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Friday. April 2, 1976
University Daily Kansan
State's fate up to Kansans
By DOMINIC D'ASCOLI
For the year 2000, Kansas will undoubtedly undergo many changes and whether it will continue to do so is a matter of debate.
That's the warning given in a recently published report, "The Future of Kansas."
The report is the work of University of Kansas faculty members Herman Lajan, director of social and environmental research at the U.S. Institute of Architecture and urban design.
The report, released by the Division of State Planning and Research in Topeka, was developed from a study by the University of Kansas on activities, problems and options for Kansas. Actual and potential problems in 18 major resource areas, including population growth, health and natural resources, were examined as the basis of existing trends in these areas.
The report says its purpose is to notify Kansas policy makers and citizens of the options in each resource area, thus allowing agencies' best suited for the future of Kansas.
Some important changes the report says will affect Kansans by 2000 are:
- Changes in population growth and distribution.
- Diversification in local and state revenue sources.
- Changes in educational systems.
- Changes in the types of jobs that will be available to Kansans.
It's hard to imagine any population problems in the wide open spaces of Kangaroo Island, and the increase will increase by less than 1 per cent by the year 2000, the report says, the lack of rural inhabitants will financially restrict governments in these areas from providing housing.
He said that if the projections came true, there would be a need to make Kansas more likely to win.
"One way this could be done." Flentji
adds that to build business in these
Edward Flentje, director of the Kansas Division of Planning and Research, said the report's population projections were because they were based on current trends.
said, "to build up business in these areas"
He said a proposed bill was now before the Kansas House which, if passed, would provide tax credit for any company or person who invests capital in a Kansas business, provides that the business
By the year 2000, the report says, the majority of state expenses will cover human needs such as education, welfare, health, recreation and public safety.
And ever-increasing energy problems will result in large conservation expenses, it
According to the report, the future also should include the improvement of educational systems.
School funding will have to change its emphasis from enrollment numbers to program needs, which more likely will be based on individual needs; the report says.
W. M. Holloway, director of Administrative and instructional development for the School of Education, said he agreed with the report's findings.
He said the demand for program-based concept stemmed from present-day public services.
"People are demanding to know more of just what their money buys," Holloway said. "They want to see a product and we've been giving them a process."
Holloway said that educational systems improved their ability to effectively evaluate the success of teaching techniques, and made it possible to give the public better accountability.
The report also says:
- An overall stabilization of the community college system is needed.
- Social services need improvement.
- — Better services for the elderly are badly needed in rural areas, and programs in this area must be designed to keep the elderly independent and out of institutions.
- The needs of the handicapped must be properly fulfilled.
Future governmental policymakers
will need to seriously consider the problems of population distribution.
The occultation will be impressive to the unaware.
—Labor in Kansas has a bright future. Ken Wendel, associate professor of social welfare, said that he thought the report's recommendations were clear and correct. Reference copies of the report and a summarized version entitled, "Kansas 2025 in Institute Studies and Environmental Studies library, 607 Blake Hall."
Kansans, the report stresses, must realize the options that await them in the near future. It says that if the people act now, using the report's findings as a guide, they can prevent minor difficulties from mushrooming into major problems.
"It's not a terribly spectacular thing," he
wondered, a just-ist-back-and-
watch kind of thing."
Rare occultation of star gets astronomical attention
Just after sunset next Wednesday, at 6:56 pm, the planet Mars will occult the star Epsilon Gineminor, the fourth largest star in the constellation Gemini.
According to Larry Kelsey, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, an occultation is the same as an eclipse except an occultation is the movement of a planet, rather than a moon, across a star, and it isn't as spectacular.
Because it will occur at twilight in the Lawrence area, Kelsey said, binoculars or a telescope would be advisable for the amateur observer.
Kelsey said that 15 to 20 minutes before the occultation, an observer without binocular would notice what looks like only one star. As the bodies get closer, they will become more distinguisheble. He said that they can see last about four and three-quarter minutes.
"Occultations occur probably only twice a decade," Kelsey said.
According to Astronomy magazine, the
last important occultation occurred in 1971 when Jupiter occulted Beta Scorpii.
Aside from their rarity, occultations are interesting because they offer astronomers an opportunity to gather data that they otherwise couldn't. Kelsey said.
But, Kelsey said, more precise instruments have enabled astronomers to see more detail.
Kelsey said that the most important information that to coagulates is about the temperature.
*Occultations are not as prized by professional astronomers as they used to be.*
The refraction of starlight helps to figure out what the atmosphere of the planet might be.
Also, he said, the diameter of a planet could be told by how fast the planet moved
Kelsey said that today, the major information from occultations used by astronomers is update material for a model of the chart exact locations of celestial bodies.
"By timing the exact moment of an occultation," he said, "you can improve the ephemerises and get a better projection of the future."
Frat celebrates birthday
KU's chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity will celebrate its 100th birthday tomorrow through Sunday, with more than 250 of its 1,000 living alumni taking part.
Speakers for the celebration will include KU chapter alumnus Charles "Buddy" Rogers, former film star and husband of silent movie star Mary Pickford, and Tom James, Dallas, Tex., national president of Phi Kappa Psi.
The events open tomorrow with a golf tournament for alumni at the Alvaramar Hills golf course and a tennis tournament at the Alvaramar Hills Golf Course. The events tomorrow are informal dinners by the pledge class and tours of the campus and community. The tours will continue.
James will speak Saturday at a special luncheon which will review the chapters.
The anniversary banquet Saturday night will be highlighted by Rogers' appearance. On Surrey, alumni and active members will attend the event. The institute for the oldest living initiative in
attendance and the new initiate, Mike
Brown, the freshman, Renogir is the fraternity's 1.500th class.
The national organization is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
A recognition ceremony for Kansas chapter members who have made significant contributions to society will close the program.
Among the alumn to be honored is the late Solen Sumferield, KU benefactor.
late Solen Summerfield, KU benefactor.
KU owes the song, "Tm a Jayawkh" to George Rowles, a Phi Pi who also is the composer of several Phi Psi songs.
Other prominent alumni of the KU chapter are the late forrest C. "Phog" Allen, former KU basketball coach; Herbert Hadley, former Missouri governor; Larry Winn Jr., Kansas congressman; Ralph Miller, an All-America quarterback; and Charles Black, an All-America basketball player.
The Kansas chapter is the third oldest continuing Greek organization on campus. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Psi Beta were established three years earlier in 1873.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Presents
THOMAS MIDDLETON and WILLIAM ROWLEY'S
THE CHANGELING
April 1,2,3 8:00 p.m.
April 4 2:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE, MURPHY HALL Box Office 864-3982
K. U. students free with I.D.
Mapping plan lot purchase get county OK
The Douglas County Commission yesterday approved a contract to buy 8.54 acres of land at the intersection of 19th and 20th streets for parking at the county 4-H fairgrounds.
The county will pay Loman and Estalene Lathorn $24,000 for the land, which is just over a mile from her home.
The purchase will be financed by count community development money.
Data collected in the mapping project will be used by the county as reference material. The map will show present land uses in Douglas County and can be used for planning purposes for housing projects and natural resource conservation.
The commission also approved a $8,000 contract with the University of Kansas' Center for Research, Inc., for a mapping project.
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