University Daily Kansan, October 31, 1983
CAMPUS AND AREA
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'Salina Piece will be in remote area
By the Kansan Staff
Workmen last week began building a foundation for the abstract sculpture known as "Salina Piece," and the KU alumnus who donated it to the University said Saturday that he couldn't be more pleased.
The controversial 40-ton sculpture will be placed on West Campus between Nichols Hall and the KU Endowment Association building. It has been in storage on West Campus for nearly two years.
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"Salina Piece," shown here after it was defaced by vandals in 1981, probably will be erected on West Campus in the next few weeks. The 40-ton abstract sculpture has been lying in storage for two years.
"It took a while to get the work accomplished, but KU did a thorough job of planning and selecting a site," said John M. Simpson, a Fairway attorney who gave the sculpture to the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. "I think it's great that it is going to go up."
ROBERT PORTER, associate director of Facilities Operations, said that workmen were scheduled to begin pouring the foundation last Friday. The entire project should be completed in about a month, he said.
A crane will be used to lift the sculpture into place. Porter did not know what the total cost of the project would be.
The often-maligned sculpture is a 1969 creation of Dale Eldred of the Kansas City Art Institute. It was originally destined for a triangular grassy slope at the southeast corner of 16th Street and Sunflower Road, where
it became the object of protest and vandalism.
People living in the area protested that the sculpture was unsightly and unsafe, and a group of alumni threatened to begin an advertising campaign to oppose the proposed site for the large metal sculpture.
VANDALS DEFACED THE sculpture twice, painting on its surface such phrases as "Take Me Away" and "First Place Bad Taste." They also left signs charging that the artwork was a $35,000 tax write-off for Simpson.
Simpson said Saturday that he had claimed a deduction for the sculpture. He declined, however, to discuss the amount of the deduction.
Raymond Nichols, chancellor emeritus, said that although he didn't like the sculpture, he approved of its new site. The sculpture will be erected near Nichols Hall, which was named for Nichols in 1975.
"It should have a big, wide open
heart he has," I think it 's an app-
portable location."
But the sculpture still has opponents.
Raymond Eastwood, a retired KU art professor, said that the sculpture was big, ugly and had no particular significance.
"It would not like for it to be to put anywhere where it could be seen by any human being," said Eastwood, 1699 Louisiana St.
DAVID HOLROYD. 1224 Louisiana St., who led the alumni protest, said that he thought the structure shouldn't be put up at all.
Halloween weather to provide treat for tricksters
By ANA DEL CORRAL Staff Reporter
Ghastly monsters and ghostly creatures prowling the streets tonight will be treated to a dry, almost moonless Halloween.
The weekend's dreary clouds and drizzle should move south this afternoon, unveiling clear skies and allow-
intrick or-treaters, gently rapping on doors, to stay dry.
And the moon, a mere silver of light between the last quarter and a new moon, should not temper the eerness of a Halloween night.
A cold front from the Northern Plains moved across Kansas yesterday and enveloped Lawrence in bleak weather. The temperature dropped to 98.8 inches of rain fell in Lawrence.
according to the National Weather Service in Topcka.
YESTERDAY MORNING'S LOW was 49 and the average temperature hovered near 53 degrees.
Today's high is expected to be in the mid-60s, and cloudiness will decrease
A warm front now over western Kansas will make its way to the eastern
part of the state by tomorrow, said Larry Schultz, a spokesman with the weather service. It should bring high temperatures in the upper 60s through the week.
Tomorrow's high will be in the upper
oils, with a slight chance for showers,
but not so bad.
Showers are possible on Wednesday and Thursday, and the highs should be
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