Section B
KANSAN
84th Year, No.34
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Section B
Friday, October 12, 1973
Spencer, Wescoe and Haworth Halls Have Opened Since 1968
Men's Fashions Explode in Color As Individualism, Rebellion Grow
By HALRITTER
Kansan Staff Reporter
It's Homecoming 1968. The Jayhawes have just crushed Colorado for their seventh straight win, and you're dressing for the concert at Allen Field House.
If you're a guy and "with it" you'll be wearing one of those new plaid sport coats that will keep you dry, but because of your wide three-inch tie. Your shirt will still have a button-down collar, but instead of tapered slacks you may be wearing a button-up. That touches the top of your wing tips.
When you pick up your date you may find that she has her hair piled high above her head. She'll probably be wearing a dress and you will wear her knees and wont, even feel ripe.
You'll leave for the concert well-dressed and excited about the prospects of Andy Williams singing "Moon River" and Roger Waters singing "King of the Road" ("Dang Me").
Five years in the fashion world can be like a millennium.
If someone had told you in 1968 that within five years you'd have exchanged your Levi Super Slims for a pair of pleated baggies that had three-inch cuffs and were wider at the ankle than around the thigh, you would have lauched.
If someone had said you'd give up your penny loaders for wooden cloaks or saddle shoes with red rubber soles or ski boots, you would have laughed.
conspiring on the part of the fashion industry that has made men and women dress so differently in such a short time? Answer: The consumers who forced many of the changes.
How did it all happen? Has it been a
"The only time the fashion industry will switch is when what they're pushing at that time slows down," says Al Hack Jr., manager of The University Shop.
And considering what the industry was "pushing" 'five years ago, it's not surprising
"It was really easy to be in men's retaining them," says Hack. "All the stores carried the same thing--three different colors of v-neck sweaters, tan and navy permanent press slacks and blue and white short sleeves. People seemed to look alike."
THE EXPLOSION in men's fashions that began around 1688 was partly aided by the emphasis by young people on individualism and "doing your own thing," according to Sparky Claiborne, manager of Mister Guy.
"I really think clothing changes with politics. Chatterbox says that the late 1980s was a time when people were not afraid."
On the other hand, the rebellions by young people, which introduced the hippie look in the mid-1960s, had produced the campus uniform by 1968.
"business was terrible," he says. "Those were meater years."
From the spring of 1969 through most of 1972, Hack says, all a student needed in his college wardrobe was "three or four pairs of shorts and work shirts and flannel shirts for winter."
BUT IF IT WAS A MEAGER period for the men's and women's stores that sell dress clothes, it was the start of a boom period for stores like Lawrence Surplus.
The fall of 1988 marked the first appearance of Levi bell bottom jeans in Lawrence and as Hal Keltz, former owner of the brand, says, "They got a败罪 scarf awful fast.
"The watershed year was really 1870." Keltz says. "Seventy was out of sight. We could sell anything that was sewn up if it bed a bell on it."
THE BELL BOTTOM BOOM hasn't subsided since then. Steve Miller, current owner of Lawrence Surplus, says he sells 25,000 pairs of bell bottoms each year.
Although casual clothes are probably taking a bigger slice out of the college student's clothing budget than five years ago, dress clothes have been making a big difference.
The comeback began a year after the fashion industry began changing back in time.
"It was a very conservative, slow-moving industry at that point (1968)," says Hack. "Sixty-eight was probably for us anyway the beginning of diversity."
The changes in dress clothes that resulted can be summed up in two words - wide and tall.
Lapels, shirt collars, ties and pant legs grew wider and patterns and colors of shirts
New Buildings Built To Meet KU Growth
By DON PFANNENSTIEL
Kanaan Staff Reporter
It is possible a 1968 graduate of the University of Kansas could set foot on the KU campus today and be astonished by the surroundings and the scenery.
Since 1968, eight new structures have been built, three additions were made to other buildings and three buildings were completely torn down.
Despite the recent student protests throughout the state about student fees funding building projects, it is surprising that since 1988 only one academic building, Wesco Hall, was partially funded through student fees and according to Keith Nitcher, vice-chancellor of business affairs, student fees funding would never be encouraged again.
"I think the University and the administration are opposed to ever again allowing student funding," Nitcher said. "It is the obligation of the state to provide for
Two other units, the 1968 addition to the Kansas Union, and also the present construction of the student health center. These two projects hold a different perspective.
