New I.D. Cards Come in; I.D. Pictures Eliminated
By Karl Koch
The infamous photos on KU identification cards are now a part of the past.
No longer need the KU student hide his head in shame when he presents his I.D. card, embarrassed that he is connected with that monster dumbly staring from the upper left hand corner of the card.
Yes, in a rare display of compassion, the University has discarded the old I.D. card.
No longer need the librarian, highly amused that anyone could look like that, hide a smirk as she glances at that same monster.
In its place comes a permanent plastic card embossed with the student's name and student number. The picture will be eliminated.
THE NEW CARDS will be issued this fall and will be retained throughout the student's University career. When presented for identi-
"The purpose of the new card," says James Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, "is to get simple and positive identification with those whom we are transacting business. The older cardboard I.D. cards with pictures, when carelessly handled, identified the wrong student or no student at all."
cation, it must be accompanied by a current receipt for University fees.
The new I.D.'s will be issued at fee payment time Sept. 25-29. The temporary cards, as used in previous years, will be issued for the first two weeks of school.
Cost of the new cards is greater than the old, but use of each card during a number of years, along with elimination of the photograph "will save time on the part of the student and money on the part of the pictures," Hitt says. "All this will offset the cost of the new I.D."
IN THE PAST, each student got a
NIX PIX—Enlarged picture shows new student plastic I.D. for this fall. Student photographs will not be used. Dark areas are red, and light area is white. The student's name is embossed on the lower section. The actual size will be smaller than the cardboard I.D. previously used.
new card and a new photograph every fall. Now, only new students will be photographed. This will be done after school has started and they will be called in for the picture.
KU will maintain a permanent file of negatives for use by various KU offices. But since all of last year's negatives are on hand, only new students will have to be taken this fall.
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So hope dawns. It appears that all a student has to do to keep his I.D. picture unseen is to keep out of the public eye. Otherwise, those negatives could still get you.
The $500 award in chemical engineering is awarded annually to a K.U. senior by the Frontier Chemical Company in Wichita. The Frontier Company is a division of the Vulcan Materials Company, a nationwide producer of construction materials, chemicals, and has nationwide detaining operations.
Eichstadt is an honor roll student. He attended Christian Brothers High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, editor of the yearbook, salutatorian of his class, member of the newspaper staff and recipient of the Bausch and Lomb science award.
Frank J. Eichstadt, University of Kansas senior from St. Joseph, Mo. has been named the 1962 recipient of the Frontier Chemical Company scholarship.
The scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis, involving the recipient's academic achievement. character, interest in the field and financial need.
Eichstadt Gets Scholarship
Domb science and education Eichstadt attended St. Joseph Junior College two years where he was a member of Phi Theta Kappa honorary scholastic society, and was again salutatorian of his class.
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