Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS SECTION "A"
Monday, Sept. 13, 1954
52nd Year, No.1
Celebration Date Nears For City Centennial
A week of Lawrence territorial centennial activities will begin here Wednesday, Sept. 22, with a Queen presentation ball to be held in the Lawrence High school gymnasium beginning at 8 p.m.
The ball, which will mark the start of day and night activities running through the following Wednesday, will be a costume affair. More than 30 candidates are in the centennial queen competition.
The second day of the celebration activities marks the opening of "Trails West," a six-night pageant depicting the history of Lawrence. The production will be staged in Haskell stadium, with a cast of more than 600 persons taking part. The show is being produced by the John B. Rogers Producing Co.
Thursday a parade of the youth of Lawrence and Douglas county will march down Massachusetts street The day has been designated as "Youth Day" by centennial officials. Games will be featured all day at South Park, 12th and Massachusetts.
Thursday, also, the Catlett Greater Midway carnival will open in South park. The carnival will close following the Tuesday, Sept. 28 performance and will not operate on Sunday. Other events, including a concert by the Lawrence High school band, are slated for the second day of the celebration.
Fireworks displays will be held every night following the historical pageant in Haskell stadium.
Friday is designated as Ladies and Pioneer Recognition day. A women's lawn party at South park with a costume style show, refreshments, and other entertainment to be featured during the afternoon. A luncheon for early Lawrence residents will also be held during the day.
Before the "Trails West" performance Friday night, honors and prizes will go to pioneer settlers and long-time residents of the area.
Saturday is parade day with what centennial officials are calling "the largest parade ever to come to Lawrence" on tap for 10 a.m. Features of the parade will be more than 50 floats, 23 pieces of pioneer equipment from the museum at Ft. Leavenworth, more than 10 early model cars donated by the Horseless Carriage club of Kansas City, Mo., a circus callope, more than 350 horses donated by area saddle clubs, and some 50 high school bands. The bands will be in Lawrence for the annual KU Band day.
Hasken told the time The following day has been named "Agriculture Day" with afternoon events given over to farm exhibits, 4-H displays, and entertainment staged by rural residents.
Sarah Lawrence Slatterty, granddaughter and only survivor of the town's founder, Amos Lawrence, will be here from Boston for three days of the celebration.
The celebration will end following Tuesday's events. During the final afternoon 30 to 40 barbershop quartets will be in Lawrence. Another feature of the afternoon will be contests by the city fire departments to hold a water barrel in the air using a stream of water from fire hoses.
Sunday will be Religious Participation day. Plans are underway for a city-wide interfaith worship at Haskell during the afternoon.
For the convenience of students, changes in class schedules for all departments are listed on page 10 of the first section in today's Kansan. The next regularly scheduled Kansan will be issued Thursday afternoon and daily thereafter.
Tuesday evening will mark the final judging for the best centennial beards. The day will mark the final production of "Trails West."
Schedule Changes For Classes Listed
Third Annual Parents' Day To Be Oct.2
Saturday, Oct. 2, has been selected by the Parents Day planning committee headed by Kim Giffin, associate speech professor, as the day on which the University will play host to the parents of new students at the school.
A full slate of activities has been planned for the third annual event, with open houses and a football game with Colorado scheduled for that day, along with other events.
Last year the event drew more than 1,200 parents of new students and is expected to draw at least that number this year, Prof. Giffin said.
The day's events will begin with registration of parents at six locations. At registration, parents may purchase tickets for the football game for $2 each. Tickets normally cost $2.50. The reduced price tickets will permit parents to sit with their offspring in the student section of the stadium.
From 9:30 a.m. to noon all schools, departments, and divisions of the University will hold open house. Staff members and advisers will be present to talk with new students and parents.
From 10 to 11 a.m. new students and parents will have an opportunity to meet Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, the deans of men and women, and dean of students.
The KuKus and Jay Janes, University pep organizations, will help with the registration, and 12 professors have volunteered their services as football-game ticket sellers in booths located on the campus.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., parents of students living in organized houses may eat with their sons or daughters in the houses, and Memorial Union cafeteria facilities will be open.
Near 7,500 Expected To Enroll This Fall
The Chancellor's Welcome-
Today you enroll in an institution that is the product of a century-old dream. The men and women who founded this community 100 years ago, dedicated as they were to the attainment and preservation of human freedom, naturally included a university in their first plans.
their first plans.
