Mondav. Nov. 23, 1959 University Daily Kansan
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Homecoming Is Frantic. Frenzied and Fun
By Thomas Hough
The 1959 homecoming weekend at KU was a combination of excited frenzy in a struggle for celebration and an attempt at relaxation.
Employees in local taverns exhausted themselves Friday night as they struggled to appease the undying thirst and appetites of flocking students and alumni.
Parties Ridiculous
One harrassed proprietor stood in shock:
"I like parties, but this is ridiculous." he said.
Paper cups flew through the air. Waiters held trays above their heads as they squirmed though the gangs crammed around the booths and bar. Spilled liquids and bushels of paper napkins and cups littered the floor.
The traffic policeman's whistle at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Mississippi Street warbled far into the evening.
On Saturday, men with waving arms herded passenger-crammed cars onto front yards and into parking lots. A tenant drove home to find his landlord guiding cars onto his yard.
One person who apparently does not like football pranced in desperation from one place to another.
Caravans of cars swarmed over the roads like armies of ants as sightseers gaped at house and dormitory decorations.
"I really don't mind, but I hope I don't have to pay a dollar to park in my own driveway," the tenant said.
Police Are Busy
"Goodnight, you can't even walk across the street," one pedestrian snorted in desperation.
"I give up, I can't study. I can't go anywhere without hearing that game. Every car, every store has a radio. They even put a loudspeaker outside the Union (Kansas Union)." he bitterly remarked.
Scalpers Have Bad Luck
A couple of ticket scalpers moaned their hard luck.
"If we had just planned ahead, we could have gotten 10 bucks a ticket," one of them said.
After the game, alumni impatiently waited at the railroad station. One woman shook her head as a
man gestured to his bulging coat pocket.
"Do you want a coke to go with it?" the man asked.
"How about a 7-up?"
"No."
"Okay, how about a glass of milk?"
Attend Dance and Play
At the homecoming dance in the Kansas Union, male college students, alumni, and high school students exchanged $2.50 tickets for a swat on the back of their hand with a rubber stamp. At the University Theatre, the orchestra and cast for "Brigadoon" prepared for the last performance.
Organizations that had reserved rooms in the Kansas Union smugly watched the couples who wandered by their abodes of privacy. One entertising organization rearranged the furniture in their room, imported their own sodas, hor d'oeuvres, and ice, and unscrewed all the light bulbs except one, which was replaced with a green bulb.
In the lobby, men silently suffered in the coat-checking line while their dates gracefully draped themselves on the furniture or leaned against the pillars. Someone tossed his coat and hat on the bronze Javawk.
Shortly after 11 o'clock, a few people drifted in from the play. The males now had to vie for checking-in coats with persons checking-out coats. The checkers drew the sweat off their brows and tried to hurry.
The members of the orchestra and cast of the play bustled down the Hill to a private party. There they celebrated the successful series of performances.
One slightly befuddled fellow accosted a friend.
"I'd offer you a drink, but those leeches crawling all over you can't have any."
His friend energetically fanned away at the imaginary leeches and the two joined in patting each other on the back for the success of the play.
After the dance, the thousands of people disappeared into the night like bats.
At five minutes until 2 a.m. streams of car lights gathered at the girls' dormitories like a convention of fireflies.
The men fought traffic, policemen fought traffic to get inside their
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TODAY
International Folk Dance Club, 7:30 pm. Jayhawk Room in the Union. Dances of many lands, everyone welcome Instruction
Quill Editorial Board, 7:30 p.m. 305A Kansas Union - Final decisions on manu-
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
TOMORROW
Newman Club Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m.
St. John's Church.
Episopic Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m.
breakfast following, Canterbury House.
TUESDAY, DEC. 1
Humanities Forum, 7:30 p.m., Oread Room in the Union. Seymour Menton, associate professor of Spanish. "The Composite Menageret and the Composite Latin American Republic."
Have Fun, But Drive Carefully
Be sure to drop in and see us when you return.
When you think of cameras, think of the—
CAMERA CENTER
Bill Olin — Cliff Tatum
1015 Mass. Next to the Varsity Theatre
homes to kick off their steel-heeled shoes and soak their aching feet.
Coming December 3
Hughes announces campus interviews for Electrical Engineers and Physicists receiving B.S., M. S. or Ph.D. degrees. (Mid-Year or June Graduates) Consult your placement office now for an appointment.
Then, at 3 a.m., the women who had participated in the play, sauntered to their homes, possibly
the West's leader in advanced electronics
HUGHES
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Culver City, El Segundo, Fullerton, Los Angeles, Malibu and Newport Beach, California; and Tucson, Arizona
rather smug about their extended closing hours.
And the town settled to sleep. KU football and Homecoming had ended for 1959.
Marterie
Ralph Marterie, maestro of the band that's No.1 with college students and No.1 with hit records, will be hitting college campuses again this fall as Marlboro's musical ambassador of good will. Don't miss Ralph and his Marlboro Men when they visit your campus.
Marlboro
The better the makin's,the better the smoke You're smoking better when it's Marlboro