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Wednesday, November 22, 1939The 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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Saturday, September 17, 1904The Semi-Weekly Kansan, forerunner of today’s University Daily Kansan, makes its debut on campus with the support of faculty, administration, and students alike.
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Friday, March 29, 1878Chancellor James Marvin leads the first concerted “campus beautification” campaign at KU, a joint student-faculty effort on Arbor Day that culminates in the planting of more than 300 trees on Mount Oread and sets the stage for the development of present-day Marvin Grove.
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Monday, December 15, 1924KFKU, the University’s first radio station, makes its inaugural broadcast.
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Tuesday, April 3, 1917The first group of KU women "do their bit" to support the country by enrolling in Red Cross classes as America edges closer to war.