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Apple Day Programs, 1908-2016

 

Founded in 1903, Pittsburg State University began as the Kansas State Manual Training Normal School Auxiliary in a borrowed building in downtown Pittsburg. The effort to secure state support to build a permanent building for the new school met with strong opposition from other state schools.

In 1907, the school’s principal, Russell S. Russ, along with faculty and the Pittsburg mayor, lobbied hard in the legislature to get the lawmakers to pass an appropriation for funding. In doing so, Russ broke a legislative rule by sitting in a legislator’s seat during the session. The Pittsburg delegation was fined a barrel of apples for the impropriety.

The requested appropriation was approved, however, and when the triumphant Pittsburg delegation returned to Pittsburg, a joyful assembly of students followed the legislature’s lead and fined the faculty a barrel of apples, which the faculty paid and distributed to the students. They have done so every year since on “Apple Day,” normally observed in March.

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  • Apple Day, 2016 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2016

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2015 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2015

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2014 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2014

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2012 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2012

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 2010 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 2010

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 2009 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 2009

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 2008 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 2008

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2007 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2007

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Celebration, 2006 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Celebration, 2006

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2003 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2003

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2002 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2002

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 2001 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 2001

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 2000 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 2000

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1999 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1999

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 1997 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 1997

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 1995 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 1995

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 1994 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 1994

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day, 1993 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day, 1993

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1991 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1991

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1990 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1990

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1989 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1989

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1988 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1988

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation, 1987 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation, 1987

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation Pittsburg State University, 1985 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation Pittsburg State University, 1985

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

  • Apple Day Convocation Pittsburg State University, 1983 by Pittsburg State University

    Apple Day Convocation Pittsburg State University, 1983

    Pittsburg State University

    Annual Apple Day Program

 
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