JULY/AUGUST VOL. 89 No. 7 $4 in Honor of the 100Th Anniversar)) of College Basketball
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JULY/AUGUST VOL. 89 No. 7 $4 In Honor of the 100th Anniversar)) of College Basketball KU and Basketball A Tradition for nearly 100 Years! For almost a century, the KU Jayhawks have provided students, alumni and fans with some of the finest moments on record—while at the same time directly influencing the history of college basketball itself. Now to honor this contribution as well as celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the birth of this all-American sport, the University of Kansas Athletic Department has developed a unique pictorial retrospective of Jayhawk basketball from its inception thru the 1991 Championship game: KU: History-Making Basketball, Collector's Edition. With a SPECIAL BONUS: a pictorial recap of the game of basketball including the origin, development and historical © events as recorded by the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. \Jnlx the best for KU! Whether you're a KU fan or just a basketball fan, you'll appreciate this exclusive collection of stories, photographs and team highlights put together just for this very special Collector's Edition. Only a limited number will be printed and made avail- able exclusively to alumni and friends. Each copy will be numbered and signed, and have a leatherette cover richly embossed with gold foil. Certain to grow in value, this Collector's Edition will be an exceptional book to display in the home or at the office. KU: History-Making Basketball will measure 9-1/4" X 12", a format designed to enhance the inspiring photographs. The final publication will be an excellent example of quality printing with lasting value. Destined to be a treasured keep- sake, this Collector's Edition will be a joy to own and a pleasure to give. Books will be available for delivery in time for basketball's centennial season, just in time to surprise someone for the holidays. To order by mail, use the order form or call TOLL FREE 1-800-562-5533 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Only charge card orders will be accepted by phone. Reserve your copy now for just $36.00, plus $3.50 postage and handling (total $39.50). Make checks payable to: KU: History-Making Basketball. Sponsored by the University of Kansas Department of Athletics KL: History-Making Basketball 9233 Ward Parkway. Suite 150 ORDER TOLL FREE 1-800-562-5533 Kansas City. MO 64114 ( weekdays 8am-4:30 CST ) FULL MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Departments Farewell, Frances A bittersweet goodbye First Word 4 to Frances Horowitz, who Lift the chorus 5 now takes her considerable On the Boulevard 6> talents to City University Jayhawk Walk 7 of New York. Hilltopics 10 16 Campaign 14 Sports 15 Burn marks Association 32 While the ruins Class Notes 34 smoldered in fireswept Hoch In Memory 42 Auditorium, KU officials scram- Schoolwork 44 bled to reassign classes, cultural Quick Study 46 events and office space. Mean- while, the state offered little hope for rebuilding anytime soon. 2.O Whaling expedition Ahoy, landlubbers! Permission granted to come aboard for an offbeat cruise On the coven Lightning struck Hoch through a public reading Auditorium June 75, igniting a fire that of Moby-Dick. gutted the structure and caused $13 million damage—the most costly fire 26 in modern Lawrence history. JULY/AUGUST i*t*/i KANSAMAGAZINS ALUMNE I Established in 1902 as The Graduate Magazine Fred B. Williams, Publisher Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'81, Editor Bill Woodard, j'85, Assistant Editor Jerri Niebaum, j'88, Staff Writer Christine Mercer, Art Director Karen Goodell, Editorial Assistant Wally Emerson, j'76, Photographer or celebrating the season (and the end of fall classes) at Vespers. Many will see KANSAS ALUMNI academic performers like Professor Clark Bricker, who ASSOCIATION lectured with a dramatic flair BOARD OF DIRECTORS befitting the grand setting. I also see Andre Previn President Sandra Garver Remsberg, '59, pouting and Tom Wolfe Glee S. Smith Jr., c'43.1*47 Wichita preening. I hear Billy Taylor's Lamed Virginia Child Shackelford. c'58, Prairie Village cascading jazz piano. And, try Executive Vice President as I might to blot out the William H. Hougland, b'52, Directors to July 1994 vision, I can still see myself Wichita Daniel P. Bolen, c'81. Alexandria, Va. singing and dancing in a silly Executive Committee Larry J. Borden, b'62, g'67, Rock Chalk Revue skit. Glee S. Smith Jr.. c'43,1*47 Colorado Springs, Colo. Larned, chairman Marvin R. Motley, c'77, l'8o, g'81, Such memories will have John C. Dicus, b'55, Overland Park I drove by my grandmother's old house to sustain us as we await the