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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1951
New Construction Will More Than Double Size Of Union
By BOB SANFORD
The Union building addition now in the first phases of construction will more than double the size and facilities of the building when it is completed.
The $1,403,208.50 addition will include a five-story south wing and the four more stories above the Hawk's Nest. The south wing will extend 85 feet south at the site of the present excavation.
A new browsing room with an area of 700 square feet will be included in the new addition. It will be separate from the music room.
The music room, the women's lounge, and the Kansas room will all be about three times their present size when the addition is completed. The check room will be doubled in size and will have space for about 1,000 wraps.
There will be three new dining rooms in the addition.
The addition, which will be completed in two years, will make room for a cafeteria twice the size of the present one, and will more than double the size of the main lounge. The ballroom will be enlarged by 50 per cent and the bookstore by 60 per cent.
Miss Hermina Zipple, director of the Union, said that although all rooms in the present building except the Hawk's Nest will be remodeled, the Union will try to continue with complete service throughout the construction period.
In the basement, at the present cafeteria level, will be a new cafeteria with a seating capacity of 70 ,new washrooms, and storage space for students' coats and books. A hobby workshop, two photographic darkrooms, 12 student offices, employee's lockers and dining rooms and the main kitchen will also be located on this floor.
The sub-basement floor will include the Hawk's Nest, the enlarged bookstore, washrooms, and refrigeration and freezing rooms for food storage.
The new building will provide for a passenger elevator to all floors.
The main entrance to the building after the wings are completed will open on Jayhawk drive from the new south wing. It will have three sets of double doors opening off to a 75-foot-long terrace on the front of the wing.
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The main floor will include the main lounge, which will be 150 feet long, the enlarged women's lounge, the enlarged check room, a music room, and a browsing room. There will be a series of telephone booths off the main lounge.
On the second floor of the building, the ballroom will be enlarged to a seating or dancing capacity of 1,200 couples. The ballroom will have a new maple floor and the east and west walls of the room will be paneled with walnut. Three outdoor terraces will open off the ballroom.
A sub-sub-basement will be built under the new south wing and it will house an air conditioner for the entire building. Bowling alleys were originally planned for part of this floor, but were removed from the plans by a National Production Authority recreation restriction late in 1950. They will be built when the restriction is removed.
Two new dining rooms will be built on this floor, and a check room, washrooms, and a powder room will occupy the west end of the present ballroom. There will be five student offices on the second floor.
The enlargement of the cafeteria will free the ballroom from use as a cafeteria.
The top floor will form a balcony
around the ballroom. The balcony will be wide enough for tables to be placed on it. The main terrace will open off the enlarged Kansas room on this floor. It will be eight feet wide and will extend 58 feet west and 60 feet north from the northwest corner of the building.
There will be an outdoor fireplace on the north part of the terrace, opposite an indoor fireplace in the Kansas room. Five small meeting rooms and a small dining room complete the top floor.
The lounge floors will be of acoustical tile, as they are now. Quarry tile will be used for the floors in the food areas.
A variety of materials will be used for the inside finishings of the building. The walls of the main women's lounge will be covered with padded kalestron plastic tufted with buttons to give an upholstered effect. Walnut, mahogany, ash, oak and red elm paneling will be used in the various rooms. Ceilings will be of acoustical tile and the cafeteria walls will be paneled with plastic.
The addition will be paid for out of the building fund of the Union corporation and through a sale of
revenue bonds which took place 1950.
A Union fee of $3 a semester for each student was approved in 1944 by the Board of Regents. At present all of the fee goes into the Union building fund. The Union is operating on sales income.
The Hawk's Nest addition was the first new building from the fund. 1 was built in 1948 at a cost of $114,000
The main part of the present building was built and finished over a period of some 20 years on a pay-as-you-go basis. The building was opened in 1927 when only the cafeteria and lounge were completed. A small fountain was completed in 1931 in the area in the sub-basement, which now used for bookstore storage.
The ballroom and sub-basement were used unfinished for years. The ballroom was completed in 1934.
The present fountain was completed in 1940 and the bookstore in 1946.
Several meeting and dining room in the building are partial gifts or graduating classes. The class of 193 gave to the finishing of the Ping room; the class of '38, the English room; and '39, the Kansas room. Other classes gave furnishings.
Woodwinds To Tour Kansas
A woodwind quintet of University students will play four concerts in central Kansas January 25-26.
The quintet will provide assembly programs for the high schools at Newton and Lyons on January 25. The other two programs will be at Hutchinson, for the high school assembly in the morning, and at the Women's Civic center in the afternoon.
