University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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in 1900 when only 200 students were enrolled in chemistry. Blake Hall, which now houses the physics department, has the same crowded conditions. This limestone structure was built in 1885. Approximately fifty students were enrolled in physics at that timeg there are now 1,000 in that department. The new building, to be located on the south slope of the cam- pus, will provide adequate laboratory and classroom space for the science departments. The Field House, Page 29 which is of primary inte est to all students, is still being planned. Questions concerning the type of lime- stone to be used, the amount of seating space, and the size of the running track will have to he decided be- fore the plans can he drawn up. Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars has been set aside by the legislature for the construction of this building which will prob- ably be erected on the south campus. The building of a Field llouse was probably far from the thoughts l l D KANSAS. ' 0 1 1' 'YERSITY of Kansas, Located at Law- A Kansas, opens on y 1 Wvediesday, September 12, 1866, Vital. .T11i1i'or si.I1iLltiiSenlior prepa.ra.t.ory elasses will lieiorgafniiedg Elie objeet pf which will be thor- foixghgpineparstioh College. Fre5shmed,,Sophomore, and, if required, the Mer Cpllegefelagsesz, will he organized at the orrirrrenoerneritq of the first session.. my Tie 2kpade'mic year ispdiwficled into two ses- fiioiis of twenty! weeks eachf 1 yy . 'Tuition in preparatory classes por session S10 Quitiont in Cellegemasses, per year '30 Matriculation Fee s 1 5 p A Soldiers, Orpha.1is.vgil1 be admitted Free. H Clergymefsieons and dismghters will be ad- mitted at'5l1alfpriloe.f 5 Q f 1 are Bbihasefxsesrwill be.,a.dmit.t.ed tozall thodepart- A 0 Board itncli rioorris sybgargilingw oankbe 111111011 1'eaS0H.eb1.e,st9g ' . Trlikieh Payahlerie g ee is 1 rw funnel-irnfdf-maine xdafeqeaal J..RIlC.E, -pr-team of tr-are-e1ef,r srsaefarasfagaeafis tl no , TmsnewspaperChppmgistwig y ic 2 s yi wifi! A, Setiyy. Eff fgnjjjrszijrfjlfxzga bifggfe vii .... m iiriar 'isis 18'Q1:r3W 4 opening in 1866. H Q, . Q YT, 1 ' I. 'A ' A 1 A , I

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year l9lO found the university overcoming its grow ing pains and estahlishing itself as an adequate instif tution to meet the educational demands ol' a growing Vliestcrn state. Since that time it has weathered the storins ol' global war, economic depressions, and dis' gruntled legislatures, and has always continued, in spite ol' these dil'l'iculties, to maintain the high acaf demic standards cstahlishcd hs the unix'ersity's first faculty. lhe growth of the University since the end of the last war is evidenced today on every corner ol' the campus. The most recently constructed huildings are the new Fowler Shops on the southwest slope of 'l'he Hill, and the wings ol' XVatson Lihrart which will provide more rack spaceu for the largest collection ol' iflzree fonmlcrs of the Uizieersitav were flop! F. H. Snow, flower leftj D. H. Robinson, mul flower riglitl E. Rice. hooks in the state. A womens dormitory is heing con- structed near Corbin Hall which is to cost S625,000. This location is adjacent to the spot where Old North College once stood. Also visihle to the campus visitor are the lX'lemorial Driveway and the heat tunnel at the west end ol' the campus which will service huild- ings to he erected in the liuture. 'lihese projects, along with sexcral still in the hlucprint stage, total a tene millionfdollar huilding program to he carried out at the University within the next few years. During the 1949 legislative session, 951,972,000 was appropriated for the construction ol' a new science huilding. The need lor a structure of this nature is perhaps hest expressed hy the groans of the 1,300 chemistry stu- dents taking courses in Old Bailevu which was huilt

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Page 30 flem ' H An early view of the University skyline. of those legislators who, in 1920, voted to support the University's lylillion Dollar Drive for the construction of a memorial for the men of the University who had died during the World War. After careful considera- tion of many suggestions, it was finally decided to construct a stadium and a student union building as the memorials. By the spring of 1921, sufficient funds had been raised through pledges for donations, to actually begin the construction of the stadium. McCook Field was selected as the site of the new stadium. The old stands had to be removed, so the University officials declared a Stadium Day and the students were given a holiday. On this day, over four thousand students and members of the faculty gath- ered at the field, they dissembled the old stands and carried the lumber to a nearby assembling yard. The Stadium was formally dedicated in 1922, at the Kan- sas-Nebraska game which took place on Armistice Day. ln 1927, the horseshoe was added, giving the completed structure a seating capacity of 38,000 Much of the history of the University is recorded in the sixty-two volumes of the jayhawker, which was first published under that name in 1901. Earlier at- tempts to create a yearbook had been issued under the names Hieroplzantes, Kansas Kikkalae, the Kansas Cyclone, the Cicala, the Heliantlaus, and the Quivera. The Heliantlws of 1889 contained the name of Willizim Allen Wlmite as one of its editors and was the first annual illustrated by half-tone reproductions. The Kwir Book of 1896 set the pattern for succeeding volumes by using individual photographs of the seniors. By 1908 a standard book form had been achieved, but, in 1934, a five issue magazine was in- augurated, 'lpatterned after the sophisticated style of thc New Yorker and of Vanity Fair, as Robert Taft tells us in his book, Across the Years on Blount Oread. Old North College at the turn of the century. Hr sax-