University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 28, 1955
"SAM, YOU MADE THE PANTS TOO SHORT"—This pair of Custer's deerskin pants, donated to Dyche Museum by Mrs. Cora E. Fisher, look a little short as they are held up by Russell Camp, preparator of exhibits and fossil invertebrates at the museum. At left is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand, Comanche, who makes "no comment."—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Gift To Form Scholarships
Establishment of the Ed T. Hackney Scholarship Fund was announced today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
The scholarship fund was made possible by a gift of $5,000 to the University Endowment Association by Mrs. Hackney of Wellington.
Mr. Hackney, who died in 1953, was graduated from KU in 1895. For most of his life he was a widely known leader of state affairs. He was elected to the Legislature a year after graduating from KU and from 1937 to 1944 represented his district in the State Senate.
A scholarship of approximately $250 each year will be awarded from the income from the fund to a worthy and needy student at the University. Selection of recipients will be made by a scholarship committee of University staff members on the basis of scholastic record, character, and need.
The first Ed T. Hackney Scholarship will be granted for the 1956-57 school year, and will be announced next spring by the Committee on Aids and Awards.
He served as chairman of the State Board of Administration under Governors Hodges and Capper, among numerous other state and civic positions. Through the years he maintained a close association with the University and
Museum Gets Custer's Pants
The Museum of Natural History now has a pair of Lt. Col. George Custer's riding pants to go with Mancheme, its famous stuffed horse who was the sole survivor of Custer's historic last stand at the battle of the Little Big Horn.
They will be exhibited for a time in the Museum's "Case of the Month" display, said Dr. E. Raymond Hall, museum director. In accordance with Mrs. Fisher's wishes, they then will be moved where they may be preserved.
The fringed trousers are made of a soft cream-colored buckskin and are tailored in the fashion of the time. Their exact history is not known, but Dr. Hall speculates that they are not the ones Custer wore on June 25, 1876.
The pants were a gift of Mrs. Cora E. Fisher of Atchison, widow of the late W. D. Fisher of Sheridan, Wyo. A portrait of Col. Custer also was included.
Custer was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn during the Sioux Indian War in Montana on June 26, 1876. General A. H. Terry sent Lieutenant Colonel Custer after a big Indian war party. Custer split his force of 600 men at the Big Horn River. He and his 212 men were killed in the raid. Comanche, according to the legend, was the sole survivor.
The donor's husband received the trousers from Mrs. Elizabeth Custer in appreciation of his efforts in naming the Custer Battlefield Highway in her husband's honor. Mr. Fisher was secretary-manager of the Custer Battlefield Highway Association.
Cause Of Tonganoxie Fire Undetermined
TONGANOXIE, Kan. — (U.P.) — Firemen sifted and remains of a burned out elevator and feed store today in an effort to determine cause of a $100,000 fire.
The fire broke out from undetermined causes, in mid-afternoon yesterday and burned into the night. William E. Shaw, owner of the buildings, estimated the damage.
Von Sauer Recital ToBe Held Wednesday In Strong
Angelica Morales von Sauer, visiting associate professor of piano, will present a recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Strong Auditorium. The concert is open to the public.
When she was nine, Mrs. von Sauer was granted a scholarship by the Mexican government to study piano in Europe. After four years study she made her concert debut in Berlin with the Philharmonic Orchestra. The critics wrote such enthusiastic reviews that she was engaged to give several recitals in Berlin at the Beethoven and Philharmonic Halls.
When her Mexican scholarship terminated, she returned to Mexico where she gave concerts. She was given a scholarship in the United States and went to Curtis Institute for two years and then to Juilliard for two more years. She played in Carnegie Hall in 1829.
The two played recitals, and she made numerous appearances with famous European orchestras. When her husband died in 1942,
Returning to Europe in 1929, she played in London, Paris, Berlin and Spain. She lived in Vienna, and studied with Emil von Sauer whom she later married.
After World War II Mrs. von Sauer returned to Mexico. In Mexico City she has been an artist-teacher at the National Conservatory of music and has appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Her program will include Toccata in C minor by Bach, the Sonata in E flat, Opus 81a (Les Adieux) by Beethoven, the Brahm's Variations on a Theme by Paganini, the Villa Lobos Suite Prole de Bebe (the Baby's Family), "Jeux d'eau" by Ravel and "L'Isle joyeuse" by Debussy.
she was asked by the State Academy of Music of Vienna to teach his classes in order to continue his pianistic tradition.
General Inspected ROTC
Brig. Gen. John F. Byrd of the First Division Artillery at Fort Riley inspected KU ROTC activities recently. A conference with Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and lunch at the Faculty Club with school officials completed his visit.
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