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COLLEGES WILL
MEET SATURDAY

Wreck Victim

RIFLE MATCHES

Dance Tomorrow
Annual "K" Affair Will Be
Given in Gym

OF EXTENSION
REVISES RULES

The annual "K" dance, the

Annual Meeting of Kentucky
Organization Convenes at

ALL GIRLS ARE ELIGIBLE

TO

Instruction Classes Are Being
Held for Large Number

Members of University Faculty
Among Principal Speakers
for Occasion

rifle matches will be
held- this spring for the girls of the
university, according to Kss Helen
Skinner, assistant physical director,
who is in. charge of the organization
of thff class teams. More than 100
IPS-lhave already enlisted to represent their respective classes and all
others who wish to do so are asked
to report to Miss Skinner at once.
The first class in preliminary instruction will be held today in the
women's gymnasium at 3 o'clock. Two
other classes will be held next week,
one on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock
and the other Thursday evening at
the same hour in the women's gym.
All girls who have already signed for
the activity and the others who wish'
to .do so are required to attend all'
three of these classes before they
can register in the rifle classes.
The preliminary classes will be devoted to instruction in the principles
of the use of the rifle and all girls
are urged to remember that it is absolutely necessary that they attend
these classes before they can be admitted to the rifle classes,
The organization of the rifle teams
will be carried on under the auspices
of the W. A. A. which has gone to
considerable expense in undertaking
the new activity, according to Mabel
Hill, president of the association.
Leida Keyes has been appointed
general manager of the rlne teams
with Kathleen Qccr'flon as her assistant. A manger has also been
lor each class team. They
are as follows: freshman, Jessie

The anual meeting of the Association of Kentucky Colleges and Universities will be held at the University of Kentucky, Saturday, January
8, iu the Physics lecture room. An
interesting program, consisting of lectures and discussions of problems
which face the college professor and
student today, will take up most of
the time, and the meeting is expected to be one of the most important
in the history of the association.
At 10:30 o'clock the meeting will
formally open with an address by
the president, Lewis Robertson Akers,
president of Asbury College,
Ky. Other talks including the
important subject, "Is Student Employment a Menace to Scholarship?",
by Dean elcher, will be heard Saturday morning.. Dean Melcher is basing his conclusions :on statistics obtained from students here.
At 11:45 o'clock there will be a
recess for lunch and the meeting will
be called to order again at B o'clock.
Among the principal speakers of the
afternoon will be Dr. J. E. Rush, head
of the hygiene department of "the
university. Dr. Rush will speak on
"Studies in Student Health" and his
extensive work along this line will
undoubtedly make the subject an interesting one.
After reports from various committees are heard and miscellaneo.is
business attended to, the meeting
will be adjourned until next year.
The officers of the association for
1926-2- 7
are as follows: President,
L. R. Akers, Asbury College? Vice
president, T. A. Hendricks, Berea
College; Secretary, F. L. Rainey,
Centre College.
Paul P. Boyd, dean of the Arts and
Sciences College of the University of
Kentucky is one of the members of
the Executive committee.

University; Good Program
Has Been Arranged

of Applicants

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Lynn Bavkley Evans

LYNN B. EVANS
KILLED IN WRECK
Prominent Kentucky University
Alumnus Was on Way to
Lebanon, Kentucky To
Spend Holidays

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U. K. DELEGATES
AT CONFERENCE
Delegates from University Y. M.
and Y. W. Attend Meeting at
Milwaukee December 28 to

January

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NOTED MEN ON PROGRAM
The Y: M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.
of the university were represented at
the first national student conference
which met in Milwaukee, Wis., December 28 to January 1st, inclusive.
At this conference were delegates
from universities representing every
state' in the union and about thirty
foreign countries. Altogether 3,400
delegates were in attendance. Those
who were present from the University of Kentucky were Misses Lydia
and Frances Roberts and Margaret
Gooch and Messrs. Penrose Ecton,
Robert Duncan, James Stamatoff and
Virgil L. Couch.
Among the speakers at the confer
ence were G. A. Studdert Kennedy,
Chaplain to the King of. England;
Kirby Page,- New York City; Morde- cai Johnson, Howard University,
Washington, D. C; Professor R. A.
Milliken, Califarnia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Cal.;Prof. H. S. El- -

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The 116th regular meeting of the
Lexington section of the American
Chemical Society will be held in the
physics lecture room in the Physics
building on the university campus
Wednesday afternoon, January 12, at
4 o'clock.

