The Naismith experience...
Action during a panty raid at Naismith Hall Thursday night changed at one point when some men made a minor attempt to stop traffic. The attempt ended as many lost interest and headed for a possible trophy thrown from a window.
Photos by Ron Bishop
Meanwhile, back at the wall, action was mighty stiff under the boards.
Library change called efficient
The KU library, in the words of Terrence Williams, assistant director, "has been turned upside down." He said literally every book in Watson had been moved to a new place.
The changes were necessary because of the continued growth of both KU and Watson. The KU enrollment has increased by nearly 5,000 since 1964 and in the same period the library has acquired 400,000 volumes, bringing the total number of volumes in all campus libraries to about 1.3 million.
Ironically, the moves have returned many departments to the places they occupied before an even more extensive reorganization in 1964. At that time the east wing was built, new bookstacks were added, and the public service areas were reorganized.
The library is now organized to take full advantage of all available space, Williams said. The reference desk has been moved to the center front of the Reference Room on the second floor, with the main card catalogues on either side. It was at this spot Carrie Watson, assistant librarian from 1878 to 1887, for whom the library was named, had her desk.
Reserve books are now located on the basement level in Room B31, where it was ten years ago. Williams said the new arrangement offered room for the reference collection to grow and relieved the main floor of activity.
Heavily used periodicals, both
bound and unbound, are now on the first floor in the General Reading Room. Other periodicals are still in the stacks.
Government documents, formerly in the reference department, are now found on the southeast side of the basement level. Interlibrary service documents, also formerly housed with reference materials, are on the east side of the second floor. A photocopy center also will be installed there.
Another feature at the library will be a reading room for the blind.
To help users of the library take advantage of its various services, the Guide for Readers, a program begun last year, has been extended. It includes a series of 15 information sheets, among which are a library map, a schedule of hours, lending rules and aids in using the card catalogues. The Guides will be available at the reference desk.
A change of special interest to students is an increase of book fines from 15 cents to 25 cents a day. Williams said fines collected do not go to the library. They go to a general University fund. He said the cost of collecting the fines almost equals the amount collected, but fines are a protective measure to insure the availability of books to all students.
Moratorium group meets
The Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam met Thursday night in the Kansas Union to discuss further plans for an Oct. 15 moratorium.
Mrs. Ann Moore, a member of the Oread Friends Meeting and the Lawrence Peace Center, explained the purpose and history of the National Moratorium Committee to approximately 150 persons attending. She also reported there was growing support of local residents for the cause.
The meeting adjourned to committee meetings to discuss areas associated with the Oct. 15 event
such as finance,publicity and activities.
The event will be held in conjunction with other moratorium groups in over 500 universities across the nation. The purpose is to encourage total withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. The National Moratorium Committee was formed last June by former McCarthy-for-President supporters.
The local group has, so far, sent letters to members of the faculty urging them to dismiss classes on the Moratorium Day so students may attend various symposiums and discussions being held on campus.
Physics lecture set
Dr. J. W. Culvahouse, KU physics professor, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Monday in 238 Malott on "The Source of Magnetic Interactions in Insulators and the Complications of Real Crystals."
Culvahouse, a solid state physicist, said this is a specialized topic and will be directed toward graduate students in physics, physicists and chemists.
Coffee will be available in 136, Malott Hall, before the talk.
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