University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 22, 1955
rage 13
$75,000 Given By Seniors Since '73 Class
By ANN KELLY
Since 1873 seniors have given the University about $75,000 in senior class gifts.
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At first classes were small, and so were their gifts. The "Temple of Karnak," an engraving, was presented by the class of 1873. The classes of 1874 and 1875 also gave engravings. The class of 1890 left several rare books.
Among other earlier class gifts were bird baths, 1903; the stone bench on the campus, 1914; the Seth Thomas clock in the library, 1918, and the base for the pioneer statue, 1922
In 1894, the seniors started a "loan fund" with $342.50. Succeeding classes of 1910, 1916, 1917, and 1926 added to this fund, with amounts ranging from $13.25 in 1910 to $500 in 1926.
In the 1920's gift amounts rose from several hundred dollars to more than $1,000 from each class. The senior class of 1930 gave $3,000 to pay for the service elevator in the Student Union, and purchased an insurance policy on the life of its president. The policy provided $2,500 on the 25th anniversary of the class.
During the late 1920's and throughout the 1930's, the senior classes gave large sums of money for the building of the Student Union. These gifts usually specified which room the money was to be spent on—the Pine room, 1936; the English room, 1938; and the Kansas room, 1939. The class of 1928 bought furniture for the Student Union and the class of 1929 bought a piano for the ballroom. The seniors of 1941 gave $1,500 for the new wing of the Student Union.
The class of 1940 gave $500 "to help on the men's dormitories." The seniors of 1942 gave $1,554.50 for U.S. defense bonds. At the class reunion in 1952, after the bonds had agreed, the class gift was chosen. The maturity value of the bonds was $1,425.
The class of 1946 gave $2,000 for the memorial gateways, and the class of 1947 left $1,748.38 for the landscape in front of Lindley hall.
The recreational area around Potter lake was the gift of 1943, the flagstone walk at the dance pavilion was a gift of 1944, and the crabapple trees were a gift of 1945.
In 1948 the amount of money soared to $4,000, of which $3,500 was given to build the steps leading to the Campanile. The remaining $500 paid for the stage curtain in Fraser theater.
The class of 1949 donated $5,000 for a hall of fame in the fieldhouse. The largest amount given was by the class of 1950, which left $5,514.33. It built the information booth for $3,795.43, leaving a balance of $1,708.90.
In 1651 the seniors gave $2,500 for the interior completion of the Jaywalk room in the Student Union, and the 1553 seniors gave $1,800 for the balcony furniture for the Student Union.
The flagpole and the landseeping at the fieldhouse were a gift from the class of 1952, and 1954 gave money for the landscaping in front of Malott hall.
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The physics department, custodians of the clock in the early 1900's, had difficulty finding the trouble with the tired old time piece. Its malfunctions were attributed to pigeons.
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Alumni returning for the Kansas Relays may find KU changed, but a few years ago they could have been sure of one thing, the Blake hall clock—it always said 8:25.
In 1912, the Daily Kansan reported that the physics department was experimenting to find the reason for the clock's unpredictability. It was found that when the pigeons rested on the hour hand at 3 p.m. the clock was speeded up. But when the clock said 9 a.m., the result was a slow-down.
By TED BLANKENSHIP
Blake Hall Clock Bows To Progress
This situation presented an impasse, so the custodian greased the hands of the clock, "causing some of the more. unfortunate birds to slide to destruction," the UDK said.
Clippings from the files of Feb. 14, 1912 report the following account:
The clock seemed to have a personality of its own. In 1912, the clock surprised everyone. It started to run.
"The physics clock is running!
"A student crossing the campus at 8 a.m. discovered that the hands pointed to 8 a.m. Considering it a coincidence, he went on his way.
"Another student coming from a detained eight o'clock class, glanced at the building and the clock said 9:15."
ing at 12:01."
The clock was the subject of conversation and editorials. It even resulted in a poem, "Owed to the Physics' Clock," by Gruccchi Guilianne.
A bulletin in the same issue said, "The clock stopped without warn-
Finally, in 1921, the clock was junked and replaced by the current clock.
In 1925, the UDK reported the new clock was running slow. Again the comment and editorials came in. Again, no cause could be found for the clock's erratic behavior.
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