Benton Hall, 1923

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Washburn University’s 150th anniversary

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Questions about the Sesquicentennial? Email: celebrate150@washburn.edu

For a complete list of university events, go to washburn.edu/150

1915-1965The second era of Washburn:

1915~ 1965

WU Bulletin, 1931

Homecoming royalty, 1940

Choir, 1962

Celebrating Washburn University’s

Sesquicentennial

Memorial Union, 1955

Washburn family coat of arms

Hobo Day, 1930

First Ichabod,1938

November 2012: 2012: Nov. 17: 150th event, Art en Plein Aire Auction; Nov. 21 - 25: Thanksgiving recess

(students)

The past: Nov. 10, 1916: The tradition of Hobo Day begins as a celebration of school spirit.

Nov. 28, 1917: Trustees adopt the Washburn family coat of arms as the official school crest.

1921: A chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, an African-American fraternity, is established. It is recognized by the College in 1932.

1928: The campus celebrates its first homecoming.

1939: Washburn is one of 412 schools to establish a civilian pilot training program coordinated by the Civil Aeronautics Authority.

1948: Approximately 100 married veterans and their families live in University Place, a series of Quonset huts and apartments. The site is called “Diaper Row,” due to the number of children living there.

December 2012: 2012: Dec. 7: Last day of classes; Dec. 14: Commencement; Dec. 25 - Jan. 2:

Winter holiday break (university closed)

The past: Dec. 18, 1928: In the dedication basketball game at the new field house, Washburn beats K.U. 25-24. The facility later is named to honor Albe Burge Whiting, a former trustee.

Dec. 3, 1951: The Union opens as a memorial to students and Shawnee County residents who served in both World Wars. In 1952, the honor is extended to Korean War veterans.

1955: Approximately 400 youngsters are members of “Dr. Ichabod’s Science Club of the Air,” an educational program broadcast on WIBW TV.

January 2013: Jan. 14: Classes begin; Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

(university closed)

The past: 1919: Journalism and home economics are added to the curriculum.

1923: The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house is complete. It is the first residence built on campus by a student social organization.

Jan. 13, 1924: The opening of the Mulvane Art Museum is celebrated

by 800 visitors who view works by the Topeka Art Guild.

1963: To “stay abreast of the frontiers of learning,” an IBM 1620 computer is purchased.

February 2013: Feb. 6: Washburn Founders Day; 150th event, Lincoln Lecture Series; Feb. 15: Priority deadline for

Washburn academic schlarships and federal campus-based financial aid.

The past: 1923: Benton Hall opens as a dormitory for 100 female students.

Feb. 6, 1940: The university’s 75th year is observed with a dinner for 1,000 alumni and friends.

1951: Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is chartered.

1954: The Garvey Competitive Scholarship Fund is established by alumni Ray and Olive White Garavey.

Feb. 6, 1965: Washburn’s 100th year celebration kicks off in Whiting Field House. Festivities are broadcast on WIBW radio and TV.

August 2012: Aug. 20: All University Convocation; fall semester beginsThe past: 1917: Students living in Holbrook Hall, a female-only residence, are allowed to use electric lights in

their rooms for 15 minutes after returning on weekend evenings, but all light must be out by 11 p.m.

1923: A chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is established, the first African-American Greek organization on campus.

1926: An American citizenship department is established. The program focuses on history and government and is the first of its kind in the nation.

1955: Morgan Hall opens. It is the university’s first $1 million building project.

1964: Carnegie becomes the fourth building on campus in which central air conditioning is installed.

September 2012: Sept. 3: Labor Day holiday (university closed); Sept. 8: 150th event, Paint

Washburn, exhibit of Art en Plein Aire pieces, Mulvane Art Museum (through Nov. 15); Sept. 29: Family Day

The past: 1917: Enrollment declines as students and faculty enlist in the military. A 120-member Washburn Ambulance Company departs for training and students and faculty plant a seven-acre victory garden on campus.

1920: The end of World War I increases enrollment to 937. By 1925, 1,381 students attend Washburn.

Sept. 28, 1928: Moore Bowl, a new football and track facility, is dedicated.

1929: Alpha Delta fraternity builds a chapter house on campus which later is sold to Kappa Sigma fraternity.

1948: A four-year Air Force ROTC program is established. By 1951, 75 percent of Washburn’s male freshmen are active in ROTC.