T. M. Hahn, of the physics depart

ment of the university will give a lecture on "The Modern Situation of
Analysis" at the meeting. Apparatus which is used in such work
will be displayed and an explanation
of its uses will be made.
According to Charles Barkenbus,
secretary of the Lexington section of
spectra are play
the society,
ing a very important role in shaping
the modern conceptions of matter.
The discovery of Hafnium and the re
cent discovery of Illinium at the Uni
versity of Illinois were primarily due
spectra.
to
All those interested in the subject
to be considered at the meeting are
invited to attend.

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Hail Arrival of

New Contribution to Literature
Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary Is Highly Praised by Associate Editor Who Was Voted Honor of

Select Members Tonight

enveloping scope. Its range is so
broad as to be amazing. Literally it
Such a volume indi
is universal.
cates a huge amount of incidental re
search of the type of which Messrs,
Funk and Wagnalls are known to be
fond. It is really a marvelous piece
of research work in which the authors
have far outdone of their previous
very able efforts
The work it must be said is almost
devoid of plot nor does there seem
to be any striving after dramatic
effort. There is no connection between the parts save the unity of
common purpose and of alphabetical
sequence in which the material is
arranged. Hie treatment is clear,
and usually brief. The shift
irom suDjecc to suojecc is ac umes
almost abrupt. The style is simple
with no attempt at ornamentation,
To be sure much techinal and elab- orate language is used but only when

Honor
Nine

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Students Initiated Into
Omega Beta Pi

Eta chapter of Omega iJeta Pi of
the university held initiation on De
cember 28, 1926, in the Science build
ing, at which time nine new members
were taken into the fraternity. Omega
Beta Pi recognizes scolarship and
d
nigh standing among the
students.
The following men were initiated
John Boone, H. Combs, C. D. Fife,
L. T. Peyton, J. R. Brown, Adam
D. Stacy, Carl Pigman, A. Combs,
antj j. jj. Adkins. Honorary
i,ers 0f the fraternity are Dr. Pryor,
rjr Funkhouser, Dr. Brokenbus, Dr,
Rush and Dr. Zwick.
Active members of the fraternity
are j. m. Bush, T Adams, Richard
Elliott, Robert Chambers, L. E. Bach,
J M. O. Crowder, E. L. Berry, John
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Keys and R, K. Flege.
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ROMANY SEASON
TICKET CAMPAIGN
NOW UNDER WAY

