The final architectural plan-drawing of the new fieldhouse, which will seat 16,000 spectators.
Charles Marshall, state architect, Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen, and Governor Carlson inspect the plans for the new fieldhouse in the Governor's office in Topeka.
Field House Bids To Be Opened In December
UNIVERSITY DAILY
48th Year No. 49
Monday Nov. 27, 1950
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High School Principals To Meet With Freshmen Here Thursday
The second annual principal-freshman day is set for Thursday James K. Hitt, resistrar and chairman for the event, said today.
This year a section for high school English teachers is being added. Prof. James Wortham, chairman of the English department, will conduct two forum periods aimed at bettering University and high school English instruction.
Principals of high schools with three or more freshman at K.U. are invited for the event.
The purpose of the conference is to discuss means of easing the transition of students from high school to college life. Each visiting principal holds conferences with his last year's seniors.
In the conferences he has the opportunity to learn how the high school might give better collegiate preparation. At the same time he can learn about errors in the K.U. freshman program. Officals feel freshmen will be more frank in talking to their former principals than to any University counselors.
The visitors will be assigned guides to show them any desired feature of the University. The Guidance bureau, which serves most of the Kansas high schools, will have an open house.
Several suggestions obtained from the 41 principals at the 1949 conference have been put into effect. Among them are the separation of fraternity and sorority rush weeks from the new student orientation period, a great increase in the number of faculty advisers present during orientation so that each new student may more easily have a conference before enrollment, more emphasis on the mid-semester conference with an adviser, the abandoning of the no-credit English 0 course and substitution of a more comprehensive course involving laboratory work, and addition of the conference for English teachers to the day's schedule.
World In Crisis Lecturer Will Be Dr. T. V. Smith
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He received his A.B. from the University of Texas in 1915, and his M.A. in 1916. In 1922 he completed work for his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
Among the books written by Dr. Smith are "Atomic Power and Moral Faith" and "Lincoln: Living Legend."
Dr. T. V. Smith, professor of philosophy at Syracuse university, will give the ninth "World In Crisis" lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Fraser theater. His topic will be "The Democratic Way of Life and What It.Offers."
Dr. Smith is an author, lecturer, and professor in the Maxwell School for Citizenship at Syracuse. This will be his fourth address at the University. He opened the humanities lecture series in 1947, and spoke at all-student convolutions in 1947 and 1950.
Fr. 20 years Dr. Smith was professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. During that time he served in the Illinois state senate, and also represented Illinois in the 76th congress.
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--its training program, and as an armory for R.O.T.C. units.
Herb Semper won first place in the National Cross-country meet at Lansing, Mich., today. His time in the 4-mile race was 20 minutes and 31.7 seconds. The Kansas team placed fourth in the event.
A fund to provide an annual prize for a student studying Greek at the University has been established in honor of the late Raymond Kilpatrick, it was announced today by Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the K.U. Endowment association.
Raymond Kilpatrick graduated from K.U. in 1909. While here he developed an intense interest in the Greek language and civilization. He lived in Belle Center, Ohio, when he lost his life August 30, 1949, in auto accident. Prof. Wylie Kilpatrick also attended K.U.
Fund For Those Studying Greek
The fund of $600 was given by Prof. Wylie Kilpatrick of the University of Florida business school, and Miss Faye Kilpatrick, of Wattana Wittaya academy in Bangkok, Siam, a brother and sister of Raymond Kilpatrick. The fund will be known as the Sterling-Walker fund, in memory of two late professors in the K.U. Greek and Latin department.
Dean Marvin Explains Role Of Newspapers
"It is by way of the newspaperman that almost all of us get whatever ration of truth the press is able to dig up about our affairs and what ever amount of truth the press is willing or able to pass on." Dean Marvin said.
Newspapers must keep the public correctly informed of news events to maintain a free people. Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, told the Topeka Optimist club Nov. 24.
