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University Daily Kansan
Homecoming Has Varied History
Bleary-eyed students spending the night busily painting, hammering, cutting and stuffing may find some small comfort in knowing that not all their predecessors had the opportunity to wrestle with such problems.
Homecoming has been celebrated in various ways since it first began Nov. 26, 1912, the first year the alumni returned to the campus for a football game. Previously they had held their reunion at commencement.
Extra bleachers had to be erected for the 18,000 people who saw Kansas whip Missouri I2-3. It was the largest crowd to watch a KU team on McCook field up to that time. The Daily Kansan reports that guides wearing "Ask Me" buttons were provided for the alums and a check stand was made for their umbrellas.
The first souvenir programs were sold at the game. They contained pictures, songs, vells, a score card and information about the team.
In what is probably the most tender secce since the beginning of the lawyers-engineers feud, the two groups met for what The Daily Kansan called a "love feast" and rallied in front of Green.
The engineers sang, "What's the matter with the laws, they're all right, they are, they are, and the lawyers reciprocated.
The night before the game a replica of a tiger was burned in a huge bonfire in front of Fraser Hall.
Vandalism figured even then. KU students were accused of tearing down "Welcome, Missouri" banners.
Ten years, later Homecoming was quite well established. On
the night before the game students rallied in the gymnasium. On the second floor the men watched wrestling, boxing, and stunts and heard speeches.
Downstairs, the women were seeing a playlet, pantomime, and "tumbling, pyramids, and kitten rolls, done by 10 women dressed in crimson and blue suits."
The next day the stadium was dedicated in memory of World War KU students who were killed in World War I.
Radio station, WDAF, broadcast a play-by-play description of the game and "stadium atmosphere." According to a station representative it was "the biggest feat ever attempted in the way of football game broadcasting."
Cheerleader Virgil Miller told the students, "Dates are not taboo at this game, but if your girl is to timid to yell, beat her over the head with an umbrella or something and call her attention to the fact that she is a Jayhawker! We simply cannot have dates detracting from the fame of Kansas."
The Daily Kansan does not record how many men followed his advice but Nebraska beat Kansas 28-0.
An inter-organization turkey run, a football game between the medical students and the lawyers, a parade and dance made up the 1932 Homecoming celebrations.
were reflected by this paragraph in The Daily Kansan.
"The elaborate decorations which have brightened organized house in the past will content themselves this year with simple 'welcome' signs. Decreased budgets have necessitated the elimination of this feature. No prizes are offered this year for the best decorated houses."
But the grim economic conditions
Even the game was disappointing. The Cornhuskers trounced the Jayhawkers 20-6.
War overshadowed the 1942 Homecoming. A gain decorations were eliminated along with the parade. However, a rally-dance was held in Hoch and a Homecoming queen chosen.
War bonds were auctioned at the half by Gov. Payne H. Ratner, with a $25 war bond and a football autographed by the captains of both teams as premiums for the largest purchases.
House decorations and trophies had returned to the Hill by 1952. The Jayhawk Follies, featuring student talent, was preceded by the freshman-varsity basketball game on Friday night before the game.
The Daily Kansan anticipated a new all time high home game attendance record topping the 153,000 mark from the first five home games in 1950.
And so the evolution of Homecoming.
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Members Of Mortar Board Serve KU And Lawrence
Discriminating service, responsible leadership, and the application of scholarly principles to personal and general problems-these are the marks of membership in Mortar Board.
Twenty-two University women have shown these qualities and have become members of Torch Chapter of Mortar Board, senior women's honorary society.
Membership is determined by service, scholarship and leadership. The scholarship rating must be above 10 per cent of the highest grade point average (at KU a 3.0) added to the all-University average.
University women are selected for Mortar Board during the spring of their junior year and the election is announced at the Honors Convocation in May. A total of 5 to 25 members may be admitted each year.
Members of Mortar Board have offered their services to the deans and the heads of all the University schools and departments. They take part in the Traditions Convocation in the fall, act as hostesses at the chancellor's reception for Parent's Day and serve as ushers on Science and Mathematics Day.
Work With Girl Scouts
The women study campus problems and discuss them with faculty members. Although most of their work is done on the campus, they
also work with a director of the Lawrence Girl Scouts.
Each fall the chapter sponsors a Smarty Party for women who were on dean's honor rolls the preceding semester. Money-making projects include selling candy suckers at Homecoming and operating a souvenir stand at football games.
The KU chapter evolved from a local honorary society, Torch. from which it took its name. It was affiliated with Mortar Board in 1924, six years after the founding of the national organization
Officers of Torch chapter are Diane Worthington, Wichita, president; Coralyn Stayton, Winfield, vice president; Collette Peterman, Topela, recording secretary; Barbara Bell, McPherson, corresponding secretary; Mary Ann Lemoine, Lincolnville, treasurer, and Ann Straub, Chicago, historian.
Other members include Doloris Alpert, Paola; Marianne Anderson, Lawrence; Barbara Beye, Larned; Carol Curt, Neodesha; Kay Davis, Kansas City, Mo.; Sheila Dye, Kathleen Eisenbise and Beverly Harvey, Wichita.
Sue Gewinner, Webster Groves,
Mo.; Eleanor Hawkinson, Hutchinson;
Laurel Marshall, Onaga; Leila Ratzlel, Rose Hill; Jeri Lynn Sanders Bilotta, Prairie Village;
Mary Swedlund, Salina and Jean Walterscheid, Coffeyville.
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