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The Daily Iowan The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa Vol. XVIII - NEW SERIES VOL. III IOWA CITY, IOWA, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1919 NUMBER 123 MEN'S DORMITORY ON WEST SIDE ONE OF PROPOSED UNIT Inner Court to be Parked With Grass and Flowers - Will Have Tennis Courts --- ATHLETIC GROUND PLANNED --- Lounge Room on Each Side Will Be Provided With Victrolas Pianos and Reading --- More than $300,000 invested in a dormitory for men on the new west side campus marks the beginning of [a?] system at Iowa which will give ultimately to every freshman the privilege of dormitory life. The [illegible] marks one of the most radical changes in policy that the University has undertaken in years, for next fall when school opens a men's dormitory will be available, complete and excellently furnished in every way. Dormitory residence will not be required next year and, says President Walter A. Jessup, it is not intended that all men shall ever be required to live in dormitories, but the University anticipates a time when every freshman will be required to live in such a building. It was with a view to University extension that the barracks were built on the west side, and this building to house three hundred men will be the first of a men's dormitory unit. Later, a dormitory on the bluff overlooking the river between the Burlington street and the Iowa avenue bridges is to be erected. This building will be several hundred fee long and will occupy one of the most beautiful spots in Iowa City. Double and single rooms will be available in the dormitory. The rooms will be well furnished and equipped, ample closet space is provided, and running hot and cold water in every room. Toilet facilities and shower baths will be located in each corner. Cafeteria service for meals will be provided from a modern kitchen on the south side of the quadrangle. One of the most enjoyable features of the quadrangle will be the large court within the four walls. This is to be seeded down and parked with grass and flower beds. Several tennis courts will be arranged with some provision for flooding a portion of the courts to provide skating in the winter time. Several fine old trees remain standing within the court and others will be set out. A drive to the north entrance, which will be the main door, is being laid out by Prof. B. J. Lambert. Ample opportunities for recreation will be provided inside the dormitories and out. An athletic grounds with baseball and football fields is to be laid out to the west of the quadrangle, and the site of the new armory will be nearby. Lounge rooms will be provided in the building in each of the four towers on the middle of each side, and these will be equipped with pianos, victrolas, [illegible] chairs, and reading material. The entire space in each tower will be given over to recreational purposes. ------ FITZGERALD GETS HONOR Leslie Fitzgerald, a graduate in dentistry will act as assistant to Dr. Fenton of the aural surgery department of the University hospital. ----- HEAD OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT [PHOTO] Philip G. Clapp ----- COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS RAISE FUNDS --- Delta Sigma Theta Will Own House-Campaign to Start July 21 and 22 --- A house for colored women at the University will be assured by a drive for funds which will be taken this month by the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's clubs. No definite location has been decided upon but it is certain that a house will be purchased. Delta Sigma Theta, a Negro sorority, will occupy the house, and all colored girls who desire to attend the University will be given the privilege of staying there. Thousands of subscription cards will be sent out over the state and July 21-22 will be state tag day for the campaign. Mrs. Martha White of Indianola, president of the Iowa Federation, is pushing the drive for the purchase of the home. The campaign is under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Helen Downey of Ottumwa, who is planning to make the sum reach the required amount before August 15. The solicitation for funds in Iowa City is being carried on by Mrs. Helen Dameron Bashears and Helene Lucas. They are also looking about for suitable property for the chapter house. The Delta Sigma thetas have been living this year at 603 South Lucas street. ----- HENRY PRENTISS BACK FROM OVERSEAS DUTY Henry Prentiss, son of Dr. H .J. Prentiss returned home last week from a nine months service in France. He was in the service one year and three months before goin overseas. He had been in the University one year before entering the army, and is now registered for summer school. Because of the signing of the armistice a short time after his arrival in France he saw no active service. He said Iowa "sure looks good to him." Although our French mademoiselles were so super charming to some of our soldiers, Prentiss says there is none like the American girls. --- LAMBDA THETAS TO ENTERTAIN Lamba Theta, honorary educational sorority, will hold an informal reception for all women students in education Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock on the Currier hall lawn. A short program will be