Tuesday, September 19, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Chow situation not always good at KU
by Rich Lovett Kansan Staff Reporter
Food is easy to find on the KU campus. But it hasn't always been.
In KU's early years, only boarding houses near the campus and cafes downtown were available to curb student appetites. A stove and lunch counter were put in the basement of old Fraser Hall in 1887 to fill the feed need, but one night an employee nearly burned the building down and the service was suspended.
In 1899 an enterprising student put a lunch wagon just off campus. It did well enough that the Daily Kansan ulegized its closing in 1911:
"No more chapel-time breakfasts for the late risers, no more hamburgers, cream pie and chocolate for the fusser and his lass, no more chicken pies and fruit salads for the between-meal piecens. The Oread Cafe—Billies —The Dog House—has quit."
Coeds cook in Fraser
Still not on a par with today's services, the University kept trying. For a few months the Home Economics Department operated a cafeteria in Fraser, but the space was needed for classrooms the next fall.
In 1920 the student body, plagued by high prices for board—$7.50 week—complained loudly and KU got a $15,000 appropriation for a temporary frame building cafeteria in mid-campus which opened in 1921. It operated until the Kansas Union opened in 1927.
With today's campus food facilities, most of them operated by the Kansas Union Food Service, a student's chances of obtaining a square meal are practically guaranteed. The Food Service operates seven cafeterias and snack bars across campus, two of which are open 19 hours a day. The Service
also maintains more than 100 vending machines in residence halls and other University buildings, and a catering service is available by placing a reservation.
Now use vending machines
Among the more modern campus food installations are the vending machines in the Hawklet at Summerfield Hall and the Trail Room in the Union. The units vend seven hot and seven cold foods plus ice cream, candy and beverages. Both the Hawklet and the Trail Room are open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. During exam periods they usually are open 24 hours a day.
For more elaborate meals, the Food Service operates three facilities in the Union: the Hawk's Nest, the Prairie Room and a cafeteria. All three serve hot prepared foods, with the Prairie Room menu being the most detailed.
Snack time may mean a visit to the snack bar in the basement of
Strong Hall or in the lobby of Murphy Hall. Both serve coffee and pastries during class hours and the Murphy snack bar also opens for nocturnal events held in that building.
The Union's catering service is available to any student or organization and will serve any group
15 participate
of from 10 to 1,400 members, according to Frank Burge, Kansas Union director.
Fifteen secondary school teachers will participate in the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program in History this year at KU.
The one-year program, supported by the U.S. Office of Education, allows teachers of grades seven through 13 to return to full-time graduate study toward a Master of Arts in history.
When You're in Doubt—Try It Out, Kansas Classifieds.
Teachers earn and learn
As one of 11 schools in the country to offer such a program, KU screened applicants from many foreign countries and every state except Delaware before selecting these fellows.
Each fellow will receive a stipend of $4,000 plus $600 for each dependent. During the required summer session of 1368, each fellow will get an additional $800
plus $120 for each dependent. They will enroll in a minimum of 27 hours of graduate credit in history and six hours of education courses.
The KU graduate school has appointed Ambrose Saricks, professor of history, as a special assistant graduate school dean to co-ordinate the university's teacher fellowship program.
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