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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951
A Professor's Hobby Grew Into A Museum Collection
By VERNON SUTTON
The Wilcox museum on the second floor of Fraser hall is the outgrowth of a hobby.
Professor A. M. Wilcox, head of the Greek department at the University from 1885 to 1915, was very interested in the collection of Greek sculptures and collected many castings.
In his University work, he was early impressed with the value of illustrative apparatus in classical teaching. He slowly added to the meager collection already in use in the department, and with the slight funds at his disposal founded the Classical museum.
The Classical museum was opened in 1888 when the sculptures were moved to their present location on the second floor of Fraser hall. The museum was renamed the Wilcox museum in a memorial service for Professor Wilcox in 1929.
Recognizing the value of social contacts for his students. Professor Wilcox organized monthly meetings for discussions of the classics in what was known as the Greek symposium. These meetings were often held in his home.
The examples of Greek sculpture were supplemented by Roman pieces purchased in 1909. These were purchased by Ralph V. Magoffin, professor at New York university in 1909. Miss Hannah Oliver, instructor of Latin at the time, raised $200 to send to Mr. Magoffin, who was in Italy purchasing antiques.
Professor Wilcox devoted much time during summer vacations visiting and studying in the best eastern museums. From these trips he was able to gather ideas and materials for the museum.
Many pieces of marble were acquired which the Italian government had previously refused to sell. The huge number of refugees, left homeless after the eruption of Mt. Etna, made it necessary for the government to sell rare pieces of Roman art. While Mr. Wilcox was primarily interested in Greek art, he put the Roman examples on display.
A clay vase from the sea near Naples is on display next to the entrance of the main room of the museum. Mary Grant, curator of the museum, estimated its age at about 1000 years.
Professor Wilcox's records show that the casts of Artemio of Versailles and Apollo Belvedere of Sapion which are in the museum
Southwest Kansas A Subject Of Study
The Economy of Southwestern Kansas, the first of a series of booklets has been prepared by Robert S. Eckley and Jack Chernick, assistant professors of economics.
The book reviews the economic history of the area and describes its economic structure through a presentation of income data. The series is the result of investigating the economic life of 19 southwestrn counties.
The level of income payments in these counties reflects the boom conditions that have existed since World War II. Per capita incomes in southwest Kansas averaged $2,090 in 1948 as compared with $1,291 in all of Kansas and $1,410 in the United States.
The success of wheat farming that year boosted individual incomes in the area to levels higher than the average for any state in the nation. Other sections of the investigation soon to be published will deal with agriculture, the trade and service industries, capital and government.
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were purchased in 1915 for $75 each. Miss Grant said that they would cost over twice that amount on the present market, if they were available.
Miss Grant, associate professor of Latin worked in the museum during the summer, cataloguing the many rare books and folios on Greek art. The cases of books were moved from the halls of the museum to a work room which was built at the suggestion of Paul Maxon, director of the Museum of Art.
While the museum was primarily designed for the display of Greek sculptures, Roman and French examples are also on display.
Casts of Caesar, Hadrian, Plato and Homer are displayed on pedestals in the hall entrance of the museum.
A sculpture of the Victoire de Samothiace was given to the museum when the Romance language department moved to Strong hall.
Labor Sought From Europe
Frankfurt, Germany—(U.P.)-Informed sources said today U.S. labor department experts are recruiting skilled workers for the American defense effort from displaced persons in Germany and Austria.
persons in the D.P. skilled labor is expected to sail for the United States in about two months, under the D.P. emigration quota set by congress.
The threat of an acute labor pinch in the U.S., as the tempo of the American defense afford increases, focused attention on the skilled workers from Czechoslovakia, eastern Germany, Poland, and other countries overrun by the Communists, who have fled to western Germany and Austria. Many are unemployed.
The labor department specialists—former U.S. employment service employees—have set up offices in six German and Austrian cities to interview, catalogue, and recruit the following;
Machinists, hard rock miners, tool makers, die sinkers and setters, copper and tin smiths, sheet metal workers, welders, craftsmens, skilled machine operators, trained nurses, and farmers.
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Second Civil Engineers' Conference Will Be March 3
The Department of Civil Engineering is sponsoring its second annual conference on Foundations and Soil Mechanics, March 3. The conference sessions will meet in Strong auditorium.
This conference is part of the overall plan of the School of Engineering to acquaint its students and the members of the engineering profession with new developments in their fields of interest.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will open the conference by extending greetings and offering appropriate remarks.
Research papers will be presented by: Dr. Gerald Pickett, professor of
applied mechanics, Kansas State college; W. G. Holtz, director, earth materials laboratory, U. S. bureau of reclamation, Denver; A. E. Cummings, director of research, Raymond Concrete Pile company, New York; and Henry G. Schlitt, bridge engineer, Nebraska department of roads and irrigation.
A conference luncheon will be
held in the Kansas room of the Union. Anyone wishing to attend the conference may make reservations with Prof. T. F. McMahon 118 Marvin hall, before Thursday, March 1. Registration for the conference will be on the third floor of Strong hall from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., March 3.
The 7th World Scout Jamboree will be held in the summer of 1851 about 35 miles south of Salzburg, Austria.
Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
Number 14...THE BEAVER
For once in his life, our fervent friend admits that
eagerness can be over-done! He's alluding, of course, to all these quick-trick cigarette tests—the ones that ask you to decide on cigarette mildness after just one puff, one sniff, one inhale or one exhale! When the
chips are down, he realizes cigarette mildness can't be judged in a hurry. That's why he made . . .
The sensible test . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test which asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke on a pack after pack, day after day basis. No snap judgments needed. After you've enjoyed Camels—and only Camels—for 30 days in your "T-Zone" (T for Throat, T for Taste), we believe you'll know why . . .
More People Smoke Camels than any other cigarette!
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