SDAY, JANUARY 6. 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Hill's Big News of '41 75th Anniversary Tops Holiday Strike Second
By BILL FEENEY Kansan Editor
Picking the ten best news stories from the Daily Kansan for the year 1941 is something like picking the best 10 straws from a bale of hay. Two or three stories, by their very size and importance, could not be questioned for top honors, but from then on, the choice was more difficult. By leafing through Kansan files, and then by process of elimination, the following ten were chosen—take your pick:
1. The Seventy-fifth Anniversary.
During the anniversary the Hill was transformed into a multi-ringed circus of pageantry, reunions, etc. Dyche Museum was reopened for the first time in eight
years; graduates who had earned fame in diverse fields came back for the ceremonies—Ben Hibbs, Harold D. Smith, Alexander Wetmore being just a few of them; class reunions were held; exhibits of various University departments were staged, and to be unconventional and bizarre in phrasing, a big time was had by all.
5. The announcement of L. N. "Daddy" Flint's retirement as head of the department of journalism, April 29. The Dean of American Journalists stepped down from a position he held for 25 years, during which time he had guided K.U. journalists to a high place in collegiate journalism.
3. Bob McKay, Pachacamac's candidate for president of the MSC, nosed out rival Jim Burdge by a 25-vote margin, in the April 24 election. McKay lost the 1940 election to Bill Farmer, after a disputed election that found Farmer the winner by one vote.
2. The holiday strike. Most of us get a big laugh when thinking back to that seventeenth day of November, but what might have happened—but it didn't, and—hey, did we get double cuts for that??
4. None of us will soon forget the wild and wooly Frank Merriwell finish of the K.U.-K-State football game, when the passing arm of Ralph Miller and the scared-rabbit sprinting of junior-sized Denzel Gibbens overcame a tough determined band from Manhattan.
6. Taking the bitter with the sweet, we will remember how a tall, capable basketball team from the wilds of Oklahoma spoiled K.U.'s chances for number one spot in the Big Six race, in our last conference game of the year, Mar. 7.
7. The decision of dance manager Fred Littioy to cancel the traditional Senior Cakewalk due to inability to sign a good band until exam time, May 8.
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8. Building at the University shifted into high gear during '41 when we were assured of getting the ROTC $118,000 building on Feb. 11, and more recently, the Min-
Kansan Presents Top Yarns of '41
1. The 75th Anniversary celebration.
2. The Holiday Strike.
3. McKay wins MSC election by 25 votes.
4. K.U. wins 20-16 upset win over Kansas State.
5. L. N. Flint retires as chairman of department of journalism.
6. Oklahoma defeats K.U. 45-37, spoiling our chances for first place in Big Six basketball.
7. Fred Littoy cancels Senior Cakewalk.
8. Building stories — Mineral Industries and ROTC buildings assured.
9. MSC battle over alledged vacancy caused by Bob McKay joining army.
10. C. A. Gilmore pulls down swastika from south tower of Fraser hall.
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The ten top stories of 1941 made busy times for Hill cameramen. Upper left, the Seventy-fifth Anniversary Queen; upper right students parading down Massachusetts avenue in the holiday strike; center left, Fred Littooy, cancelling dance manager; center right, L. N. Flint, retired head of the department of journalism; lower left, Bob McKay, who defeated Jim Burdge in the Men's Student Council election; and lower right, the Mineral Industries building now under construction on the campus.