100 years ago: Head of voice department to leave KU

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 17, 1914:

  • “Charles Edward Hubach, who for eleven years has been the head of the voice department at the university, is to end his work here with the close of the present school year. Prof. Hubach has been successful in his work and a few summers ago brought considerable advertising to K. U. through taking a party of students abroad for a summer’s work under foreign teachers. The Glee Club and the girls’ Glee Club have attained a high standard of excellence under Prof. Hubach’s leadership and their tours over the state have always been attended with a great deal of enthusiasm. The announcement of Mr. Hubach’s intended change will bring disappointment not only to the university and to the musical circles of the city, but will be a special loss to the Congregational church, where he has been in charge of the music for several years. Prof. Hubach has received several attractive offers, but has made no announcement yet as to his plans for the future. Before coming to Lawrence he taught voice at Kansas City and has since kept in touch with music circles there.”
  • “The action of certain Missouri university baseball fans during the game last Friday at Columbia throws a shadow on the good sportsmanship of our rival school. In the present day etiquette of college athletics the baser practices of throwing glass bottles and profane epithets should find no place. Yet that is the reception which one of our Jayhawker players received when he refused to allow a certain concession to Coach Brewer, acting at the time with perfect respect to conference rulings of the game…. In the fifth inning, Taylor of Missouri reached first base. On account of an injury to his leg which Taylor received in the last game played on McCook field May 7, Coach Brewer asked permission to substitute another man to run for Taylor. Coach McCarty refused the request — as did Captain Bishop, also. When Bishop came in from the field at the end of the inning, he was bombarded with soda pop bottles thrown from the bleachers. When he was on the coaching line later, the acts were repeated, and when at bat he was made the subject for insulting remarks from the same source. The more hospitable Missourians attempted to throw the blame for the disturbance to town ‘roughs’ who they said had no connection with the university, but Bishop has definite knowledge of the identity of some of the ‘roughs’ and says he is positive they were of the school…. Kansans have yet to show such hostile attitude to her rivals whom she meets on her own fields.”
  • “Paul Laptad, Frank Miller, Phillip Clar, W. W. Ware and G. T. Carrol all took their families out on a picnic yesterday up to Cameron’s Bluff. With them they had three lines which were kept busy most of the day in landing 158 cropies. A picnic dinner and supper was enjoyed at Cameron’s Bluff by the party of 23.”