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The Last Gasp
Monday, June 2, 1958
IT'S OVER!—After four years of drudgery and wonderful learning experience, our friends venture forth bravely—ready for the challenge of the world.
Future To Bring More Challenges
Each member of the Class of 1958 has plenty to be proud of. The future will definitely bring more honors and achievements to the Class. From reading through the plans written on the class dues receipts it is easy to see that we have great quantities of talent. Members are taking jobs with the Atomic Energy Commission, teaching school, going to the service, furthering their education, going overseas, getting married, etc.
There are many more diverse and varied occupations into which people will go, but about the most commendable would be to take advantage of furthering your education. This is a commodity that money can't buy—just time and study. In a world as complex as today's, 4 years is not as adequate as it was 10 or 15 years ago. For today each citizen should be completely abreast of the current happenings and the threats that are facing us.
We can no longer rely on the few leaders being well informed. It is the job of each and every one of us. The wars of the future, if there are any, are not going to be of the hand and fist variety.
It is our job now to see that understanding and cooperation blow out each match that threatens to light the fuse of destruction. This is our job as well as the next fellow's and maybe even more than the next fellow.
Now that I am finally graduating, I want to know why the Chancellor hasn't banned parties in apartments?
Seniors Look Back To '54
By MARY BETH NOYES
Looking forward to commencement, we seniors are still a bit nostalgic about the things that have happened at the University during our tenure here as students.
As we entered school in the fall of 1954 we joined in the activities of the Lawrence Centennial and one of cur classmates, Polly Peppercorn of Lawrence, was selected queen of the celebration. Another newcomer to the University that year was head football coach, Chuck Mather of Massillon, Ohio.
Joan Gavin, the "one o'clock blonde," created a sensation, bringing Life Magazine photographers to the campus. On April Fool's Day the coeds took over the steps of Green Hall from the lawyers.
The fall of 1955 introduced us to the new IBM system of enrollment. The losing battle was started against the University sprinkling system, and William Inge's play, "Picnic," was presented in Fraser Theater.
K-State Won. 46-0
Touchdown IV, K-State's wildcat, was kidnaped by KU students, but the Aggies had the last laugh as they won the football game, 46-0. In the Varsity-Freshman pre-season basketball game Wilt Chamberlain, already known as "Wilt the Stit," scored 42 points to lead the freshmen to their first victory of the pre-season series.
This was the year of "Carousel." Sam L. Jones, the hyperbolic paraboloid, the bronze Jayhawker and
Jayhawk Still Lives
(Continued from Page 1) "liberated" from his Missouri neighbors.
"What have you been doing?" a Kansas asked him. "In Ireland." Pat said, "we have a bird we call the Javahawk which makes its living off other birds. I guess you might say I've been 'Javahawking.'"
Sometimes in the late 1880's or early '90's the Jayhawk came to the University. Athletic teams became known as the Jayhawks and in 1901 the University annual adopted the name, "Jayhawk."
Through the years the Jayhawk was generally thought of as some kind of bird, but until 1911 no likeness of him had appeared. Hank Maloy, a journalism student at KU in 1911, drew the ancestor of today's Jayhawk in a series of cartoons for The Kansas.
spring panty raids. Miss Santa, Mary Ann McGrew, went on to become Miss Lawrence, Miss Kansas, and one of the five finalists in the Miss America contest.
The Western Civilization program was reorganized our junior year. The Salk polio vaccine was distributed and students were urged to use it. The Kansas Turnipwake was opened and the first wedding took place at the Campanile.
Television sets were placed throughout the building and large scoreboards recorded the nation-wide election returns. The soon-to-be Governor Docking and his wife made an appearance in the ballroom.
In the NCAA tournament in Kansas City the Jayhawks lost 54 to 53 to North Carolina in three overtimes.
A special election party was held in November in the Student Union.
' Our senior year has been characterized by the verse "Roses are red, violets are blue. We're the class with the Asian Flu."
Seniors-
on your way to success
Remember that success is determined in many ways. You have reached a milestone in your career. Soon you will reach toward your life's goal.Whether you make it or not we wish you the greatest happiness and caution you to realize that you are now leaders, no longer future leaders.
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You Are Now Alumni!
After KU it's the Alumni Assn. for you. The Association becomes your registrar, your service headquarters for class reunions and KU meetings, and your information bureau.
It is an office where people are interested in your marriage, your new children, your new job, your new house, and your new address. The information you send in will be passed along to your friends and classmates through the Class Notes section of the Alumni Magazine.
joint, or they can be paid in ten $10 payments of single memberships or $12 joint.
For the first year after graduation the Alumni Magazine will be sent to you free through the courtesy of the University and the Alumni Assn. After that, regular dues are $5 single and $6 joint. Life memberships are $80 single and $100
All memberships in the Alumni Assn. bring a 40-page Alumni Magazine nine times a year with articles about the University and news about faculty and classmates (who have written in).
Write the Alumni Assn! Use its facilities! It is here for your service and convenience. KU's Alumni will not forget you when you leave school. It's up to you not to forget the association.
Remember Your Alumni Assn.