University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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DECEMBER, 1935 163 FRESHMEN GO POLITICAL (Continued from page 15 ' ) in itself a testimonial to the personalities of the students and a tribute to the way in which they make and retain friends. This year ' s class is exceptionally fortunate in its officers, for not only are they poli- ELDRIDGE PHARMACY Primrose House Cosmetics Whitman Candies Martha Washington Candies Our Fountain Service is unexcelled PHONE 999 701 MASS. LAWRENCE, KANSAS GEORGE F. MILLER H I LLS I DE PHARMACY 9th and Indiana Curb Service We Deliver PHONE 1487 We Suggest: fountain pens pencils, desk sets jayhawk playing cards quality stationery K.U. novelties jayhawk compacts scroll bookends zipper notebooks dollar books antique glass and many other gift items imported from many lands. Packages Wrapped for Mailing Without Charge ticians but they are rapidly making them- selves known in other Hill activities. Moreover, the class of ' 39 well deserves the officers whom it has elected, for the class is proving itself outstanding. It boasts a strong, faithful football team and a basketball squad which is excep- tionally skilled. Its members are rapidly orienting themselves and are coming to the fore in a variety of activities. Teachers are commenting favorably upon the work of the class, oftentimes adding to their comments remarks which make upperclassmen understand why compari- sons are odious. The class has shown a remarkably sane and loyal attitude upon the matter of maintenance of school traditions. The older students offer heartiest congratulations to the new officers and best wishes to a most promis- ing and energetic class. TWO BOOK STORES 1401 Ohio 1237 Oread St. we deliver FOOTBALL (Continued from page 153) ing week and went down to defeat, 21 to 12. The Cyclones came to Lawrence seek- ing their first Big Six victory, and aided by a Kansas offense that failed to func- tion when within shouting distance of the goal, realized their fondest dreams. The best the lowans had been able to do thus far was tie Missouri 6-6 and to defeat little Upper Iowa, but they uncovered a series of tricky pass plays that befuddled the Jayhawkers and produced a last half drive that netted two touchdowns and the victory. Kansas scored shortly after the open- ing of the game when Peterson plunged over after a weak punt had given the Jayhawkers possession of the ball within scoring distance. A pass play that started in the form of an end run netted the lowans a touchdown soon afterward and Poole, Cyclone long distance kicker, matched McCall ' s point after touchdown to tie the count 7-all at the half. McCall kicked a goal from placement in the third quarter after a similar attempt by Iowa had failed, and Kansas went into a lead that appeared comparatively safe. But a real Cyclone appeared on the field and filled the air with forward passes that were completed in the midst of two or three Kansas players and Iowa State scored twice more to shove Kansas into a tie with Oklahoma for second place. If we were to attempt the thankless task of picking the season ' s outstanding players, thankless because there are so many who played their best every minute of their intercollegiate competition and cannot be omitted from any listing of great Kansas players, we would only list the men who were outstanding in the Missouri classic, for they were the men who bore the burden throughout the year. First we would rank Dick Sklar, who, although so tired he could hardly walk during the last quarter of the game, was in on every play that came anywhere near his vicinity, and could usually be found on the bottom of the pileup following the tackling of a ball-carrier, or shot through to nail the runner for a loss. Sklar was chosen as captain and guard of the Kansas City Star ' s All-Big Six team at the end of the season. John Peterson, Fred Harris, and George Hapgood, all playing their last year, bore the backfield burden through the entire season, and were picked as among the best of the Big Six backs, while in the line Tommy McCall and Ed Phelps, together with Sklar, caused enemy backs to steer shy of the center of the Kansas line, for it was as impreg- nable as the traditional stone wall. Bill Decker, out of several games because of injuries, was a spark plug in the backfield during the games in which he played, as were Douglass and Wienecke, sopho- mores, and Giannangelo. Dean Nesmith finished up in a blaze of glory with a standout performance in the Missouri game, and Rutherford B. Hayes, who called signals from his end position, began with the first game of the season, against Notre Dame, to finish his competition ranked among the best of the country ' s ends, and with more publicity might have received more serious con- sideration for Ail-American honors. He was chosen for many All-Kansas and All-Big Six teams, as were Peterson. Phelps, Nesmith and Hapgood. Seigle, Green, Morland, Ward, Vogel, Lurton, and Barcus were all valuable men during the season, and the majority of them will be back for another year of competition. As a majority of the stars of both line and backfield are lost this year by graduation, it is quite evident that Head Coach Ad Lindsey will have to start from the ground up in building his 1936 edi- tion of the Kansas gridiron machine. Sophomores will have to be depended upon for a large part to form the nucleus for the team, and Bill Hargiss, freshman coach, produced one of the best fresh- man teams in many years this fall, from which a dozen outstanding players will graduate to varsity competition next season. Advance dope points to an even greater aggregation of gridsters next year than the one which finished in third place in the Big Six this season, and

