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56th Year, No. 41
Features
SECTION B
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Nov. 7, 1958
We Have These Memories
By The Old Grad As told to Donna Nelson
I cannot, for the life of me, recall how many A's it was that I made or the names of girls I dated. It is hard to remember exactly which year it was that we walloped the devil out of Mizzou and I am even hazy on what organizations I belonged to.
I do remember when the sorority next door serenaded us and we drenched them with cold water, and I can still see Jayhawk Blvd. with the "On To Helsinki" banner spread across it. It is the little incidents that you remember, not the big things, that come to mind when your Alma Mater is mentioned.
Last week someone brought up Homecoming and I could just see several thousand people standing in the
stadium, singing the "Crimson and Blue." I never could sing that song without feeling pretty proud, no matter how unconcerned I tried to appear. Pictures are always flashing into my mind—just as clearly as if I were there again. I think of KU and I see Fraser towers and the flags or maybe Jimmy Green, and invariably my thoughts envision the campanile.
For years I passed the campanile. I looked at it. I admired it. But I never did actually see it or listen to it until I walked up the hill after graduation.
Suddenly that monument embodied everything about KU and symbolized some of the most important things in my life—my education, my friends and my future. For the first time I got its message, and I turned quickly toward the stadium to look back. Instantly I realized that
from this point on all I could do in regard to college was look back.
You too, will let things pass you by. You do not mean to, but you will. You will live and work for the future, regret some of your past, and be too preoccupied to appreciate the present.
In years to come, perhaps many times it will occur to you, as it did to me, that a lot of the things you worried over never happened. Many of the things you prepared for did not come about, and many of the friendships you were too busy to strengthen would have been a treasure and added a wealth of meaning to your life.
As you get older, you too will feel as I do, that there are two factors that keep people alive and going from day to day. One is hope, the other memories.
Fraser Hall
Jimmy Green
The new and the old. The campanile, a memorial to World War II war dead, stands like a sentinel on Memorial Drive. Fraser Hall, a symbol of the old, was once the home of the entire University. From its towers wave the flags of the United States and KU. Fraser will be 86 years old in December.
The grandeur of the campanile is evident at night when the tower gleams against the dark sky or when its bells peal out clearly over the valley.
There is a little mustiness about Fraser Hall, the oldest building on the campus. Marks of age are plain in the creaking corridors and high-ceiling classrooms, but it is used still by many students.
Memories
Jimmy Green is the most amiable fellow on campus. For years he has stood in front of Green Hall, the home of the School of Law, through rain and snow and whitewashings. And he has remained stalwart through it all.
Between classes the law students sit on the steps of Green Hall behind the statue and pass judgment on the coeds as they walk by. One can tell their verdicts by their shouts and cat calls.
Jimmy Green was a former dean of the School of Law and was noted for his friendliness and willingness to help students.
The Campanile