The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
KANSANS ON TRIP
Two Hundred Members of X. q.
Alumni on Cruise.
They Charter Squantum for
Voyage on Long Island.
MANY KANSANS PRESENT
Willard Wattles, Famous Poet,
Was Aboard.
Ex.Kansans Take Straw Vote on
Presidential Campaign.
MANY KANSANS PRESENT
BY SAN FARRELL.


New York, Oct. 9.-Two hundred
Kansans cruised in piratical fashion
in Long island Sound last Saturday.
The good ship squantun, decked out
to resemble as nearly as possible the
flag boat OF Captain Kids fleet, was
chartered for the occasion by the
Kansas University Alumni association
of New York. The chief marauder
was Allen S. WILDER, of the Macmillan
company. whose former home was in
Lawrence.
Members of the Kansas society were
invited to participate regardless of COL
lege affiliations. AID that is why Abe
Gordon, star rewrite man of the New
York Globe and former State Journal
reporter. slipped out from under a
mass of copy and TAXED to the Bat
terry pier ahead of his usual quitting
time. For Gordon has yet to see the
inside of college chapel.
Start Sea Voyage.
The Squantum was scheduled to
leave at p. m, but it played tag
around the harbor for an hour or so
before 1t even locked for a sufficient
length of time to permit the exiled
Jayhawkers to go aboard. At $3.50 the
pirate craft put to sea. The skipper
and a few of his cohorts were attired
In Blackboard regalia and everyone,
including the scores Of attractive young
women present, wore red sashes to in
dictate that life on the Spanish Main
was the life for them.
Jimmy Lyon Was There.
Jimmy" Lyon, an associate editor
of the Railway Age, used to do
the Virginia reel at Harrington, Kan,
and later tangoed at the Pi Upsilum
dances at X. U. So Jimmy" started
the reel on the Squantum. altho the
band was conspicuous in its absence.
That did not deter ten or twelve
couples from taking part.
A pleased onlooker at "Jimmy's"
grace as a Virginia reeler was Miss
pete" Delmar, who writes for the
News under the name of Sally Joy
Brown. Her main duty is to mend
Misunderstanding. blind and itching
hearts-in her daily column.
Willard WnttIes Was Aboard.
One of the most distinguished poets
in America, Willard Wattles, was
abroad Mr.. Wattles. who was at one
time in the English department at X.
u, is now taking special work at
Princeton university.
There were two young pirates on
the Squnntum-Clay and Calvert Cole
thence BeviCr Cole. in a constant state
of fear, particularly when she learned
that they were in the pilots cabin
running the boat. Mrs Cole, who is
on the publicity staff of Realart Pic
lures. once taught in the classic halls
of Topeka high school.
Topeka Ladies' There.
Miss Edna and Miss Elizabeth Hop
l1ins were two of the many radiant
attractions of the Jayhawker junket.
They have transferred their residence
from Fillmore street. Topeka. to Muir
ray Hill. Herbert Flint. director of
publicity for the National Thrift Bond
corporation, CHANGED to have a few
hours away from his desk and couldn't
resist the temptation of going along.
He is known to Topekans because of
the series of articles he wrote in 1916.
when he Y:ent to Europe to cover the
war for The State Journal.
Harding, ia; Cox, 81.
One of the features was straw
vote to sound out the sentiment of
the eX-Kansans on the presidential
campaign. Harding was given ia
votes and Cox co. On the League of
Nations. the vote was almost the same:
1o7 a%n'nst and as for the league. as