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Week In KU History
January 1, 1948: The football Jayhawks (then
known as the Jayhawkers), become the first college team
from the state of Kansas to play in a bowl game, squaring
off against Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl, and losing
in a 20-14 heartbreaker.
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 January
6, 1981: In the opening moments of a home game against
Stephen F. Austin University, KU Women's Basketball
phenom Lynette Woodard sinks a shot from the top of
the key that gives her total of 3,206 career points
and moves her into sole possession of the AIAW career
scoring record.
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 January
13, 1916: As World War I rages in Europe, KU Chancellor
Frank Strong publicly opposes the idea, championed by
former US Army General Leonard Wood, of instituting
compulsory military training in American universities.
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 January
13, 1925: In his first official act, newly inaugurated
Kansas Governor 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 Governor Jonathan M. Davis.
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January 16, 1912: The University Daily Kansan
becomes the first college daily newspaper in the Sunflower
State.
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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 campus wide 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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 January
30, 1894: KU Chancellor Francis Huntington Snow
announces that he will give a series of University Extension
lectures on evolution, a move that provokes much criticism
from local religious leaders.
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January 31, 1916: KU Senior Kenneth Pringle
returns to Lawrence from his trip to Europe aboard Henry
Ford's "Peace Shop," an idealistic but ultimately
preposterous attempt to end World War I.
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Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
University of Kansas
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