VOL. XVIII SUMMARY OF INTRA MURALS INVOLVES MANY Summ ation of MI Contests Show That Much Work Mas liet*n Done for Frank Cup. F I R S T C O L L E G E D A I L Y I N T H E S O U T H M STIX, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918 1917-1918 STUDENTS’ A S SE M B L Y ASSEMBLY HAS PASSED M A N Y LAWS IN YEAR MEMORIAL DAY IS O B S E R V E D BY UNIVERSITY Sterenuous Year for Assembly Closes With Several Credible Laws Passed. Convocation of Students and Faculty at Methodist Church Hear Dr. C. M. Bishop. FHREE MEN FROM U NUMEROUS CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ON GO TO HOLLISTER MADE IN LIBRARY FARMS POSSIBLE Walker, Naugle and King to Attend Conference at Hollister. Missouri, From June I to IO. Many New Books Arrive— W renn Li brary Here— Form er Offices to C'ontain Books. Large Number of H arvesters Needed in Grain Districts. U. S. De­ partm ent of Labor Seeks Help. NOTICE Poinis Won in Intra-Mural Athletics Compiled Finally here and all worked th e ir way th ro u g h school. R. E. Sweney, C. E., 1914, crossed th e c am p us y e s te r d a y on his w ay to Dallas, w h ere he is se e k in g e x p e rts fo r the Gas & Electric com pany, th a t em ploys him in San A ntonio. INTRAMURAL ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT. Events. Points. No. of T M en................. IS B a s k e t b a l l..................... 36 36 Baseball 18 Track C r o ssc o u n tr y 18 . 6 Tennis S w im m in g ................... 6 H a n d b a l l ....................... G Laws. Eng.* Sen. IG 24 12 24 0 30 6 12 ti 12 0 5 3 2 I 4 Jun. Soph 36 30 0 30 9 0 4 3 12 6 0 24 0 4 5 2 Totals THE DAILY TEXAN The S tu d e n t D aily P u b lic a tio n of th e U n iv e rs ity o f T exas. Published e v e ry m o r n in g e x c e p t M on­ day d u r i n g th e college y ea r. E n te re d as se con d-class m a t t e r a t th e P o sto ffic e a t A u s tin , T e x a s , u n d e r the A ct o f C o n g re ss , M arch 3, 1879. Sub scriptio n p ric e $2.50 p e r y e a r — provided fo r each s tu d e n t th r o u g h the S tu d e n t A c tiv ity fee. F. E d w a r d W a l k e r , . . . K dito r-in -C h ie f J. T u r n e r G a r n e r . . . M a n a g in g E d ito r O ffices: U n iv e rs ity , Room 155, M ain Down Building, T e le p h o n e 3149. Town, 204 W. S ix th St., T e le ph on e 489. Issue E d ito r fo r T o d a y : R. D. N A H ; F R A N K R. B A SS R e p o r te r s . Bess M cChesney W. C. Go wan E th e l W in n !ford A lm a Carl R. L. Link M a ry W a lk e r R o b e rta MeKni.yhtW . R. S m ith C h a rle s C a te s J im m ie Sowell SAVING MONEY FOR THE STI DENT BODY. In its action of voting to have Tin* Texan p rin ted on the cam ­ pus, the A dvisory Board was guided largely by the exigencies of conditions. According to th e p resen t m a n a g e r of publica­ tions, Mr. T. R. McKeever, an appo rtio nm en t fro m th e S tu ­ to The School of d e n ts ’ Assembly of tw o dollars and fifteen cents would have been necessary fo r it to be p r in t­ ed o ff Hie cam pus in a dow n­ town p rin tin g shop n e x t year. W ith a constitutional limit on tin blanket ta x of six dollars and one-half, his proposition was im­ possible. F u rth e rm o re , accord­ ing to th e report on publications, Mr. McKeever p re sen ts a deficit of over tw e n ty -th re e hundred dollars on this y e a r ’s business. He says he expects to cut th is down c o n s id e ra b ly , but th e re ’ll still be a big deficit. "Therefore, it was up th e Publications Board to take decisive action if "The Texan is to ru n at all next y e a r up to its present stan d a rd s Journalism agreed to handle th e p rin tin g end of th e paper a t a figure which will save som ething like the three thousand dollars on p rin tin g of The Texan. How­ ever, their o ile r w as contingent upon the paper being publishec as an afternoon publication, ant as being done by th e School 0 Journalism class in newspaper In o th e r words, in mechanics. re