Citing examples of objective reporting of current news such as the McCarthy charges and the election campaigning, he emphasized the importance of interpretative reporting.
Free people in a community must have facts to work with, and those who find the facts must have the inspiration to do the job.
"The newspaper is representing the citizen as an expert and watchdog in the conduct of affairs by public servants. No reporter can bring the truth about local government to the people unless he knows the truth—facts—when he sees them."
May Require Two Years To Build Huge Structure
By MARVIN ARTH Of the Daily Kansan Staff
Topeka-Plans and specifications for a University fieldhouse will be released for bids the first week in December, Gov. Frank Carlson said Friday.
Letting date for the $1\frac{1}{2}$ million dollar building will be set soon and bids will be opened by the state business manager.
The new fieldhouse will seat 16,000 persons—almost four times as many as Hoch auditorium. The building will have a basketball floor which can be moved aside for indoor track events, football, and baseball practice.
The building, which will be one of the nation's largest, will have a track one-eighth mile long and 30 feet wide. It will be situated west and a little south of the Military Science building in the southwest portion of the campus. The long axis will run north-south on the extreme western intramural field and the vacant area to the north and will straddle an imaginary projection of 16th street.
It was one of the last official acts in office for Governor Carlson, who will soon begin his duties as senator to fill the uncompleted term of the late Sen. Clyde Reed. Lt. Gov. Frank Hageman will serve as governor until governor-elect Ed Arn takes over the first of the year.
The new fieldhouse will be 344 feet long and 255 feet wide. Height of the building will be 86 feet. The Kansas State fieldhouse is 320 feet long and 180 feet wide and is 81 feet high.
The arena floor will be clay and the portable basketball floor will cover this. Temporary seats will be erected from the edge of the playing court to the balcony and 9,000 seats will be permanent. The arena space between the balconies will be 108 by 204 feet, although the floor arena will be a bit larger.
Charles Marshall, state architect, said that when construction begins, it will take approximately two years to complete the building.
Dr. F. C. Allen, who was present when the announcement was made by the governor, said that a population survey of the area around Manhattan and Lawrence revealed there are 1,780,000 persons living within a 100 mile radius of Lawrence and only 400,000 within the same area of Manhattan. He said this justifies the larger size of the K.U. structure. Dr. Allen also said the University of Oklahoma plans to build a fieldhouse that will seat 20,000 persons, and that there are even more people living within 100 miles of Norman, Okla., than there are in the area surrounding Lawrence.
The first floor of the building will contain locker rooms, showers, storage and offices for the athletic program, and physical education classrooms. It will be used by the athletic department as a fieldhouse, by the physical education department in
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Parking space will be set aside near the fieldhouse. The east and north sides will be used as main entrances, but there will be doors on each side of the building.
The building will rise from concrete piles, using steel frames and limestone masonry. It will occupy 87,000 square feet in area. A promenade) walk at the second floor level will give access to the balcony and concession booths will be on this level.
The 1949 state legislature appropriated $750,000 for the fieldhouse, about half of what it is expected to cost. The new legislature is expected to appropriate an equal amount. The $1½ million dollars will not include the cost of equipment for the building and money for that will come from the athletic association or from another appropriation by the legislature.
Names which have been considered for the new fieldhouse include Allen fieldhouse, in honor of Dr. Forrest C. Allen; Naismith fieldhouse, in honor of James A. Naismith, originator of the game of basketball; and Naismith-Allen fieldhouse, a combination of both names.
The University building committee will work with the office of the state architect in setting the requirements of the building. Members of the committee are Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture; Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University; J. J. Wilson, business manager; Ernest Quigley, former athletic director; and Arthur C. Lonberg, present athletic director.
KU Band Director To Talk In Topeka
Russell L. Wiley, director of the University band, will speak to a University Extension class in music appreciation at Topeka Nov. 29.
Don M. Gleckler, director of vocal music at Topeka High school, is instructor of the course. Mr. Gleckler was in charge of vocal music at the University's summer music camp.