The Kentucky Kernel
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY.. JANUARY 18,

VOL XIV

U.K. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MAKES

BIEHNIUM

21-- 23

REPORT TOLEGISLATURE
Constant Increase in Enrollment
Shows Need For More
Equipment
$40,000

NEEDED ANNUALLY

Three Unfinished Building Projects in Need of Money For
Completion
The report of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Kentucky for the
biennium 1921-2to the Governor and
the Legislature of Kentucky has just
come from the press.
The most outstanding facts set out
by this report are as follows:
In 1910 there were 247 college students attending the Univensity. In
October, 1923, there were 1,795 such
students at the University, or an increase of 330 per cent. Since 1910
the only buildings that have been
to the plant of the University
available for laboratory and recitation
purposes lare the remodeled White
and Neville Halls. In other words the
plant of the University for teaching
purposes has not been increased by
new buildings in thirteen years though
body ha9 grown three
the
and a half times. The time has come
when additional buildings are required for instructional purposes for the
University has rdached its capacity.
Something must be done or the University must close its doors to all but
1,611 students.
The constantly increasing student
enrollment in the University means
that additional instructors, material,
books and laboratory supplies must
be provided or the instruction decrease in its efficiency. At least six- 3,

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U. K. SENATE
EARLY

APPROVES

COMMENCEMENT

Exercises to Be Held Before
Students Return to Their
Homes

STROLLER

TRY-OUT-

RESUMED
All Eligible

TO BE

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ON FEBRUARY 5

Urged to Watch The
Bulletin Board

Stroller tryoults will not be held
during examinations but will begin in
real earnest on February 5, the final
cast being selected within a week
after that date.
In order that "Severiteen" may not
only
kepe
the
high Stroller
standard but may even excel all past
performances the best talent of the
University must be availalble. Almoslt
every year a new "star" has been discovered, hence anyone who Was proven himself eligible to Stroller membership has a chance for one of the leading
parts.
All Stroller eligibles are urged to
watch the bulletin board on and after
February 5 when the opportunity is
given to try out for a part in the play.
To try and fail is no disgrace persistent effort must win " sometime
while to be selected for the cast is one
of the greatest honors that can be bestowed upon a University student.

STUDEnTIlEGATION
AT FRANKFORT MONDAY

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
MAY PUT IN

PLANT

A

1924

MILITARY DEPARTMENT TO
GIVE ANNUAL BALL FEB. 21 CATS DISPLAY IMPROVED

PRINTING Scabbard and Blade May Hold

FORM AGAINST SEWANEE

Pledg-

ing Exercises

MEMORIAL

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No. 14

TIGERS

Million Bond

Seventy-fiv- e

Issue

hold the dance this year in the new
building if the latter is
ready for use at. that time, otherwise
one of the hotels will be selected.
The Military Ball has always been
one of the most enjoyable social
events of Ithe year and it is the desire
of the committee and officers of the
Military Department that the 'ball surpass all former ones.
The Scabbard and Blade, honorary
military fraternity, ha9 announced1 its
intention of holding "its pledging services during the ball, and if satisfactory arrangements can be made, this
will be another of the many attractions of the dance which will set it
apart from all other dances of the year.

WATTERSON IS HONORED basketball
Plant, Memorial to Kentucky
Writer, To Be Practical
Advantage
Indorsement of the establishment of
a printing plant in the Henry

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School of Journalism at the University of Kentucky, as a memorial to
l,
the late editor of the
and appointment of a committee to investigate the subject were embodied
in a motion adopted last Friday at the
meeting of the Kentucky
Press Association held in Louisville.
The idea of establishing such a pliant
was suggested to the association by
Tyler Munford, a student in the department of Journalism and former
editor of the Hart County Newsi, who
discussed the value of a practical
knowledge of the physical make-u- p
of
a newspaper, and the urgent need of
n
a printing plant in the Henry
School of Journalism.
Mr. Munford's address was followed by a round table discussion by
memlbers of the association which resulted in the apointment of a special
committee by President L. S.
The members of this committee are J. Curtis Adcock, editor of the
Messenger;
Danville Daily
Keen
Johnson, editor of the Anderson News,
and D. M. Hutton editor of 'the
Democrat. Mr. Fitzhugh
will be
member.
It was first suggested that the committee be given power to adt, but owing to the amount of money involved
it was decided to have the committee
report by letter when ft had reached a
decision. The committee will meet in
Lexington at an early date.
Courier-Journa-