1955: Freshmen are required to wear beanies. Those not complying are corralled in a stockade in front of the Memorial Union.

Sept. 19, 1960: A new science building is dedicated. It is later named for Bryan Stoffer, former Washburn president.

October 2012: Oct. 8 - 9: Fall break; Oct. 21 - 27: Homecoming week

The past: Oct. 1, 1918: A national Student Army Training Corps is organized so students can stay in school while training for military service. Members reside in barracks near the football field at 17th and MacVicar.

1918: The influenza pandemic closes the campus for two months. 1923: Members of Alpha Phi sorority move into a new chapter

house on campus.

1946: The Topeka Symphony Orchestra is founded by Washburn music professor Everett Fetter, with concerts staged in McVicar Chapel.

Oct. 15, 1949: Student Council moves the homecoming dance to campus from Meadow Acres Ballroom after they learn the facility has a segregation policy.

Oct. 20, 1951: Homcoming festivities include a 22-float parade through downtown and naming of the Hobo King and Queen.

Oct. 13, 1956: Carnegie is remodeled and dedicated as the new home of the law school. Oct. 21, 1965: KTWU begins broadcasting as the first public television station in Kansas.

Track, 1961

Navy cadets in class, 1943

March 2013: March 18 – 24: Spring recess (no classes)The past: 1923: Law school curriculum

includes a three-hour criminology class taught by Karl Menninger.

1942: The Navy V-5 pilot training program begins on campus.

1943: Approximately 110 female students move to campus to begin Cadet Nurse Corps training.

1961: Wasbhurn rceives state funds for the first time.

April 2013: April 29: Success Week begins

The past: 1924: The Blue Peppers, an all-female pep organization, is formed to present stunts and lead the cheering section at athletic events. The group reorganizes in 1940 as the Ichadettes.

1934: Washburn has one of the few for-credit courses in the nation dedicated to the construction and permormance of marionettes.

April 1, 1941: Residents of Topeka vote to establish a municipal university, supported in part by the city and governed by a local board of regents.

May 2013: May 3: Last day of classes; May 4 - 10: Final exams; May 11: Commencement

May 28: Early and full session summer classes begin

The past: May 22, 1917: Nonoso, a female honor society is founded. The name is derived from the motto Non nobis solum on the university’s seal.

1937: Delta Gamma sorority begins construction of a chapter house on campus.

1938: The first graphic representation of the Ichabod mascot appears in the Kaw yearbook, designed by alumnus Bradbury Thompson.

1944: Maurita Reed is elected the first female president of Student Council.

1948: The student council officially adopts the Ichabod as the emblem of the student body.

May 17, 1954: The historic Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education decision is handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Eleven Washburn law graduates participate in the case: the judge hearing the initial case, four attorneys representing the plaintif, three representing the defense

and three representing the State.

May 15 1958: Mr. and Mrs. John Schumaker are the first to move in to the new married student housing complex on the southeast corner of campus.

June 2013: June 27: Early summer session classes end

The past: 1915: A lavish pageant and a parade of Kansas and Washburn history sare amoung the events marking the university’s 50th anniversary.

1918: Washburn Academy, a private prepatory school, becomes Washburn Rural High, which is housed on campus until 1940.

1922: The Larrick Memorial Foundation and Exedra is dedicated as a memorial to World War I veterans by the parents of an alumnus who died in 1918 while in military training.

1913: Washburn becomes the first college in the Midwest to sport a nine-hole golf course on campus.

1936: T. Rosendo Alonzo is the first sutdent of Mexican heritage to receive a degree from Washburn.

1947: Benefits of the G.I. Bill of Rights are realized by 976 veterans enrolled at Washburn.

1949: Alumnae Georgia Neese Clark Gray is named the first female Treasurer of the United States.

June 1, 1952: Washburn Municipal University becomes Washburn University of Topeka.

July 2013: July 1: Late session summer classes begin; July 4 Independence

Day holiday (university closed); July 18: Full session summer classes end

The Past: 1921: Women may participate only in intramural sports such as hockey, basketball and tennis.

1927: Construction is completed on the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house.

1930: Zeta Tau Alpha sorority builds a chapter house on campus.

July 1, 1941: Wasbhurn College officailly becomes Washburn Municipal University.

1943: The Navy V-12 officer training unit comes to Washburn and all campus housing is claimed for military use.

1959: The university issues student ID cards forthe first time.

Cheerleader, 1965