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Week In KU History
 June
1, 1894: KU's Lewis Lindsay Dyche leaves New York
for the North Pole as official naturalist on the ill-fated
Cook expedition.
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the full story.
June 2, 1917: Sallie Casey Thayer agrees to
donate the William B. Thayer art collection, valued
at $150,000, to the University of Kansas.
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the full story.
 June
3, 1895: Publication of the first issue of the Kansas
University Weekly.
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June 5, 1911: A Commencement regatta and other
aquatic athletic events mark the completion of Potter
Lake.
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June 6, 1872: In a paean to what would become
known as Old Fraser Hall, the Fort Scott Daily Monitor
notes "there is no structure on the American continent,
erected for educational purposes, equal to this in size
or usefulness for the purposes of higher education."
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June 8, 1930: Present-day Snow Hall is dedicated,
replacing the original Snow Hall that had fallen into
disrepair.
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June 9, 1924: KU unveils a full-length bronze
statue of Law School Dean James W. "Uncle Jimmy"
Green sculpted by Daniel Chester French.
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the full story.
 June
11, 1873: Twenty-three year old Flora Richardson
delivers KU's first valedictory address on her way to
becoming the University's first female graduate.
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the full story.
 June
15, 1991: Lightening strikes Hoch Auditorium, causing
a fire that reduces the 64-year-old campus landmark
to ruins in less than four hours.
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the full story.
June 16, 1875: In his inaugural address as KU
Chancellor, James Marvin urges American universities
to chart a different educational course from their European
counterparts.
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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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