Fence built for Spooner garden
Photo by Halina Pawl Art buffs beware
Sticky fingers will have a harder time removing art objects from the court next to the Museum of Art. Bret Waller, art museum director, tests the new iron fence. Recent vandalism made the addition of the fence necessary. Outdoor lighting will also be added to discourage those who crave art appreciation.
A black Gothic, iron fence is being built around the Arthur D. Weaver garden court in front of the KU Museum of Arts. This is being done to discourage vandalism similar to the December 1967 theft of a $4,500 bronze sculpture titled "Portrait of a Renoir" by French artist Artide Maillot.
The sculpture, which was pried from its granite base and taken, has never been found.
Three other pieces which had been in the garden with Maillot's sculpture were untouched but were removed to insure their safety.
Bret Waller, are museum director, said the choice was either to leave the empty garden as "a monument to vandalism" or to restore it.
Waller also said added safety features are being installed to discourage further vandalism. Increased lighting and an electric alarm system will be installed.
The fence is being built in such a way that for those looking into the garden the view will be unobstructed.
Though the fence will not be able to stop a determined vandal, Waller commented that a vandal will think twice before climbing over a fence to enter the garden.
Waller said some of the original pieces will be put back into the garden and that hopefully it will be ready by commencement.
Art dealers throughout the country were notified of the Maillot sculpture theft and a $100 reward was offered for information leading to its recovery.
The piece was insured and the insurance money has been collected but the piece cannot be replaced.
The sculpture was a gift to the museum from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Weaver of Lawrence, and Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Veatch of Kansas City.
Peace Corps Week hosts recruiters
KU is 35th among the top 200 American universities and colleges producing Peace Corps volunteers, a former KU student turned Peace Corpsman said.
Bob Mingori, returning to KU for the University's first annual Peace Corps Week, said last year's campus recruiting efforts produced between 50 and 60 volunteers.
Mingori and his wife, Jane returned volunteers from Brazil, and Dave and Rosemary Alvard, who worked in Korea, will be on
YAF in KC issues paper
Dean Albrecht listed in fair condition
apparently suffering from influenza.
KANSAS CITY - A group called the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) issued a "white paper" yesterday stating their objections to the first RFK Memorial Symposium on dissent and urging fellow students to bovecott the forum.
The two-page statement distributed by the YAF titled "Symposium or Con-Job?" lists three specific objections to the symposium.
It states the $17,000 is being used to promote one particular political position, the New Left. that a substantial number of students are not sympathetic to the New Left views and will not benefit; and no speakers of the conservative or libertarian persuasion were permitted to participate.
campus this week, speaking in classes, interviewing, and giving Peace Corps tests. John Exeter, representative and native of Guyana, will speak at 7 p.m. tonight at McCollum Hall.
Placement tests will be held at 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union Oread Room.
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Albrecht entered the hospital on Feb. 6 and was then in serious condition. The family has requested no visitors.
A family spokesman said Albrecht is suffering from a fever the cause of which is unknown. Last month Albrecht was also a patient when he was
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