Section D
KANSAN
84th Year, No.1
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Section D
Thursday, August 23, 1973
POW Housing in Lawrence Still Stands at 11th and Haskell Streets
German POWs Worked On KU Campus, in City
By DWIGHT HILPMAN
Kansan Staff Writer
If you are one of those who thinks he has never been affected by the prisoner of war question, reconsider the next time you walk in Danforth Chapel or switch on a classroom light at KU. They represent the sweat of World War II German POWs.
Prisoner of war camps were relatively common in this area for several reasons; the primary one was an acute shortage of prisoners who had been held exclusively by men. Youths were encouraged to work if they were 12 years or older. The need for heavy farm labor was probably the most critical problem, because the prisoners were needed to insure a good harvest.
KU also needed manpower. Several of the prisoners were stone masons. They helped build Danforth Chapel and others worked on the new boiler at the power plant.
CAMP SECURITY was certainly no problem in Kansas. Being sparsely populated and centrally located, the state discouraged any hopes for escape.
Many of the prisoners were actually glad to be out of the war zones, according to Delbert Reed, assistant supervisor for Stokely Van Camp Inc. in Lawrence.
These factors and others were responsible for the sudden blossoming of POW camps in the area—Council Grove, Salina, Concord, Heskey, Petaby, Otawa and El Dorado.
THE RECEIVING station and disciplinary center for the POW activities was at FL Riley. Negotiations began there on January 1945 for Lawrence's POW lab.
According to Elfrieda Fischer Rowe, a local historian, W. J. Small was the driving force behind the operation in Lawrence. He and George Hedrick, then secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, arranged meetings to underwrite the POWs.
Small wanted laborers for his dehydrating plant, and his efforts drew support from Cerophyl Laboratories at Midland, the Columbus Foods Corp., the Kaw Valley Potato Growers Asn, and the count farm agent, Deal Six.
NEGOTIATIONS began between Ft. Riley administrators, the state supervisor of emergency labor forces and a county farm wage board composed of local members. The state will determine what the wage rate should be for the German labor. The Army eventually
specified that the prisoner would be paid 80 cents a day and the balance of their wages
Small's company became the prime contractor for the prisoners here, with the other companies and farmers sub-operate through Small for the prisoners they needed.
The prisoners were not welcomed by everyone in the community. A petition was printed and circulated by a line foreman at the Sunflower Ordnance Plant asking that the project be terminated in the best interest of the people published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, but no other action was taken against the camm.
THERE WERE other issues raised by the Camp. No fraternization was allowed between civilians and the prisoners, but there were numerous incidents of people visiting the camp and even scandalous cases that unscorched women were seen nearby.
Library Has Thousands of Books . . .
Arrangements had to be made next to
build the camp. According to Army
procedure, all of the workers
provide a camp site and building
satisfactory to the Army. The Army fur-
See GERMAN, Page 10
By CONNIE DeARMOND
Kansan Staff Writer
There are more than 100,000 books, periodicals and journals on campus in the library.
Watson Library is the largest library on campus and has more than 71,900 books. These include novels and other fiction. There are many departments. Wat specialize in one area.
The Art Library is in 310 Watson and has books and periodicals dealing with the art of photography, painting, sculpture catalog from various art museums and a photograph collection of paintings. Students in history of art, design and sculpture courses often use the photographs for exam
THE DOCUMENTS section of the library is in the basement of Wakun. KU has been a member of the department for 25 years.
means it has most major government documents and publications going back to
The microforms department has old
The East Asian Library has about 60,000 volumes in the Japanese, Chinese and Korean languages. Almost 65 per cent of the materials are in Chinese and 30 per cent are in Japanese. The library, in B34 Watson, concentrates on these two languages because they are more in demand. The library is used mostly by American libraries and is published by the library has foreign books and newspapers from all three countries.
The department also has many British documents and publications from the United Nations and UNESCO. Many of the books published go back as far as the colonial period.
newspapers, periodicals, science books in microform. Microform includes microfilm, microprint, microcard and microfile. The department is in B11 Watson.
THE SERIALS or periodicals department has both current and old magazines and journals of all kinds. The department, 110 Watson, also has a collection known as the Hometown Newspaper Collection. This collection consists of almost all the news agencies. Students can come to the serials department to catch up on news at home.
