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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 21, 1962
RIDING "SHOTGUN"—It's anything but a dog's life for mascot "Charlie Brown," shown here with Dick Shearer, North Kansas City, Mo., senior.
'Charlie' Returns To Audit Classes
By Mike Miller
The clock is creeping toward 8:20 a.m. The drone of the lecturer's voice is only faintly distinct in the minds of the half-dozing students.
Suddenly, the class is brought back to life by a loud, deep yawn of a rather large, rather black labrador retriever.
YES, CHARLIE BROWN is back at KU after a leisurely summer vacation in Kansas City. The three-year-old Kappa Sigma mascot has chucked those carefree summer days for the hectic life of begging food in the basement of Strong Hall, chasing squirrels across campus and attending classes with his Kappa Sig brothers.
In his three years of auditing courses at the University, Charlie may have learned much about chemistry, physics, sociology and biology, to mention a few. Although he has a habit of dozing through unimportant moments of lectures, Chuck, as he is known by his close friends, has never gotten lower than a "B."
Charlie's most frustrating classroom experience came last year in one of his philosophy courses. The professor mentioned that animals lack the human quality of personal feelings. This was too much for Chuck to take. He yawned loudly, rose to his feet, sauntered to the door, and whined to be let out.
LIKE MOST KU STUDENTS. Charlie's college activities are not restricted to academic endeavors. One of his favorite activities is riding "shotgun" in his summer master's new convertible.
His master, Dick Shearer, North Kansas City, Mo., senior, says Charlie especially enjoys a leisurely
ride down Jayhawk Boulevard to check on campus affairs.
While Charlie likes to ride in cars, he hasn't been very disposed to chase them since an unfortunate run-in (or run-into) with a mail truck two summers ago. Both dog and truck were rather severely damaged.
As Chuck returned to school this fall, he had something new to brag about. A certain labrador girl friend of his in Kansas City recently presented him with nine scrapping registered labrador pups, one of which is pure white. The pure white labrador is a variety. Only one is born in approximately every 50 litters.
Don't get the wrong impression of Brown. Unlike many of his human friends, he has resisted the temptation of drinking beer, which has proved the downfall of many a college aspirant. Actually, he likes beer, but his bad kidney is rather opposed to the idea.
CHARLIE IS NOT EXACTLY a member of the Planned Parenthood Club, however. He jumped a five-foot fence to sire his new family, but nonetheless is proud of his brood.
AT THE END of a busy day, Charlie manages to visit each room in the Kappa Sig house and bid each brother good night before retiring for the evening on the living-room carpet.
By the way, in case you see Chuck around campus, please don't mention anything about his being a "d-o-g." We are trying to break it to him gently.
Law Test To Be Given
The Law School Admission Test, required for admission to most American law schools, will be given here on Nov. 10, 1962, and Feb. 9 and April 20, 1963.
Last year more than 26,000 law school candidates took the test. Their scores were sent to about 100 law schools.
The test is prepared and administered by the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N. J., and measures verbal aptitudes, reasoning ability, writing skills and general background. The test lasts most of one day.
Application blanks will be available the first week of October in the office of the School of Law, 108 Green Hall.
A law school candidate must make separate application to each law school of his choice and should ask each whether it wishes him to take the test.
Since many law schools select their freshman class in the spring preceding entrance, candidates for next year's classes are advised to take either the November or the February test if possible.
It's Progress, Old Chaps
BOSTON — (UPI) — The following sign appears on the back of a crane razing a building to clear the way for a downtown office building owned by a British company:
"Sorry to be making a bit of a mess. Office building coming. Progress you know."
Texas Sunflowers to Greet Kansans
Irrigated, as well as wild sunflowers will welcome Kansans to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas this winter. The state flower of Kansas blooms every day of the year in this semi-tropical Texas winter resort area.
Experiments this year proved sunflowers to be a good money crop for Valley farmers. The cultivated sunflowers are grown on irrigated farms.
Irrigated sunflowers frequently
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reach a height of 12 feet or more. A single flower on the large plant may yield a half-pound of seeds.
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