In a century: 2 Presidents visited KU
KU was host to two Presidents of the United States when the less hurried 19th century made the Presidency less of a pressure cooker experience.
Then the President could make a visit without including a major speech — accompanied by the press, radio and television corps as well as a whole state's political leaders. A visit could be made even without informal remarks.
And so it was when President Ulysses S. Grant, Mrs. Grant and their daughter, Nellie, stopped in Lawrence in April 1873. They were driven up to Mount Oread to inspect the new Fraser Hall, occupied only a few months before and still unfinished.
PRESIDENT GRANT SPOKE neither at KU nor in the city. A local newspaper attributed the omission to his "apprehension of giving offense to St. Louis and other little places in the East."
President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes also visited Fraser Hail on Sept. 27, 1879. Then it was the largest educational building in the nation. The President spoke briefly in the chapel, Perhaps his brevity was induced by some breathlessness after he and Mrs. Hayes had climbed to the top of the north cupola for a panoramic view of the Kaw and Wakarusa valleys.
In 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visited Lawrence but did not go to the campus. Franklin D. Roosevelt made a campaign speech in Lawrence while running for the vice presidency in 1920. Apparently he did not visit the University.
PUTTING UP A FALSE FRONT FOR YEARS
For the better part of KU's first century students believed that this was the front of Strong Hall. The KU administrative building will put its best face forward in the second century. Clearance of the area behind Strong Hall for the construction of the new Spencer Library has uncovered the back of the building which is actually the front.
LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION ADVOCATED
ZURICH—(UPI)—Vice Squad Chief Hans Witschis, defending his proposal to legalize brothels: "You cannot weed out prostitution and it is better to lead it onto roads where it can best be controlled."
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Daily Kansan Friday, October 14, 1966
IS THE WIGGY SCENE FOR YOU?
It's the latest hang-up. The psychadelic Go-Go scene. Soon it will be the big noise on campus. The current issue of The Saturday Evening Post takes you on the rounds of New York's "t o t a l-environment" night clubs. Experience the frantic kaleidoscope of flashing lights, movies, s l i d e s, colored smoke and deafening rock 'n' roll that give you an LSD trip with no side effects. Get with New York's "Take-Over Generation" as they Jelly Belly their cares away. Find out what to wear when making the new scene: bust shields, fluorescent miniskirts, silver motorcycle jackets, aluminum wigs. Is this really a new art media as its inventor believes? Is it for your school? Find out in the October 22 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Pick up on it today, baby.
MALLS SHOPPING CENTER SOUTH OF KU CAMPUS AT
23rd and Louisiana
KIEF'S RECORDS & HI-FI SAFEWAY KEY REXALL DRUGS T. G. & Y.
T. G. & Y.
ACME LAUNDRY
ECONO-WASH
LITTLE BANQUET
GEORGE'S HOBBY SHOP
ANDREWS GIFTS
MAUPINTOUR TRAVEL AGENCY
MALLS BARBER SHOP
TEMPO DEPARTMENT STORE
ELMS SINCLAIR SERVICE
FREE PARKING
The Malls Welcome Herb's Studio "For the finest in portraits" Opening Soon
OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 Largest Free Parking Area in Lawrence
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