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—Kansan photo by Harry Elliott
THEY GROW EM BIG IN ARIZONA—Samuel T. Dickenson, museum artist, putting the finishing touches on a giant Arizona cactus painting which will be included in the desert panorama in Dyche museum.
Dyche Panorama Nears Long-Awaited Debut
By JAMES KOHLENBERG
Have you ever wanted to take a trip through North America, studying plant and animal life, as well as comparing geological forms? If so, your dream will soon be answered right here on Mount Oread.
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In the 1889's Dr. Snow and Dr. Duphne started a project of collecting
and mounting animals which were kept in Snow hall until 1901 when Dyche Museum was built. Those men planned a North American panorama which would occupy the entire first floor, but due to continually arising problems it was not completed. The panorama, which would picture life throughout the continent, lacked a desert and tropical scene.
Two years ago, the museum staff began work on the scenic tropical
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The Campanile Now Chimes Because of Endowments
By LARRY HEIL
Alumni returning to the University for homecoming will notice something new about the campanile this year. The Elizabeth M. Watkins Westminster chines, just installed in the tower, strike every quarter hour. They were manufactured in England and were purchased with funds from the Watkins endowment.
The chimes are one example of the many endowments which have added beauty to the campus through the years. The statues, markers, benches, and bulletin boards on the Hill, and many of the flowers, shrubs, and trees, are the result of gifts to the University.
The largest endowment, with the most contributors, is the World War II memorial, which includes Memorial drive and the campanile. More than 1,200 individuals gave $100 or more, and in all, about 8,000 persons helped financially with the project. To augment this, the class of 1925 gave the wall garden at the east end of the drive. The class of 1946 presented the gateways of the drive, and the class of 1947 left money for the steps and the landscaping around the campanile.
The statue of the pioneer was a fifth gift to the University from Dr. Simeon Bell. The figure originally stood on the landing in Thayer museum. The class of 1920 gave the base, which was located in the Chi Omega circle before it was moved to its present site east of Fraser hall.
The information booth on Jayhawk drive is a gift of the class of 1950. The class of 1943 gave the town its picnic grounds west of Petter lake.
In 1931, the graduating class gave the bulletin board and benches in front of the library. The bulletin board east of Green hall has been rebuilt several times since it was presented by the class of 1915.
Many of the trees and flowers on the campus also are gifts to the University, Northeast of the Student Union, there is a memorial planting which was given by friends of Mrs. W. G. Srites, professor emeritus of English, who died in a auto accident in Brooklyn in 2015. A memorial of Potter lake was given by the Paper Box Manufacturers association as a memorial to Paul A. Dinsmoor.
There are 1,200 crabbapple trees scattered about the campus which were given by the class of 1945. The class of 1915 gave a planting in front of the Student Union.
At its 25th reunion, the class of 1916 gave the base for the Oregon trail marker near Lindley hall.
life-zone. In beginning this addition, the museum sent artists to the tropics to sketch and photograph wild life so that the works of nature could be realistically pictured in life-size productions. The tropical scene was completed and opened to the public last year thanks to the appropriations received from Alfred J. Robinson and the Shawnee Sportsmen, Inc.
The next addition will be the fountain which is now being installed in the Chi Omega circle. The project was initiated two years ago at the 50th anniversary of the sorority. The fountain will be the combined gift of many Chi Omega alumni, friends, and undergraduates. Dedication ceremonies are set for April.
Campus beautification has been a continual process throughout the University's history, and the future promises even more.
Other future plans include the landscaping and overlook north of the new physical science building which will be financed by funds left by the class of 1954, and a flag pole with appropriate landscaping in front of the new field house which will be a gift from the class of 1955.
Recently, a trip to Southern Arizona was made by Samuel T. Dickenson, museum artist, and Mr. George P. Young, taxidermist and museum accessories expert, to study life for construction of the desert scene. The artists sketched many shrubs, cacti, and desert flowering plants. Photographs of the Santa Catalina Mountains were also taken. Besides these, the panorama will include desert animals such as the jack rabbit, deer, and desert fox. Plaster molds were taken of actual cacti of this Arizona region from which plastic reproductions were made, which will definitely prove "they grow 'em big in Arizona."
Besides this addition, other construction is taking place in the museum. The Building and Grounds crew is putting in a "second wall" behind the panorama and also constructing a new dome over this North American life scene.
As the accompanying picture illustrates, the desert scene is beginning to take form. However, E. R. Hall, museum director, said the date of completion is uncertain.
Friday, Nov. 5, 1954.
Feminine Pipe Smoking Is Big Boon to Pipe Industry
New York—(U.P.)—A feminine smoking fad which began last summer has proved more than just a pipe dream for the industry.
The pipe manufacturers save that women are buying and using the dainty, jewelled braries in white and pastel shades. And now, the accessories manufacturers are getting in the act. You even can buy jewelled match covers for the lady who lights up.
Bernard Gould, an executive at Kaywoodie, the world's largest manufacturer of pipes, estimated that more than 400,000 ladies' pipes have been sold in the last few months. About 50 per cent are bought by women; the rest by men as gifts for the girls.
most popular style, said Gould, is the straight stem.
The accessories people, quick to spot profit in all that smoke, have come out with a variety of side gifts for the pipe enthusiast. Several compact companies make jewelled tobacco cases and gold mesh pouches. Milady can buy a black satin cummerbund with tab to hold her pipe. One manufacturer is featuring a satin purse with a pipe slot on the outside. Jewellers have come up with earrings to match the brass. And the fanciest accessory of all is a black satin garter, with attached tobacco pouch.
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