Raymond Zepp, assistant band director and woodwinds instructor, organized the unit, and is being helped by Marcus Hahn, music education instructor. Zepp, a clarinetist, and Hahn, a flautist, will assist in some of the programs. Joanne Stokes, fine arts junior, Hutchinson, will be piano accompanist for the group.
The repertoire for the tour includes several quintet numbers and solos, quartets, trios and duets.
Members of the quintet are Eugene Johnson, flute, fine arts junior; William Doyle, clarinet, fine arts freshman; Edith Nichols, oboe, fine arts freshman; Phyllis Glass, bassoon, music education junior; and Marilyn Lind, French horn, music education junior.
KuKu President Leaving Soon
The KuKu's will be minus a president soon. Dixon Vance, senior in the School of Business, said he will be leaving for the air force within a week or two.
Provisions were made at the KuKu meeting Thursday night for Jack Dausman, secretary, and Richard Nash, vice-president, to lead the club until Feb. 1. At that time, a meeting will be held to nominate officers for next year. Plans were discussed for work with the Jay James on sponsoring a dance in the spring.
City Clerks' Report Is Available Now
A 38-page report of the first annual city clerks school held at the University on Nov. 16-17, is now available in the bureau of government research office.
Topics include are "City Government in Kansas;" "Municipal Accounting Procedures;" "Public Relations;" "Special Assessments;" "Central Purchasing;" "Office Machines;" "Public Speaking;" "Trends In City Finance;" "Budgeting and Finance;" "What a Councilman Expects of a City Clerk;" "City License Laws;" and "Election Administration and Registration Procedure."
Big Virgil Wenger Hopes To Play Football Again
BY ELLSWORTH ZAHM
Big, smiling Virgil Wenger is leaving K.U. today, but he hopes to be back to work next fall.
"I can get around pretty well on crutches now, and I expect to be getting around on my own by summer," said the strapping junior.
Virgil, who is 20 and a business junior, entered Watkins hospital Sept. 25 with polio. At that time paralysis set into his right leg and his arms and side showed some stiffness.
Virgil will spend the spring and summer at his parent's home in Salina, returning to Watkins hospital every three or four weeks for a check-up. He hopes to enroll in the University again next fall and continue his business. He plans to go to work or personnel management after he is graduated. "Big Virg" was a tackle on the football team when he was put out of commission temporarily by polio and after the KU-Colorado game his teammates presented to him the football used in the game autographed by all the team members Kansas staged a last minute rally to win the game 27-21.
Life in Watkins hospital has been pretty soft, says Virgil.
Progressive resistance exercises and whirlpool baths were used to strengthen Virgil's stuff and weakened limbs. The exercises included weights of increasing heaviness to strengthen his right arm and legs.
"They feed you all you want and then bring seconds," he said, flashing his big easy grin.
"The hospital's practically a home away from home," he said. "My favorite program on television is the Fred Waring show."
When asked if he thought he would play football again, Virgil said, "I hope to play ball again before I leave KU." All his friends hope so too.
New Tri-Delt House Has Many Modernistic Features
By MARCIA HORN
A sunken kitchen, dining-room, chapter room, and simplicity of exterior design and color scheme are outstanding features of the new Delta Delta Delta sorority house on Oxford road, a block west of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house.
The lower half of the house is red brick, the upper half is painted redwood trimmed with pale green. A large brick and concrete porch, extending approximately three-fourths the width of the front of the house, is enclosed by a small iron railing.
A large bay window, which opens onto the center of the porch, is set in the east living-room wall. The window is 12 feet long. The front door, on the end of the porch, is flanked on either side by large glass panels the height of the door.
The housemother's apartment is on the west of the house directly under the sun porch. It consists of a sitting room, bedroom, and bath. Mrs. C. H. Wentworth, housemother, said it is an ideal location for such quarters.
The sunken level kitchen and dining-room are in the back wing. The exterior of the back wing is a combination of stucco and redwood. The kitchen and a store-room are on the west side of the wing. The dining-room extends through the north and east side. Two French doors in the east wall of the dining-room lead out to a sunken patio. It will have a concrete slab floor when it is completed.
The second and third floors are divided into suites for the girls. The suites consist of two bedrooms connected by a study room. The rooms' furnishings, including rugs, curtains, and bedspreads, will be provided for the girls. Each girl will have an individual desk and study lamp. There are eight suites accommodating four girls, one suite for two girls, and three for five girls. Bath facilities are a great improvement over the ones in the old house. A lounge or smoker is on the third floor.
The chapter room, which is extremely large, is underneath the living-room and the housemother's quarters.
