KU History and Traditions
River City Weekly host Greg Hurd explains the history and traditions of Kansas University for the Sunflower Cable show, with the help of Chancelor Robert Hemenway and local historians Steve Jansen and James Carothers.
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Steve Jansen rcounts KU's history starting with its founding. (1 min., 12 sec.) James Carothers takes picks up the story with the naming of Mount Oread: "Place of the Nymphs of the Mountain." (1 min., 35 sec.)

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Chancellor Hemenway discusses previous chancellors and KU history. (31 sec.) James Carothers tells the story of the Rock-Chalk chant (57 sec.)

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Hemenway describes the other basketball pre-game rituals. (35 sec.) Carothers gets behind the waving of the wheat. (35 sec.)

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Carothers and Hemenway combine to explain the honor of Walking down the Hill for graduation. (1 min., 22 sec.) Carothers wraps the episode up with the general tradition of KU excellence. (1 min., 18 sec.)