This Week In KU History

Alumni Association selects Kevin Corbett as new president

New Teacher Education Fund Established

Vice provost, education dean to leave their positions

Football facility and Lied Center receive $4 million commitment

Game Day Guide
helps fans plan
Big 12 road trips

Bonnie’s team wins; Bill’s team enjoys top national ranking

KU undergrads are satisfied customers, recent survey says

Classes may
shorten, but whistle
still will blow

Varied KU
programs celebrate
anniversaries

Women’s soccer shares Big 12 title

Citizens for Higher Education Inc. seeks to raise awareness

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This Week In KU History

November 3, 1905: KU formally dedicates the original Green Hall, now of the School of Law.
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November 6, 1909: Quarterback Tommy Johnson runs his way into Jayhawk immortality with a 70-yard punt return for the only score in a KU gridiron victory over Nebraska.
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November 7, 1891: Death of the US Cavalry horse Comanche, whose preserved remains are now on display at the KU Natural History Museum in Dyche Hall.
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November 7, 1969: In what will be the final crowning of a Homecoming Queen, KU awards the tiara to Janet Merrick, a senior from Shawnee Mission.
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November 14, 1896: With less than a minute to go in a football game at McCook Field between Nebraska’s Doane College and the University of Kansas, Bert Serf, a member of the visiting team, suffers a fatal injury while making a touchdown-saving tackle.
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November 18, 1968: KU head football coach Pepper Rodgers announces via telephone to a crowd of 1,000 students gathered in front of Strong Hall that the Jayhawks are bound for their second Orange Bowl appearance.
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November 18, 1971: Responding to campus radicalism and slashed state education budgets, a KU group called Students Concerned About Higher Education in Kansas publishes a bold advertisement that asks “WOULD YOU VOTE TO ABOLISH THE UNIVERSITY?”
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November 20, 1967: KU unveils preliminary architectural plans for its new humanities building, later named Wescoe Hall, a 25-story skyscraper that would be the tallest building in Kansas.
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November 22, 1939: The University Daily Kansan records the passing of Hobo Day, an often rowdy “annual festival of rags” in which KU students dressed in hobo costumes to show school spirit and cause “a great deal of unnecessary trouble.”
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November 30, 1893: KU’s football squad squares off against its bitter rivals from the University of Missouri in the first Thanksgiving Day game between the two schools, inaugurating an 18-year tradition in which the Jayhawkers would dominate the Tigers.
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November 30, 1932: The state architect declares Dyche Hall structurally unsound, resulting in the closure of KU’s Natural History Museum for nine years.
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Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
University of Kansas

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