Henry Clay Volume Is Near Completion
Manuscript for the first volume Archives, the Library of Congress,
Clay, one and private collections 120 difedited by ferent sources in all.
professor
Two private donations started
for com- the project: A $1,500 donation
position this month.
from the late Guy Huguelette of
The initial volume, entitled "The Lexington and $2,500 from Barry
Rising Statesman." will be pub- Bingham of Louisville. The Lilly
lished next June, according to Endowment Inc.. added $37,800 to
Bruce Denbo, director of the Uni- help with the editing and pubversity press. The nine other lishing. The remainder of uc exvolumes will be published at the penses are being met by the UK
rate cf two a year, according to Research Fund.
Mr. Denbo.
The 6.500 page series, which will
The entire set of books will be include 650 pages in each volume,
named "The ' Papers of Henry is announced by Professor HopClay," and will be published under kins and the UK press as meant
the Imprint of the University of for the serious study of American
Kentucky Press.
political history as revealed
Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Mary through the papers of one who
Wilma Hargreaves, associate edi- helped write that history. Lettor, began the editing of the ters, papers, and Items will go into
papeis in 1952. They gathered the Clay volumes in chronological
their material from the National order. The first item will be the

license Issued to Clay to practice the University can add a series on
law In 1797; the last will be the Kentucky's great statesman.
telegram telling of his death In
Former President Truman adds
1852.
his congratulation to the under-takinThe text will be set In Linotype
"Your project Is highly
Baskerville. a revival of the classic commendable, and I wish you
typeface cut about 1760 by John every success In achieving jour
Baskerville of England, the great- goal."
est printer and typefounder of his
United States Senator John
time.
Sherman Cooper says. "I comThe editing of the book has been mend t he University of Kentucky
made more difficult due to the un- for this endeavor."
usual handwriting of some of
The Courier-Journstates that
Clay's friends. A few of the letters the volumes will stand as "the most
to the statesman were almost un- ambition work ever tackled by a
decipherable and a whole day was university press in the South.
often needed to make out a single
The University press also has a
book being published this month.
letter.
Mr. Denbo noted that the papeis A unique Institution of the Blue
of Thomas Jefferson have been Grass region will be described in
published by Princeton University; this book called. "The Kecncland
papers of Lincoln at Rutgers; and Association Library," by Amelia K.
papers on Theodore Roosevelt at Buckley.
Harvard. He says he Ls proud that
The !ook by Mrs. Buckley.

of the papers of Henry
of a
set being
Hopkins. UK
Dr. James
of history. wllT be ready

librarian at the KreneUnd Rar

Course library, will present a detailed catalog of the research

center at Keeneland. This research
Information is believed to be th
only extensive collection of material on horse racing, breeding,
and related subjects which U open
to the public.
One of the most attractive
features of the forthcoming
volume is the large number of
photographs reproduced from the
Keeneland collection of negatives.
This collection comprises about
15.(HH) photographs
by th late
Charles Christian Cook, one of the?
first photographers to specialize
in racing and racetrack scenes. Ho
also left a number of pictures of
the illegal sport of
as well as photographs taken for
RIngling Brothers Circus.

cock-fuhtin-

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
is

Volume L

si t

Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, October 7, 1!"8

UK Fire Losses Are Near
Million In Last 12 Years
National Fire Prevention Week,
Frazee Hall, adjoining the Stunow at hand, has some real mean- dent Union Building, Jan. 24, 1956,
ing to the University, where five loss $105,000.
major fires in a period of 12 years
Prior to this
period the
has resulted in a total loss of University suffered various other
12-ye-

...

This Was GuignoV

Guignol Theater was housed in a rebuilt frame church on the
preient site of the Euclid ' Avenue Classroom Building. Music
classes were taught in a win; of the building;. A February 1947
fire nearly razed the entire building.

2nd Career Carnival
Planned For Oct. 28
Approximately 90 displays" representing industry, business,
government and the professions will be presented during the
second University, of Kentucky Career Carnival Ou.
in
Coliseum.
Memorial
'J8-L"-

High school and college students
from throughout Kentucky are
to view the displays and
talk withjthe representatives from
1 to 10 p.m. each day on the east
and west concourses of the Coliin-vit-

Dawson
Receives
AEG Grant
A study to determine the physical and chemical properties of
several new synthetic solvents is
being conducted in the UK Department of Chemistry by" Dr. Lyle
R. Dawson, professor of physical
chemistry and head, of the de-

partment.

The project, which will last a
year, is financed by a $10,350
grant from the Atomic Eenergy
Commission. Dr. Merl Baker, director of the Kentucky Research
Foundation, announced the award
today. The KRF is administering

the grant.

Dawson said the project ls a
recontinuation of a long-rang- e
search program in the Department
of Chemistry dealing with the
nonaqueous, or
of
properties
water-fre- e,
solutions. He and his
began research on these
solutions several years ago.
Since 1951. 39 research papers
on their findings have been published In a number of leading
chemical Journals.
Dr. Hartley C. Eckstrom, associ-t- e
professor of chemistry and a
new member of the staff, will assist Dawson on the project.
co-wor-

Numlcr

seum.

The purpose of the carnival is
to give high school students and
college undergraduates an opportunity to learn what courses of
study they should take to prepare

nearly one million dollars.
Tnese major fires were:
and ' Operations
Maintenance
Building on South Limestone
Street, Feb. 13, 1946, loss $400,000.
Guignol Theater and Music
Building on Euclid Avenue at Harrison. Feb. 10, 1947, loss $35,000.
Norwood Hall, just west of Mar- caret I. King Library, Nov. 12.

