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I 7? . , iJ28"'jr",55- ' tkj TVVrr gpppf M'-w-Rs-n 5 t UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN. a FIFTH YEAR COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1913 NUMBER 119 .41 m w h m4 i K I m SHORT COURSE MAN JOINS "FRAT" AT 55 A. F. Treakle of St. Louis Feels "As Young as Any of Boys." DELTA TAU MEMBER Became Interested When Son, Jesse, Was in Chapter at Illinois. A rr-ycar-old student was last night made a member of the Delta Tan Delta fraternity. His name is A. F Treakle, and with Mrs. Treakle, he is taking the short course in agri culture. His home is in St. Louis. A small dinner in honor of the new member was given last night after the ceremonies at the chapter house, 821 Kollins street. He is the oldest student ever initiated by the frater nity in Missouri. Mr. Treakle is a former college man and was for years connected 'with educational work in Missouri. He was superintendent of schools at scleral Missouri towns. He holds a Missouri teacher' life certificate and once attended Illinois State Normal. Mrs. Treakle was graduated from that school. Mr. and Mrs. Treakle have been in terested in the Delta Tau Delta fra ternity for a' number of years. Their only son, Jesse, was a member of the Beta Upsilon chapter at the Univer sity of Illinois for three years. In that time they made frequent visits to the school and came to know each member of the "bunch" by his nick name, for both are good "mixers." His Son Was Killed. In the summer of 1910, when the son bad completed his third year in the University, he was invited to bring a friend and visit his mother and father In Colorado. Young Treakle chose William Robert Cham bers, a fraternity brother, to go with him. While on a camping trip both were struck by lightning and killed. Each was 23 years old. Members of the fraternity here were acquainted with the young men. Mr. and Mrs. Treakle from that time have traveled extensively throughout the country. They con tinued to be Interested in college work and so came to the University of Missouri to take the short course in agriculture as a sort of vacation. And then they would be glad to get a touch or college life again once, they thought Anyway the agricul tural study would help in orchard work, in which Mr. Treakle is inter ested, and also in cultivating farms which he owns about the state. Once u School Superintendent. While in Columbia Mr. and Mrs. Treakle found it pleasant to recall old days with members of the fra ternity here. They were entertained frequently and became popular with all the boys. Mr. Treakle is delighted to be a member of the fraternity to which his son belonged and in which he had so many friends. "I feel as young as any of the bojs," he said last night, "and still consider myself as one." Mr. Treakle was at different times superintendent of schools at Harri Foniillc, Versailles and California. He was one of the state's first high school educators to urge graduates to attend the University of Missouri. WOME.V .MEET BY DISTRICTS Women's Civic League Is Manning Future Work. L Miss Mary Cauthorn was elected fM secretary and treasurer of the Jef p tcrson district of the Women's Civic Lcacue. which met Friday afternoon at the Athens Hotel. A membership committee consisting of Mrs. E. Far ley and Mrs. S. D. Goslin, was ap pointed to look up others who belong in the district and get them interested in the work. Next Tuesday another meeting will be held at 2:30 o'clock, when a pro gram committee will be named. Brief talks were made by some of the women, Mrs. F. E. Poor leading the discussion. They spoke of the health campaign, the swat-thc-fly cam paign and Hygiene Week. Two other meetings were held yes terday afternoon. The University dis trict met at tho Elementary School . with Mrs. H. B. Shaw, chairman. The l&Westwood district met at the home WW Mrs. W. E. Harshe, who is chalr- man of that section. MAYBE IT WILL BAIX Forecast Says Unsettled Weather and Probably Cooler Before Xlght Unsettled weather, probably rain and cooler before night is the weather forecast for today. THE CHURCH SERVICES TODAY Methodist Exercises a Forerunner to 'Elliott-Mercer Meetings. Sermons to serve as a preparation for the Eliott-Mercer campaign, which begins this week, will be preached today at the Methodist Church by the Uev. C. W. Tadlock. The subject of the morning sermon at 10:45 o'clock will be "Paul at Athens, or Earnest Christianity," and of the evening ser mon at 7:30 o'clock, "Moses Appeal to Israel Not to Forget God." Sunday school will be at 9:30 o'clock this