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KU Chapel Scene Of Much Activity
By Dorothy Burton
Danforth Chapel, although one of the smallest buildings on campus. is the scene of much activity and has a very interesting and exciting past.
About 893 weddings have been performed in the little church on the hill since it was built almost 16 years ago.
The first wedding in Danforth Chapel took place March 20, 1946, two weeks before the formal dedication and just before the carpet was laid. Leone Sandow, Hope sophomore, and Robert Fisher, USNR, Hope, were the first couple to be married in the chapel.
At the end of the first year after completion, 75 couples had been married there.
DANFORTH CHAPEL was dedicated April 2, 1946, to give wisdom, strength, and courage to those who seek respite there. Kenneth I. Brown, president of Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, was speaker at the ceremonies before an all student convocation in Hoch auditorium on that occasion.
Construction of Danforth Chapel was made possible through William H. Danforth, of St. Louis, Mo., his friends, and faculty and student contributions. Similar contributions have been made to other universities.
The oil painting in the vestibule, "Christ at Gethsemane," was donated by the Clarence H. Poindexter family. The painting was stolen Feb. 15, 1949, and was later replaced by a duplicate.
The organ was donated by A. B. Weaver of Lawrence and the marble baptismal font was given by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth.
A HANDMADE BIBLE was presented by the student bookstore committee to the university students in Danforth Chapel during Thanksgiving services Nov. 22, 1949. It was purchased with money from rebate slips students left in the bookstore,
Many student projects helped raise money for the construction of the chapel the year preceding actual work.
The All Student Council members sang Christmas carols at all organized houses and donations were taken at each house for a student contribution to Danforth Chapel
That same year proceeds from an all-university dance sponsored by the Student Union Activities went to the chapel fund.
Complications arose when actual
work began on the chapel. It was the original intention to build the chapel from rock taken from a quarry located on the campus, but stone masons found the rock impossible to shape properly.
A NATIVE limestone fence between Lawrence and Topeka was discovered and bought after some negotiations. German prisoners of war employed by the University in 1945 hauled the rock to the campus and it was used for the building.
Currently, Danforth Chapel is used regularly by the Episcopal college group, for Christian Science meetings, by the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Lutheran Fellowship, and the Friends Oread Meeting.
KEY LARGO, Fla. — (UPI) — Former President Herbert Hoover has accepted an invitation to appear at a rally of "Young Americans for Freedom" in New York March 7, but hinted the weather might keep him away.
By proclamation of Deane W. Malott, chancellor of the University in 1945, the chapel is lighted and open at all times.
YAF to Hear Hoover Speak
The Madison Square Garden rally of the conservative youth group is the same one to which retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker was denied an invitation, and at which Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn., declined to appear.
Hoover, here on a fishing trip, said that the chilly northern weather might keep him away from the rally, where he is among several conservatives slated to be honored.
"I have made no statement that I will not attend," he said. "I have stated that a return to the rigors of New York mid-winter might be an unnecessary tax upon my 87 years."
"If I cannot be present,I will send a message of encouragement to their devotion to fundamental American principals of freedom," the former chief executive said.
The youth group withdrew its invitation to Walker after Sens. Barry Goldwater, R.-Ariz., and John C. Tower, R.-Texas, said it might appear the group was endorsing Walkers' race for governor of Texas as a Democrat.
Brecht is the author of several plays, including "The Three Penny Opera" and "Drums in the Night." After World War II until his death in 1956, he directed his plays in the eastern sector of Berlin.
Prof. Lange, sponsored by the Germanic languages and literature department, spoke yesterday to about 150 students and faculty members at Spooner Museum.
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An expert on German literature said that the late Bertolt Brecht was an outstanding playwright and director because he created a world on the stage in which man could recognize himself.
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Victor Lange, professor and chairman of the German department at Princeton University, said Brecht created this world by using everyday patterns of speech.
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"Brecht wanted his audience to understand what was happening," Prof. Lange said. "But he didn't want them to become emotionally involved in the play."
Prof. Lange said Brecht felt that a person who was emotionally involved in a play would be too concerned with what was going to happen next.
Prof. Lange said Brecht grew up in Germany during a period of revolution.
Prof. Lange said Brecht felt that many Germans were slipping away from truth.
"Brecht didn't use a curtain." Prof. Lange said. "He wanted the audience to enter into the spirit of the play as soon as they entered the theater."
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"His plays tell how man cannot define truth. He tells how men today can see only the various aspects of truth."
"After World War I, Germany was undergoing a social, political and intellectual revolution. Brecht was opposed to this revolution as shown in his plays."
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1962 University Daily Kansa
The territorial centennial proved to be a big story for KU journalists in 1954. Two of them—the Rover boys—attempted to capture the flavor of the frontier by camping out on the Flint Hall lawn from Monday morning to Friday afternoon.
Frontier Style in '54
Auto Parts Stolen From Templin Cars
Two Templin residents reported the theft of auto parts valued at $195. Lawrence Police Department reported.
Tom Thorton, Des Moines, Iowa, freshman, reported his car was stripped of a tachometer, an oil filter, rocker arm coverts and a radiator cap, valued at $100.
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David Willy, Dubuque, Iowa, sophomore, reported two transmissions, valued at $95, were taken from his car.
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