Page 8 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, May 17, 1955
Bailey Laboratory Gets 'New Look'
Work is well under way on adapting the old Bailey laboratory for use by the School of Education.
While the exterior of the building will remain nearly the same, with the exception of the roof, which will have the chimneys removed and the coof re-done in cement astosbes shingles, the interior will be completely decorated.
One of the biggest changes will be in the old chemistry lecture laboratory, which will be completely revamped, turned around, and given a new look. The lecture platform will be moved to the north end of the room and the floors and seating completely done over.
Another new feature of the building will be complete air conditioning of all rooms and offices. Prof. George M. Beal, head of the architecture department of the School of Engineering, said that this was being done because of the heavy load of summer classes carried by the School of Education.
A new vestibule will be added to the main entrance to allow more covered space in wet weather. Previously there have been traffic jams at the entrance of the building in bad weather.
New steel stairways will be installed, and the stair wells will be completely fireprobed Fire towers, which are constructed by installing steel chairs and fire walls around the wells, will be built on the east and central stairs. Fire escapes will be constructed at the north and west ends of the building
The individual rooms will remain much the same but will be completely repainted and refinished. The windows will be replaced or repaired, and all the woodworking in the building will be refinished.
The rest rooms in the building also will be completely redecorated, and the corridors will have a ceramic tile siding extending up from the floor a few feet. The floors also will be made of tile and new acous-
ical ceilings will be installed as well as a new lighting system.
The department of architectural drawing started work on the first plans about three years ago in preparation for the remodeling of the building. The present set of plans includes 35 separate drawings. Prof. Beal said more work went into the remodeling of a building like Bailey than in construction of a new one, because before the plans could be started, the old building had to be completely measured.
Students Receive Prizes, Scholarship
Two students will receive $25 prizes for having done the best work in Latin and Greek the past year.
Ann Corine Hartfiel, education senior, will get the Hannah Oliver prize in Latin.
James Dean Uhlig, college sophomore, is the recipient of the Sterling-Walker prize in Greek.
Both funds honor former teachers at KU.
The Ida H. Hyde scholarship of $100 at KU will be held by Janet U. Bate, first year graduate in en- tion education, during the 1955 summer session.
Miss Bute took her undergraduate at the University of Michigan.
The scholarship is income from a fund of $2,100 set up in 1927 by Dr. Ida H. Hyde, former professor of physiology at KU. It is given annually to an advanced woman student in the sciences, preferably a biological field.
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Student Wins $400 Award
The Boeing Airplane company $400 scholarship in business administration for the 1955-56 year will be held by John Sanford Bushman, business junior, Dean Leonard H Axe announced today.
The honors and scholarship committee of the School of Business chose Bushman on the basis of these criteria established by Boeing; scholastic standing, interest in and enlistment in the field of specialization, character, and need of assistance in completing the senior year.
Now finishing his junior year as an accounting major, Bushman has all "A" grades in his major subject, and a 2.51 overall average. Last month he was accorded the ex-College senior honorary Beta Gamma Sigma, nation's honorary business society, in his junior year.
Bushman has held a residence scholarship in Stephenson hall for three years.
Kappa Phi President To Attend Council
Norma Jean Nelson, education junior and president of Kappa Phi. Methodist organization for college women, is one of more than 200 candidates for the Council of Chapters June 19 to 25 at the University of Colorado.
Council members from 37 active chapters and 27 alumnae chapters will participate in business sessions, workshops, and programs. The special features of the Council program will include a formal banquet and an afternoon mountain trip and cook-out.
Journalism Award Goes to Newton Girl
A Newton High school girl, Patricia Swanson, is the recipient of a KU $250 Oscar S. Stauffer scholarship in journalism.
The award is financed by a $5,000 fund established several years ago by a Topeka newspaper publisher and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Stauffer.
Rains, Dust, Snow, Winds Rage in Southwest, North
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May erupted today with generous rains and tornadic winds in the arid Southwest and wintry snows in the North.
Up to two inches of rain poured'd drought-parched crops in Texas, Oklahoma, and Northeast Colorado. More downpours swept through Nebraska and thunderstorms were common early today from Texas to the Carolinas.
But the welcome rains also brought tornadic winds and flash floods. Buildings were whisked away in Texas last night and 20 persons in Texas' Taylor county were evacuated in the darkness when spring and valley creeks spilled over.
More than 100 smoke generators were rushed to Central Utah's fruit belt to fight a killing frost. They laid a dense pall over the area and traffic was slowed to a crawl.
In the north, a Canadian cold wave had spread seven inches of snow over parts of Idaho and dealt a huge charge to the Utah strawberry crop.
The spring snow storm cut visibility to a half mile at Laramie, Wyo., and spread into parts of Montana and Utah.
Flood waters also spread in the Oklahoma panhandle. The weather bureau warned they could pose a serious threat if the rains keep falling
Meanwhile, Canadian air was sweeping over the midwest, dropping temperatures from summery peaks.
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The mercury fell from 78 to 46 degrees at Chicago, from 80 to 45 at Duluth, Minn., and from 76 to 35 at Houghton, Mich. Temperatures were near or below freezing early today in the Northern Great Lakes.
It was warmer farther east, but a rash of forest fires flared up in New Jersey's dry woodlands. One blaze destroyed more than 300 acres of woodlands and whipped through part of the Fort Dix military reservation before it was brought under control.
In Texas, Waco was doused with 2.2 inches of rain and received 58 mile per hour winds and the 1.15 inches at normally bone-dry Abilene boosted the city's May total to 2.07 inches.
Colorado City, Tex., had a weird combination of a dust storm, followed by hail, followed by a .40 inch rain.
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