University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Lyn Miller, Gary Bunch, Ned Kehde and Kevin Corter, archivists relax amongst their work- place. Any of the staff at the Archives could tell a student just about everything they want- ed to know about KU and Lawrence. (Tim Christoff) A rare three dimensional poster from Walt Disney used in the production of Alice in Wonderland is found in the Kansas Collection, along with over a million photographs, cartoon drawings, magazines and books about Kansas. (Tim Christoff) Behind the locked stacks of the Spencer Collection, one can find 185,000 printed books dating as far back as 1455. The collection also contains 250,000 manuscripts, some of which are on clay tablets dating back to 2000 B.C. (Tim Christoff) dri- infop 1900 KU only [24. over in in gblic it to en. lock- ihak- eby A be men in i eon 10 is bid oror- the they :l to id to an article from a 1968 DDK, these extremes were reported on the first page. The headline read, Nude Slides Projected on Wall of Oliver Hall. The story read as follows: The east outside wall of Oliver Hall ' s lounge served as a projection screen for some Naismith Hall male residents across the street Wednes- day night. The unidentified men treated passers-by to a color slide show of nude women. During the two or three minute show, at least six different slidescovering an area about 15 feet high on the Oliver lounge wall-were shown. It is not known when the next show will be given. The previous information only be- gun to scratch the surface of what the archives had to offer. If the in- formation in this anniversary edition of the Jayhawkcr has peaked an in- terest in the past, visit the archives. The visit will be well worth the time. -by Teresa Rohn 27

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' ' Nude slides Projected on Wall Hall. of Oliver UDK, 1968 The Document room houses nearly 700,000 printed documents and 400,000 micro-fiche documents of the United States. Also contained are documents from many other nations, scattered throughout the general library collections. (Tim Christoff) There was a magical place at the University of Kansas campus where anyone could travel back in time. There was no need for money, all that was necessary was the desire to learn something about the history of KU and Lawrence. Actually, the only travel necessary was across the back porch of Strong Hall, through the doors of Spencer Redearch Library and up one flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs was a doorway to the past. But, until a way is discovered to actually visit the past and actively participate in it, this was the best way to discover it. Everything anyone ever wanted to know about KU could be found somewhere in the archives. All old office and personnel information records were located there, along with building blueprints, pictures, past editions of the University Daily Kansan, Jayhawker and much more. The employees at the archives were often called upon to find a picture needed by the UDK or other local 26 papers. They had even supplied a new restaurant bar in Kansas City with several old pictures of campus. Most of the pictures from the past in the ' 88 Jayhawker came from the ar- chives. The gentlemen responsible for assisting in the location of suit- able pictures and facts were Barry Bunch, Ned Kehde and John Nugent, University Archivist. The archives consisted of reading rooms and stacks. the reading rooms contained past editions of the UDK, Jayhawker and Alumni maga- zines. Anyone was free to enter these rooms and browse at their leisure. The stacks resembled the stacks in Watson Library, but instead of books, boxes filled the shelves. These boxes were filled with papers. They were all given numbers, which functioned as organizational measures. All information about the same subject had the same number. To have been able to go through the stacks, the researcher had to ask for a tour. The employees were always willing to pass on information in and about the archives. Life on the hill had changed dra- matically since the following infor- mation was published in the 1900 Galaxy yearbook. In 1900, the KU band had been in existence for only two years with membership of 24. Although the band in 1987 had over 200 members, the words written in 1900, still applied, At every public appearance it has brought credit to the University and to its supporters. 1900 was also the time for shock- ing news, One fraternity has shak- en the foundations of discipline by giving a dance, although it must be admitted that the young gentlemen who were to be present put in a great deal of preliminary practice on the Virginia Reel and quadrille, so as to show how dead swell they had gotten to be. Fraternity and soror- ity dances no longer shock the foundations of discipline, but they also no longer dance the Reel to show how dead swell they are. People did continue to shake the foundation, but in later years, had to go to greater extremes to do it. In

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Putting It All Together Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Beta Theta Pi fraternity go over a dance routine at a rehearsal for this year ' s Rock Chalk Review- .(Staton Briedenthal) Tammy Rank, Hutcinson sophomore, and Jeff Devoss, Whichita senior, act out a scene from their Rock Chalk Review production. (Staton Briedenthal) 28