Easton Forms Jayhawk Joggers for Losers
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By Giles Lambertson
If you are a male faculty member with an "intellectual excess" around the midriff, join the Jayahawk Joggers Club being organized by Bill Easton, physical education professor.
To eliminate one of the weightier problems of the push-button age, club members will meet twice a week to participate in carefully programmed distance running. After shedding scholastic status in the locker room, instructor and full professor can jog side-by-side to improve health and general physical fitness.
AND "DROP-OUTS" from the running will not flunk.
"This will not be high-pressure running," explained Easton, who will don jog togs with the rest. "Each man will set his own pace. We'll start by jogging 20 yards, walking 20 yards, running 20 and so on, and work up from there. Eventually, calisthenics will be added."
Besides the satisfaction of losing, members can win, too. Certificates will be awarded for having jogged 100, 500, and 1,000 miles. The running will be in the area of the new gymnasium and the intramural fields.
"MY OBJECTIVE is to get the
Lawson Sets Record To Pace KU's Victory
John Lawson set his second cross country course record this year and paced the Jayhawks to a victory in their own invitational meet Saturday.
Lawson, Kansas City senior,
was the first in with a time of
31:13.9 for the six-mile course.
Two weeks ago Lawson took
first place in a dual meet with
Southern Illinois University with
a time of 29:21.4.
BOTH WINNING TIMES of Lawson are course records on the new KU track. After the meet with SIU the track was remeasured and was short of six miles. The course was just extended to its full length early last week.
KU's harriers swept the first four places and scored 16 points
in the five-team meet. Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia was second with 43. Iowa State University, Southern Illinois University and Drake had entries, but none had the full complement to count for scoring.
Following team captain Lawson were three Kansas harriers, Tom Vergovich, Kansas City junior, 31:51; Jose Contreras, Scottsdale, Ariz., junior, 31:58, and Allen Russell, Scottsbluff, Neb., sophomore, 32:05.
David Lee, Iowa State, was fifth with 32:09.
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men to want to run on their own." Easton said. "Give them a little boost. This sort of exercise fits right into my thinking on physical fitness.
"We hope the program will expand to include downtown businessmen," he said.
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Although the club is new to KU, a similar program at the University of Oregon has proven successful. Scandinavian countries and New Zealand have for many years encouraged jogging activities to maintain vigorous health, he said.
"Ive wanted to institute such a program for several years," Easton said. "I hope there is a good response."
If you want to become a loser, attend the first meeting today at 3:30 p.m. in 202 Robinson Gymnasium.
The Classical Film Series presents The World of Apu
(India-1959)
The third and perhaps the finest film in Satyajit Ray's trilogy of Indian life.
Admission 60¢
Wednesday-7:00 p.m.
Dyche Auditorium