The Slavic Department has a collection of about 100,000 books in the Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Polish languages. The collection covers the areas of poetry, language, political science history and religion. The department is in 212 Watson.
...1 Set in the Red
By CAROL GWINN
Maliinowsky said library hours this year had been reduced to 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
He said that some of the departments would have hours that were further
BY CAROL GWIN
Kansas Staff Writer
"There’s no way to get down to a $29,000 budget without the cut in hours," budget. "I’m not going."
A cutback in library hours, reduction in maintenance, cancelled periodical subscriptions and a decrease in the number of books will result from lack of library funds, according to Bob Malnowski, assistant director of Watson Library.
HE SAID that last year the library spent $150,000 and was budgeted $92,000.
Inflation means less money. Malinowsky said, although the library is going to receive more money.
"It hurts most in the student assistant payroll," Malinowski said. Last year the library used salary fragments from unfilled positions to pay the additional wages, but Malinowski said that since the University had asked each department to give back a share of the charge of the money it didn't use, the salaried fragments would have to be used for that.
He said the library would probably get an additional $17,000 from the work-study program.
THE library hires several hundred student assistants, Malinowski said. The number of hours each assistant works will be reduced, but no one will be fired.
"Students and faculty will mainly notice a difference in service," he said. "I hate that."
"It it puts more pressure on the staff," Malinowsky said.
MALINOWSKY in that the earth science library in Lindley had been merged
with the engineering library at Marvin Hall
and, would, now he, be called Marvin Library
MULTIPLE copies of certain periodicals and those that can be obtained from Kansas State University, Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Mo., the Chicago Center for Research and the John Crerar Library in Oklahoma are being crossed off in certain cases.
owamowsky said that book buying prices had also gone up, and might make a difference next year. Watson usually buys 66,000 books annually.
He said that library staff were now examining periodical subscriptions to catalogue materials.
Malinowski that overdue slips would not be sent out 12 days or so after the book was printed.
"Internal projects will have to come to a standstill, but we won't say" and that will "always be the case".
"The funding problem has put a pretty serious decision on our shoulders," he said.
KENNETH SPENCER Research Library houses both special collections and Kansas and regional history departments. The library has more than 40,000 printed book maps, photographs, cartoons and architectural drawings for the Kansas region.
Tentative hours for the use of Watson Library this fall are 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and 2-10 p.m. Sunday.
Spencer Library's tentative hours for the fall are a.m. 6, m. 4, m. through Friday.
THE BUSINESS and Economics reading room is in 208 Summerfield. It houses books on accounting and economics. Most of the books are on reserve, but there are also some journals. Tentative library hours for use of the library in the fall are 8 a.m., 5 p.m., 10 a.m., and 2 p.m. Thursday. Other hours being considered are 9-12 a.m., Saturday, and 2-4 p.m., Sunday.
In July the Earth Sciences Library and the Engineering and Architecture Library merged to form Marvin Library. The Library includes many fields of engineering, geography and geology. It also contains many data resources on pollution and urban planning. Tentative hours for the use of Marvin Hall are 8 a.m., to 8 p.m. Monday—Friday.
THE ENTOMOLOGY reading room, which includes Snow Hall, journals and materials on human anatomy.
The Music Library houses scores, records
The Law Library has journals and periodicals and all law books. The library has a serial printout to help in the location of materials and to record that they are circulated but most of them must be used within the library and cannot be checked out. The library is in 207 Green and its hours for next fall are 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2-10:30 p.m. Sunday.
THE MATHEMATICS is in 209
Strong Hall and is basically a research
library. It has bound journals, books and
books on mathematics.
The fall are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
and books dealing with musical history and biographies. The records cannot be checked out, but the library has record players and students are welcome to come in to listen. Tentative hours for the library are 8 a.m. i.p. m. Monday—Thursday, 8 a.m. -5 p.m. Friday, 9 a. 12 p., Saturday and 25 and 710 p. Sunday. The Music Library is in 44 Murphy.
THE SCIENCE Library serves the biological sciences. This includes chemistry, pharmacy and physics. The library has magazines, journals and books. It also handles xeroxing and interlibrary loans. The Science Library is in 665 Mallet Hall and tentative hours for use of the library are 8 a.m.,-11 p.m. Monday-Friday.