morning and Epworth League meet ing at 6:30 o'clock tonight. "Follow-up" services to the Elliott Mercer meetings will begin at the Methodist Church next Sunday. The general theme of these will be "The Making of a Life." Aspects of this subject especially adapted to stu dents will be discussed by the pastor each night. E. W. Pfaffenberger will lead a chorus choir at these meetings. A special prayer service in this con nection will be held at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening at the church. The evangelistic services at the North Side Christian Sunday school will be conducted tonight by the Rev. W. C. Whltesides. The meetings there have been very successful, ac cording to the Rev. M. A. Hart and may be continued this week. The Rev. Dr. Hart will preach at 10:45 o'clock this morning at the Christian Church on "The Ministry of Spirit Filled Men." He will preach at 7:30 o'clock tonight on "The True Kinship as Defined by Jesus." There will be prayer meeting at 7:30 o'clock Wed nesday night. Dr. W. T. Young of the Baptist Church will preach at 10:25 o'clock this morning on "Thirsty Souls," and at 7:30 o'clock tonight on "A Question in Profit and Loss." Bible School will meet at 9:30 a. m. and young people's meeting at C:30 p. m. Pray er meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night. "Hindrances to Leading a Christian Life" will be the subject of Dr. W. W. Elwang's sermon at 11 o'clock this morning at the Presbyterian Church. Sunday school will meet at 9:45 o'clock this morning and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Evening service will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. Atwoodt Stansfield of DeSoto, Mo., will conduct the ser vices at the Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock this morning and 7:30 o'clock tonight. Sunday school will be held at 9:45 o'clock this morning. Tho Lutheran Church will conduct services today at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. Dr. W. H. T. Dau of St Louis will preach. The morning services at 11 o'clock will be in Eng lish; the evening services at 7:30 o'clock in German. OXYGEX MACHINE AT HOSPITAL Xurses to Be Trained to Use Device in Cases of Suffocation. The machine for pumping oxygen into the lungs of persons injured by electrical shock, drowning or suffio catlon from gas fumes, recently pur chased by the School of Engineering will be for use by anyone who meets with such accident. Dr. Guy L. Noyes said of the ma chine: "It will be kept in the hospital ready for use by any doctor here who sends for it. We have no amnuiance and cannot send the apparatus out to persons in need of its use. But all nurses at the hospital will be trained in Its use and if a nurse is needed one will be sent with the machine when taken out. "There are few cases where the machine could be used In the hospital. And I don't know of any case where a person has died in the hospital from an accident that might have been overcome by use of this apparatus. TO IXSPECT RURAL SCHOOLS Educational Commission Provided for in Xcw State Law. m. i.iii in nnnoint an educational icinn n investieatc educational conditions in rural school districts, particularly of the elcmentary schools, has passea me irt.-Kiiaiui rr,. tinifnrm Text Book Bill has been reported out by the committee. A new law for the consolidation of rural schools .has been engrosseu m the senate. Kappa Alphas Ghc Dinner. T-nntv-five members of the Kappa Ainhn fraternity attended a dinner at the Virginia Grill last night TO TEACH ENGINEERS WITH PICTURE FILMS University Purchases 'Movie' Machine to Demonstrate Process Studied in Class. HAVE CAMERA, TOO Laboratory Work Will Be Photographed and Seen in Action on the Screen. Lessons will be taught with moving pictures in the School of Engineering of the University. This device has not been used in classes at the Uni versity before. A new moving picture machine with a moving picture cam era has been purchased for the Engi neering Experiment Staton. It will be used for class work only. The first use will be in connection with lectures of a general nature. The machine has just arrived. It has not been tried yet Dean H. B. Shaw said: "We bought the machine for use in demonstrating engineering processes. There are films, for ex ample, showing the evolution of iron ore Into the finished steel product Such films as these will be of inter est in our work and will giie the stu dent a clear vision of what he reads about. "At first the machine will be used In connection with lectures and dem onstrations of a general nature. It is quite