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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MAY 28. 1939
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Memorial Union Serves As Center For Social Life
By Maurine Mong. c'40
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In the fall of 1919, when University life was returning to normal and ex-soldiers were filtering back to the campus, K. U. students became enthusiastic.
They became enthusiastic about three things—a new stadium, a statue of "Uncle Jimmy Green" and a union building, all of which were to be memorials to the World War dead. The idea grew until a year later, on Nov. 18, 1920, convocations of various schools were held, attendance at which were compulsory.
Men student leaders spoke and started cheers. With the speeches as a healthy beginning the students worked to something tangible in the next two hours. The University "Million Dollar Memorial Drive" was under way and 400 workers started the drive for pledges from students.
The college met in Robinson gym; for three hours they met, rallying and cheering for their goal, one million dollars to build the three memorials. The gym, younger and stouter than at the present time, could stand the $
rallying and cheering to,
the three memorials. The
present time, could stand the
thunder of applause as the 2,000
students clapped wildly for five
minutes. This ovation was for
the man, who had only a few
days before, led the football
team to a 40-20 tie against Nebraska, Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen.
Also on the speakers stands was
the new chancellor, Dr. E. H.
Lindley.
With such aggressive groups as "mop up squads" and "flying squanders" the leaders canvassed the student sections. War heroes, football boys and sparkling coeds were all full of enthusiasm. Prizes were offered, slogans were written and tinned on loyal givers. Classes were forgotten and the campus boomed with this momentous feeling.
Students Start Drive
The students didn't let the University down; they pledged, on an average, $33 apiece, to be paid over a period of five years. Large campaigns in downtown Lawrence and Kansas City, with smaller campaigns in other cities found a responsive and hearty cheer of giving from alumni. The student enthusiasm generated the spirit and the post war bomb produced the financial means. The University prepared to build.
Begin Work in 1925
In June, 1925, at commencement the ground breaking ceremonies were performed. The following October the contract for the construction of the south wing was let. Because the union was being built or to be erected, although the job was at times difficult, Alumni in many states continued contributions to help the union fund.
In April, 1926, amid the pennancy of bands, war, R.O.T.C. units and famous speakers, the corno stone was laid. Into it went the names of the 129 K.U. war dead, the front pages of 11 newspapers which helped in the drive, the Kansas City Star on the declaration of war and the signing of the peace treaty, a photograph of Governor Ben S. Calvin and the Maryland magazine with a history of the "Million Dollar Drive," a picture of the Jaya-hawk bird and three roses. By November, the exterior was finished and in October, 1927, the building was dedicated by William Allen White, with a formal opening the following November.
Many Use Building
Only the street floor and part of the basement were decorated and furnished as money was not on hand to complete the interior. Until 1934 the ballroom was used without being completed. The second floor was also completely renovated with greater student use of the building. A C.S.E.P. survey in 1955 showed that one-half of the students made some use of the building every day. This was something of a change in student attitudes and plans were made to further complete the build- ing, even though it did not yet be carried out the Pine Room and the Old English room have been added.
For ten years the Union was managed by a Union Operating committee on which students, faculty, alumni and regents were represented April 22, 1899, a new and permanent federal morial Union Operating committee composed of 21 members, elected by the board of directors. The functions of the committee were defined in the new set up which will make its operation more efficient than in the past. Miss Hermina Zipple, Union manager since 1899, has personal knowledge of the building and the cafeteria.
Is Social Center
The Union has served well its purpose. It is the meeting ground for every type of student. Many organizations utilize it daily and the face
ulty and alumni have also found it useful. During the hectic convention week last April when four groups meet very near one another in both time and space, the Union was a busy place. Banquets, dances, discussions, exhibits and delegations all crowded within the Union.
For the privilege of using the Union, and for the upkeep of the student building, there is but $1.93 taken from each activity fee. This is the lowest such amount upon which any student may be charged. The $33 each student pledged in 1920 the student today is getting a great deal more value received.
First Subjects Included Botany
Early Classrooms Were Shared With Gym Classes In Old Snow Hall
Botany was one of the first subjects offered by the University. Little is known about the first classes taught by Dr. Snow in Ferrall hall. They were elementary courses and included very little laboratory work because of the insufficient equipment and space.
