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Wednesday, February 7, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Spooner, Spencer Prepare Painting, Book Exhibits
BY LYNNE MALM
Kansan Staff Writer
"Museums should be thought of as icebergs, only the tip is on display at any one time," Gridley Smith, curator of collections at Soooner said recently.
Both Spooner Art Museum and the Kenneth Spencer Research Library try to change their exhibits constantly to present KU's holdings to the public.
Artworks in Spooner are classified by use period, medium, and artist. Smith said,
Few works are shown in their collections.
An exception, Smith said, was the Gene Swenson Pop Art collection, given to KU in 1973. It includes paintings and a widely known critic of pop art.
Some Students Sponge County Official Saves
THE PURPOSE of displays is to try to place a work in a new context, so that
By ERIC MEYER
Kansan Staff Writer
Everyone who purchases a vehicle tag in the county must pay personal property taxes on the vehicle, even if he buys it or moves, according to Kansas law.
Students who move after they purchase vehicle tags often become "freeloaders" on the Douglas County tax rail, according to county treasurer's and assessor's offices.
A vehicle purchased between Sept. 2, 1971, 1971, and Sep. 1, 1972, and registered in the county is liable for taxation unless it was reported to the county assessor's office.
"Most students just do not know they owe taxes," Deputy County Treasurer Bessie Bennett said Tuesday. "It's a bad deal, too, but it's made everybody else pay higher taxes."
BENNETT SAID more than 2,000 tax statements mailed last November had been returned to her office because the addresses had moved and left no forwarding addresses. The majority, she said, were students.
If the taxes are not paid before March 25,
warrants will be issued, and the sheriff will
collect them.
successful, the statements will be given to the clerk of the district court as liens against any other property the parties may own.
Proof of payment of property taxes must be presented when a new license plate is purchased. However, the staggered purchase period allows the charge to go unnoticed by the student for a considerable period.
“the way the law reads now,” a deputy assessor said, “a person can go clear to December not knowing that he should have met an officer and be there meantime, there will be penalties imposed.”
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM comes from students who leave the state after graduation, the assessor said. They do not realize they own property taxes, she added.
Taxes are figured by ownership as of Jan.
1. Lower charges are made if the purchase is made during the following months, up to September. Statements are then prepared and mailed in November. Payment of half of the taxes is required by Dec. 20.
"If the students would understand these laws and notify us when they moved or sold their cars, it would help straighten this out," the assessor said.
Modus Operandi Similar In 2 Lawrence Robberies
A robbery of the Mission Im, 1904 Massachusetts St., Tuesday morning appears to have been a repeat performance of "Dancing With the Eleven" Eleven Food Store, 174, Massachusetts St.
According to the Lawrence police report, Richard Cassaart, the owner and operator of the Mission Inn, was preparing to close for the night when a man in his early 20s called "The grey scarlet entered and announced," "THe is a stick up. I want all of your money."
Cassaart said that he saw a pistol protruding from the robber's green rubber poncho. The robber kept telling Cassaart to up or he would shoot him, the report said.
checks from the cash register and put it in
the receipt. Then you got back the robot, then
the robot, then Tassougask, whistle!
Cassaart took $259.50 in cash and $15 in
Before leaving, the robber told Cassari to lie down on the floor and warned him that a friend across the street who had a riffle was following him through his scope, according to the report.
Cassart waited for a few minutes before calling the police.
The police said that the incident strongly resembled Thursday's robbery and that the general description of the robber was the same.
In Thursday's robbery, the robber ordered a night clerk to lie down on the floor and also warned that a friend across the street was watching with a rifle.
A new computer system to speed and correct problems with overdue books at Watson Library will be installed in about a month.
Watson Library to Install New Computer Terminals
The biggest advantage to the new system, Nancy Bengel, head of the circulation department, said Wednesday, is that the library day would be lengthened from 4:30 to 5:15, allowing them that many of the problems with overdue books will be eliminated. she said.
With the present system a book is marked overdue by the computer at 4:30 p.m. after a three-day grace period ends, Bengel said. Students will be able to return books until 11 p.m. without being fined under the new system, she said.
whether the viewer has seen it once or a hundred times the context allows them to
recognize it.
However, the book drops on the sidewalk in front of the library will be closed during the evening. Bengel said. They will only be after 11 p.m. and on weekends, Bengel said.
Seasonal themes are repeated yearly, but works used vary, Smith said. Some works may be used more often because they fit into more contexts for display.
to be a great improvement over the old computer systems. Bengal said, although the programmers are having trouble getting the terminals to accept the variety of KU-ID cards the library uses. The new computer terminals must accept the old and new identification cards as well as the faculty and library staff cards she said.
One terminal is being returned for modifications, she said. Instructions for the modifications will be sent to the library so programmers can modify the other two terminals.
Three new computer terminals promise
Problems of this sort have already put the schedule one month behind, Bengel said. Although the new system should be started within the next month, she said, it may not work out as planned for a spring break. The library wanted to start the spring school when library use was light, she said.
Since the library leases the computer system, Bengel said, there would be no need to buy a new computer.
Some one-of-a-kind items or small numbered gene collections are not shown for long periods of time because it is difficult to integrate them into a display.
Sometimes though, such works are shown to a class. This was the case with Byzantine sculptures, which were made in the 4th century.
Examples of seasonal displays are the Japanese Ghost Prints shown around Halloween and the planned February nineteenth century lace valentines.
