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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 12, 1937
Squad's plan to overpower K-State
Saturday has been declared "Big Blue Day" by the All Student Council.
To carry out the theme students have been asked to wear blue coats, sweaters and shirts to build spirit for the Jayhawks as they begin Big Eight football competition against Nebraska Saturday.
Students may purchase official KU blue blazers in the Kansas Union.
During last Saturday's football game, six students in blue and white seemed to be having a grand time jumping around in the rain and mud, getting dirtier and wetter as the game toiled on.
They really weren't crazy. They were KU's yell leader squad.
"When it gets down to the nitty-gritty," said head yell leader Bowen White, Shawnee Mission senior, "a yell leader has got to be a bit of a ham."
Another yell leader, Kyle Craig,
Joplin, Mo., junior, echoed a similar response:
"You've got to have some fun doing these things. If we can convey the idea that we're having a good time, it's more helpful in arousing the students."
Compete in spring tryouts
Prospective yell leaders must compete in spring tryouts to be selected for the squad. The present squad consists of White, Craig, Jim Davis, Shawnee Mission senior; Paul Clendening, Shawnee Mission senior; Rick Meyer, Bonner Springs junior; Bob Hartman, Shawnee Mission sophomore; and alternate John Geissal, Shawnee Mission sophomore. The man inside "Lucky" Jayhawk is Rusty Wells, Portland, Ore., sophomore.
The squad's most intensive practice is during orientation week, when routines are practiced twice a day. During the school year they get together three or four times a week.
"The practice is mainly to work on our timing," Craig said. "Timing is the most important factor in our effectiveness."
All male squad
This is the third year KU has fielded an all-male squad. KU used to have a mixed cheerleading squad but it "just wasn't getting the job done." White said.
"The last time we had a mixed squad," White continued, "only nine men tried out. Last spring near fifty guys tried out for six spots."
"The squad is more respected now," Craig added. "Their role is more defined to the students. The yell leaders are doing a masculine thing while the pom-pon girls perform a more feminine function."
"Being a 'men only' group also allows us to get closer to the students," White said. "We can get right up in the stands with them, especially during basketball season, and we are much more effective that way."
The squad has more functions than just leading yells and chants at football and basketball games. At least a couple of squad members try to get to each away game and attend alumni brunches there, leading the alums in a couple of cheers and the Rock Chalk Chant.
They also help organize pep rallies, teach yells to the Frost Hawks, lead yells and chants at various sports banquets, and have even judged high school cheerleading contests.
The squad also helps promote
new ideas to help increase school spirit before a game.
"Before Homecoming," White said, "we're going to promote a 'Big Blue' theme. We hope to get everyone to wear blue to the game and carry out the 'Big Blue' image to the full extent."
Promote 'Big Blue'
Craig pointed out that "No other school in the Big Eight calls itself 'Big Blue.'"
"We got tired of seeing all that obnoxious red whenever Nebraska came here." White said. "It really overpowers the stadium. So we though we'd do some of our own."
Build toward Homecoming
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Vince Gibson, K-State's new head football coach, has been promoting a "wear your purple" and "KSU Pride" theme at Manhattan this fall, generating much enthusiasm for the Wildcat team.
"People are talking about the K-State game the way they use to talk about the Missouri game," Craig said. "With their new interest and our new interest, it should be a great game."
The yell leaders hope to get the students keyed up for the game,
Craig said. "However, one of our responsibilities is to see that the enthusiasm doesn't get out of hand," he added. "We want to maintain a sportsmanlike attitude and should be enthusiastic without being obnoxious."
In the end all the yell leaders' efforts point to one thing. Craig summed it up, saying "The reason we're trying to get crowd response is for the team—so they can feel the school's support."
KU professors to speak Friday
Five KU professors will describe developments in drugs and their uses at the final session of the 21st semi-annual Pharmacy Extension Course. The session will begin at 1:45 p.m. Friday at the Eldridge Hotel.
The course was begun 10 years ago to help practicing pharmacists keep in touch with changes in the profession.
Lectures in the series, also given at Wichita, Hays and Salina, will be open to KU students.
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