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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
WEATHER MILD
77th Year, No.95
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Thursday, March 9, 1967
CHALLENGE TO SCHOOL SPIRIT
The men of McCollum Hall are putting up this 100 sq. ft. sign as a challenge to other campus living groups to encourage enthusiasm as the Jayhawks go into the NCAA regional tournament. Attempting to raise the sign up on the elevator shaft of the residence hall are Richard Jones, Topeka freshman, left, and Lon Weekly, Shawnee freshman.
April epidemic seen
As in years past, the staff at Watkins Memorial Hospital expects an epidemic to accompany the arrival of spring at KU.
It will be a plague . . . of injuries.
Students will be struck down in groves as they rush nets, round thirds, carom off court walls, and tumble out of haylofts.
THEY WILL take spiked volleyballs on their knees, lose their balance under barbells, collide with trees while chasing frisbees, and fall into campfires.
These are the fears of Dr. James W. Campbell, Watkins Hospital staff physician.
"With warm weather, the only disease which as a marked increase of incidence is that of the minor injury," Dr. Campbell said.
"This was borne out last September and October," he said.
STATISTICALLY there is not a significant increase in other afflictions, Dr. Campbell said, although trips to vacation spots over spring break can enhance the incidence of "exotic" diseases.
"before winter curtailed intramurals and parties—and the injuries."
of contacts in their trips to Florida, Mississippi, or Mexico," he said, "and they come back sick or as carriers."
"Students make a large number
For the same reason, the Watkins staff anticipates a few more cases of the mumps, measles, and respiratory ailments. Influenza is not expected to increase beyond normal, however.
Dean's office is not filled
An extensive manhunt was predicted early this fall for a new dean of students following the retirement of Laurence C. Woodruff.
"WE WANT TO WAIT and see what happens," Provost James R. Surface said.
That manhunt dribbled to a stop almost as soon as it started because of the possible effects of Centennial College.
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Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe last fall appointed a committee, headed by Surface, to prepare a list of likely candidates to fill Woodruff's post.
But the committee has been temporarily—maybe permanently—disbanded, said Donald Metzler, committee member and associate dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
"The committee thought it best," Surface said, "to suspend the search for a new dean until the committee members had a chance to look over the new Centennial College program."
WOODRUFF SAID the function of the dean of students would always exist, because someone must organize all the aids and services which are made available to the KU student.
The Centennial College would definitely have an effect on the decision of the committee, said Jerry Lewis, assistant dean of the Liberal Arts and Sciences and CC director.
Nick Roach, Kansas ticket manager, said Wednesday night that there are approximately 2,000 tickets left for Friday's games, but only 750 remain unsold for the finals.
Next year, the CC and its five
The ticket supply for next week's NCAA Midwest Regional Basketball tournament is down to 2,000 and a sell-out in advance is almost certain.
NCAA sales going fast
WEATHER
The Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow and continued mild weather.
KU-KSU rivalry is old
By RICHARD LUNDQUIST
Excitement reigns supreme whenever KU and Kansas State meet in athletic competition but the excitement is not always provided by the athletes.
Pranksters and practical jokers have often stolen the spotlight from the game and the athletes when the two rivals meet.
K-STATE SCORED an overwhelming victory in 1965 at Allen Field House. During one point in the game, fans who looked at the scoreboard saw not the score but a sign that said "Kill Snob Hill."
It would be impossible to keep a won-lost record in the pranks department since the rivalry started, but over the past two years there is a flatfooted tie.
Invading Wildcat country in 1966, KU rallied
Even though KU won the game 86-66, KState fans were "tickled purple." The yearly championship in the pranks department belonged to the Wildcats.
to tie the score. The target of KU's attack was a hill east of Manhattan called K-Hill.
There, where once the letters "KS" overlooked the town, could be seen a giant "KU." Presumably the Jayhawks had evened the score on the week before the basketball game.
In 1950 visiting K-State students tore down the north goal post in Memorial Stadium the week before the football game.
But the pranks have not always been so sophisticated.
KU students retaliated the same week by tearing down one goal post and dismantling the other at K-State.
To prevent such destructive acts the KU All Student Council signed a formal "peace pact" with K-State student leaders each year prior to 1964. There has been no pact since that time.
Unless you count Rey Smith's two point gift to KU in the last game, there have been no significant pranks yet this year.
colleges within a college will throw out a question: What will be the duty of the new dean of students?
"NOBODY KNOWS," said Surface.
Nobody showed.
"About three people will be asked to come to the campus for a few days to look it over and give us a chance to meet them." Surface said.
Last November, Surface said the selection committee would compile a list of likely candidates for the new dean.
"Well. I wouldn't say they never showed," Metzler said, "they were never invited."
THE COMMITTEE HAD also planned to consider persons at KU.
"We hope we will know by February," Surface had said, "particularly if we are going to bring someone from another institution."
By RUE CHAGOLI.
6th week test time arriving
All those basketball games, theater presentations, and other miscellaneous excuses for not studying sure have been fun, but now as the sixth week of the semester nears, it's time to start cramming for those mid-term examinations.
Next week, most teachers will be giving their first major tests of the semester, because grades are needed soon for downships.
THE LIBRARY will be crowded, and business at local hangouts will slump as KU students begin to prepare for the ordeal of the week ahead.
Cigarette sales will probably be up, along with coffee and various brands of "stay awake" pills.
The phrase "... well, it looks like it's going to be an all-nighter," will be heard more often than usual in the coming week.
Once all the exams, quizzes, book reports, papers, and projects are done, students can sigh with relief, and begin to speculate on their grades for the semester.
THOSE WHO DO well will have something to fall back on if they should run into trouble later.
But those who don't will have to forge their way up from the bottom, in the meantime wondering what they'll tell Mom and Dad about that little white sheet they're going to get in the mail.
ernaps now is the best time to put out the greatest effort; reading umpteen hundred pages of history, memorizing three speeches, finishing an English theme, and studying for the three hour-exams which will be given the next day will all be a lot easier now than when the sunshine, clear skies, and spring fever return to the KU campus.