By Judith Faust
Many attend convocation
The regal silver mace headed the processional of the convocation opening the 101st year of classes at KU. The twin passing lines of administration and faculty were long. The main floor and first balcony of Hoch Auditorium were filled, and the second balcony held one-third its capacity.
A convocation, a calling-together, was the occasion. What were the motives, though, of the students who came, making the biggest crowd in recent years for an opening session?
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A freshman girl said, "I suppose I came because I'm new here and I want to know what's going on."
"He didn't throw one pass that wasn't on target," said coach Jack Mitchell.
Mitchell said that if Skahan could stay healthy he would be the best quarterback in college football or "I don't know what I'm talking about." Mitchell was an All-America quarterback at Oklahoma in the 1940s.
the closest moving line and scanned face after face, sometimes with interest or recognition, mostly with curiosity. Two conspicuous groups of students who had not found seats stood in the rear of the auditorium not quite whispering as the faculty passed on both sides.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—(UPI)—Brittle Bob Skahan of Kansas, a crackerjack quarterback who ran and passed for 230 yards in the Jayhawks' 23-7 loss to Texas Tech Saturday, has been voted Big Eight Conference Back of the Week.
The Rev. William J. Moore, dean of the Kansas School of Religion, led the responsive reading. Hundreds of voices blended into a strange, hesitant harmony on the familiar and unfamiliar words. The great curved space of the
auditorium tossed back shadowy echoes. When the responsive reading was done, all the hesitancy disappeared as the audience said the Lord's Prayer.
The 5-foot-10, 180-pound senior from Columbus, Kan., connected on 12 of 19 passes for 152 yards and ran for 78 more, including an 18-yard option keeper that netted the Jayhawks' only touchdown.
"Contrary to popular belief," commented one boy, "some of us enjoy these things. It's a kind of pep talk about what the university is doing."
A senior woman said, "The first convocation I came to was just last year. I liked it. It was a good start for the year. So I came again."
Bobby Skahan voted Big-8 back of the week
Skahan's effort was the fifth best single-game offensive performance in KU history.