Committee Brattle
University Daily Kansan
Friday. Nov. 20.1953
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KU-What a Place in the Old Days!
CAMPUS 1899—KU wasn't much in the old days, at least not in size or number of buildings. This is an old view of the campus showing the mud trails that served as streets and sidewalks. The building to the left is Fraser hall, the oldest building still on Campus.
JAYHAWK GLORY FIELD-KU's modern stadium is hardly familiar in this view. This picture was made about 1922. At that time the school was just using the two sides of the stadium. The bowl wasn't finished yet.
HOBO DAY, 1931—A custom that has gone out of style on the Campus is the annual Hobo Day. It once brought out all kinds of costumes. This was one of the main events of the KU of yesteryear. Students didn't have to attend classes. Just one big party that day.
Last Man In's A . . .—This was a common scene at Potter lake a decade ago when swimming classes were held there instead of the swimming pool. Nobody around the University today remembers when this fall and spring sport was practiced nor when the diving
board was dismantled.
OLD MILL, 1899—The old mill that stood at West Ninth st. in Lawrence many years ago was a favorite place for picnics and outings The well has long since disappeared. Rumor has it that the old mill was also a good spot for "sparking," back in the old days.
HANG ON—"Bob Sledding Is Lots of Fun" was the caption on this picture taken in the winter of 1928-29. Now only grade school children slide down the hills of Mt. Oread but, as this picture indicates, everyone took part in the winter activity then. Note the styles in picture. They haven't changed too much, have they?
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