Friday, Nov. 7, 1958
University Daily Kansan
Page 13
BABY IT'S COLD—Coach Jack Mitchell with the Homecoming royalty met students at a rally last night bundled up for the brisk evening
Cars Stop Traffic Downtown As Student Spirits Soar
From left are Marcia Hall, Coffeyville senior; Susie Kastner, Salina junior, the queen, and Carol Duncan, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore.
Hundreds of car-borne Jayhawkers blared their car horns through Lawrence streets last night. then rallied on the front lawn of coach Jack Mitchell's residence in a burst of enthusiasm over tomorrow's Homecoming game with the University of Nebraska.
Cars, four abreast, lined Massachusetts Street at the height of the rush-hour traffic. Twice the processio nstopped to hold spontaneous pep-rallies as evening shoppers gawked at one of the biggest outbursts of school spirit since the famous basketball pep rallies in the early 50's.
When a Lawrence police officer ordered the students off the street, cries of "Let's go out to Mitchell's house" echoed up and down the main street for more than two blocks.
A procession of about 40 cars then wound its way out to the coach's house and about 150 students poured out on the front lawn shouting "Beat NU" and "We like Mitchell."
Mitchell, obviously bewildered by the whole showing, stepped out on the lawn and shook hands with several of the students. He then expressed his thanks for the show of support and went back into the house.
Earlier, about 1,000 Jayhawkers rallied around a bonfire near Allen Field House and tossed a few armloads of Cornhusks into the fire.
It was a good night for a bonfire, but the students didn't need warming up.
Cars honked to and from the pep rally. Some students yelled and sang. Others threw explosives into the fire.
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The band played a round of pep songs and the cheerleaders stomped around the circle of light. The KU Jayhawk ruffled its feathers and nodded its bill in approval.
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The crowd applauded Susie Kastner, Salina junior, KU's Homecoming queen. Coach Jack Mitchell kissed her.
Mitchell's appearance stirred the biggest round of applause, though, as students turned from the bonfire to gather around the smiling coach. From a platform on the sideline he added his spirit to the rally:
"There are going to be a lot of grads back Saturday. We're going to surprise them this time with our spirit and our football team."
Mitchell said he had never before heard enthusiasm like that at the rally last night. "It's the finest spirit we've had on the campus in a long time," he said.
Mitchell also expressed hope that a number of students would show up to send the team off when they leave for Topeka tonight. The team will leave at 6:15 with the rally preceding at Carruth-O'Leary Halls.
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49th State's Capital Has Sophomore's Name
The admission of Alaska as the 49th state will mean more than just another star on the Flag to Janet Juneau, Topeka sophomore.
Alaska's capital, Juneau, was named after Hercules Juneau, an ancestor of Janet's. It was Hercules Juneau who secured the territorial code of law for Alaska, bringing law and order to the new land.
Also a strong branch on Janet's family tree is Solomon Juneau, an uncle of Hercules.
"I'm told that here was a man respected throughout the entire northern part of the United States and Canada," Miss Juneau said. "His fair dealings with the Indians brought him much esteem among both the redmen and the white men."
Here also seems to be the first record of the name Juneau. Solomon's parents came to L'Asumption, Canada, in 1789 bearing the name Le Tulipe. But as a naturalized citizen in 1831 Solomon used Juneau as a more exciting name.
"In 1846 when Milwaukee became a city, it rewarded Solomon by electing him mayor. He had actually founded the city several years before by establishing a trading post there." Miss Juneau said.
The Juneau fame is not limited to the northern country. One of Solomon's brothers went to Louisiana to settle. It was here that Janet's father Stephen was born and reared. Her grandfather Paul also became a leader.
"Big Daddy" as he was affectionately called, healed many sicknesses of both mind and body, always without charge.
"Big Daddy's" wife Alida La Combe had a famous name herself. She is of the La Combes that Longfellow speaks of in 'Evangeline,'" Miss Juneau said.
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Janet and her parents took a trip in the summer of 1957 to Nova Scotia to trace this family. It was found that many relatives still live there, but under the name Como.
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