This week in KU History...

This Week In KU History

December 7, 1905: In KU's Bailey Hall, chemistry professors Hamilton P. Cady and David F. McFarland, discover that helium can be extracted from natural gas.

December 9, 1996: A glass sculpture by artist Dale Chihuly, one of a group of artists who revolutionized the concept of glass art in the second half of the 20th century, is given to the Spencer Museum of Art by KU alums Larry and Barbara Marshall and installed in the museum's Central Court.

December 10, 1941: The University Daily Kansan responds to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor with a scathing editorial titled "An Open Letter To Hirohito."

December 11, 1970: Three KU students are injured and Summerfield Hall is damaged when a bomb tears through the University's Computation Center.

December 12, 1915: KU Chancellor Frank Strong assails President Woodrow Wilson's plan for increasing military training at public colleges, contending, "universities, of all institutions in our national life, must stand against militarism and a resort to force."

December 13, 1907: In a harbinger of winning seasons to come, the Jayhawks play their first game under Coach Forrest "Phog" Allen, as well as their first game in Robinson Gymnasium, and whip the Ottawa University basketball squad by 44 points; 1907

December 15, 1924: The University's first radio station, KFKU, broadcasts its first program.

Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
Department of History
University of Kansas

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