THE KENTUCKY KERNEL
University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, MAY 10, 1917.

VOL IX

389

STUDENTS

HAVE

MING

LEFT THE UNIVERSITY

H

THIS WEEK

Fifty More Will Leave For Track Meet To Be Held
on Stoll Field Sat-

Training

Camps
This Week

urday

CLASSES TO CONTINUE 15 SCHOOLS
At present there are 611 students in

FARQUHAR TO SPEAK ARBOR
ON DRAMA IN CHAPEL

H. S. TOURNAMENT IS

The

sixth

annual

COMPETE
interscholasUc

the University according to the latest tournament began at the University
figures from the registrar's office. Tuesday and will continue thruout the
Since the resolutions allowing full week, ending with a track me.et on
credit for the semester's work to stu- Stoll Field Saturday afternoon. Dedents who would return to the farm bates and declamatory and musical
were ipassed by the faculty 389 have contests are features of the event.
left college. All classes have been Fifteen high schools of the State are

"The Frontier of the Modern Drama"
is the subject of Professor E. F. Far
quhar who will speak In chapel to
morrow morning under the auspices
of the Library Club.
The Library Club was organized in
1914. Thru the influence of Dean
Hamilton, who has been a member of
the Library Board since the library
was organized upon the Dewey Sys
tem, classes in library training were
started, out of which the Library Club
was formed. The purpose of the club
is to continue advanced work in Eng
lish thru study and lectures.
Meetings are held every other Wed
nesday afternoon In the library club
room.

diminished from twenty-fiv- e
to fifty represented.
per cent in all the colleges, while in
Somerset was the winner of the
the College of Agriculture many of semi-findebate with the Highland
the classes have only three or four School Tuesday night. The subject
VENNIE DULEY WINNER
students.
was, "Resolved, that the Federal Gov
Another exodus of students will ernment should own and operate the
take place the latter part of this railroads."
OF THE BARKER PRIZE
Somerset upheld the negweek when approximately fifty men ative side. Yesterday morning Mid
will leave the University to go in way High defeated Somerset High in
training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, a debate on the same subject. John Wins Over Four Contest
Co-e- d
at Indianapolis, Ind. After three Howard Payne, an alumnus of the ants In
Conmonths of training 10,000 officers will University, is superintendent of the
test on Campus
be chosen from the men there. These Midway High School.
officers will have a second lieutenant
Yesterday afternoon Covington High HELD LAST THURSDAY
rank.
met MoCracken County High and last
Next to the College of Agriculture, night Louisville debated Newport, but
The first
oratorical
the College of Law has been hardest the Kernel went to press before the contest ever held on the campus rehit by the number of men who have results could be obtained.
victory, when Miss
sulted in a
left, having lost eighty-on- e
within the
The final debate will ibe held tomor- Vehnle Duley captured the $20 Barker
last three weeks. The number of stu- row night in chapel and the winning prize, at the Horace Mann oratorical
dents is still being steadily dimin- school will be awarded the silver lov contest, held in the assembly room of
ished.
Building, Thursday
ing cup which has been donated by the the Education
According to estimates of attend- Rotary Club. A similar cup has been night. Miss Duley's subject was
ance in the various departments last given by the Commercial Club for the "The Coronal in Time Not Always the
week there are now between 300 and team scoring the highest number of Nimbus in Eternity."
450 who are attending classes. Work points in
The Horace Mann Literary Society
the tournament.
in all departments is becoming unsatorganization.
An interesting program has been ar is a
It holds anisfactory, a general spirit of restless- ranged for tonight in chapel. The nual oratorical contests, but this is
ness seeming to pervade the whole winners of the first round in
has entered. The
the semi the first time a
campus.
finals will debate to select men to judges were Professor Weaver, of the
It was reported in one of the local compete
in the final debate tomorrow English Department and Professor
papers Sunday that the Committee
night. In addition to the debate there Baker of the Education Department.
of Deans which met Monday would
The other speakers and their sub
will be a musical contest, consisting of
probably take definite action regardA. B. Crawford, "The
vocal solos, duets and quartets, and jects were:
ing discontinuing college work for the
Dignity of Man"; M. U. Conditt, "A
also there will be a contest in .girls'
rest of the year. This report was
reading.
Admission is free and all Hard Day": Mr. Milam, "Internation
promptly denied by the registrar, who
University students are Invited to at alism"; Mr. Wilson, "The Practical
stated that power to discontinue colDreamer."
tend.
lege rested with the Board of TrusThe last meeting of the Horace
About thirty high school students
tees and that they would not meet
are here this week as guests of the Mann for the year will bo held tonight
until just before graduation, unless
Gold, silver and bronze at 7:30 o'clock in the Education BuildUniversity.
called In extra session, which is not
medals, presented by the University, ing. A Riley program will be given,
likely. At a recent meeting of the
and officers for next year elected.
are given the winners In all events.
Senior class it was decided to hold
The outlook for a successful track
commencement the same as usual on
meet Is very promising and Dr. Tigert HISTORY CLUB WILL
June 7.
is enthuslatsic over the prospects.
ELECT MONDAY NIGHT
The meet will be held on Stoll Field
FOSTER VISITOR HERE.
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Election of officers for the ensuing
The following schools are represent- year will be the feature of the next
R. A. Poster, a member of the '16
graduating class from the College of ed in the tournament: Louisville, meeting of the History Club which
Arts and Science, who has been tak- Lexington, Newport, Covington, Lud- will be held in the Education Building graduate work at Princeton Uni- low, Midway, Somerset, Lancaster, ing, Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
versity, stopped over at the University Bloomfleld, Stanford, Versailles, An- This Is the last meeting of the orHigh,
McCracken ganization this year. The Seniors in
Tuesday on his way to his home in derson 'County
County High, Highland and Frankfort. the department will have charge of
Marion.

