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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1951
'Plenty Of Seats' Says Dean L. C. Woodruff
Mr. Don Sarten
Sports Editor
University Daily Kansan
Dear Don:
Dear Don:
Just as a friendly reminder of a basic concept of Journalism, namely—get your facts.
Your squib in the Daily Kansan on Monday, October 1 appears more than slightly ridiculous to the 15,000 people sitting on the west side of the stadium last Saturday who could see empty seats for more than 500 persons in the student section during the game.
Sincerely, Laurence C. Woodruff, Dean of Men.
Ed. Note: Who can argue with the voice of 15,000 people? But in our own defense, we did make an honest attempt to verify complaints about student seating-or the lack of it.
And upon receipt of this letter, we immediately hit the street to find out if we had happened upon a minority. In 30 minutes we had plenty of reactions to your letter. Here are a few;
"If there were 500 seats in that student section in that game against Iowa State, I'll eat the seats. I had to stand for some time before spotting a lone seat behind a French Horn player. By that time I was tired enough to sit anywhere."
Anne Snyder.
"I didn't see any empty seats."
Clark. Ekers.
James W. Murray.
"I was sitting on the very back row, about the 50-yard line. I didn't see any vacant seats. In fact I was asked by students sitting next to me why more space wasn't allotted for students. Students were standing all along the back."
Jack Zimmerman.
LeRoy McKeage.
"I didn't have a seat myself. I stood throughout the entire game but the whole backside was lined with people. So I wasn't alone."
Robert McClean.
"I was sitting in band section and was assured of a seat, but when we marched at halftime, it sure looked crowded in the student section."
"I know personally of some fifty or more students who had to stand throughout the entire game behind the top row of seats. During halftime it was a task to go down under the stadium because of the students sitting in the aisles. I don't imagine that these students would prefer sitting in the aisle to sitting on "soft pine" bleachers if they were available."
W. A. Taggart
"I stood behind the top row of seats, as did many other students. I'd say that probably the only vacant seats available to students at the Iowa State game were those under the stadium in those little rooms marked men and women."
Bob Dring.
"I play in the band. I didn't notice any vacant seats, except those we left while we were marching out on the field at halftime."
Don Jones.
"I sat near the bottom, but only because I couldn't find a seat anywhere else."
Don Snider
Price Of Bananas Goes Up
Jacksonville, Fla.—(O.P.)-Lydia M Holley paid a dear price for a bunch of bananas. As she leaned over to select the bananas from a produce truck, a diamond brooch worth $1,000 dropped from her dress. She didn't miss it until after the driver had pulled away.
The most points scored against any one team by a K.U. club was 88 against South Dakota State in 1947.
No Refutation Possible Says Dean Woodruff
When told of student reaction to his letter, Dean Woodruff said last night. "There is no refuting the fact that lower corners of the student section were empty. From our side of the field there appeared to be room for about 250 students on each side.
"As a matter of fact, we were discussing the plentifulness of student seating during the game," the Dean said.
on the Jayhawk roster.
JERRY BOGUE is now working at halfback as Coach J. V. Sikes attempts to bolster his sagging running attack. The move came as no surprise since Jerry Robertson proved more than capable of handling quarterback chores in the Colorado game. With Robertson and Bogue in the backfield at the same time, Sikes really has an offensive threat. Bogue is as fine a runner as can be found
Five Jayhawk Grid Stars Are Family Men As Well
In addition to being a glue-fingered end or a pile-driving back on Saturday afternoons, five Jayhawker football players are family men as well.
Three of the five fellows could be classed as newlyweds, having been married only since this summer.
Youngest of the group is Willard Schuldt, freshman end. High school heartbeat at Eglin, Ill., Willard and Nan Wilson. Nan Wilson were married Aug. 8.
Dave Schmidt, Jayhawker end,
married JoAnn Linden on Jan. 29,
1949. "JoAnn works, I stay home
and get my studying done, and it all
works fine," said the College senior
Marlene is also in school and she too takes physical education courses
Nan works now, but says she plans to "go to school the second semester. Hirard says being a marathon student" my wife helps a lot in my studies."
Another pair of high school sweethearts are Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Woolfolk, of Protection. The physical education sophomore and the former Marlene Edmonston were married last June 9.
Orbon Tice, geology senior from Hutchinson, was married Jan. 10, 1949. His wife, nee Laurie Birmingham, is from Kansas City, Mo. The Tice's have a daughter, Cathy, two years old, and expect another Tice to arrive soon.
Orbon's reaction to having family affiliations plus the duties of a Jayhawker end were. "It'd be swell if it weren't for studies."
A Lawrence girl, formerly Nancy Myer, is the 'better half' of Cocaptain Aubrey Linville, a College senior. They were married July 13.
Mrs. Linville attends school and is also a senior in the College.
Aubrey says he believes having family responsibilities "if anything, make the whole job easier because there's more of a goal."
Firemen Play It Safe
South Portland, Me.—(U.P.)—Firemen used extreme precautions when a railroad tie caught fire beneath a petroleum tank car. After the blaze was out, they discovered the tank car was empty.
Sportscasters and writers figure Woody Shelton of the University of Colorado did right by them when he adopted that nickname. The reason: his real moniker reads like this-Elwood Kesslar Wood Shelton, Jr.
Grid Material From 10 States Woven At KU
By JOE TAYLOR
Kansas is listed as the home state for 56 of the 98 men included on the 1951 K.U. football roster.
The next most plentiful source of talent for the pigskin is Illinois from which have come 16 men. The neighboring state of Missouri stands third in line with 10 who have crossed the border.
The fourth largest delegation of football men comes from Pennsylvania. Seven squad candidates list that as their home state. Holding down the fifth spot is nearby Nebraska which turned out three of the Jayhawkers.
Number six is Kentucky which has sent two boys to try out for the KU squad. And then tied for seventh are the states of Oklahoma, Colorado, Indiana, and Texas with one each.
Kansas City, Kans., and Chicago are tied at seven each for the honor of producing the most members for the University of Kansas football team.
Next in line is Lawrence which has six varsity candidates. Kansas City, Mo., is fourth with five men on the squad.
Place number four is another tie. This time it is between Oak Park, Ill., and Clay Center which each have four men bidding for letters.
There are five communities which have more than one returning letterman on the 1951 outfit. Three of them are in Kansas.
Tops in this department are Lawrence and Kansas City, Mo. They both have sent three veteran grid performers to represent the University again.
Oddly enough, two of the three largest cities in the state are hardly represented on the team at all. Wichita, the number one city, has only three men on the squad and Topea, rated number three in population, is not represented at all.
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Ray Evans and Wade Stinson share K.U. scoring honors for one game. Evans scored 18 in 1946 against Kansas State and again in 1947 against Arizona. Stinson got his last year against Utah.
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