FACULTY HOPEFUL
Plan summer start on religion school
Hopefully, construction will begin this summer on a contemporary building to house the School of Religion but first the present building must come down.
The $500,000 structure will be built on the site of the present school, erected in 1901 by the First Christian Church. The church raised $100,000 towards the new building, which was planned in 1962, said Hugh Stouppe, assistant dean of the school.
OVER $200,000 has been raised through contributions. State aid is prohibited by the Kansas Constitution which separates church and state. Pledges plus an additional $100,000 in cash is necessary before construction can begin. Stoupe said.
William J. Moore, dean of the School of Religion, has traveled to 18 towns in Kansas to establish local interest in the project. About 150 workers in these towns are raising money in their areas.
Contacting ministers in each
town. Dean Moore looks for interest in the three areas on which the school is based, youth, higher education with emphasis on religious education, and the ecumenical theory. Stouppe explained.
A SUNKEN amphitheater will be a feature of the new building, which will contain three floors. A statue of Moses centered in the university seal will be placed before a stained glass window with a burning bush design at the building's entrance.
Enrollment in the school has doubled since last year, Stoupe said. This brings the total to 670 students enrolled this year with an anticipated increase to 3,000 in the next 10 years.
Stouppe added the faculty will be enlarged to meet this demand. Of the present four full-time faculty members, three hold doctorates and the fourth is completing work toward one.
Daily Kansan
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Monday, February 28, 1966
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