University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

Our impressions of recent happenings on the Hill after due deliberation abolished the post of athletic director, reorganized the board and put the managerial duties in the hands of a faculty committee. For the first time in the memory of any- one on the campus the papers quoted Dr. Allen as saying, " I have no statement to make. Since then Phog has confined his activity to polishing up his " corking good basketball team, which has been to date all-victorious in conference games, although humbled by Southwestern and Baker. Two weeks before finals the long cold winter set in. King Illustrations by Carof /onnson " Playing intramural tiddledywinks at meal time " Winter presented the students with a New Year ' s greeting in the form of six inches of snowy sleet. The ice blanket added numerous complexities to the business of getting around the Hill. Cars skidded, got stuck, refused to start, and refused to stop. Those brave souls who could summon enough courage to essay the hills enjoyed all the thrills of mountain climbing. The sub-zero weather and the snow combined to curtail severely the attendance at the Soph Hop. Hop-goers praised Joe Venuti ' s music but were unanimous in their lack of enthusiasm for the size of the crowd. The prevailing atmospheric and meteorological conditions enabled the Sigma Chi to entertain their freshmen at the annual snow festival and winter track carnival. Long a tradition with the boys at 1459 Tennessee, it is also becoming a much looked - forward-to event at the Kappa house. The festivities consist of obstacle races in the snow between pairs of unclad freshmen. The boys start and finish their race by being doused with a bucket of cold water. Sounds brutal, but the freshmen say they like it. Another cold weather incident was precipitated when one of (ConljnueJ on Page 237/