This Week in KU History
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Friday, May 21, 1886
Professor Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey first proposes the cheer that will evolve into the “Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, K.U.” yell.
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Wednesday, May 21, 1952
KU Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announces the appointment of Frank R. Burge (above) as director of the Kansas Memorial Union, a position he would hold for more than 30 years.
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Thursday, May 21, 1959
KU speech clinician Dick Schiefelbusch presents preliminary research indicating that children with profound mental retardation can learn.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the hiring of Frank Burge as director of the the Kansas Union. There are many reasons why this is significant.
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Wednesday, May 22, 1946
Kansas Governor Andrew Schoeppel announces that KU will receive a surplus US Army barracks building, a structure that will become the 160-man dormitory known as Oread Hall.