Seven new members for the Stu
dent Speakers' Bureau will be selected
tonight at
which will be held
Procedure Governing Participa in the Little theater at 7:30 o'clock. Will Give. 25 Per Cent Reduction
tion in University s Annual All those wishing to try for this honto Student Organizations
or are requested to come prepared to
High School Week Is
Who Have All Members
speak on some phase of higher eduChanged
Purchasing
cation in Kentucky.
The judges for the contest will be
DEBATE MOST AFFECTED Prof. W. R. Sutherland, head of the DOUBLE TICKET COSTS S5.00
department of public speaking, and
New Group System to Be two men who are not connected with Each Student Selling 15 Tickets
Used m Prethe university.
Each speaker will
Will Ue Given
liminaries
be limited to a ten minute speech.
One
W. H. Hanratty is the only active
The department of university ex member of the bureau this year.
The student campaign for the sale
tension under the direction of Louis
of Romany season tickets opened
Clifton has for the past month been
January 4 and during the next few
revising the rules and procedure of
days of the intensive drive the stu
the Kentucky Interscholastic League
dents will be given the opportunity to
in preparation for High School Week
obtain the tickets at reduced prices.
which is to be held early in April inThis is the first time since the incepMay as in previous years.
stead of
tion of the little theater movement
The league which was formed in 1920
on the university campus
the stu
and began with 25 schools, in the past Prominent University Senior Is dents have been urged tothat
participate
Given Fellowship by Fac- m
six years has grown till it now numthe support of the playhouse. Efulty of Columbia University
bers 347 and is represented in every
forts are being made to place a ticket
county of the state.
Some schools
School of Law
in the hand of each students and fac
that are a day's travel from a railroad
ulty member.
have enrolled and are taking an active IS TRIBUTE TO COLLEGE
The student rate for a season ticket
part in the work despite the difficulis $3 and the holder of a season ticket
ties, under which they labor.
Woodson D. Scott, of Nicholas-vill- e, will
be privileged to see
Ky., a senior in the College of which will be presented six plays
The rules concerning discussion
during the
and declamation are practically intact, Law of the University of Kentucky, season. That the purchaser of a seathe greatest changes being in debate, has been awarded a university fellow- son ticket will be entitled to see such
which is the most popular of the con- ship for the academic year 1927-2- 8
a play as Rostand's "Cyrano de
tests. Under the new plan each school by the faculty of the School of Law
for a price that is less than
will be given the privilege of debat of Columbia University, according to that of a moving picture is considered
ing four times with schools in its an announcement made yesterday by by the Romany directors the strongest
group, having the affirmative twice Dean Turck of the Law college.
argument why each student and mem
This signal honor isgiven by Co- ber of the faculty should possess a
and the negative twice. The winner
of the group will be determined by a lumbia University to encourage stu- season ticket.
point system, wherein each debate dents of exceptional ability to take
The usual schedule of five plays in
counts three points, the decision of
work in law. Dean
every judge is valued at one point for Turck called attention of the faculty a season will be carried out and in
the side obtaining it. Should there of the New York school to the record addition another play will be presented because of the fact that only four
be more than three judges the decision made by Mr. Scott at the university,
productions were staged last year.
of each is to be valued at the result of and the award is regarded both as a
Those purchasing season tickets will
the numbers of judges divided by personal tribute to Mr. Scott and a be permitted to
attend all of the plays.
The team having the most recognition of the Kentucky College
three.
Prof. Carol M. Sax, director of the
points at the conclusion of the. group's of Law.
In his five years at the university, theater, has announced that a special
debate, will debate the winner of other groups, the loser to be eliminated Mr. Scott has made an enviable record concession will be made to student
organizations with a membership of
until the number is aproximately 12. both in classroom work and
activities. As a tribute to more than ten. If each member of
These, 12 teams will debate at the uni
his scholastic standing, he was elected such organization purchases a sea- versity for the state championship.
The question for debate for all of to Phi Beta Kappa last year. At the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)
the preliminary rounds will be: "Re- present time Mr. Scott is
of the Kentucky Law Journal.
solved: That the Curtis-Ree- d
Bill
Now Pending in the Congress of the He is a member of Phi Delta Phi legal
United States fqr the Establishment fraternity, the Henrv Claw Law So
of a National Department of Educa ciety, the Patterson Literary Society,
tion, should Be Enacted into a Law." and the holder of the Patterson scholThis same question is being used by arship. Mr. Scott is also a member
of Omicron Delta Kanna. national
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) honorary campus leaders' fraternity Several University Professors
and Tau Kappa Alpha, honorary deRepresent Kentucky at Edbating fraternity.
Last year. Mr.
ucational Conventions;
Society To
Scott was first lieutenant in the UniSome Make Talks
versity R. O. T. C. He has been a
Officers member of The Kernel staff for sevRETURNED
ALL HAVE
eral years.
Literary Organization Will Hold Mr. Scott received his A. B. decree
During the holidays many of the
Regular, Meeting Thursday
from the university last June and he
in White Hall
will receive his LL. B. degree this universiy professors attended meet
ings and conventions held in various
June.
parts of the country. The following
Election of officers to serve during
were among those out of town for
the second semester, will be held at
a portion of the holidays:
the regular meeting of the Patterson
Literary society Thursday evening, Room
Opened Dean Charles J. Turck, of the Col
January 13 at 7:30 o'clock in White
lege of Law, attended a meeting of
Hall, according to an announcement New Venture of "Daddy" Boles the Association of American Law
schools held in Chicago December 2J,
made yesterday. All members of the
and John Y. Brown Man30, and 31. He was accompanied by
society are urged to attend this meetaged by Lillian White
ing.
three members of the law college fac
ulty, Prof. W. L. Roberts, Prof. Roy
The Patterson Literary society is
When university students and
one of the. oldest, organizations on the
and Prof. H. J. Scarborough.
started the new year they Moreland
campus. Rounded, more than forty found
Prof. Jesse Adams, of the College
that there had sprung up in
years ago and named in honor of the their
midst, a new
room, "The of Education, read a naDer oi the
late James K. Patterson, the society Wildcat Lair," locatedtea South Lime- educational work he has done a ruron
enjoyed a long and prosperous life. stone street
al communities before the educational
During the term of 1921-2- 2 the society Fountain of and adjoining the old section of the American Association
Youth., "Daddy" Boles
was disbanded, but in the fall of 1925 and John Y. Brown, who recently for the Advancement of Science, at
it was reorganized. Since that time bought the Fountain of
Dr.
Philadelphia, on December 29.
it has met regularly every two weeks. the owners of the new tea Youth, are Morris Scherago, head of the depart
room.
By the terms of the will of the late
The opening of the new tea room ment of bacteriology, Dr. J. B. Miner,
President Patterson, this society is was held on Tuesday evening, Jan- head of the department of psychology.
richly endowed. It awards on March uary 4,
and was attended by a large Dr. W. D. Valleau, of the agricultural
2 of each year a scholarship of $250
number of college students. An or- college; Prof. Frank T. McFarland,
to one of its members. Also on March chestra composed
of university stu- head of the department of botany, and
dents furnished music for the open- DrrM. N. States, of the physics de
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ing night.
partment also attended the Phila
Coziness is the
e
of the new delphia meeting as delegates of the
CHANGING RESIDENCES
venture. Delicately lighted, the room local chapter of the association.
Prof. L. L. Dantzler, head of tKe
contains a number of tables beautiAny woman student desiring to fully finished in the university colors. English department of the university,
change her place of residence during The woodwork likewise is painted blue attended two meetings in Chicago,
the second semester must notify the and white. On one side are a row of
office of the dean of women on or individual booths.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)
before January 15. It will not be posMiss Lillian White, a former stusible to consider a request after this dent of the university is manager of
Given Book
date.
"The Wildcat Lair" tea room.