SPOONER HAS strong collections of American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. The 1791 pop art gift of the Swenson collection made Spooner one of the strongest university holders in this area. Early Renaissance and medieval medals of Renaissance through 18th century painting are also strong points of the collection.
Although grants provide occasional funds, most of the money for the operation of Spooner comes from the state and patrons. Entire collections are not often purchased. Most of KU's have been donated.
Recently KU used a grant from the National Endowments for the Art Association to purchase works of 20th century artists. The exhibition is in the lower floor gallery in December.
The American, 20th century, and print galleries on the upper floor are reminiscent of the Arts Decorator's office.
AREAS BEHIND the galleries on all three floors are used for storage space, Smith said. The entire building has temperature and humidity control. A Byzantine icon may be stored next to a pop art painting; they have the same preservative milk.
the main gallery on the main floor are relatively permanent, since more fragile works are displayed there. The lower floor gallery is often used for traveling
Spooner does not lend works to other parts of the campus for display to assure their preservation and security, Smith explained. Some works are occasionally loaned to Spencer library, the Chancellor's office, or the museum and history of art offices.
Requests are often made and granted to other museums for the display of certain works. Most lending is done within the boundaries of the United States, Smith said, although foreign requests are sometimes received.
University catalogues say that Spooner has more than 10,000 art objects valued at $4.5 million.
KENNETH SPENCER Research Library don't lend it of its rare and old books to other parts of the campus, except Spooner University's Mason, director of special collections said.
there are several display areas in Spencer: the main entrance hall, two north gallery areas, outside the lower level Kansas collection area, outside the archives reading room, inside the library floor reading room, and the main floor fortnightly exhibit cases. Mason said.
Display ideas come from campus events, seasonal themes, or particularly in the case of the fortnightly exhibits, from pieces of research by librarians, Mason said.
'Who's Who' Locates Jobs for KU Seniors
By MYLA STARR
Kansan Staff Writer
Over 30 students who graduated from the University of Kansas last year found jobs through a senior class publication, "Who's Who at KU for T2." Some of the four hundred seniors listed in "Who's Who at KU" this year may have the same good fortune.
"Who's Who at KU" was printed for the first time last year. It is a compilation of short resumes designed to inform employers throughout the state and the nation about KU graduates. Printing and mailing costs are financed completely by class dues, and any senior class member who has paid them may be included in the listing free of charge.
Brian Braco, Munster, Ind., senior, and chairman of the senior jobs committee this year, said Tuesday that the goal of "Who's at KU for T3" was to reach as many as 150 students in grades 9-12 on campus with emphasis last year was on finding jobs in Kansas for KU graduates, he said.
A COUPON REQUEST for this year's "Who's Who?" was placed in the December issue of the KU Alumni newsletter, Braco said, to give interest alumni from both in the University and at the college of the guide. Braco said that about 180 coupons had been returned so far.
Bracco said that he was still in the process of compiling this year's mailing list, but the who's who at State College was set to 430 unified districts and 830 newspapers and radio and television stations in Kansas. This year's "Who's Who" has been sent to the KU Printing Service and is scheduled for Feb. 16. A lady isady for mailing at the end of February.
Publication of a senior job placement guide was begun when the job market was undergoing its transition. Dodge City senior and developer of the first "Who's at KU" Schwartz, who is in his second year as a senior, said that when he began his May job prospects were bleak.
"I STARTED wondering what could be done to alert people outside of the University community to the large number of KU students who would need and want too." he said.
"Our main goal was to approach Kansas employers with something compact and
Weekly Series On Engineering Begins Friday
The location of the meeting, which is open to the public, will be posted in Learned Hall or may be obtained through the electrical engineering office. 116 Learned.
The first of a continuing series of weekly seminars dealing with topics related to electrical engineering will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Speakers will include members of the professional engineering community and the faculty.
ACTION Applications Taken Now for Fall
Students interested in ACTION programs (Peace Corps or Vista) for the summer and fall of this year should apply now. Those interested can get information from the Peace Corps, the University campus representative or from recruiters who will be on campus later this semester.
The seminar will be sponsored by the electrical engineering honor society, Eta Kappa Nu. A social hour will follow the meeting, which is scheduled to last an hour.
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Schwartz said that last year's placement program consisted of two parts: sending a listing of prospective Kansas employers to senior class members and mailing 'Who's in' to businesses throughout the state. The mature cost approximately $1,000, he said.
A FOLLOW-UP SURVEY showed that about 20 per cent of the students listed in the guide were likely to be by business on the guide's mailing list and that about eight per cent of the seniors in the guide received job offers as a direct result in writing "in Who's a Woman at KU" Schwartz said.
A collection is sometimes exhibited when it is donated to the University, as was a collection of the works of H. L. Mencken in 1971.
"This is not a great number of students," he said, "but if one person had gotten a job out of it, I would have considered it a success."
Two or three major exhibits are
Displays are usually on a topic rather than simply drawn from a collection. The majority of books held by the library are not pleased to the use, Mason said.
Librarians need about two days to set up display in the main lobby cases, because they must be careful in positioning and mounting the books.
"Displays aren't repeated," Mason said.
"I did it once and it failed the second time."
presented each year, Six to 12 middle-sized exhibitions, usually presented in the north gallery, and about 20 fortnightly displays; also presented each year. Megan says,
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