Friday, March 26.1976
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Staff Photo by JAY KOELZER
Old and New
University Daily Kansan
The train will remain at the Topeka Air Industrial Park through tonight. It's scheduled to be in Kansas City, Kan., tomorrow.
greeting the American Freedom train Wednesday on its arrival in Topkapi are two of the official hostesses, wives of state officials and businessmen.
American history train's cargo
Staff Writer
Rv CHRISTINETYLER
TOPEKA- Indicative of the times we live in, the American Freedom Train whisks visitors through 200 years of American history in little more than 20 minutes.
A moving walkway keeps the crowd moving the way it was designed to, but doesn't allow visitors much time to look closely at each of the more than 500 articles exhibited in the 10-car display section of the train.
The train is the only major national bicentennial project and was made possible through the contribution of $1 million from each of four corporations. It began its journey April 1, 1975 and has visited 72 cities in 30 states in the past year.
Margery Singer, publicist for the American Freedom Train Foundation, Inc., said yesterday she expected the 4 million person to four the train next week in Kansas City. Kan, and expected 8 million people to its location, said it ends its journey in Miami in December.
Light and sound displays that serve as background for the exhibits move swiftly past. The kaleidoscope of sights and sounds makes the trip less like a museum tour.
Each of the 10 display cars represents an aspect of American history. The show starts with "The Beginning" and concludes with "Conflict and Resolution."
Many of the visitors to the train are school groups. On weekdays there is always a steady flow and a lengthy line of school children at the train from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
From the "Sports" car it's half a dozen steps to the "Performing Arts" car that begins with a marquee display and picture gallery of motion picture stars.
Car No. 1, "The Beginning," exhibits weapons and documents from the Revolutionary war period, including a volcano that emits Constitution complete with margin notes.
The car also contains many mementos of motion picture history, including Judy Garland's film "From the Wizard of Oz." Shirley Temple's tiger bear from "Captain Janko," James Patterson's script from "The Ten Commandments" and Alfred Hitchcock's director's chair.
The final display car pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. in a time of "Conflict and Resolution."
That car is followed by the "Fine Art" car, which exhibits a collection of paintings including Archibald M. Willard's "The Spirit of 76."
Other cars deal with the themes "Growth of a Nation," "America's Origins," "Innovations" and "Labor and Professions."
There are several items of interest outside the display cars. Two showcases car windows and a back-up lunar rover. Display windows outside the cars each depict a decade of attacks, graphics and artifacts not included on the rover.
Car No. 7 is a tribute to American "Sports". It contains many medals and trophies, including the Heisman Trophy won by Leon J. Hart and the Olympic gold
More statewide health aid goal of task force
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes appointed David Waxman, coordinator of medical outreach programs at the KU Medical院 as chairman of the committee last week.
Increased health care for Kanasus will be sought by the nine-member Task Force for Health-Related Programs, set up recently by the University of Kanasus.
Others appointed to the task force by Dykes are Norton J. Greenberger, chairman of the department of medicine; Doris Gettygue, dean of the School of Nursing; Doris Hirschman, assistant professor of family practice; Jack D. Schoenberg of family practice; Russell C. Mills, assistant to the chancellor for support services; D. Cramer Reed, vice chancellor for the Wichita state branch of the School of Medicine; M. Don George, assistant professor of psychiatry at Wichita; and Ron Kushner, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Dykes the task force would provide guidance for health care outreach programs; review existing programs, including Continuing Education; seek involvement of Kansas health organizations and associations in developing new ways for improving health care; and direct efforts to improve geographical distribution of health care.
Yearbook funds found in order
Possible personal use of $300 belonging to the Jayhawker Yearbook could have been the basis of a court confrontation between the Jayhawker's current business manager and the business manager who served in 1975.
Steve Brown, the current business manager, said Monday that during the spring 1975 semester, the yearbook ordered some camera equipment for the staff's use. Included in that order was a $400 lens which, when then, editor wanted, for his own use.
Brown said Rowley paid for the lens with a personal check written to Rob Baker, then the business manager. The yearbook paid for the entire order, Brown said, making it appear that Rowley had his lens paid for by the Jawhawk.
Baker deposited the money from Rowley in Baker's savings account in a local bank.
Brown said the yearbook staff has a large party at the end of each year, and last year Baker paid for the party out of his own funds.
"When we finally got around to asking Baker 'what did you do with it?' he told us there was no problem. Baker easily produced copies of billings for the goods for the party, which were somewhat over the $300," he said.
He said that because the $300 didn't show up anywhere in the books, he had contempt for them. "You couldn't pay the money couldn't be accounted for legitimately. Vouchers were checked against bills for the order of equipment, and they said that the yearbook hadn't paid for the lens.
Brown said he thought it was a shabby business practice to not show all transactions in the books, especially because money from student organizations was supposed to go through the University Comptroller's office.
"Nobody profited personally from this thing except Rowley, who might have been a star."
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