UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence

Office of
The Chancellor May 26, 1942

TO DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN:

In order to accommodate the Naval Training Program it will
be necessary to withdraw the entire west wing and third floor of Frank
Strong Hall from use for University offices and classes. This means
that the departments of History, Political Science, Sociology, Physiol-
ogy, Design, Drawing and Painting, and Business must be housed in rooms
normally used by other departments. In addition, some teaching rooms
will be needed for the Navy project.

To make quarters available for these departments in the
emergency will require every department on the campus to cooperate in
using every room to capacity. Ingenious planning will be necessary,
both on the part of departments and the committee, but I am confident
that the schedule can be worked out with the minimum of inconvenience.

When you work on your class schedule for next fall it is
suggested that the following formula may be helpful in enabling you
to utilize your departmental rooms to capacity: Fill any one room to
capacity before using a second room ~- six mornings a week and five
afternoons a week until 4:30. Graduate and advanced classes that are
likely to have small enrollments might well be listed to meet either
by appointment or in departmental offices, with the expectation that
definite meeting places will become available later on.

There is another problem not yet squarely before us, and
therefore need not be considered now. It is the possibility that there
may be a demand for late. afternoon and evening classes to fit into the
day shift of the Hercules Powder Company operations for students who
want to spend some of their time on a job. Further consideration will
be given to this as the company's program develops..

I do not know how near to the formula any particular de-
partment can come, but it seems to be the goal towards which the Uni-
versity as a whole must strive if the space problem is to be solved.

Please send in your reports as soon as you can conveniently
do so; in no case should they come in later than June 8. If you meet
any unusual situations or have any questions to ask, please feel free
to call me.

Sincerely yours,

RAYMOND NICHOLS, Chairman
Committee on Assignment of Quarters