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University Daily Kansan Fridav. Jan. 8, 19
Fraser Hall Passes 87th Birthday
The walls of Fraser Hall may some day tumble like the walls of Jericho, but the sounding of trumpets will not cause the destruction, just old age.
Eighty-seven years ago last month Chancellor John Fraser told an assembly of students:
"Our new building is ready, so we will now go over and take possession."
Chancellor Fraser led the 273 students and the ten faculty members from North College, the first home of the University, to University Hall. It was 25 years later that the building was renamed after the school's first active chancellor.
Fraser is Joint Project
The $182,000 building was financed by the city of Lawrence and the state legislature. The legislature paid half and Lawrence raised $95,000 through a bond campaign.
The auditorium, now Fraser Theater, was the meeting place for students. Parties of all types, including "basket dinners" were held there.
In those days chapel was held every morning at 9. The programs consisted of prayers, scripture reading and student orations.
For a few years each student was required to give at least one speech during the semester at the daily chapel. However, this requirement was canceled when students adopted the practice of throwing bouquets to the speaker. More than one chapel speaker left the exercises covered with flowers and battle scars.
No Quakes Shake Civilization the Old World Spins On
By Tom Turner
The sun rose at 6:28 a.m. and set at 5:20 p.m. yesterday. There were no world crises, earthquakes or explosions at the center of the earth yesterday. Yesterday was January 7.
But, to many on campus, January 7 held a very ominous meaning.
Rumor Spreads
It all started before Christmas vacation when a story spread over the campus like a prairie fire. Religious organizations were besieged with telephone calls, and discussions of probabilities stretched to the wee hours of the morning. Versions of the story ran
Former Student Jailed for Gunfight
A former University of Kansas student was one of two men apprehended Tuesday by Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and officers of the Neosho County sheriff's office following a gun battle.
Carl Roy (Jock) Chase, 18, Parsons, was enrolled as an engineering major here last year. His accomplice was Roy Jay King, 20, of Zarah in Johnson County, Kansas.
ing of two Kansas City reserve policemen earlier this week was delivered to the Chanute jail yesterday.
Official Bulletin
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Ph.D French Reading Exam. 9-11 a.m.
Saturday Room 11. Fraser.
Ph.D German Reading Exam. Jan. 16
Sum in prepared texts by Jan. 13
Sum in prepared texts by Jan. 13
Student I.D. cards confiscated at football or basketball games for illegal transfer may be retrieved at the Dean of Student's Office. 228 Strong.
TODAY
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SUNDAY
Newman Club. 7:30 p.m. Kansas Union.
Short business meeting followed by a talk by Dr. Cottle of the Guidance Bureau.
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high, but they all centered around a single subject — a mysterious prediction that the world was to come to a firey end on January 7.
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No one knew who had actually made the prediction, but the most popular version shared the credit between a Catholic bishop and an unknown KU professor who had accurately predicted the beginnings of the first, second and Korean wars in the early 1900's.
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Father Gerard Contacted
Elements were added as the story grew, including a third world war that was to begin on January 3 and end by January 5 and even an invasion from outer space.
Father Gerard Goetz of the Catholic Student Center was among those flooded with phone calls before Christmas. He said he had heard nothing of the prediction and advised his callers to "live by the Grace of God and forget about the end of the world."
"If God wants us to know about the end of earthly life, he'll tell us about it."
Father Gerard said yesterday that there has been no statement from the Church about any such prediction, and that as far as he knew, it just didn't exist.
Rumors were also being circulated that the KU psychology department had started the story as a study in mass hysteria.
However, Anthony Smith, chairman of the psychology dept. denied this.
The professional ethics of any accredited psychologist would absolutely forbid him from participating or originating any experiment of this type," he said.
It is possible that the entrance of the Catholic Church into this rumor came through confusion with a very real prediction that rests in the hands of Pope John XXIII.
The real prediction, which has been sealed since 1917, came through appariations of the Virgin Mary to shepherd children in the hamlet of Fatima, near Leira, Portugal, nearly 43 years ago.
One of the children, now a Catholic nun, still lives, and it is reported that the Fatima prediction will be opened on May 18, the anniversary of the apparitions.
Yesterday was very bright and very warm — indeed an unusual January day for the state of Kansas, but the "D (for doom) Day" story just didn't fit into the picture.
Navy Wants O.C.S. Requests
Senior men who are interested in the navy officer candidate program and will be graduated in June or following the summer session should apply now, the Navy Department has announced.
Applications may be filed at the U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 2420 Broadway, Kansas City 8. Mo.
The officer candidate program begins with training at the U.S. Naval School Command, Newport, R.I. and leads to a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Men who have questions should consult Cmdr. F. A. Lewis, executive officer of the University of Kansas NROTC unit.
three years from the date of their appointment.
The commissioned officers are required to serve on active duty for
The first student prank which was executed in Fraser, however, was during the first commencement exercises in 1873. During the main speech, the University skeleton was lowered through the ceiling directly above the speaker's head.
Panning Parties
ST. ALBANS, Vt. — (UPI) — Jerry Winner has organized a club which will hold "gold panning parties" next spring. He admitted that "we may not find much gold dust, but we'll inhale plenty of fresh air and absorb plenty of sunshine."
The pranksters escaped, but the skeleton remained.
ATTENTION: TALENT
The chapel was not used as a theater until 1928. KU dramatists had used the Lawrence theater until 1926 when it became the Jayhawker "movie house." For the next two years, the dramatists shared Robinson Gymnasium with the basketball team.
Little Change in Fraser
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In the fall of 1957 drama productions were moved to the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. Fraser Theater was a veteran of more than 150 major dramatic productions and 860 nights of performances.
was used for flags which denoted weather conditions.
KU Flag Hoisted in 1939
Old Glory was first flown daily during World War I. Previously it had been flown only on national holidays or special occasions. It was 1939 when the KU flag was first put aloft on the north tower of Fraser.
Internally, Fraser has been changed extensively as departments moved to newer buildings and other departments grew. Originally all University classes and offices were housed in Fraser.
Today Fraser Hall is the home of the departments of English, Germanic languages, Latin, Greek, Romance languages, home economics, University Extension, and a classical museum.
The University lists the replacement or renovation of Fraser Hall as one of its proposed projects to be started by 1970.
The only changes to the external appearance of Fraser since its construction have been the additions of fire escapes, the removal of the pillars and roof which were at the east entrance, and the change in the type of flags which are flown on the twin towers.
Renovation and replacement were discussed in 1937, but Fraser Hall has remained to serve thousands of additional students.
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The chancellor's pennant was flown during registration and the football team's pennant was used the day of a game. The other tower
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