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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 22, 1965
-Photo by Harry Krause
IN MOURNING—Presented to the KU School of Architecture with "condolences" by the K-State department of architecture, this wreath hangs in the south lobby of the Kansas Union.
Furor Over Fraser Continues on Campus
Plans for new Fraser Hall were announced by the university on March 29. Since that time criticism of the plans has been widespread and continuing.
On March 30 many copies of a petition against acceptance of the plans for new Fraser were distributed by Walter Hull, assistant instructor in English, and Ruth Hull, teaching assistant in German. As of yesterday 20 copies of the petition were still in circulation, according to Walter Hull.
ORIGINALLY, HULL planned to present the petition to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe before spring vacation. "It (the petition) has not been presented yet and right now we are calculating the right time to present the petition." Hull said.
Hull said 2500 to 3,000 persons have signed the petition thus far. The petition, in part, said that plans for the new Fraser should be rejected because they "further the trend of debeautification already manifested in such buildings as New Blake Hall."
James C. Canole, state architect, said he had not yet received a petition from the ASC in regard to the plans for new Fraser Hall. The ASC petition called for a re-examination of the plans for the new structure.
Canole had no comments to make on the criticism of new Fraser. However, he said he had received "six or seven comments" concerning the new structure through the mails.
When asked if there is any possibility that Fraser Hall could be restored, Canole said, "It's not in good condition. I made the report which was released to the Board of Regents."
A BLACK FUNERAL wreath, sent to the School of Architecture by students and faculty of the department of architecture at Kansas State University, is hanging with an architecture exhibit on the first floor of the Kansas Union. Next to the wreath is a sign which reads: "presented with condolences to the KU school of architecture in recognition of new Fraser."
The wreath is apparently handmade of real leaves painted black. A large black ribbon also decorates the wreath.
"We received the wreath during the latter part of last week," David Evans, Overland Park junior, said. "A long sheet of canary paper (architects' paper) covered with signatures said at the top: 'with deepest sympathy with regard to new Fraser.'" The paper accompanied the wreath. Evans said.
"Probably it (the wreath) will stay up until the architecture exhibit is taken down." Evans said.
Seventeen high school musicians met here 30 years ago for six weeks in the first Midwestern Music camp.
Summer Band Camp Expands From 17 Prep Students to 1,350
Prof. Wiley said that his ideals have not changed from that first year. "We try to build an accelerated summer program for gifted high school youth."
Mr. Wiley believes this is the only real purpose a camp can truly justify.
Today the camp has grown and has added seven other divisions.
In the first year of camp, "We had a little band." Prof. Wiley reminisced, "but we did not have enough to make a good band. We did not have a balance of instruments.
THE COST for the first year of camp was $66. "I went out and begged for money to take up the slack, to open another camp and to get our bills paid."
RUSSELL L. WILEY was the first camp director and will continue this year in that position. He started with a camp which had a hard time paying the debts accumulated in the first year and has created a $250,000 business.
This summer about 1,350 junior and senior high students will flood the KU campus for the 28th Annual Midwestern Music and Art Camp which opens June 20.
One of the "by-products" of the camp is to provide summer employment for faculty members. "When we started the camp in 1935 many of them were having a hard time feeding their families during the summer time," the camp director explained. "The camp offered them a way to pick up extra money."
"I went over the campus to get summer school students to join the group.
"We played our first two concerts in the twilight in Fowler Grove," Prof. Wiley added. This area is now between Flint Hall and Jayhawk Boulevard.
"We grew very slowly at first, but we grew," the camp director said. "We opened with always a larger enrollment than the year before.
"WE START each camp with visions of having and building on what we have. We must go forward to keep this a fine camp. And I believe we are."
The workings of the camp are a 12-month job.
"We start opening next year's camp before this year's closes," the camp director said.
"We literally saturate the student with subject matter," he said. "Six weeks gives up time enough to do this."
The camp puts forth every possible effort to build a better, a more exciting program for young people who come for this special training. Prof. Wiley said.
Students Help Raise Church
Six miles from downtown Jonesboro, La., is the site of the new Fleasant Grove Baptist church. It is located on the edge of a commercial pine forest.
"Our camp is unique in that so
Last January 17, the old church was burned down—possibly because it was being used for civil-rights activities—no one knows for sure, except the person or persons who set the structure on fire. There is no doubt in the minds of the Negro community and in the mind of the chief of police that arson was involved, but there are no suspects as yet.
