KU Unveils Details For New Fraser
KU today revealed the details of new Fraser Hall, which is expected to go under construction in June on a site just east of old Fraser.
New Fraser Hall will be seven stories tall. Its red roof will rise higher than old Fraser's familiar towers, and the new building, like old Fraser, will have twin towers. They will reach a height of 127 feet above ground level. The top of new Fraser's flagpoles will be 147 feet above the ground, compared with 124 feet for old Fraser.
The site of new Fraser will be within fifty feet of the old building and a few feet closer to Danforth Chapel. The new building, with 96,000 new square feet, will have more than twice as much research, teaching, and office space as old Fraser, with 41,000 net square feet. New Fraser will provide 29 classrooms, and departmental offices, faculty offices, and laboratories for psychology, anthropology, and sociology.
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When the master plan for the east end of the campus is completed, with the construction of new Fraser and the razing of old Fraser, the view of the campus and its red roofs will be more splendid than ever before from every aspect, and the campus will acquire a new open and spacious appearance."
The new building location will involve a minor reorientation of the main pedestrian walkway from Alumni Place and the Tennessee street student residential area, as well as the west half of Lilac Lane.
The east leg of Lilac Lane will become a two-way street, with a new diagonal connection to Jayhawk Boulevard connecting across from the Jimmy Green statue and cutting through Lilac Lane just south of Danforth Chapel. An enlarged turnaround will be constructed at Watkins Hospital to coordinate with the new one already in place at Blake. The west leg of Lilac Lane will be closed, torn up, and landscaped.
"THE PLANS for new Fraser Hall," Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said today, "provide a remarkable combination of the traditional and the functional. New Fraser and nearby Blake Hall have been designed with great care because they will represent for many the physical image of the University. They will occupy the crowning location on a magnificent campus site."
It is planned so all classrooms will be on the first two floors and easily accessible. Elevators will provide access to offices and laboratories on upper floors.
As many of the original lilacs on Lilac Lane as possible will be preserved and protected. After construction, new supplementary plantings will be made to renew the hedge.
The Pioneer Statute which stands in the center of the Lilac Lane oval will be moved to a new location directly south, to a lawn and walkway area between New Fraser and Blake.
Completion of construction is expected about Jan. 1, 1967. As announced earlier, the recommendation of the state architect is that old Fraser be abandoned when construction of the new building begins and that it be razed as soon as possible thereafter.
Architects of the new building are James C. Canole, state architect; T. R. Griest of Topeka, the design consultant; and Brown and Slemmons of Topeka, working drawings.
Estimated cost of the structure is $2.2 million, with $1,750,000 having been appropriated from the state educational building fund and $450,000 in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
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Each year, the contestants elect a girl whom they feel was the most congenial during the competition. This year's Miss Congeniality is Miss Mary Ann Bollini, Ferguson, Mo., sophomore. She received a $25 gift certificate.
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THE CONTESTS first runner-up was Parmelee Bates, Bronxville, N.Y., freshman, representing Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. The second runner-up was Cheryl Costa, Wichita sophomore, representing Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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Charles Bratton, a Lawrence businessman and judges chairman, said the 10 semi-finalists who were selected Thursday night, were judged in four categories: talent, personality, evening gown, and
Miss Bates received a $50 scholarship from Pepsi Cola and a $25 gift certificate. As second runner-up, Miss Costa was awarded a $50 scholarship.
NEW FRASER—Construction will begin in June on a 7-story $2.2 million building to replace old Fraser Hall. This view of the model building is
Her victory will give Miss Wise the chance to compete in the Miss Kansas contest at Pratt, July 8-15. She also received $125 in scholarships, an evening gown, a set of luggage, a travel suit, a swim suit, shoes and a handbag.
Monday, March 29, 1965
Pat Wise Chosen over 30 As Miss Lawrence-KU
The weather bureau predicts cloudy skies will clear for tomorrow with fair weather and warmer temperatures. Low temperatures are predicted to be in the mid 20's tonight.
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Miss Wise was chosen from a field of 30 girls representing campus housing groups before a crowd of 700 in the Lawrence High School Auditorium. One contestant was from Lawrence High School.
By Eric Johnson
Miss Wise represented the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and was sponsored by Rusty's IGA food store.
Patricia Ann Wise, Oklahoma City, Okla., junior, was named Miss Lawrence-KU, 1965, Friday night at the annual beauty pageant.
from the northwest. The new building will be just east of the present Fraser.
swimming suit. From this group, five finalists are selected.
