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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29,1950
Street Car Lines Once Rolled Across Mt. Oread
Several generations of students have never seen a Lawrence street car or rode one over the Hill.
For nearly a quarter of a century, street cars were a familiar sight to students. Even in the days when horse drawn cabs were the only wheeled method of reaching the hilltop, electric street cars were greatly desired and on one occasion had actually been discussed
The board of regents gave permission to an "Electric Railway company" to skirt the campus as early 1898. But the venture was apparently a promotion scheme that failed to materialize when funds were not forthcoming from Lawrence citizens.
rence citizens. Again, in 1903, an ambitious electric railway project was undertaken which had important consequences to the history of the University. The railway line as planned was to come south on Mississippi street, turn west near the present stadium, turn south again, and then to tunnel under Mount Oread near the present Marvin hall.
After emerging from the tunnel, the railway were to skirt southeast around the foot of Mount Oread, continually circling back to town. Practically all the neighborhood through which the line would pass in the vicinity of the campus was then a wilderness.
backers of the scheme planned a real-estate development along their carline and set about obtaining options, including one to the west end of Mount Oread. University authorities became acquainted with the scheme at this stage of the game. Realizing that it would stop the University from expanding to the West, they purchased from Frank B. Lawrence, the western half of the present campus and the railway project subsided.
The successful effort to secure an electric line came several years later. Downtown Lawrence secured modern street car service in the fall of 1909, and plans were made to extend the service to the Hill.
A route was laid out that crossed the crest of Mount Oread north and south between Bailey Chemical laboratory and Robinson gymnasium and construction was started. By late October, 1909, the line had been built as far as the football stadium but winter held up construction until the following spring.
The first car reached the campus on April 9, 1910, and within a few weeks regular service was established. It continued until street cars were replaced by busses in the fall of 1933. ___
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Bridge Contest Starts Thursday
The first round of the University intramural bridge tournament will be played at 7.15 p.m. Thursday in the ballroom of the Union.
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Trophies will be awarded the three top teams of the contest and the four top teams will represent the University in the 1951 National Intercollegiate Bridge tournament.
Any student or faculty member is eligible to play in the intramural contest. Each organized house and organization is invited to enter two teams (four persons). Additional partnerships may enter as independent teams.
dent teams.
Names of contestants should be submitted by Thursday noon at the Y.M.C.A. or Student Union Activities offices. A 50-cent entry fee will be assessed each team.
More than 300 colleges have been invited to compete in the national tournament. Finals will be played at the Blackstone hotel in Chicago, April 20 and 21. Expenses will be paid by the national committee.
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The National Intercollegiate Bridge tournament committee, supporting the event are interested in developing contract bridge as an intercollegiate sport in which men and women can compete on an equal basis.
The K.U. tournament is sponsored by Student Union Activities, the Y.M.C.A., and the Four-No Bridge club. The second and third rounds of the local contest will be played Thursday, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14.
Kansas ranks in the top third of all states in dairying. The value of manufacture dairy products in the state annually exceeds 40,000,000 dollars.
Chiapusso Presents 17th Recital Today
The piano recital which Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano, will give at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium will be the 17th which Professor Chiapusso has presented on the faculty recital series at the University.
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Tonight's program will range in content from works of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart to the contemporary composers Samuef Barber and Syznanowski.
The Fugue of Samuel Barber's "Sonata, opus 26," which contains jazz rhythms and typical American idioms such as blues and cross-rhythms will close the program.
This fall 32,144 students are attending 42 junior and senior colleges in Kansas, according to Dr. Robert Taft of the University. Dr. Taft conducts an annual survey as editor of the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.
The 1950 Kansas collegians are 11 per cent fewer than in 1949. The enrollment decline from the high mark in 1948 is 14 per cent.
Totals Drop In Colleges
in 1945 is 14 per cent.
Junior colleges fared better than the four-year schools. Juco registration fell by only 2 per cent.
Although the trend was downward, some schools had increases, Fort Hays State college being the largest in this category.
The University of Kansas with 7,566 students, is still the largest school in the state by about 1.600. Kansas State college is second and Wichita university third.
Western Civilization Trial Exams Offered
Preliminary examinations for students enrolled in Western Civilization will be given in room 305 Bailey at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday... Two. examinations. covering Units I-V and VI-X will be given both evenings.
become Mrs. Louise Cochran of the Western Civilization department said that grades will not be given or recorded. The examination shows students how they are progressing and shows them what is expected in the course
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4,300-Year-Old Bill Is Displayed In Fraser
A 4,300-year-old bill for one fat sheep, three ewe lambs and one milkfed lamb is the outstanding feature of a display of ancient writing materials on the second floor of Fraser hall.
The department of Latin and Greek which arranged the exhibition has provided rare pieces. Babylonian and Egyptian inscriptions implements and Greek inscriptions on marble. The oldest inscriptions
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are done in hieroglyphical writing on wax, stone, clay, parchment, and papyrus.
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