By 1886 the botany classes had advanced greatly. Two courses of study, elementary botany and structural botany, were now offered Classroom and laboratory was located in the west end of the base. A hall, called the wire fence provided the partition between the botany classes and the gymnasium classes which occupied the same room.
Equipment was inadequate, much if it home-made, and it was necessary for two or perhaps three students to use one compound microscope. With betany a required device, the course included 60 members. New courses were dded to the department and lecture ooms were moved upstairs.
In 1888 botany became a separate department. Since that time it has grown and expanded with the University. Many new courses have been added. The most recent additions are landscape design, medical mclology, alge, economic botany, and an eleventh course for junior and seniors.
The University Men's Glen Club by coincidence, has one member for each year of its existence. The Club presents a program and also uses today comprises 30 voices.
The first field trip was made by the department in 1914 under the direction of Professor Stevens. These trips have extended over this continent and some research work has been done abroad by the department. Several members of the department have done extensive work in making a biological survey of the state.
Glee Club Numbers One for Each Year
Through the years many outstanding men have worked in the department. Among them is Dr. M. A. Barber, who invented a method for measuring sunlight that is now investigating tropical diseases for the Rockefeller Foundation. Others are Dr. Charles A. Schull of the University of Chicago, F. H. Billings, professor of biology at Ponsa college. Dr. Grice held a position as professor in the department.
Prof. A. J. Mix is present chair man of the department, serving over 200 students each semester.
belongs to for forming the organization
calls to Prof. Charles A. Hubach, head of the department of wice.
Hubach lived in Kansas City and came over three or four times each week to rehearse the group and direct the concerts. He later moved to Lawrence and devoted his time to the club, presenting many concerts and making short yearly tours.
Prol. T. A. Larremore was the next director of the organization. He was a member of the School of Law faculty but had a gift for voice direction. In 1926 he took the club to the National contest in New York City, where it placed third, From New York the group went to Washington, D.C., and was presented to President Calvin Coolidge.
The club has been successfully directed by Prof. Eugene Christy and Prof. Howard C. Taylor, both of the department of voice.
The present director is Prof. Joseph F. Wilkins, also head of the department of voice. The Glee Club now includes the 36 members and makes yearly scheduled tours throughout the state.
Calling Card Fixes
A Blind Date
For Lonesome Pair
"The light in the Alpha Delta P house went out as did the lone lady They both were happy. This is true That's the best part of it."
From the Daily Kansas, Oct. 9, 1917. "This is true. That's the best part of it. A Phi Gai Ham, lonewoman, desperate, walk along Mississippi street last Friday night. The Alpha Delta Pi house is near the end of Mississippi street. A light burned in an upper room of this house near the end of the street.
"The Phi Gai ham had a calling card with his own name on it. He obeyed the impulse and rang the doorbell of the A.D. P屋. The lone lady answered. He didn't know her and she didn't know him. He gave her his card and said something."
Constant Expansion In Musical Activity
Constant expansion and increasing proficiency have characterized the musical activity during the past 38 years. Many organizations have been formed, some of them to grow their others, to offer to die an early death.
Musical activity before 1903 was hawkboard. Poor organization killed them early. One group that grew with the years was one similar to the present Choral Union. It was the choir of many choruses, directed by Professor Pony.
After the turn of the century, a few musically inclined Mt. Orcad students organized a small orchestra This group did little until 1903, when Prof. C, S. Skilton to the University. He took over the directorship of the organization and remained in charge until 1915.
Two men assumed the leadership before the present director, Kari Kurstauer. They were J. C. McCanles and Prof. E. Kurtz.
Former students of Prof. James H. Canfield were placing a bronze memorial in Fraser hall in October 1913. Professor Canfield was a Chancellor of the University and the father of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, prominent in the literary world.
Since 1924 it has been built up by Prof. Karl Kursteiner to a symphony orchestra of 85 pieces.
