The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-29
GOOD-BYTO WATERS
President of State Agricultural
College Makes a Farewell
Address to Students.
FACULTY GIVES A RECEPTION
In His Parting Message Or. Waters
Said Winning of the War Is
Our First Duty.


Recently farewell day was given
to DIR. H. J. Waters, president of the
Kansas Agricultural College, who has
resigned to become managing editor of
The Weekly Kansas City Star, Janu-
airy 1. At the college Doctor Waters
delivered his farewell address to the
students. This was followed by a
luncheon in his honor given by Profes-
sor Crawford of the School of Indus
trial Journalism of the college. Presi-
dent Waters founded this school when
he came to the college.
At night in the department of domes-
tic science the entire faculty gave Doc
tor Waters a reception, which was at
tended by the student body and the
people of the city He was introduced
by DR.. ]. E. Kammyer of the faculty,
who spoke feelingly of Doctor Waters's
work in the school.
q might use many high titles in pre-
senting him to you," he said, but 1
will use the best one of all-our friend,
Doctor Waters
AS Doctor Waters arose to speak the
great body of students stood and greet
ed him with the college yell. He urged
the young men and women to continue
in school until they had completed the
course, or until the country called the
young men to the colors. He said
every ablebodied young man should
take the military course because" he
%h0
first and only duty of the country
now"
1T is said there is a great shortage
of labor" declared Doctor Waters,
"but 1 say to you that the trouble
with us is that there is a great waste
of labor. We direct our labor to the
purpose of doing things that will win
the war. Kansas has sent only $4,000
young men to the war. If Kansas was
in Canada it would have 225,000 young
men at the front, and yet Canada this
year planted its biggest acreage of
crops and reaped it's biggest harvest.
We must send more men to the front
and at the same time utilize our labor
at home to do more than ever before
in the industries necessary to win the
war"
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A Teacher Dies at Church.-Ca1eb L.
Buckmaster, a retired member of the
faculty of the University of Missouri,
died at the First Baptist church in
Atchison the other night, following
stroke of apoplexy. He had been
prominent in Missouri educational
work for forty years, having been SUI
perintendent of schools at Brunswick,
Sturgeon, Seneca and other Missouri
towns fourteen years. He conducted
a private college at Pilot Grove, Mo.
Want Three Senators Ousted.-The
state Rotarians in session at Wichita
have adopted a resolution asking the
United States Senate to GUST Senators
Stone Gronna and La Toilette for anti
administration activities. An effort
was made to include Senator Gore in
the resolution, but it failed by small
margin.
Accident Fatal to Santa Fe Man.
Joseph Rogers, a Santa Fe Railroad
switchman, who was run over by a
train recently and one leg cut off, died
recently in the company's hospital at
Mulvane.
County Attorney to War.-Judge R.
c. Heller has appointed G. G. Mes
serly of Usage City as county attorney
of Usage county, a vacancy created by
the resignation of R. T. O'Neil, who
and assigned to duty with the regulars
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The appoint
ment takes effect at once.
x x X
Sells Coal to Poor-To relieve a
coal famine the Atchison city council
has bought two cars of coal for imme-
date delivery, to be sold in small
quantities. Only one local dealer has
coal, and he is unable to make deliv-
tries inside of week following re-
ceipt of the order. There is much suf-
fering among the poor, and the city
established a schedule of prices rang
ing from 10 cents for 80 pounds to
$1.20 for 400 pounds.
x
Pioneer kansan Dies.-John Corn
forth Valentine, a resident of Effing-
ham for the last forty years, died re-
Gently. Twenty-one years ago he
founded the Northern Kansas Tele-
phone Company at Effingham and
owned it until his death.
x X
College Fund Nears GoaI.-The Fair
mount College campaign for $125, 900
for retention at Wichita is within $15,-
600 of the goal. It is believed small
and silent offers will carry it over
The Congregational Educational So
ciety's session at Fargo. n. D., pledged
$500.
x
Suspect !. w. w. at Caney-A drill
ing rig of the Hooker Drilling Com
pany, three miles from Caney, was
burned the other night L ". W. are
suspected Bloodhounds from Kansas
City were put on the trail.
x
Children Lost in Storm. Eight
school children. ranging in age from