University Daily Kansan
Monday. Nov. 17. 1958
Page 5
Rain Fills Potter Lake
A total of $4^{1 / 2}$ inches of rain fell on the Lawrence area last night and this morning, filling Potter Lake, destroying the Campus Chest sign at the information booth, and soaking pedestrians.
A power failure between 10:30 and 11:10 this morning caused a campus blackout. The Kansas Union Book Store and Hawk's Nest were forced to use candles.
This afternoon heavy snow backed by northerly winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour in western Kansas will spread into the central part of the state tonight and continue east tomorrow.
In the above picture, Nancy Stutzman, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and friend enjoy the rain.
Showers and thunderstorms with considerable heavy rains will fall in eastern Kansas tonight and tomorrow.
The low temperature tonight will be 5 degrees northwest to 40 southeast. High tomorrow will be 20 in northwest to the upper 40's in the extreme east.
Light Failure Breaks Routine In Strong Hall
A mighty yell went up from the coffee club when a power failure plunged Strong Hall into darkness at 10:25 this morning.
Everyone had been talking about the rain. Conversations quickly shifted to the power source for the University:
"They probably put too big a load on the circuit somewhere," said one.
"No, I don't think so," his companion said. "I heard they use hydroelectric power. The dam at Potter Lake probably washed out."
The basement was as dark as an air raid shelter in London, but the darkness failed to slow down the coffee business. The lines were long at both machines.
A man in a raincoat bought a cup of coffee and a package of doughnuts. He snapped on a cigarette lighter so the vendor could make change.
A girl groped her way through the dim hallway. She met a friend.
"I thought you had a 10 o'clock class this morning, Jim," she said.
"What are you doing down here?"
"Waiting for a rowboat," he replied.
From somewhere in the crowd a voice asked, "What's going on, Sarge? You're the only one who can see."
A few spots of light came through the scattered windows. A handful of students squinted at books in these islands in the gloom.
But for the most part, the people just stood in the darkness, enjoying the departure from campus routine.
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