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Biology Featured In PBOAE Series
"Biologists are truly catholic in their tastes in that they are all interested in living things," David Paretsky, chairman of the department of microbiology, said last night.
Bv Charles Corcoran
But this is the only boundary that can be assigned to the field of biology. Biologists as individuals are different by their nature. They are in the field for different reasons—because of varied vocational stimulation during their upbringing and education, and because of fate.
THIS WAS the consensus of a panel of five KU biologists who spoke at the SUA Philosophical Basis of Practically Everything (PBOAE) series in the Kansas Union, first of a series dealing with professions.
Don Iglesrud, Minneapolis, Minn., senior and PBOAE Committee chairman, said that the series was started because that sociological and psychological studies show that most people in a particular field have a stereotyped view of other professions. The series is aimed at giving students an opportunity to get the opinion of a profession from someone in that profession that they might otherwise never get, he said.
Although last night's discussion was open to the entire student body, only 19 people attended. Most indicated that they were already in biology. About half of them were graduate students in the field.
THE PANEL was composed of Prof. Faretsky, Prof. Robert E. Beer, chairman of the department, Prof. John A. Weir of the department of zoology, and assistant professors Philip V. Wells and Eugene J. Fox of the department of botany.
Each member of the panel gave a brief history of himself in order to show how he had entered the field.
Historical Prose Shows Modern German Ideas
Trends of thought and action in Germany today are mirrored in contemporary German historical writings because present historians are not objective writers, a German scholar said here yesterday.
Helmut Lindemann, Dr. jur., who is on a speaking tour in the United States, said in a university lecture the historical writings are affecting every generation in some way.
LINDEMANN said the older generation (people born before 1910) in Germany is still adhering to the old views of pre-Hitler times. They are not concerned with why things happened, such as persecution of the Jews and the dictatorship of Hitler. They are trying to justify their position during the war without taking blame for what happened.
The middle generation (people born after 1910) is the group in Germany that has become more enlightened since the modern writers have attempted to explain the events of the war. This group is making an attempt to understand the reasons for the war and its many repercussions.
Lindemann said the only group that is not making excuses for the mistakes of the older generation are the younger people. Made up of children born immediately preceding and during the war this group has a tendency to be brutal and very critical of its elders.
Young Germans think their fathers and uncles who participated in the Hitler regime were fools and had very little sense, Lindemann said. The young people are prone to attack their elders for things they did in the war to save their own lives and homes.
LINDEMANN said that history is a teacher and should help future generations avoid the same mistakes as their parents. The present historical works coming out of Germany today are not the kind that will help future generations understand the mistakes made in the past because they are being written by people who were involved emotionally and physically with the problem of either fighting Hitler or living a long life.
Two said they had always been interested along similar lines and that as they grew older their interests crystallized.
The others said they happened upon biology more or less through accident. They said that their interests were varied, without particular direction in their youth, but that succeeding events in their lives seemed to lead them naturally to the field.
Prof. Wells stressed the aesthetic value he found in his career. Prof. Faretsky said that biology was more than "an 8 to 5 job where one goes home and forgets about his work until his next working day." He said his profession had become something he could live with, something that was an integral part of his interests.
PROF, WEIR, acting as moderator, asked the panel how a student interested in biology might be best educated for that field.
Prof. Beer said a broad liberal arts education was a primary necessity. He said that two years of liberal arts and two years of specialization was not nearly enough training.
"There is a broad spectrum embodied in the term liberal arts," Prof. Beer said. "With only four years of college, early specialization is necessary." He said he would favor what he termed the "Beer Plan" which would call for a ten-year, liberal arts education. Anything less than that would earn a student a degree in a specific field, a B.S. not a B.A.
KU Debaters To Enter Central State Tourney
Four KU debate teams will participate in competition with 40 colleges and universities at the Central State Debate Tournament Friday and Saturday at Oklahoma City.
Senior division debaters are: Fred Kauffeld, Minneapolis, Minn.; senior; Lauralea Milberg, Arlington, Va.; senior; Webster Golden, Iola, sophomore; Melvin O'Connor, Wichita, sophomore.