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"Wildcat Lair"
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Reviewing This Marvelous Piece of Research
Work for The Kernel

(By ALFRED P. ROBERTSON)
(Editor's Note: The epidemic of
book reviewing that seems to have
swept the campus and the veritable
Girls'
avalanche of book reviews that has
swamped The Kernel -- office from
Practice Begun This Week; campus contributors, has inspired
The Kernel with sufficient courage to
Report
Many
come forward with this , one of its
Girls' basketball season entered own.)
along with the new year, and the first NEW STANDARD
DICTIONARY,
official practice was held in the wom
Funk and Wagnalls, New York.
gymnasium Monday afternoon,
an's
This interesting and withal very
January 7, under the direction of Miss
instructive volume has come to hand
Helen Skinner.
A large number of girls reported in the past week and was read
for practice, and it is hoped that this through with a great deal of pleaswill be one of the most successful bas- ure. No book that has come to our
ketball seasons ever held here. Prac- attention in several years has
keener interest or created
tices are being held every afternoon,
and all girls are urged to come out a more profound impresssion than
and play, as interclass and sorority this latest contribution of Messrs.
games are being planned, and the Funk and Wagnalls to the world of
-schedules will be arranged and posted Literature.
Chief among the distinguishing
as soon as practices are well under
features of the book is its unusually
way.

