September 11, 1984 Page3
CAMPUS AND AREA
The University Daily KANSAN
Football clinic for women to feature Gottfried talk
KU head football coach Mike Gottfried will conduct the second half of a women's football clinic at 7:30 p.m. today in the Party on the Burge Island. Admission free.
Today's clinic will focus on defense. Last week's session, attended by about 50 women, centered on offense.
Candidates to address meeting
Candidates for state legislative offices will speak to the first fall semester meeting of the Classified Senate at 7 p.m. today in 305 Frank R. Burge Union.
Book sale at Spencer Museum
Art books are on sale from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today through Friday at the Spencer Museum of Art book shop inside the museum.
The entire selection of the book shop stock is priced between 50 cents and $75. Posters, prints and notecards are also available.
Seminar will focus on suicide
Edwin Schnobman, professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, will speak on suicide at 11 p.m. tomorrow in the Walnut Room of the
Schneidman's speech is the first seminar in a series sponsored by the KU department of psychology.
Tulsa man to talk about stocks
State agency opens office here
Ronald G. Harper, chairman and chief executive officer of MPSI Systems Inc of Tulsa, Okla., will speak at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Burge Union about how companies open up stock for sale to the public.
His speech, "Going Public," includes a video presentation on MPSI, which Harper founded with a $500 investment.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in August opened a new office in Lawrence to increase the company's efficiency, an information officer for the department's Topeka office said yesterday.
Glass blower to be honored
The new office, 808 West 24th St., was developed to consolidate two of the health and environment department's offices in Topeka and Bonner Springs closer to Kansas City and other surrounding counties, said Bob Moody, the officer.
Vernon Brecha, associate professor of design, is being honored this week for his work in glass blowing by the Japan Art Glass Society and their international exhibition in Tokyo.
Brejcha's glasswork, along with work by glass blowers from several other countries, will be featured in an exhibition by the Japanese craft association. Brejcha seven other Americans' work would also be included in the exhibit.
Weather
Today will be sunny with a high in the low to mid-90s. Winds will be from the south at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be clear with a low around 70
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Beauty of old city hall recognized nationally
By CHRIS BARBER
Staff Reporter
It no longer serves as Lawrence's city hall, but the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum has been recognized as one of the 100 most beautiful city halls in the United States.
The museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., is included in the recently released book "America's City Halls." The book — part of a three-year project to recognize city halls across the United States — is the result of a joint effort by the American Institute of Architects, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
"It's very much of an honor," said Steve Jansen, director of the museum. "We are in some very distinguished company."
For example, the book also lists the Philadelphia City Hall, which the authors say rivals Paris' Louvre in architectural design.
THE WATKINS MUSEUM was considered one of the finest buildings west of the Mississippi River when it was built in 1888, Jansen said. The building, originally a bank, was designed by Cobb and Frost, a Chicago architectural firm.
"It cost $100,000 to build, and we were told it would cost $3 million to replace it today." Jansen said.
The building is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, said Chris Theis, associate director of the school of architecture and urban design.
"Romanesque is characterized by massive cut stone and rounded arches." Theirs said.
"The arch over the front doorway would be an example of this. Richardsonian simply means it was part of the revival of Romanesque taking place at that time."
The building was the property of Jabez Bunting Watkins, a local millionaire landowner.
AFTER WATKINS' DEATH, rising taxes and repair bills made the building an economic liability for Watkins' widow, Elizabeth, Jansen said.
"She couldn't have sold it, so donating the building to the city was in her best interest," Jansen said.
City officials were pleased by the gift, he said, because it allowed the city to concentrate its resources elsewhere until it could buy a building of its own.
In 1967, increasing maintenance costs led the city to declare that it would not support further renovation of the building. Jansen said.
The building served as city hall from 1929 to 1970.
The property reverted back to the Watkins estate when city offices were moved from the building in 1970. It was obtained by the Douglas County Historical Society in 1971 under the condition that it not be run for profit, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places the same year.
"In the last 10 years, we have tried to restore the building to how it was before it was a city hall." Janssen said. "When it was a hotel with a 10-foot ceiling and little cubicles installed."
The Elizabeth M. Wattins Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., formally the Lawrence City Hall, was selected as one of the 100 most beautiful city halls in the United States. The museum, built in 1888, is included in a recently released book, "America's City Halls."
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
Bad checks a problem for merchants, Union
By JOHN REIMRINGER Staff Reporter
Students at the University of Kansas generally don't write more bad checks than other Lawrence residents, but the problems of collecting make merchants vigilant about checking identification, several businessmen say.
I'm looking forward to the day that we don't take checks, said Jim Lewis, owner of the Macy's department store.
Lewis said yesterday that he thought checks eventually would be replaced by electronic banking machines like the ZIP and Money-Matic machines available in some places, where money could be drawn directly from customers' accounts.
Rusty's now requires two forms of identification, including a picture D. to cash a check, Lewis said. Rusty's also issues a check-cashing card.
