University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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First Quadrangle Completed The new Liberal Arts building, constructed dur- ing the summer and opened to classes this fall, completes the first quadrangle of the University of Kansas City. This latest addition to the campus- three stories of native stone, red tile and copper drain pipes-is the gift of an anonymous donor. An impressive structure of Hcollegiate gothic style, the new building dominates the southeast corner of the campus. University facilities are greatly enlarged by the Liberal Arts buildingys twenty recitation and con- ference rooms, numerous faculty offices, large, sound-proofed lecture hall, little theater and cafe- teria. The building at present houses the depart- Pugc Toni ments of psychology, mathematics, social sciences, modern languages, economics and art. The new building is as attractive inside as out. Its well-polished composition floors, recessed door- ways set in pointed arches, walnut woodwork and many windows make a pleasant environment in which neither beauty nor utility has been sacrificed. The pink and blue ceiling of Spanish inspira- tion in the entrance hall was at first viewed with a degree of suspicion by the students taking posses- sion of the building. But todav our colorful ceiling has been accepted by even the most critical. An important addition to campus history and our

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0 O Q' O U! the BEERS . . . activities. It will be some time be- fore we go into the final stage in which there will be a renaissance of the original enthusiasm, based on the conviction that whatever .I our school does is right. Then will come an end to those enervating comparisons with larger and older schools. . -T-O- Candid Camera It is an interesting peculiarity of human nature that it is impossible to know what it will take up next. In 1933, it was minature golf, in 1934, yo-yo tops, 1935, tree-sitting contests, 1936, bucket beer, 1937, frozen suckers, and today Q193SD candid cameras. Candid cameraing, as the name implies, is the art of getting candid shots of people. Favorite candid camera shots are, people bending over, people eating, people making love, people with their mouths open, people with their dresses up, in gen- eral, people who don't know their pictures are be- ing taken. The successful candid cameraman is a combination of the Deerslayer and Robinson Crusoe. He stalks his quarry with consummate skill, taking advantage of all available coverage, some- times creeping under an old armadillo shell and sometimes rolling about like a tumbleweed-finally bursting forth clicking his camera. Itis something like playing Indian, except more fun. And no one gets hurt. As Plato said: Ec forsec tu scabsecet rox matec forsud, C The candid camerman has more fun than any body. j .....O,.. The Middle-Western Culinary Art The word salad,', we have learned, is about as all-inclusive as romantic That was borne out when we purchased a sandwich at our local cafe- teria labeled 'Kham salad, which contained, as far as we could ascertain, the following: marshmallows, a variety of deep-sea fish, mayonaise. ground pickle and a strong odor. We young middle-west- ferners, as our mothers have long since learned, thrive on very simple fare. The fundamental foods such as meat and potatoes, done up in no disguised forms, are what we call good eating. lo-1. How To Be Popular XfVe would like to think that it was our influence that de-popularized driving like hell to the Plaza. VVe get a lot of fun out of ruining people's good time. But today, instead of piling the car so high with assorted students and off to the Plaza. we find there is another criterion of social popularity. XWe will call it fooling around in the browsing roomf' The technique follows: gather up several boon companions. Enter browsing room and select a few likely-looking girls therein. It is much better if girls are young. Approach girls and begin to tease them. Pull their chairs about the room, pull them down on the floor. Laugh loudly and talk fast. VVatch Marshall Lovett and do what he does. Shove girls around and laugh. After you get tired of shoving them around and talking loud, chatter loudly and push them around. Also watch Marshall Lovett and do what he does. MOM.. The Significance By adopting the above technique you will gain a two-fold reward. You will be popular and in addition will attain that Valhalla of college men- among the girls you be known as a case MO...- Now That Spring Is Here In a very few weeks the summer season will be with us and everyone will become hysterical about going to Colorado or spending a couple of weeks in the Gzarks. Now the subject of resort vacations is too extensive to be covered in a paragraph or two. As a matter of fact, a complete dissertation on the great American vacation should include anticipation, preparation, departure, the vacation proper, sunburn, homecoming and collapse. We want to reflect on a minor point, the names of summer cabins. Now we are the last people in the world to cry out against suspected foreign propaganda. We have had very little to say concerning Moscow gold, the Yellow Peril, the Rome-Berlin-jersey City Axis, or the Nazi-American Build, but let's use some common sense. If a certain foreign govern- ment Cwhich we would rather not mention herej doesn't name these cabins, then who does? It is our opinion that this is subversive propaganda through which this certain government wants to tear down our self respect, and then when we get so we just don't give a hoot, send in a million robots to kill our men and carry our women and children off to a fate worse than death itself. For example let me call your horrified gaze to Kamp Kill Kare, Kumfy Kozy Kabin Kamp, or Lake Hopanchugarsquameag Qin Mainej. At these hot beds of radicalism and espionage one may find such appellations as All Inn, f'Cfeorge's Roost, and the in- evitable Dew Drop Inn. If we ever build a cabin, we are going to call it Dew Drop Deadf' -Allan E. Paris Page Nine

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meager fund of tradition is the bell hanging in the Liberal Arts tower. The big, sweet-toned bell, which rings the hours, is a relic from an old Miss- ouri River tug. Classes were considerably discom- posed by the old bell's erratic habits during its first weeks with us, but it now seems to be well under the control of an automatic system, and has been sounding out with admirable accuracy. The large and modernly equipped cafeteria on the first floor. west wing, was enthusiastically wel- comed by the student body. Filling a long descried need for a campus jelly joint, the cafeteria is never empty of students lingering over the eternal cig- arette and coke. Venetian blinds and well-placed tables help to make loafing agreeable, and there is still hope that more ashtrays and a nickelodeon will find a home there soon. Next year the Liberal Arts building will no long- er be the new buildingf' Already it is so much a part of the campus that it is hard to recall the time when the ground it occupies was tall grass and quail nests. Landscaping and connecting walks integrate it with the older buildingsg well-planned architecture make harmonious relationships. The Liberal Arts building completes the first quadrangle of the campus. But in rounding out the educational facilities of the University and giving new opportunities for recreational companionship, it has completed even more importantly, we feel, a quadrangle of student life. -Jllary Harbord I 1