"BUILDINGS THAT ARE for student services such as the new health center and additions to the Kansas Union are usually funded by the students," said Allen Wiechcott, assistant director of Facilities, Planning and Operations.
A majority of the construction projects since 1968 were funded with state and federal funds or through the Endowment Association and gifts as shown in the
1968, the tunnel, and Woodruff Auditorium (Kansas Union), student fees 1969, Spencer Research Library, private gift
—1969, Haworth Hall, state and federal bonds.
—1700, Allen Field House addition and
investment Association and athletic
association foundation fund.
- 1971, Space Technology Laboratories
- NASA Building: state and federal funds
1971. Nunemaker College, gift
-1971, McCollim Laboratory, Endowment Association
(NASA Building), state and federal funds in the history addition to Haworth Hall, federal funds.
1737, Moore Hall (State Geological State Building), Endowment Association of Michigan
-1973, Wescoe Hall, state, federal and student funds
According to Nitcher, two state laws had to be changed allowing the leving of bonds to cover the campus construction cost of Wescoe Hall.
REE. REPS HUGHES, former president of Kansas State College of Pittsburg, moved on March 11, 1970, that these laws be changed so Wesco Hall, in addition to two other buildings on state college campuses could be built.
Troubled Era Led to Changed KU
By KRISTA POSTAI
KansanStaff Reporter
It was the year that KU beat K-State 82-79 on the basketball court, that bumper stickers read, "Kansas Will Be Back," and that land was cleared between Flint and Strong halls in preparation for a then-unnamed humanities building.
Judy Collins was on campus that year singing words of love. Abbie Hoffman was on campus, too, but with a message of hate instead.
It was also the year the Kansas Union burned, the computation center in Summertail Hall was the target of a bomb and a video game. The revenue following a confrontation with police.
The years preceding 1970 were comparatively quiet ones at the University of Kansas. Marchers filled Jayhawk Boulevard protesting the seemingly endless war and delegations left KU to attend the march. Students, who would haveClasses discussed the problems, and angry students voiced their opinions over open microphones placed in front of Strong Hall.
"People have really got to make up their minds that they are going to destroy the University," Hoffman said. "If they accept it, they will be a slave. The student is a jigger."
James Klapitarch, a syndicated columnist, wrote regarding the unexplainable story of the death of a boy penned to our country! If this were Columbia or Cornell or Berkeley, the flickering image might not scar the heart. Scar tissue grows. But this is Lawrence, Kansas, heartland of the Northwest.
The turning point for KU came, according to many of the drawings drawn by the artist, in 1925.
NATIONALLY, "WHINGS were far from
weathermen" were names to be fearful.
It was a turn from nonviolent protest to the militancy that sparked the fire bombing of Fort Hood.
The Kansas Union burned that night. The two top floors we gutted and an estimated $2 million worth of damage incurred. A reward was offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. But it was never claimed.
ACCUSATIONS FLEE regarding the fire, Intelligence at Lawrence High School between black and white students preceded the Union fire and resulted in the injury of 28 students. Two fire bomb attempts were made, but the school same night the arsonist struck KU.
THE ROCK CHALK, a bar at the end of
"The tactics that were used were very much like those of SDS and Weathermen tactics," said Colonel William Abbott of the group uses fear to gain an open door.
Weathermen or high school student or psychopath—no one knew than and, according to the information in the investigation, the mystery is still unsolved. A curfew was imposed on Lawrence following the fire, a curfew that resulted in his release, allowing the outgoing student senate president.
Oread Avenue and a gathering place for the "strong people," was the scene of most of them.
Two more fires broke out on campus and bomb threats were called in to dormitories. Fire bombings, threats, arrests. And then things were quiet—for a while.
KU was no exception. In an effort to prevent possible outbreaks of violence, the annual ROTC Review was cancelled and Chancellor E. Lawrence Chalmer presented students with the option of foregoing final exams.
A HOT SUMMER increased the restlessness of the radical atmosphere. More trouble was quick to follow. Two men died that summer—both in an attempt to
Less than two weeks later four students were gunned down at Kent State and much
"NOW WE ARE EVERYWHERE," she said. "And next week families and tribes will attack the enemy around the country. It will be a real test of the myths of the total superiority of The Man."
The 1970 fall semester began peacefully. Nationally, the militants were on the move and Bermudian Dohr, wellknown Women's League for a "fall offensive of youth resistance."1
Parents attempted to convince their children that the University of Kansas was not a good place to study.
