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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 16, 1950
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NOW SEE HERE SON—Uncle Jimmy Green, who reigns in front of Green Hall, seems to be telling the aspiring young lawyer posed beside him not to pay any attention to all the foolishness which goes on around the campus.
Uncle Jimmy's Statue Serves As Inspiration For Lawyers
The most frequently painted statue of a world famous sculpture stands before Green Hall. To many it is just Jimmy Green, another statue. But to the hundreds of law students it commemorates a great man, Uncle Jimmy, who serves as an inspiration to those who enter law.
Jimmy Green was sculptured by Daniel Chester French, who made the Lincoln statue for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. Mr. French had just completed the Lincoln Memorial statue when he was asked to do the Jimmy Green statue. Mr. French refused, but was later persuaded to come to KU from New York to talk with those who knew Jimmy Green.
Changed His Mind
Mr. French attended a special dinner in 1919 honoring the late Prof. Green who was responsible for the development of the School of Law. Mr. French saw from those he talked with that Uncle Jimmy was not an ordinary man. "I have never seen such love for a man as this unless it be in the case of Lincoln." said Mr. French.
The statue, which cost $30,000 and the pedestal, $5,000, was begun in the spring of 1921 and was dedicated in 1923. It was financed by a portion of a one million dollar memorial fund raised by KU.
The Jimmy Green statue does not honor just one man, but many. Jimmy Green stands with the likeness of Alfred C. Alford, KU's first war hero who was killed in action in the Spanish-American War.
The site for the statue was recommended by Henry Bacon of New York, who was regarded by many as the most architect of the United States.
The men in Green Hall believe the reason Jimmy gets so many "suits" in football season is because he was called the "Patron Saint of KU football." Prof. Green was at one time president of the Athletic Association and encouraged clean sportsmanship.
Regardless of the attitude of many toward the statue, the inscription sums up the feeling of those who knew him. "In memory of James Wood Green 1849-1919. Forty years dean of the School of Law 1879-1919. The students' counselor and friend."
Engineers Elect Name New Staff
Charles Yeokum, Belton, Mo,
sophomore, was selected sophomore
representative to the Engineering
Council at the council's meeting
Thursday. He replaces Ron Clark,
Kansas City, Mo. sophomore.
Staff members for the Kansan Engineer were also selected. They are Bill Franklin, Topeka junior, editor; Jim Squires, Lawrence senior, associate editor; Robert McAmish, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, assistant editor; Ronald Bonjour, Lenexa freshman, and Mary Laird, Holly Springs, Miss., sophomore, feature editor.
Theta Sigma Phi Dinner Thursday
John Dealy Topeka sophomore, business manager; John Casson Topeka sophomore, advertising manager, and Phil Rein, Hillsboro junior, circulation manager.
Other council business included re-scheduling the lawyer-engineer tug-of-war for Tuesday, March 20, and granting permission to the local sports car club to present an exhibit in the Engineering Exposition.
Photo Transmitter To Relay NCAA
A telephoto transmitter will be installed in Flint Hall today to transmit pictures of the NCAA regional playground to Kansas City, and from there to other cities.
Theta Sigma Phi, professional fraternity for women in journalism will honor an outstanding Kansas newspaper woman at its annual Matrix Table banquet at 6:30 p.m. March 22, in the Kansas Room of the Student Union.
Ed Hoffman, head of the United Press news pictures office in Kansas City, will be here to operate the transmitter.
Mrs. Nell Nichols of Topeka former foods field reporter for the Women's Home Companion, will speak on "Writing from Home." She is now a free-lance writer.
Mrs. Nichols, an expert on regional foods, is the author of Good Home Cooking Across the U.S.A., and also has written a cook book.
The pictures will be processed in the photographic laboratory in Flint. They will then be placed on a cylinder which will scan the picture with a ray of light. The lights and darks of the photograph will be changed to a series of electrical impuses which will be sent to Kansas City over a telephone wire.
Among those who will attend the Matrix Table will be Kansas City and Topeka alumni and women in pre-iournalism.
Gretchen Guinn, Delmar, N. Y., senior and president of Theta Sigma Phi, is toastmistress. Jane Pecinovsky, Kansas City, Mo., junior, is Matrix Table chairman.
The United States has more than 54,000,000 acres under cultivation, he largest area of any country in he world.
Barker, Heider Get $8,500 In Ford Foundation Grants
Two University faculty members have received $4,250 awards from the Ford Foundation which for the first time offered a limited number to scholars in the behavioral sciences.
Dr. Heider joined the KU faculty in 1947. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and received the Ph.D. in 1921 from the University of Graz, Austria. He has taught at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and Smith College and has served as director of psychological research at the Clark School for the Deaf, Northhampton, Mass.
Dr. Barker, a former chairman of the psychology department, conducted work as co-director of the Midwest Child Study Center, situated in a typical small Kansas community. The eight-year study has produced three books, written with Dr. Herbert Wright, "One Boy's Day," "Methods in Psychological Ecology," and "Midwest and Its Children."
Dr. Barker has directed research projects involving more than $100,- 000 since coming to KU in 1947. He received the Ph. D. degree from Stanford, taught there and at Illinois, Iowa, Harvard and Clark University, Worcester, Mass.
Architects' Group To Meet April 20
An institute for thrafmsen, students and practicing architects will be conducted at the University April 20. It is being sponsored by the School of Architecture and Engineering, University Extension, and the Kansas City, Mo., chapter of the Producers' Council.
Speakers will be Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, Calif., fellow of the American Institute of Architects; Anton Tedesko, New York City, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; William Gillett, Detroit, Mich., president of Producers' Council, and John R. DeRigne, Kansas City, Mo., member of the American Society of Training and Air Conditioning Engi-
Producers' Council will have an exhibition of about 40 displays showing new ideas in building materials. Two new films will be shown, one on building materials titled "Worlds of Marble," and the other "Products, People and Progress in 1975."
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