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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 8, 1965
ASC, Union Board Checking Hopes of Drugstore in Union
By Rosalie Jenkins
A resolution to establish a small center in the Kansas Union which would sell drug store necessities was passed by the All Student Council last Tuesday night. The Student Union Operating Board also decided to look into such a possibility at its meeting last week.
The ASC resolution was sponsored by Carl Lindquist, Prairie Village senior and ASC representative (UP, college men) and Conrad Wagenknecht, St. Joseph, Mo., senior and ASC representative (UP, professional fraternities and cooperatives).
Wagenknecht said that such a resolution must be approved by Chancellor Wescoe and the Board of Regents before going into effect. Although details have not been completed, Wagenknecht said that the resolution provides for the sale of "personal, hygienic items" such as tooth paste, soap, or aspirins.
"THESE ARE ITEMS which any student might need in a hurry," Wagenknecht explained.
"Such a service has not really been pushed before, but there is a definite need for this," he explained.
He stated that such items would be sold at a counter or even in a small shop in the Union separate from the Book Store.
If the resolution is approved, Wagenknecht said the service would be run by the Student Union Operating Board. He added that he thought a plan could be worked to give rebate slips or percentage refunds similar to those of the Book Store.
"THIS SERVICE IS not meant to be in competition with the merchants. It is primarily for people who need it." Wagenknecht emphasized.
Bob Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., student body president and Union Operating Board member, said that the Board discussed such a service and suggested that Frank Burge, Kansas Union director, look into the problem and report on it at the next Board meeting.
Stewart said that he was personally in favor of such a service and felt that it was something students needed.
"However," he said, "I would hate to see KU's good relations with the Lawrence merchants injured."
"AS I UNDERSTAND it, there is a state law which provides that a university may sell only those things which are unique to the students," Stewart stated. He said this means such items as paper, pencils, books and not those things which are used by almost everyone.
William Beeeler, manager of Rankins Drug Store and president of the Douglas County Pharmaceutical Association, was asked his opinion on such a service. He said that he could not speak for all the druggists until he talked to all of them but that he, personally, is against the idea.
"These are things (tooth paste, soap, etc.) that are available to the students from the local merchants. The University would be going into direct competition with them," he said.
Beeler said that his drugstore and some of the others offer a delivery service to anyone who calls in with an order without additional charge.
WHEN ASKED IF such a service would damage the business of the local drugstores, Beeler said. "We do depend upon the University for a large amount of our business—it wouldn't have a devastating effect, but it would affect us."
Claude Cooper, owner of the Cooper Walgreen Drugstore, agreed with Beeler, saying, "Definitely, our business would suffer. The University is our number one industry in Lawrence."
R. M. Raney, owner of the Raney Drugstore chain, said that he did not believe such a service was necessary because the students can be "adequately taken care of" with delivery service.
VARIOUS KU STUDENTS were also polled on the proposed drugstore in the Union and generally were in favor of such a service.
"I think the University is engaging in enough business now without enlarging it. I don't think it is the intention of the Union to be in all kinds of businesses," Raney stated.
- Judy Dale, Topeka junior—"I think it would be very convenient, if the prices of this drugstore would be comparable to those in the drugstores downtown."
- Virgil Young, St. Joseph junior and JRP counselor, "I'm in favor of it . . . I've never known anyone here to order if they needed something. It would really be a service to the men without cars."
- Jeff Boyer, Leavenworth freshman— "It sounds like a good idea if the prices of this service would be equal or cheaper than the drugstores and supermarkets. However, I don't think the Union prices on books are cheaper or even equal to those in other stores."
- Letha Schwiesow, Shawnee Mission senior — "Most colleges have this type of thing with all kinds of little supplies. I think it would be a good idea."
- Jane Breckenridge, Louisburg
senior—"It could be good, I don't know. The question would be what services the Student Union is supposed to perform. If the items are sold with rebate slips, that would be a good argument for it."
- Jim Reuff, Shawnee Mission sophomore—"The service would be very handy. If you start selling these things, it might make the drugstores lower their prices."
- Susan Lawrence, Great Bend senior—"When I was a freshman or a sophomore, I'd have been very happy with something like that since I had no car."
- Bob Thornburgh, Nortonville graduate law student and part-time pharmacist in Cooper's Walgreen Drugstore—"I'm in favor of this service, the ethics of the pharmacist's profession dictate that whatever helps a person receive the fastest and easiest relief is good."
Famous 'Uncle Jimmy Undaunted By Pranks
For over 40 years, a statue of a man and boy has kept guard over Green Hall. The inscription on it says "In memory of James Woods Green, 1849-1919. Forty years dean of the School of Law, 1879-1919. The students' counselor and friend." He was affectionately called "Uncle Jimmy."
"Uncle Jimmy" was KU's first law professor and first dean of the law school. He was loved not merely by his law students however, as the entire student body was fond of Green. Daniel Chester French, who was sculptor of the statue once said of him that "I have never seen such love for a man as this unless it be in the case of Lincoln."
According to legend, the name Uncle Jimmy was given to Green after a court session when a student mentioned that "Uncle Jimmy surely was making a good defense for his client." At that point a voice replied "thank you." The students turned around and there stood Dean Green.
THE STATUE PROBABLY has
been the scene of more pranks and rivalry than any other spot on camput. It once was a tradition for the engineering students to paint the statue green on St. Patrick's Day. Uncle Jimmy, who was known as the "patron saint of KU football," was also the favorite target of K-State cranksters.
In 1929 a series of raids involving thousands of students occurred between the two schools. The week before the football game, K-State invaders painted Uncle Jimmy and the Pioneer in front of Fraser. KU students retaliated with red lacquer on the Manhattan campus.
The student shown in the statue with Dean Green is Alfred C. Alford, KU's first war hero. Alford was killed in the Spanish-American War. The statue itself, cost $40,000, only $10,000 less than Green Hall. Its sculptor, French, was one of the foremost artists of his day. His most prominent works are the statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Minuteman in Concord, Mass.
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