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University Daily Kansan
Page 0040_2 from reel: L 2349 (1953-11-17 to 1954-10-14)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/144514

Title: Coach Sikes Resigns Job
Summary: University head football coach Jules Verne Sikes resigns following the Kansas-Missouri Homecoming game, citing personal reasons and appreciation for his time at KU.
Category: sports
Subjects: football coaching; university athletics; sports administration
Named Entities: Sikes, Jules Verne [football coach]; Murphy, Franklin [chancellor]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Tiger Victory Fails to Spoil Homecoming
Summary: The 42nd annual Homecoming was marred only by Missouri university's football team victory, with various decorations and events still celebrated by University students.
Category: campus news
Subjects: homecoming events; university traditions; student activities
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Tigers Beaten Many Times—In Decorations
Summary: University of Missouri won Saturday's football game, but the Tiger that represents MU was humiliated and defeated in about 50 different ways in the Homecoming decorations built by organized houses.
Category: campus news
Subjects: homecoming decorations; fraternity competitions; student organizations
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Debate Team Wins Tourney
Summary: Winning 25 of 28 debates, KU teams won a tournament at Emporia State college Saturday in competition against Kansas State college, the University of Wichita, Emporia State, and the University of Washburn.
Category: sports
Subjects: academic competitions; debate tournaments; university achievements
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Sikes and Wife Given Car, Check
Summary: Football coach J.V. Sikes, who resigned Saturday as head football coach at the University, was presented with a new car and a check for $500 by well-wishers.
Category: campus news
Subjects: faculty recognition; university appreciation; athletic department
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Lost Weekend Found in Hospital
Summary: Ken Coy, journalism senior and managing editor of the Daily Kansan, was found in the hospital after being missing, with his mother and young Richard Wayne also reported in good condition.
Category: announcement
Subjects: student health; university news; health incidents
Confidence: 0.75

Title: East Lansing, Mich.—KU Leads in NCAA Cross Country
Summary: KU debaters also appeared in exhibitions over the weekend. William Crews, business senior, and Richard Sheldon, college senior, debated at the University of Texas, R.L. Brown and Dennis Knight, college freshmen, at the University of Missouri.
Category: sports
Subjects: cross country; NCAA competitions; university athletics
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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