Friday. September 30,1977
University Daily Kansan
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Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
Desolate
Somewhat of a white elephant in concrete, the abandoned Theta Chih fraternity house near Ninth Street and Emerald Road has
spawned several rumors about why it hung not been inhabited since 1971. One story was that the three-story house was slowly slipping downhill. Another story was
The soft melodies of a Mozart symphony glide through the class of elementary pupils awakening sounds of Beethoven's fifth, awakening sounds of Beethoven's fifth. Afterwards, the pupils describe the music and differences of those two classical works.
Musical tests composed
A series of such tests developed by Rudolf Radocy, associate professor of music education and music therapy, soon will be helping elementary and secondary school music teachers to know how their students are responding to music curriculums.
The tests correspond to sections of "You Can Build a Comprehensive Music Curriculum," a guideline for music education from the State Department of Education.
According to Radoye, the tests he developed are composed of several parts and vary with particular sections of the skin tested. In all, there are 57 different tests.
Radacity said that music was a required course for elementary pupils and at least the seventh grade in junior high school. The course is designed to affect the effectiveness of music instruction.
Contained in a typical test package would be a cassette tape that would be played for one minute.
"it usually would start with instructions," he said, "then it (the tangle) would give a
Abandoned fraternity house source of rumor
Staff Writer
BvMARY HOENK
In the midst of gathering dust and legends, an abandoned fraternity house sits on a hill overlooking Ninth and Emery roads.
The empty Theta Chi house, designed by a University of Kansas student and built in 1959, has been a source of rumor since the lack of members caused the move in 1971.
It was the same reason that the fraternity became defunct a short time later.
After the fraternity vacated the house, the property changed hands several times before it was purchased by Dan Prebeth of the City Hall and recorded to records with the city's register of deeds.
When Prebeth bought the property there were already rumors in circulation con-
firmations that it was an investment.
Bob Lynn of Kansas KAN, who had been a resident of the fraternity and was graduated in 1972, remembered one story about the house supposedly slipping downhill.
However, Prebob's plans to redesign the building into offices did not materialize because he said he became disillusioned with the project.
PREBOTH, WHO said he was anxious to dispell this rumor, had an engineering study done that convinced him, at least, that the building was stationary.
The property now is in the hands of a group of investors whose headquarters are in Wichita. The owners have left the place abandoned and the building is in a state of disrepair, making it a target for trespassers who have been in the house.
sophomore, is one of few students who have ventured into the house.
Sumnia said the building was in surprisingly good condition despite its nonsue. She said only minor damages, such as broken glass and lack of carpeting, suggested that the house had stood empty for years.
DURING ONE trip to the house last spring, as part of a treasure hunt, Sumoria recalled what she treated a rather frightening experience.
While standing on a fire escape that encircles a tower beside the house, Surnonia said she saw a bearded and bushy hairied man inside the building's tower.
"I just got out of there and decided to wait and have my heart attack later," she said.
The immediate fate of the house is unknown, but according to C.M. Brock of Douglas Real Estate, the realtor listed for the Wichita investment group, the building and the two-acre property on which it stands are for sale.
He said that although there have been interested buyers, the sale is not complete.
"It's a unique building," Brock said, "but what it needs is a person with imagination."
The man with the original imagination and design for the unusual structure was DeRos Hogus, a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and a 1959 graduate.
THE BUILDING'S design, Hogue said, was first submitted as an architectural class project and, after receiving mixed feedback, he went ahead with nlans for construction.
Money to finance the project, which was estimated to have cost $25,000, came from a private fund.
United States to utilize the concept of slip- construction in a residential building.
Greek Builders Inc., supported by many of the fraternity brothers and their parents.
The slip-form method involves the use of a mold into which concrete is poured. When the concrete hardens, the form is slipped up, and it is then removed or repeated. Eventually a wall is constructed.
Hogue, head of his own architectural firm in Colorado Springs, Colo., and now aware of the present condition of the deserted house, has only one thing to say.
BUT THE APPEARANCE of the building is not the only unusual aspect.
The final product was unusual. A stairway winds around a tower that leads to a flat roof. The tower is attached to a three-story structure, divided into three-man rooms.
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"It's interesting to me that I already have my own ruin."
Members of the fraternity helped with the actual construction, Hogue said, and they sometimes worked 10 to 12 hours a day. Construction was completed in 1959.
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"THESE TESTS make no comparisons between students or schools," he said. "They simply provide a way for finding out what is important to responding to his music education."
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Also contained in the packages are test forms that might be pieces of paper for the students to write on or might be a written form they would circle their answers, Radocv said.
The tests were developed through the
Radocy said the first step in developing the tests was to study the state curriculum guideline and write drafts of tests that might be used.
During the months of March and May, 1976, the two authors visited several schools to try out their ideas. They then revised their tests and submitted them to the State Department of Education, which approved them and made them available this fall.
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