Elevator in Library Stops, Goes at Whim
"Hey, this darn elevator is stuck again and this time I'm stuck without any coeds with me."
This anquished cry, uttered by an unidentified student, can, with variations, be heard at KU's Watson library practically any time during the library's hours.
"When it works it's there to use and when it doesn't, we walk." Earl Farley, assistant director of the library, said.
THE MAIN CULPRIT in this soap-opera drama is the public passenger elevator in the center of the library building. "It breaks down on an average of three times a week. People get trapped and it causes all types of bother." John M. Nugent, head of the circulation department, said.
"People get trapped or tired of walking up and down the stairs so they complain to our poor student assistant librarians. What's the use, they can't fix an elevator." Nugent pointed out.
The elevator problem is quite a nuisance to the library personnel. The west stack elevator has also been a problem. When it goes on the blink the librarians have to cover eight levels of stacks by foot.
WHEN AN ELEVATOR breaks down, the library calls the Buildings and Grounds Department who in turn calls the Montgomery Elevator Company which has a service bureau in Topeka. "They are quite prompt in giving us服务," Farley said.
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The public passenger elevator will be closed for repairs in the near future, according to Nugent. Until the elevators are completely fixed, Nugent said he would not use the elevators after hours when no one is around because of the possibility of a breakdown.
FARLEY POINTED out that the delinquent passenger elevator was put in a shaft which was formerly used for a freight elevator.
"Sometimes," he mused, "we think this elevator still has some of the characteristics and schedule as the old freight elevator."
A KU student and a KU graduate attended interviews for Marshall scholarships held recently in Chicago.
Two Interview for Scholarship
Steve Munzer, Salina senior, and Philip Smith, 1964 graduate from Onaga, have been nominated for the scholarships given by the British government in memory of the founder of the Marshall Plan.
The $2,000 scholarships will enable the recipients to attend the
British university of their choice
British university of their choice. Last year KU had one Marshall scholarship winner, Terry Miller, now attending Cambridge.
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