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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE; KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1951
He's A Kansas State Aggie But He's 'Boosting' KU Now
An Aggie from K-State, B. A Green, has constructed more buildings on the K.U. campus than any other man.
B. A. Green construction company built Corbin hall, Hoch auditorium Watkins hospital, Lindley hall Fowler shops and is now constructing the Union additions, the Science building and the fieldhouse.
Reasons for Mr. Green's success a reputation as a close bidder and his buildings have always given excellent service.
Mr. Green believes progress on the Science building and Union additions is good, although the flood held up construction about a month this summer.
He has 30 men working on the Union and hopes to have them working inside this winter. He estimated it would be a year and a half before his men are working inside on the Science building.
Brick for the Union, he disclosed,
is free, and comes from the state
penitentiary at Leavenworth, while
the stone trim is from Bedford, Ind.
The new brick is redder than brick in the present building because gas is now used to burn the brick instead of coal. Junction City stone will be used on the Science building.
Mr. Green noted that material shortages were not holding back construction except on the field-house. All the structural steel, wood flooring and metal doors, two-thirds of the cut stone, and all of the acoustical tile for the Union are on hand. Ceramic, asphalt and rubber tile will also be used and are not scarce.
As soon as the Union additions are bricked up and the slate roof on, the heating will be installed.
A difficult job is coming up on the south addition. The bay windows on the south of the present building must be taken out, piece by piece, and carefully numbered for re-use.
The biggest problem, however, is that of storage. Material is continually arriving, but there is no place to put it, he said.
L. E. Woolley, manager of the Union, has set Monday, Dec. 31 as closing date for the Union ballroom. Various other rooms will be closed from time to time as it becomes absolutely necessary.
Associated with Mr. Green are his three sons, who along with him, have become loyal K.U. fans and important in the physical development of the University.
Marvin Supports National Slogan
"Fach citizen has as much responsibility in the field of public information as the newspaper." Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, asserted Monday.
Dean Marvin referred to the slogan of National Newspaper week, Oct. 1 to 7, which is, "Your newspaper lights the way of freedom."
"The freedom of which they speak must be the freedom of the individual citizen." Dean Marvin said. "About the only way you can define this freedom is to define it as you would democracy. It's a neverending process that each citizen has to keep alive by exercising his functions as a citizen."
In order to exercise this freedom, Dean Marvin maintained that the citizen must be informed, especially in world, national, state and local government. He felt that, in that respect, the newspaper is still the citizen's main source of information.
"The citizen, in maintaining freedom of choice, is going to have to make this choice, instead of acting purely on political party affiliation or prejudice," he added.
Music Teachers Set Meeting Date
The annual meeting of the Kansas Music Teachers association will be Feb. 11 through 12 at Lindsborg, it was announced today by Gerald M. Carney, organization president and associate professor of music education.
Lloyd Spear, head of the music department at Bethany college, the convention host, was named program chairman.
Assistant Coach Mike Getto was All-American tackle for Pitt in 1927 and 1928. He played for the East in the annual East-West Shrine game in 1929.
Rock Chalk Yell Travels The World Used For Many Things, Many Places
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, K.U! That is what the gargoyles atop Dyche museum hold up for all to see.
In letters six inches high, the University's official yell is emblazoned across the shields borne by three of the gargoyles that comprise a part of the frieze around the outside of the Museum of Natural History.
The Rock Chalk yell officially belongs to the University of Kansas, but it has been used by persons throughout the world.
Company of the 29th Kansas infantry used the yell in 1893 at football games played against the University of California and Stanford university.
During the war in the Philippines, it became the battle cry of the 20th Kansas outfit.
The Rock Chalk yell was used by American soldiers in two other conflicts, World War I and the Boxer rebellion.
During the Olympic games at Antwerp in 1920, the nobility gathered there requested that a typical American college yell be given. Athletes from the United States decided that the honor should go to K. U. with its famous chant.
Surprisingly, though, the Rock Chalk yell was not originally intended for use at athletic events.
On May 21, 1886, E. H. S. Bailey, professor of chemistry at the University, submitted the yell to the science lub. That was four years before athletics were organized at K.U The science club adopted the professor's entry as its official yell.
Professor Bailey's yell consisted of "Rah, Rah! Jayhawk, K.U!" given three times with a quick staccato accent.
Later, the words "Rock Chalk
were substituted for "Rah, Rah"
This was done because Rock Chalk
rhymed with Jayhawk, and it
symbolized the Rock Chalk
of the Cretaceous geological period
which covers much of Kansas and
of which are several outcrop-
ings on Mt. Oread.
The present form was established in 1905 when students and fans attending football games that fall added the dropped intonation on the "U." three tones down the scale.
It wasn't until 1899 that the Rock Chalk yell took on the form of two long lines followed by three staccato ones.
Dean George B. Smith of the School of Education is the educational collaborator for an instructional film, "Fred and Billy Take an Airplane Trip," just released for national distribution.
G. B. Smith Assists In Educational Film
Dean Smith is a member of the aviation committee of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
Free Europe University In Exile To Open November 1
The film, produced by Coronet Instructional Films of Chicago, is recommended for grades three through nine for teaching social studies and language arts.
The Free Europe University in Exile, at Strasbourg, France, dedicated to the preservation of freedom, will begin its first academic year Nov. 1.
More than 100 undergraduate students, refugees from Iron Curtain countries, will be given an education to equip them for future leadership in their native lands.
Such noted Americans as Joseph C. Grew, DeWitt Poole and Lucius Clay are affiliated with the new university which was founded by a group of American citizens.
Courses will concern political science, directed to the purpose of combating Russia. Scholarships are based on age, ability and leadership qualities.
Time On His Hands
Wakefield, Mass. — (U.P.)—Manley P. Barber, 77, a railroad freight agent, began 60 years ago to collect old clocks as a hobby. Now he has more than 100 clocks. Several are a century old and one, a French clock, was made in 1821.
Unique Walking Stick
Uxbridge, Mass—(U.P.)—John Way land's unique walking stick is made of 35,000 postage stamps. The stamps were threaded on a small steel rod, varnished and rubbed smooth. The stick was made by a convict in a Colorado penitentiary.
End coach Wayne Replogle won Olympic trials in the pole vault and discuss throw at Casper, Wyo., in 1928.
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