Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-07-19
DO The MEMS WORK
Women Are Taking Jobs For
merIy Held by Male
Students at X. U.
TO NORWAY THROUGHSCnOOL
Departure of Young Men to Join Army
Gives Great Opportunity to
the Ambitious.

Ambitious Kansas boys and girls
probably will have better opportuni-
ties to work their way through the
University of Kansas the coming year
than ever before, because the war
has taken SO many men students from
the University.
Women students are taking the
place of men in some University jobs
now and in several instances elderly
women have come from homes to take
places formerly held by men students.
The department of Journalism press
has been forced to employ women for
all it's bindery work and for other
work on University publications and
job orders. This work previously has
been done by men students. Charles
Baker, foreman of the Journalism de-
partment press, says the women are
the better workers. Almost half the
total number of men and women stu
dents of the University are self-sup-
porting and the University and resi-
dents of Lawrence have come to de-
pend largely on student workers. The
calling of many young men to the
army means those who attend school
will have better jobs to pick from and
that more girls will find chance to
work their way through school OF
approximately 1,400 wholly or partly
self-supporting students in school last
winter, $50 were women.
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Dies of Sunstroke.-George Garri-
son, Al years old, died here from sun
stroke the other morning, the first
heat victim this summer in Butler
county.
New Church for McCracken.-The
corner stone of the United Brethren
Church at McCracken was laid under
this auspices of the Masons, assisted
by delegations from Ness City, Hays
City and Lacrosse. Judge Joseph E.
McMu1len of Great Bend acted as
master of ceremonies. DR.. William A.
Lewis, president of the Hays Normal,
delivered the Grafton.
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Lightning Killed Harvester.-Charles
Williams of Fowler, harvest hand
employed by Ray Audrey, near Stat
| ford, was killed by lightning recently.
| A widow and two children survive.
Pittsburg Had Big "Sing."-The
American Eagle was made to sing in
stead of scream for Southeastern Kan
sas this year. To band accompani-
| ment, one thousand persons sang pa
| triotic songs at Pittsburg, under the
| direction of Walter McCray of the
| state manual training normal. Fiji
| teen thousand persons from Crawford
and Cherokee counties listened to the
songs.
| Osawatomie Boy in France.-Osa-
! watomie is represented in the first
| contingent of American soldiers to
| land on French soil recently. Beryl
Bevis, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Bevis of that city, is with an infantry
regiment.
! Skyrocket Fires DwelIing.-The
| home of c. A. Mcneil, attorney and
father of Maurice Mcneil, a Kansas
City attorney, burned to the ground
| at Columbus recently. No one was
at home at the time and it is thought
! that the fire started from a skyrocket.
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Train Kills Two.-Francis Berge-
meir. Is, and Norman Elliott, 10, were
killed by train south of Chanute re-
| Gently. They stood on a passing track
|
| were struck by a work train which
| had gone up on the siding to let the
| other train pass.
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Woman as Court cierk.-Mrs. Mary
Gilfry has been appointed by Judge
| Charles A. Smart at Garrett to the
1 vacancy in the district court clerkship
| created by the death of Mrs Leila
| Jackson. ]. n. Morris, formerly clerk,
| has been named as Mrs. Gilfry's
deputy.
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To Pave Road.-One hundred and
| fifty farmers and business men from
Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha coun-
ties met at Hiawatha recently and
voted unanimously to pave the Rock
Island highway through the three
counties.
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