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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
EDITOR'S NOTE
Remembering a century of news
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the University Daily Kansan being a daily newspaper. The first issue appeared in 1912, becoming the first college
daily.paper in Kansas according to kuhistory.com.
We now present the Retro Section, a first-time and one-time-only section. With a little bit of old and new stories, I think you guys will find this as entertaining as I found putting this issue together to be. It was fun to see how the Kansan covered local and national issues over the years, even after my several trips to Spencer Research Library to retrieve the old issues.
For the first time ever, the Kansan is giving recognition to
John McLendon, a University alumnus who coached a top-secret basketball game in the 1940s. With the mentoring of Naismith, McLendon changed the game and racial segregation at the University. You can't miss reading this story on page six.
You will also find old stories that were published in the Kansan from different decades. And let me tell you, as I retyped these stories word for word, I felt like I was there. They were long and detailed; people must have had longer attention spans back
then. But have no fear, these articles were far from boring. I felt the excitement as I transcribed the stories of Manning making both his free throw shots to win the national championship basketball game in 1988 and the anxiousness when Elmo Hardy, an associate professor at the University, was the first number drawn in the military draft of 1940.
Here's to 100 more years of The Kansan.
SPENGER RESEARCH LIBRARY
In 1935, the University Daily Kansan's office was located in the basement of the former Medical Hall.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. ..CIVIL RIGHTS ON CAMPUS FIRST DRAFT REGISTRATION
BORDER WARS 5
6. .. JOHN C. MCLENDON ALLEN FIELDHOUSE HISTORY
JAYHAWKS WIN 1998 CHAMPIONSIP...7
8. ..D-DAY
VIETNAM PROTESTS ON CAMPUS
KU AND EUGENICS . . . . .
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SPORTS
Basketball is a successful tradition
BRET IVY bivy@kansan.com
Basketball runs through the veins of KU. It's part of the KU tradition that brings together students, past and present, to share in the experience that is Kansas basketball. Despite changes, there has always been one constant at KU that holds many generations of its alumni together: Basketball.
The sport has been here nearly as long as the University.
“KU basketball has a huge impact on the school,” Cole Klostermann, a freshman from Dubuque, Iowa, said. “It brings people on campus together. There’s a connectedness that everyone feels on campus because of basketball, because of the history and tradition; it's a really great thing to be a part of”
In 1998, James Naismith, the father of basketball, came to the University, bringing basketball along with him. In the early form of basketball, the game was very different from what it is today.
The game was simple consisting of only 13 rules. In 2010, alumnus David Booth bought these rules for the University for $4.3 million, demonstrating how much basketball meant to him and to the University. The original rules are planned to be on display in 2014 as a part of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics.
It was under these original rules that the tradition of KU basketball began.
Naismith coached the inaugural season in 1898 until 1907, when he stepped down to become athletic director. It was
then that the University decided to hire Forrest Phog Allen, one of Naismith's former players, as coach.
Allen's time as head coach is one of the central reasons the basketball tradition is as strong as it is today. He coached the Jayhawks for 39 years, leading the team to 24 conference championships, three Final Four appearances and three national championships.
After his success as a coach, Allen became known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching." His program produced basketball coaching legends such as Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith, who continued to spread basketball across the nation. However, none of this may have happened if it wasn't for the basketball tradition at the University.
Allen retired in 1956, one year after Allen Fieldhouse was built in his name. However, the Jayhawks have continued to flourish.
As the sport of basketball evolves, with numerous rule changes and star athletes are produced, one name is still synonymous with the sport: the University of Kansas. It's a name that's looking to continue this tradition even longer.
KU has won 55 regular confer-ence championships, including' eight consecutive championships under coach Bill Self. Kansas has made 14 Final Four appearances and won five national championships.
Edited by Allison Kohn
APRIL 21. 1970
Union severely damaged by fire
KANSAN STAFF
editor@kansan.com
The Kansas, Union was ravaged Monday night by a fire that caused extensive damage to 40,000 square feet in the south half of the building.
Bill Rowlands, information counter manager and night manager of the Union, discovered the Union fire.
The fire, confined to the upper half of the building, apparently started near the Pine Room and spread immediately to the roof, which was completely destroyed in the older section of the building.
1 Fire trucks arrived 15 minutes after the fire was reported. Frank Burge, Union director, told firemen when they arrived the fire was confirmed at the center and western sections of the roof at that time.
"I heard something pop," he said. "It sounded like a light bulb exploding and I ran upstairs. I think that everyone in the building noticed the smoke about the same time and evacuated the building"
After an hour and a half of fighting the fire, flames of 20 to 30 feet shot off the roof and scorched the center tower of the Union.
The fire was finally brought under control around 2 a.m. today after flames had gutted the top two floors of the Union's main section.
The intensity of the flames caved in the roof and leaped to the south addition of the building, caving in that section.
Lawrence Fire Chief Fred Sanders said the fire started near an elevator on the third floor near the Pine Room.
"The man in the Union said there was a definite explosion," Sanders said. "It blew plaster off the ceiling and tore off the elevator door."
Later this morning Sanders said it could possibly be three days before the official cause of the fire was known, but added, "In my opinion, it was set."
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Chalmers said he was first informed of the fire in the Kansas Union at his hotel in Washington. He said University Executive Secretary Ray Nichols called him about 1 a.m. (EST) and at that time little information was available concerning the fire.
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"It certainly seems," Chalmers said, "that the three attempts at arson on the KU campus on April 8 and the three actual fires in the community the last three weeks seems to suggest that it is a pyromaniac at work. I do not think, however, that it is the work of one person or perhaps
Sanders said he reached his conclusion after talking to firemen and policemen at the scene. University of Kansas Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers, who is in Washington D.C. attending a conference of University presidents and administrators, said in a telephone statement early this morning, it now may become obvious necessity to appeal to strengthen campus security to prevent further incidents from occurring at KU.
An estimated 2,000 people viewed the blazing building while several more aided firemen in any way they could. Many attempted to clear the building of furniture, help balance fire hoses, and provide coffee and doughnuts to the fire fighters.
Chalmers said he does not plan to return to Lawrence any earlier than scheduled unless he gets a report that there is something he can do.
two or three people."
"The fire could have been a lot worse without student help," said Fire Chief Sanders.
Director Burge said the building was adequately insured, but for all practical purposes the entire south half of the building is a total loss.
The Union, Burge said, will definitely be closed until further notification from him.
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