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A meriting of the Military ball com-

Approximately 150 delegates from
the University of Kentucky, including
President Frank L. McVey, Dean
Paul P. Boyd, and other members of
the faculty, students, and the cadet
band, were in Frankfort Monday to
aid in the fight for the $75,000,000
bond issue which was inaugurated at
the joint session of the Legislature.
At 2 o'clock, a parade headed by the
band formed at the New Capitol Hotel and proceeded to the Capitol. Participants included students, various
municipal and commercial organizations, and interested citizens from
every section of the state, all bearing
K
badges, banners, and standards with
FROF. HOOPER HONORED
slogans boosting the "Greater Kentucky" movement.
opened at 2:30
The Legislature
Prof. J. J. Hooper has been invited
o'clock with Senator Arch Hamilton to judge the dairy cattle alt Southwestas presiding officer. From Judge ern Live Stock Exposition, Ft. Worth,
and Fred M. Texas, March 8 and '9.
Alex P. Humphrey,
Sackett, business man of Louisville;
KChester Gourley, of Beattyville, and
Desha Breckinridge, editor of the
Lexington Herald, the memlbers and
Editor of the Kernel:
visitors heard a description of the
In response to my request, the
Kentucky ,that was, the Kentucky that
various class presidents desigis, and the Kentucky that is to be.
nated students to repeserrt the
Mr. Sackett especially emphasized the
University of Kentucky at the
need for funds for new equipment and
Bond Issue meeting 'before the
maintenance of the University, and in
General Assembly Monday. I
the conclusion of his speech he urged
wish to take this opportunity to
that the issue not be made a political
express my appreciation of the
response and the general wish
Kto serve the University.
TRIANGLE FRATERNITY HAS
It did not seem desirable to
BOUGHT OLD RHODES HOME
close (the sessions if the University for the day and consequently a committee of one hundred
The University of Kentucky chapter
was asked to
and twenty-ifivof Triangle, social engineering frarepresent the University. I am
old
the
ternity, ihas purchased
glad to express 'the thanks of the
Rhodes home in Rhodes Addition, at
University for the service ren$30,000.
approximately
a price of
dered.
Their house in Warren Court will be
Please convey this message to
accepted as first payment of $10,000.
the students of the University
Triangle is one of the few fraternities
through the Kernel.
on the University of Kentucky cam-u- s
Sincerely yours,
frathat own their houses. The
FRANK L. McVEY.
ternity will gain possession of the new

At a meeting of the University Senate the recommendation of changing
the date of commencement was approved by members of that organization and June 2nd was named as the
date for the graduation exercises at
the University.
With class day the afternoon of May
31st, the activities prior to commencement night, will begin and continue
for three days. Final examinations,
which begin as per schedule, on May
30th wilt discontinue from Saturday
noon until Tuesday morning, June 3rd.
This will give the students and alumni
an opportunity to attend the exercises
during the week-enThe nine week session of summer
schqol w?ll begin June 16th and the
Society
boys and girls Agriculture
will hold a meeting the preceding
week at the University. As this is to
be quite a large convention, the dormitories will be given over to them
for the week.
The members of the University Senate thought it best to place the commencement at 'the first of June in order to meet some problems of great
importance and for the convenience
house on February
of the students.

