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Daily Hansan
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59th Year, No. 41 SECTION C
Friday, November 10, 196
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
A PROLIFIC WRITER—James Gunn is shown at his desk in Strong Hall.
Gunn Describes Work And Literary Career
James E. Gunn has an office on the second floor of Strong Hall, a cluttered desk in said office, and a long, imposing title: Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor for University Relations.
By Zeke Wigglesworth
What this means is that James E. Gunn is a public relations man for the University of Kansas;
HOWEVER, HE LOOKS with less than favor on this designation. "I have never considered myself to be a public relations man. There is a bad Madison Avenue aura around that title. It used to be the same way for 'press agent.'"
As administrative assistant to the chancellor, Mr. Gunn has a variety of duties.
"Basically my job is to further communications between the University of Kansas and a variety of publics."
HE EXPLAINS THAT a variety of publics includes interested parties who want to know about KU, such as students, alumni, persons taking extension courses from KU and the public in general.
In his capacity as public relations man, he serves on many committees and advisory groups. One example of this is the Athletic Board.
"I am a special adviser to the Board for such activities as promotion campaigns to increase attendance at University sporting events."
Other activities in his busy schedule are: Chairman of the Faculty Quarterback Club, faculty to Battenfeld men's hall, and member of the faculty advising board to the athletic program.
About his work, he says:
"I write articles, produce pamphlets and in general communicate to those people who are interested in the University.
Meaningful activities mentioned in one Gunn-produced pamphlet include scholarships administered by the University, student publications, research grants, research projects and articles written by KU faculty members.
MR. GUNN BRINGS a rich writing background to his duties as public relations man.
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Changeable "Shack" To Be Razed Soon
"The Shack"—that little building between Fraser Hall and Watson Library—probably won't be missed by the majority of students when it is razed in the next few months.
Today it stands anonymously, passed by hundreds of students each day who never give it a thought. But for forty years, as the home of the Kansan, it affected nearly every student on the campus.
It was the place where students brought in notices of club meetings, engagements and fraternity activities. It was the place where professors came to complain about coverage of their speeches. It was the place where students heard the sound of the press and knew that soon the latest issue of the Daily Kansan would be distributed.
"THE SHACK" is the second oldest building on the campus. It was built in 1883 to relieve crowded conditions, and it has always served as a temporary home for departments which expected someday to have a new home with adequate space.
When "The Shack" was constructed, KU consisted of two buildings. North College Hall, the original structure, stood at the present (Continued on page 13)
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House Decorations Mean Hectic Effort
By Jim Williamson
Thursday night and all's not going well! The deadline draws near and nobody knows just why that big Jayhawk is not in place. "It looks like another all-nighter — remember last year," someone says.
THE SCENE IS in front of a fraternity house the day before the Homecoming decorations are to be assembled. All the committee heads are upstairs asleep, leaving the work to the pledges. Naturally this is a mess! “#$%!!#$**, oooh, my thumb.” Ah yes, Homecoming is here.
When a fraternity undertakes a project like this, things just naturally deviate from the norm: It's not organized like you think. Oh sure, there are well-laid plans, but well, you know, things just DON'T go as planned.
ABOUT A MONTH before Homecoming, someone gets up in chapter meeting and states: "Homecoming is just around the corner—how 'bout it?" Naturally he gets support from everyone who just happens to have tests that week or something else VERY important to do during that week. So it is decided to try again this year.
Well, that's the last you hear of Homecoming until the night before the ideas are to be submitted to the KU Homecoming Committee. Then an 11 o'clock meeting is called of all the "brains" to get a theme.
AUREN
This leaves two weeks of preparation for the project. During this time, people could be working little by little, assembling all the parts—but that's right, everyone says, "Well, we've got time."
MONDAY ARRIVES and chapter meeting again: "All those who signed up for the lighting committee will meet at 11 tonight."
A sudden burst of energy explodes into hectic activity.
"Davis, you get the nails, Larson, the cardboard—just bill the house," one of the chairmen says.
Tuesday is here. "What did you get on that Philosophy exam?" we hear. Minds are back on school. "What did you hear from Bev?"
WEDNESDAY: "PLEDGE: go around to all the rooms and get my committee down here." You can tell that someone is interested—the committee heads. After all, they're responsible. More plans are laid. Really they are conversions of the original ones: "We couldn't get the paint you wanted cause it costs too much."
get the Tempera, the chairman says.
Now it is Thursday, D-Day:
"C'mon guys, get over here." The foundation is up, brothers are running off for more masking tape, the cardboard is now in place.
"What do I do now?" Oooops, the lights just went out—now they're back on, the painters are at work, and so on, deeeeep into the night.