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162 THE JAYHAWKER BUDDING DIANAS (Continued from page 144) giving vacation these classes met twice a week in the Union ballroom, where under expert direction the students were taught the foxtrot and the waltz, correct posture, and for the men the right way to tag, thanks to Miss Elizabeth Dunkle, the instructor. The men really went out for these affairs, and when Tau Sigma mem- bers came up to assist as dancing part- ners, they were in their element. If they couldn ' t find a partner or were too bash- ful to tag, they sailed around by them- selves. It was all very delightful. Tau Sigma is now hard at work on the four numbers it will present with the sym- phony orchestra on January 9- The group also has an advanced tap class which pre- sents programs for various functions throughout the school year. Tau Sigma has a history too. Miss Dunkle organized it in 1921, and it has been going strong ever since. And so the fall season winds itself up. Quack and Tau Sigma members are busy with their work and play. Seasonal sports and intramurals have ended, and the results are neatly tabulated in the big W.A.A. book. Plans for a s uccessful sport year go merrily on. And once more women turn their eyes toward the good times offered through the winter months, basketball, free-throws, ping-pong, deck tennis, fencing and rifle. Already tryouts for the latter are well under way, and by the interest with which they report on the rifle range, the try-outers are demon- strating that the day of confining them- selves narrowly to feminine sports has long since passed. THE HOMECOMING CELEBRATION (Continued from page 145) informality were prevalent. All in all, this year ' s Hobo Day was a success; and certainly on this ground there should be a Hobo Day next year and the years following. In so doing a time-honored and popular tradition would be ' car- ried out. Wednesday afternoon the returning alumni were met in the Union build- ing and registered by a group of Jay Janes and W. S. G. A. representatives. This year the football team of 1910 cele- brated its silver jubilee; so special efforts were made to locate the living members of this group. This was quite a job as the members of that team are scattered all over the country from New York to Los Angeles. The 1910 record was not altogether victorious, but they won seven games and lost only one, which would be considered an excellent season by any team. Special memorial services were held Thursday for Tommy Johnson, a beloved and widely known member of the 1910 team. Johnson has often been referred to as Kansas ' greatest athlete and his name has long been a legend at the University. The class of 1911 under the direction of Mrs. Waldemar Geltch also called a meeting for Thursday morn- ing to make plans for their reunion next spring. At two o ' clock Wednesday afternoon the Phi Gams and the Sig Alphs met on Stadium Field to decide the champion- ship of the Intramural Touch Football competition. The two teams were well matched; and, although the field was soggy and neither team was able to appear at its best, the game was an inter- esting one and drew quite a crowd of enthusiastic spectators. The Phi Gams emerged victorious by a score of 2-0. Wednesday evening a special, fifteen- minute, K. U. program was broadcast over WREN at 6 o ' clock. At 8:30 the big torchlight parade began which fea- tured this year, for the first time, a num- ber of mounted floats. Prizes were offered for the best exhibit in the parade, and nearly every Hill organization was repre- sented. All of the floats were cleverly decorated, and each represented a great deal of effort on the part of the sponsor- ing group. The parade terminated at Eight Street where a final pep rally was held. This demonstration was broadcast over radio station WREN for twenty-five minutes, until 9:25 when the crowd dis- persed. Wednesday ' s program closed with a Homecoming Varsity at 10:00 which lasted until 1:00. Thursday morning the returning grads were greeted by huge signs in front of the sorority and fraternity houses, pro- claiming the sad plight of the Missouri Tiger and predicting the outcome of the game. A prize was offered for the best house decoration and blue streamers, dead tigers, and huge welcome signs. Ingenuity was apparent, and the decora- tions elaborately outdid any such attempts in the past few years. Special trains from Kansas City carried large crowds of Mis- souri rooters to Lawrence, and by noon the sororities and fraternities were filled with returning alumni. Down town all the restaurants did a rushing business, and special lunches were served at the organized houses. For over a week the Kansas City and Lawrence papers had been full of news about the big game ; so both Kansas and Missouri supporters looked for an exciting afternoon. Considering that Mis- souri tied the strong Kansas State team and Iowa State beat Kansas, the sport fans placed Missouri on nearly an even level with the more potent Kansas eleven. Feelings ran high toward game time and there was talk of considerable betting. The game marked the forty- fourth meet- ing of the two schools. Kansas had won twenty-four of the games, and Missouri fourteen. In the past five games Missouri had not even scored; so, with a fighting chance to win, their expectations were high. By game time the new Bermuda grass turf was in fairly good shape, ful- filling the Missourian ' s hopes for a dry field, but the temperature had dropped considerably and a stiff north wind was sweeping through the stadium. Nearly 18,000 fans stood in the cold sunless valley and watched the kickoff at 2 o ' clock. Among the enthusiasts were the number one alumni of each school: Governor Landon of Kansas, and Gover- nor Park of Missouri. The game was not at all spectacular, but was characterized by the brilliant defensive play of both teams. Both teams were wary and it was only fitting that the final score should be as it was, 0-0. In all fairness, however, it can be said that Kansas outplayed Missouri. Regardless of (Continued on page 163) we have a complete showing of CHRISTMAS GIFTS at all prices HARZFELD ' S

