Spring brings Derby Day to KU
When Spring arrives at the University of Kansas, it brings with it a multitude of pleasure-filled pastimes. One of the more funfilled and well-known of these activities is the Sigma Chi Derby Day.
This weekend marks the 18th annual Sigma Chi Derby Day for KU. The weekend calls for competition among women's living
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groups in events requiring speed, stamina and laughter.
Competition at KU this year will be headed by the Alpha Delta Phi sorority, returning overall champions, who will be trying for their second straight win.
Derby Day competition actually begins the week prior to the titan-like battles on the Sigma Chi's tennis court, when the women's living groups compete for spirit trophies. The two groups of girls showing the most enthusiasm for Derby Day during this week win first and second place trophies in this area.
Besides the spirit trophies, there will be a Miss Derby Day trophy and first and second place trophies for the overall competition.
Judges for Derby Day events are: Chancellor and Mrs. E. L. Chalmers Jr.; John Morrow, assistant professor of biology; William L. Robinson, assistant to the dean of men; and Mrs. Lelya Fields, Sigma Chi housemother.
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The first event of the overall competition is the hat grab. It
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Chalmers quoted a report which suggested that three-fourths of the black students at KU felt that certain reforms would never be implemented until violence was used.
The black students seem pessimistic, Chalmers said, about the judicial process. He said this was an added mandate to improve the process.
takes place Friday at Potter Lake. From the starting whistle at 3:20 p.m. until the finishing gun at 5:20 p.m., the girls may use any means imaginable to snatch derbys worn by the men, who must remain in an area between Memorial Drive and Potter Lake. Points are awarded to the teams for each derby captured.
quest," an egg search in a trough filled with flour; the "Derby 500," a wagon race; "the balloon bust," a tag relay; the "find me event" in which contestants are assigned an animal sound and must find their mate by imitating the sound; a mystery event; and the beauty pageant, in which contestants will wear black sleeveless sweaters, white shorts and high heels.
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Friday, May 1: 3:30, 7:00, 9:30
Saturday, May 2 7:00 and 9:30
Sunday, May 3: 3:30, 7:00, 9:30
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Saturday, activities start at 1:30 p.m. with the Derby Day parade. The parade starts at the Chi Omega Fountain on Jayhawk Boulevard and proceeds to the Sigma Chi house where the lighting of the "infernal smudge-pot" will mark the beginning of the afternoon's affairs.
Other events are an "egg on the tomato" event; a "free for all," involving eggs, tomatoes and dead mackerels; a "grapefruit sweep," a relay involving a grapefruit and a manually operated broom tied to the coeds' back; "the
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