SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Appropriations Will Change the Face of Mount Oread Hit Biggest Building Boom Since Twenties
OUTLINE OF PROPOSED BUILDING PROGRAM
With the passage of the mill-tax levy bill by the legislature the University of Kansas is to be granted the funds for a long-range face-lifting job.
1. Mineral Industries Building ... $325,000
Four stories and basement . . . native stone . . . site directly west of Marvin hall . . . recommended by Chancellor, Regents, and Mineral Industries Council to legislature.
2. R.O.T.C. Building $125,000
Two stories and basement . . . native stone . . . site south-
west of Hoch auditorium . . . $78,000 federal funds, $20,000
raised by donations . . . no state money . . . Construction
begun.
3. North Wing to Union Building ... no estimate yet Committee at work investigating cost and architectural problems ... no cost to state.
The building program will be financed by a levy on all tangible property. The tax will yield about $640,000 a year for building at state institutions of which the University will receive $200,000.
Construction has already begun on one of the proposed buildings, the engineering laboratory. This building is being built out of stabilized earth and labor is being furnished by the N.Y.A. This one-story building will be located directly south of Marvin hall.
4. Engineering Laboratory ... no estimate yet One-story structure built of stabilized earth—labor furnished by N.Y.A. . . site directly south of Marvin Hall . . . probably a $30,000 building at no cost to state . . . construction already begun.
One Story High
The new research laboratory will be one story in height. The floor plan shows seven research laboratories, an office, a reception room, and the KFKU broadcasting studio layout. The technical arrangement of the studio will be planned by the department of lectrical engineering.
The new laboratory will be a $30- 000 building and is being constructed at no cost to the state.
Machine-Gun Range
Features of the building will be the machine-gun range and the 72 by 106 foot drill hall on the second floor. Plans call for 1,000 inch machine gun range and a 14-target rifle range.
Firing ranges to accommodate machine-gun, rifle, and pistol firing are included in the architectural plans for the new Military Science building which will soon be constructed on the campus. Machine-Gun Range
Pistol firing will be made possible with a 60-foot range for pistol firing and a 50-foot range for rifle firing. The drill hall will eliminate the crowded conditions which were formerly experienced during inside drill in Fowler shops.
The building will face north and will be located 300 feet southwest of Hoch auditorium. A new road will be constructed along the south side of the Hill at the front of the building. Earth taken from the basement excavation will be used to level the area at the rear of the building, permitting drill with anti-aircraft equipment.
Storeroom in Basement
In addition to the firing ranges, the basement will contain a store- rom for rifles, an infantry equipment room, dressing rooms for men and women, one class room, and a vault to store valuable material and papers.
The offices of the commandant and instructors, class rooms, the clerical office, and a storage room large enough to store 1,120 uniforms will be located on the main floor. The rectangular storage room will be surrounded by a corridor leading to offices and classrooms.
Outside dimensions of the main part of the building will be 97 by 109 feet. Cotton wood limestone from old Snow hall will be used as facing on the main Building and will be backed by a wall of native limestone.
There will be five class rooms on the main floor, two of these having a capacity of about 90 students. Besides the drill hal, the second floor will have a rifle storage room with a capacity of 1,000 rifles.
Use Cottonwood Limestone
Excavation work has already begun on the building site and construction is expected to begin soon.
The building is expected to be finished in the fall.
The Mineral industries building as proposed will be of native stone. The style of architecture will conform in style with the other buildings on the campus.
Site Near Observatory
The proposed site for the building is at the west end of the campus across the road and immediately west of the Observatory. The estimated cost for the building and equipment is $408,500.
The south wing is two stories high and will house the department of chemical engineering. The central wing will house on the first floor the department of mining and metallurgical engineering; on the second floor the department of petroleum engineering; on the third floor a library and lecture rooms; and on the fourth floor, lecture rooms and an auditorium with a seating capacity of 240.
The north wing, which will extend to the west, is designed to be four stories high. The first two stories will house the offices and laboratories of the geological survey; the next two floors, the department of geology.
the purposes of the building are three fold; it will provide research
'No Union Wing Yet'--Nichols
"Nothing definite has been decided about the extension to the Memorial Union as yet. We are just studying the situation and no action will be taken for some time. If the enrollment next year drops, the whole plan will be abandoned," said Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the Chancellor's office yesterday when questioned about the Memorial Union building addition.
All that the recent bill passed by the Kansas legislature does is to authorize the setting up of corporations to try and finance buildings. Under this plan there are two possible ways of doing it. The first is by self supporting buildings such as dormitories which would earn money to pay back the issue of bonds needed to build them.
The second possible way is by subscriptions of the students. Kansas State is using this method to finance their new field house. Until it is positive that there will be no drop in enrollment, nothing will be done on these plans, Nichols said.
laboratories for the investigation of many possible new mineral industries in the state of Kansas. There are a large number of mineral industries in Kansas yet to be developed, and the departments to be housed in this building, with adequate space nad equipment, could enlarge their work in this field.
Also it would provide space where industrial fellowship students, financed by private companies, count carry on important and practical research under a system similar to the Mellon Institute. The original idea, however, was born on the University campus, and the first industrial fellowships were established here.
The building also would house classes and laboratory sections for students studying the mineral industries. With adequate facilities, it would be possible to give the students a better training in these subjects, with the hope that they would apply their training to increasing the development of the mineral allied industries in Kansas.
The floor plan of the new building shows seven research laboratories, an office, a reception room, and the KFKU braadcast studio. Plan Landscaping Proiect
Construction has already begun on the engineering laboratory which will be situated directly south of Marvin hall. It is being built by N.Y.A. labor and will be a one story building of stabilized earth. The $30,000 building will be no cost to the state
Besides providing industrial research housing facilities, the building will be occupied by the new KFKU studio and radio equipment of the University extension division.
The building would group under one roof, the departments now engaged in mineral and allied industries.
Built by N.Y.A, Labor
In addition to the buildings under construction or soon to be constructed on the campus, plans are being put into operation to construct a series of landscape pictures and beautify the unbecoming spots of the campus. The barbed wire (continued to page eight)
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