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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday November 5,1987 Vol.98,No.54
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Admissions plan supported in poll
By NOEL GERDES Staff writer
Staff writer
Almost 60 percent of KU faculty members support a selective admissions proposal by Board of Regents executive director Stanleykopik, according to a survey released yesterday by the University Senate Executive Committee.
SenEx sent about 1,175 forms to faculty members Oct. 23, asking them whether they supported the proposal on selective admissions with few or minor reservations, whether they supported the concept of selective admissions but did not like Kopilik's proposal and whether they supported the current open admissions policy.
Koplik's proposal would require in-state students to complete a recommended high school curriculum with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, a score 23 or higher on the ACT composite or rank in the top third of their graduating class to be admitted to the University of Kansas.
Under the current policy, any student who graduates from an accredited Kansas high school automatically is admitted to KU.
About 366, or 31 percent, of the forme and a person.
The many houses of Lawrence
Local architecture reveals history
Story by JAVAN OWENS Photos by Dan Ruettimann
Imagine Lawrence when today's Oread district was on the outskirts of town.
Students passing by the stately old homes of Lawrence may not understand the lifestyles of the dwellers who lived in them more than 100 years ago. Then, the population of Lawrence was a little more than 2,000.
huge more thanArchitectural landmarks of the past remain to help us imagine what life could have been like without electricity, indoor plumbing and television.
pumping and As contemporary architecture styles reveal the lifestyle of the late Lawrence citizen, the four styles of architecture that were prevalent in the 1860s and 1870s reflect Lawrence's development shortly after the Civil War.
Among the styles that have been lauded throughout the history of Lawrence are the Stone Vernacular, Cottage, Victorian Baroque and Italianate.
war.
"There is a general sense of respect for the houses that were here; a sense of rights about them," said Oliver Finney, a past president of the Old West Lawrence association.
Briquette, he said that it was the response of the public throughout history to these styled homes that has helped preserve them.
that has helped "We're respecting the past. You could say it's a matter of style." Finney said.
style, Finney Jansew, director of the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum, said that native materials, such as limestone, have aided in the preservation of the homes, especially the homes of the Stone Vernacular style. After Quantrill's Raid in 1863, many home owners fortified their homes with limestone to make them indestructible.
After William C. Quantrill and his band of Confederate soldiers swept through Lawrence, the city and many of its buildings were left in ruins. The citizens of the town worked for several years to restore the town.
"We're just beginning to appreciate the properties." Jansen said. "Their historical value is so important to this community."
communal houses. Stone Vernacular homes, the oldest mound houses of the four styles, are among the oldest houses in Lawrence that reflect development before and after the raid. The Stone Vernacular
homes are small and rectangular, such as the house at 800 Louisiana St.
Louisiana St.
The house is thought to have been built by a Swede in 1869, and was used as a home for the men who were building the Lawrence Windmill at Ninth Street and Emery Road.
Emery Road.
The introduction of Cottage style homes marked more development in Lawrence. These homes usually were L- or T-shaped, with overhanging roofs or verandahs. They were also small and built of red brick. But some of the Cottage style homes had wood frames, as does the home at 723 Louisiana St.
The house was built by Alexander Lewis in 1865. He traveled to the East to get married in 1863, and when he heard about Quantrill's Raid, he borrowed money from his family to purchase a barge of lumber, which he floated to the stricken town. He later established a lumber yard in Lawrence that furnished materials for many of the University's early buildings.
Students may be more familiar with the last two styles, Italianate and Victorian. These styles of homes were built throughout the old Oread and East Lawrence districts, between Ninth and 16th streets. An example of Italianate style, characterized by elaborate verandahs, chimneys and bay projections, is the John Palmer Usher Mansion at 1425 Tennessee St.
St.
The mansion, which was constructed in 1872, had walls that were 15 to 21 inches thick. This was because of Usher's fear of tornadoes.
tornadoes.
Usher, who was the secretary of the interior in the Andrew Johnson administration, also was a lifetime friend of Abraham Lincoln. The house was sold in 1912 to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, which still occupies it.
During the same era, John Gideon Haskell, a local architect, popularized the Victorian style when he designed several homes and public buildings in Lawrence. Haskell emerged as one of the finest architects in the state before the turn of the century.
Haskell designed his own Victorian style home at 1340 Haskell. He also designed a home for his brother, Dudley, who was a state senator and the namesake for the Haskell Indian
This house at 800 Louisiana St., built in 1869, displays the Stone Vernacular style
The John Palmer Usher mansion at 1425 Tennessee St., now the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, is Italianate
Gideon Haskell, one of Kansas' most famous architects, designed his Victorian style home at 1340 Haskell Ave
Sandra Wick, SenEx administrative assistant, said the survey might not accurately represent faculty opinion, because those who took time to answer the survey probably had the strongest feelings on the issue.
About 125 people wrote additional comments, Wick said. The specific comments were not available yesterday.
She said many faculty members would support selective admissions if they thought the state might change the way it allocated money to KU.
Evelyn Swartz, SenEx chairman, said she wasn't surprised that most faculty supported selective admissions in the survey. She said she thought the comments were the most interesting part of the survey.
"Funding is clearly on people's minds," Swartz said.
Under the present system, the amount of money KU receives from the state depends on the number of students enrolled. Thus, under the current system, if KU admitted fewer students because of selective admissions, it would receive less money.
Wick said that the survey results would be discussed at the Nov. 12 University Council meeting and that Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, mght include the results in a report on selective admissions to the Regents.
The Regents will consider Kopik's proposal at their Nov. 19 meeting.
s KU lots ability laws
Templin has no spaces for disabled students because no students with disabilities live at the hall, Turvey said. Turvey said Parking Services reserved parking spaces for the disabled at a hall only when a student with disabilities lived there. The number of reserved parking spaces would be the same as the number of disabled students living in the hall, be said.
"All a student has to do is ask for one, and usually it appears pretty quickly," Turvey said. "I can't imagine somebody being here since the beginning of the year without student assistance finding out he needs a space."
Turvey said that disabled students ith state handicapped permits who sited Templin could park in the ading area in front of the hall itout receiving tickets.
"The spirit of the law is that there a spot that gives students with disabilities easy access to the building. "Turvey said." As far as I know, ee University does have parking for ll students with disabilities."
When a disabled student needs a space, Parking Services usually will reserve the space early in the school year, Turvey said.
He said that since the University had begun installing spaces for disabled students in 1977 no student living at Templin had requested that disabled space be reserved.
Petty, who is disabled, said he had ceived several parking tickets at U. But, he said, he never had to pay y of the tickets because he successfully appealed them to Parking Serres.
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KANSAN MAGAZINE November 4. 1987