Bailey and Blake Days End As New Building Nears Completion
226
By LOUIS BUCK
Through wind and rain the limestone walls of the new Science building have finally risen to a seven-story height on the south slope of the campus, giving the boys from Bailey and Blake $2½ million structure plus $800,000 of new equipment to tinker with.
A severe wind storm delayed the frame work construction a year ago last spring, when several tons of steel collapsed under the pressure. This past summer, the one big rainstorm caused damage to the parking lot by washing out several holes under the black-top.
The 165,000-square-foot building is a plumber's and electrician's dream, containing miles of pipe and wiring. The laboratory tables are equipped with sinks, gas and compressed air outlets, electricity, and distilled and regular water taps.
The building was used for a few classes this summer and will be used this fall although it is not entirely completed. The major work to be done is the moving and installation of equipment. The pass few weeks many students moved the chemistry department from what is left of old Bailey hall. This strange procession of bottles of all sizes, shapes and colors moved across the campus for several days.
Today the building has all the outward appearances of being completed, but the scene inside is somewhat different.
Stacks of strange boxes line the halls, as a fleet of carpenters, electricians and plumbers is working
to complete the interior for the fall semester. All seven floors seem like unorganized confusion. The long legged scientist will have the advantage for the first few weeks (when scaling the equipment not yet installed becomes necessary).
The building is 75 per cent installed at present and should be completed within the next few weeks. A six-week manufacturer's strike this summer forced construction to fall behind schedule. All lecture rooms and undergraduate labs are ready for use this semester.
A 2 -million-volt generator for atomic research is housed in a special room dug in the side of the hill and features three-foot concrete walls to protect the workers from radiation. The building houses a helium cryostat to make liquid helium from the gaseous form. KU has one of only 50 such machines
in the world which can reach a temperature of minus-454 degrees.
The new structure should provide ample room for the chemistry, physics, and pharmacy schools. The professors will be lost for a few weeks since each has his own office and connecting private laboratory to carry on research. The old Bailey and Blake days provided a private desk in a crowded room with several other instructors.
The students also will misunder-
selves "drunk" with room, with
20-man labs replacing the mass 100-
student labs in Bailey. The rows of
clean, acid-resistant tables in
large well-lighted rooms give
the old laboratories a nightmare
memory to advanced students.
The Helienas hummingbird of Cuba, 24 inches long is the smallest bird in the World. The Calliope hummingbird of the high western mountains is the smallest in the U.S., measuring a scant 3 inches.
There has been oil or gas production in 202 of Texas' 254 counties.
THE NEW AND THE OLD—William Parker, research assistant in the chemistry department, (below) checks the constant temperature boths in the new Science building's first lab to be completed. In contrast, above is a view of the clutter and confusion in obsolete Bailey hall
before the new Science building was put into use.
FALL SEMESTER
Today, Registration and enrollment begin.
- Wednesday, Registration and enrolment end.
Thursday, November 23, Thanksgiving recess begins at 6.1 p.m.
Nov. 29, Classwork resumes at 8 am.
8 Rm.
Dec. 18, Christmas recess begins
nationally
at noon.
Jan. 3, Classwork resumes at 8
a.m.
Jan. 20, Semester examinations
begin.
Jan. 31, Orientation period begins; registration and enrollment begin.
beam
Jan. 27, Semester examinations
end
period. Feb. 2, Registration and enrollment. end.
SPRING SEMESTER
April 2, Spring vacation begins at noon.
Feb. 3. Classwork begins in all departments
at 1000.
April 12, Classwork resumes at
e.
8 a.m.
May 26, Semester examinations
end.
June 5, Baccalaureate.
begin.
June 2, Semester examinations
June 6, Commencement.
University Accredited
FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM is being offered for Fall Semester,'54
PHONE 314
Erhart Flying Service
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
OR
Aeronautical Engineering Bldg.
KU 337
Monday, Sept. 13, 1954 University Daily Kansas Page 11