This Week In KU History

University of Kansas Archives

June 7, 1921: Inauguration of KU Chancellor Ernest H. Lindley, formerly president of the University of Idaho and a professor of philosophy and psychology

June 8, 1930: Present-day Snow Hall is dedicated, replacing the original Snow Hall that had fallen into disrepair

Photo: University of Kansas Archives

June 11, 1873: Twenty-three year old Flora Richardson delivers KU's first valedictory address on her way to becoming the University's first female graduate

June 13, 1895: Solomon Miller, editor of the Kansas Chief and a longtime opponent of KU blasts the University "assuming the airs of an aristocratic dictator, independent of the people, above them, aspiring to rule them"

June 15, 1991: Lightning strikes Hoch Auditorium, causing a fire that reduces the 64-year-old campus landmark to ruins in less than four hours

Photo by David Doemland, Lawrence Journal World Collection University of Kansas Archives

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