Reuter's organ assembly room
Reuter's, a major producer of pipe organs, produces pipes used in the organs from one inch to 40 feet long. Inside each organ are miles of electrical wiring.
Journalism professor wins research award
A University of Kansas professor of journalism received national recognition Thursday for his biography of Atchison editor Edgar A. Howe.
Calder M. Pickett was awarded the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, a scroll, and $200 from William H. Taft, treasurer of Kappa Tau Alpha, a national society honoring scholarship in journalism.
Pickett's book "Ed Howe: Country Town Philosopher" was selected from books published by journalism scholars throughout the nation.
In his acceptance speech, Picke- ett stressed the importance of
history in contemporary life. He emphasized the need of maintaining a link with the past as a key to understanding the present.
Pickett scorned the idea that the "now" is the only relevant factor in society. He urged the initiates into the society to take an interest in scholarly research and to help preserve historical value from "the onslaught of the ball and the bulldozer."
Also at the ceremony, 20 journalism students were initiated into the society. Six juniors, six seniors and eleven graduate students were selected for membership.
Literary prize awarded to University historian
Theodore A. Wilson, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, has been awarded the Francis Parkman Prize for 1969 for his book, "The First Summit: Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay 1941."
Given by the Society of American Historians, the Parkman Prize is for the book in American history or biography which best exemplifies literary and scholarly distinction in historical writing.
The award, a cash stipend and bronze medal, has been made
Advertisement recalls opening of University
An advertisement run in the Junction City "Union," Sept. 1, 1866, reads in part, "University of Kansas, located at Lawrence, Ks., opens on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1866." The advertisement states also that the sons and daughters of clergymen were to be admitted to the University by paying only half regular tuition. Children of soldiers were to be admitted free.
Wilson said the book, his first, took about five years to complete. He used his doctoral dissertation as the basis for the book and did research in Washington, D.C. and in Great Britain.
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annually since 1957 for a book which epitomizes the literary and scholarly achievements of the noted American historian, Francis Parkman.
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"I was flabbergasted," Wilson said, describing his reaction when he was notified about two weeks ago that he had won the Parkman Prize.
Wilson will receive the award Thursday at the annual dinner of the Society of American Historians at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.
His book treats the dramatic secret meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in August, 1941.
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Wilson is now engaged in research sponsored by Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs.
custom business'
In the age of computerized mechanized production, Lawrence has at least one major manufacturer relying primarily on handcraftsmanship.
The Reuter Organ factory, located at 612 New Hampshire Street, is the only major producer of pipe organs west of the Mississippi, said Homer Frank, Reuter's director of public relations.
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Frank said that Reuters is one of only eight major manufacturers of pipe organs in the United States.
He said the company originally began in 1917 in Trenton, Ill., but moved to it's present site in 1920.
Pipe organs handcrafted
Frank described Reuter's as "really a custom business." "Every organ is an individual project," he said, "and no two are alike."
He explained that each organ has different sound and space qualifications that must be met.
This means that Reuter's has produced 1700 organs, each with a different design, since 1917.
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Frank said that Reuter's pipe organs are basically handcrafted.
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"Even the metal used for pipes is poured and casted here in the factory." Frank said.
He said that Reuter's employs carpenters to build cabinets and wind chests and electricians to hand-wire the electrical circuits in the organs. He added that most pipe organs have miles of electrical wiring.
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Reuter's also employs a group of men called voicers. Frank said that these men make and test the tonal quality of organ pipes.
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about I men to 90 feet in length. "These men have degrees in music, preferably organ," Frank said.
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Including designing and manufacturing, each organ requires about 11 weeks for completion, he said.
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The pipes range in size from about 1 inch to 40 feet in length.
Along with the voicers, carpenters and electricians, Reuter's employs about 15 designers. Frank said that these men spend about three weeks in designing each pipe organ.
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After the parts of an organ are completed, the organ is assembled and tested in the factory. If the organ is satisfactory, it is then disassembled and shipped
by one of Reuter's three tractor-trailers. Frank said.
Frank said that one of Reuter's largest organs is in Swarthout Recital Hall at the University of Kansas.
"This organ has 72 ranks of pipes and has been acclaimed by five or six leading concert organists," he said.
In explaining the size of this organ, Frank said that each rank has 61 pipes. This means that the organ in Swarthout has 4,392 different pipes.
Other Reuter organs are in Dallas, Houston, Boston, Denver, Louisville and Santa Ana, Calif., to name a few.
KU ROTC elections fill eight official posts
KU ROTC elections held last week resulted in eight offices for next year being filled. Of the eight gaining the positions in the Tri-Service election, two were re-elected.
Elected to the two top positions were James Williams and William Stevens. Williams, Springfield, Va. junior, was elected commanding officer and Stevens, Dodge City sophomore, will become the new executive officer.
Re-elected to the position of S-1 (personnel officer) was James Schatz, a Deerfield, Ill. sophomore. Also re-elected to his position was Robert Benda, an Oberlin senior, who will re-assume the position of drill team commander.
Springs, Colo. junior, will hold the position of S-2 (public information officer) and David O'Rourke, Overland Park sophomore, was elected as S-3 (operations officer). S-4 (supply) will be manned by John Claterbos, Claimont, Calif. junior, while Robert Dunn, Wasau, Wisc. sophomore, will be the counter guerilla team commander.
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Of the eight elected, Williams, Scheffner, O'Rourke and Claterbos belong to the Army ROTC unit. Schatz, Benda and Dunn belong to the Air Force unit. Stevens is the only Naval unit member to hold an office.
All officers will be installed Saturday at the annual White Rose Formal to be held at the Forbes Air Force Base Officer's Club in Topeka.
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First run Campus Premier of a startling new film on Cuba today.
"As a visual experience, it has something that Hollywood tries desperately to contrive." —Ralph J. Gleason—Rolling Stones
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