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COLISEUM IS A MEMORIAL TO FIGHTING SPIRIT OF KANSAS
KANSAN
STAFF
OCT 12, 1912
Saturday, October 29 marks an epoch in the history of the University of Kansas grander and more sublime than the day 29 years ago when McCook Field was first opened. This day will officially open the Kansas Stadium. The Coliseum of Kansas, a memorial and monument to the past and a challenge to the future will be dedicated when the bearers of the Crimson and Blue carry on the fight that tied the great Nebraska team last
year in the final game on McCook Field.
Kansas possesses a most enviable athletic tradition. McCook Field has witnessed the development of the University's athletic history as scenes of many noteworthy contests in which the name of the Jayhawker has been linked with that of Honored enemies, the Tiger, Cornhusker and Sooner. The stadium will carry on the spirit of Kansas, will make greater and bigger the ideal traditions of the Crimson and Blue.
The result of the game Saturday will not be decided until the final whistle blows,
but Forrest C. Allen, director of athletics, only wishes that the Jayhawker team may carry on that wonderful fighting spirit that has made Kansas so worthy a foe; that same spirit that tied Nebraska; that spirit of the student body last year when they made the stadium a reality instead of a possibility.
Although only two sections of the stadium, 9,500 seats will be available for the game Saturday. Of this number, 4,780 are stadium seats and the remaining number consists of temporary bleachers that have been arranged on the opposite side of the field.
ALUMNI TO CELEBRATE FIRST 'HOMECOMING'
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KANSAN
STAFF
OCT 28,1921
sentation from their alumni membership.
For visiting alumni, this "Homecoming" has one advantage over commencement in that visitors can see the University in operation. Special opportunities will be given for the observation of all departments of University work.
The first "Homecoming" to be celebrated by University alumni will be November 23, the day of the Missouri game, and the alumni office is already getting reports from many who are planning to come. Several student organizations have announced that they will be prepared to entertain visiting alumni. Fraternities and sororites are expecting a large repre-
"County clubs should be organized early this year," said Prof. L. N. Flint, general secretary of the Alumni Association this morning, "because they will
need to make plans for inviting the alumni in their home counties to attend the 'Homecoming' and for entertaining as many of them as possible. The alumni records show the list of graduates by counties and as fast as student organizations are perfected they will be supplied with such lists. The Homecoming anniversaries at Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and other universities have become as interesting as their commencements and attract even larger crowds."
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