TUESDAY, MAY 25.1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE NINE
Seniors' Gifts Grow As KU Wealth Increases
The rise and fall of the economic fortunes of this country can be observed in the senior class gifts to the University.
In 1350, although a depression was on the way, the class gave a $3,000 service elevator to the Union, and an $800 insurance policy on the life of the president which in 1955 will provide almost $2,500.
During the depression years the classes of 1932, 1933, and 1934 gave $2,200 in scholarships.
As the European war increased production in the United States and money was more free, class gifts increased in value. The class of 1938 gave $1,450 for the English room, and the class of 1939 gave $1,800 for the Kansas room. After the United States became involved in the second World War, war bonds became the best investment and the class of 1942 donated $1,054.50. In 1967 this will provide $1,425 for a gift. The gift will be chosen by the 10-year reunion group in 1952.
The class of 1894 started the student loan fund which through the years with additional gifts has grown to more than $5,200.
Constant improvement of the campus and the student's welfare have been the purpose of most of the gifts. Some of these gifts are the sun dial given by the class of 1899, the bulletin board in front of Robinson gymnasium given by the class of 1915, and the Seth Thomas clock for the library given by the 1918 graduating class
The class gifts have grown with the University. In 1873 the university was small and so was the gift, an engraving of "The Temple of Karnak." Classes of 1874 and 1875 also gave engravings. In 1890 several rare books were added to the collection of the University.
Furniture for the memorial union was the gift of both the classes of 1927 and 1928. The piano for the ballroom was given by the class of 1929. Classes from 1935 to 1939 also contributed to the completion of the Union. In 1935, $950 was given to the building fund of the Union. The class of 1936 completed the Pine room. The stage in the ballroom was given by
Kansas Recognized As World Center
Osborne,—(UP)—Kansas, long recognized as the center of the nation is to have the added honor of being listed as the geographical center of the world.
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey says that a vast project to measure the size and shape of the earth will start from the small marker on the Meade ranch near Osborne.
For years the marker has been the starting point of all surveys in the nation.
From the White House to the most unpretentious barn, all buildings which have been surveyed are listed on charts as being a certain distance from the Meade ranch marker.
Now government experts have a much broader plan in view, to tie together astronomical observations and gravity checks, and by triangulation to reach a new determinations of the size and shape of the earth as a whole.
the 1937 class and the classes of 1938 and 1939 contributed to the English room and the Kansas room. In 1941 the class gave $1,500 for the new wing in the Union which is being finished now.
Recent senior class gifts include the dance floor for the Potter lake recreational area by the class of 1943; the flagstone walk t the dance pavilion, 1944; crabapple trees for the campus, 1945; a gateway for the memorial campanile, 1946; landscaping of grounds in front of Lindley hall, 1947; and this year, new curtains for Fraser theater and steps to the memorial campanile.
Besides the geodetic center, Kansas also has the geographic center of the United States within its borders. The latter spot, also marked, is near Lebanon.
Lloyd's, the English marine insurance firm, is an outgrowth of an association of marine underwriters who originally met in Lloyd's coffee house, London.
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Prominence In Campus Society Puts Cankerworms In Envious Position
By BOB HILGARDNER
Momma and poppa cankerworm are now on display. Their prominence in campus society has awarded them a position of envy in a glass show case on the first floor of Dychc museum.
Typical of life, poppa cankerworm has a set of gray wings with which he can flit and flirt with some seductive light bulb. Instead of being called an adult, he is called a moth as is his wife. Poor momma cankerworm or moth has no wings and has to be content with attending to her duties of climbing trees and laying eggs in the bark. After this she dies.
Now we come to the member of the family of whom momma, and poppa cankerworm are most proud. He is junior, 14 days old and every one inch a worm. Junior is hatched from an egg and is not born alive and hungry.
drop with it while the wind is blowing him around. Junior's sole purpose in life is to take a good sized elm tree and strip it bare of leaves. When junior has done this, he has reached the peak of his career. It is his crowning glory.
He then enters adolescence and sucks for a while as a pupa. He snaps out of being a pupa a short time later, and he too becomes a moth, ready to fly around any lone-some light bulb.
Junior is a weaver and an acrobat. He can spin the strongest and most invisible webs of sticky fibers a human ever walked into. From 300 inches up, junior can line a line and
Several examples of junior's handiwork are in the show case in Dyche. An elm twig practically eaten up is there with two or three young worms on it. But don't be fooled by the pretty green leaves with the holes in them though; they are made of plastic. Even junior is not real and is only wax.
Junior's motto for keeping his temper is, "When nobody wants me and everybody hates me, I'll go out in the garden and eat people."
Muskrats prefer swimming to walking.
Slow That Hoss, Podner
Waltham, Mass.—(UP)—This modern city, center of New England's watch industry, has horse troubles. The city council is considering an ordinance which would make it illegal to ride horses at a gallop through the business district.
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