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The Kansas athletic situation has|
ceased to be much discussed here-
abouts now that the University is!

‘on vacation, business men are up)

to their necks trying to take care.
of the Christmas trade and persons
in genera] here are more concerned
with their shopping lists than with
their ‘“‘chopping’’ lists. But every- |
body here still knows that ‘no of-
ficial action has been taken by the}
athletic board and that the special |

wow here still has to make its re-|
port to the regents at a Manhattan |
meeting on December 28.

Out in the state, however, the
athletic troubles of K. U. have’
just gotten well under discus-
sion, it would seem. Sports
pages almost daily now are ap-
pearing with squibbs of comment |
upon the K. U. outlook. The |
concensus seems to be that the
main harm done by the long
drawn out battle of the Univer-

sity Daily Kansan and the ath-
letic administration, with the
post-season start on the solu-
tion of the K. U. “problem,” has
been the turning of high ‘school
football talent away from yearn-
ings toward K. U. Sports writ-
ers in the state have taken the
most significant thing in the
Kansan’s questionnaire vote to
be the overwhelming way | in.
which students said they would
not recommend K. U. to their
high school friends who play
football.

And Stuart Dunbar of the Sa-
lina Journal gets the grapevine
that the athletic situation is not
yet settled. He writes as follows:

_ From one who got his knowledge
close to the »throne we learn that
the recent .‘‘whitewash’’ of the
University of Kansas athletic sit-
uation, has not officially closed the
matter; that the jobs of each and ev-
ery member of. the whole athletic set-
up are in actual danger.

Be not surprised if some fair day
there comes the announcement that
a clean sweep and everyone from Dr.
Allen to the. lowest collector of soiled
towels, goes on his merry way. aa

Powerful. forces are at work, mov: |
ing on the theory that there’ never
was’a better time to ‘‘clean up,” that |
many and radical changes must: be|
made; that there: never can be unity;

of coaches, student body and alumn! |

support under the existing conditions.

These powerful. forces are said to
be. convinced that. to fail to make a
clean sweep now would be only to de- |
lay the return of Kansas..to the glory
road in football.