University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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as Great by QM Tmfmp HEIR wings clipped neatly in the first game of the season by the high-flying Temple Owls, the University of Kansas Jayhawks sunk their claws deep into the fur of Washington University's Bears the following weekend and poised themselves for their long-awaited flight out of the Big Six Bastille. With Rifling Ralph' Miller, veteran quarterback star, making threatening gestures at an All-American nomination, with five or six other versatile backs ranging from the quicksilver to the human howitzet type, and with a line short on experience but longer on weight and reserves than it has been for a number of years, the Jayhawks roared towards the Nebraska game at Lincoln intent on making the feathers fly in several Big Six stadiums this fall. Running in the first string backfield at the start of the season with Miller, whose performances in the first two games furnished conclusive proof that his injured knee is completely healed, were a trio of outstanding sophomores, Halfbacks Ray Evans and Ray Niblo and Fullback Don Red Dog Ettinger. Sports scribes who saw the practices last spring and the September sessions this fall were quick to label this quartet as one of the most versatile back- fields in the Midlands. Milleris passing ability, which gained him the title of the country's leading pig- skin propeller during his junior year in 1959, has been supplemented this fall by the slender sharp- shooter's resumption of the running and kicking duties in which he excelled before a knee injury sent him hobbling to the sidelines midway through the 1958 season. Evans, the stylish Wyandotte high school grad- uate, who is equally adept at football, basketball, or baseball has been selected by many experts to become the greatest star in University of Kansas athletic his- tory. Only a sophomore this year, Evans already has branded his initials on one of the halfback berths and has shown that he can- run, block, and tackle with the best in the Big Six. Running at the other halfback spot as the season opened was Ray Niblo, triple-threat sophomore from Dallas, Texas. Niblo's performance in the Washing- ton University game where he tossed several long pbotor by Bowluf and Taylor I

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CORBIN HALL FIRST ROWi Elaine Howard, McDonald, Helen Barlow, Kansas City, Lois Brockoven, Great Bend, Jean Turnball, Topeka, Letha Jean Curtis, Hutchinson. SECOND ROW: Mary Eleanor Fry, Speorville, Theola McCool, Hutchinson, Florence Brown, Sabetha, Joy Cochren, Whiting, Patricia Gordon, Kansas City, Phyllis Wickert, Clotlin, Ruth Krehbiel, Kansas City, Mo., J-o Anne Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., Bonnie Jean Moon, Dodge City, Margaret Krehblel, Moundridge, Marlarie Doctor, Scandla, Ann Krehbiel, Moundriclge. THIRD ROW: Barbara riest, PhWiting, Ruth Clayton, Topeka, Donna Jean Nichols, Philllpsburg, Marjorie Lou Ukena, Highland, Helen Simpson, Attica, Helen Figley, Kansas City, Jean Rennick, Kansas City, Kathleen Whitmire, Hutchinson, Claire Arnold, Leavenworth, Doris Turney, Edgerton, Mo., Betty Lou Allison, Atchi- son, Elizabeth Holder, Atchison. FOURTH ROW: Mariio Robinson, McPherson, Jaan Murray, Herington, Elizabeth Burton, Coffeyville, Nadine Bonister, Kansas City, Mona Lee Butts, Hutchinson, Vivian Johnson, Enterprise, Uro Claire Hitchcock, lola, Leona Moreland, Howard, Janet Sloan, Kansas City, Mo., Martha Young, Coney, Lora Smith, Salina: Kathryn Pearcy, Wichita, Mary Lou Noble, Oskaloosi, Doris Turner, ln- dependence, Doorthy Jean Ellis, Cameron, Peggy Kay, Dodge City, Sussonan Schmidt, Freeport, among the members as is a yearly deficit shared. The second boys house was the Rock Chalk Co-op which was organized in the fall of 1940, and the third unit for men saw the light of day this fall as the John Moore Co-op, named in honor of John Moore former university secretary of the Y.M.C.A. john and has wife were the house parents of the original Jay- hawk Co-op. The girls, not to be outdone, formed their first group this fall at 1138 Missis- sippi street and fetchingly named it the Kaw Coets Co-op. They use the same plan as do the boys. Each of the four cooperative houses has its own government of a president, vice- presidenr, secretary, and treasurer, and the four houses are united in an Inter-house Council consisting of the officers from each of the four. This Inter-house Council is divided into two committees, one the fiscal WATKlNS HALL FlRST POW' Evelyn Candle, McPherson, Marjorie-CarlOV, McPherson, Vera Lau l-larris, Walieeney, Maribelle Fhclflnger, Seneca, Albert Mayer, Kansas City, Agnes l-hnton, Hamlin, Rebecca Hinton, Hamlin, SECOND ROW: Ruth Greene, Berry- ton, Shirley Kelly, Chapman, Betty Stephenson, Kansas City, Mo, Lorraine Carlson, Srnalan, Beth Maxwell, Leavenworth, Ruth Tippin, Topeka, Joy Miller, Wichita, Tl-llRD ROWZ Dorothy Carr, Osawotomue, Joanne Williams, Clay Cent-er, Mary Dell Burnside, Yolas Center, Connie-Herrera, Hutchin- son, Betly Austin, Kansas City, Mo, Persls Snaak, Hutchin- son, Shirley