KU building program booms
By CHIP ROUSE
In 1894, the University's first library, named after William B. Spooner of Boston, was built. Spooner had donated nearly $100,000 to KU-at that time, the largest bequest ever made to a state university.
Second in a series
In a period of 29 years since the completion of Spooner Library, the addition of books had caused
an eightfold increase in its contents. In this time, the library had literally grown into Spooner and out of it. (When the building opened, 20,000 volumes had looked meager on shelves providing space for five times that number.)
A $310,000 appropriation was made by the Kansas Legislature for the construction of a new campus Library.
Construction was begun in the spring of 1923, and the new library was opened for student use on Sept. 11, 1924. The new library was named in honor of Miss Carrie M. Watson, who had been librarian of the University from 1887-1921.
As soon as Spooner Library had been vacated of books, it was put to use to house the extensive art collection offered KU by Mrs. W. B. Thayer of Kansas City in 1917. In the sprong of 1926, Spooner Library was reopened as the Spooner-Thayer Art Museum.
New engineering building
Ground was broken in the summer of 1893 in order
to provide a building for engineering students. The new structure was ready for occupancy in the fall of 1895.
Originally called simply the Physics or Engineering Building, the new site was named after Lucien L. Blake, professor of physics, astronomy, and electrical engineering, in 1898.
Still standing in its original location, Blake Hall was dismantled in 1963 and replaced for a sum of $765,000 in 1964. The structure now serves as the home of the sociology, human relations, social work, and political science departments—in contrast to Blake's chosen field of interest.
A $21,000 donation by George A. Fowler of Kansas City, and $20,000 from public contribution helped to provide for and equip another new architectural structure on campus.
Fowler built in 1898
Work on Fowler Shops was started in the summer of 1898, and by Oct. 1, the walls of the first floor were up, and the large iron smokestack, a characteristic feature of the University skyline for many years, was in place.
The building was initially open to public instruction on Feb. 6, 1899, and housed the departments of mechanical and mining engineering.
In 1949, New Fowler Shops were constructed just southwest of Marvin Hall. $300,000 worth of remodeling was completed to old Fowler, and in 1952,
the school of Journalism and the University of Kansas Press moved into their new quarters.
On Feb. 22, 1952, the School of Journalism was dedicated to William Allen White, historical Kansas editor, and was renamed the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. A short time later, the building was also named Flint Hall, in commemoration of Leon Nelson Flint, professor of journalism from 1906-1946.
As far as construction goes, the Spooner-Thayer Art Museum and Flint Hall represent two of the more stable "older" builders on campus, according to W. Eugene George, Jr., professor of architecture.
After several attempts, an appropriation of $75.000 was made in 1901 to secure a new natural history museum. By the fall of that year, the building, although incomplete, was sufficiently near completion to house the inaugural program of Chancellor Frank Strong.
Dyche's collection moves in
The new museum was named after Lewis Lindsay Dyche, following his death in 1915. Dyche had spent a great many years securing specimens for the museum's collection.
While at KU, Dyche wore the title of "professor of anatomy and physiology, taxidermist, and curator of mammals, birds, and fishes."
Dyche Museum was closed late in 1932 by order of the State Architect and State Fire Marshal because of its poor condition. The depression years followed.
Camp attracts youth from 49 states
High school students from 49 states will attend KU's Midwestern Music and Art Camp this summer.
Projected enrollment for the camp is 2,000,350 more than last year.
KU's summer camp is unique, Russell L. Wiley, camp director, said. Its ten programs gathered under one roof and one directorship.
THE DIVISIONS ARE: music, art, ballet, science, mathematics, journalism, speech, German, Latin and Spanish.
Most camps last for only a few days, he said. These are really festivals, not camps.
"The kids will work, live and play together," Wiley said. "The camp lasts for six weeks, and this gives us enough time to give the kids something to take home."
Wiley has directed the camp since its beginning 30 years ago and does not hide his pride at its growth.
"IT TAKES A LOT OF DOING to build a camp like this," he said. No other camp is as extensive or of the same nature. Other universities have seen KU's camp and have revamped their own."
All 450 enrollees in this summer's art camp will take a course in art history and five of the following classes: oil painting, freehand drawing, lettering, design, cartooning, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, weaving, figure sketching, water-color painting, fashion illustration, nature drawing, portrait drawing, interior design, commercial art and pen and ink drawing.
New art displays will be in Murphy Hall each week. Outstanding artists will receive awards at the end of the camp.
Journalism campers will get a taste of newswriting, reporting, editing and photography. They will work on the "Tempo," the camp yearbook published for all divisions, and will serve as reporters for the summer session University Daily Kansan.
THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT for the journalism division has doubled.
Unlike the other divisions of the camp, journalism offers three and six-week sessions.
the German division established last summer.
This year the camp has added programs in Spanish and Latin to
STUDENTS IN THE language divisions will have 180 hours of classroom instruction, six hours a day. They will take courses in the literature, culture, composition and conversation of their respective language.
Limited enrollment will allow small classes, and students will be grouped according to previous experience and results of extensive tests given upon entering the camp.
Films, recording and short lectures will be utilized in the study of culture. Students will also have access to language laboratories and libraries.
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