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Alpha Chi Sigma, national honorary
fraternity,
entertained
chemistry
wtyh a Founder's ( Day banquet at
the Phoenix hotel just before the holidays. The three pledges Jacob Mayer, James Mayer, and Harold Heuser,
were the guests of honor.
Luther Turner, the president, introduced the speakers. Those who
made talks were: : Dr. Barkenbus,
and Dr. Bedford, 'who told of the early
days of the fraternity, which was
founded at the University of Wisconsin.
y Members of the active chapter are:
Joseph Barton, James "Franceway,
Fred Hendon, Leroy Keffer, John
Nantz, James Ramsey, Elwood Schul-tFrank Walker, Grant Willey, Luther Turner, Raymond Flege, E. Hill,
and M. A. Crowder.

head.

Kernel First

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Honorary Chemistry Fraternity
Holds Banquet at Hotel

Concert

Co-E-

Student Speakers' Bureau Will

American Chemical
Rogers
Appear
Society Will Meet
In This
Next Week
Lexington Section Convenes at
s
Patterson
University of Kentucky
Next Week
Elect New

Annual
Alpha Delta Sigma

Basketball

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The university philharmonic orchestra under the direction of Professor C. A. Lampert will begin rehearsing Tuesday night for their next
concert which is to be given toward
the close of this month, according to
an announcement from the music department of the university.
The announcement also stated that
from now on concerts will be given
each month, probably on Sunday afternoons. The concerts will be held
in the. men's gymnasium.
Among the numbers to be given
.at the next concert are Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute and grand
selections II Trovatore by Verdi.

Hold

try-ou- ts

"Peck's Bad Boys" eight piece
orchestra will furnish the music
for the occasion. The hours of the
dance will be 8:30 to 12 o'clock.
Arrangements for the dance are in
charge of Dorothy Stebbins,
of this year's annual, and
Fountain Raymer, ; its business
manager, and they promise "a good
time to all."

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LAST ONLY ONE DAY

Lynn B. Evans, alumnus of the Uni- -.
versity of Kentucky; was killed in
the wreck which occured at Rome,
Ga.. on December 23 when the Ponce
deLeon and Royal Palm Trains collided. Mr. Evans was on board the
Ponce de Leon special, and was on his
,way to Lebanon, Ky., to spend the
holidays. He was identified by means
of cards which were found in his
clothing.
Mr. Evans who was graduated from
the university in 1915, was one of the
prominent engineers of the day. He
began his career by entering the employ of the Dunham Company of
Iowa.
Later he became
associated with the Franklin Manu(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) facturing Company following an interview with Mr. Swift, the president,
who had previously written to the university setting out his specifications
of an ideal man. Mr. Evans did outstanding work during the World War
when he was placed, second in comTo
mand of all industrial activities in Will
Pullman Company Makes Award ,the Detroit district. At the end of
City
'
CKe War he entered the Studebaker or
'
To College of Agriculture
ganization where he was manager of
Because of Showing in
Famous Humorist and DeReszke
the Kansas City branch of the CorLive-Stoc- k
Judging
Singers Appear at Woodland
poration with 30 sales houses under
Auditorium, January 15
his supervision. During the Florida
PRIZES VALUED AT '$250 awakening Lynn Evans was placed in
University students and faculty
charge of all the Florida and half of
Dean Thomas P. Cooper, of the Colmembers are taking considerable inlege of Agriculture of the University (CONTINUED ON PAGE
EIGHT) terest in the announcement made by
of Kentucky received notice WednesMiss Anna Chandler Goff, director of
day that the university had been
awarded a $250 scholarship by the Hold
Pledging" the Lexington College of Music, that
The
Will Rogers, erstwhile cowboy of
Pullman Company of Chicago.
award is a result of the livestock Of
Claremore, Okla., now internationally
judging done by the University of
known as an humorist, will return to
Kentucky team at the 1926 Interna- Eight Men Chosen at Banquet
Lexington Saturday night, January,
Tuesday, December 21, at
tional Livestock Exposition at Chi15 for his second "concert" at Woodcago.
Lafayette Hotel
land auditorium.
The Kentucky team, under the
tutelage of Prof. L. J. Horlacher, won
Mr. Rogers will again be assisted
The annual pledging of Alpha Deltenth place at the International in ta Sigma, national honorary adver- by! the DeReszke singers, a male quarcompetition with teams from many tising fraternity was held in the pri- tet which has been praised in the
of the state universities and Canada. vate dining room of the Lafayette highest terms by critics. The memThe team is composed of W. A. Arm- hotel Tuesday night, December 21, at bers of this quartet, which was trainstrong, of Flemingsburg; W. 0. Black- which time eight men active in ad- ed by Jean DeReszke, are Floyd
burn, of Dry Ridge; H. C. Brown, of vertising in the university were pledg- Townley, of Holton, Kans., Envyn
Colesburg; R. E. Procter, of Owen-to- ed.
Mutch, of New York City, Harold
and L. M. Caldwell, of Howell.
The active members of the fra- Kellogg, of Detroit, and Francis LuthWatson Armstrong, as one of the ternity are Hunter Moody, LeRoy er, of New York City.
representatives, received fifth place in Keffer, Delos Nooe, Francis Watson,
Tickets are on sale now, and advance
the individual judging contest among and James Shropshire. Those pledg- sales indicate that a large audience
115 participants.
ed were Fred Conn, Herbert Wilkin- will greet Will Rogers and the DeThe scholarship given to the uni- son, William Luesing, Charles
Reszke singers on their return enCompany last
versity by the Pullman
Hayden Ogden, Ray King, Vir- gagement.
Tickets are priced at
was won by Hamil A. Travis, of gil Couch, and Philip Glenn.
year
1.65 and $1.10.
$3.30, ?2.75, $2.20,
year's award
Cypress.
Little
This
Following the pledging Professor
will be made by the animal husbandry Kyle
O. D. K. TO MEET
Whitehead i the Journalism dedepartment to some student majoring partment
of the university made a
in that department.
very interesting talk in which he told
Nu circle of Omicron Delta Kappa
of the advantages of the fraternity. will meet Tuesday evening, January
The work of the fraternity for this 11 at 6 o'clock in the university cafTo Give
year was outlined by James, Shrop- eteria, according to an announcement
made by the. president of, the nationPhilharmonic
Orchestra Pre- shire, president of theof organization al honorary campus leaders' fratern-itfollowing the address
Mr. White
Sunday Musicales
pares
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tothe

