DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL LDUCATION
Lawrence, Kansas.
March 21, 1941

Dear Fellow K-ifen:

There has been much speculeticn over the campus regarding Dandelion
Daye Mey I revert back to 1921 and tell you an incident that took the campus by
storm?

After the Kanses-Nebraska football game on November 13, 1920, Kansas,
being ee outweighed 26 pounds to the man, came back from a Nebraska first
half with a 20 to O scwe against them. ‘/e made three touch downs on forward
passes erbinet the Cornhuskers in the last half. ‘the final score was 20 to 20
with a goal to kick and Kansas missed it, but that did not detract from the
splendid 20 to 20 victory achieved that day over Nebraska.

On Monday morning in Robinson Gymnasium the students of the University
subscribed %160,000 of their money to build a stadium. In May, 1921, Chancellor
Lindley, in his first year, geve the students a holiday for the purpose of
tearing down old McCook Field's wooden bleechers. The organization work was done
by the engineers and the students of the University rallied that May morning and
did a wonderful job and saved the Athletic Association some 310,000. The women
of the University served the meal out of doors. Then in the afternoon the day
was turned over to sporting events and the entire University turned out en masse
to olaye The K-Men of the University hd charge of the sports.

Now, twenty years from thet date, a new Chancellor has arrived on the
scene and he is giving a holiday to the students. It is wholly up to them as to
what they will do with it. But I am hoping that the K-Men of the University
take hold of this project and show the administration that they have the leader-
ship necessary to put this holiday over with a bang. If there are any pikers in
the entire group of University students, they should not be in the K-Club. Let's
have our group working 100% both from a cooperative and ean enthusiastic viewpoint.

Whether you know it or not, the K-Men are a very dominant force on the
campuse You can make this holiday a great tradition and it will go down year
after year as something durable and worthwhile. The only reason that we call
this Dandelion Day is because no other great project appeared on the imaginative
horizon of the student committee. Vhy cannot the K-Club with other leaders find
a day sach year that will redound to the pleasure, benefit, and durability of
great traditions on « great University of Kansas campus?

I trust each and everyone of you K-Men will support your President,
Quido Massare, in everything that he attempts to do to raise the morale of the
K-Club and their efficiency to the high level that it deservese

Ate at

= e i :
) a2. ee i MA
‘= /_..4& K=Club Wenber , o

if

i.
Director of Physical Education and Recreation

Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach

 

eek MSW 4 jitdnaaile ty eae oS