given. Individual invitations are not being sent, but a general invitation is issued. ----- LAKE CALVIN ONCE SUBMERGED SITE OF UNIVERSITY AND CITY --- Extinct Lake Bears Name of Dr. Calvin, Formerly Head of the Department of Geology --- MAPPED BY W. E. SHOEWE --- Graduate Student in Geology Studies Evidences of its Existence and Characteristics --- Times do change. The Phi Delt house stands on the site of an ancient island and 100 feet of water once flowed over Iowa Field. Nor is that the most alarming. From Iowa City to Columbus Junction and from Durant through Kalona, Lake Calvin with an area of 325 square miles once stretched. W. E. Schoewe, who is to come up for his doctor of philosophy degree at convocation this smumer, has Lake Calvin all mapped out, shore lines, islands, and summer resorts. The extinct lake was formed by the Illinois glacier which swept down through the state back in the glacial period pushed the Mississippi, the Iowa, and the Cedar to form this lake. In Five Counties V-shaped, the lake's two arms lay parallel to the distance from Chicago to Council Bluffs. In depth it probably approached 200 feet. Its maximumm length was 28 miles; its widest portion 14 2-3 miles. These are only a few facts Mr. Schoewe knows about Lake Calvin which preceded us here. A basin surrounded by bluffs from 80 to 100 feet in height indicates the location of the old lake. Two islands are known to have dotted Lake Calvin, one near Summit street in Iowa City and the other at Atalissa. The lake stretched into five counties: Jonson, Muscatine, Louisa, Washington, and Cedar. The inlet to Lake Calvin was near Wilton and the outlet at Columbus Junction where today a valley 1 1-2 miles wide cuts the high land. The combined waters of the three rivers flowed through this gap south to the Henry county line, west to the Skunk river, and at Fort Madison, merged with the main valley of the Mississippi. Named After Professor Dr. Samuel Calvin, for years head of the department of geology at the University, was the first to state his belief that such a lake might have existed in times remote. The lake was given his name. No one followed up his suggestion with any definite work until a few years ago C. F. Uden of the state geological survey undertook to study the extinct lake in Muscatine county and published a report. A thorough history of the lake, in so far as geologists can interpret the past is now being prepared by Mr. Schoewe. Maps of the region showing the shore lines, the course of the rivers and the path of the glacier will accompany his manuscript soon to be published. The evidence on which Mr. Schoewe bases his conclusions as to the existence and boundaries of the lake are the basin surrounded by high bluffs, sands and clays such as are found in lakes, boulders drifted by glaciers, beach gravels, and other (Continued on page 4) ----- [Photo] B. L. Ullman ----- AMERICANIZATION TO BE THEME OF WEEK --- University will Hold Series of Lectures Relating to New National Program --- Tomorrow morning at 10:30 the first of the series of lectures on Americanization will be given before the weekly assembly by Prof. O. E. Klingaman, director of the state committee on Americanization. He will speak on "Americanization -- What is It?" Tuesday at 8 in the morning Dr. G. G. Benjamin will continue the series by a talk on "the Composite American Nation." Dr. E. D. Starbuck will make an address Wednesday at 9 a. m. on "the Ideals of Democracy," and Dr. B. F. Shambaugh will speak Thursday at 8 on "the Citizen and the Government." Dean William F. Russell gives the concluding lecture Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock on "The School and the American." This is the first time an Americanization week has been held at the University or in the state. It has for its aim the removal of illiteracy and the teaching of the value of our democratic institutions. Statistics show that 1.7 per cent of the population of Iowa cannot write even their own names. Professor Klingaman says there is not a county in the state in which there is no illiteracy. Courses in Americanization are being introduced into the universities of the country. Wisconsin was the first state to introduce a chair of Americanization into its university. The University of Iowa extension division has been exceptionally active in promoting the general program throughout its Iowa Patriotic league among high school students and its plans for a state wide campaign for Americanization. ----- SCOTT IN GOLF TOURNAMENT Prof. John Hubert Scott of the English department will play in the state golf tournament at Cedar Rapids this week. Dr. J. C. Monnett, an Iowa alumnus, now dean of the law school in the University of Oklahoma is another contestant in the meet. Dr. Monnett spends his summers in Iowa City, and he and Professor Scott will represent the Iowa City country club in te tournament. Prof. R. B. Kittredge of the college of applied science, who is consulting engineer at Webster city this summer, spent the Fourth here. ----- DEVEREUX PLAYERS ARE TO PRESENT RENOWNED DRAMAS --- "The Taming of the Shrew" Will Be Played Friday Night in Natural Science --- TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY --- University Book Store and Library to Have Charge - Admission Price Not Set --- The Devereux Players in their first western tour of sixty weeks will present three plays at the University on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12. The company under the direction of Clifford Devereux has been booked for steady engagements in the Middle West from March, 1919 to May, 1920. "the Taming of the Shrew," the Shakespearean comedy will be presented by the cast on Friday evening in the natural science auditorium, the part of the sharp-tongued Kate being taken by Zinita Graf. Sheridan's "School for Scandal" has been chosen for the Saturday matinee performance, and the final play that evening will be "Romeo and Juliet." Will Visit State Schools The Devereux players are frequently compared by critics with the Portmanteau players who made such a distinct hit here last year in a series of one-act plays, "the Gods of the Mountain," and others. The cast of the Devereux company is composed of actors with experience in Shakespearean drama; several of them have played with Southern and Marlowe. The great recommendation which the senate committee on dramatics of the University under the chairmanship of Prof. E. H. Lauer, has to make of the company is the fact that each year they are secured for a two weeks' engagement at Columbia university where they plat to large audiences at $1.50 a seat. While in Iowa the Devereux players will stop at Ames and Cedar Falls. Playwright to Lecture Ticket sales for the three performances will begin Tuesday morning at the University book store and the University general library. The admission price has not been definitely decided. Negotiations will be made Monday with the advance agent in an attempt to get the three plays for about the same amount one usually pays for a single admission., The committee in charge of the arrangements for the plays is composed of Professor Lauer, Prof. Glenn N. Merry and Miss Hertha L. Voss. George Horner, an English playwright of some distinction is expected to arrive here tomorrow and Tuesday and to deliver a lecture on the drama which will assist in the appreciation of the plays and their presentation. This is the first summer session in which any such dramatic production has been scheduled for students. ------ SEASHORE GOES TO MONTANA Dean Carl E. Seashore of the graduate college left Friday night for a week's stay at Missoula, Mont., where he will deliver addressses before the State Medical association and the Montana Hospital Nurses association. He will also deliver public lectures for three days at the University of Montana. Dr. Seashore's subjects will all be on some phase of applied psychology.
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The Daily Iowan The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa Vol. XVIII - NEW SERIES VOL. III IOWA CITY, IOWA, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1919 NUMBER 123 MEN'S DORMITORY ON WEST SIDE ONE OF PROPOSED UNIT Inner Court to be Parked With Grass and Flowers - Will Have Tennis Courts --- ATHLETIC GROUND PLANNED --- Lounge Room on Each Side Will Be Provided With Victrolas Pianos and Reading --- More than $300,000 invested in a dormitory for men on the new west side campus marks the beginning of [a?] system at Iowa which will give ultimately to every freshman the privilege of dormitory life. The [illegible] marks one of the most radical changes in policy that the University has undertaken in years, for next fall when school opens a men's dormitory will be available, complete and excellently furnished in every way. Dormitory residence will not be required next year and, says President Walter A. Jessup, it is not intended that all men shall ever be required to live in dormitories, but the University anticipates a time when every freshman will be required to live in such a building. It was with a view to University extension that the barracks were built on the west side, and this building to house three hundred men will be the first of a men's dormitory unit. Later, a dormitory on the bluff overlooking the river between the Burlington street and the Iowa avenue bridges is to be erected. This building will be several hundred fee long and will occupy one of the most beautiful spots in Iowa City. Double and single rooms will be available in the dormitory. The rooms will be well furnished and equipped, ample closet space is provided, and running hot and cold water in every room. Toilet facilities and shower baths will be located in each corner. Cafeteria service for meals will be provided from a modern kitchen on the south side of the quadrangle. One of the most enjoyable features of the quadrangle will be the large court within the four walls. This is to be seeded down and parked with grass and flower beds. Several tennis courts will be arranged with some provision for flooding a portion of the courts to provide skating in the winter time. Several fine old trees remain standing within the court and others will be set out. A drive to the north entrance, which will be the main door, is being laid out by Prof. B. J. Lambert. Ample opportunities for recreation will be provided inside the dormitories and out. An athletic grounds with baseball and football fields is to be laid out to the west of the quadrangle, and the site of the new armory will be nearby. Lounge rooms