University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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MAKING HISTORY The seniors of 1902 dedicated this leather bound edition of the Jayhakcr to Francis Hunt- ington Snow and offered it as a compilation of material hurled at the crowd by the Academy of Immortals who leave Mt. Oread in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred Two. (Alan Lehman) The old and cracked bindings of the yearbooks lining the shelves of the University Archives clearly showed their age; 99 of them, pro- gressing from the leather bound quarter size book to the glossy, full size books we know today. Leafing through these books we found pressed flowers of the late 1800 ' s, script poems on dry and crackly sheets, and promises of memories never to be forgotten scrawled on the inside covers of personal books donated back to the university. But more than that, we found the history of our school on these shelves, dating back from when KU was called KSU and campus was nothing more than a few buildings on a nar- row dirt road. Dedication ceremonies of Hoch Auditorium, Allen Fieldhouse, and Wescoe all evidence of the university ' s changes, as re- corded in the pages of the old Jayhawkers. This year, as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawkcr, we celebrated 100 years of student watching and progression. The pic- tures and tidbits of student life on this page and others were but a few of the details of the university that we found, and we invite you to browse through the archives ' shelves as we did. It is said that in order to progress, one must first know and accept their past, and here is our glance back so that we may take a step ahead. The 1931 Jayhawker totaled the results of the Hill ' s Hottest He the campus man elected by campus women as The Boy Who Makes Cold Chills Run Up And Down Your Spine. ' The biggest spectator sport of 1974 was streaking, and that year ' s book covered more than just the bare facts of the sport as it included the game rules and equipment (not) needed. ' In 1916, the Jayhawkcr camera caught the women ' s gym class performing drills in scandalous gym suits on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall. ' The parties not to be missed in the early 1900 ' s were the Junior Prom, the Soph Hop, the Law Scrim, and the formats of the Greek letter organizations. ' The 1914 yearbook featured a world map denoting the areas where KU students were working in foreign mission fields. ' The 1979 yearbook featured a special interview by the book ' s edi- tor with California Govenor Ronald Reagan. A change in music tastes of uni- versity students was marked in the books, as in the past KU was able to attract such big name singers as Sonny and Cher in 1974 and Bruce Springsteen in 1981 .-by Carla Krause 17

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In 1971. the Jayhawker sought a unique ap- proach to yearbooking. They succeeded, but this infamous yearbox was such a disaster that the advisor reportedly threw the entire shipment into the river. The box contained 6 seperate pa- perback books for sports, academics and organ- izations, seniors, performing arts, living groups and a collection of poems and writings by stu- dents; a sixteen page current events newspaper titled The Newspaper, and a deck of cards bearing profiles of administrators. Finally, it in- cluded a set of do it yourself title cards, which Invited the students to, select the cards with designs which most appeal to you, find some of that white paste that we all used in third grade, cut and paste, select the portion of your box you wish to be titled, and go to it. Instructions for assemblage then concluded, Whatever you de- cide, have a good time doing it, even if it means destroying the box. (Alan Lehman) Students of 1974 were less conservative in their practice of the art of running across campus with only tennis shoes adornment. They ruled that the playing field should extend from the Chi Omega fountain to Watson Library, and they found their uniform in the King James Bible. Gen- esis. Chapter 2, verse 25. (Alan Lehman) The Jayhawker has tried to depict the agonies of rush as far back as 1938 as in this double page feature entitled Girls Rushed Like This Boys Rushed Like This. (Alan Lehman) 18