Honor Formier Chancellor
Borrows Cash To Buy Bonds
During the World War, a Daily Kamen item reveals, one woman student was so patriotic that she wrote in her diary six per cent to buy Liberty Bonds.
Two Stand Out
As the long parade of the men who have been a part of the history of the School of Law in its 60-year existence marches by, two stalwart figures emerge and tower far above their fellow marchers. The figures are James Woods "Ucle Jimmy" Green and William L. Burdick, known and beloved by both the students of today and those whom they taught during their 40-year careers on Mount Oread.
Two Stand Out Over 2,000 Have Entered Portals of Law School
By Mary Jane Sigler, c.39
$ ^{0} $ Frank Strong Hall
James W. Green was the first dean of the School of Law. A department of law was established at the University in 1878 and Jimmy Green was instructor. A year later he was given the title of dean—a title which he held until his death in 1913.
Chancellor E. H. Lindley, who came to the University shortly after "Uncle Jimmy's" death, called him "the soul of the University." Indeed, he was one of the school legends—the pattern saint of the School of Law.
In the early days "Uncle Jimmy" was manager of athletics, and throughout his stay on Mount Oreod was a central figure at football rallies. The dean's popularity was due both to his interest in athletics and to his concern over the personal problems of his students.
Statue Symbolizes Spirit
The Green memorial statue which stands in front of Green hall was erected 14 years ago by the alumni of the University. Funds were raised by the University of Kansas Memorial cooperation as a part of the memorial campaign which so-called students' stadium and the Union building.
The statue was executed by the noted sculptor, Daniel Chester French, at a cost of $40,000. Old-diners on the Campus say that the statue doesn't look like its subject, but that it is symbolic of his democratic spirit. The student standing at the side of "Uncle Jimmy" was put into the memorial at a great additional expense in order to show the close relationship between the statue and body. Burdick here in 1890.
Dr. William L. Burdick came to the University as professor of law in 1893. In 1916 he was chosen vicepresident of the University. He was twice acting dean of the School of Law, and in 1934 he was chosen dean and served in that position for three years.
Since 1937 Doctor Burdick has been dean emeritus and he is continuing his teaching. April 17 of this year the laws celebrated "Burdick Day," and a resolution was unanimously adopted designating March 22 permanently as Burdick Day. The dean emeritus has written numerous articles known throughout the country as a scholar and a teacher.
The School of Law has been fortunate in having had a succession of gifted men in its deanship. Dean H.W. Arant served the school from 1923 to 1928. Philip Mechem was acting dean during the year following Dean Arant's resignation.
Historian at First Church
Thirteen in First Class
Robert McNair Davis, known to students of the last few years as professor of law, occupied the deanship from 1928 to 1934. He was succeeded by Dr. W. L. Burdick. The present dean of the School of Law of Montana was made a plentiful his second year in that position. He had been professor of law for eight years before becoming
Thirteen students comprised the first class in the School of Law in 1878. The course was completed in two annual terms of seven months each. Eight of the 13 were given degrees in 1880.
Tike Law Requirements
The first recitations of the law classes were held in room 3, Fraser hall. In 1891 the University was reorganized and the department became the School of Law. Its classes were shifted to old North College, where they remained for three years, and then went back to Frugal College. In 1894 the School of Law was given a permanent home of its own in November, 1905, for Green hall was ready for occupation.
In the matter of entrance requirements the School of Law has become increasingly exacting. The law faculty has recognized the great importance of educational training preparatory to beginning the study of law itself.
The period of study required for graduation was raised in 1900 to three years. A few years later a change was made in the regulations for admittance to the Kansas bar. In 1897 a law had been passed entitling graduates of the University School of Law to join the Kansas bar as a national 'an' receiving their dipositions. The state legislature ruled in 1903 that in order to be admitted to the bar the candidate must pass an examination given under the direction of the state supreme court.
The amount of pre-legal training necessary to enter the law school has been gradually raised from no collegiate training to the rule to be in force after July 1, 1948, provided that a student in the School of Law must have a degree from an accredited college, or must have fulfilled the three-year requirements for a degree in a college that permits the student to take the first year of law in his senior year in the liberal arts college. Since the first eight men received their bachelor of law degrees, more women have passed through theORTals of Green hall bearing diplomas. They have left Mount Oread, are pursuing their chosen profession in hundreds of American cities and towns, and are enriching themselves with new skills learned from such men as Uncle Jimmy Green and Doctor Burdick.
