The Kansas Legislature authorizes $50,000 for the construction of a new physics and electrical engineering building, a striking structure resembling a French chateau now remembered as “old” Blake Hall.

KU formally dedicates the original Green Hall, home of the School of Law.

The Presbyterian Church celebrates a Dedicatory Service for Westminster Hall, a new religious center for University of Kansas students that will end up serving as a women’s dormitory from 1933 to 1946.

Nearly 1,000 women attend a rally at the original Robinson Gymnasium to call for the construction of a women’s dormitory that ultimately will become Corbin Hall.

Four thousand KU students and faculty members tear down McCook Field, clearing the way for the construction of present-day Memorial Stadium.

The University celebrates Armistice Day by formally dedicating Memorial Stadium, built to honor the 129 KU students and alumni who gave their lives in World War I.

Present-day Snow Hall is dedicated, replacing the original Snow Hall that had fallen into disrepair.

KU's Prairie Acre is formally set aside to “preserve Nature’s sweet fashion of making Her own garden.”

The Summer Session Kansan announces that renovations are nearly complete on “The Outlook,” the new official KU chancellor’s residence – a willed gift from the recently deceased University benefactress Elizabeth Watkins.

Campus House becomes a formally recognized independent women’s residence hall approved by the University.

KU begins renovations that will transform the former official chancellor’s residence at 1345 Louisiana Street into a men’s scholarship dormitory known as Carruth Hall.

1121 Ohio Street becomes the first of four Mount Oread-area men’s housing cooperatives that will bear the name of John Moore.

The KU Endowment Association announces acquisition of the house that will become Jolliffe Hall, a building that will serve variously as a residence hall for undergraduate men and women, and be slathered in lime green paint for much of its existence.

Hillcrest House, located less than a block from KU’s campus, formally begins its run as an “organized house” for independent women students.

Amid a post-World War II campus housing crunch, the University Daily Kansan reports that 80 male students – nearly all returned veterans – will soon move into the basement of present-day Spooner Hall, then known as the Spooner-Thayer Museum of Art.

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.

The University Daily Kansan reports that a Vermont Street church has become a temporary men’s student residence.

The University of Kansas signs a lease for a new residence hall that will take the name of a famed Kansa chief – thanks to a set of hand-me-down silverware.

Following more than two months of heavy labor spent converting a former horse barn into a livable student residence, a dozen KU men move into what will become known as the Hill Co-op.

The University of Kansas purchases the residence located at 1043 Indiana Street, which will become known as “Varsity House” and serve as a dormitory principally for KU football players during the 1950s.

The men of the just established Rochdale Co-op begin their first semester of classes from their new Ohio Street home.

The Summer Session Kansan reports that a wood-frame house at 1115 Louisiana Street, recently acquired by the University of Kansas for use as a women’s dormitory, will be named in honor of the late Frank Hodder, a longtime KU history professor and the original owner of the home.

Dedication of KU’s Allen Fieldhouse takes place on the night of the Jayhawks’ only home conference victory of the 1954-55 season.

The University of Kansas announces that demolition of Locksley Hall, one of the most unusual living arrangements on the KU campus, will be completed by September 1, 1959.

KU unveils preliminary architectural plans for its new humanities building, later named Wescoe Hall, a 25-story skyscraper that would have been the tallest building in Kansas.

Joe Smith, owner of the popular late-night spot Joe's Bakery, retires from the daily operation of the store after 28 years. His son Ralph re-opens the operation when classes resume in the fall.

KU dedicates the $13.9 million Marian and Fred Anschutz Science Library.

Strong Hall becomes the fourth KU building to merit a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

KU announces that its 1887 powerhouse building will be transformed into a new home for the Hall Center for the Humanities.