By Harry Krause
THE NEW STRUCTURE, costing about $42,000 according to Henry Amos, chairman of the building fund, will be as fire-proof as possible. The building has a thick concrete floor and foundation. Bricks and cinder blocks will be used to wall the church.
Amos, who also runs a filling station and drives a Jackson Parish (county) school bus, manages to spend a few hours daily at the
"The donated student labor has been very helpful." Amos said. "If it wasn't for the students, we wouldn't have been able to move. Seeing them working is an inspiration to our own people."
The congregation has 308 members listed, and the new church will provide 240 sanctuary seats. Amos said because of the burning, some of the members have joined other churches. Others have moved away over the years, some as far as California.
A PORTION OF THE funds was provided by insurance, but Amos says there is some question of whether the insurance company is going to pay. The rest of the money is being provided by donations—members are assessed, donation boxes are located in the Negro community, and some of the colleges who have students working
site to give advice and encouragement. He is the general contractor, and is responsible for all facets of building.
as volunteers in Jonesboro allow collections on campus to provide funds. Syracuse University has sent $1850 in contributions to date.
An armed guard watches over the church every night. When the construction began, vandals would come by at night and damage the construction done during the day. There has been no violence at the site, however, since the old church was burned.
"Some of the good white people in Jonesboro would like to contribute, but they are afraid of the white pressure groups," he said.
UNTIL THE STRUCTURE is completed, services are held in an old Masonic Lodge near the site. The old building is a firetrap.
This obstacle does not seem to concern the members. Every Sunday they come out and pray. They give thanks for what has been done to help them and beg forgiveness for those who have become violent towards them.
many fields are represented. An average camp is usually for one to two weeks. This is not a real camp but a vacation."
The camp first branched out by triving art in about 1950.
"I proposed to the art people to join hands with me and have a division director to promote their end of it," the camp director explained. "Their success soon proved this was a good move.
"We then branched to other fields under the same format. We have expanded into the many divisions which make it unique.
After adding the art division; theatre, ballet, science and math, speech, junior high, engineering, and journalism were included.
THE CAMP will not have an engineering division this summer, Prof. Wiley admitted. "But we hope toick it up next year."
The camp director feels that the journalism division "can become one of the most exciting camp divisions. It has become an integral part of the campers' lives."
Last summer over 40 states and two foreign countries were represented at the camp. Prof. Wiley feels that one of the important byproducts of the camp is the public relations work that it does.
"Many of these campers from Kansas and many other states fall in love with the campus and make up their minds they want to come back to school here."
Financial Aid to Students Totals Two Million Yearly
Student financial aid at KU is a big and progressive business, according to Robert Billings, director of the Office of Aids and Awards.
Presently, some $2,000,000 in loans and scholarships are given annually to about 5,000 students with 75 per cent of them receiving loans and the rest receiving scholarships. About $200,000 worth of athletic grants-in-aid are distributed among some 200 students.
Financial aid is granted throughout the year to students who otherwise might not be able to meet their educational expenses, Billings said.
MOST OF THE scholarship and loan fund comes from private donations from alumni and friends of KU. The money is contributed to the University and held in the University's endowment fund.
KU also receives grants from foundations, Billings said. There is a substantial amount received through the federal National Defense Student Loan program (NDEA).
The University has to match, with its own funds, one-ninth of the amount received from the NDEA program. Billings said.
The Office of Aids and Awards was established in 1961, taking over the student financial aid distributions and making the system a separate entity from the Dean of Students Office.
ALTHOUGH THE FINANCIAL aid programs are aimed at satisfying the financial needs of all students, there are still demands to be met. Billings said.
"Moreover," Billings added, "if we are to be in a position to meet the need of our exploding enrollment projections over the next several years, our present finances must increase substantially and quickly.
"Our present undergraduate program is inadequate to meet the ever increasing competition in this area. The recruiting of academically superior students today is just as keen as the recruiting of outstanding athletes, and there is no NCAA governing body to lay down the rules," he continued.
"THE SITUATION IS critical," he said. "We need more money."
—Photo by Harry Krause
POLITE POLITICS-In the midst of campaigning and elections, KU coeds are given special attention. The two parties provided rides for women living in residence halls and scholarship halls to and from campus to encourage voting.