"OK, OK, go out tomorrow and get the Tempera," the chairman says.
DURING BREAKFAST Friday morning the project is discussed. During the day some attend classes and others don't—“We've got to get it done.” And you know, two minutes before the afternoon deadline, the last part is in place—it's done. Of course, it NEVER looks like it did on paper, but it sure looks good! The music plays, the whistle blows, the neighbors complain, the parts move around, and the pledges get tired—and it's done.
Israel Develops As Aid Supplier
JERUSALEM, Israel—(UPI)—Little Israel, only 13 years old, has quietly developed into a "foreign aid" supplier to some 57 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean area.
By Eliav Simon
But unlike the United States, Israeli aid is not generally carried out on a financial basis.
In Israel this aid program is known as "cooperation with developing countries." It is cooperation mainly in the field of science and technology.
THE ORIGIN OF THIS TECHNICAL cooperation is obscure even to well-informed Israelis but it can be traced to international socialist conferences of the early 1950s attended by the Mapai Moderate Labor Party and the Histadrut Labor Federation.
The actual initiative appears to have been taken by Afro-Asian visitors to Israel who suggested that under-developed areas had much to learn from the development struggle of the new Jewish state.
The newly independent countries of Africa and Asia wish to take their examples from Israel's own short history.
The countries of the Mediterranean area and of Latin America, especially Brazil, find the results of Israel's experimentation suitable or adaptable to some of their needs.
THUS, IT IS DIFFICULT to say what is the exact purpose of Israel's program because it started without a definite purpose or motive except to extend a hand to those countries which—like Israel—had to start from scratch but which, unlike her, had no reservoir of established skills to fall back on.
In proportion to its size and its population, Israel is well-endowed, especially in such fields as agriculture, construction, public health and other similar categories which new states find vital to their growth.
Solid Research Shown by KU On Radiation
Close links between Washington and Lawrence distinguish KU's department of radiation biophysics.
The department is one of eight from universities in the United States who train students sent to it from the Atomic Energy Commission in radiation biophysics, with strong emphasis on health physics.
In addition, the department trains Army, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Health Service personnel in health physics, a program which teaches proper methods for handling radioactive materials. It also conducts a summer program for high school teachers in radiation biophysics under AEC sponsorship.
BUT GOVERNMENT contracts are the departments' feature. It has done work for the AEC on the metabolism of radium, strontium and other heavy atomic matter and work on the metabolism of iodine labeled products. With a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service the department has studied the minute distribution of radium and strontium in human beings.
Last year Frank E. Hoecker, professor of radiation biophysics and chairman of the department, completed a 14 year study under AEC sponsorship on the metabolism of radium and strontium in the human bone.
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TO CONDUCT THESE STUDIES the department simply uses geiger counters of various sorts. One, a spectrometer, is a specialized counter which analyzes radioactive material. This instrument tells what the material is and what it gives off. This operation may take several days, weeks or months to do, depending upon the material.
The department will be closer to its largest piece of equipment, the nuclear reactor, by the end of the year when it moves into the Nuclear
At present Israel cooperates with 57 countries and maintains "intensive" ties with 30 of these.
Israel's technical aid activities fall into three categories.
MORE THAN 2,000 PERSONS from these countries have done advanced study in Israel while more than 400 Israelis have gone abroad to carry out missions in those nations.
The first—and smallest—is channeled through the United Nations. About 20 Israeli experts and 50 foreign trainees visit Israel annually for brief periods. The costs are borne entirely by the United Nations.
The second category involves joint companies and ventures, both public and private. These take various forms, such as joint stock companies —usually on a 60-40 basis in favor of local governments.
THE FIELDS COVERED are public construction, water supply and irrigation, agricultural planning and management contracts, especially in shipping. Israeli companies are incorporated in foreign countries to help advance these fields.
Such countries now include Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, Nepal, Burma, Sierra Leone, Chana, Nigeria, Liberia, Togo and Ethiopia. In the near future it is hoped that such relations will be extended to the newer nations such as Tanganyika, Kenya and Uganda.
On the Israeli side they are directed by such companies as Solel Boneh Constructions Corporation of the Histadrut Labor Federation, the Water Resources Development Company and private firms like Dizengoff West Africa Company and the Meyer Brothers Corporation.
In the last three years these companies did a business totaling nearly $400 million.
THE THIRD CATEGORY consists of bilateral technical assistance agreements on a government-to-government basis.
This is by far the most important in bringing Israel into personal contact as it were with these nations.
Three types of assistance are involved in this cycle of operation. They are:
They are:
- Training of students, both basic and advanced, in Israel.
- The sending of experts and in-
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