tu rn tor th e conveniences anc saving in time and money of is­ sue editors and o th e r Texan s ta ll workers, in r e tu rn fo r a sav ing of over th re e thousand dollars iii the cost of publishing the paper, in re tu rn for m aking the paper a more integral p a rt of th e U niversity life and activi ties, The Texan had to be chang ed into an afternoon paper. Of course, the change is a big one, especially to those of us who are receiving o u r Texan to used every m orning b reak fast time, b u t the Board weighed all th e n acted considerations and to r w h a t th e y considered to be th e best in te re sts of th e stud ent body and The Texan itself. a t C A S C O - 71/8 in. C l y d e - 2Vain. JARROW C o l l a r s F O R S P R I N G C l u e u . P e a b o d y U C o Inc. M a k e r s APPORTIONING BLANKET TAX. A f te r careful consideration and th o u g h t we believe we have figured up the only solution of th e settlem en t of th e blanket tax for next y e a r and we urge th e S tu d e n ts ’ Assembly to give it u t­ It provides most consideration. as follows. A thletic C o u n c i l ................... $4.00 Daily Texan ......................... 1.65 Longhorn M ag...............................\ Oratorical A ss’n ...........................; B a n d ................................................] Clee C l u b ....................................... ] S tu d e n ts ’ A s s ’11............................ 1 T o t a l.............. $6.50 The S tu d e n ts ’ s tu d e n t bod y ’s A ssociation would not be q uite able to pay in- o ff all th e lebtedness, but it could pay off most of it, an d th e re m a in d e r could be carried until th e next y e a r for final p ay m ent. E v e ry o rg an izatio n and a c tiv ity t h a t was originally intended to have a place on th e ta x will be r e p r e ­ sented, and eq u ita b ly and ju s tly as possible. The T ex an will receive th e sam e a p p o rtio n ­ ment as last year, an d th is can de done only o ut of co n sid eratio n o f th e cam pu s publication of th e The A th letic Council >aper. t h e i r will f o u r dollar re ta in hare, which th e y claim th e y need and are e n title d to if a t h ­ el ics in th e U n iv e rsity a re to receive am ple su p p o rt. T he O r­ atorical A ssociation, b a n d and have te n Glee Club will cents, on w hich th e y can m ake out, however, not as com pletely and successfully as th e y would desire, b u t th e y a re not en title d lo any more because t h e i r con­ tribution to s tu d e n t life does no t th a n th e se deserve any m ore amounts, when com pared to th e tm.units for a th le tic s and publi­ can ions. each (O-ED ATHLETIC’ COUNCIL PETITIONS ASSEMBLY. The W om an’s A th le tic C oun­ cil, th ro ug h its p resid ent, M i s s VV hitehouse, has s e n t a p etition to the S tu d e n ts ’ A ssem b ly a s k ­ ing for an a p p o rtio n m e n t o f 65 cents from th e g en eral blanket tax. I hey base th e ir claim on the grounds t h a t a t p re s e n t they receive no su p p o rt except fro m he lees which girls ta k in g p a rt in a t hell irs tu r n in, an d th e y say .hat ath le tics fo r w om en should ie encouraged as m uch as pos- ible, and t h a t it should be a r ­ ranged so t h a t a girl can particu­ late w ith o u t p a y m e n t of an y ees. ta x t h e ir financial According to s ta te m e n t th e ir to ta l ex p en d i­ n g th e past y e a r was tw o h u n ­ dred dollars or a b o u t tile a m o u n t h a t would be received fro m a a p p o rtio n m e n t of Tm Ret h i Keen cents, on th e basis of I ii teen h u n d red s tu d e n t a c tiv ity ees. They th is re p o rt money is used to finance such spo rts as sw im m ing, walking, dancing, basketball, baseball, and tennis. t h a t M ost of th e savin g effected will be saved to th e stu d e n t body, th e p a y e r s of th e blanket tax! I he L o n g h o rn M agazine can now be p u t back on th e ta x , where it r ig h t f u lly