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Tuesday, November 12, 1974
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The honors program at the University of Kansas is being revived after having lain dormant for several years, Peter Casagrande, associate dean of the College
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Casagrande said the honors program had been created during the late 1950s and had a good reputation across the country. KU had a disproportionately large number of students who thought KU had the best undergraduate program of all Big Eight universities.
Another reason for the program's excellence, he said, was the support given by George Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Casagránde said he had taught him and advised honors students, but he became ill last summer, acting dean Robert Cobb had continued administrative support of the program.
When KU's enrollment began to grow to record levels during the mid-1980s, the
When Casagrande started directing the honors program in August, he began trying to revive it. He said the revival had three main goals.
honors program lost its distinctive character, Casagrande said.
"in some way, the intimacy within the program broke down," he said.
important for honors students because they were capable of taking extraordinary challenges.
*Number one in importance is to revive the advice of honest students by members of the Board.*
He said proper advising was particularly
"The second thing that I'm trying to do is revivify the freshman-sophomore courses that are offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences," he said.
He said the courses originally had been intended to be quite small, but many departments had thought that such small classes should be offered during a time of rising enrollments.
Restored historic building to become museum
By MARK EKLUND
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A massive, red brick building stands proudly at the corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets. It is the newly restored Watkins Bank building, soon to be known as the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum.
"This is just a fabulous building," John T. Andrews, coordinator of the restoration project said Saturday. "It would cost a fortune to try to build something like this."
Workmen have been repairing and restoring the buildings in which they work, a proud of their accomplishments. He said the building should be ready for occupancy in December.
The Watkins Bank building was perhaps the most handsome structure in the state when it was completed in 1888 at a cost of $1.75 million. Andrews said that only the best fits the building and they were used. The building couldn't be replaced for less than $1.75 million, he said.
"You can't restore everything the way it was 88 years ago," he said, "but the building will last another 88 years if it's property maintained."
A successful campaign to raise money to restore the Romanesque structure was completed in October 1793. Andrews said more than $297,000 was raised.
Building repairs included new heating and air conditioning systems, the removal of temporary partitions, plumbing changes and new restrooms, ceiling repairs and window installations, installation of a passenger elevator and the repair of exterior walls and downstairs.
According to Andrews, the only work remaining is some plastering, painting and furniture decoration.
Then, Andrews said, decisions will be made by the judge, who will be exhbited and how much space will be available.
The architect and consultant of the restoration project James Williams of Patterson Park and Kirkland.
The building was bequeathed to the city in 1929 by Elizabeth M. Watkins. The deed stipulated that the facility be used as a city hall or for housing city departments and offices exclusive of the jail and fire department. If the city abandoned the building, the deed stipulated the building would revert to nine residuary trusts.
Citing maintenance costs, city officials moved their offices to the First National Bank in 1970 in Massachusetts street in 1970 and property reverted to the trustry residues.
The Douglas County Historical Society wanted to obtain title to the building to house and expand its current collection, and to basel of the police department.
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Penn House program aids needy
Adopting an entire family may sound unorthodox, but Penn House's adopt-a-family-for-Christmas program fits right in with the traditional Christmas spirit.
Penn House, a local, nonprofit organization devoted to helping people, recently launched its annual adopt-a-family-for-Christmas program.
The staff has gathered a list of about 25 families and elderly people to be adopted by Douglas County "parents," according to Linda Lawn, program coordinator.
Penn House staff is responsible for screening prospective needy families for
participation in the adopt-a-family program.
"We go through our files and check for families with a lot of children and for families that are really having a hard time making it," Lown said. "Then, we come across some who wander into our offices who have real needs that must be met."
Founded in 1969 by a group of women on welfare, Penn House tries to help children with food and town problems and offers emergency provisions such as food and clothing. Lown said.
"Sometimes people just come in to talk." Lown said. "Or they ask what they can do to
The ombudsman office at the University of Kansas provides an alternative for students who are unavailable anywhere else on campus, accesses one of the five university ombudsmen, one of the five University ombudsmen.
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In addition to Roberts, the ombudsman staff includes Elaine Esparza, Mary Pat Haddican, Mike O'Neal and Shelley Hickman, all second-year law students.
