University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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WAITING FOR THE AGGIES Left: THE MARTYR Soon the opposing parties came to a clash. One dark night the Aggies gave Uncle Jimmy Green ' s statue a baptism of purple paint. Loyal Jayhawks were cleaning off the decorations early next morning, and that night the Aggie campus was daubed with crimson and blue. A report was received about eleven o ' clock one evening that several carloads of Aggies were cnroute to Lawrence, bent on mischief. A militia of about one hundred fifty men was hurriedly gathered by Paul Parker, cheerleader, and Charles Haines. In the small hours of the morning a suspicious look- ing automobile whizzed down the campus road, on either side of which the vigilantes lay in hiding. Promptlv swarms of the faithful blocked its progress. The driver was well equipped with nerve, however. A moments ' hesitation, a clash of gears, and the car shot backwards in full speed, through the onslaught of flying paddles. He escaped, but not before his car was severely damaged by the indignant Jayhawkcrs. Less than an hour later, Frosty Braden, one of the invaders, was captured and returned to the Hill. A barber was dragged from his bed, and the prisoner sacrificed his curly locks for his cow-college alma mater Right: UNCLE JIMMY NEEDS A BATH Page 14

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THE BANKERS VISIT K. U. October was a month of conferences. Besides the State Banker ' s convention and the State W. A. A. convention, a high school editors ' conference took place in Lawrence under the auspices of the department of journalism. More than seventy schools were represented. Instructors in the department of jour- nalism and outside speakers gave the high school newspaper workers a thor- ough-going two day course in newspaper work. Chancellor E. H. Lindley was one of the principal speakers at the Women ' s Athletic Association convention. He lauded a new era of women the athletic type and attributed the disappearance of the lounge lizard to the sporting ideals of present-day girls. About seventy delegates attended the conference. Meanwhile, amid all the peace and quiet of University life, an ominous undertone was heard. The approaching Aggie game! Impressed by years of fierce rivalry, the tradition of painting the enemy campus is firmly established in the hearts of Aggie and Jayhawker. It was realized by both sides that the rime-honored custom would not be discontinued. Below: THE HIGH SCHOOL EDITORS ' CONFERENCE Page 1 3

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The campus, silent in the radiant morn- ing . Then the whistle; doors swing open; sounds of scurrying feet and laughter fill the air. Silence soon reigns again, with only the sun running in playful patches over deserted walks. Another class has begun.