Massive Maze
Students Desert Union
The Kansas Union is a labyrinth that probably would puzzle even Theseus, the Greek hero who killed the Minotaur.
The average KU student feels familiar with the Hawk's Nest, the cafeteria, first floor and the ballroom. But touring the rest of the building makes one understand why Theseus had that little ball of string.
THE TINY DOOR under the stairway in the sub-sub basement across from the Jay Bowl leads to the trophy case. Stairs, leading to unknown destinations, are hidden in closets. The walls in the northwestern part of the cafeteria have several infinitesimal hooks—which serve no earthly purpose.
Third floor is perhaps the most confusing part of the building. There are three different halls, all leading to the same place, and each has about 20 doors, some labeled and some not. While a ball of string is not necessary to extricate oneself from the third floor maze, a sense of direction is definitely required.
As final week nears, the Kansas Union is hardly recognizable. Few meetings are scheduled. Second, third and the basement floors
nearly are deserted. Even the television in first- floor lobby draws only a handful of tube fans.
WANDERING through the halls gives one a sweeping sense of desolation, and it is made more acute by normal pangs of "final week panic." The dark and empty meeting rooms, stacked tables in the lonely hallways and even the deserted ballroom bear more than one resemblance to H. G. Welles" "Time Machine."
A few notes of "Goldfinger" drift through a door as a piano major practices in a hallway.
Except for the aspiring Ferrante or Teicher, the halls contain only a few students. Further life is alluded to by the whirr of an elevator and the occasional shuffle of feet on stairs. The front stairs are bypassed, leaving a wall hanging and the United States flag in solitary repose.
The people, few that there are, can be found in the reading room, music and browsing room and the Hawk's Nest-deep in study.
The signs of approaching final week are evident everywhere—in echoing halls, in the nearly blank calendar board in the lobby. Even the bridge tables in the Nest have been cleared for weightier thoughts.
Shooting Again in Dominican
SANTO DOMINGO—(UPI)—Gunfire crackled through the streets of downtown Santo Domingo in a series of unexplained shootings Tuesday and Wednesday nights, killing at least one person and wounding five.
Archbishop Emanuel Clarizio, the Vatican's chief diplomat here, narrowly escaped injury in one accident. No Americans were injured in the gunfighting.
Luis Quezada, an official of the education ministry, was shot and killed Wednesday night as he slept in his home in Santo Domingo's "rebel zone."
Expert to Speak
The KU Chapter of Sigma Xi, science honorary society, will sponsor an exchange lecturer from Kansas State University, Dr. John A. Johnson, expert on cereal chemistry, tonight at 7:30 in Room 411, Summerfield Hall.
Johnson's subject will be "Bread Flavor and the Public," on which he has done extensive research.
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Lill Becomes Council Head
Don Lill, Emporia third-year law student, has been elected President of the Moot Court Council for the spring semester.
The council is in charge of the James Barkley Smith Moot Court Competition which results in a KU law team entering regional and perhaps national competition.
"I am looking forward to working on the Council," Lill said. "We have an excellent group and I am looking forward to working with them next semester."
Stadium Dedicated
The dedication of Memorial Stadium took place on the morning of Homecoming Day, 1922. The dedication was attended by more than 7,000 persons. One of the features of the day was a parade of 4,000 students and faculty.
Tuition Once $10
As fees shoot upward, especially in the case of out-of-state students, we can think back to the days of 1898, when the entrance fee for a semester was ten dollars.
6 Daily Kansan Thursday, January 20, 1966
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