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University Daily Kansan, May 7, 1985
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Pranks at graduation remembered by many
By KATHY FLANDERS Staff Reporter
Every class has at least one prankster, and the graduating senior class is no different. Each year, students liven up the commencement ceremony with tricks that keep KU administrators and police on their toes
Rick Musser, associate professor of journalism, said that one of the most memorable commencements was in the 1970s when the entire newspaper realized that then Chancellor Athina is from text printed in the program.
"It it became apparent to the kids in the stands that he was reading verbatim, and they began to read along." Musser said.
Musser said Dykes had tried to lose the crowd by jumping ahead in the street.
Paul Wilson, professor emeritus of law and grand marshal of commencement for 10 years, remembers a ceremony during the mid-70s that featured a trend of the times — streaking.
"MOUT 10 YEARS ago, I was about to introduce the governor when, from the east side of the river, a man in a black maked past the stone," he said.
Malecol Burns, associate professor of economics, remembers his own college days and how students caused the tension of finals and graduation Burns attended Haverford College in Haverford, Pa.
"THE SENIORS HAD a comprehensive exam they had to pass to graduate," he said. "When it was over, they got upreparing drunk, and came to the dorsitory where I staved."
"We had a food fight that was a tremendous mess. It was wonderful, and I'll never forget it. The air was thick and the chicken eggs and mashed potato balls."
"It was fun, but I'm not advocating that kind of behavior."
Wilson remembered a more serious commencement in 1969 at KU.
"We had information that some dissident students were going to try to disrupt the commencement process, so we went in and training orders from the district court.
"AS WE MARCHED down the hill, all along the processional path, employees of the University were armed with restraining orders.
At another commencement, also during the 1970s, graduates were prepared for the consequences of their prank.
At the ceremony, a student arrangement to unturf a banner across the stadium during commencement. The banner said "KU out of South Africa," and was displayed across from where most of the parents sat
Chancellor Dykes decided the banner was disrupting the ceremony, Musser said, so police climbed the stadium to take the banner down.
As the students were running out of the stadium from the police, they untaried another banner which said, 'Help, the Police are Chasing Us.'
Reunions give alums chance to reminisce
By DeNEEN BROWN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Laurence Woodruff remembers the days of the night-shirt parades, when then-Chancellor Frank Strong, adorned in his night shirt, led a parade of students down Massachusetts Street.
The tradition of the night-shift parades began one night in the early 1920s after a winning football game, when students rallied for the team and called for him to come out and speak. Woodruff said recently.
The chancellor, dressed in his night shirt, came out on his porch and made an impromptu speech. That night sparked a tradition that lasted for several years, said Woodruff, a 1924 KU graduate and the man for whom Woodruff Auditorium was named.
Nights like those will come to life in the memories of people who return to the University of Kansas during commencement weekend
Reunions are scheduled for the class of 1935, the Mortar Board Society, the Larrmore Glee Club and the Gold Medal Club.
The weekend will be dedicated to remembering, said Woodruff, president of the Gold Medal Club.
expected to attend the reunion, which is scheduled to include tours of the campus, dinners and ceremonies to reminisce.
The Gold Medal Club is an organization for KU alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago, he said. About 600 alumni are
"We have a general meeting session to brag about what we did when we were in school," he said and pointed to each other and become reacquainted.
"Many are scattered all over the world, and some of them come back it's practically a new place and you can have the 50 year people are concerned."
This year will mark the 22nd reunion for the Larremore Glee Club. The club, named after its director, Tom Larremore, a former professor of law, won a national singing competition in 1925 and was invited to participate in a national singing competition in Washington, D.C.
Sixty years later, the club still meets to rehearse and sing its favorite tunes.
Mortar Board, an honorary society established to promote the advancement of women, also will reunite. The club was created in 1911. This year the board will recognize six members of the club who graduated in 1853, said Susan Fowler, alumni of Mortar Board.
The class of 1935 will have a 50-year reunion. Donna Neuner, assistant director of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, said more than 900 KU alum们 were expected to attend.
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