the university annual, will be
given Saturday night in the men's
gymnasium.
All students of the
university are invitlti1 to attend.
Subscription for the dance will be

All Classes Will Have Teams in
Spring Meets ; Miss Skinner
Is in Charge of the
Organization

NUMBER 14

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ANNUAL "K" AFFAIR WILL
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The Pretension Is Past, the Day
Of Grim Reckoning Approacheth

Library Is Presented Valuable
Treatise on Flute Playing

An attractive and personally autographed copy of "The Flute and Flue
Playing" was presented to the library '
of the university by Professor Dayton C. Miller, author of the book, according to an announcement by ProKernel Feature Artist Sums Up After-HolidReactions; the fessor Elmer G. Sultzer, .director of
Christmas Respite Is Over, the Resolutions Althe university band.
ready Broken, and Students See the
This book according to Professor
Handwriting on the Wall
Sultzer is the only scientific treatise
oii flute playing ever written and is
(By KATHLEEN PEFFLEY)
making a learned impression over, considered a very valuable book.
we can take them out we hope they'll
The shouting and the tumule has
Professor Miller, author of the book,
diminished to a weary murmur, the be none the worse for a. two week's is professor of physics at the Case
confinement.
captains, the presidents, and such
School of Applied Science.
But casting all seriousness aside,
dignitaries have retired to refresh
(the above passage was merley the
themselves with sleep. All that remains of a riotous holiday is wither- "after the holiday weariness") life
ed mistletoe and broken resolutions. even for the next two week may not
All the undesirable Christmas pres- be so bad as the "professorial alarmists Sigma Delta Tau Given Privilege
exthreaten. After all, its rather delight
ents have been surreptiously
of Organizing
changed; all the "thank you letters" ful to see all the old cronies again
have been written. Life for us so even tho' its a bit irritating when
Sigma Delta Tau, local woman's
called students has lost its exhilarating they borrow our only clean shirt with sorority has been granted the prir-- "
flavor; now it has the raw, rank taste out asking and lose our Christmas ilege of organizing by the University
of classes at dawn and studying for fauntain pen donated by Aunt Kate. council, and has been invited U ait in
Besides a month or two of college
quizzes at midnight.
according to an an
Alas, we are through "play Jikin' " calamity innures one to the shocks of nouncement received from Miss Sarah
we are ladies and gentlement of leis- busted courses and unexpected exam- iBlanding, dean of women.
We must pretend for a while inations. Any true collegiate is an
ure.
Sigma Delta Tau is the only
's
local sorority on the campus a'
that "life is real, life is earnest" and adept at forgetfulness, whether it is
good time is not for its goal. After old flames at home, bad marks, debts, the present time, and the followin
a
all, we college children are supposed or any of the minor disagreeable onicers nave Deen eiecieu: mere
to have a purpose in life at least things in existence.
Newhoff, president; Rosalie Friedn?
W,e will never be too weary to drink, treasurer;
Minna Hagerdon, sp
until after examinations. Let us hide
tary; Miriam Hyman, Pan-our festive spirits under a cloak of
erudition, then, when all necessity for (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) representative.
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LYNN B. EVANS IS

