Page 10 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Jan. 12, 1956
Totem Pole Was Famed KU Emblem In '90's
Once we had a toten pole. It was not just an ordinary toten pole, but the first emblem of the University.
The class of 1893 decided to give a totem pole instead of a tree to dedicate their departure into the world of the early '90s. The three classes before them had given trees.
The pole was 20 feet high, and its tots portrayed life on campus for the four classes. At the bottom, a pair of boots and straw hat suggested a farmer's son. A devil's face stood in relief above that, the portrait of a sophomore.
A galloping junior was depicted by a horse's head, and the face of Chancellor Snow with an owl squatting on his head depicted the great wisdom with which graduating seniors would be endowed. Graduating ceremonies were held about the pole. It took its place in University tradition along with the Jayhawks.
They rolled the cannon up the hill to the place where the totem pole stood, in front of Fraser Hall where the Pioneer now stands. They cut powder and filings into its rust-pocked chamber and blew up the totem pole and the cannon, too.
There were vandals at that time who would make our raiders of 1955 seem like little knickered lads. When inevitable class rivalry developed, three juniors from Hiawatha appropriated a Civil War cannon from in front of the court house.
Our first emblem lay scarred and dormant until 1916 when it was resurrected much to the delight of other pranksters. They used every method in felling the pole and defacing its legendary totems.
The department of building and grounds got tired of putting the pole up, and it was showing the wear and tear of its erratic existence. It lay on the ground behind Fowler Shops, now Flint Hall, for several years.
The pole has long since been forgotten. Two decades have obscured its sad end. Last reports state that the pole is buried under Flint Hall and several tons of charcoal.
Senior Will Tour With Chorale
A University senior in music education has been selected for membership in the famous Robert Shaw Chorale for a five-week tour of the United States followed by a series of concerts in Europe.
Maurice T. Casey, Bethesda, Md,
senior, has joined the bass-baritone
section of the chorale for rehearsals
in New York City. The 10-week
foreign tour of the 31-voice Shaw
chorale is sponsored by the U. S.
State Department. Beginning in
March, it will take the chorale from
Cairo to Iceland. The American tour
will begin January 26.
Casey will return for the summer session and finish work for the bachelor's degree in music education next fall. He plans then to begin study for a master's degree in functional music.
Casey was brought to the attention of Robert Shaw, organizer and conductor of the Chorale, by Prof. Clayton Krebhiel, choral music director and formerly assistant conductor for Shaw.
Weir Will Speak To Science Group
Dr. John Weir, associate professor of zoology, will speak before the KU chapter of Sigma Xi, honorary society in the pure sciences, Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in 122 Malott Hall. His topic is the "Inheritance of Resistance to Infection."
The meeting will be the first of the year for the chapter. In the initiation the nine faculty members, alumni and graduate students accorded full membership and the 20 selected as associates last month may be admitted.
Ordinarily, the initiation brings former students from many parts of the United States back to the campus to receive the honor.
Jay Janes Elect Officers
A treasurer and a secretary were elected by the Jay James yesterday.
Judith Morgan, Newton senior, was elected secretary and Janie Schaake, Lawrence junior, treasurer of the upper class women's pep organization.
The election was held because the previous office-holders had to leave the campus for practice teaching. They were Amy Kipp, Lawrence senior, secretary; and Sheila Haller, Colby senior, treasurer.
The next scheduled election will be in March.
MANHATTAN (U.P.)—Kansas may be in for another prolonged drought of the 1936-41 type, Vernon H. Rosebaugh, Kansas State College civil engineer, said today.
Kansas May Get Another Drought
Mr. Rosebaugh, who has been plotting cycles of alternating wet and dry periods since 1940, said the last four years have been on the "downhill side" of the curve, indicating that possibly another dry cycle has arrived.
"If the curve repeats the performance of the past 15 or 20 years, a relatively dry period for the next several years may be expected," he said.
Mr. Rosebaugh, who charts the cycles as part of his work to determine standards for water supply reservoirs, said the current drought "has been about as severe as any of record."
Sounds Like More Busy Work
HAMMOND, Ind. (U.P.)—A judge sentenced a Hammond resident to write "I will not steal" 1,000 times as punishment for stealing gasoline from a car.
Parking Space In 1920 Was Where You Found It
In 1920 there was no parking problem. Parking space was where you found it.
The University thoroughfare wasn't paved then and it was difficult for the average young dandy in his "tin lizzy" to tell the road from the terrace. He parked his car where he wished and when he wished. This was also before the days of Campus Cops.
Photographs taken of Bailey Laboratory in the early '20's picture it surrounded by the metal monsters. It was difficult to enter many of the buildings due to the maze of cars encircling them.
The whole trouble stemmed from the days when a man's worth was
judged by the age of his horse. Until the automobile achieved popularity, students "parked" their horses at various hitching posts located near every building. Cars replaced horses and the posts were removed.
Our campus had little chance to grow the carpet of green grass which reflects the eminence of great institutions as a result of this parking. This distressed Chancellor Ernest H. Lindley. Through his efforts, the campus was paved and grass was planted. This created the parking problem.
Students who gripe about parking difficulties were born 36 years too late.
Times Have Changed
Pi Phi House Site Rezoned
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (U.P.)
—Kingstown library can use some new volumes. A pre-World War I edition of an encyclopedia used by school children defined uranium as:
"A useless metal not found in the United States."
Multi-grade motor oils introduced recently have advantages when air temperature changes greatly in a short time.
The proposed Pi Beta Phi sorority house site has been rezoned to a multiple-dwelling classification by the Lawrence City Commission. Located on the south side of University Drive between Engel Road and Iowa Street, the site is in a one-family residential district.
Tibet's New Year Festival falls usually in February or March.
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