Friday. April 17, 1959 University Daily Kansan
Page 9
Canine Capers Add to Campus Folklore, Fun
By Martha Ormsby
"Didn't go to any classes today, spent the whole day in the basement of Strong—be glad when the weekend gets here, sure happy it's Thursday!" A KU student talking? No, just what Sarge most likely thinks on his way back to the Sigma Nu fraternity house, his official residence.
Sarge is probably the best known of the dogs which belong to organized houses on the hill, since he has been around for the longest time. Like many of the professional students with whom he associates, Sarge seems to have attained the ultimate in status. He is a former Little Man on Campus, and he never quite seems to get enough credit to graduate.
However, as always on the campus, the old established guard is threatened by the younger generation. Recently four other houses have acquired mascots and they too are rapidly becoming campus personalities.
Enter Toby
Sarge
About two years ago several members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity were in a downtown Lawrence bar and during the course of the evening (time has blurred the details) they purchased a collie, who was named Rummy and has remained the TKE mascot.
Tony Morrow, Kansas City, Mo.
sohomore, said;
"Rummy is annoyed by little children and women, and probably is annoyed by the latter, as are his 'brothers,' because he doesn't understand them."
Last year Phi Delta Theta fraternity bought a basset hound who is, according to the Phi Delts, pedigree.
Bruce Lewellen, Hutchinson junior, said, "Toby will probably never make his grades, but there is assurance that he will never be placed on probation."
Brandy, Too
Not long ago, when Sig wandered into one of the offices on the hill, a professor was heard to express his disillusionment concerning Sig. He said that he was under the impression that Saint Bernards always carry a keg of brandy under their chin—for emergencies, of course.
Toby's best friend is Sig, the Saint Bernard puppy which Sigma Chi fraternity bought at the first of the year. Sig is now about three feet tall and he is still growing. He eats all of the scraps from dinner, and raids all of the garbage cans in the neighborhood.
The only dog who has the distinction of living at a sorority house is a boxer named Mister Caesar, who calls Alpha Delta Pi sorority home. Some of the ADPis found Caesar, cold and forlorn, at the first of the year and the house voted to keep him.
Caesar is not an official pledge yet, but may be soon. The ADPis find a small item under the heading "dog" on their monthly house bill. Caesar eats out of a tin pail and has learned to carry it around when he's hungry.
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