'Peace pact' prevents warfare between traditional state rivals
By JIM GRAHAM
Kansan Staff Writer
At 8:05 p.m. in Allen Field House, the University of Kansas' Jayhawks will meet the Kansas State Wildcats in a basketball game that could decide the winner of the Big Eight Conference.
As the big day approaches, students tense and the competitive rivalry between the two schools comes alive.
Lest some over-anxious students show their school spirit through the performance of asocial acts, it should be announced that KU is not at war with K-State.
Predating the birth of some students now on the KU campus, a "peace pact" between KU and K-State was approved by the All Student Council (ASC) in 1947.
The pact called for a bi-lateral disarmament between the two schools and designated that any student engaging in willful violence concerning the KU-K-State rivalry will be expelled from school.
"Burv the hatchet"
Henry Werner, then dean of student affairs, commented on the peace pact, saying, "the agreement between the two schools will be not only to decide how to 'bury the hatchet again' but also to decide just who will hold the hatchet in the future."
Some students, obviously taking Werner at his word, took up the "old hatchet" and inscribed the Aggie's brand-KSU into the grass
near the south goal post in the stadium. The act was deemed not destructive enough to warrant disciplinary action.
Besides occasional grass scorching, another of K-State's favorites has been the painting of "Uncle Jimmy" Green, the statue in front of Green hall. "Uncle Jimmy" receives a new coat almost perfunctorily as the KU-K-State rivalry draws near.
An incident in 1946 found "Uncle Jimmy" receiving his annual coat when a night watchman appeared on the scene. The watchman, alerted to the whims and fancies of over-zealous students, withdrew his trusty revolver and fired several shots into the air, halting the fashion designers and leaving "Uncle Jimmy" only half dressed.
Rivals' heads shaved
Still earlier in the KU-KSU rivalry, when the ride-em-out-on-arail fad was still popular, two K-Staters were apprehended while applying a new coat of paint to the Green hall statue. A swarm of KU men, hiding inside Green hall, captured the culprits and took them to the Sigma Chi fraternity house, where they were detained for the rest of the night.
In the morning, the K-Staters were released, but not until their heads were shaved and a thin layer of shining shellac covered their bodies.
Dean Werner laughed at the incident, and said, "At least there
was an element of humor in that incident, but even in a funny situation people are often hurt, and damage may be done. Such adolescent activities should be stopped for the good of the two schools."
In recent years the hi-jinks have become more sophisticated.
However, in 1961, concern over students' welfare appeared again in the form of a "KU Peace Corps."
In 1967 some enterprising K-State supporter arranged for a banner to drop over the scoreboard at the beginning of a KU-K-State basketball game.
Envoy to Mizzou
Harry M. Buchholz, superintendent of buildings and grounds, said he believed the banner was installed while the K-State team was having its practice session.
Buchholz said that usually the student's pranks were harmless and were done just for the fun of it.
This time Missouri University (MU) became the object of negotiations. The decision to send a "KU Peace Corps envoy" to Mizzou came after several irate KU students made vows to get even after the KU-MU altercations of the 1960 basketball and football games.
The "Peace Pact" presented to MU called for the "prohibition of property destruction, fights and riots, and inciting fights and riots by actions such as displaying defamatory badges, flags, or buttons."
Jay Deane, Kansas City junior in
1961, spoke out against the "badges, flags, or buttons" idea: "If a student causes no damage, he should be able to wear a badge saying anything he wants it to say. I don't see how a badge could start a riot." He added, "What about the 'Beat Mizzou' yells and pennants, then? Couldn't they be the cause of a riot, too?"
Peace conference offered
Max Eberhart, 1961 KU student body president, charged MU for being "lackadaisical about the whole affair."
Eberhart tried several times to set up a peace conference to discuss the matter. Concerned students even offered to buy the MU leaders dinner in either Kansas City or Lawrence if they would meet to discuss a halt to the KU-MU warfare.
Eberhard explained that it was the reputation of the University which was at stake and any violence would give KU a bad name.
Except for a few bombings, the painting of "Uncle Jimmy" 10-15 times a year, and the Chi Omega fountain turning various colors now and then, things have been fairly quiet around the KU campus with a KU-KState rivalry so close.
At least it's not like it was in 1947, when Dean Werner was prompted to say, "It is high time some definite action was taken. Students in the two schools must learn to at least act like grown-ups. If present conditions continue, the situation will soon amount to nothing less than guerrilla warfare."
KU adds new college-within-the-college
A new College-within-the
College has been added to the
KU campus, Chancellor W.
Clarke Wescoe announced today.
The Nunemaker College will
be established with a gift of
$350,000 from Miss Irene
Nunemaker of New York City.
The gift to KU= $18,617,000
The gift to KU's $18,617,000
Miss Lippincott to give inaugural organ recital Sunday in Swarthout
Joan Lippincott, organist, will give a recital at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Swarthout Hall, as part of KU's inaugural recital series.
Miss Lippincott is associate professor of organ and chairman of the organ department at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J., and has served as organist in churches in the New York and Philadelphia areas.
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Program for Progress will provide a classroom, library, and faculty office building for students who will become a part of Nunemaker College.
"Miss Nunemaker's gift will help further a program which already has proven successful," Dr. Wescoe said. "The physical facilities made possible by her gift will enhance the value of the program of students and faculty.
"Nunemaker College will mean a giant step forward in this innovative project. We look forward with pride to having a
College-within-the-College bearing her name and permanently identifying her with her University." Wescoe said.
Irene Nunemaker
The College-within-the-College pilot program was begun at KU in 1966 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Under the system, five small colleges have been established within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, giving freshmen and sophomores the advantages of a large university—a major library, an excellent faculty, and modern facilities—while retaining the personalized atmosphere of a small college.
The Program for Progress is KU's capital fund campaign for each College-within-the-College.
The Nunemaker building will be constructed in the vicinity of the northeast corner of Lewis Hall in the Daisy Field area.
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graduate of the KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, describes her gift as "a contribution to the young people of Kansas."
The Program for Progress, an $18,617,000 three-year capital fund campaign in which Miss Nunemaker is participating, was begun in 1966 to provide for buildings, equipment, student aid, and faculty development on the Lawrence campus and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Since her graduation, Miss Nunemaker has worked in editorial departments of Capper Publications, Topeka. She developed an interest in cosmetic writing that led her to a career with Avon Products in New York City.
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