Wednesday, April 1, 1964 University Daily Kansan
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No one knows for sure when or why April 1 came to be known as April Fool's Day, although there are several theories.
One theory is that it derived from an ancient pagan celebration of the vernal equinox, the time when the sun's center crosses the equator and days and nights are everywhere of equal length, about March 21.
These celebrations used to start on March 25, the original New Year's Day, and continue to April 1.
IN FRANCE it is thought that April Fool's Day began with the adoption of the reformed calendar by Charles IX in 1584 when New Year's Day, which was celebrated with gift exchanges, was changed from April to January 1.
Conservatives, who resented the change, were sent mock gifts from the "Wags" who favored the change, and the day became one for practical joking.
The first record of April Fool's Day in England is in a journal kept in 1698. Several persons were sent
Lance Burr Voted Next P-t-P Head
Lance Burr, Salina junior, was elected chairman of the executive board of People-to-People last night for the 1964-65 school year.
Other members of the board are as follows: Frank Bangs, Wichita junior, vice-chairman; Helen Nott, Evanston, Ill., junior, vice-chairman in charge of special projects; Prisilla Osborn, Stockton junior, secretary; Prakash Nagori, Aurangabad, India, sophomore, treasurer; Ann Peterson, Shawnee Mission sophomore, sister chairman; Jim Pitts, Wichita sophomore, brother chairman; Dale Spriggs, McPherson freshman, American Students Abroad; Marsha Moechtlen, Wichita freshman, office chairman; Joyce Palmer, Mission junior, membership; Terry Arthur, Manhattan sophomore, publicity; Karen Indall, Ottawa junior, and Jose Ocampo, Capas Taplac, Philippines, hospitality.
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then to the tower of London to see the lions washed. This joke was repeated a century and a half later when an unknown author sent invitations to a number of April Fools to come to the tower and see the lions washed.
A less serious theory, probably is that April Fool's Day originated when Noah sent the first dove out when there was no place for the bird to land.
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