rebuilding of Topeka William M. Hougland, b'52, Hoch. In our cover story, Bill Woodard and Directors to July 199; one day and discovered to my horror that Wichita R. Bruce Patty, a's8 it was gone. A nearby hospital had paved my Jerri Niebaum reconstruct the tragedy and John F. Kane, e'56, Fairway childhood paradise and put up a parking lot. the history of Hoch. They explain how the Bartlesville, Okla. Bette Jo Jones Roberts, C50 John H. Robinson, e'49. Garden City Several successive owners had bruised the University plans to protect the shell and Shawnee Mission F.R. Talbott, c'6j, g'65 place since my grandmother sold it; the last how officials have moved classes and con- DeanellReeceTacha, c'68, Darien, Conn. one couldn't pass up the hospital's offer. certs. Lawrence Directors to July 1996 Years later 1 still drive by. But I don't The University sustains another loss this Vice Presidents Calvin C. Cormack, c'59, EdD/74 see the assorted cars aligned neatly between summer with the departure of Frances Victor J. Barry, c'68, Kansas City, Mo. Horowitz, vice chancellor for research, Seattle, Wash. Steven A. Hawley, c'73 yellow stripes. I see the home that nurtured Gerald D. Blatherwick, j'58, Campbell, Calif. three generations: three stories of red graduate studies and public service. She St. Louis, Mo. Kathryn H. Vratil, 071,175, brick, the sprawling side porch (I proudly moves home to New York to become presi- Linda S. Ellis, e'79 Prairie Village Houston, Texas called it the "veranda" when I was young) dent of the graduate programs at City DonnanStephenson, b'41,148. Honorary Members and the backyard domain of Don, the ram- University of New York. Santa Fe, N.M. E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., bunctious Irish setter. Inside I see Grandpa's After hours of conversation with San Antonio, Texas Directors to July 1992 Archie R. Dykes, H'77, sacred den, Granny's treasure-laden dress- Horowitz and those who know her best, William PBunyan III, c'6i, Nashville, Tenn. ing table and the attic where my brother Judith Galas has drawn a vivid portrait of Dodge City Deane W. Malott, cr2i, the gracious, gutsy woman who, as both Sue Harper Ice, d'56, Newton Ithaca, NY. flew Dad's old model planes. Michael T. McCoy, e'72, m'75, Franklin D. Murphy, c'36, In June the University family lost its scholar and administrator, helped set the Topeka Beverly Hills, Calif. own prized gathering place, Hoch course for research at the University. In Raymond F. Nichols, c'26, g'28, Directors to July 1993 Lawrence Auditorium. As I walked down Jayhawk August Horowitz begins her new roles as a Jerry M. Nossaman, d'6o, W. Clarke Wescoe, H'41, '64, '69, '79, Boulevard after the fire, I braced myself for CUNY leader and a grandmother. We con- Lawrence Spicer, Minn. the sight, but it still hurt. The front stood gratulate her on both milestones. eerily intact, but the flames and wind had This issue could use a little levity, so we've added Moby-Dick. No, we haven't the torn off the top and tossed the crumbs in a Fred B. Williams, Executive Director and Secretary heap. The back and much of the sides gaped budget and you haven't the patience for the John Sanders, Finance Director and Treasurer open to reveal the mess within. whole thing. So relax and enjoy Roger Jodi Breckinridge, d'90, Student Programs Director KU family members are lucky that the Martin's slightly bizarre account of a 24- Brett Fuller, c'89, Constituent Programs Director Bryan Greve, Adams Alumni Center Club Manager fire spared lives and the structure's facade. hour reading of Melville's masterpiece on Pat Head, Kansas City Office Director But we are unlucky-. The state doesn't see Wescoe Beach. Martin mixes the best of the Kay Henry, Administrative and Personnel Services Director novel with the good, the bad and the ugly of Jeff Johnson, External Affairs and Membership Development Director fit to insure its buildings, and there are no Nancy Peine, Alumni Records Director funds to rebuild. The remains of Nichols University life. You'll see assorted scholars Donna Neuner, '76, Membership Services Director Hall at Kansas State University stood 15 years and a sordid sideshow. B.J. O'Neal Pattee, c'46, Special Projects and Member Assistance Director Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'8i, Communications Director before rebuilding began. No one knows how The readathon may not rank with Hoch's Mike Wellman, c'86, Adams Alumni Center Facility Manager long the ruins of Hoch will languish. best performances, but it's certainly one for As you gaze at the photos in this issue the family album. We hope you'll find many Kansas Alumni (ISSN 0745-3345) is published by the Alumni Association of the University of Kansas six times a year in February, April, June.