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array of last year's high school stars, should provide Kansas: ange with some
mnucheneeded manpowers

"VIhile the picture ney change alnost overnight, hingeing upon the progress of
the wary various decisions of the Navy, and the general manpower situation, K.U.
will have; to. battle hard.to place. in-the upper bracket.next fnll. However, there
is a fighting. spirit evident among the players who participated in the Jayhawker's
victory. over Missouri last fall.which had not been evident for several seasons
and which may carry the young Jayhawkers to greater heights in 1944, It should be
an. interesting.seasony and fans are assured of f00d football entertainment with
the results. in the laps of the gods and: tho henas of, the SSepda pwns ‘the 4F° s
and the Nawye" )

The Big Six Outdoor Canal \eheaubaiibieie of the conference was won by Iowa State
College at Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 20. withs 67 points » Kansas showed surprising
strength in taking second place with 563 points. Kansas won seven first places,
and.hac she possessed.a larger squad, as did Iowa-Stato, undoubtedly Kansas ‘would
have been the Wanner. Other Big 34% schools. placed in: the following order: —
Oklahoma, 345 points; Waeouran 4 325 potatas NeHeA sen 2435 points; and Kansas State,

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naman has experionced.a very successful indoor and outdoor track season under
the splendid tutelage of Ray Kanehie Kanehl. graduated from the University of —
Kansas in 1927, having won a gold track shoe on Coach Harry) Huff's Missouri Valley
Championship track tear, Coach Kanehl.is-in his first year at the University of
Kansas, having ccnc to us from Wichita East High School where he was chairnan of’
the, Paysical. Eguenteoe DerasPaste Konehl won five track championships while at
Best. Hie Ren accdats re ber: | t spe? | at

The experience of track aoaenos thr oughow’. he nation this season has been one
of changing personnel,» Kensas. has been,no excop thon: Of 9% men who have report-
ed for track during the Seamard only 28 remnined ‘to finish the seasons A number)
of these boys were Navy V--12 trainses whe were transferred to ‘other units.
Several.civilian boys were called.into,service by Uncle Saas. Last year Henry
Shenk coached the Kansas track team to a third placesin the Big Sixes In looking
over the records it appears thet Kanehl has rade the best record of = track
coach at Kansas for. the past seven. or ober RAS das

The athletic Si ietiame, ee ont the Cate. et enone bectle for ‘the Big Six ~
basketball coaches to meet at the Continental Hotel in Konsas City, Missouri, to
discuss, a nc. if possibloy draft. Big Six basketball schedule for next years
The teams. have herotofore played a double round robin tournament, but with trons-
portation what it is, some adjustment may be made inthe schedule. Certainly
Kansas will not [lay .the greet numberof games in basketball that she did last
year. Travel conditions were then severe,:-but they willbe much worse this year.

Cormencement exercises this year will bp held on June 29.) Dr.-Chauncey S.
Boucher of the University of Nebraska will speak at. the Comiencemont ceremony,
_and Dr, Nelson P. iiorn of Baker, University will debiver. the baccalaureate address
Sunday afternoon, June 25. The June oxertises willbe the third graduation |»
Ee to be held at the University ‘this: year:

A Shoe tion has been launched ys students and cys. at of the ietieat seheok
at Kensas City to build a Student Union, . Your food» friend and mine, Dr. Don
Carlos Pecte, is serving as chairnen of they Dae, Cx) Be. Francisco, Memorial Funds