Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Nl-' f, 5 Ni Q included such buildings as Morrison Hall, Jardine and McKinley. ln combination, the building masses formed a 'Y' oriented on the east-west axis. Except for a few instances, the buildings comprising the 'Y' appear to have been designed for individual settings. A major problem resulting from the development of the east-west campuses is a lack of unity. Recent action taken to close Yale and plans for development have led to the establishment of psychological, visual and physical continuity. The plan- ned pedestrianfvehicular corridor, the plazas and quadrangles, and the vistas thus provided, are some of the means by which the entire campus can be in- tegrated. may J 4. . 'T1 fi' 'fi' s 'X-Haze-he-.. 4 wp, ,N vtbv Fihiiv K -4 'ef gt? ., W 'time 'Eli ' l-4' can 3' 'vi W- ffm --- .zzfw . Qfkggr-1 'r f 5

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fr The -campus today consists of ap proximately 320 acres of land and over 50 buildings located in an area bounded by 21st, Oliver, 17th, and Hillside in the northeast quadrant of the city. This section of Wichita is experiencing extensive residential and industrial development, but the campus itself is surrounded by recreational areas. shop- ping areas and quasi-public open spaces. The immediate environs of the Univer- sity are attractive recreational areas of a quality which is atypical of many large urban universities. The University sup- ports neighborhood goals concerning the preservation and development of residen- tial qualities. Mutual problems including housing, parking, spot-strip commercial development, inadequate recreational facilities and traffic congestion through and around the neighborhoods and the University. For the approaching motor- ist, the view of the campus from Hillside is superior to views from other direc- tions. The landscaped foreground and view of buildings is the most aesthetic from the southwest corner of the campus, which has been a major entry point. .- The building layout of the University was initially thought of as an oval campus west of Yale Avenue. During the 1950's and 1960's, however, the area east of Yale was developed without regard for the original concept which

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CKNIGHT ART A-Ji.-0 ' 'f-fm... . - .. ,. 9Y'w.-'fuQ-9- g1jsr44qi.'-if---A T...-f . .jf 0 +'3i7ff',if-fi'i WMM-f ..... ..-.,- f u..f' 15-3'f'4+if' - ' Q. I xeq?-si. An extraordinary art museum open- ed at Wichita State University December 7, 1974. In a lavish ceremony that inau- gurates a new era in art at WSU, a surprising collection of distinguished art works ranging from sculpture to photo- graphic exhibitions was unveiled for the first time. The small, but versatile museum was named the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art to honor a 76-year-old Hyde Park, New York businessman and art con- noisseur who donated over 300 paintings to the University collection. The gift represents the,Iargest and most complete collection of the works of American painter Fredrick J. Waugh, and is valued at over S1 million. The museum is aesthetically linked to a larger academic facility to the-west with glassed-in walkways on two levels and is joined to an existing art building to the north. The public gallery and sculpture court provides 7,600 square feet of space. It is open to the public. The entire complex is known as McKnight Art Center, a multi-use fac- ility initiated in 1969 with a gift from the estate of Eva McKnight, a member of a prominent pioneer Wichita family. The opening of the Ulrich Museum of Art resurrects a university gallery program which was nearly wiped out when the old art building burned to the ground in 1964. More amazing than the building, however, is the university art collection. In three years, under the direction of Dr. Martin H. Bush, 47, an astute, primly dressed wizard of art and re- source collecting, a modest handful of paintings was parlayed into a bulging portfolio of more than 2,400 art works valued at nearly S3 million. Nearly 33.4 million worth of art- representing some of the best paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs in the collection - were on display opening day. Dr. Bush, a New York native, came to WSU from Syracuse University, where he rounded up S8 million in contribu- tions. Sewing as Vice-President of