probable, however, that It will come into use in the class room. There arc many subjects that can be readly demonstrated with the ma chine." A. Lincoln Hyde, assistant profes sor of bridge engineering, says the greatest value of the moving picture in educational work is that it supple ments reading with visual images. Classes in engineering are taken to factories and mills for demonstra tions. But in such works as that of the Panama Canal it is impossible to take the class to see the work. Here the motion picture can be used ef fectively. "I think the moiing picture will be come a great factor in educational work," Mr. Hyde said. "We expect to own a number of films of interest in our work. It will be possible for us to make many films. We hope' to pur chase others. "There is no reason why the ma chine we have may not be used for other demonstrations than those of our department. It is only a ques tion of getting the films." It is not known what it will cost to manufacture the films. No ar rangement has been made for teach ing the use of the moving picture camera yet The machine purchased Is a sim plex. After investigating machines In St. Louis and Kansas City, Mr. Hyde concluded that this make would be the best one for the work in the engineering classes. TO LEARX M. U. GOVERXMET E. L. Breckner Receives Inquiries from Other Universities. That other universities in the coun try are interested in the system of student government in use here Is brought out bythe fact that E. L. Breckner, president of the student body, has received inquiries concern ing the system here. One inquiry has come to Mr. Breck ner from John G. Bowman, president of the State University of Iowa, ask ing whether or not the system is a success here. He inquired particu larly about the Student Council. He wanted to know if the council fulfilled its purpose and how often it met. About four weeks ago, Mr. Breckner received an inquiry from C. E. Rog ers, a student in the University of Oklahoma, asking about our system here. Mr. Rogers is a member of a committee at that school that is to draw up plans for a system of stu dent government to be used there. Ho wanted to know especially about the Student Council that had charge of student affairs, and what this council had to do with discipline. Rogers Is a football player at the University of Oklahoma and played end when that school met the Tigers on Rollins Field in 1911. Mr. Breckner received a letter from an organization In New York City called the Schools Citizen Committee. "This organization." said Mr. Breck ner," seems to correspond with all the universities of the country to find out what kind of government eacn one has. SERIES TO TELL OF WORLD'SUTERATURE Dr. E. A. Allen to Give First One of Assembly Talks Tuesday. OTHERS ARE TO SPEAK Members of the Faculty Will Lecture on Writing in Other Countries. Dr. Edward A. Allen, emeritus pro fessor of English language and liter ature, will give the first of a series of lectures on i the general subject, "The Literature of the World," at assembly Tuesday morning. His subject will be, "Poetry and Science." Each year for some time it has been customary 'for members of the faculty to give a series of lectures on some general subject Last year the series was on the social sciences. The year before the subjects were scientific, also. This year it was thought that the students might enjoy a change. It is the aim of this course to present the condition of literature of the present time in all the countries of the world which have an established literature, giving a survey of the whole field, yet with each particular division dealt with by an expert A similar series has just been given at Columbia Uni versity in New York City. Doctor Allen will speak on "Poetry and Science," probably to show the relation of the two, so that the gap between the former scientific studies and these on literature will not be so wide. j After Doctor Allen, the next three with their topics will be as follows: Dr. W. G. Manly, "Greek Literature." February 25; Miss Eva Johnston, "Some Twentieth Century Thoughts In Latin Literature," March 4; Gaet ano Cavicchia, "Some Leading Charac teristics of Italian Literature," March 11. The dates of the others have not been definitely decided, but they prob ably will come in this order: "French Literature as the Expression of National Life and Character," Dr. Chester Murray; "The Spirit of Span ish Literature," by Jacob Warshaw; "German Literature," by Dr. H. B. Almstcdt; "The Relation of English Literature to Modern Life," by Dr. F. M. Tisdel; "Hamlet," by Dr. A. H. R. Fairchild. AXOTHER