Paint, moves, feuds, Old Fraser; Pioneer Statue has seen them all
By Giles Lambertson
Twentieth Century pioneers still suffer the insecurities and indignities that their predecessors suffered a century ago. The Pioneer Statue's moving and long-suffering history testifies to the fact.
The eight-foot tall bronze figure—clad in frontier farmer's garb and depicted spading soil to receive an ear of corn that he holds in one hand—now is shrouded in canvas in a storage building across Iowa Street from the Daisy Hill dormitories.
The statue, known originally as The Corn Planter, is in the midst of another move—at least the fourth since the University acquired it in 1905 as a gift of Dr. Simeon B. Bell.
No records exist which indicate where it stood from the time of the donation until 1916 when it was placed on a landing of the
KU Art Museum. The class of 1920 rescued it from this sheltered existence by providing it with a base so it could be placed in front of Marvin Hall.
Everyone was satisfied with the relocation, particularly the law students who now had an answer to the engineering students' desecration of their Uncle Jimmy Green statue.
Paint-slinging ensued and continued through two more Pioneer moves—to the Chi Omega fountain in 1924 when the road was straightened, and, in 1925, to a site across Old Fraser Hall. It was removed from this site last summer.
During this period, the statue acquired the nicknames "The Iron Man" and "the man who never worked." A legend also arose concerning the Pioneer's reaction to the approach of a virtuous woman.
Pinnings and Engagements
PINNINGS
Cheryl Eddy, Salina junior in Nursing Education, Alpha Phi, to Cranston J. Cederlind, Shawnee Mission junior in Zoology, Alpha KappaLambda.
Susan K. Goold, Prairie Village sophomore in History, Alpha Xi Delta, Kansas State University, to Greg D. Bangs, Leawood sophomore in History, Alpha Kappa Lambda.
Laura Hagen, Great Bend sophomore in Business Administration, Sigma Kappa, to Charles Knox, Topeka senior in Aerospace Engineering, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Patricia Lane, Leeswood freshman in Human Development, to Michael Dickerson, Prairie Village sophomore in Psychology and Economics, Alpha KappaLambda.
Joni Robertson, Bloomington, Ind., junior in Education, Alpha Chi Omega, to Mike O'Connor, New York, N.Y., sophomore in Government at Dartmouth, Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Jane Sexton, Urbana, Ill., sophomore in Fine Arts, Alpha Chi Omega, to Michael! Bristow, Urbana, Ill., graduate student in Medicine at the University of Illinois, Alpha Gamma Rho.
ENGAGEMENTS
Susan Hartley, Atwood senior in Journalism: News-Editorial, Alpha Chi Omega, to Gary Button, Wichita senior in Business Administration.
Jean Miller, Hiawatha junior in Music Education, Delta Gamma, to Stephen H. Wurster, Williamsport, Penn., senior in Theology at Drew University.
Winnie Peterson, Kansas City, Mo., junior in Social Work, to Dean Straghn, Kingman graduate student in Pharmacy.
Glenda Randleman, St. Joseph, Mo., senior in Education, to Bill Beyers, Overland Park graduate student in Electrical Engineering at Purdue, Theta Tau.
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The splattering of disrespect continued until, in 1937, the Men's Student Council ruled that "any-one caught painting or otherwise desecrating the statue would be fined $50 and be prosecuted in court."
One more "permanent" move is scheduled. The much-maligned statue will stand either immediately south or west of New Fraser Hall, according to an administration spokesman, although plans are not yet final.
Cwens to give tea Sunday
Cwens will entertain 240 floor officers from Lewis, Corbin, and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home of Emily Taylor, dean of women.
Daily Kansan 11
Tuesday, March 1, 1966
Freshman officer teas, sponsored by Tau chapter of the National Society of Cwens once a semester, are designed to allow the officers to meet and talk with each other and Dean Taylor on an informal basis.
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