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Greater University Fund Is Up 25 Per Cent
An accelerated pace in the progress of the Greater University fund in its second year here was revealed today.
Thursday, March 3, 1955 University Daily Kansas
The fund, sponsored by the Alumni and Endowment associations, is the vehicle through which contributions are made to help the University meet needs not provided for in state funds.
"Contributions during the second year have ranged from $1 to $3,000." Mr. Evans said, "and have averaged $20 per gift. The success of the program is dependent upon a large number of contributors rather than on the amount of any one gift."
Scholarships, loan funds, student housing, and unrestricted funds have been the main purposes for which contributions have been made, Mr. Evans said.
The number of gifts represents an increase of 25 per cent over the 1.075 contributions received last year. The report does not include contributions made to previously established funds of the Endowment association.
Ray Evans, Kansas City bank executive and chairman of the 47-member advisory board, said 1,356 individual contributions totaling in excess of $27,000 had been received in the second year.
Nearly half of the gifts have been unrestricted and will be used in many areas for which private support is needed. Others have been made in honor of Miss Carletta Nellis, a housemother who retired last June, and in memory of the late Paul B. Lawson, long-time dean of the College, who died March 30, 1954.
"Many contributions have been for miscellaneous purposes, including those made last spring by members of the Class of 1929 for its silver anniversary gift," Mr. Evans said.
Soil Mechanics MeetingTomorrow
The fifth annual Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering conference will be held tomorrow in the Student Union. The conference is sponsored by the University Extension, the department of civil engineering, and the School of Engineering and Architecture.
The four speakers scheduled for the conference are K. H. Evans, department of civil engineering at the University of Missouri; A. P. Godley, district manager, Raymond Concrete Pile company, Kansas City, Mo.; A. W. Johnson, Highway Research board, Washington, D. C., and E. J. Mueller, Portland Cement association, Kansas City, Mo.
ANONYMOUS CHECK
Louisville, Ky. — (L.P.)—Officials of the Crusade for Freedom fund drive here think that some donor carried a wish to remain anonymous too far. He sent an unsigned check for $5 in an envelope with no return address.
Chi O Fountain Is Almost Complete
Installation of the circulating pump in the Chi Omega fountain was started yesterday by employees of the building and grounds department.
Work on the fountain had been held up pending the arrival of the pump and completion of preparations for the opening of the fieldhouse.
A two-foot sidewalk is being installed around the curb of the circle and three crosswalks will be constructed up to the fountain. Work has also began on the pump pit and piping for the fountain.
An underground sprinkler system will be installed in the circle and shrubs will be planted. Upon completion of this work the area will be sodded.
Little Symphony To Play Wednesday
The Little Symphony orchestra, under direction of Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts will present a program at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Strong auditorium.
Featured soloists are Raymond Cerf, professor of violin, and Leo Horacek, instructor in trumpet.
The program includes works by Beethoven, Persichetti, Bach, David Diamond, Paul White, and Arthur Benjamin.
There is no admission charge.
For Appointment
Hawaiian Crater Erupts With Violence
Hilo, Hawaii —(U,P)— Flaming lava surged to within one mile of the village of Kapoho today when the east rift of Kiluaea volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted with new fury after a 24-hour rest.
The 335 residents of Kapoho were evacuated to safer areas again yesterday when the volcano exploded in a far more dangerous eruption than Monday. It was the first volcanic activity there in 115 years.
Early today, a group of 30 Kapoho residents commandeered 14 trucks in Pahoa village and drove through
a police blockade to salvage belongings from their homes.
they had to drive over narrow, bumpy roads through the cane fields because the main road into Kusinoo was cut off by fissures, some as much as eight feet wide and apparently bottomless. At one point, the convoy passed within 200 feet of the lava flow.
Once at their homes, the villagers helped each other remove their belongings, passing beds, chairs, pots and pans from hand to hand in bucket brigade fashion.
gaping fissure one mile long
and as much as 500 feet wide spouted lava 30 to 50 feet in the air along the entire length, and poured forth red hot matter at the rate of 350 feet an hour directly toward Kapoho and the ocean.
A new outburst late last night blasted apart an old cinder cone and stretched the fissure by another 300 yards. It threatened to pour even more lava into the flow.
Another smaller finger of fiery lava pouring out from the side of the fissure missed two farmhouses by 30 feet and overran a sugar cane field.
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