Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-01
X. U. NEARLY SO YEARS OLD
Graduates, Students and Citizens Of
State to Celebrate Sem-Centen-
ial in Lawrence.

ial in Lawrence.
From Kansas graduates in all parts
of the state and country, letters are
coming to the secretary of the alumni
association with suggestions for fea-
lures for the celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the founding of
the university which will be held
some time during the 1861 term of
school.
No definite plans have been formu-
lated yet, but the chancellor will APP
point committees soon and the work
of making all preparations for the
celebration will start. 1t was in 1866
that the settlers from Massachusetts
made their fight for a higher educa-
tional institution of some kind and the
university started in North College,
which is now the home of the School
of Fine Arts The city of Lawrence
gave the ground and foundation of
what was intended to be a denomina-
tional college, and A A. Lawrence and
others borrowed the funds to start
the construction of the building.
1t is in memory of the founders of
the University of Kansas, that four
thousand graduates, three thousand
students, five hundred professors, as
sociates and instructors and as many
more citizens of the state who are in
terested in educational advancement
will gather on Mount Dread next year
in one of the largest celebrations ever
held in Lawrence.
Crushed by Oil Cars.-Perry r. Ew-
ing, a switchman in the employ of the
Santa Fe Railroad at Chanute, is dead
from internal injuries received when
he fell between two oil tank cars
Ewing was 35 years old and is sur
vived by widow and two children.
Injured at "Shinny."-Harold Kane,
an Anthony schoolboy, was hit on the
head with a shiny club while play
ing at school recently and is in criti-
cal condition. His skull was frac-
tured.
Elevator Fire in Atchison.-The big
elevator of the Cain Milling Company
at Atchison burned recently with a
loss of about $4,000. Defective cleo
trio wiring is believed to have been
the cause.
Debaters to Talk for Athletics
The debating team of the University
of Kansas has chosen the negative
side of the question Resolved that
intercollegiate athletics should be
abolished by American universities"
for the annual Missouri-Kansas debate
this year.
Two Lawrence Pioneers Dead
Mrs Jane Radcliffe. an old settler of
Lawrence, is dead there. She was 81
years old. Mrs. Jane Flynn. 80 years
old, also died in Lawrence recently.
She was born in Philadelphia and
came to Lawrence in the early days.
Girl Kicked by MuIe.-F1orence
Drakely, the 6-year-old daughter of
Charles Drakely of Atchison, was kick
ed in the abdomen by mule recently
and severely injured. She was taken
to a hospital and operated on Doc
tors hold out no hope for her recovery.
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Blew Off Boys Hand.@James Kap-
pie, 10 years old, lost his right hand in
an explosion at Ottawa recently when
he struck dynamite cap with a ham,
her. The boy found the cap along the
railroad tracks.
browns in Mil Race.-Rufus Bos-
ter, an old resident of Winfield, was
killed at the Baden mills recently by
falling from the top ofsa freight car
into the mill race No one witnessed
the accident His body was recov-
cred from the Walnut river below the
mill race.
Drowned in a Ceifar-Echo Brown,
the 4-year-old daughter OF a Sharon
farmer, was drowned recently in
spring in the basement of the house.
She fell through the cellar door,
which was open, and into the water