One week later a homemade bomb destroyed the library room at Harvard's Center for International Affair's and a Kansan editorial writer termed it as
"another death knell for academic freedom."
A growing unpopularity for the radical tactics being employed began to arise and a Wisconsin sociologist, William Sewell, in 1987 pointed out that the University of Wisconsin's Research Center said, "I think it's entirely possible that the monstrous nature of what has happened has caused students and especially faculty to be much less sympathetic with radical causes
"If enough revolution and rejection can be manifested toward the bombings by American students, the perpetrators of the attack are barbarous futility of their actions," he said.
THE BOMBING at KU, however, was yet to bein
December 5 two bombs were found in partially-constructed Nunemaker Hall. Both consisted of six sticks of dynamite and a metal explosive, although the fuses had been ignited.
"There is a bomb in the machine room set to go off in three minutes," a man said. "I have no idea where it is."
Six days later another bomb was planted, and this one did not fail.
THREE MINUTES later a blast blew a hole in the cinder block wall which separated the stairwell from the machine room. The Computation Center in Summerfield Hall.
The computer was not injured, but three persons were.
Gov. Robert Docking told the Board of
See TROUBLED Page 10
About This Section
The Vietnam War colored the period more darkly than any other event. Nothing and no one was unaffected by the war.
Since the fall semester of 1968, the University of Kansas and its students have experienced many changes, and change is the theme of this section.
The protesters had a rag-tag style about them, and clothing styles reacted accordingly.
Activists spoke and wrote against the war and eventually moved masses of people into action (Pages 5 and 6). Some were turned to bombing to "smash the state."
Students rejected structure and moved off campus (Page 3). Interest in student government grew, and students took control of their own activity (page 4).
Enrollment was fattened in those years by men seeking to avoid the draft (Page 2). New buildings had to go up to accommodate the new students.
Demonstrations became popular and they lasted a while, even though few were successful. (Page 5).
Movies reflected all these changes (Page 11). Now students are backing away from many of these things. Space limitations keep newer trends, like religion, out of this section, but the semester is not yet over.
In sports, the football rivalry between KU and K-State is 71 years old this fall (Page 7). Couches Don Fambrough and Danny Wheeler are memorials of some of the rivalry (Page 8).
Tom Krattli, the second quarterback behind Dave Jaynes, may get a chance to play tomorrow if the team does especially well (Page 7).
The basketball season is rapidly approaching as Coach Ted Owens looks ahead (Page 9), and the tennis season is about to end for the fall (Page 8).
The bond on Wescoe Hall, which totals $5 million and the interest, would be paid by a fund to the community.
Hughes said it was a policy matter and that he was opposed to establishing a policy of using student fees to finance generaluse buildings at state colleges and universities.
HE SAID that $4.50 from each student's fees each semester over a period of approximately 20 years would pay off the principal and interest. Starting next semester, $7.00 a semester at a student's fee will cost $8.25 million student health center project.
Although 11 buildings or additions have been constructed since 1968, there is still a need at KU for additional space to serve the academic mission, Wiechert said.
"Most of the buildings in the last five years were built for a specific purpose," he said. "They adequately serve the community." He said they will be behind in meeting the space need."
Jim Hitt, associate director of Institutional Research and Planning, said that Wesco Hall was the only building constructed since 1968 expressly for classroom needs, but he said Wesco barely met this goal when his dawn had risen 2,200 in this same time period.
HITT SAID that KU had other commitments besides constructing generaluse
"Mostly we hear about classrooms, because students are our biggest commodity," he said, "but we try to have an atmosphere that is conducive but for nursing, faculty, services and such."
Since 1968, three major buildings, old Haworth Hall, old Robinson Gym and the greenhouses behind Flint Hall, have been demolished.
Most of the buildings torn down in the past five years were obsolete, but others such as those on Oread Avenue were demolished to create parking. Wiechert said.
WIECHERT SAID that in the case of a permanent facility, feasibility studies were made on the building to see if the structure could hold any additions. If not, a request comes from KU through the Board of Regents to demolish the building.
"Some buildings will be preserved," he said. "Dyche, Green Hall, and Flint Hall will all be here for a while. Certain characteristics of these buildings need to be retained like the native stone and red roofs which people relate to the KU campus."
the pace of construction that was shown
See BUILDINGS Page 5
Kansas Union Burns in April 1970
Kansan Photo