Wednesday, June 23, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Spooner Hall to receive facelift
By Lisa John
Kansan managing editor
When William Brown Spooner died in Boston in 1880, among the assets he left to his wife were his horses, harnesses, carriages and his robes. To the University of Kansas, he left Spooner Hall.
The $91,000 bequest to the University financed the construction of the building that bears his name, as well as the first chancellor's residence. Spooner Hall was dedicated on Oct. 10, 1894, when the University was 28 years old and there were only five buildings on campus.
Today, after 105 years of enduring Kansas weather and temperatures, Spooner is due for a facelift.
Bud Stallworth, assistant director for Design and Construction Management, said the $330,000 project to repair the front exterior of Snooker is basically a stone restoration project.
"We will go in and remove all the stonework on the porch area, and then we'll do structure rehabilitation." Stallworth said.
The stones will be cleaned and repaired before being replaced.
Under most conditions, replacing stone is a simple procedure. In but in the case of Spooner, it has difficult. The University has been unable to determine the origins of the stone.
Stallworth said that when the renovation was in the beginning stages of planning, the intent was to find replacement stones that matched the existing stones.
"But we couldn't find it, so we'll use the existing stones and patch as needed." Stallworn said.
This is where Gary Keshner's company, Creative Sculpture and Restoration, comes in. Workers from the Kansas City, Mo., company were in town last week to test different patching samples on Spooner.
Even though some samples were close, Kesher was not satisfied with the match.
There are two shades of sandstone on the front, Keshner said.
"We've got the orange, but we don't have the reddish-orange vet."
In testing the samples of sandstone, workers removed loose sandstone from a pillar, mixed water with the powdered sandstone, and spread a layer about one-inch thick on the small area. They let it harden, and then cut decorative grooves into the material, imitating the original cut stone.
"We'll let it set up for a week and see how hard it gets and how the color is," Keshner said. Keshner's work is no stronger to KU.
Mark Reiske, production manager at Design and Construction Management, remembers when Keshner's company repaired the lion heads and terracotta on Strong Hall in 1994. The repairs are still in good shape after five years.
"We get up on Strong once a year to make sure the roof's OK, and a lot of the work he did is up high there, and we don't have any visible damage." Reiske said.
Stallworth said the work on Spooner will begin soon, with Kissick Construction Co., Kansas City, Mo., in charge of the structural repair. The estimated contractual obligation for completion of the project is 150 days, Stallworth said.
Curtis Hoback, left, and Jerry Schwab apply sandstone patching material to a pillar on the front of Spooner Hall. The men work for Creative Sculpture and Restoration, a Kansas City, Mo., company that repairs stonework throughout the Midwest. Photo by Lisa John) KANSAN
Edited by Mike Miller
Students charge into high debt, poor credit
By Scott Gootee
Special to the Kansan
At the ring of the cash register, Nick Pruitt, Overland Park sophomore, frees his wallet from his back pocket to check the situation. If the cash looks low, the credit card makes its grand entrance.
In one swift, fluid motion he hands the card to the store clerk, signs the receipt, grabs his merchandise and is out the door before giving the situation a second thought.
card.
"It's almost instinct now," said the eager shopper. "I am sure I could charge in my sleep."
Pruitt said that he was not always so free-wielding with his credit
"I originally got it for emergency situations, but that quickly changed to situations of convenience," he said. "I just got my second card in the mail yesterday."
Robert Manning, a Georgetown University sociologist, conducted a study of student credit card usage, which was sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America. The study found that about 70 percent of students at four-year colleges have at least one credit card with an average of more than $2,000 debt. One-fifth of the student card holders was more than $10,000 in debt. Manning concluded that student credit card debt was a substantial problem.
"The unrestricted marketing of
credit cards on college campuses is so aggressive that it now poses a greater threat than alcohol or sexually transmitted diseases," he wrote in his study.
Manning outlined many reasons for the problem but stressed two: the aggressive marketing techniques of credit card companies, and universities that allow it.
Manning's study and others have prompted universities across the nation to place restrictions on campus marketing. One technique is prohibiting credit card promotion in bookstores.
While the University of Kansas cannot legally sell lists of enrolled students to companies, KU bookstores do include applications in all of their
mags. Mike Reid, KU Bookstores manager, said that they had received some complaints, but explained that they did it to keep costs down.
"The actual company we buy our bags from gets the direct proceeds of the credit card marketers, but we are offered the bags at a lower price," he said.
Reid said he was torn on the issue. "We've been talking about it for years," he said. "We do it, student groups do it, and the Alumni Association does it. Some of these groups depend on the money from marketing. Also, 50 percent of our sales come from credit card purchases. If we can't promote them, than why should we accept them?"
Edited by Kimberly Erb
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