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 This
Week In KU History
 May
4, 1917: Shortly after the United States formally
enters the First World War, KU Chancellor Frank Strong
speaks on "Mobilization at the University"
before the National Council of Defense in Washington,
DC. Read
the full story.
May 9, 1914: The Sour Owl, a KU student publication
featuring salacious gossip and bawdy sexual humor, issues
the premiere edition of its intermittent 40-year run.
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the full story.
May 9, 1969: Student anti-war protestors disrupt
and ultimately force the cancellation of the Chancellor's
Review of KU's ROTC department.
Read
the full story.
May 10, 1921: After 30 seasons of service, 4,000
KU students and faculty members tear down the fence
and bleachers of McCook Field in an hour and 18 minutes,
clearing the way for the construction of present-day
Memorial Stadium.
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the full story.
May 17, 1907: Robinson Gymnasium hosts its first
formal event, the Junior Prom.
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the full story.
May 20, 1952: Approximately 1,500 undergraduate
KU men engage in the largest panty raid in the University's
history.
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the full story.
 May
21, 1886: Professor E.H.S. Bailey first proposes
the cheer that evolves into the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk,
KU" yell.
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the full story.
May 25, 1986: KU dedicates its Vietnam Memorial
in Marvin Grove, becoming the first university in the
country to build such a monument.
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the full story.
May 27, 1951: The Memorial Carillon and Campanile,
a monument to the 276 KU men and women who died in World
War II, is formally dedicated atop Mount Oread.
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the full story.
Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
University of Kansas
This Week In KU History is a project of the KU Memorial
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© 2004 University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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