The fire destroyed the Exteiuilnn
Department books. Trlanale fraternity records and books, army
surplus equipment, and a power
supply owned by WBKY. Tension
was high at moments when the
flames threatened the UK heating
plant and the American Supplier
Tobacco Co. warehouse.
The fire, which began at approximately 10 p. m., rated the
building as the walls fell and oil

fires, the more serious ones being

the Experiment Station in

1891,

loss $4,000; the Stock Pavilion in
1926. loss $25,000, and the Men's
Gym in 1928, loss $8,000.

The $400,000 Maintenance and
Operations Building fire in 1946
kept 80 local, firemen fighting to, exploded.
keep the flames Under control.
Tlu cause of the M Ac O fire li
Students were removed from the not definitely known. Three the1943, loss $200,000.
building which also housed the ories are that the fire was started
Dairy Barn, Experiment Sta- women's gym. Thick smoke boiled by a cigarette or match in tho
tion Farm, May 24, 1953, loss out as the blaze moved through pym. a rodent falling on a live
the interior to the lumber and wire or some machinery
$75,000.
short-circuiti-

ng.

oil storage.area.

ODK APPLICATIONS

A formal dance in the Student
Union Building was ..under way
when the fire began, interrupting
the music with sirens and turmoil
until the streets were cluttered
with men and women in formal
attire. Many of the
onlookers pitched in to help" sal-

The next major
Feb. 10. 1947 when
and Music Building

Second semester junior and all
senior men having at least a
3.0 overall standing may apply
for membership in Omicron
Delta Kappa, senior men's honorary. Applications can be. made vage work.
at the Dean of ' Men's office
Telephone lines caught fire,
and must be in by Wednesday," threatening power and high voltOcL 15,
age " lines," but were cut of r before
serious damage could be done.
well-dress-

theater, constructed of used

in either the projection or costume
room, but was confined mostly to
the west wing.
Girls ' were removed from tho

themselves for positions with these
firms and agencies.
Although scheduled interviews
Brenda Clarkson, Alpha Ciamma Delta pledge ami a gradcollege
will not be arranged,
will have an opportunity uate of Louisville Manual High Sdiool, was named (jueen of
seniors
to meet the representatives.
University President and Mrs. the Sigma Chi Derby Saturday at the UK baseball field.
Kappa Delta's Lorelei Dodd and
Frank G. Dickey will entertain
. - .LkaU
Maddux of Chi Ointp
yi'Ah a tea for exibiitcrs, students
second and third places. This was;
3 to 6 p.m. Oct.
and staff from
the first Derby Queen contest
27 in the ballroom, of the Student
without the cutout form of the
'.
Building,.
Union
ideal girl and the first one in
E. Everett ELsey, professor of enwhich contestants wore skirts ingineering research, is chairman of
stead of shorts.
the carnival planning committee.
NEW YORK. Oct. 6 (AP)
The Derby's all - participation
More than 18.000 persons at- New York's aroused Yankees shattrophy was won by Kappa Alpha
tended last year's event, described tered Lew Burdette's spell today
scored nine points
by President Dickey as "a real and kept alive in the World Series Theta. which
in the seven events. Alpha Oam
success from every point of view." on Bob Turley's five-h- it
shut0
was second with eight points,
Braves. It while Alpha Delta PI and Delta
out of the Milwaukee
was the Yanks' second victory
Delta Delta won third place with
Placement Service
both by shutouts in the first five seven . points apiece The Derby
Ready For Applicants games. the sturdy. 21 game win- scoring system; gave three points
Turley,
to first place teams jn each event,
Mrs. Katherine Kemper, director ner who was routed in the seven-ru- n two to runner-up- ,'
and one for
of the Placement Service, said
first inning of the second show.
yesterday that aJ students inter- game, made the Braves pay
TheU's Sandy Alb won the
ested in getting Jobs next June through the nose. Firing a 6izzling huU hoop content, keeping her
curve hoop spinning, for. nearly, keven
through her office should file fast ball and
with his no windup action, he
their applications as soon as
Continued on Page 2
struck out 10 Milwaukee batters.

7--

back-breaki-

ma-

terials from an old Negro church,
was then located at the pre.sent
site of the Euclid Avenue building. The Music Building was also
of frame construction. This $35,000

Alpha Gam Pledge
Is SX Derby Queen
Yanks Win
In Series

fire was on
the Oumnol
burned. The

nearby dormitories as firemen
showered the burning building
with heavy spray. Heat of the
flames noon became so Intense that
the sprinkler system In Jewell
Hall was set off. Costumes, furniture, flats, ceilings, curtains, lighting equipment, switch boards, and
sound effects were destroyed.
In the music department, losses
Included the Men's Glee Club music, a portion of the glee club
library, and several' pianos. Some
of tfie- contents "we're- - savedwttri
the aid of students who worked
during and after the fire, moving
equipment' to temporary location)..
One piano, missing a leg and .six
strings, was salvaged and taken to
the president's home.
The prized drama collection belonging to Frank Fowler, producing director who lived In the
theater building, aUo was burned.
As you walk between Anderson
Hall and the Mining Lab toward,
the Museum of Anthropology, you
can see a fertile lawn. Just behind Miller Hall. On the early
morning of Nov. 12. 1943.
Norwood Hall went up in
flames at that site with an estimated loss of S200.00Q.
The blaze, which went out of
control at 4:45 a.m.. consumed A
Continued on Page S
-