The Kentucky Kernel
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY.. MAY 18, 1923

VOL XIII

No. 31

WILDCAT TRACK TEAM TO

UNIVERSITY

COMPETE IN FIRST S.I.C.

SINGS TO FULL HOUSE AT

MEET AT MONTGOMEBY

WOODLANDJOITORIUM

Will Run Against Best Athletes
of Southern

Concert in Lexington Closes Successful Season After Tour

CLUB

GLEE

Schools.

Throughout State

STATE MEET ON MAY 25

PROF. LAMPERT DIRECTOR

Freshman State Meet Will Be
Held at Same

Quartet is Feature of Program;
All Offerings Received Enthusiastically by Large Crowds

Time.
A squad of Wildcat trackmen ihcad-c- d
by Coach Buchheit and Student
Gregory, left Lexington
Manager
Thursday for Montgomery, Alabama,
IF- where they will compete in the first annual S. I. C. track and field meet, Friday and Saturday. Those who were
scheduled to make the trip were
Nantz,
Captain Davidson, Porter,
Gorman, Dewhurst, Caldwell, Mays,
Ogden and Wolfe. These men will run
against the best athletes in the south,
including representatives from Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Mississippi A.
& M., University of Georgia and other S. I. C. schools.
CAPT. CALHOUN TO LEAD
Kentucky runners had an opportunity to watch many of these teams in
CAMPAIGN FOR
action at the Georgia Tech Relays and
knowledge of the
are going with the
high class trackmen they will run UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
against the Kentucky men arc in
the best of condition after a week of Outstanding
Kentuckian En
hard training. All of the men had to
dorses Athletics and Student
work hard to make the trip as the
Loan Fund.
competition :for places was keen.
Brandon will pre
Governor W. W.
LEADER FORMER STUDENT
sent the medals and trophies to win
ners after the meet. As there is no Local and County Chairmen Ap
college or university at Montgomery
pointed for Drive Throughthe meet will be under the direction of

nv

$200,000

A.

out State.

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EIGHT A; & S. STUDENTS
REACH HIGH HOTCH OF A'
Class of 1924 Shows High Standard of Scholarship
Six juniors, a sophomore and a spe
cial student have set a high standard
in scholarship for the College of Arts
and Sciences, having made an average
1922-2of "A" for the semester
These students are: Lillian Gertrude
Collins. Roscoe Cross, Virginia Rose
Duff, George Fuller Taylor, Joeline
Gray Webb and Frances Elizabeth
Weller, juniors; Henry Elliott Neth- Scott. special.
Gertrude Collins, Mayslick, Ky., is
a member of the Lambda Phi frater
nity, which is soon to receive a chapter
of Delta Zeta. She is prominent on
the campus, being a member of the
Student Government Council and the
Woman's Administrative Council.
'
Roscoe iCross, Mayfield, Ky., has re
cently been honored by the University
of Kentucky with a fellowship in the
He is
Political Science Department.
a pledge of Delta Chi, social frater
nity, a member of Phi Sigma Alpha,
Political Science honorary 'fraternity,
and is pledged to Scabbard and Blade,
holding at present a lieutenantship in
the R. O. T. C.
Virginia Duff, Mt. Sterling, Ky., is
a member of Lambda Phi fraternity.
George Taylor, Mayfield, Ky., re
cently left the University on account
of ill health. He not only stood high
3.

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In assigning a leader for her $200,
000 campaign for a stadium, basket
ball auditorium, student loan fund and
Patterson Memorial, the University o
Kentucky has chosen Captain C. C,
Calhoun, one of the most outstanding
Kentuckians of all time.
Kentucky will particularly remem
ber Captain Calhoun in connection
with the State Capitol at Frankfort
Sent by Governor Beckham to Wash
ington to collect a claim of about $1,
(iOO growing out of the Spanish-Amc- r
ican War, Captain Calhoun, by digging
day and night into dusty, forgotten
records, discovered that the Govern
ment owed the State of Kentucky
about $365,000 from the Spanish
American war, and an interest claim
of almost $1,000,000 originating from
the Civil War.
When Captain Calhoun finished his
job he hopped aboard a train for
bringing
with him two
I'rankfort,
It was
checks totaling $1,588,999.35.
this money that made possible the
erection of the present beautiful cap-itat Frankfort.
Friends of the University are rejoicing that Captain Calhoun has accepted the General Chairmanship, behe has never
cause, as a
faikd.
Last night Captain Calhoun issued
this statement, showing why he has
made the sacrifice to do his part in the
campaign:
"Although I have been absent a
great deal from the state, I have
watched with keen interest the work
and development of its institutions.
1'icm my observations, I am confident
thai through the work and influence
if the University, the greatest bless- ,"

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pan I.)

A large crowd greeted the Glee Club
of the University of Kentucky, Tues-

day night

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Local, and County Chairmen
U. 01 K. Stadium Campaign;
Name
Palmorc, H. D.
McCoy, E. M.
Atkins, Presley T
Browning, Iley B. .
Spencer, Henry L.
Studer, Mrs. Cora B.
Routt, Grover C.
Nunn, Hon. C. S
Wilson, W. C.
Wilson, Silas T
Swope, J. W.
Carter, J. C
Moore, V. Y.
McCarty, Harry
Burgess, George R.
Pendcrgras's, Geo.
Menifee, John
Proctor, E. T.
Strode, W. Hall
Babb, II . A.
Ileavrin, Cecil
Wilson, G. C.
Rooberts, V. D
Hatter, E. P.
Clem, Miss Lena
Barrows, W. D.
Denhem, E. N.