Snyder, Mission. .,.. committee, and the other the com- mittee on social affairs. These two committees are indicative of the purpose behind the cooperative movement, that is to provide stu- dents with economic and social advantages. Last, but not least, is that out- standing group which has so firmly entrenched itself upon this campus . . . the Summerfield scholars. These men come to the University of Kansas with the assurance that a fund set up by Solon Summer- field will see them through four years of schooling if they maintain a 2.5 index and comport them- selves as gentlemen. Whether it be dormitory, co- operative house, or simple grant to scholars, these three elements of student life on Mt. Oread are essential. The accomplishments of individuals who have enjoyed the privilege of these organizations is sufficient basis from which to paint their praise. But in addition they have proved that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In addition to housing and schooling some outstanding men and women, these clans have proved their ability to make men and women in whom we as Jayhawkers take great pride. MILLER HALL FIRST ROW: A l'ta Flores, Kansas City, Mary Catherine Boydston, Edgarton, Mo., Helen Scamell, Topeka, 'iii-idtirine Waterstradt, Detroit, Dorothy Baldin, Seneca. SECOND ROW: Joan Justice, Fredonia, Hope Crittenden, Wichita, Bonnie Dee Gustafson, Marquette, Barbara Duree, Dodge City, Sigrid Steeper, Mission. FW

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OCTOBER 1241 CSGFTJS passes including one which Miller converted into a touchdown by a 41-yard run, marked him as talented in every department. Called Red Dog by his friends and teammates, although his real name is Don, Ettinger came out of William Chrisman high school in Independence, Mo., two years ago to attract attention on a sterling freshman team and then claim the varsity fullback's berth. Treading on the heels of this set of starters were Don Pollom, last year's sophomore halfback ace who scored the only Jayhawk touchdown against Temple this fall, Ed Linquist, chunky junior fullback who blasted his way 18 yards for the winning touchdown against Washington University, Harlan Altman, Wellington quarterback who was kept out of action most of last season by broken ribs, Denzel Gibbens, elusive little halfback, and Dick Miller, whose 41- yard run after a sleeper play engineered by himself and Niblo was one of the features of the Temple game. Worthy of special mention among the linemen because of their play in early games this year were Jayhawk End Hub Ulrich, Guard Bob Fluker, and Center Bob Githens. Ulrich, who won Hrst and sec- ond team ratings on several all-conference selections last year, should spend most of his time this year in opposing team's backfield. Handicapped by a broken leg during his freshman season, Fluker, the only Summerfield Scholar ever to play varsity football at the University, blossomed into stardom late last season and is rolling towards an All-Big Six berths this year. Probably the most difficult assignment of all was handed to Githens when he was asked to replace Don Pierce, - one of the finest centers in this section of the country last fall. But Githens, 'who was named all-state junior college center for Inde- pendence in 1939, paced the play of the Jay- hawk line against Temple and turned in an- other outstanding performance in the Wash- ington game. Other Hrst string linemen who have indi- cated that they may be able to do something about boosting the stock of the Kansas for- ward wall are Paul Hardman, Topeka junior, who held the other starting end post, Eugene Chief Long, Steve Crusher Meade, and photo by Bmnine 27 Jack Tenenbaum, rugged tackles who have been en- gaged in a threelway scrap for starting nominations, and Jay Kern and Monte Merkel, two experienced guards. - Back of these men are others who represent the strongest string of reserves a Jayhawk team has boasted in several years. Ends Ralph Schaake and Bob Hagen, Tackles Warren Hodges and.Bill Kern, Guard Joe Crawford, and Center Dale Lowery, should spend considerable time in action each Saturday after- noon. It is fortunate that Coaches Gwinn Henry, Vic Hurt, and Harry Lansing are handling the best ma- terial with which they have been presented at Kan- sas, for every team in the Big Six, with the possible exceptions of Nebraska and Kansas State, is rated as improved over last year. And the Jayhawk non- conference schedule maker who tossed the Kansans at Temple, ranked this year as one of the five best teams in the East, Washington University, a Mis- souri Valley leader, Marquette, tutored by the former Oklahoma coach, Tom Stidham, and West Virginia, always a power, saw to it that there were no soft spots on the season's slate. But the Jayhawks made an impressive start. Al- though they lost to Temple by a score of 31 to 9, they rolled up a total of 199 yards from passes as compared to 70 for their opponents and had it not been for three disastrous fumbles in the first 10 min- utes of play, each of which led to a touchdown for the Philadelphia team, the Kansans might have edged I Continued on Page 702