ALUMNI EDITORIALS

KILLED IN WRECK
that we have made concerning the
Alumni Association of the University of Kentucky. These resolutions
RESOLVED
are such that can be easly kept as
everything in our hey do not deal with our. personal
That we will do
power to make the Alumni Associa- weaknesses.
tion of the University of Kentucky
If it were in our power we would
the best association in the South.
for
AiircAKrac make this same set of resolutions
..nil .4- 1
rrl.4every graduate and former student of
m any way when it comes toT;he
'the University of Kentucky. There
,
building up of a better association.
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j..,:f are some who would need to do little
lliai we will use cycij uuuuiiuui
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they have done in the past
during the year, to bring this about. more than
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to live up to this set of resolutions
lliai we win - nave. a .
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and there are others who would have
do much more,
this time next year than we have now, to
Of course the University "of Ken
the prime reason for
That, since
Alumni Association is for the tucky is very little richer or very
betterment of its Alma Mater, we at (little poorer in its Alumni than the
all times will do what we think is majority of universities ana colleges
best for the University of Kentucky. in the country. It may be said that
That we will use every means pos- is average. But who wants the Uni
sible to aid in the advancement of versity of Kentucky to be average
Any like institution can be average.
.the University of Kentucky.
That we will do everything in our The supremacy of the University of
power to bring about a better under- TtVntuekv in everv field should be
standing of the University of Ken- the aim and desire of every graduai
tucky both among the Alumni and the and former student Of course there
are none of us who would not like' to
people of the state as a whole.
That we will endeavor in every way see the University of Kentucky the
to arouse your- interest in the Uni- Greatest State University in ,the
versity of Kentucky to that point United States but there is a very
where it will be a thing of value to small minority who are willing to
work toward that aim and to give
your Alma Mater.
That we will keep everlastingly at their efforts and support to the pro
it until we make a success of the grams of the university.
association.
It is" surnrisine how far a little
effort will go for the program of the
University. Make it one of yor
for
YOUR RESOLUTIONS resolutions to aid in the work It
creater university in every" way.
We have just set down a partial can be done if we all get togethe:
list of the New Year's resolutions and push.

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Graduate of Class of 1915 Is
Victim of Southern Railway Train Collission
in Georgia
ENROUTE

TO 'LEXINGTON

Lynn B. Evans, who was graduated
from the University of Kentucky with
the class of 1915 was instantly killed
in a train wreck near Rome, Georgia,
Thursday night, December 23.
He
on the Southern Railway train, Ponce
de Leon, enroute from Jacksonville,
Florida to Lexington when his train
crashed into the Royal Palm near the
Georgia town.
According to reports reaching Lexington, Mr. Evans was in the dining
car at the time of the wreck and it was
in this car that most of the deaths
resulted. It is believed that he was,
killed instantly when the trains collided.
Mr. Evans was a member of the
class of 1915 taking his degree as
B. M. E. He returned to the university after graduation and in 1918 received the degree of M. E.
During

his career he was associated with several large engineering, and manufacturing concerns. Since 1921 he has
been with the Studebaker Corporation of Ame