THE UNIVERSITY KANSAN.
VOLUME VIII.
PIONEER KANSAN'S ESTATE TO K. U.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, NOVEVMBER 16, 1911.
EX.GOV. ROBINSON'S WIFE DIED YESTERDAY.
University's Friend Throughout Its Existence—Kansas Becomes Legatee to $100,000
One of the pioneers who took part in the making of early Kansas history, a person who was ever deeply interested in the fortunes of the University and who helped largely in the establishment of the University at Lawrence in 1864, died early yesterday morning. Mrs. Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, wife of the war governor of Kansas, Dr. Charles Robinson for whom Robinson gymnasium was named, died at her home on the Robinson estate five miles north of Lawrence. She succumbed to a severe attack of bronchitis which was probably rendered fatal by Mrs. Robinson's extreme old age.
It was largely through the efforts of Dr. and Mrs Robinson that the State University of
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Kansas was founded at Lawrence and they aided the school not only in their work at the meeting of the legislature but also in giving land for the campus and in raising an endowment fund for the maintenance of the College.
Mrs Sara Robinson.
The funeral will be held at the Unitarian church tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. The pall bearers will be Henry Benson, Prof. F. W. Blackmar, R. D. Lindsey, Prof. C. G. Dunlap, C. S. Finch, and Prof. W. H. Carruth, The presidents of the classes of the University will attend the funeral and the members of the faculty will attend in a body.
At the meeting of the University Council yesterday afternoon, a resolution was drawn up expressing the heartfelt sympathy of the University and their intention to erect a memorial to the honor of Mrs. Robinson.
After the establishment of the University in 1864, Dr. Robinson served as regent for a number of years and when he died in 1894, he bequeathed his property to the University with the provision that his wife was to have a life long lease and that after her death bequests should be made to relatives and the remainder of the estate should be given to the University for the construction of a memorial building. While no condition was made in the will of the ex-governor, a mutual agreement has existed that the money should be expended in the erection of a medical building. Only after the settlement of the estate can any definite knowledge be had upon the amount that the University will receive. The estate consists of sixteen hundred acres north of Lawrence. It is estimated that this will be sold for at least $120,000. In that case, the University will be the beneficiary of $100,000.
the secretary of $100,000.
It has been rumored that there
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MISSOURI VALLEY MARATHON NOV.18
Entries Received Today From Missouri and Nebraska— Automobiles Needed.
ROBINSON GYMNASIUM.
The entries from Missouri and Nebraska for the Missouri Valley Conference cross country run were received this morning by Manager W. O. Hamilton. Those entered from Missouri are: Bermond, Shockley, Moss, Wickham, Terry, Meyer, and Hagan. Nebraska submitted the following names: Anderson, Swanson, Cole, Slater, Kennedy, Bogg, Soplauling, and Wohlenburg.
The five mile race will begin at 11 o'clock next Saturday morning at McCook field and will finish with a five lap run around the McCook course. A silver loving cup for the winner of the event has been offered and there will be medals given for those who take second and third places.
The team will arrive in Lawrence Friday evening and will be entertained by a committee from the University track team consisting of Robert Fisher, Will
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SCOOP CLUB WINS
PRIZE FOR BEST SONG
Composed Their Song on Hike to Chicken Supper at Bierman's Farm.
And now the Seoop Club makes its advent into University circles as the creator of tuneful melodies and harmonious songs. Several weeks ago a prize of five dollars was given for the best original football song that could be sung by some popular melody. Yesterday the committee consisting of Professors Carruth and Hubach and Charles Dolbe examined all of the songs submitted and decided on the one submitted by the Seoop Club
This song is only one of several that have been composed while the Club was on its hike to Bierman's. After the five mile walk to the farm and the big chicken supper, the men sat around the fire and suggested lines for songs. Last night the club took their fortnightly hike and the words to three new songs were written.
Interest in the song contest was great and a large number of songs were submitted. It is the intention of the cheer leader to use as many of these as possible.
MASS MEETING FRIDAY AFTERNOON
KANSAS BATTLE SONG.
1.
Air: Old French-Canadian Melody
Glee Club and Band in Chapel Bon Fire in Front of Fraser.
Here come the men of the Crimson and the Blue,
To beat Mizzoo,
To beat Mizzoo,
We'll knot the Tiger's tail and send him to the zoo,
We'll beat Mizzoo.
Beat Mizzoo.
2.
Poor old Mizzoo, There's no hope for you,
You can't beat K. U., It's too big a job for you.
For here come the men of the Crimson and the Blue,
To beat Mizzoo,
Beat Mizzoo.
STUDENTS TO LEARN FOOT.
BALL SONG.
