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By CHRISTOPHER HINES Staff writer
The state Legislature took a two and a half week recess Friday without finishing some of its homework, including several bills concerning money and programs for the University of Kansas.
"This year is exceptional in that so many bills are in conference and that so many issues are unresolved," said State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence. "This is becoming more so every year."
State lawmakers did, however, approve a state lottery, liquor by the drink and a bill prohibiting nuclear waste disposal in Kansas, before going into recess. Two weeks ago, the Senate threw out by four votes the death penalty, despite strong support from Gov. Mike Hayden.
The city hall in Mound City was built in 1868 and houses the old city jail.
Mound City retains small-town values.
A LOOK BACK
Portraits
A collection of campus legacies
University legacies are many. But a few portraits pieced together form images of the traditions KU students experience, regardless of the year they graduate.
R-o-o-ock Ch-a-a-alk, J-a-a-ay H-a-a-awk, K-a-a-ay U-u-u-u.
R-o-o-ock Ch-a-a-alk, J-a-a-ay H-a-a-awk, K-a-a-ay U-u-u-u.
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU
Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk, KU
Even the most skeptical students may acknowledge some chills when hearing that chant at a crowded sporting event.
But the history of the ancient KU war cry is as colorful as the words.
E. H. Bailey, former professor of chemistry, is credited with starting the Rock Chalk chant. He wrote in the 1917 Jayhawker, "In one of our meetings in
1887 or '88, over doughnuts and cider, someone suggested we adopt a vell."
Other sources list the founding date as May 21, 1886, but most sources agree that the yell spread across the campus a century ago. The original "rah, rah" was changed to "Rock Chalk" because it sounded better and it rhymed. The chant also refers to a chalky rock, limestone, that is common in Kansas.
Since then, KU supporters have yelled the words on battlefields and during the Olympic games.
two letters from the December 1924 issue of Graduate Magazine show the strong feelings KU alumni have for the yell. One shows the pride, the other the disgust in its changes.
"The Army rooters made use of a new yell adapted from the famous 'Rock Chalk' of the University of Kansas. It is one of the most effective cheers to be heard on an athletic field."
Carl L. Cannon, of New York, saw these comments in the Nov. 30, 1923 issue of the New York Times about an Army-Navy football game.
But a letter from Harry Ballinger, of Seattle, expressed disgust with the yell's evolution from
"In my day it meant something. It was rendered by loud, coarse voices about as follows. 'Rock!! Chalk! Jay Hawk!! K! U!!' It was rude and masculine.
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