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Trainer's Service Covers 25 Years
That's one of the many things Dean Nesmith has learned in 25 years as KU's head trainer. Nesmith, who gained his present position in 1938, is the dean of the Big Eight Conference's trainers.
NESMITH EMPHASIZES prevention of injuries as the most important task for an athletic trainer. Next comes treatment of injuries, he says, and then there's the matter of arranging meals for team road trips.
IN HIS FIRST collegiate game, Nesmith, a 195-pound tackle, scored a 87-vard touchdown.
"Deaner," as Nesmith is known to athletes and coaches, also makes room assignments on road trips and prescribes individual weight training programs.
Nesmith, a native of Belleville was quite a football player himself.
There's more to being an athletic trainer than giving first aid.
Only one other person has served the KU athletic department longer than Nesmith. Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, joined the staff in 1932, the year Nesmith was a freshman at KU.
"We had just scored," Nesmith said. "I don't know why the other team was wanting to kick, but they did. In those days the line formed a wedge for the ball carrier and I was at the front of the wedge.
"Why in the heck, I don't know.
but the ball bounced right at my knee. So I just started running with it. Nobody tackled me and I scored.
"They didn't have these scholarships when I went to college," Nesmith said. "We had to get a job to go to school. My job was to help the trainer.
"I never carried the ball again, so I say I've got the record for the most yardage per carry for a college career."
Nesmith was trainer of the U.S. basketball team in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, but he considers two KU events as the most exciting moments in his career.
AFTER COLLEGE, Nesmith played one season with the old New York Yankees professional football team. Then he returned to KU.
The next year, in 1938, Nesmith became head trainer.
Those memorable events for Nesmith are KU's loss in the 1947 Orange Bowl to Georgia Tech, 20-14, and the basketball team's 80-53 victory over St. John for the NCAA championship in 1952.
"After I played a year of pro ball, I saw that wasn't going to be much, so I came back and worked for the trainer."
"I think it's just the opportunity of working with the boys that is rewarding," Nesmith said. "Every day it's a thrill, so to speak."
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Medea, "woman of the stone forehead and hate-filled eyes," as Robinson Jeffers pictures her, dominates the stage in Westminster Theatre's last production of its spring season of experimental drama.
'Medea' Will Be Staged Thursday
The Greek tragedy, "Medea," in a contemporary adapation by Jeffers, will be presented as a staged reading on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in Westminster Center, 1204 Oread.
Centering around the mythological figures of Medea and Jason, the play explores very powerfully the twisted and intersecting paths of jealousy, hatred, vengeance, and despair.
Readers will include: Julia Callahan as Medea, Steve Callahan as Jason, Roger Brown as Aegeus, Bill Evans as Creon, Nan Scott as the Nurse, John Hedge as the Tutor, Roxanne Beilh as the First Woman, Sylvia Groth as the Second Woman, and June Royston as the Third Woman.
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