"A lot of times a student will feel really frustrated with a problem here at the University," Roberts said yesterday. "We can't give that student any legal advice, but we can refer him to someone else or serve as a mediator for his problem."
The student ombudsmen don't receive salaries. They serve one-year terms beginning and ending in January of each year.
Roberts said he liked the job because it provided on-the-job experience.
Roberts said the office referred students to the Consumer Protection Association for landlord-tenant problems and to the General Council to clarify visa problems for foreign students and to interpret contracts and University rules.
"Any time you're exposed to people in statues situations you learn something," he said.
The umbsman office is somewhat limited because of a lack of funding, Roberts said. The office received $250 from the Student Senate last spring to fund the
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The ombudsman office, located in Room 108 in the Kansas Union, averages from 50 to 75 students of the cases involve student conflicts with University residence halls, faculty or administration. The office casefellow is heaviest in grades 9 and after grades are received, he said.
Museum authorities temporarily leased space on the second floor of the building to the Kansas District Court for $1 a year because of an overload on the court's
Many of the persons who have adopted families in the past have provided canned goods and other food for the family's Christmas dinner, according to Lown.
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"I'd like to get some of these families adopted more than once," Lown said. "Some of them just don't have anything, some need help, helping, they can have a good Christmas."
When completed, the Watkins Museum will house items from the Historical Society, the Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame and the University art museums of the University of Kansas.
Roberts said additional funds from the Senate would be used for more advertising in the Kansan. Increased advertising would help make students more aware of the services provided by the University ombudmen, he said.
Since issuing their monthly newsletter last week, Penn House has received six calls about adopting families, according to Lown. Penn House hopes to make arrangements for all the families on its list, she said.
Gleem Kappelman, president of the Historical Society, said yesterday that the historical articles wouldn't be moved into the building until a curator was hired to supervise the proceedings. The committee is studying applications, he said, and a curator will be hired by Jan. 1, 1975.
She said that anyone wanting more specific information about the program could contact her at Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St. or call 824-6440.
Kappelman said the move to the Watkins bank building would allow more and larger disks.
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"Once we moved, we can add rapidly to our collection," Charles Stough, former vice president of the museum, told yesterday. "Many items have been donated for the new museum, but it will be up to the society's operating committee and the board to decide which items will be accepted."
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The curator will organize selected articles into displays of the history of Lawrence, Stough said. The exhibits will include crafts of local persons, one-man shows, exhibitions and films about natural history, ecology, arts and crafts.
Casagrande said junior-senior honors seminars also should be brought back. The seminars brought together honors students from different departments to take a subject that might not be a part of their major requirements.
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Casagrande, with the aide of the Office of Admissions and Records, has written to every high school and junior college counselor in Kansas and to several in areas of the country. He told them numbers of students come to KU, to tell them about the revival of the honors program.
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"The response has been very, very positive throughout the state" he said.
He said several counselors not only had asked for more information about the new program, but also had sent back names of their own honors students.
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The third goal of the revival program, Casagrande said, is to organize and unify honors students. He said honors students would be put in Nunemaker College.
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Robinson said that only an office had been made available so far, but that he hoped some rooms would be used for meetings or study rooms by honors students.
The building, at this moment, has facilities available to house a program," he said.
William Robinson, associate director of Nunenmaker, said Nunenmaker was selected because it was in a special building that wasn't fully used.
"I think the word 'home' is a good one," Casagrande said, referring to the proposed relationship between honors students and Nunemaker.
"It should be absolutely clear,"earlier that Nunzioman isn't exhilarously for life. "It is
Advising either will take place or be coordinated at Nunemaker, and some classes and social functions might be scheduled there, Casagrande said.
"I'd like to see some student-faculty mixers held there," he said.
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"What I hope to do there is find out what programs are like in comparable universities."
“This will be going to all high school principals and counselors who request it.” Cassagreau said, adding that it also would benefit students, administrators and faculty members.
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The honors program formerly put out a publication called Search, which supplied a showcase for the best of undergraduate research. The program was suspended because of a lack of money.
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