a costume
play of fifteen characters, by Laurence Hausman, has been chosen by
the tenth annual dramatic production
given by the Philosophian Literary
Society. The play wll lbe presented
early in April, in the Little Theater
s
will be
of the University.
gin next week, the exact date to be
announced later.
'The Chinese Lantern'' has the rec
ord of having been successfully pro
duced by the Idler Club at Ratcllffe,
by the Arts and Crafts Theater in
Detroit, and by many other theatrical
clubs.
Try-out-

PRELIMINARIES

HELD

FOR STROLLER PLAY

Cast of Beau Brummel To
Be Selected Within
Two Weeks
s
for parts in
Preliminary
Clyde
Beau Brummel, the
of early Nine
Fitch comedy-dramteenth Century English life, which
will be presented by the Strollers this
year, began Wednesday evening in the
Little Theater. Rehearsals will continue each evening until the cast Is
selected, the final designation of parts
being made sometime within the next
two weeks.
Lively competition has been manifested in the preliminaries and it Is
already indicated that there will be
a contest for every part. This year
the entrants will be permitted to try
for any part for which they deem
themselves fitted for the first rehearsals after which they will be assigned
to regular parts to study and make
a fight for.
Beau Brummel calls into action a
cast of seven women and twelve men
It is
with several supernumeraries.
largely a character play and is one
of the most difficult productions the
Strollers have ever undertaken. The
idea of the play was Richard Mansfield's and after its completion by
Mr. Fitch it was presented by Mr.
Mansfield in several hundred performances. It has been revived since
its original presentation in the early
'90's, but has not been seen in this
locality. The parts for women are unusually difficult, but from the wealth
of materiaf at hand this year, it is believed that all places can be filled.
Present plans contemplate the presentation of Beau Brummel in this city
early in March with subsequent pertowns
formances
in neighboring
month. Tentative
later in the
dates are being planned for
some of the nearby cities, where
Stroller plays have formerly been
successfully presented.
,
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try-out-

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University Press Association Only One of Kind
In United States
The University Press Association
was represented at the third annual
meeting of tho American Association
of College Publicity Organizations
held In Chicago, January 2 and 3,
by its chairman, Frances Marsh.
The association is a pioneer in its
field and was termed by the Chicago
papers as one of the most interesting
of the numerous "enfants de guerre."
About twelve universities were represented, including the state universities of Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois,
and Kentucky. Plans for larger publicity in various phases were discussed in an extensive program. It is
noted here with pride that the University of Kentucky in its Press Association has an organization unlike
uny in the country. The working
basis of the club, its foundation, and
accomplishments aroused marked in
terest in Chicago.
The distinctive feature of this organization is the fact that the activities of the individual student are reported to his home paper, not written
in a general way to other uninterested
state papers. The fact that this task
is the entire work of university students was also a matter of great in-

Universities to Define Stand

Among the youthful organizations
which have sprung up In our midst
during tho last few weeks, tho Poor
Fish iClub demands publicity. It was
organized by a number of students,
who from their college standing, and
dignity of appearance would seem to
be above the average nut who comes
with bursts
forward
enthusiasm which he
of
has been unable to suppress.
Lo, among the ranks of those who
red
have appeared with the
and green ribbons adorning the lapels
of their coats, are Grover Creech, Pat
Campbell, Dick Hagan, Tom Gorman,
Raymond Connell, J. M. McKenzie,
and even Frizzy, who never condescends to ask us to print any of the
work of his unequalled Imagination
Even Frizbut the most
zy succumbs to the temptation to become famous by acknowledging that
he is a Poor Fish.
The requirements of this most es
teemed body of prominent students
are 1, that each member be able to
drink one quart of whiskey; 2, that
he has been jilted at least once, and
3, that he be willing to promise that
he will let women make a fool of him.
Shades of departed common sense,
attend the meetings of the august
gathering, and look to the interests
of the weary ones who look on!

on League of Nations Compact
DISCUSSED THIS WEEK

tell-tal- e

high-browe-

terest.
A trip thru the Hearst newspaper
plant from engraving room to the
DELEGATES BACK
morgue was an interesting event of

FROM

the program.
A report of this convention will
be made at a meeting of the Press
Association on Monday afternoon at
3:45.

Report of Programs To Be
Given at Joint
Meeting

LEAGUE OF NATIONS
DISCUSSED IN CHAPEL
Dr.

McVey

Urges All Students
Vote.

To

Chapel hour was taken up Tuesday
with a brief discussion by Dr. McVey
of the League of Nations, and the
six propositions to be voted on Tuesday by students and faculty members
of the University.
The purpose of the discussion was
to urge all not only to vote, but to become thoroughly acquainted with the
questions involved. The reservations
suggested for the sixth proposition
were explained and commented upon.

TAKES
POSITION AT SAYRE

SENIOR

CO-E- D

and a
Betty Davis, senior
prominent member of all college ac
tivities, has accepted a position at
Sayre College for the rest of this
year. Betty will have two classes in
History, and will change her residence
from Patterson Hall to Sayre College.
She wlH continue her work in the
University.
pre-me-

The Eighth International Conven
the Student Volunteer 'Move
ment for Foreign Missions which was
held at Des Moines, Iowa, December
by nine
4, was attended
University students, who returned
Tuesday night. They are, Margaret
Woll. Adele Slade, Fannie Heller, Lil-liCromwell, George Zerfoss, Jesse
Tapp, J. P. Barnes, George Gregory,
Flenor Heath, Secretaries R. W. Owens and Carl Zerfoss.
A convention of this kind is held
only once in a student generation and
those who attended this one came
There
back with glowing reports.
were 8,000 delegates from the various
colleges and universities of the United
States and hundreds of noted Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A. leaders and returned
missionaries.
At the Joint meeting of the "Y"
Association Sunday evening, January
18, a Des Moines program will be
given and interesting and' inspiring
ideas that were gleaned at the convention will be presented to the
tiori of

e

Simultaneously, January 13, every
college and university of the United
States will take a vote for the purpose of ascertaining the stand of stu
dents and faculty members on the
question of the League of Nations.
That this vote may be an intelligent
thoughtful one, the past week has
been given over to discussion and ex
planation of the league in practically
all (University circles.
College authorities are agreed that
the question of the league is one of
paramount importance, deserving of
all men's careful atetntion and interest.
It has not yet been decided how the
vote will be taken, but it is possible
that instructors will be instructed to
take the ballot in their classrooms.
It Is not deemed necessary at this
time to republish the articles of the
covenant in full, but for those students who may desire further infor
mation of the subject, the purpose of
the league as contained in the pre- able, together with the last part of
Article 1, 16, and 20 around which
discussions center chiefly, are published as follows:
The purpose of the League is to
and
promote International
to achieve international peace arid
security, by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the
prescription of open, just and honorable relations between nations, by the
Arm establishment of understandings
of the international law as to the actual rule of conduct among nations'
and by the maintenance of justice and
of a scrupulous respect for all treaty
obligations in the dealings of organ-ize- d
peoples withone another.
Last part of Article 1: Any member of the league may, after two
years' notice of its intentions to do
so, withdraw from the league, provided that all its international obligations have been met and that all its
obligations under the covenant shair
have been fulfilled at the time of the'
withdrawal.
Article 16: Should any member of
the League resort to war in disregard of the covenant it shall ipso facto
be deemed to have committed an act
of war against all the members of the
League, which hereby undertake to
subject it to severance of all trade
and financial relations, the prohibition
of all intercourse between their nationals and the nationals of the
-breaking
state and the prevention of all financial, commercial or
personal intercourse between the
-breaking
state and of any other
covenant-

covenant-

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