Torch parade is first since'47
Bu MARY HODSON
Torches will light the sky at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when living groups parade toward the future site of Spencer Library carrying torches and banners to the first Homecoming torch light parade and bonfire at KU in 20 years.
"Depending on the attitude of each student on campus the parade will be a success or a failure," Fred Krebs, Shawnee Mission junior, said. "If there is a successful turnout, there is a good possibility of reviving this tradition."
KREBS, CHAIRMAN of the traditions committee, discussed the lack of traditions at KU and what his committee and the homecoming committee were doing to remedy the situation. He said that what has been lacking in the past is real interest in campus activities. He blamed this on the number of opportunities given to students.
"The opportunities were few and far between," he continued. "And when there were opportunities, timing and organization were usually lacking. We are giving students this opportunity but they have to feel it is worth their time to go to things like a torch light parade and bonfire."
The 1966 torch light parade will be a little different from those of the past because there will be no floats. The parade will start at six different locations near campus. Cheerleaders and pom-pom girls will lead students from each
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point of departure to the area underneath the balcony at the front of Strong Hall where Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will speak. Each living group, except the large residence halls, will receive one torch to carry to the bonfire. The dormitories will have several torches which the officers will carry.
ALPHA PHI Omega, national service fraternity, will make the torches uniform to fit fire and police department standards for safety precautions.
Starting at Blake Hall, Naismith, McCollum, Sigma Nu parking lot, Corbin and Delta Tau Delta, the groups will carry their torches and banners to the bonfire, picking up other groups as they walk.
After everyone has arrived behind Strong Hall at 7 p.m., Chancellor Wescoe and eight seniors on the football team will greet the crowd. A Dixieland band will play after the bonfire is lighted. Krebs said the entire program should not last more than one and a half hours.
The first torch light parade which included floats was in 1921 when 20 organizations entered.
TWELVE YEARS later the University Daily Kansan reported that the 1933 parade included "every organization" on campus. Phi Beta Kappa, the Press Club, and the botanists plus the Greek letter organizations took part.
Floats were temporarily suspended in 1942 due to World War II. However, a parade formed at Fowler Grove in 1944 proceeded to the stadium after members of pep organizations had gone to all the organized houses to get persons to attend.
In 1947, the last year for the torch light parade, each float was lighted by four flames. Five fire engines were stationed at two-block intervals. At the same time each float was required to carry a fire extinguisher as a precaution against fire.
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Daily Kansan Tuesday, November 1, 1966
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