First

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co-e-

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the program and will make reports of
NEW STAFF TO MEET.

MRS.

SHINNICK HERE.

Mrs. E. D. Shlnnick, of Shelbyville,
Members of the new Kernel staff
will meet in the Journalism Depart- was a visitor at the University yesterment at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow after-noo- day, the guest of her son, William
A full attendance is requested. Shlnnick.

their work in collecting material for
their theses. This is intended to aid
underclassmen in this work when they
become Seniors. After the program
a social hour will be enjoyed and refreshments will be served.

DAY

No. 31
FRAZIER PRESIDENT

AND TAP

EXERCISES ARE HELD

OF DRAMATIC CLUB

Friday's Program Featured Strollers Establish Loan
Fund and Buy
By atnotic Element
Bond
Thruout

r

SOCIETIES

PLEDGE FINANCES

That the student body of the Uni
versity is aware of its duty to its
country and has contemplated that
duty with serious intent was in evidence from the opening Arbor Day
address by William Shlnnick on Fri
day morning until the celebrations of
the day terminated in the Lamp and
Cross fraternity banquet at the Phoenix Hotel on Friday evening.
It was not of local and University
affairs that the oratcrs of the day
spoke, but of service and sacrifice for
America. Consideration of the solemnity of the occasion marked the en-- ,
tire procedure of Arbor and Tap Day.
Many of the Senior boys have applied
for admission into the Officers' Re
serve Corps training camp at Fort
Benjamin Harrison In the near future
and some have signified their inten
tion of enlisting immediately upon
graduation. These facts with a realization of the peril under which their
country now labors caused every ceremony of ,the day to be free from anything of the nature of levity.
The only weakness of the occasion
was the weakness in the crowd, for no
more than
of the 1,000
students who were recently in attendance at the University were present
for Arbor and Tap Day exercises.
William Shlnnick
delivered
the
opening Arbor Day address. Miss
Marie Becker, class prophet, pictured
realistically the miserable fate of her
classmates. Orie L. Fowler, class orator of the Seniors, arid Virgil Chapman, of the Juniors, exchanged greet- ins and solicitations, speaking of the
symbolism of the
and its
significance to the classes of '17 and
one-four-

g

18.

Misses Freda Lemon, Cella Cregor,
Lelah Gault and Aileen Kavanaugh
were pledged to Staff and Crown,
honorary Senior society for the young
women, In the formal exercises held
In the Armory.
Harry Mllward, George Park, Tate
Tilford Wilson, Alfred Brlttaln,
Ellis Peak, C. L. Morgan and Henry
Clay Simpson were "tapped" by Lamp
and Cross, and announcement was
made of the election of Thomas T.
Richards and Royse Iglehart, who left
the institution a few days ago to do
agricultural work.
Active members of the two societies
are: Stan ana urown, .Misses Frances
Golsel, Linda Purnell, Mary Hamilton,
Helen Burkholder and Jane Dickey;
Lamp and Cross, McClarty Harbison,
Curtis Park, Than Rico, William Shin- nick, Bart Peak. Georgo Hill, Orel La- Master, W. T. Radford, sergeant, K.
N. G.; Ben Mahoney, lieutenant K. N.
G., and George Gumbert.
Bird,

(Continued on Pace 2)

FLOURISH

The Strollers, at a meeting held
Tuesday afternoon In the Stroller
studio, elected Emery Frazler, of
Lawrenceburg, president; Eliza Spur
rier, of Louisville, vice president, and
Grover Creech, of Plneville, secretary- treasurer.
The stage manager and
business manager of the organization
will be elected next fall.
The Strollers had a most successful
year, and as a
balance is
left In the treasury, the club decided
to apply part of Its funds to patriotic
causes. One hundred dollars was ap
propriated to be Invested in a bond
of the Liberty Loan and seventy-fiv- e
dollars, to be known as The Strollers'
Fund, was appropriated to be loaned
to a worthy student of the University,
who will be allowed to repay it on
easy terms over a term of years. The
(president of the University and The
Strollers are named as a committee
to administer this fund.
This year "The Lion and the
Mouse," the play at the Opera House,
was very successful, and a large
amount was left over after the expenses of the production had been deducted. After the disbursements above
mentioned have been made, there will
still be left in the treasury ample
funds to finance another play.
The Strollers present also recommended that the Loan Fund be made
an annual event, if the financial status
of the organization continues as good
as It is now.
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Of the new officers, Mr. Frazler
has had leading roles in the plays of
the past three years, and Is consid
ered one of the very best amateur
actors, If not the best, who ever ap
peared In a Lexington theatre. He
has been a hard worker for dramatics
and at present Is major of tho cadet
'battalion. Miss Spurrier was In tho
cast of "Father and the Boys" and of
"The Lion and the Mouse." Mr.
Creech's first appearance was in this
year's play.
Owing to the belief of the members

that this was a time when economy
should be practiced as far as possible.
It was decided that the further furnishing of tho Stroller studio should

be abandoned.
STUDENTS PASS BAR EXAM.
Six students in the Senior class of
successfully
department
the law
passed the Kentucky Bar examination
Saturday and record of tho achieve
ment was made In the circuit clerk's
office.
The students passing tho
were: 'Miss Lena Phillips,
Nat H. Aaron, Earl McGuffy, Mark
Godman, J. Franklin Corn and W. M.
Elswick.

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