IN THE TALENT phase, Miss Wise, a music education major with a minor in voice, sang an aria from Verdi's "La Traviata." Her accompanist was Miss Janice K. Gray, Fort Scott sophomore.
In the personality competition, each of the five finalists was required to answer two questions. One was of a light nature and one more serious.
MISS COSTA sang "As Long as He Needs Me" from the Broadway show, "Oliver," for her talent portion of the contest.
representing Chi Omega; Bambi Palamata Ann Buck, Wichita freshman, representing Carruth-O'Leary; Candy Williams, Lawrence High School senior; Irene Zey, Abilene junior, representing Pi Beta Phi; and Patricia Wise, Oklahoma City, Okla., junior, representing Alpha Delta Pi.
The ten finalists were: Parmelee Bates, Bronxville, N.Y., freshman representing Gertrude Sellards Pearson; Karen Dunaway, Topeka freshman, representing Corbin; Sherry Lee Gillespie, Paola sophomore, representing Hashinger; Elaine Milett, Topeca sophomore, representing Alpha Phi; Cheryl Costa, Wichita sophomore, representing Kappa Kappa Gamma; Joy Elaine Rutter, Coffeyville junior,
FROM THIS GROUP, the five finalists were selected by the judges. The judges this year were: Don Scheid, assistant dean of the School of Fine Arts; Lewin Goff, director of the University Theatre; Carolyn Parkinson Gough, Miss Lawrence—KU and Miss Kansas in 1961; Jack Mitchell, head KU football coach; and John Crown, a Lawrence businessman.
In the evening gown competition, the girls were judged on grace and general appearance. Beauty, figure, posture, poise, grace and personality were the criteria in the swim suit segment. The contest is sponsored every year by the Lawrence Junior
The contest is sponsored every year by the Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Jazz Festival Topped By KU Kicks Band
By Mary Dunlap
The KU Kicks Band was chosen as the winning band of the Oread Jazz Festival and performed with three other groups at the closing session Saturday evening.
THREE SMALL GROUPS, The Good Thing Quartet from DePauw University. The Group, from Macalestu College, St. Paul, Minn., and The Indiana University Sextet were chosen as finalists in the small group division and were invited to play in the evening performance.
Awarded $100 scholarships to the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Mass., were Charles Sigley, Ness City junior and lead altoist with the KU Kicks Band; Robert Romerein, director and pianist with The Group; and Walter Payton, Jr., bass player with the Xavier University Collegians.
The KU Kicks Band, led by Kevin Condon, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, and Jim Bowman, Raytown, Mo., junior, and the Indiana University Jazz Sextet were invited to play at yesterday's Kansas City Jazz Festival.
THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY Sextet was given a surprise award, a trip to the Newport Jazz Festival. The sextet also was awarded the Selmer-Benny Goodman award for the outstanding small band in the Festival.
The outstanding soloist awards went to Indiana University's leader and altoist, James Greene, Brian Trentham, trombonist with The Good Thing Quartet, and Maxwell Swanson, flutist with The Group.
Two drummers, Dave Campbell of The Group, and Douglas Dean of the UCLA Jazz Ensemble, were awarded special prizes also.
THE EVENING'S PERFORMANCE was kicked off by the sounds of the Indiana University Jazz Sextet's "Honestly." Approximately 600 jazz fans listened as the alto and tenor saxes of James Greene and Gary Campbell played a musical game of tag, stopped by a solo by Campbell.
Mitch Farber's Good Thing Quartet, reformed out of the Mitch Farber Sextet which appeared at the Festival last year, then played "Yesterday's Gone."
IN AN ORIGINAL composition, "Rather Bass," The Group brought a fresh concept of jazz to the evening. Max Swanson, flutist, added the light touches to the piece.
The KU Kicks Band closed the collegiate jazz portion of the program with the big, brassy sound of "Summertime," an arrangement of the original Cole Porter tune.
"A combination of a saxophone solo and Jim Bowman's piano, played an original arrangement of "I'll Remember April." The Kicks Band, formed in October of last year, is made up of students from KU who enjoy playing and learning jazz numbers.
CLARE FISCHER, called by many critics the hottest young jazz pianist in America, soloed and teamed up with Phil Woods in a combination of numbers to entertain the audience while the judges made their decision.
Phil Woods, saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger, joined Fischer in the first program the two have played together.