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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1963
Soviet Bloc Flags Attract Limber Thieves In Strong
By Linda Machin Kansan Society Editor
To many the flags of 85 nations which line the Strong Hall Rotunda are a familiar sight.
For the more acute observer, the empty standard which is numbered 84 is a familiar sight also.
Upon inquiry, Harry M. Buchholz, superintendent in Buildings and Grounds, said that Flag No. 84, the Yugoslavian flag, has been missing for several months.
"We usually have two or three flags missing each year but last year we had 12," he said. "Just before the Model UN meeting we always have to take down at least two flags for safety's sake: the Russian flag and the United Nations flag."
Flag stealing, according to Tom Yoe, KU news bureau director, used to be a popular KU sport. Before the University replaced the old woodenpoled flags with aluminum ones in new metal holders four years ago, flags were stolen frequently-particularly those of Communist bloc countries.
"Inevitably, the ones stolen were hammer and sickle flags—they seldom actually got the Russian flag itself," he said.
Prior to 1960, when office space blocked the hallway on the north side of the rotunda on the second floor, the Communist bloc flags were placed on that inaccessible side of the rotunda in an attempt to discourage flag thieves.
"The buildings and grounds men used to have a difficult time themselves reaching the flags. They had to crawl through my office windows to replace the flags," Yoe said.
However, this didn't seem to hinder the thieves.
"In those days, you had to be somewhat of an acrobat to steal a Russian flag," he said. In order to accomplish the feat the thieves had to crawl over the railing and walk along the inner ledge to reach the flags.
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The flags were o. originally placed in the rotunda after World War II, to represent each country in the newly formed United Nations. Students attending KU from countries not represented by flags in the rotunda began presenting Chancellor Murphy with flags.
In case you are from Yugoslavia, or otherwise partial to that country's missing flag, don't worry. The red, white and blue striped flag with a large red star in the middle, is being replaced—at the cost of $15 to the University.
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Jean Hord, Kansas City senior. Alpha Phi, to Charles Swank, Nortonville senior.
Analye Elizabeth Burgs, Arkansas City senior, Alpha Phi, to Thomas David Beissecker, Topeka graduate student, Acacia.
A European tour will be the subject of the Nov. 7 meeting of the University Women's Club at 2 p.m.
Engagements
A talk, by Mrs. Goff, entitled "A Look at Far Horizons," will feature Prof. and Mrs. Lewin Goff's tour of Europe last summer. He is director of the University Theatre.
Sharon Kaye Rogers, Shawnee Mission sophomore, to David William Newcomer, Shawnee Mission senior, Phi Delta Theta.
To Tell Highlights
Betti Anthony, Dodge City junior, to Dwight Egbert, Dodge City junior, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Patricia Koch, Haven senior, to Glenn Hunt. Kansas City.
Ann Leffler, Pittsburg sen'or, Pi Beta Phi, to Fred Kauffield, Atchison senior.
The Nov. 8 meeting of the University Women's Club will include a dessert and theater party with their husbands at 7 p.m.
Barbara Ann Schmidt, Orlando, Fla., to Jon K. Bell, Salina junior, Delta Chi.
'Lavered Look' Leads
The layered look in fashion goes back to school this fall. It turns up in the form of flannel jumpers pulled over long-sleeved dresses of printed calico, or in shiny red slicker skirts worn apron-style over turtle-necked jersey dresses.
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Then you'll know what's new in folk songs. And what's best.
Look for-ask for-the Journeymen in concert on your campus.
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