Near the end of each semester Rusty's also requires a permanent address from students, be said
MOST PEOPLE DO not seem to mind being required to show identification, Lewis
said. "The people that generally raise a ruckus over giving identification are the ones with something to hide."
When a check written to Rusty's doesn't clear the bank, he said, it is sent directly to Checkrite, a Denver-based, nationwide check recovery and verification firm, which has a franchise in Topeka.
If Checkite is unable to collect on the bad check, Rusty's files charges with the Douglas County district attorney and also informs the Lawrence Credit Bureau, Lewis said.
The president of the Topika franchise of Checkrite, who asked not to be identified to avoid possible harassment, said that his firm was one of many retail stores and many service centers in Lawrence.
CHECKRITE PROVIDES ITS customers with a regularly updated list of the names of people who have outstanding checks with its customers, he said.
In collecting bad checks, "we follow the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Privacy Act," he said.
Checkrite also works closely with the district attorneys in its area, he said.
"Most people don't intentionally write bad checks," he said.
He said that Checkrite didn't have more problems with students than with other groups.
The Union writes off $5,000 to $10,000 of bad checks each year. Ferrington said.
WHEN THE UNION receives a bad check, he said, two attempts are made to clear the check through the financial institution. Two notices will then be sent to the check writer. The notices include a postage-free envelope for returning payment, but the first notice carries a $5 fine, and on the second notice, the fine goes up to $10.
If the check is not made good, the student's name is placed on the University hold list, and a hold is placed on the student's enrollment and Transcripts. Ferguson said.
The final step is going to the district attorney, he said.
Jerry Harper. Douglas County district attorney, said his office handed bad checks the same way it handled other types of crime. Cases are reviewed to determine whether
enough evidence is available to warrant prosecution.
WRITING A BAD check can be either a felony or a misdemeanor, Harper said. It becomes a felony when the check is written for more than $150.
"It's an awful stupid way to go to jail," he said.
Throughout August of this year, 1,328 had checks with a value of $78,575.90, were brought to his attention. Harper said he should make more checks and 40 police charges had been filed.
Usually the charges involved several bad checks written by the same person, often as many as 10 or 15 checks. he said. Other charges had been settled out of court.
Harper said that college students didn't write more or fewer bad checks than other students.
John Webb, managing partner of Green's Fine Wines, 800 W. 23rd St., said, "We have a lot of bad checks come back, but the final result is we are able to collect on most of us."
HE ATTRIBUTED SUCCESSFUL collection to the care his employees exercised in accepting checks.
Parents, band events at same game break KU tradition
Staff Reporter
By BRENDA STOCKMAN
The University of Kansas will break a tradition Saturday when, for the first time, Parents Day and Band Day are held simultaneously because of scheduling constraints.
Susan Wachter, athletic department business director, said that although the two events were being held together over a period, they not be a problem at Saturday's game.
Athletic Director Monte Johnson said that another change Saturday would be the absence of an evening program sponsored by the athletic department.
Bob Hope to KU. Last year the department featured country and western singer Roy Clark.
A program is not scheduled because the University lost $13,000 on Parents Day entertainment during the last two years, Wachter said.
WACHTER SAID LAST week that the tally of tickets sold for Saturday's game was not available yet but that the stadium would accommodate the parents and the anticipated 5,200 high school band members.
Parents Day and Band Day were combined after the Homecoming Committee, which schedules and plans Parents Day, Band Day and Homecoming Day, looked at the football schedule for this season and decided that Parents Day and Band Day had to be at the same time or that one of the special events would have to be canceled, said Bob Foster, director of hands and chairman of the Homecoming Committee.
Foster said that before making the decision, the committee had considered the anticipated game attendance, the possibility of a band from the opposing team being here, the time of the season and other potential
In 1982, the department brought comedian
conflicts with each game.
"YOU CAN'T HAVE BAND Day in the form KU's traditionally had it and have another band here." Foster said. Guest bands perform during halftime at the football game, which wouldn't leave time for the high school bands to perform, he said.
Foster said Band Day needed to be during the first part of the season, before the high school bands were too busy
Seating for the bands must be available, Foster said, so games that draw large crowds usually are avoided.
Only five home games are scheduled this season. Of the three in the first half of the season, the KU-Florida State game was the best choice. Foster said.
The game on Oct. 6 between KU and Iowa State was not considered because it falls on a weekend.
THE COMMITTEE DECIDED that the first game would not be a good choice because Wichita State University was
bringing its band, according to Foster. That left one day for both events.
Linda Thompson, director of admissions,
said that the only casualty from combining
the two special events was the band office's
open house for parents.
Foster said that the open house had been canceled because band and staff members would be busy all day with Band Day activities. So far, he said, he hadn't had any concerts or meetings about the cancellation or about being busy during most Parents Day activities.
Although the athletic department won't be sponsoring any entertainment, almost 30 special activities will be sponsored by numerous groups throughout the day.
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES will sponsor a free dance concert featuring Get Smart Dance.
Almost 70 bands, here to attend Band Day. will march in a parade at 9 am down Massachusetts Street, Foster said.
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