d University Daily Kansan Thursday, June 20, 1974 --- Madonna and Child Sculpture Kept Inside KU Vault; Display Risky Inside a vault in Spencer Research Library is one of the most famous pieces in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art. It has been there since shortly after the Kansas Union fire in April 1970, and except for an eight week period in 1971 during which it was on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, it has not been placed on display since. The piece is a Gothic wood sculpture "Virgin and Child" by Tilman Bienstheimer. It was given to the University in 1932 by Professor Harry Thurman in his memory. The sculpture, which was once displayed in the art museum in Spooner Hall, will probably never be displayed there again, Charles Eldredge, director of the museum. Eldredge said the sculpture was unavailable to the public because of the conditions necessary to place it on display. in the vault at Spencer Library the temperature and humidity are controlled, and the museum there are no such controls. Security also is muchless of a problem in Spencer than it would be if the piece were on display. Neither Eldridge nor Gridley Smith, curator of collections at the museum, would give an estimate of the value of the sculpture. Apparently, the only way in which the sculpture can be placed on display is if a new building with better facilities would be built. The only building building would be built within 10 years. Until then, the sculpture will probably remain hidden. The art museum is the only state supported art museum in Kansas, and money for a new building would have to be appropriated by the Kansas Legislature. Lions to Donate Eye Probe to Med Center An ultrasonic probe for surgical removal of cataracts will be given to the University of Karaas Medical Center sometime later this summer, according to a source in the ophthalmology department at the Medical Center. The Kansas Lions Sight Foundation is donging the piece of equipment, which cost $24,000. Free Drop Deadline Nears A student may withdraw from a course until June 22 without record of the course being placed on a student's permanent record. The source said that the equipment is not recommended for every catacard case. There are both advantages and disadvantages in its use. From June 24 to July 13, a student may withdraw from a course, but a "W" will be placed on his permanent record, meaning withdrawn passing. According to the source, the cataract can be removed from within a smaller area and the total operating time can be somewhat shorter than in the conventional operation, which means spent inside the eye is longer. The patient is less restricted after the new surgery. This new method involves making a small incision in the eye and using the ultrasonic probe, a needle inside the eye, to break up the cataract so it can be removed. The needle moves in and out three thousandths of an inch, 40,000 times a second. One part of the needle sucks out the pieces of the cataract as it is broken up. The results of the new operation are the same as the results of the method now used by most doctors. The source indicated that the advantage in the new method was the speed of the opening and the speed of recovery. According to a Lawrence ophthalmologist, the method is still in the experimental stage. He said that although he would refer his patients to the KU Medical Center, he would request that the conventional method of cataract removal be used. The Medical Center source said the probe creasing number of patients, although it won't be used in every case. The cataract operation is the most commonly performed operation in America. It is hoped that the new method will advance in the performance of the operation. BORGEN'S LIQUOR STORE would be placed in the operating room, and would be used by the ophthalmology department staff and by qualified visiting staff. The use of the instrument will be under the supervision of a special committee of the department he said. Cold Strong Beer • Chilled Wines Next Door to Rusty's Hillcrest Exotic Liquors Imported & Domestic Special orders chilled on request. 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