belongs, and it can be r e s to re d to its place o f leader­ ship in th e lite ra ry s p h ere of the U n iv e rs ity . T h e T exan s ta f f can be a w a rd e d “ T a n d Quills” P u b lic a tio n s Board, by w h e rea s because o f financial rea- sons th is could no t be done be­ fore. T h e e d itorial force of The T exan will be able to spend a little m ore m oney on cu ts, c a r­ toons and o th e r f e a t u r e s t h a t th e Of course, we are not a com pe­ te n t a u th o rity on th e su b jec t, since we have never w itn essed any of th e g irls ’ closed gam es, b u t we a re sure th e e x ­ penses in connection w ith sw im ­ m ing, walking, dancing, b ask et- Will liven up an d p ep up th e , ball, and baseball a re only nomi- sheet, and m ake it o f g r e a t e r ap- aal a s practically no eq u ip m en t is peal and in te r e s t to th e re a d ers, needed, and no m oney is ex t h a t IHE TURKISH CIGARETTE With Murad I can keep time on the firing line. Od Mal?F °f d* tig&st Gnidetrhkh and hfiphan Ggarvltes ut die World be th e i r in pay th e ir m in o r expenses connection w ith s p o rts o th e r th a n te n n is, and enou gh to a w ard su ita b le e m b le m s to th e “T ” w inn ers. W e feel also t h a t th e y should receive a u t h o r ­ ity to a w a rd finally all “T V ’ and “T-seconds.” pended in b rin g in g outside te a m s to A u stin f o r g am es, or in sen d ­ ing g ir ls ’ te a m s a w ay to com ­ pete. T h e re fo re , we do not see a n y g r e a t n ecessity o f th e W o m ­ an s A th le tic ouncil receiving blank et ta x m oney fo r th e ir s u p ­ port. As t a r as te n n is is con­ cerned, we realize t h a t th e r e is som e e x pen se in connection w ith th a n in it, b u t not a n y m ore tennis, connection w ith m e n ’s and it is only r ig h t t h a t in b oth cases tho se t h a t play and re ­ ceive th e b e n efits fro m th e e x ­ p e n d itu re should h ave to pay lo r sam e. A t p re s e n t both the men an d women who play te n ­ nis do p a y f o r th is privilege, and so we see no j u s t cause fo r com ­ plaint on t h a t score. How ever, we believe t h a t th e M en’s A th letic Council should a rr a n g e to p ay th e W o m e n ’s Council's expenses, an d t h a t th e women should not exp ect to r e ­ ceive an y s u p p o rt fro m th e a l­ ready o v er-b urd en ed b lan k et tax . If th e ir ex pen ses only ru n a b ou t tw o h u n d re d dollars a y e ar, tho! M en’s A th le tic Council w ould. not e m b a r - . seriously r a is e d by p a y in g th is m uch. The b lanket ta x is based on th e i d e a ' We do a g re e w ith th e p etition value received, of p a y ing fo r of th e g irls in som e p a rtic u la rs, and we believe t h a t th e ir is no however, t h a t in re g a rd to is ju s tic e in ta x in g th e whole s t u ­ t h e ir ju risd ic tio n in the m a t t e r and w omen dent body, m en of a w a rd in g “T V * A t p re s e n t alike, fo r th e s u p p o rt of closed the M en’s A th le tic Council has gam es which a r e of no i n t e r e s t ! n o in terest com plete control, an d th e Worn- o r b en efit except to th o se who e n s ( ouncil has to s u b m it t h e ir w itn ess them . list to th e M en ’s A th le tic Conn-1 - Cli fo r its approval. On account of a lack of fu n d s th e W o m en ’s At bellic Council n e v er m ake a n y a w a rd s of em blem s, pins, 01 s w e a te rs, as does th e m ore fo r tu n a te ly s itu a te d M en’s Council. to us, how ­ ever, t h a t th is is m e re ly a m a t ­ th e t e r to be s e ttle d betw een two councils, and we believe t h a t he does n o t know t h a t th e S t u d e n t s ’ A ssem bly has nos I w h e re he will be s e n t, b u t since t h e r e ---- — — no ju ris d ic tio n in th e m a tte r. I t is a £ r e a t d e m a n d f o r Y. M. C. A. men is m erely up to th e tw o councils **or o v e r s e a * w o rk, he will p ro b ab ly and Dr. Vinson to th r e s h out. We Le s e n t t o . I