Address
Glasgow
Owingsvillc
Pineville
Ashland
Jackson
Cincinnati
Carrollton
Marion
Lexington
Frankfort
Lancaster
Mayfield
Madisonv'ille
Nicholasville
Louisa
Bcattyville
Stanford
Paducah
Maysville
Mt. Sterling

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Hartford
Hazard
Stearns
Franklin
Bedford
Providence
Williamsburg

DELTA ZETA FRATERNITY
TO BE INSTALLED MAY

24-2-

6

Mrs. John M. Coleman, Grand
to Have Charge
of Alpha Theta chapter
the chapter
of which was was granted to Lambda
Phi, local, last week, will begin May
24 and extend to May 27.
Officers in charge of the installation
will be Mrs. John M. Coleman, grand
Loveland, Ohio; Miss
Grace Mason, general secretary and
historian, Muncie, Ind; Mrs. F. E.
Kirkin, Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. F.
U. Ellis, Indianapolis, Ind., national
inspectors.
Visitors from various other chapters wil! also be present for installation.
A banquet and dance will be given
in the Lafayette Hotel, May 26.
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Installation

of Delta Zeta fraternity

NOTICE!

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County
Barren
- Bath
Bell
Boyd
Breathitt
Campbell
Carroll
Crittenden
Fayette
Franklin
Garrad
Graves
Hopkins
Jessamine
Lawrence
Lee
Lincoln
McCracken
Mason
Montgomery
Ohio

Perry
Pulaski
Simpson
Trimble
Webster
Whitley

MAY DAY EXERCISES TO BE
HELD ON CAMPUS TUESDAY

at Woodland auditorium
closing a very
successful season. The members of
the luncheon clubs in Lexington were
present as guests and all the university students were admitted free, the
purpose of the management of the club
being to give the public an exhibition
of the musical talent contained in the
university.
Professor Lampert deserves much
praise for the careful training and instruction of the members of the club,
as each member drew much applause
from an appreciative audience.
The university quartet composed of
Robert Clem, Earl Maxweli Hcavrin,
Earlc Baughman and Elbert DeCour-scfeatured the program which included other specialties. The' members
of the quartet have ibeen received favorably upon each appearance, and at
the performance Tuesday night covered themselves with glory as encore
after encore was demanded. The
quartet was unusually liberal jn their
responses and delighted the audience
by their graciousness.
The saxophone solo iby W. W. Dan- in its home concert,

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VE

RECREATIONAL-DRI-

BE LAUNCHEDON

MAY 21

University Will Match Cash Contributions Raised on the
Campus.

Gym Classes to Give May
At a meeting of the outdoor recrea
tional athletic council of the University
Pole Dances.
held Tuesday afternoon, plans were
The annual May Day exercises will made to launch a drive beginning May
be held by the women's gymnasium 21 to raise funds amounting to $2,000
classes on the campus Tuesday after- for developing activities in the field of
noon at 4:30 o'clock in front of the minor athletics on the campus. One
mam building, with Miss Blanding in thousand dollars is to be raised among
charge.
the students and faculty and for every
The queen, yet to be elected, will be dollar received the University will
crowned, then the following dances match one, thus raising the quota to
will be given: Valse Caprice and. Ap- the desired amount.
With the
of the Uni
Dance
ple
Blossoms, May Pole
versity and the students, it will be
Wood Sprites and Pipes of Pan.
possible to provide facilities for outThe following girls have been nom
Gordon, door recreations such as: ten tennis
inated for Queen: Amanda
courts, basketball courts, volley ball
Helen James, Elizabeth Williams,
and croquet yards.
Frances Smith, Sarah Cole, Ida K. courts
The minor athletics will do a great
Risque, Betty Carol, Mary Dunn,
deal, in that they will bring to light
Rachelle Shacklette, Annelle Kelley,
qualities which are in the
Betty Barbour, Elizabeth Galloway the athletic
the student body. It will serve the
and Frances Ashbrook. The maid of
intercollegiate
sports by interesting-morhonor will be the girl having the secin the various games as well as
ond highest number of votes and she
encouraging
for the major
will crown the Queen.
activities.
K
The offer of the University does not
With the acquisition of Winslow apply to promises as it agrees only to
Quite a
church, negro church on the campus, match cash contributions.
and conversion of the property into a number will not be able to give the deseems .like a novel sired amount, $1.25 per person, but
Little Theatre
will be appreciated.
any donations
movement. But the least that can be Some have already expressed their in- said is that it is an example of the sur
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vival of the fittest.
Womens

try-ou-

All Seniors wishing to take
Day" expart in the "Take-of- f
ercises please meet in the Freshman journalism room the 5th
hour, Monday, May 21st.
This is your last chance as
the program must be arranged
in the next two or three days.

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