Construction began on the new
Telfel Gives Talk To Journalism Class
Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism, talked before the journalism classes at Shawnee-Mission High school Tuesday. He outlined staff organization and discussed makeup on the high school newspaper, The Mission.
The journalism classes at Shawnee-Mission are taught by G. O. Watson, former teacher at Liberty Memorial High school.
house Sept. 7. The old house was sold to the university to be used as a dormitory. The Tri-Delt annex is owned by Mrs. Justice E. Wright.
"The girls love it. It won't be entirely furnished when we first move in, but at least we will all be together." Mrs. Wentworth said. The Tri-Delts plan to move into the house Jan. 27.
The building was designed by David Mackie, architect; Orland Bonecutter, of Wichita, is the contractor and Mrs. E. A. Hassock of Kansas City, Mo., is the interior decorator.
Turn In Recital Cards
School of Fine Arts students must turn in their recital cards to the fine arts office by noon Saturday. Dean Thomas Gordon announced.
Plan Religious Emphasis Week
Nels Feree, professor of philosop-
ical theology at Vanderbilt university,
Nashville, Tenn., will speak at
the daily faculty luncheons during
Religious Emphasis week. "Living in crisis" is the theme for the Religious Emphasis week to be held Sunday, March 11, through Thursday, March 15.
Dr. Ferre's schedule will also include a union church meeting on Sunday, March 11; a daily "skepit hour" seminar; a banquet Wednesday, March 14; and a second meeting on Thursday, March 16 council decided.
Vernie Theden, College freshman was named chairman of the publicity committee by Mary Louise Fischer, general chairman for Religious Emphasis week.
Elect Council Office
William H. Stinson, engineering junior, was elected to the post of vice-president of the Engineering council Jan. 10.
Finals Scheduled Jan.18-25
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Fall Semester 1950
Thursday, Jan. 18, 1951, to Thursday, Jan. 25, 1951, inclusive.
Classes meeting at: Will be examined at:
Examined at
8 a.m., MWF sequence* 10:00-11:50 Thursday Jan. 18
9 a.m., TTS sequence** 10:00-11:50 Friday Jan. 17
9 a.m., MWF sequence* 10:00-11:50 Saturday Jan. 22
9 a.m., TTS sequence** 8:00- 9:50 Monday Jan. 22
10 a.m., MWF sequence* 8:00- 9:50 Wednesday Jan. 23
10 a.m., TTS sequence** 8:00- 9:50 Tuesday Jan. 23
11 a.m., MWF sequence* 8:00- 9:50 Thursday Jan. 25
11 a.m., TTS sequence** 1:30- 3:20 Friday Jan. 19
12 noon, MWF sequence* 3:30- 5:20 Wednesday Jan. 24
1 p.m., MWF sequence* 10:00-11:50 Monday Jan. 22
1 p.m., TTS sequence** 1:30- 3:20 Saturday Jan. 26
2 p.m., MWF sequence* 1:30- 3:20 Tuesday Jan. 23
2 p.m., TTS sequence** 10:00-11:50 Wednesday Jan. 24
3 p.m., MWF sequence* 3:30- 5:20 Friday Jan. 19
3 p.m., TTS sequence** 10:00-11:50 Thursday Jan. 25
4 p.m., MWF sequence* 10:00-11:50 Tuesday Jan. 23
4 p.m., TTS sequence** 1:30- 3:20 Wednesday Jan. 24
5 p.m., MWF sequence* 1:30- 3:20 Thursday Jan. 25
Any hour, WS sequence*** 3:30- 5:20 Tuesday Jan. 26
French 1
French 2
German 1 )
German 2 )
Spanish 1 )
Spanish 2 )
General Biology
Zoology 2
(All sections) 8:00- 9:50 Saturday Jan. 26
(All sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Friday
Chemistry 2, 2E, 3, 3E, 48 (All sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Monday
Chemistry 2, 2E, 3, 3E, 48 (All sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Thursday
Physics 5 and 6 (All sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Thursday
Psychology 1 and 1a (All sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Thursday
Economics 9 and 10 (Acctg. 1 & II) ... 3:30- 5:20 Saturday
"World in Crisis" ... 1:30- 3:20 Thursday
5 and 4 hour classes, 3 hour classes meeting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
2 hour classes meeting Monday and Wednesday, or Monday and Friday, or Wednesday
day and Friday; 1 hour classes meeting Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, at the hour indicated
***3 hour classes meet Tuesday Thursday
2 hour classes meeting Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 2 hour classes meeting Tuesday and Thursday or Tuesday and Saturday or Thursday and Saturday;
1 hour classes meeting Tuesday or Thursday or Saturday, at the hour indicated.
***2 hour classes meeting Wednesday and Saturday.
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