KANSAS MEMORIAL UNION

Report for the year ending June 30, 190

A survey of the Kansas Memorial Union for the year 1939-0 shows a
highly gratifying condition from the standpoints of physical and financial cone
ditions and of the use of the building by students, faculty, alumi and other
groups. For the sake of brevity and emphasis all of this may be summarized,
in part statistically, under the appropriate subheadings.

 

Numbers of persons using the building: 1938-39  1939-l0
Lounges (for reading, resting, studying, etc.) 75,000 116,200
Scheduled meetings, forums, dances, etc. 58,700 59,350
Total persons served in food units 196,572 210,870
Total additional persons served at special parties

teas, luncheons and banquets 25,450 26,280
Average number of persons using recreation room per day 80-100
Average number of persons using the music room, per day ho
Average number of students served in cafeteria per day 3501,00

Completion of rooms in the buildings

During the past year two new rooms have been added to the building

on the third floor. The Kansas room was finished at a total cost of «4816.55.
This room is in a conservative modern style illuminated entirely by concealed
fluorescent lighting and was designed by Wr, Edward Tanner of Kansas City. The
popularity of the room has been attested by the fact that it has been booked up
for almost every available night by student grovps during the past year. The
tentative bookings for the coming year indicate that it will be impossible to
satisfy the total demands made upon it. The uses of the room are multifarious
including parties, dinner dances, lectures and banquets.

The other roor comoleted is the music room which houses the Carnegie
Endowment gift phonograph of a value of 1500 dollars. With this gift is in-
cluded 600 classicel records. To these, accessions are made from month to ronth.
The room is under the supervision of an NYA student librarian and it is open
daily in the afternoons and evenings. Persons using the room nay have any record
played on request. From time to time special request programs, whole svmphonies,
operas, concertos, etc., are played. The room was completed and furnished ‘vith

lounge chairs at a cost of $849.02.

In addition to the above a much needed Director's office was completed
on the Cafeteria floor at a cost of $321.72.

Library and agazine services.

A library and magazine service has been maintained on the lounge floor
under the supervision of the hostess. Fourteen magazines and four newspapers
are available. The rental book service covers a wide and catholic taste in new
and well chosen fiction and non-fiction. These services are a popular and sidely
used feature of the lounge floor,