Spreading Construction Puts New Life Into KU
Building programs in various stages of completion lend the campus an invigorating air of growth and newness.
Projects costing from thousands to millions of dollars are springing up on the slopes of Mt. Oread.
The $200,000 Sprague Apartments for Retired Faculty members is about 20 per cent complete, according to Keith Lawton, director of physical plant operation. The new apartment building will be the only one of its type in the country when completed.
Construction is expected to be finished by late spring, depending on weather conditions, Lawton said.
Also to be completed then is the million dollar addition to the Kansas Union. The new ramp leading to parking zone X, across the street from the Union, was delayed, while earth from the Union excavation and Summerfield Hall building site were stockpiled, Lawton commented. The earth is to be used for "fill" in construction of the ramp, dated for completion in about 60 days.
The new mammalian genetics laboratory behind Snow Hall is receiving finishing touches. Lawton said permanent fixtures are now being put in the $220,000 structure.
The new $172,000 Presbyterian student center at 12th and Oread is fast-taking shape. Workmen are preparing to begin on interior work
"The moving of the livestock (mice used in cancer research) to their new quarters is a completely sterile operation and the building must be absolutely ready," Lawton
New Dorm Opens; 2nd Ready Soon
The $1.5 million Templin Hall opened its doors to 432 students Monday while nearby Lewis Hall will be ready for occupancy by next semester.
The new all-male dormitories are located at 15th and Iowa. J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said the addition of Templin Hall to University housing facilities makes available "plenty of housing to take care of the expected enrollment."
The KU dormitory system now provides living quarters for 1,125 women and 1,350 men.
Although Templin has opened its doors to new roomers, not all the facilities are completed.
"Our biggest problem is the fact that the food service equipment won't be here until October," Wilson said.
"However, we've made arrangements with the Union catering service to deliver prepared meals to the building. We will be able to take care of the situation quite adequately with this cooperation."
Aids and Awards Director Named
Herbert W. Weatherby is the new director of the aids and awards office.
He succeeds Spencer E. Martin, who resigned after $3^{1 / 2}$ years in the position. Martin will study for his doctor of education degree.
Weatherby has been business manager of a medical clinic in Fort Scott for the past five years. He was registrar at the School of Medicine from 1946 to 1954.
He received his A.B. degree in 1933 and his master of business administration in 1934, both from KU.
Three-fifths of the grapes exported by the U.S. in 1957 went to Canada.
said. The move is expected to take place some time this month.
Another new structure on the campus is the bio-chemistry greenhouse adjacent to Haworth Hall. The $5,400 building is being provided for by a research grant, Lawton said. The green-house will be used for research by the bio-chemistry students under the direction of Philip Newmark, associate professor of bio-chemistry.
Bids will be let this fall for the new Center for Research in Engineering Sciences.
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One of the newest face lifting projects is the engineering walks, drives, and paving behind Marvin Hall. The project was finished this summer at a cost of $18,000.
1. A nuclear reactor plant which is in the final planning stage — bids to be let this fall.
One other project, not located on campus, will be an addition to the Robinson Farm and Natural History reservation, 10 miles west of Lawrence. Two rooms will be added to the caretaker's house for an approximate $7,500.
Further Construction Takes Shape on Paper
Other projects scheduled to be started this next year are:
An expansion program still on paper will increase the University's laboratory and living facilities.
2. An addition to Snow Hall, in final planning with appropriations approved — bids to be let in early fall.
3. Four varsity tennis courts, tc
4. A new engineering building in initial planning — no building appropriations given.
be located at the southwest corner of Allen Field House — construction to start immediately.
Other buildings are being razed to make room for future expansion.
Five Locksley Halls, unused dormitories located at McCook and Mississippi streets, are being torn down as are 14 Sunnyside apartments. After apartments 10 through 23 are leveled, only nine of the original 31 will remain standing.
Sociologist Named Rose Morgan Professor
A new transcontinental wire system was inaugurated by United Press International yesterday.
The Rose Morgan visiting professor during the fall semester will be a University of Chicago sociology professor, Dr. Everett C. Hughes.
He will teach an undergraduate course on the sociology of occupations and professions. He will also conduct a graduate seminar on a similar subject.
Miss Rose Morgan, the late professor emerita of English, bequeathed her home at 1101 Missouri to the University to be used as a residence for visiting scholars.
Dr. Hughes also will begin a research project on the study of stu-
The double-trunk network is designed to deliver news faster and with more capacity for regional dispatches. Teletypesetter service is not affected, nor will any change be made-in the sports, business and financial wires in the midwest.
New Wire System Started by UPI
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The president of UPI, Frank H. Bartholomew, praised the newsmen and engineers who developed the new system.
John Ise, professor emeritus of economics, has received a supplementary grant of $1,100 from Resources for the Future Inc. for continuance of his study of the history of U.S. National parks. The grant was set up by the Ford Foundation.
Prof. John Ise Receives Grant
ident cultures and their effects on levels and directions of academic effort among undergraduate at KU.
The Carnegie Corporation will finance the study.
Last spring Dr. Hughes delivered both the Judge N.T. Stephens Lecture in the School of Law and the Ernest H. Lindley Memorial Lecture at KU.
He has just completed a 3-year study of students at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
He found that students are powerfully influenced in their academic efforts by their fellow students.
Dr. Hughes has been on the University of Chicago faculty since 1938. He was chairman of the department of sociology from 1952 to 1956.
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'Mudhut' Is in Use After Fire
The Engineering Experimental Station "Mudhut" has been repaired for laboratory use this fall after its second bout with fire caused by an experimental accident.
The building houses KU's two radio stations, KANU and KFKU, and
the chemical engineering research laboratory.
A flask of inflammable material that burst into flames during an experiment caused an estimated $3,000 damage. A similar accident caused a fire there last spring.
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DOLLAR
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