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GIRLS: Rooms less than one block from the University campus and Cafeteria. No hill to climb. Prices reasonable. 1238 Mississippi. -2
MALE Passengers Wanted: Commuting daily from Topeka during Summer Session. Phone Topeka 32760. -3
COURSE in Radio Broadcasting, including the presentation of five programs, will be given this summer by Martin Maloney and Catherine Holmes. For information call 3099. -6
SUBSCRIBE for the Topeka State Journal. Tom Bateman. Phone 1612. 15c a week. 1606 Tenn. -8
BOYS: Attractively furnished single room. Desirably located. Phone 2252W for appointment. -4
GIRLS: Cooperative plan, room and board, or board only. 1406 Tennessee. -8
FOUND: Roll of currency on campus, Monday, June 13. Identify at the Education office, Fraser 103. -8
Comanche Back in Museum
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skin. The Army supply depot in St. Louis purchased Comanche and he joined the Seventh Cavalry near Ellis, Kansas, in 1871. Comanche was first ridden by Captain Keegh during a skirmish with a band of Comanche Indians, and that is how the horse received its name.
During the year 1871, the Seventh Cavalry went to Kentucky and many of the officers became possessors of speedy thoroughbreds, but Captain Keogh returned to the plains with Comanche still his favorite mount. The horse had stamina and could live on what little the prairie offered.
Three days after the Custer Massacre a burial party discovered Comanche who was severely wounded but alive after the battle. The horse was in a critical condition but because it was Captain Keogh's favorite mount and as no bones were broken, several members of the party gave Comanche first aid. After recovering, Comanche was sent to
Ft. Lincoln and was allowed the freedom of the post. He was the only living thing that wandered at will over the parade ground without a reprimand from the commanding officer. It was not an uncommon sight to see the famed horse trot across the parade ground with head held high and prince proudly to his place at the front of the line of Keogh's old troop.
Comanche died in 1891 at E. Riley and Army officers brought the remains to Prof. Lewis Lindsay Dyche of the University of Kansas to be mounted. Will Wyland assisted in the taxidermy. Professor Dyche, who wanted the horse for the museum, promised Army officers that he would keep good care of the horse, and he also promised to exhibit him at the Chicago World's Fair if the horse were permitted to remain in Dyche museum. Army officers agreed and Comanche held his head high as he stood in the most prominent part of the building, just inside the door, until the museum was condemned several years ago. However since this time Comanche has been stabled in a store-room situated under the stage of Hoch auditorium.
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Captain Myles W. Keogh, Comanche's master, was a native of Ireland and a typical soldier of fortune. According to Army records, "Captain Keogh is recorded by men who fought with him as the very soul of valor, a noble-hearted gentleman, and the beau ideal of a cavalry commander." He fought in Italy under Lamoriciere for the Pope and was attracted to the United States by the Civil War. He received many decorations and special honors during the War and was with Sherman on the march through Georgia to the sea. Captain Keogh's Troop I was the second to be struck by the Indians in the general attack during the Custer Massacre. This troop as so well disciplined that the dead bodies of Keigh and over thirty
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Headline in the Kansas City Star: A Big Parade of Babies During Electrical Storm. Something wrong someplace-always thought the stork brought the babies, it must be the thunder bird.
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A freshman remarked, "There are three things I've never been able to; climb a fence leaning toward me, make love to a lady leaning away from me, and make a speech."
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In former days a ghost rattled the chains on his ankle; now he rattles the coins in his pocket.
It will be made to appear Wednesday night as though Lewis will be fighting for the glory of his race, and Schmeling for the supremacy of the Swastika. But in fact both men will be slugging for the Big Boxing Boss, Mike Jacobs—and the gate receipts.
the authenticity of "The Tale of Comanche" has been doubted many times. One doubter claims that the real Comanche was yellow in color, but this is doubted because Troop I was often called "The Bay Troop." However the University also has letters from the War Department proving that the true Comanche belongs to the University of Kansas.
When Comanche was standing in Dyche museum, visitors from all parts of the country stopped to have a look at the famous horse. Since he has been placed in storage, there have been many queries asking of his whereabouts. Many other persons have driven out of their way only to be disappointed upon learning that the museum is closed and the horse is stored where he can't be seen. Prof. W. A. Dill, publicity director of the University of Kansas, has also been requested to send pictures of Comanche to people in various sections of the country. No such pictures are available.
Within a few months Comanche will leave the stable located under the stage of Hoch auditorium and will get the chance to do "scout duty" in the museum once again. Surely such a loyal horse deserves this break.
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opinion as to the needs of the museum, the appropriation was granted by the 1937 legislature.
Many improvements have been made in the interior, which now presents a pleasing appearance. Sand plaster has been used to cover the walls, which have been painted white.
Nearly all exhibit cases which vary in size now have glass windows in them. The smaller cases will be placed against the walls while large cases run parallel across the length of the rooms. Heavy plate glass is used for protection of the exhibits and represents a large item in the cost of reconstruction.
The west part of the basement is unfinished and the bare steel work remains. However, later improvements and additional rooms may be built in the basement and on first floor.
A twenty foot square section of linoleum, decorated with cutouts of nearly fifty-five prehistoric animals, will greet the visitor on the floor at the main entrance.
A fan-like areaway surrounded by a row of glass-enclosed cases comprises the major portion of the main floor room. At present the panorama cases in this room are filled with animals, but they are only there temporarily until they can be cleaned and remounted.
A modern terazzo coating covers the stairway treads and landings to the upper floors.
The new mezzanine floor is directly above the main floor. Several office rooms have been installed in the upper part of the building.
The plans that are being used have been widely praised. Last week a museum worker from the East who stopped to inspect the building said that Dyche will be one of the most modern museums of its kind when completed.
H. H. Lane, curator of the museum and professor of zoology has provided valuable assistance to the contractors, and given advice on the size of cases and other details peculiar to Dyche museum.
There will be at least a few issues of the Summer Session Kansas that ought to be read avidly. Those will be the ones carrying the student directory. We want to find out if anybody we know is enrolled.
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