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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 the First World War.
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the full story.
 September
10, 1902: Carl L. Becker, 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, 1996: Fifty years after creating
the "smiling" Jayhawk image that helped pay
for his KU education, Harold "Hal" Sandy is
honored by the University with a parade on Jayhawk Boulevard.
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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 17, 1904: The Semi-Weekly Kansan,
forerunner of today's University Daily Kansan, makes
its campus debut.
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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, associate
professor of business at Harvard, becomes the first
native Kansan and KU graduate to be inaugurated as chancellor
of the University of Kansas.
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the full story.
September 29, 1944: Forty World War II veterans,
enrolled as freshmen at KU, refuse to don "freshmen
beanies," thus marking the beginning of the end
of this controversial, decades-old tradition.
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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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