PACE TWO
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 194
This Is Your Campus
Men's and Women's Pep Clubs Lead KU Spirit For 30th Year
Photo by Bob Blank
The Red Peppers and Froshhawks are forming a large K for Kansas in the cheering section at Memorial stadium.
The K is formed by the red sweaters of the Red Peppers and Frosh- hawks, with a border of red formed in the same manner.
The Jay James and Ku Ku's, in white sweaters, fill in the section, out-
lining the K.
By ELAINE ELVIG
Two male students had just returned from a football game at the University of Oklahoma. It was the fall of 1919, and they had been impressed because they had seen an organized cheering section for the first time.
"Why shouldn't we have something like that at K.U." they asked? The answer to this question was the organizing of the Ku Ku Klan, a men's pep club.
The early days of the Klan were stormy ones, and the group was eyed with a good deal of criticism. Dr. F. C. Allen, basketball coach, recalls that the members spent most of their time before the University disciplinary committee.
"Besides this, said Dr. Allen, "there were no eligibility rules in the Klan, and people continually confused the organization with the Ku Klux Klan."
Wishing to show that they had as much school spirit as the men the women students organized the Jay James in 1923. They made their first public appearance in a Wednesday night torch parade just before the homecoming game with Missouri.
During the half time of the game, the Jay Janes appeared on the field to show off their new uniforms which were the blue and white suits that he just stared at as they are today. The emblem was a red triangle surrounding a blue Jayhawk.
"The Jay Janes were a little more stable during their early years than their masculine" counterpart had been," said Dr. Allen, "because they were always closely chaperoned."
The Jay Janes are a service organization as well as a pep club. They are often called upon to conduct campus tours and usher at University programs.
The sponsorship of rallies has been the principal duty of the Ku Kus since the formation. They seek men for membership who are interested in bolstering school spirit and then look for means of accomplishing their goal.
Membership in both groups was approximately 35 during their early years. Today there are 30 Ku Ku's and 62 Jay Janes.
Three men from each organized house are selected for Ku Ku membership. The remaining members, or 20 per cent are independents at large.
Two women from each house of over thirty-five, one from each organized house with less, and eight from Corbin are selected for membership in the Jay James. No definite ratio of independents at large is maintained, consequently, the number changes each year.
Ku Ku officers are: William Challant, president; Dixon Vance, vicepresident; Robert W. Hughes secretary; and Robert Edman, treasurer.
The following are Jay Jane officers:
Mary L. Fischer, president; Ruth Keller, vice-president; Mary Hercules, secretary; and Josephine Stuckey, treasurer.
The fact that freshmen too can have school spirit was largely ignored until two years ago when the Froshhawks were organized for freshmen men.
The idea originated among the
Ku Kus who organized the group and continue to keep a close check on them through an advisory committee.
There are 115 Froshhawks which represents 4 men from each organized house and the remaining or 20 percent independents at large.
Froschhawk officers are James Kelley, president; Max Whitson, vice-president; William J. Wilson.
Up and Coming
Phi Kappa Tau Formal
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity will give a formal dance at the Lawrence Country club from 9 p.m. to midnight today. Chaperones will be Mrs. Grace Collier, Mrs. Thomas Clark, and Mrs. Mary Younkman.
Vice President Marries Today
Vice-president Alben W. Barkley was married to Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley today at 11 a.m. at St. John's Method church in west St. Louis.
A spokesman for the family said that it would be revealed after the ceremony where the "Veep" and his bride would spend their honeymoon.
Dance for M. U. Chapter
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity will be host to the Missouri chapter of the fraternity at a homecoming dance from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Chaperones will be Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Benjaminov, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cohen, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pores.
secretary; and Dean Owens, treasurer.
The Red Peppers, freshman woman's pe club is new on the campus this year. The group was organized by the Jay Jane, and with no quota limitations, 215 women have joined the group.
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