will be provided in the building in each of the four towers on the middle of each side, and these will be equipped with pianos, victrolas, [illegible] chairs, and reading material. The entire space in each tower will be given over to recreational purposes. ------ FITZGERALD GETS HONOR Leslie Fitzgerald, a graduate in dentistry will act as assistant to Dr. Fenton of the aural surgery department of the University hospital. ----- HEAD OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT [PHOTO] Philip G. Clapp ----- COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS RAISE FUNDS --- Delta Sigma Theta Will Own House-Campaign to Start July 21 and 22 --- A house for colored women at the University will be assured by a drive for funds which will be taken this month by the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's clubs. No definite location has been decided upon but it is certain that a house will be purchased. Delta Sigma Theta, a Negro sorority, will occupy the house, and all colored girls who desire to attend the University will be given the privilege of staying there. Thousands of subscription cards will be sent out over the state and July 21-22 will be state tag day for the campaign. Mrs. Martha White of Indianola, president of the Iowa Federation, is pushing the drive for the purchase of the home. The campaign is under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Helen Downey of Ottumwa, who is planning to make the sum reach the required amount before August 15. The solicitation for funds in Iowa City is being carried on by Mrs. Helen Dameron Bashears and Helene Lucas. They are also looking about for suitable property for the chapter house. The Delta Sigma thetas have been living this year at 603 South Lucas street. ----- HENRY PRENTISS BACK FROM OVERSEAS DUTY Henry Prentiss, son of Dr. H .J. Prentiss returned home last week from a nine months service in France. He was in the service one year and three months before goin overseas. He had been in the University one year before entering the army, and is now registered for summer school. Because of the signing of the armistice a short time after his arrival in France he saw no active service. He said Iowa "sure looks good to him." Although our French mademoiselles were so super charming to some of our soldiers, Prentiss says there is none like the American girls. --- LAMBDA THETAS TO ENTERTAIN Lamba Theta, honorary educational sorority, will hold an informal reception for all women students in education Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock on the Currier hall lawn. A short program will be given. Individual invitations are not being sent, but a general invitation is issued. ----- LAKE CALVIN ONCE SUBMERGED SITE OF UNIVERSITY AND CITY --- Extinct Lake Bears Name of Dr. Calvin, Formerly Head of the Department of Geology --- MAPPED BY W. E. SHOEWE --- Graduate Student in Geology Studies Evidences of its Existence and Characteristics --- Times do change. The Phi Delt house stands on the site of an ancient island and 100 feet of water once flowed over Iowa Field. Nor is that the most alarming. From Iowa City to Columbus Junction and from Durant through Kalona, Lake Calvin with an area of 325 square miles once stretched. W. E. Schoewe, who is to come up for his doctor of philosophy degree at convocation this smumer, has Lake Calvin all mapped out, shore lines, islands, and summer resorts. The extinct lake was formed by the Illinois glacier which swept down through the state back in the glacial period pushed the Mississippi, the Iowa, and the Cedar to form this lake. In Five Counties V-shaped, the lake's two arms lay parallel to the distance from Chicago to Council Bluffs. In depth it probably approached 200 feet. Its maximumm length was 28 miles; its widest portion 14 2-3 miles. These are only a few facts Mr. Schoewe knows about Lake Calvin which preceded us here. A basin surrounded by bluffs from 80 to 100 feet in height indicates the location of the old lake. Two islands are known to have dotted Lake Calvin, one near Summit street in Iowa City and the other at Atalissa. The lake stretched into five counties: Jonson, Muscatine, Louisa, Washington, and Cedar. The inlet to Lake Calvin was near Wilton and the outlet at Columbus Junction where today a valley 1 1-2 miles wide cuts the high land. The combined waters of the three rivers flowed through this gap south to the Henry county line, west to the Skunk river, and at Fort Madison, merged with the main valley of the Mississippi. Named After Professor Dr. Samuel Calvin, for years head of the department of geology at the University, was the first to state his belief that such a lake might have existed in times remote. The lake was given his name. No one followed up his suggestion with any definite work until a few years ago C. F. Uden of the state geological survey undertook to study the extinct lake in Muscatine county and published a report. A thorough history of the lake, in so far as geologists can interpret the past is now being prepared by Mr. Schoewe. Maps of the region showing the shore lines, the course of the rivers and the path of the glacier will accompany his manuscript soon to be published. The evidence on which Mr. Schoewe bases his conclusions as to the existence and