KAPAN PHOTO BY RAYNA LANCASTER
It's a Dog's Life, But . . .
Midnight, the Chancellor's dog, is kindly disposed toward the press in an interview
and smiles obligingly for a Kanan photographer. (See story, page 10.)
Facing the Abortion Option
By CAROL GWINN
Kansan Staff Writer
A woman faced with pregnancy has only one option according to many: to continue the pregnancy.
THE KU INFORMATION Center, 864-3506, provides counselors through the Dean of Women's Office, the Women's Center and United Ministries.
A network of abortion counseling exists in Lawrence to assist the woman in making a decision. The woman is pregnant, and then to give her access to information on abortion and the other causes.
The law, however, acknowledges the woman's right to decide for herself whether she wants her baby or not.
"We mainly make people aware of the facilities around here," said Alice Pettit, a security officer.
When a woman calls the center, Pettit said, and wants pregnancy counseling, the
center calls its list of counselors to find out who is available, and then refers the woman
Sanders said that the purpose of the counseling network was to make information available to the woman so that the "woman can make the decision that is right for her" on the basis of that information.
"Many women we talk to are not sure that they are pregnant," said Sanders. "Often they are not aware of the testing procedures."
Sanders and Lorna Grunz, another counselor in the Dean of Women's Office, stressed that as counselors they do not suggest any particular option.
"ALL DECISIONS MUST be made by the student." Grunz said. "They're going to have to learn to deal with it."
Sanders said, however, that many of the women she talked to already knew what they were talking about.
the decision and were now searching for information on the resources available.
SANDERS SAID THAT the counseling network offered all the available information and worked constantly to make sure that the information that they distributed was up-to-date and accurate. They verify the information by research, professional opinions and feedback from the women they have counseled.
"The majority of the women we talk to," said Sanders, "decide on an abortion."
Grunz and Sanders explained, however, that there was a bias in the clientele; most of the 18-year-old college students they talk to do not want a baby at this time.
KU Information Helps Women Find Counseling And Advice Through Three Different Offices
"We have no interest in statistics", she said. "We keep no records of counselling."
"We know very little about the women we counsel in the way of names, how much money their parents make, or how long they've known their boyfriends.
"We know a great deal in the area of attitudes."
Sanders said women don't have to use last names.
"INITIALY WE have only telephone contact," she said. "We prefer face-to-face contact, however, because it is much more supportive."
"Everything is strictly confidential. We try to find ways, not make waves."
She said that the counseling network could slide some prices for women from $35 to $20.
Sanders said that as soon as there was a chance of pregnancy a woman should try to
Sanders said that there were 10 to 12 clinics around the country from Los Angeles to the East coast that they recommend to people.
SOME SAD THAT some of the advantages of going through the counseling services are:
"The current low price for an abortion performed within the first three months of pregnancy is $150. Sanders said. "The Centers for Medical Center students students $75."
more accurate information and the personal support someone whose only role is to assist them.
She said that the costs and availability of
the data would not amount so that a list would
be quickly out-of-date.
Sanders said the Blue Cross-Blue Shields student insurance sometimes covers abortions, but she didn't know whether the KU student insurance would cover it.
SANDERS SAID THAT there were many options on the sexuality continuum: abstinence, contraception, the morning-afterpill, menstrual extraction (done 10 days after the first missed period when pregnancy has not been determined), three trimester periods for possible abortion and
Sanders said that for up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, vacuum curette is used. A small tube is inserted through the cervix into the uterus, which is emptied by suction.
From 14 to 16 weeks, dilatation and curettage (D&C) is sometimes used, although its usage has diminished since the vacuum procedure begin use. The cervix is dilated and the interior of the uterus is scraped clean.
After 16 weeks the saline injection is preferred. A needle is inserted into the uterus, a small amount of amniotic fluid is withdrawn and replaced by a salt solution. Shortly afterward labor is induced and the fetus is spontaneously discharged.
The "Birth Control Handbook," distributed by the Commission on the Status of Women, is available in the Dean of Women's Office. It contains recent infant care information and various methods such as rhythm, birth control pills, the IUD and abortion procedures.