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Tyler Munford Suggests Idea mittee wa9 held last Friday to ar- Purple Quintet is No Match For
At Meeting of Kentucky
Faster Wildcat
range the annual Military Ball to be
Press Association
Five
held February 21. It is planned to

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'CONVERSATION'
FOR

COURSE

IEXMEM ESTER

Wat-terso-

Join With Supporters of The

AND WIN

Dr. Dantzler Has Arranged Novel Class in English De-

partment

A decidedly new and unique course
in "Conversation" is to be offered next
semester by the Department of EngThe object in
lish in the University.
offering this course is to train students in the art of conversation as
well as in discussion.
The course will be open to all sophomores and juniors in the Arts and
Science College only, and is limited to
one hundred students who will be se-

lected by nominations.
The heads of departments in the
Arts and Science Co'llege are to nominate ten students each from which
number the one hundred will be chosen for the course.
There will be ten sections of ten
students each, who will meet the fifth
hour on Tuesday once each week when
topics of interest will be discussed.
The course will not be in the form of
recitation in that the professor in
charge will only state the topic and
keep the discussion on that subject.
Dr. Dantzler in speaking of the
course said, "The course is designed
to meet a distinct want, because students as well as older persons do so
lack the ability to exchange views,
paying due regard to etiquette in conversation and discussion."
The following professors have been
chosen to have charge of the course:
Dean P. P. Boyd, Dr. J. B. Miner, Dr.
W. D. Funkhouser, Prof. E. F.
Miss Marguerite' McLaughlin,
l,
Dr. Edward Weist, Dr. Edward
Dr. Glanville Terrell, Prof. Carol
Sax, Prof. Grant C. Kn'ght and Dr.
L. L. Dantzler.
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AGRICULTURAL

NOTES

All faculty members and students
are invited to the Agricultural Society
"candy pull" in Room 101 of the Agricultural Building, Monday, January
21, at 7:45 p. in. A small fee of 20c
will be charged to Kelp defray expenses. At 7:30 p. in. the Society
holds its last meeting of the semester
and will elect officers for the coming
term.

RIEF" SCORES

18

POINTS

George Buchheit Sends Entire
Reserve Strength Into The
'Game
With their passing and goal shooting much better than in the Aggie
game, the Wildcats
swamped
Tiger five under an avalanche
of baskets and defeated the Purple
quintet
5
Tuesday night in the
local gym. The Cats led after the
first five minutes of play and were on.
the heavy end of a 25-- 8 count wneri
the first period ended.
Carl Riefkin, forward, and' Ralph
Boren, guard, put up the bes games
for the Blue and White. Riefkin with
18 points to his
credit, 16 of which'
were made in the first half, led the Calt
scoring. Boren, sent in to replace
Foster Helm, was impregnable on the,
defense and with Captain "Chuck"
Rice, allowed the Tigers but few
easy shots at the basket.
With the Cats on. top by a safe margin, and the contest well under way,
George Buchheit sent his entire reserve
strength into the game. Twelve Cats
saw service in the contest and all 12
performed brilliantly.
"Chuck" Alberts, running guard, played best of
the seven scrubs who got into the
fray.
Jimmie McFarland and "Cowboy"
Underwood, each with eleven points
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DELTA SIGMA PI HOLDS
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Commercial Fraternity Honors
Eleven Men in Department
of Economics
The Eta
(Honorary

of Delta Sigma Pi.
Commercial)
fraternity
held its initiation last Saturday afternoon at the Lafayette Hotel'. The following men were initiated: Henry R.'
Brown, Bloomfield, Ky.; Thomas A.
Duncan, LaGnange, Ky.; Stanley R.
Hill, Germantown, Ky.; George R.
Kavanaugh, Blackford, Ky.; Jasper R.
McClure, Bellevue, Ky.; Jas. E. Reed,
Bellevue, Ky.; William I. Rigden, Fort
Valley, Ga.; Ben R. Shaver, Greenville,
Ky.; Joseph R. Snyder, Lexington;
Harry B. Tilton, Carlisle Ky.; Charles
M. Wheeler, Beuchel, Ky.
After the initiation the active chapter composed of Beverly Mann, Arthur
Atchison, Thomas Bayless, William
Faudt, Karl Rohs and Lowell Truitt,
gave a banquet in honor of the newly
initiated brothers. Dr. Weist, head of
the Economics Department, was the
principal speaker and spoke on the
benefits derived from a fraternity and
especially how Delta Sigma Pi could
be of benefift to the students of economics. He was followed by Mr.
Paul Cooper, who gave a short but in- spiring talk. The last speaker of the
evening was Mr. James Wilhelm,,
alumni of Delta Sigma Pi, who gave a.
short and interesting talk.
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