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Supplement to the UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 9, 1946
THE STUDENT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE REPORT
Hill Campaign To Start
Campanile To Be Landmark Bell Tower Will Be Visible For Miles From Mount Oread
The University of Kansas World War II Memorial Campanile will be one of the outstanding landmarks of the state of Kansas.
The plans call for a campanile (bell-tower) which will rise 150 to 175 feet above the summit of Mount Oread. Homer F. Neville, Kansas City, Mo., one of the two architects who prepared the preliminary study said that the tower needs to be "quite tall" in order to look well alongside Frank Strong hall, near which it will be built.
The architects have suggested the promontory directly north of Frank Strong hall, the University administration building, as the site for the campanile.
Tower To House Observation Room From the Memorial Driveway, which will skirt the bell-tower on the north, the cam- (continued to page three)
STUDENTS URGED TO SHARE IN $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO K.U. MEMORIAL
"Now is the time for all good students to come to the aid of their university!"
Mount Oread will be crowned with a great "living" memorial, a campanile with carillon and a scenic driveway, as a tribute to the 8,000 K.U. men and women who served in the armed forces during World War II.
"This is one of the few times that students are asked to contribute to university projects," Miss Nancy Tomlinson, chairman of the Memorial Drive committee said today. "We know that every student on the hill will feel that it is not only his duty but his privilege to help in financing the Memorial Drive. In addition to serving as an enduring and fitting memorial, it will add immeasurably to the beauty of a campus which already is considered one of the finest in the world."
The goal set for the students in this campaign is $10,000, less than two per cent of the total $500,000 which is to be raised. When the campaign for the World War I Memorial was held, the student body which was at that time much smaller than at present, pledged over $160,000.
Speakers Visit Houses
Monday and Tuesday nights the campaign will get under way with speakers from the Speech League talking in all organized houses. Representatives will collect the contributions and turn them in daily to the central office at 218 Frank Strong. Independents living in unorganized houses will be canvassed according to the precept plan of voting. There will also be a booth in the center of Frank Strong hall for those unable to be contacted. This booth, under the direction of Anna Marie Stevens, will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30-12:30 and from 1:30-5:00.
..INQUIRING REPORTER .
Just what do the students think about the memorial drive?
In a completely representative campus interview we discovered whole hearted student support of the planned memorial for the University's tribute to its own heroes of World War II. Read for yourself—veterans, graduate students, sailors,
"civilian" students, men and women gave a majority approval to the question: "Do you consider the proposed scenic drive and parkway, the carillon londs, and the campanile tower a fitting memorial for the K.U. students who died in the service of World War II?" Here are the answers they gave:
Brebcca Valette, College senior, Beloit: "The reason I like it is because of its memorial aspects, and I think it will add much in an aesthetic way to our campus. Both of the projects have lasting qualities and will retain their memorial value for future generations as well as our own."
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"War II's memorial driveway, campanile and carillon sounds ace high to me."—Capt. Presson S. Shane, e'41, Junction City, Kans., Co-Honor Man for His Class.
"I think it will be a fine thing for Mount Oread. It is quite an inspiration to feel that a project is on foot to enhance the beauty and attractiveness of this beautiful site."—Pauline Ketchum, '13, fa'17, Fort Kent, Kansas.
"The K.U. alumni of the entire nation are looking toward the student body for the lead. Student-backing for the World War II Memorial Drive fund will definitely assure its success with alumni wherever they may be."
The finance committee, headed by Kenneth Higdon, held its final meeting before the kickoff today. Higdon reported that contributors will have their choice of cash payment or signing a pledge card, payable monthly or quarterly over a period of one year.
A variety show to raise money for the drive will be presented May 10 in Hoch Auditorium, Ann Alexander, chairman of the Activities committee announced today. "This show will be bigger and better than anything ever before staged on this campus," she said.
Variety Show As Benefit
Ken Postlethwaite, director of the K.U. Memorial Association, emphasized the importance the students will play in this campaign.
Co-chairmen of the Memorial Drive committee are Nancy Tomlinson and Orville Roberts. Members of the committee are: publicity, Hildreth Stong, chairman; finance, Kenneth Higdon, chairman, Mariette Bennett, Chuck Crowley, Lenny McShirley Wellborn, Anna Marie Stevens. Activities, Ann Alexander, chairman, Mila Williams, B. J. O'Neal, Virginia Wickert, Lorraine Carpenter, Byron Shutz, Kenneth Nowe; speakers, Jim Crook, chairman, Terry Herriott, Byron Shutz.
Those who will speak in the organized houses are: Beverly Presley, Robert Buehler, Kenneth Beasley, Kenneth Nohe, Roy Adcook, Walter Cox, Emily Stacy, Orville Roberts, Jean Moore, Patsy Creel, Jim Crook, Wallace Foster, Edith Lessdingon, Virginia Rogers, Anne Scott, Laura Schmid, Shirley Corlett, Delores Custer, Virginia Winter, Keith Wilson, Kathleen Howland.