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FRASER HALL When the Board of Regents announced plans for the destruction of Fraser Hall last year, many students and alumni protested that the building, a landmark on the KU campus since its construction in 1872, should be restored for the sake of tradition and history. The protests were considered, however, finding that restoration would have cost the price of three vitally needed new buildings, the Regents and the Alumni Association unanimously decided to have Fraser razed in the summer. JUN? 2 9
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D CUNSTRUCTED IN 1872 as Uniwrsity Hall, Fraser Hall was re-named in honor of Chancellor John Fraser in 1897. The building, with its historic twin towers and flags, waya landmark of the campus for 93 of the Uni1'er5ity's first 100 years. - ' Q . . . . V lu N ' ' - ' Q 'qu 0 G a- S F i , W 1 if? , . I , ,M -N 4, - A 'QF'
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Commencing in August, the razing operations revealed that Fraser was danger- ously deteriorated. The timbers were so rotten that they broke in two as they were dismounted. When the walls were hit, the fill, plaster, and dry mortar shattered, disintegrating into great clouds of dust which covered the entire eastern end of the campus for several minutes. The rubble of pow- dered fill and decayed timbers served as mute testimony, even if restored, Fraser would not have survived another academic year. ' if.-s. -xy. : hu. N. ,. . X 'f Je ,r -Vs i ww? , Jw: : gy -4' FRASER HALL :wi ar,- 5 its-K1 THE NORTH TOWER of old Fraser falls. As wrecking crews brought historic Fraser Hall crashing to the ground in August, the structure was found to be even more dangerously deteriorated than University officials had previously assumed. I0
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