Debate Coach Wilmer Lunkugel and assistant coach David Smith, Edmond, Okla., graduate student, will accompany the group.
Suddenly I Lost My Memory!
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According to this publisher, many people do not realize how much they could influence others simply by remembering accurately everything they see, hear, or read. Whether in business, at social functions or even in casual conversations with new acquaintances, there are ways in which you can dominate each situation by your ability to remember.
To acquaint the readers of this paper with the easy-tofollow rules for developing skill in remembering anything you choose to remember, the publishers have printed full details of their self-training method in a new book, "Adventures in Memory," which will be mailed free to anyone who requests it. No obligation. Simply send your request to: Memory Studies, 835 Diverse Parkway, Dept. 3248, Chicago 14, Ill. A postcard will do.
KU has nominated a record number of seniors for Woodrow Wilson fellowships.
Record 86 Nominated For Wilson Stipends
Eighty-six students will compete for the fellowships, which encourage students in the arts and sciences to prepare for careers in college teaching.
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1963 University Daily Kansan
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, supported by the Ford Foundation, will announce the awards next spring. Each award provides a year's tuition and fees at a graduate school of the student's choice, plus a stipend for living expenses.
Last year 17 KU seniors won fellowships. KU usually ranks high in number of awards among colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Last year the University placed 12th in the competition.
Texas Air Base Ripped By Chemical Explosion
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — (UPI) An estimated 60,000 pounds of a chemical high explosive erupted with a thunderous roar today at the Atomic Energy Commission's Medina, Tex., nuclear weapons plant, shattering windows ten miles away in San Antonio.
There was no radiation danger, officials emphasized.
Officials reported three men "superficially" injured. They were able to walk away from the blast. Residents of the area fled.
THE BLAST occurred in a mound-like "igloo" used to store explosives. An Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) spokesman said the explosive consisted mostly of TNT.
The three workmen storing the explosive in an igloo noticed a flash from one container. They fled across
HE EXPLAINED that the North Central Association was asked by the Armed Forces to credit overseas schools for dependents.
Dean Visits Overseas Schools
ANDERSON SAID the C-137 carried about 100,000 pounds of freight in addition to the passengers,and was "quite an experience."
He rode in military air transports, in a T-39 jet trainer, a C-137 cargo plane, and a B-37.
Dean Anderson inspected high schools in Labrador, Newfoundland, Iceland, Spain, The Azores, and Bermuda. He was inspecting for the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Kenneth E. Anderson, Dean of the School of Education, recently returned from a 13,000 mile inspection trip of nine high schools operated for dependents at Air Force and Navy bases.
The North Central Association inspects these schools every two years and their reports are given to the Dependent Schools Committee, which gives a rating to the schools.
The schools visited for accreditation inspections were at Goose Bay, Labrador; Argentia and Harmon AFB, Newfoundland; Keflavik, Iceland; Madrid, Zaragoza, and Seville, Spain: Lajes in The Azores, and Kindley AFB, Bermuda.
Dean Anderson said parts of his trip were quite lively. He said his transportation to the various bases was in commercial air liners, and any type of military craft which was available.
a street and crouched in a ditch.
There was some "enriched uranium" in the igloo, but it was dissipated into the air by the blast and is harmless, according to Richard Ellitoo, AEC Information Officer at Albuquerque, N.M. The Medina plant is controlled from Albuquerque.
NUCLEAR explosives are kept at Medina. But the base does not have an atomic reactor.
The explosion at 11:35 a.m. (EST) sent a column of smoke billowing 1,000 feet into the sky. The federal-state livestock marketing service located 20 miles from the scene reported the blast blew its doors open.
Immediately after the blast, roads around the plant were jammed with cars bumper-to-bumper.
Medina tests, assemblies, repairs and disposes of nuclear weapon components in an $18 million plant complex. It employs about 600 persons and covers 4,000 acres southwest of San Antonio.
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