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 This
Week In KU History
 September
7, 1917: Lt. William T. Fitzsimons, a KU alum and
US Army doctor serving in France, becomes the first
American casualty of World War I.
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the full story.
 September
10, 1902: Carl L. Becker, author of the much-reprinted
essay "Kansas" and one of the central figures
in the development of the nature of historical inquiry,
begins teaching his first European history class at
the University of Kansas.
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the full story.
 September
11, 1924: Watson Library opens for student use.
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the full story.
September 12, 1866: Opening day of classes at
the University of Kansas.
September 12, 1922: KU Chancellor Ernest H.
Lindley writes a letter to parents requesting they discourage
their children from bringing cars to campus, since the
automobile, as he notes, "is a menace to the democratic
spirit of the school."
 September
12, 1996: A parade is held in honor of Harold "Hal"
Sandy, creator of the smiling Jayhawk, commemorating
the fiftieth anniversary of his version of the Jayhawk,
which has served as the University's mascot since 1946.
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the full story.
 September
14, 1926: Elizabeth M. Watkins begins building her
philanthropic legacy to the University of Kansas with
the opening of Watkins Scholarship Hall, named in honor
of her late husband.
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the full story.
September 16, 1918: Over 2,500 men line up outside
Green Hall (present-day Lippincott Hall) to register
for the Student Army Training Corps as the University
of Kansas attempts transforming itself into a "war
institution."
 September
17, 1904: The Semi-Weekly Kansan, forerunner of
today's University Daily Kansan, makes its debut on
campus with the support of faculty, administration,
and students alike.
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the full story.
September 18, 1969: The KU Student Senate meets
for the first time.
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the full story.
 September
18, 1998: Strong Hall becomes the fourth KU building
to merit a listing on the National Register of Historic
Places.
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the full story.
 September
22, 1939: Deane W. Malott is inaugurated as KU's
eighth chancellor, becoming the first alumnus and native
Kansan to lead the University.
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the full story.
September 27, 1879: President Rutherford B.
Hayes becomes the second sitting US president to visit
KU and first to deliver an on-campus address, a rather
short one since he was apparently winded by climbing
the stairs to see the view from the north cupola of
University Hall, the building now remembered as "old"
Fraser.
September 27, 1896: The University of Kansas
football team dons crimson and blue uniforms for the
first time.
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the full story.
September 27, 1957: 700 KU students participate
in what will be the final Nightshirt Parade, putting
to bed a University tradition that stretches back more
than half a century.
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the full story.
September 29, 1944: Forty World War II veterans,
enrolled as freshmen at KU, refuse to don "freshman
caps," thus marking the beginning of the end of
this controversial, decades-old tradition.
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the full story.
September 29, 2001: KU's Spencer Museum of Art
opens the first major exhibition of the Alberto Vargas
pin-up girls from Esquire magazine.
Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
Department of History
University of Kansas
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