ENGINEERING SHOPS

The present Engineering shops are located in Fowler Shops, situated
near the middle of the campus and some distance east of the other engineer-
ing buildings. The quarters are fairly adequate, but a location nearer
the other engineering laboratories is desirable. In addition the shop ar-
rangement should be modernized and modern direct drive motors should re-
place the present overhead belt drive system which is complicated, anti-
quated, and dangerous. It is estimated that a satisfactory building would
cost $150,000.

In the event that a new machine shop building is erected the present
Fowler shops could with a small amount of remodeling be turned over to
journalism. The location of Fowler shops is almost ideal for journalism,
and the building with its ample windows is admirably fitted to needs of a
journalism department. Sufficient space is in the building to provide
quarters for all the needs of the department and its related activities.

The present quarters of journalism are in the old chemistry build-
ing, which was erected in 1883 and which is now in need of extensive re-
pairs costing several thousand dollars and including rebuilding of the
south walls. Aside from this the building is unsatisfactory for several
reasons}

1. Limited classroom space, only two rooms being available;

2. Poor construction, letting in dust and snow and cold and making
heating unsatisfactory;

3. No reading facilities except the newsroom where typewriters are
always going;

4. Entirely inadequate to handle the annual sessions of the Kansas
High School Newspaper Conferences and the Kansas Editors Roundtable
Conferences;

5. Insufficient room for the journrlism press, which should in every
way be a model for the printing industry of the state;

6. Inadequate quarters for the stenographic bureau;

7. Insufficient space for the University Daily Kansan, now in its 28th
year as a daily newspaper;

$. No quarters for professional journalistic societies and other campus
publications;

9. Unsatisfactory quarters for a photographic laboratory;

10. Inadequate office space for the staff;
ll. No conference rooms;
12. No storage space.

The department of journalism is a pioneer. It is a charter member
of the Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism. The depart-
ment has 100 majors, and as many more students from other departments
take work in journalism.

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