University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Wednesday, July 23, 1986
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Iron antiques are one man's gold
Bv James Larson
Anyone who knows of an abandon ed tractor rusting away in a field somewhere should call Frank Brune. He might want to restore it and add it to his collection.
Brune, Route 3, said that he had been restoring antique tractors ever since one ran over him, broke his leg to retire in 1975.
and forced me to go back to everything original, he said. "I put them as near to how they were when they
come out of the factory Brune, 72, has lived in Lawrence and Iml claims to have been here before there were stop signs on the streets.
"There weren't many people either," he said.
He attended the University of Kansas in 1931, majoring in electrical engineering. But after five semesters he was forced to drop out of school
and go to work.
and go to ww. Brunei and his wife spent Sunday relaxing in their reciner chairs, side by side like a variation of the "American Gothic." A cal looked in from a ledge outside. Friends dropped by to say hello.
After a few minutes of conversation, Brune stood up and invited everyone to come look at his tractors.
After a short walk to a warehouse, Brune unlocked the big sliding doors and pushed them aside, resisting the tractors, all in working order.
orders.
They are arranged with military precision along both walls. The scene could be a showroom at any tractor dealership: bright oranges, reds and blues neatly stenciled on immaculate machinery, logos on iron wheels and iron wheels and seats. Brune estimated that his collection was worth about $75,000.
section was worth a ticket. Brune's favorite tractor is one his
father owned but sold as part of a sawmill in the late 1930s to a man west of Great Bend. After 30 years, a friend told Brune he saw it sitting by a field in Princeton. Brune was skeptical but went to see what happened and convinced it was the same tractor owned by his father, he bought it back.
he bought it back.
"Now this one will talk to you," he said, "and few switches here and there. That meant it would be advisable to cover one's ears."
Bruned inserte a crank into a hole below the radiator which proudly bears the name "Mineapolis" in red against a blue-gray banquet chair and produces a "pop." He jerked on it again and produced another "pop."
dued shoulder, you can stop playing games," all right, you can stop playing games," he said softly to the tractor, as if it were a child.
as if it were a chin.
On the third pull of the handle, the engine fired violently and chugged
with vitality making everyone watching step back even farther. Brune smiled broadly and scanned the room for anyone who shared his glee.
Getting parts for some of the tractors can be tricky, Brune said.
tors can be tricky. Brush up.
"I've shipped parts from Washington to Tennessee," he said.
for banylew. The older tractor was made by the general Ordnance Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Derby, Conn. in 1919. It is bright green with a carefully painted red-and-yellow emblem on the side. Brune said he knew of only seven others in existence.
Parts are often located by checking with a small network of collectors who enjoy doing similar kinds of restoration.
"I get calls from guys wanting this or that and if I got it, I'll sell it to them." he said.
Having all of the parts needed is essential to Brune.
Skunks raise a stink by Spencer library
By DeAnn Thomas
Staff writer
Stan WIlliams
People generally love furry, cute little animals, especially when they see them in their natural habitats.
Any animal, that is, but skunks.
A family of skunks was seen recently by an employee at the Spencer Research Library.
One of the employees was either politicizing or actually saw a colleague get into trouble.
mama, a papa and skunks," said Bill Mitchell, associate special collections librarian at Spencer.
Mitchell said he found a hole under r the east sidewalk by Spencer, and, from the smell and tiny footprints, it looked like a number of bottles were living there.
"It seems kind of cute, but they could be a potential problem," Mitchell said.
James Mathes, assistant director of landscape and maintenance facilities, said his department was called to get rid of the skunks. The department set traps for the skunk family, but caught a possum instead.
family, but caught a postman hitter Skunks are not considered a problem at the University, although they
do live on campus, Mathes said
The Continuing Education trailers by the Kansas Union have had some problems with skunk smell underneath the trailer for Mathes said. But no one has been sprayed or bitten.
"The skunks are pretty docile, having humans around all the time," Mathes said. "I think the problem is that they don't like them. The skunks and causing them to spray."
Mathes said the department set several skunk traps around the trails, but, again, only possums had been caught.
The possums were released on West Campus where they would have more wooded area and less human traffic, Mathes said. If any skunks were ever caught, they would be transported to West Campus also.
Norman Slade, curator of the Museum of Natural History, said he was not aware of any skunk problems on campus.
"It's true that skunks only spray a defense." Slade said. "They can't just spray for the fun of it, because it takes a little while to reload. They'd lose part of their defense."
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Mold spores can be found in the air of all climates, but mold plants itself and grows only in certain environments. Simmons said. A cool temperature with low humidity is less suitable for mold growth as a humid environment with water which is a problem for the library.
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About 100 books with mold have been found in the areas inspected, she said.
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Because Watson Library is filled with books dating back to the time of Andrew Jackson, careful handling of the books and temperature control are essential.
When the University decided to cut back on energy expenditures at the library as a conservation measure, the humidity level created an environment that is home for mold.
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The mold found in the books was still in the early stages of growth. Simmons said. It hasn't caused
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But most of us on the college campus say that we want to diet to "look good." Standards of attractiveness are all around us, on TV and in magazine ads, as well as in people-watching at Wescoch Beech. We may think we don't measure up to those around us. Which may in turn result in our feeling bad about our bodies and ourselves. The term "body image" refers to the judgments we make about ourselves based on our physical appearance; in a competitor's marketplace like a college campus, body images can become important ways of seeing ourselves. Unfortunately, few of us ever think we've achieved physical perfection. Low, or negative, body image is a result, and often this is when a person starts to diet.
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This tis is when a person starts Preoccupation with losing weight and judging yourself by your physical qualities can become "dieting but haywire". Unhealthy fad diets can be part of the problem but college students are also at risk of developing serious eating disorders. Experts believe that 20.25% of college students show signs of bulimia (binge-purge syndrome), and that anorexia self-starvation) is also a concern on campuses. These eating disorders are more than just strenuous dieting techniques. What one started as a way to try to handle stressful times may become an experience not liking yourself. And it may seriously affect your health and emotional well being.
Maybe you know people whose dieting has become one of the most important behaviors in their lives, who judge themselves primarily on their thoughts of food, weight loss, or body image. Maybe they preoccupied with you. Finding new ways to handle stress and to accurately assess your personal qualities (books really aren't everything). can really help conquer "dieting" some haywire.
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