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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 7, 1958
The Big, Big Weekend
Welcome alums! We greet you and give you an undergraduate hello to our beautiful and fair, honeycombed Hill. It is a deep and tremendous pleasure having you with us this weekend, as you no doubt know, having been in our position a number of years ago.
You are probably up here to have a good time. Well, have one. Be disorganized. Do what you want. Enjoy your stay. This is a once-a-year event.
The football game looks as though it could be a great affair (we are playing a weaker team), and the dance should be grand. Many of us plan to spend a long evening joining you in wild parties.
The basketball team is having a game tonight. KU can't lose. The varsity is playing the freshmen.
If you are lucky and get seats, you can also see "The King and I," the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, in the new Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
You'll notice Potter Lake has been drained. Should you ever have thrown someone or something into the drink, now is your opportunity to get out the shovel and renew old acquaintances.
Dancing is now allowed in Lawrence beer joints, if you like to beat your feet. If not, you can merely drink beer or simply walk around campus. That is the best way to feel the strength of its beauty or to relieve the head of cobwebs caused by a too-frequent draught on the friendly flask.
Feel free to dine and associate at your organized brother or sisterhood. Without your important undergraduate era, many of our organizations might not have continued to the present.
When you drive around, you'll probably notice our Homecoming decorations. They are rather "corny." but they're supposed to be.
A lot of big things are planned to keep you and us busy this weekend. We hope you will have a ball blending your college days with ours. Everyone should benefit.
After the festivities end, and everyone goes home, if we don't see you until next year, well thanks for coming. —John Husar
Go!
So far, we've laid off this year's football team. After all, there wasn't much to say after the first five games, with the opponents rolling up big scores and only 7 KU points scored.
But since then, the Hawkers developed some scoring punch, while maintaining their tough defense, and came up with two sparkling victories.
That makes KU 3-4 for the season, and we think there is a chance of winning all the rest. It may seem wildly optimistic to say that, with the team still short of breaking even, but we believe this bunch has even more potential than it showed in the Tulane and K-State games. They are certainly vastly improved over the team that started the season.
Now about this Saturday: Nebraska is supposed to be a patsy this year. Don't believe it. The Huskers always play tough in Lawrence, and this looks to be the last game they have any chance to win this year.
We know the team can beat Nebraska, and we're pretty sure it will. We are also hopeful KU can win the rest of its games, no matter what they say about Missouri's power.
But Mizzou and Oklahoma State won't be playing here tomorrow. A hungry bunch of Nebraska Cornhuskers will be, and KU can't afford to look a minute past 1:30 p.m. Saturday. So long as the team plays Nebraska and not the Aggies Saturday, it will win.
Then we can start worrying about the rest.
Power of the Press?
We are seriously considering joining the next reactionary, back-to-illiteracy movement that comes along. Here is the cause of our disenchantment.
A few weeks ago, we ran items; a. Asking students to scratch around and come up with some good tomfooleory; b. deploring the shortage of workers for the new campus humor magazine. Since that time, the following has happened:
1. A bogus bomb was planted in Strong Hall. The planters laid the idea to "that story in the paper."
2. A student made a parachute leap to promote his LMOC campaign.
3. The KU flag on Fraser was stolen, apparently by mountaineers, and returned here with a note about its shabby state.
4. The anatomy department's skeleton was stolen.
5. Twenty-one students applied to work on the new magazine.
Now, we can't really take credit or blame for any of these things. But it gives us pause, and we've been thinking about getting into some other line of work. —A. J.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
SPORTSCASTER:" IN SPITE OF INJURIES, FOLKS, OLE STATE FIGHTS BRAVELY ON WITH POLANSKY GOING IN FOR BEAVEN—"
We'd welcome the returning TNEs, but they were banned about the same time as the Sour Owl. College ain't what it used to be.
As usual, this year's Homecoming will show the shape of things to come—in new style hip flasks.
Short Ones
Ode for Homecoming:
Home is Heaven,
And orgies are vile—
But I like an orgy
Once in a while.
UNIVERSITY
Dailu Hansan
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