boundaries of the lake are the basin surrounded by high bluffs, sands and clays such as are found in lakes, boulders drifted by glaciers, beach gravels, and other (Continued on page 4) ----- [Photo] B. L. Ullman ----- AMERICANIZATION TO BE THEME OF WEEK --- University will Hold Series of Lectures Relating to New National Program --- Tomorrow morning at 10:30 the first of the series of lectures on Americanization will be given before the weekly assembly by Prof. O. E. Klingaman, director of the state committee on Americanization. He will speak on "Americanization -- What is It?" Tuesday at 8 in the morning Dr. G. G. Benjamin will continue the series by a talk on "the Composite American Nation." Dr. E. D. Starbuck will make an address Wednesday at 9 a. m. on "the Ideals of Democracy," and Dr. B. F. Shambaugh will speak Thursday at 8 on "the Citizen and the Government." Dean William F. Russell gives the concluding lecture Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock on "The School and the American." This is the first time an Americanization week has been held at the University or in the state. It has for its aim the removal of illiteracy and the teaching of the value of our democratic institutions. Statistics show that 1.7 per cent of the population of Iowa cannot write even their own names. Professor Klingaman says there is not a county in the state in which there is no illiteracy. Courses in Americanization are being introduced into the universities of the country. Wisconsin was the first state to introduce a chair of Americanization into its university. The University of Iowa extension division has been exceptionally active in promoting the general program throughout its Iowa Patriotic league among high school students and its plans for a state wide campaign for Americanization. ----- SCOTT IN GOLF TOURNAMENT Prof. John Hubert Scott of the English department will play in the state golf tournament at Cedar Rapids this week. Dr. J. C. Monnett, an Iowa alumnus, now dean of the law school in the University of Oklahoma is another contestant in the meet. Dr. Monnett spends his summers in Iowa City, and he and Professor Scott will represent the Iowa City country club in te tournament. Prof. R. B. Kittredge of the college of applied science, who is consulting engineer at Webster city this summer, spent the Fourth here. ----- DEVEREUX PLAYERS ARE TO PRESENT RENOWNED DRAMAS --- "The Taming of the Shrew" Will Be Played Friday Night in Natural Science --- TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY --- University Book Store and Library to Have Charge - Admission Price Not Set --- The Devereux Players in their first western tour of sixty weeks will present three plays at the University on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12. The company under the direction of Clifford Devereux has been booked for steady engagements in the Middle West from March, 1919 to May, 1920. "the Taming of the Shrew," the Shakespearean comedy will be presented by the cast on Friday evening in the natural science auditorium, the part of the sharp-tongued Kate being taken by Zinita Graf. Sheridan's "School for Scandal" has been chosen for the Saturday matinee performance, and the final play that evening will be "Romeo and Juliet." Will Visit State Schools The Devereux players are frequently compared by critics with the Portmanteau players who made such a distinct hit here last year in a series of one-act plays, "the Gods of the Mountain," and others. The cast of the Devereux company is composed of actors with experience in Shakespearean drama; several of them have played with Southern and Marlowe. The great recommendation which the senate committee on dramatics of the University under the chairmanship of Prof. E. H. Lauer, has to make of the company is the fact that each year they are secured for a two weeks' engagement at Columbia university where they plat to large audiences at $1.50 a seat. While in Iowa the Devereux players will stop at Ames and Cedar Falls. Playwright to Lecture Ticket sales for the three performances will begin Tuesday morning at the University book store and the University general library. The admission price has not been definitely decided. Negotiations will be made Monday with the advance agent in an attempt to get the three plays for about the same amount one usually pays for a single admission., The committee in charge of the arrangements for the plays is composed of Professor Lauer, Prof. Glenn N. Merry and Miss Hertha L. Voss. George Horner, an English playwright of some distinction is expected to arrive here tomorrow and Tuesday and to deliver a lecture on the drama which will assist in the appreciation of the plays and their presentation. This is the first summer session in which any such dramatic production has been scheduled for students. ------ SEASHORE GOES TO MONTANA Dean Carl E. Seashore of the graduate college left Friday night for a week's stay at Missoula, Mont., where he will deliver addressses before the State Medical association and the Montana Hospital Nurses association. He will also deliver public lectures for three days at the University of Montana. Dr. Seashore's subjects will all be on some phase of applied psychology.
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