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KU Chancellor left on next train
He came to Lawrence on a hot day, when dust was deep and the only cloud was of grasshoppers flying in. He stepped from the train, saw the bare hilltop to the southwest where two stark buildings provided the only skyline adornment. He looked about a bit more, boarded the first train back to Wisconsin and mailed his resignation to the Regents.
On July 15, 1874, a professor of logic at the University of Wisconsin, S. H. Carpenter, was elected Chancellor of the University of Kansas by the Regents.
ELLLSWORTH, AFTER considerable study and research, concluded that "the University of Kansas, from the beginning, has had astounding good fortune in the choices of its Chancellors.
The successor—the Rev. Mr. James Marvin, a Methodist minister chosen without a formal interview as some Regents had heard him preach—was a modest man but for eight years he provided remarkable leadership against great odds.
ELLLSWORTH'S VERDICT is that it was providential Carpenter did not arrive on a cool, grasshopperless day. He might have stayed, perhaps lacking the fortitude to guide an insecure young University through the harsh conditions of the 1870's.
Thus relates the late Fred Ellsworth in a series, "Our Amazing Chancellors," written after retirement from 39 years as executive secretary of the University of Kansas Alumni Association.
"It would seem that almost some supernatural hand guided the final appointments. In almost every instance through all the years, the Chancellor in office has seemed extraordinarily endowed for his time."
One man league
ISU ace paces Big 8
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (Big 8 Service)—Seldom has an individual shaped a seasonal trend for the Big Eight Conference as has Iowa State's Tim Van Galder in passing this year, particularly after his 335 aerial lengths Nov. 21.
The big day assured the Big Eight of a passing record for the Conference as a whole.
To hit the record level, 646 of 1,368 passes were hit as of Nov.23,a success percentage of.473,which also ranks at an all-time high.Four of the teams have completed passes at a 50 per cent or better clip for the season, led by Oklahoma's 55 per cent.
FAR AND AWAY THE yards leader is Iowa State, now showing 1,527 after nine games, thanks to Van Galder's record effort. This gives the Cyclones a 169.7 pergame average, a mark which ranks second best. It is surpassed only by Missouri's 176.2 average, set back in 1951 with Tony Scardino at the helm.
However, it is still possible for the Cyclones to break that standard. Going into their last one of the year, 236 yards would do the trick. This is far from being an impossible feat for Van Galder and company—twice this season
they have been over this level in a game.
In the team departments only one lead has changed hands, with Oklahoma taking the top in pass defense by default. The Sooners scored a surprising, Thanksgiving win against Nebraska, and face a confrontation on Dec. 3 with Oklahoma State. They have allowed 91.8 aerial lengths a game.
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