Mud and madness mark Derby Day
Mud-splattered and weary, Alpha Chi Omega members captured first place honors yesterday in the 14th annual Sigma Chi Derby Day.
Piling up points in events ranging from Derby Dress Up (where
each living group has five minutes to dress up their captain in the most original costume) to a greased pig contest, Alpha Chi Omega defeated Gertrude Sellards Pearson, Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma in that order.
Reigning over the day's activities was Miss Derby Day, Laurie Wedell, Chi Omega sophomore from O'fallon, Ill.
FRANK ROTH, Salina junior, and chairman of Derby Day, said, "We were pleased with the large turnout and the enthusiasm of the participants." He said the crowd was substantially larger than last year.
Individual event winners were Alpha Chi Omega, Derby Dress Up; Gamma Phi Beta, Bat Relay; Kappa Alpha Theta, Fish Pole;
GSP, Musical Buckets; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega and Alpha Chi Omega (tie), Makeral Mash; Oliver, Mud Grab, and Alphi Chi Omega, Greased Pig Contest.
Traditional among Sigma Chi chapters across the nation, Derby Day began at the University of California in 1930.
Although the events may vary
from campus to campus, the "underlying idea," as stated in the program, "is competition among women's living groups in events calling for speed, stamina and laughter."
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Daily Kansan Monday, May 22, 1967
Anti-war rally held at Strong
More than 100 persons gathered on the lawn of Strong Hall Friday afternoon for an anti-war demonstration. Seventy-one stayed to sign a telegram urging President Johnson to "Stop the bombing now and seek negotiations."
The 45-minute rally beginning at about 3:15 included addresses by five KU peace movement leaders. Sponsored by the KU Student Peace Union (SPU), the Kansas Peace Forum and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the protest was intended to supplement a scheduled SPU picketing of the Chancellor's Review. However, the 30-some demonstrators who repaired to Memorial Stadium following the Strong Hall gathering merely watched the ROTC drills.
HAMILTON SALSICH. KU assistant instructor, told the seated and standing crowd that the next peace movement step must be talking with individuals. He said each person who believed in ending the war in Vietnam must go out and begin discussing it with other people.
Mildren Dickeman, KU assistant professor of anthropology, cited college students and teachers as the "intellectual elite" and urged them to recognize their responsibilities as such.
"This sort of thing will take more guts than almost anything else ever done in the movement." Salsich said.
"TOO MANY try to escape responsibility for the war by saying 'Vietnam isn't my field,'" she said.
"We can't kill people on the other side of the world without killing freedom here at home," said Dean Abel, Michigan City, Ind., graduate student.
ASKS U.N. ROLE FOR WALES LONDON —(UPI) — Hard core Welsh nationalists have never stopped demanding independence from Britain but now one of them, Gwynfor Evans, the only Welsh nationalist member of the British parliament, is upping the demands. He told a meeting here "there is no reason Wales should not be in the United Nations where there are 35 nations smaller than Wales.
Abel recommended less of the "flyswatter approach" to demonstrating for peace and said more individual protest was necessary.
TOM REHORN, KU Methodist student minister, described "Vietnam Summer," a national program to unite protest groups to work for more community interest in Vietnam events. He said more information would be given in meetings at the Wesley Foundation.
Guitarist and SPU president Phil Bayles led the crowd in singing "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and told them to sing so that "those bastards up in Strong Hall can hear us."
The protest began with a silent parade of some 15 sign-carriers walking up Jayhawk Blvd. The placards said "Stop the Bombing." "Negotiate Now," "Love," "War Solves Nothing." One small boy carried a sign declaring "I Want to Live."
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