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164 THE JAYHAWKER HOMECOMING (Continued from page 162) the no-score game the returning alumni did see a revival of the Kansas-Missouri enthusiasm which was not much in evi- dence last year at Missouri. After the game there was little to celebrate for either side; so Lawrence spent a very quiet evening, most of her visitors leav- ing for home immediately. The Missour- ians were a bit more cheerful after the game than the Kansans since they were conceded only a bare chance to win. The game was a clean, hard-fought contest with few injuries on either side, and with none of the so-called breaks favoring one team alone. The stu- dent body was dissatisfied with the out- come, however, and this fact should make the game at Missouri next year more interesting, since Kansas will be fighting with a vengeance to win. Homecoming is essentially a time set apart for the return of alumni, and because of the crowds of grads which did return to Lawrence on Thanksgiving Day, this year ' s Homecoming eclipsed in effect any such occasions of the ' past few years. Much of the success of this year ' s cele- bration was due to the work of the Homecoming committee which laid the plans for the festivities and directed the students in carrying them out. Viewed as a whole this year ' s Homecoming well fulfilled its purpose and the alumni who came to Lawrence will be anxious to return and again renew their contacts at the University. FOOTBALL (Continued from page 163) Lindsey ' s major problem, reserves, will probably be solved for him. If present information is borne out, he will have material aplenty, and fans are looking forward with a deal of confidence to possibilities of victories over Nebraska and Missouri, the two arch rivals, to satiate the Jayhawker ' s hunger for the placing of his well-clawed foot on the hindermost portion of those bugbears ' anatomies with discernible force. Kansas closed the season with a record of four wins, four losses, and one tie, slightly above the half-way mark, for a tie counts one-half game won, and tied for third place in Big Six standings with Oklahoma and Missouri. Again Nebraska is the king pin of the conference, but an inspired Jayhawk eleven very nearly took their measure when the alert Hayes scored a touchdown in the first minute of play, to take the lead in the standout game of the season, only to see the Cornhuskers edge out in the final accounting, 19 to 13. Since the great team of 1930 won the Bix Six title, the Lindseymen have not finished above fourth place, but they climbed a rung this year, came very near to undisputed possession of second posi- tion, and showed flashes of power that, had they been sustained, would have boded ill for all opponents, but, as in the Missouri game, the final spark was miss- ing at times, and losses that were unde- served, if the fight and aggressiveness were tabulated as material winning fac- tors, were chalked up against them. The Kansas student body has been favorably commented upon from all sides for their whole-hearted support of the football team in winning and losing, and undoubtedly has helped the team a great deal in realizing the most successful season in years. With the exception of the let- down in the Iowa-State game that was easily explainable, following as it did four extremely hard battles against Kansas State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colo- rado, the team ' s only losses were to teams above their class, Notre Dame and Michi- gan. Those two teams went on to gain the distinction of being among the country ' s strongest elevens, and their win- ning over Kansas was expected. The Jay- hawkers waged glorious battle against Nebraska, which has come to be regarded as also out of the Big Six class, and might have been victorious had it not been for a few tough breaks. With a likely-looking crop of freshmen coming up for next year ' s eleven to fill the shoes of the graduates, and the outstanding sopho- mores and juniors returning, Coach Ad Lindsey should be expected to mold an even stronger team for 1936. CAR GAZING (Continued from page 161) every moving part as it operates and enabling the layman to observe the proc- ess of lubrication and cooling. Ford, Chevrolet, and Plymouth all have chasses on exhibition which very clearly present the innermost secrets of frame and motor construction. Motordom on display in a building whose beauty and luxury of finish vie for honors with the trim, colorful new roadmasters provides a thrill and experi- ence which I cannot well describe, and which clearly accounts for the great stu- dent interest in the annual classic. The congregation, under one roof, of the lat- est developments in a product which rep- resents so many fields of research and development and which effects our very economic, political, and social life so pro- foundly is a fitting subject for keen interest and study on the part of college students. T. J. S. (Author of Motion and Rest) If I should fling my head on. high And let the misty raindrops jail Arid hear the shadowy almost sigh While fogs are covering all I ' d not escape those lines. I ' d never climb a hill alone To catch the sunbeams in my hair; Or listen to the hymn a moan, Sung by the pines indeed a prayer can ' t forget your words. CORNELIA ANN MILLER Form Printers for the Jayhawker And All Other Hill Organizations THE ALLEN PRESS First National Bank Bldg. Phone 1234 NATURAL GAS The Finest Cooking and Heating Fuel Known ECONOMICAL DEPENDABLE EFFICIENT KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. Your GAS Company fl 733 Massachusetts St. Phone 31 5