Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Left — between halveswith the Purple Pepsters and Wampij j5 on Parents ' Day I Do you sujipose any event of the 1936- 37 school yea • brought so much acclaim to Kansas State College as the presentation of the radio d ama, The Story of the Fifth Slice ? ... did you know that this broad- cast, which d alt with the story of Kansas wheat, was tiansmitted to the ether by a network of ' ifty-three stations? ...the dramatization necessitated a cast of 22 stu- dents, faculty members, and townspeople ... it was wri :ten and directed by Prof. H. Miles Hebere : Homecon ing! . . . w h a t visions o f glorious week ends that one word conjures up! ...what memories of hard-fought Above — Dads of the football players occupy the bench

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Below — ■ ' Fight you Aggie Wildc I for Parents ' Day and clawed the litjhter Kansas State felines to a 7-7 tie . . . do you recall Bill Wheelock ' s mai mificent finish in the two-mile? . . . this was Bill ' s last home run for State . . . six- days later he was struck by an auto- mobile and the resulting injuries abruptly and dishearteningly termi- nated his intercollegiate competition Above — swinging

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Above — broadcast of The Story of the Fifth Slice Bottom — Heb . chief of the Fifth football games, of joyous reunions and torium to stage the most rousing pep meet- rollicking parties! ...the homecoming ing of the season . . . following the cheer rrlphr innn of UJjrS w■ s iinqnpstinnihly ffsr f ' - ' f- f » rg Af r]o r A ..pr-r, k. .,,., ,. f j- UiiL oi (hi iJiu.sL i. ' .uiiLiiiini-rimiuhi in- the LiiihusiaAiiL -.luUliiu . . . wa ' . Ma i ii - casions in the history of the College... tan ever so Lxistling, so sparkling with remember the pajama parade witii its as- activity? . . . every fraternity and every tonishing variety of bedroom apparel :■ ' . . . sorority house was brimming with return- the torch bearers wound up at the Audi- ing grads — clustered in parlors and draw-