UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS NEWSLETTER

 

Homecoming Nov. 8-9 Has the Pull

a members of the University’s first six teams (1890-95 inclusive) return-

ing for a “huddle” after fifty years, and with fine student spirit on the
campus to provide a lively celebration for all, Homecoming 1940 promises to be
a good one. ‘The game is with Oklahoma. The day is Nov. 9. The place is Mt.

Oread, on the Kaw.

Other features will join to make the
fall celebration inviting. ‘The annual
Homecoming parade down old Massa-
chusetts street the evening of Nov. 8
will be as usual a stirring demonstration
of pep and ingenuity. With bands
marching, floats of the many organiza-
tions jostling along and with torches
flaming over the heads of uniformed
Jay Janes, Ku Ku’s and others, the pa-
rade is a thrilling spectacle.

Alph ‘Tau Omega has an enormous
roll of alumni returning for its 4oth
anniversary celebration and new chap-
ter house dedication. Judge Willard
Benton, 1l’20, is national president of
the fraternity this year and he will be
on hand. Dr. Clifford L. Gilles, m’17,
is president and manager of the ccle-
bration. The new house is located at
1537 Tenn.

SpEcLAL Groups MErr

Another special conclave that will
bring many alumni is the Legal Insti-
tute, a conference-lecture series for
lawyers being sponsored jointly by the
State Bar Association, the School of
Law and the University Extension Di-
vision. All lawyers in Douglas and ad-
jacent counties have been invited as
well as all alumni of the School of Law
resident in Kansas. Between 200 and
400 are expected to attend. The ses-
sions run Friday afternoon, Friday
evening and Saturday morning.

Some 300 editors will be in session
at the University Saturday morning
which will add to the size and glory
of the throng.

The alumni office is calling in a rep-
resentative from each class to confer
on plans regarding class reunions at the
75th Anniversary. ‘This will be a good
sized group also.

Six oF First TEAM

The 1890 team members returning
are Thornton Cooke, Kansas City, C.
W. Frederick, Rochester, N.Y., J. W.
Dyer, Wichita, C. W. Baldridge, Chi-
cago, R. D. Brown, Idabel, Okla., and
Prof. E. M. Hopkins, their manager.

In addition, W. H. H. Piatt and
Frederick Dobson, both of Kansas City,

 

 

are members of the 1891 team who will
attend. Many other members of
teams up to and including 1895 will be
in the party.

Wade Pierce, ’27, of Lawrence, is
general chairman of Homecoming this
year. He has a committee of 31 stu-
dents, faculty and alumni assisting him
in the preparations.

 

K.U. and National Defense

National defense developments affect the
University this fall in the following ways: Vol-
untary enrollment in R.O.T.C. was upped
from a normal of 360 to 720; registrants Oct.
16 under the Selective Service Act numbered
1083; although no one has been able to count
or even estimate the exact number, it is known
that many students are in national guard units
and other military activities and remained out
of school this fall for training service. Another
University activity that has proved an aid in na-
tional defense is the Civil Aeronautics Author-
ity pilot training program in which K.U. has
had a leading part. One of the first 13 schools
to be chosen as a training point, Kansas has had
138 students pass the primary flying tests. This
fall 50 are enrolled in the primary course and
20 in the advanced course.

Services For Dr. Lindley

Memorial services were held simultaneously
Oct. 13 at the Universities of Kansas and !n-
diana for Chancellor Emeritus E. H. Lindley
who died Aug. 21 at sea. Copies of the October
Graduate Magazine featuring his life may be
ordered from the alumni office at 25 cents each.

 

Homecoming Program

Friday, November 8
3:00 p.m. Registration Opens in Me-
morial Union, W.S.G.A. and Jay
Janes in charge.
6:00 p.m. Dinner Hour Radio Pro-
gram from KFKU
8:00 p.m. Homecoming Parade down
Massachusetts St.
8:35 p.m. Rally 8th and Mass., broad-
cast from WREN.
9:30 p.m. Kansas Relays Club Mixer,
Eldridge Hotel Grill Room.
Saturday, November 9
9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open house for
all at three Men’s Dormitories east
edge of campus. Visitors go first
to Templin Hall for reception and
guide.
9:30 a.m. Kansas Relays Club meeting
and election, Eldridge Hotel Grill.
10:30 a.m. Meeting representatives of
all classes, Memorial Union, to
plan 75th Anniversary reunions.
11:30 a.m. Second and third generation
group picture, Dyche Museum
steps.
2:00 p.m. Football game, Oklahoma
vs. Kansas, Memorial Stadium.
4:30 p.m. Open House, Memorial
Union.
9:00 p.m. Homecoming Varsity,
Memorial Union.

Meet at Washington

Alumni will gather m Washington, D.C.,
Nov. 16 for a dual KU.. occasion. The foot-
ball team will play George Washington U. that
day and Chancellor Deane W. Malott and
Graduate Dean E. B. Stouffer will be in the
tity and will attend a great K.U. dinner that
evening. The dinner will be held at the Ken-
nedy-Warren Apartment Hotel at 8 p.m. Apply
to Mrs. Roy Porterfield, No. 2 Rosemary St.,
Chevy Chase, Md., for reservations. Milton
Dye, 5443 41st Place N.W., has charge of
game reservations.

 

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