HOME IS BURXED Defective Wiring Believed to Hnic Started Fire at J. W. Gordon's. The seven-room home of J. W. Gor don, 1900 Paris Road, was partly burned at 8:20 o'clock Friday night It is believed that it was caused by defective wiring. Mr. Gordon said that he was not at home when the fire started. The house cost $3500 and he carried only $2000 insurance. All the furniture in the lower part of the house was saved but that up stairs was lost. The fire had gained such headway by the time the fire department arrived that it was im possible to save" anything but the lower story. It seemed for a while as if the house next door, the home of M. L. King, would also burn. It was con tinually threatened but men succeed ed in climbing on the roof and wetting it with the aid of a bucket brigade, while others carried furniture out on the lawn. HEAR DR. LOEB AT HAXXIBAL Xew State Constitution Is Favored bj the University Dean. Dr. Isidor Loeb. dean of the Uni versity faculty, spoke on the necessity of a constitutional convention for Mis souri, at the annual meeting of the Hannibal Commercial Club Thursday nicht He said the numerous amend ments submitted to the voters show how the constitution has become un sulted to the new conditions which have arisen. On motion of the secretary of the club, Sydney J. Roy, the club en dorsed the proposition for the sub mission of an amendment calling for a constitutional convention. EASTER IS EARLY THIS YEAR But In 3S7 A. D. It Came Two Days Earlier. Easter comes earlier this year than it has at any time in fifty-seven years. It came earlier In 1S56. . In 181- Easter came a day earlier than it will this year and in 3S7 A. D. It fell even two days earlier. THE WRITERS' CLUB SECTIOX Prof. J. W. Rankin Tells of the Bene fits of Publication. Today for the first time the Writers' Club of the University of Missouri presents its magazine section. The section consists of two pages made up entirely from the contribution of members. It will be issued monthly. Defects in the present system of teaching composition in universities arises largely from the fact that stu dents write only for the instructor, according to Prof. J. W. Rankin. Stu dent compositions, hence, lack vitali ty, the students considering their work mere routine. "Suppose a person were asked to compose music which he knew would never be heard, or to paint a picture which he knew would never be seen, would the completed work not show lack of best effort?" asked Pro fessor Rankin. "The situation in re spect to student composition is ex actly similar." To remedy the situation a medium for publication is needed. This the Extra copies of this Issue can be obtained by applying at the office of the University Missourian, Virginia Build ing. Writers' Club endeavors to supply in its magazine section. Writing for student publications is a great helD. It gives students an airr and practice in adaptation. Writing for a paper, however, which reaches not only fellow-students but also the outside world is even more valuable. It gives practice in addressing those whom the student is fo try to in fluence after he leaves college, and so gives reality and vitality to col lego work. "It will be of very practical benefit to join the Writers' Club," said Pro fessor Rankin. "More and more Eng lish teachers in the universities are seeing the gain to both student and Instructor of composition framed for general reading rather than written to cover paper with a fancy." 56,000 MASOXS IX MISSOURI University Has Only College Lodge In State. The Masonic Lodge has a member ship of about ' fifty-six thousand in Missouri, according to Grand Master Jacob Lampert, who is in Columbia, The Temple Lodge of Kansas City with a membership of 1,100 is the largest in the state. Altogether there are G23 lodges in Missouri. The University of Missouri has the only college fraternity lodge in the state. It is composed of men who are Master Masons. About twenty-five members live at the Acacia House. They gave a banquet for Mr. Lampert last night Mr. Lampert is in Columbia con ducting a lodge of instruction. The first, second and third degrees were given. Eight lodges were represented. CAXDY TELEPHOXES AS FAVORS "Hello Sweetheart" One of the Special Xumbers at "Phi Gam" Dance. The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity entertained with an informal dance at its chapter house, 616 College avenue Friday night "Hello Sweetheart" was one of the special numbers on the program. At this time the song by that name was sung and small candy-filled telephones connected with a small copper wire and bearing the label "Hello Sweetheart" were given as favors. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. L. A. Fuller, Misses Jesse Raithel, Virginia Williams of Kansas City; Miss Sarah Painter, Jefferson City, Miss Ruth Robertson of Mexico and Miss Elale Brown of St Louis. Miss X. L. Shouse, Mrs. Esther McGiil, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dumas, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brewer were chaperones. BOARD XAMES FARM ADVISERS E. W. Rusk to Audrain and C. M. Long to Johnson County. Two farm advisers were appointed for Missouri counties by the Executive Board of the University yesterday. They are: E. W. Rusk for Audrain County, and C M. Long for Johnson County. Only two members of the board were present: C. B. Rollins of Co lumbia and Charles E. Ycater of Sc dalia. Dr. J. C. Parrlsh of Vandalia could not come. Thomas C. Van Cleve, an instructor in the University, was appointed to a University fellowship for the second semester. Miss Leota Ray resigned as student assistant in educational psychology, and Miss Dora Ross was appointed to fill the vacancy. BILL WILL PROVIDE M,U. NEW BUILDINGS Appropriations Measure Is Introduced in House of General Assembly. FOR $200,000 LIBRARY Biology Structure to Cost $100,000 Is Included Also In Measure. The educational appropriations bill, introduced in the house of the General Assembly by O. H. Svvearin gen, chairman of the appropriations committee, late Friday afternoon, provides a total appropriation of $1,417,300 for the University of Mis souri at Columbia for the next two years. Of this amount, $325,000 is to come from the general revenues of tlte state and $892,300 from the in heritance tax fund. The total appropriation provided in the bill for the School of Mines of the University at Rolla is $219,000. Of this $30,000 is to come from the gen eral revenues and $199,000 from the inheritance tax fund. These buildings are proided for in the appropriations for the Univer sity at Columbia: Library Building (this building also to house the State Historical Society), $200,000. Stock-judging pavilion, $23,000. Biology Building, $100,000. The bill provides $15,000 for equip ment for the new Agricultural Chem istry Building and $8,000 for the School of Journalism. A specific ap propriation of $23,00p is made for extension work. The bill provides for a $43,000 ap propriation for the fruit experimental station. Appropriations for each of the state normal schools arc included in the bill and an Increase of 10 per cent in the salaries of state normal school teachers is provided. The total amount set aside for all state educa tional institutions is $2,C18.619. ELLIFF TO TALK IX CHICAGO University Man Will Speak Before Educational Association in March. Prof. J. D. Elliff is preparing a paper on the "Uses and Abuses of the Certificate Plan" to be delivered at the meeting of the North Central As sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools at Chicago, March 21. This association is composed of the col leges, universities and high schools north of the Missouri line, west of the Alleghenies'and including Colo rado. Prof. Nelson Kerr of the State De partment of Education at Jefferson City is in Columbia today conferring with Professor Elliff concerning the work of inspecting the high schools of the state. BEXXETT CLARK WILL LEAVE Speaker's Son Will Xot Discuss Re port He Is to Be Parliamentarian. Bennett C. Clark, son of Speaker Champ Clark of the National House of Representatives, expects to leave Monday for Washington, D. C. Mr. Clark is looking for a telegram from his father some time today, which will definitely decide whether or not he will leave the University of Mis souri. He is a senior in the College of Arts and Science of the University and a junior in the School of Law, and if he leaves will take up the study of law in George Washington University. It Is said that Mr. Clark will bo the next parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, but he declined yesterday to make a statement on this matter. DEBATERS ASSIGXED TO WORK Final Tryout for Teams Will Be Held March IS. The men on the debating squad have been assigned their work for the final tryout that will be held March 13. Those on the old age In surance question are: Affirmative, Guy V. Head, J. R. Cable, Frank R. Chambers and Euene K. Lutes; nega tive, Claude Cross, J. P. Smith, P. V. Maris, Robert W, Jones and Paul Carrington. On the trust problem are the fol lowing: Robert Burnet. C. W. Hawk ins, W. R. Stahl. W. M. Stringer, Arthur Wolfe and J. C. Young. iL 1. -! 5P, . J..