The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-25
AID THE X. U. GIRL STUDENTS
Y. M. C. A. Workers Are "Rig Sisters"
to Women Freshmen at
State University.

"Eyeryone'S Lonesome inside
That is the motto of the Big Sisters,
a Y. w. C. A organization at the Uni
versity of Kansas, whose duty is to
look after new women students in the
university. Each year the Big Sisters
are organized under ten Big Sister
captains. They meet trains, find
suitable rooms and roommates, start
the freshmen in their university work
and try to prevent them from becom-
ing homesick Throughout the year
each Big Sister keeps track of the
Little Sisters" assigned to her-there
are three Little Sisters to each Big
Sister.
The big Sister" captains this year
are Agnes Hertzler, Kansas City,
chairman; Mabel Mclaughlin, Ton
ganoxie, assistant chairman; Alice
Bowlby, Natoma. secretary; Frederick
Johnson, Blue Rapids; Iva Scott, Sol
ONION; Abigail Bixby, Mcpherson;
Agnes Hackerott, Osborne; Marie
Buchanan, Lawrence; Harriet Steven
son. Lawrence; Frances Hitchcock,
Augusta; Ruth Stevenson, Paola
These captains also have charge of
the correspondence from prospective
women students.
The Big Sister movement started at
K. U. in 1914 and became permanent
largely through the efforts of Miss
Evelyn Strong, daughter Of Chancel-
Tor Strong and president of the Y.
W. c. A.
Daniel Sullivan, 40 years old, a deaf
and dumb farmer, living near Solo
mon, was struck and instantly killed
by Union Pacific train on the Solo
non branch near Solomon the other
day
Fight Mexican Highwaymen.-Je-
sus Hernandez, a Mexican, is dead,
one Mexican wounded and Lee Edge,
a policeman, is suffering from a
slight wound in the shoulder as the
result of a fight between Edge and
two brother officers with seven Mex
lean highwaymen recently, south
west of town The Mexicans, includ-
ing the wounded man, got away. They
robbed oil men.
Motor Service on u. p. Branch
The Union Pacific Railroad is now
giving a motor car service out of Sa-
lima to Hill City and Mcpherson. Two
trips daily will be made to Mcpherson
and one daily to Hill City.
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DR.. Dorothy Child Named.-Dr. Dor
othy Child has been appointed asso-
ciate professor of physical education
of women of the University of Kan
sas. Doctor Child succeeds Dr.. Alice
GoetZ.
Trego County Farmer KiIIed-Silas
McKune. a prominent farmer of Ire
go County, was instantly killed by the
overturning of his motor car near
.Wakeeney the other afternoon.
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Fathers Death Caused Suicide
John Logan committed suicide at Her
ington by shooting. He was so years
|. old and an employee of the Rock
Island. He left q widow and two chill
his father was the cause of the sui
eide.
Open New Kansas oil Fields.-The
Hale Oil and Gas Company OF Wich-
tia struck sand at 1920 feet in 3 new
field three miles south OF Silverdale
recently. The oil has come up in the
well 900 feet. It tests 4O1z gravity.
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More Oil at Douglas, kas.-The
Walnut Valley Oil and Gas Company
struck oil sand at nineteen hundred
feet at the east end of Third street
in Douglass recently. The well is To-
Gated in 1924 east. and viii be
brought in later. The sand is the
same as in the Knollenberg well, the
big producer in Douglass.
Standard cuts Meion.-The direc-
tors OF the Standard Oil Company
of Kansas have declared 8 regular
quarterly dividend OF So and al ex-
ira dividend OF 81 share