In 1954 your University prepares for its 89th year, for a dozo years passed before the Lawrence pioneers could change vision into reality. Today the University of Kansas is an institution whose strength in teaching, research and service to state, region, and nation, far outstrips the broadest vision of the first Kansans.
Your privilege of a first-class education is a product of the devotion and sacrifice of many, many thousands of Kansans in those 100 years. Let none abuse this privilege. Just as a century of effort has produced today's KU for us, may we remember our obligation to continue to build for the future.
The University's staff welcomes you. Just as it is an opportunity for you to study here,it is a privilege for us to work with you.
Nightshirts On Parade Friday
Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor
Plans are going ahead for the annual nightshirt parade at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The parade will feature a march by students, the band, football officials and players, and the University pep clubs, starting in front of the Student Union at 7:30 p.m. It will proceed down Indiana street
A committee headed by traditions committee chairman Joane Manney, Fine Arts senior, has been planning the event, which will take place the night before the first football game with Texas Christian university.
Faculty representatives on the committee are A. C. Lonborg, athletic director; Laurence Woodruff, dean of students and Russell L. Wiley, band director.
Convocation To Open Year
Other student members of the planning committee are KuKu representative Jim Miller, college junior; Jay Janes representative Dorothy Ann Smith, college senior; K-Club representative Bill Biberstein, education junior; and cheerleader Douglas Barling, engineering senior.
The traditional opening convocation for the academic year will be held at 9:10 a.m. Thursday in Hoch auditorium.
A carillon recital by Ronald M. Barnes, university carillonneur, and the faculty processional will open the program. The convocation will continue with responsive reading of Psalms 84:24:1-5 led by the Rev. Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion, followed by the Lord's Prayer.
Musical selections for the convoitation are the "Duke Street Hymn," played by University organist Lauré Everette Anderson, and Chopin's piano solo, "Impromptu in F Sharp Major," played by Miss Marian Jersild, assistant professor of piano.
After an address by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, the convocation will be concluded by the University Band's playing of "The Crimson and the Blue."
to 9th, and turn and march to Massachusetts street. On Massachusetts, the parade will go to South park where cheers, a bonfire, and other events will be featured.
WHAT'S THE PHONE NUMBER FELLSAS?-The new Douthart hall, which will house 52 women, will be open for the first time this fall. Right now the problem isn't the location (14th and Louisiana street), but what the telephone number is.
Rise of 300 Is Predicted
An expected increase of about 300 students this fall will push KU's fall enrollment close to the 7,500 mark, far above the final total last spring of 6,792. The fall total was about 7,200.
The prediction was made on the eve of registration and enrollment by James K. Hitt, registrar and dean of admissions, who attributed the rise partly to returning veterans and an upsurge in the freshman class.
The enrollment procedure has been changed slightly from last year, with payment of fees and registration taking place in the registrar's office in Strong Hall. Last year fee payment took place in the Student Union, where the rest of the enrollment program is handled.
The first day of enrollment will end at 5 p.m. today. Students with special permits and students with last names beginning with the letters O through W should be enrolled by the end of the day.
Classes in all departments -will begin Thursday morning.
Tomorrow students with last names beginning with "Wr-Z" through "Gre-Hag" will enroll beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the last day of enrollment, students with last names beginning "Hah" will begin enroling at 8 a.m.
Mrs. Ruth Nash, housing secretary, said that in spite of the increased enrollment, housing facilities should be adequate to fill student needs. She said an early housing rush is normal at the beginning of the school year, but most students have already found satisfactory housing.
Classes - Exams Crowd Schedule
Events listed in the school year calendar read like alternating "classwork begins," "vacation recess," and "examinations."
The only change in the calendar from the one printed in the University bulletin is in spring vacation dates. Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University has announced the change made by the University senate at its May meeting.
Dates for the spring or Easter recess are April 2 to 12, instead of April 6 to 13 as previously announced, he said.
Football season, synonymous with "fall semester," is to be kicked off Saturday when KU meets Texas Christian at Memorial stadium. Other home games this year are with UCLA, Sept. 25; Colorado, Oct. 2; and Oklahoma, Oct. 16. Homecoming is Nov. 6 against Nebraska.
No schedule of all-school convocations has been announced vet.
This has been announced yet.
A five-day Thanksgiving recess starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23,
with classwork resuming at 8 a.m.
Monday, Nov. 29. The two-week Christmas vacation is scheduled from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3. Semester examinations start Jan. 20.