We'll give Rock-Chalk as our daddies used to do,
They beat Mizzoo,
They beat Mizzoo,
Father, son and grandson the pledge will renew,
To beat Mizzoo,
Beat Mizzoo,
Poor old Mizzoo. There's no hope for you,
You can't beat K. U., It's too big a job for you,
Forty generations have the same end in view
To beat Mizzoo,
Beat Mizzoo,
After The Game.
The west is filled with the Crimson and the Blue,
We did the thing we started out to do,
We've beat Mizzoo,
We've beat Mizzoo,
Beat Mizzoo.
Poor old Mizzoo. There's no hope for you,
You can't beat K. U., It's too big a job for you,
When next year comes, we'll do the same for you,
We've beat Mizzoo,
We've beat Mizzoo,
An immense mass meeting in preparation for the Nebraska game will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 in the chapel. A holiday has been declared for the afternoon and immediately after dinner the students will convene in chapel to hear how we are going to beat Nebraska Saturday, From all indications this will be the largest rally held this year. Special features, songs and yell, will be introduced and these will all be followed by a big bon-fire in front of Fraser hall.
The band has been practicing for the past two weeks and it will be on the platform ready to lead the students in their songs and help raise the roof with the strains of "Boola." The songs and yells that will be used in the game Saturday have been printed in pamphlet form and these will be passed out among the students The Glee Club will first sing the songs and then the student body will join in. The new foot ball songs will be introduced and learned and Saturday on McCook field a chorus of 2500 voices will help sweep the Cornhuskers off their feet.
As a special feature, the Scoop Club will introduce some original football songs with a glee club all their own. They have been practicing for some time on these and promise something new and interesting.
When the final strains of the Scoop Club's "ditties" die out, the assemblage, led by the band, will adjourn to the campus in front of Fraser where the "biggest bon-fire ever" will be started. Snake dances, band music, and possibly speeches will be in order. The game Saturday is the last and hardest game that will be played on McCook field this year and each and every student should consider himself a special committee of one to help "Beat Nebraska," by attending the mass meeting Friday afternoon.
The new K football blankets have arrived and they will be taken to McCook field immediately after the mass meeting and be presented to the players.
Holidav Notice.
Chancellor Frank Strong declared a holiday for tomorrow in honor of Mrs. Robinson's funeral.
Recommended For Graduation
Recommended For Graduation The faculty of the School of Engineering have recently recommended the following men for graduation with the class of '11. Fred Balocca, now of Chicago, Harley J. Berger, Edward P. Beck, and Clair E. Moon.
UNCLE JIMMY SAYS KANSAS WILL WIN
PRACTICE LAST NIGHT WAS SUCCESSFUL
Nine Former Stars Back on Field
—Record of Former
Nebraska Games.
"Do not think for a moment that I despair of victory in our game with Nebraska next Saturday," declared "Uncle Jimmie" Green, our honored prophet. "I am far from ceeding a victory to our northern friends although I realize that all dope is against us But in speaking of unfavorable dope, do not forget that for the last three years the dope has been strongly against us but that in two out of the three games we have defeated Nebraska. It has been the over-confidence of the Cornhuskers and the fighting spirit of our boys that has given us victory in two out of the last three games."
The fighting spirit that the Jayhawkers have lacked all season has come back and the men will enter the annual struggle with the Cornhuskers Saturday
"Hank" Ahrens, Center.
afternoon with the same dogged determination to win that won the game at Lincoln two years ago in the face of odds of three to one
The practice last night showed an improvement over anything done by the squad in the past few weeks. The spirits of the individual men are high and at the supper table last night the men arose and gave three cheers for the coach.
Every man on the team realizes that Kansas must play harder and better than ever before this season if the team expects to make a showing against the hardy Cornhuskers. Many of the old graduates who played on the team in former years are out in uniform and working with the squad giving them individual instruction and bringing out the old Kansas spirit that has won eight of the seventeen games with Nebraska. The old men who are back on the field are: Red Milton, Arthur St. Leger Mosse, Bert Kennedy, swede Carlson, Carl Pleasant, Frank Ford, Stan Myers, Fiske, and Shorty Ham-
Results of Former Games
| | K. U. | Neb |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1892. | .12 | 0 |
| 1893. | .18 | 0 |
| 1894. | 6 | 12 |
| 1895. | 8 | 4 |
| 1896. | .18 | 4 |
| 1897. | 5 | 11 |
| 1898. | 6 | 18 |
| 1899. | .36 | 20 |
| 1900. | 0 | 12 |
| 1901. | 5 | 29 |
| 1902. | 0 | 16 |
| 1903. | 0 | 6 |
| 1904. | no game | |
| 1905. | no game | |
| 1906. | 8 | 6 |
| 1907. | 6 | 16 |
| 1908. | .20 | 5 |
| 1909. | 6 | 0 |
| 1910. | 0 | 6 |