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THE FIRST KANSAN — 9.17.1904
The dawning of the 20th century brought along many firsts to a nation much more primitive than what we know today. Teddy bears came in 1902, and Crayola Crayons in 1903. In 1904 two more now famous products were introduced to Americans at the St. Louis World's Fair as ice cream cones and iced tea became huge hits with Americans. Even on the University of Kansas campus many firsts were occurring.
The Semi-Weekly Kansan, forerunner of today's University Daily Kansan, makes its debut on campus with the support of faculty administration, and students alike.
In the year 1906, Forrest C. "Phog" Allen played his first
game for Kansas basketball. The first game that he started for Kansas was against a rival from the North, Nebraska. Allen scored 23 points and led the Jayhawks to a 37-13 victory over the Cornhuskers. At the end of the season Allen played a game that made him the star of the team. Against Emporia State Allen scored 26 points, a record that stood for nearly 10 years. After that game, his teammates voted Allen the captain of the Jayhawk basketball team for the next season.
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Allen had to withdraw from the University because of financial considerations, and he coached at Baker University. Allen's team edged out a 39-24 victory over Kansas that season. From 1907 to 1909 Allen returned to the University of Kansas, not as a player, but as a coach. His first game as head coach was a 44 point victory over Ottawa University.
The KU women were also making a great start for themselves in sports. In the late 1800s,
A STREETCAR NAMED THE KU LOOP—4.19.1910 Electric trolleys from the Lawrence city system initiate 23 years of streetcar service to the KU campus.
the University started to let women participate in physical activities. In 1912, KU women created the first Women's Athletic Association because they were sick of watching the men play from the sidelines. The women participated in activities such as hiking or being a volunteer score keeper at a local sporting event. The women would gain points for participating in such activities. After gaining a certain number of
In 1925, students and faculty used Potter Lake as a swimming pool. University Archives, Spencer Research Library
Potter Lake reflects change in University
University Archives, Spencer Research Library
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By Dave Wilson correspondent@kansan.com Kansan correspondent
Potter Lake has been a swimming hole, a reservoir, a theatre, a symbol and spectator of the University of Kansas for the past 92 years.
The beginnings of Potter Lake stem from 1904 when landscaper George Kessler, known for crafting many present day parks in Kansas City area, was commissioned by Chancellor Frank Strong to design a master plan for the campus. While Kessler's plan was eventually discarded, his idea of a man-made lake in the ravine north of Mount Oread lingered on. Potter Lake eventually came to be when the Board of Regents decided that existing water supplies would be inadequate if a major fire broke out.
In October 1910 construction began, and opening ceremonies were held on June 5, 1911. Former Board of Regents member Senator Thomas M. Potter, the lake's namesake, was the guest of honor. The University band gave a concert, followed by a water sports program that included swimming races, a diving contest and an unconfirmed whale sighting.
But by 1924, six deaths by drowning and pollution problems prompted a committee to ban
Athletic director James Naismith continued to promote the annual water sports program, and Potter became the campus swimming hole. In 1914, a diving tower and springboard were added.
swimming altogether and even consider draining the lake.
consider draining the lake Despite the problems, the lake continued to draw students for ice skating in the winter and peace and quiet throughout the seasons. At one time, a seven-hole golf course was constructed on the slopes surrounding Potter Lake. But the course was abandoned after World War II.
From the late 1950s until the 1970s, Potter Lake's health deteriorated because of silt buildup and pollution. At times, the water level would get so low as to wash old trash ashore and many complaints were received about the constant smell of methane gas wafting from the lake.
the lake. Potter Lake's health began to recover by the early 1990s.The lake recovered enough to support a large population of fish. One day a KU student reportedly landed 22
bass, later on catching 17 crappie and a 22-pound catfish.
The lake has continued to suffer from pollution and silt runoff. Because the lake's only source of water is rainwater runoff containing silt, the water will most likely remain polluted. In 1999, a list of 120 polluted bodies of water compiled by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment included Potter Lake. The lake was listed because of harmful algae growth found to be thriving in the silt-soaked waters.
"It's just the nature of an embedded reservoir." Stanford Loeb, assistance professor of environmental studies.
mental studies.
As before, pollution problems didn't deter students from frequenting Potter Lake. In 1997, students held a series of "Floating Flicks" nights where a large screen was floated out onto the lake, and
"Ol Swimmer' Hole"
Feature on Campus
"Hey, Skinnny, come on in, the water's fine," may not be the greeting that will welcome University students to the pleasures of real swimming in a renovated Porter's Lake, but swimming in the lake this year will be as enjoyable to students as in the old days when the "ol swimm' hole" amid on Sunday the bathing that mother had given her boy on Saturday night.
— The University Daily Kansas, April 7, 1932
movies such as The Abyss and drew crowds of people. In November 2000, a metal-smithing class was given the task of creating boats that would float on the lake. The candlelit watercrafts successfully floated across the lake one night.
Occasionally, professors still hold class on the grassy slopes beside the lake for a more open class structure. Kevin Rabas, a professor of English, said Potter Lake was a great place to study transcendental poetry because one can look over the water and reflect.
over the water and in poetry," he said.
-Edited by Erin Riffey
Additional material for this article was supplied by This Week In KU History, www.kuhistory.com, a project of the KU Memorial Unions.
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