Friday, September 20, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Physics lab appeals to English lady
She sure doesn't look like a physics lecturer.
But, said Jennifer M. Davis, physics one and two lecturer, it is rather old fashioned to think of all physics teachers as gray old men.
Still, it's surprising to see this blue-eyed English beauty in a physics lab. One disbelieving male student asked her, "Who's really teaching this course."
Asked if she had ever modeled, Mrs. Davis laughed. "I'm very flattered," she replied. "I used to be told I should be a model, but I prefer physics."
Has her attractiveness ever caused any problems with her students? "Not in the past," she said. "I taught at a girls school in England."
Mrs. Davis and her husband arrived here from London Sept. 11. Mr. Davis, a lecturer at the University of London, will do research in pharmacy at KU, said Mrs. Davis.
They will return home next year. "I think we shall hate to go back," Mrs. Davis said in her British accent. "It's much more pleasant out here than in London. Things aren't quite as hectic."
Mrs. Davis said she was pleasantly surprised by the KU campus. "Everyone told us Kansas was flat," she explained. "I expected the campus to be flat and desolate with concrete buildings."
"I am very pleased for the opportunity to get a close look at the American educational system," Mrs. Davis said. "I have heard very much about it."
When their academic work is completed, Mr. and Mrs. Davis will tour the U.S., she said.
Being forewarned about the Kansas heat, they have no intention of lingering here during the summer. "We hope to be out of Lawrence before it gets really hot," she said.
New history prof
He is Robert William Greaves who was a visiting professor at KU in 1965-66.
Greaves will teach courses in "Constitutional History of Great Britain" and "Great Britain 1830-1886," and direct readings courses for undergraduate honors and graduate students.
Money shortage delays KU humanities building
By Mike Shearer Kansas Staff Reporter
Kansas University's new humanities building faded further into the future yesterday.
Meeting at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, the Kansas Board of Regents voted to send the humanities building blueprints back to the drawing board for the second time because of inadequate funds.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said the building, to be built on the site of old Robinson Gymnasium and Haworth Hall, will probably be delayed "at least six months" because of an approximate $1.2 million shortage.
Bids received from contractors all exceeded KU's $5.8 million allotment for the building.
Wescow said "inflationary trends" and "two-year old assessments" were responsible for the delay.
Henry Bubb, a board member, attributed the delay to the state architect's office and to the political appointment of state architects by governors.
Bubb said past governors and not the present governor were to blame for the system of choosing state architects.
He said, "I would hope this governor and future governors would take the state architects out of politics at least as far as schools are concerned.
"We're going to lose $1 million by putting this off another six months."
The University had originally planned a 25-story structure to house humanities offices and classrooms, but in late March, designers realized the building would exceed the $5.8 million allotment.
The administration and architects then decided to shrink the building to 15 stories and set Sept. 1 as a tentative starting date.
Wescoe said State Architect William R. Hale and consultants had suggested re-designing the building again when they realized the 15-story building would also exceed the $5.8 million.
Wescoe said he did not know what changes the designers would make to economize the building, but he added, "I personally think the tower cannot be reduced any further."
Although he said he felt the delays in the building's construction as his "greatest disappointments as chancellor," Wescoe did not blame the state architects for the delay.
and better quality buildings in Kansas than anyplace else," the Chancellor said.
"I think we get more buildings
Several board members said they would favor keeping the basic design created by Hale and Woodman and Van Doren, a Wichita architectural firm.
In other Regents action concerning KU:
- The degree of Master of Education, which Wescoe said was obsolete, will be eliminated when students currently enrolled for the degree complete their requirements.
The board authorized appointment of an associate architect to prepare preliminary plans for the proposed student union satellite building to serve the Daisy Hill area.
- Remodeling of Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall, to accommodate a pipe organ, and remodeling of Flint Hall's photography teaching laboratories were approved.
Twelve KU women have been awarded Pi Beta Phi Educational Foundation Scholarships.
- The board authorized a program of exchange courses between KU and the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Mo., so that students might take certain
The recipients are Mary K. Beck, Council Grove; Louise A. Bednar, Topeka; Frances L. Craig, Garnett; Sandra S. Crumet, Lawrence; Doris F. Eisenbrandt, Moran; Patricia S. Grover, Hays; Terri L. Hammond, Hoisington; Jo Lynn Johnson, Hutchinson; Linda J. McDonald, Great Bend; Katherine L. Reed, Lawrence; Irma L. Stephens, Pratt, and Catherine L. Weir, Wichita.
Twelve Pi Phi scholars named
advanced courses in the other university without paying additional fees.
- Several remodeling and repair projects as well as land acquisition for the KU Medical Center were approved.
- The board agreed to extend the retirement benefits of the recently deceased Prof. Ethan Allen.
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