DEAN FREDERICK O. MOREAU
Chancellors-on 1801, Chancellor Snow's health failed, and W. C. Spangler was again called to the chair, and he managed the institution with a master hand until 1902 when Frank Strong, president of the University of Oregon, accepted the position of chancellor.
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With much perspiration on the page of Chancellor Lippincott, the annual appropriations for current expenses would be roughly $500 something over $30,000 to $75,000. The faculty numbered over 30, and the number of graduates in all departments now amounted to 461.
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Chancellor Lippincott resigned in 1889, and an interim of one year followed, in which Regent. W. C
Chancellors Strong, Snow, and Linnencott
Name Building for Snow
Spangler was acting chancellor. For 15 months, Spangler had charge of the University.
Name Building for Snow
In the spring of 1809, Chas. F. Thwing of Minnesota, Minn., was elected to the chancellorship, but he declined the office. A short time afterwards Professor Snow accepted the leadership of the institution.
It was to commemorate Chancellor Thwing's arrival to the University as a member of the faculty, that the natural history building erected in 1885, was named Snow hall.
During his administration, Spooner library, Blake hall, the chancellor's residence, the present Chemistry building, and Fowler shops were added to the Campus. George A. Fowler, of Kansas City, Mo., donated $18,000 for the Fowler shops to replace the loss suffered in the fire of March 22, 1898, in which the old engine house was destroyed. The erection of the chancellor's residence and Spooner library was made possible by the gift of $30,000 of William B. Sponner, of Boston, Mass, who was the uncle of Chancellor Snow.
The enrollment doubled during the years of Chancellor Snow's leadership, and the University was comprised of the School of Arts, the School of Law, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Medicine the School of Nursing, the School, each presenting a complete course of study leading to a separate degree.
Great Expansion Under Strong During his service, the institution grew from a small school of about 1200 students to a real university with about 4,000 students. The body of teachers and administrators in the University increased from 80 to 311.
Eighteen new buildings and additions were erected, the most important of them were: Dyche museum of Natural History, Green hall, two sections of Bell Memorial hospital, at Rosedale, and the dispersary (old medical plant), Robinson gymnasium, Marvin hall, Haworth hall, Oread Training school, and the East wing of Administration building. After serving 18 years at the University, Chancellor Frank Strong resigned, Sept. 14, 1930. He left after becoming a professor of constitutional law. He was with the University for 32 years. He died Aug. 6, 1934. After more than a year searching for a man, the Board of Administration was 'attracted to the president of Idaho University, Ernest Hiram Lindley, who had an enviable record in building up the school as well as sound principles of scholarship and training.
Blacklist Is in Order For Long-Winded Profs
Back in 1917, the Daily Kansas, campaigning against professors who held their classes overtime, printed the names of the offenders prominently on page one. Among those listed were C. A. Dykstra, now a professor at the University; Considine F. A. Malkin, still professor of history at the University; and Dr. W. L. Burdick, now dean emeritus of the School of Law.
Installment buying has come to stay. But a lot of things bought that way haven't.
W. H. Quakenbush, President
E. S. Weatherby, Superintendent
The Lawrence Business College was established in 1869, and has been in continuous operation in this city 70 years, for over a quarter of a century. The college is its own specially designed building in the best section of the city, convenient to down town business section. The following courses are offered:
SECRETARIAL TRAINING COURSE - CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING COURSE
HIGHER ACCOUNTING, A TWO YEAR COURSE
MACHINE COURSES - OPTIONAL COURSES - BRIEF COURSES
The Summer Session opens June 5
The school is equipped with modern office machines, including Bank Posting, leading making calculation machines, a large battery of standard typwriters and office appliances. Graduates are trained in data analysis and computer skills.
Lawrence Business College, Lawrence, Kans.
Lawrence Business College Building, Louisiana Street on Highway 40 Lawrence, Kansas
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