This week in KU History...

This Week In KU History

January 11, 1893: The State of Kansas grants an official charter to the Kansas University Endowment Association.

January 12, 1857: A mass meeting in Manhattan, Kan., supports location of a proposed public university in that city and criticizes Lawrence for attempting to secure the institution through deceitful means.

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January 13, 1925: In his first official act, newly inaugurated Kansas Gov. Ben Paulen directs the State Board of Administration to reinstate KU Chancellor Ernest H. Lindley, who had been removed from office three weeks earlier by outgoing state Gov. Jonathan M. Davis.
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January 14, 1898: An electric pipe organ for the chapel of old Fraser Hall becomes one of the first major acquisitions arranged by the KU Endowment Association.

January 16, 1912: The University Daily Kansan becomes the first college daily newspaper in the Sunflower State.
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January 18, 1950: Formal opening of two new wings of the Watson Library.

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January 19, 1910: KU hosts the first National Conference of Schools of Journalism, featuring a keynote address by Arthur Brisbane, chief editorial writer for the Hearst newspaper chain.
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January 28, 1910: J.W. Glead, a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, sparks a campuswide debate when he proposes abolishing KU's participation in intercollegiate football until agreement is reached to play the game under "civilized rules."
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Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
Department of History
University of Kansas

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