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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 4, 1956
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NOT FROM OUTER SPACE—To some it may resemble a butterfly, to others it may look like a tornado victim's garage but to students of
architecture who constructed it last year it is a hyperbolic paraboloid, one of the most modern designs.
Hyperbolic Paraboloid Attracts The Curious
Are you one of the curious students who is still trying to decide what that unusual structure is east of Lindley Hall?
First of all, it is a double-uni hyperbolic paraboloid, one of the most modern architectural designs. It was constructed by students in the department of architecture and architectural engineering for their display at the University's Engineering Exposition last spring.
Second, its significance is "to test its strength structurally." Donald Dean, associate professor of civil engineering and assistant dean of the School of Engineering said.
Prof. Dean and Willard Strode, associate professor of architecture, are directing the project.
"The structure will be tested for strength by hanging concrete blocks and other heavy materials from the roof.
we have a permit to keep the structure up for a year," he added. No decision has been made on whether the permit will be renewed.
"It is believed to be the first of its kind with straight generators, meaning the building was made out of straight boards even though it has a curious shape," Prof Dean said.
"To our knowledge, this is also the first home to be built with straight generators," Prof. Dean added.
"It has the same shape as the model on the campus. The only difference is that it's a little flatter.
Prof. Dean has gone even further than to build just an experimental model of the hyperbolic parabolic for class study. He is now in the process of building a home of this same design at the corner of 21st and Alabama Sts.
The new hyperbolic home should be ready for occupancy by Nov. 1, he said.
"Some architectural engineers helped work on it this summer," Prof. Dean said, "but since school began professional carpenters have been doing the work.
Gibson Named Head Of Graduate Club
Jack Gibson has been elected president of the Graduate Club.
Other officers elected were Wesley Unruh, vice president; Pat Brandt, secretary; Elizabeth Titsworth, treasurer, and Stella Pearce and Fabio Carniel, ex-committee members at large.
Bacteriology Picnic at 7:30
The bacteriology department will have a picnic at 7:30 p.m. today at Potter Lake. The meal will cost 75 cents, and those wishing to attend should sign for it in Snow Hall.
K - Club Initiates Invited To Meeting
A K-Club dance and faculty advisers will be discussed today at 7:30 p.m. in the K-Club room of Allen Field House.
Instructions for initiation requirements will be given to the following men: Bob Cannon, Kent Floerkle, Jim Londerholm, Verlyn Schmidt, Dave Tams, Dave Freeman, Gene Kane, Bob Davies, J. P. Jones, Ed Dater, Barry Donaldson, Dale Gulledge, Bob Moya, Barry Robertson, Gary Russell, Jim Trombold, Ron Wiley, John Poort, Steve Myers, Droste Milledge, Bill Mathews, Frank Freudenthal, Tom Cleavenger, Joe Holliday, Charles Edwards, Gene Buchanan, Peter Thompson, John Cleland, Harry Jett, Al Oerter, and Ray Wyatt.
At the football games, the K- Club members are reminded that their section is located on the 50 yard line and extends 21 rows up. K-Club men, wives, and dates are invited to the section.
St. Louis, Mo., is the ninth largest city in the U.S., with a metropolitan area of 1,681,281.
A committee of faculty members, junior and senior interior design majors and a consultant from the State Architects' Office, are planning the interior of the new fine arts building, scheduled for completion in September, 1957.
Plans Underway For Interior
This committee is studying light ing, use of color and the general furnishing of the building.
Faculty members on the committee are Miss Marjorie Whitney, chairman of the design department, Arvid Jacobson, associate professor of interior design, Alexander Boyle, assistant professor of design, Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama; and Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts.
Progress on the building's exterior is "not too far off schedule, but the most difficult part of keeping on schedule is yet to be," said Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor.
The work should go along smoothly all winter, Mr. Lawton added, but the last 50 per cent of the work is for "finished trades," whereby one company must finish its works before another part may be started.
New purchases for the music department being considered are concert organ, a teaching organ, and two practice organs. Other furnishings will be considered when the building is closer to completion.
TGIF with the Hilltoppers at the Tee Pee
3:00-6:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5
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Your Folks Can See How Color Printing Was Done
The woodcuts, called chiarsocuro, range from 16th century works by Ugo da Carpi, who was one of the first such artists, to 18th century works by John Baptist Jackson, an Englishman who employed the same techniques in the invention of printed wallpaper.
An exhibition of color woodcuts will be featured at the annual Parent's Day Open House at the Museum of Arts from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Chiarosure are made by using
3 Faculty Members To Be On Program
Three K.U. men will appear on the program of the Winfield institute on research in the management of the mentally retarded Monday through Wednesday at the Winfield State Training School.
Acting as moderators on the program will be Erik Wright, professor of psychology, B. W. Tucker, research associate in the Bureau of child research, and Arden Miller, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Kansas City Medical Center.
Don Pilcher, assistant director of child research, compiled a fact digest describing resources in the state of Kansas for mentally retarded children. The digest will be distributed at the conference.
R. L. Schiefelbusch, director of the Bureau of Child Research, Dr. Wright, Dr. Miller and Esther Twente, professor of social work, were members of the planning committee.
The Institute is sponsored by the University, of the Winfield State Training School, the American Association of Mental Deficiency and the National Association for Retarded Children.
Job Interviewing To Be Discussed
"Interviewing For A Job" will be discussed by three area business executives at a discussion sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi at 7:15 p. m. today in Room 306 of the Student Union.
The panelists will be James Tramamel, of the Fleming Co., Topeka; Edward R. Carr, employment manager of the Hallmark Card Co., Kansas City, Mo., and Les Reece, manager of the J. C. Penny store in Lawrence.
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several wooded blocks, each printing a different shade. The blocks are superimposed to show light and shadows, giving an effect of plasticity.
The exhibit should be of particular interest to those interested in the history of the printing process, since this type of work was the first attempt at the color reproduction of works of art which is done today through a photo-mechanical process.
The collecton, which is circulated by the George Binett Print Collection of Brimfield, Mass., and supplemented by works from private collections, will run through October.
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