SIX
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1931
SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Baker Attends Convention
Delegates Visit New Sterling Memorandum Library at Yale
A visit of inspection through the new Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University was one of the principal events of interest on the trip of Charles M. Baker, director of libraries, to New Haven, Conn., to attend the annual meeting of the American library association, June 22 to 27.
The new library, built in Gothic style was erected at a cost of between seven and eight million dollars. It has a collection of more than two million volumes compared to the 230,000 volumes owned by the University.
Among the prominent speakers who appeared before the body of delegates, were Dr. William Lyon Phelps, professor of the department of English of Yale University; Stuart Chase, economist of New York; and Henry Seidel Camby, editor of the Saturday Review of Literature.
While in New Haven, the delegates to the meeting were housed by the university in the official dormitories and were fed at the University Commons.
Among the persons attending were Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Manchester, former director of libraries of the University of Kansas, and Ise Wilhelmi, a former member of the library staff.
Before returning Mr. Baker visited relatives in Boston and stopped in Rochester, N.Y., to go through the library at the University of Rochester.
Ways Found to Keep Cool
Drink Much Water and Wear Porous Clothing
Washington-In hot weather, the question is not how to keep the heat out, but how to get the heat out. Science has found many ways of doing this, and has found explanations for many of the old and tried ways of keeping cool.
Normally the body's temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. In some recent studies in the tropics, it was found that man usually collapsed when his temperature was 104 or 105 degrees. The lethal level, at which death would occur, was fixed at 110 degrees. A few cases have been recorded in which men survived temperatures of from 109 to 112 degrees during heat stroke, but in these cases the high temperatures did not last for long.
Loose, porous clothing allows heat to pass easily away from the body. Perspiration is an excellent method of losing heat. Men can stand higher temperatures than dogs, for instance, because men are able to perspire. Water can carry more heat without showing it than anything else in the world. Of course, the water that is lost by perspiration must be replenished, which is why one must drink plenty of water in warm weather.
People who do not perspire will be more comfortable in hot weather if they drink hot tea and coffee, rather than iced drinks, as the warm liquids will induce extra perspiration.
SKILTON SELECTIONS PLAYED
IN LAST FACULTY RECITAI
The joint recital of Allie Merle Conger, pianist and Ray E. Gafney, tenor, given last night in the Administration auditorium, marked the close of the series of faculty recitals for the summer. The group of selections from Prof. C. S. Skilton, which Miss Conger played were used for the first time in public appearance.
Mr. Gafney featured a group of songs from the Norwegian composer, Edward Grieg, with accompaniments by G. Criss Simpson.
RESERVATIONS AT CORBIN
ARE MADE BY 85 WOMEN
Eighty-five women have engaged rooms at Corbin hall for next year according to statement of Mrs. Dora Bryant, assistant to the dean of women. While the number is not so large as usual, the amount of correspondence now at hand indicates that the hall will be filled.
Owing to remodeling this summer, the capacity of the dormitory has been reduced three, making it possible to house 123 students. Of the 85 women now listed as next year's residents, 63 are women who are returning to the hall after at least one year's former residence.
Light Rays Are Dangerous
Doctor Criticises Uninformed Persons for Misuse of Treatment
Philadelphia-(S.S.)-Exploitation of light ray treatment as a cure-all and its misuse by uninformed persons were severely criticised by Dr. Edwin L. Libbert of Lawrenceburg, Ind., speaking at the meeting here of the American Physical Therapy association.
"It is almost impossible at present to pick up any magazine or newspaper without finding reference to some form of equipment which will bring sunshine into the home," Dr. Libbert said, and then he added, "there is no reason why homes should not be provided with some good reliable source of artificial solar radiation just as they are provided with proper food and other environment, if those who expect to profit by this exposure to this source are willing to abide by medical guidance in its use."
ABE WOLFSON
Dr. Libbert described some of the advantages and some of the dangers of this form of treatment. He urged that it be called actinotherapy, rather than violet or ultraviolet ray treatment. Actinotherapy means treatment of disease by rays of light, particularly chemical light. It is the wave-lengths which are effective because they produce chemical changes in the body that are valuable for treating disease, he pointed out, so actinotherapy is a better term to describe them.
While a coat of tan is an indication of bodily well-being, it is also an indication of body defense against over-irradiation, Dr. Libbert explained. For this reason, many investigators are coming to the decision that reddening of the skin is seldom desirable and that a very slow tanning process is of greater value than rapid tanning.
CHEAPER HYDROGEN ASKED
AT MEETING OF ENGINEERS
London — Cheaper methods of making hydrogen from powdered fuel were discussed here by Dr. A. Thau of Berlin at a joint meeting of the Institute of Fuel and the Institute of Gas Engineers.
Great efforts have been made in recent years to reduce the price of watergas by utilizing a cheaper fuel, as production costs are comparatively high. At present the process depends on the use of high-class lumpy fuel such as coke or coal which is free from small particles.
Jayhawks Flown
O. H. Coberly, c24, for the past four terms superintendent of Carbon-dale high school, this spring was elected to the position of superintendent of the new $175,000 Wellborn rural high school near Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Coberly was graduated from the University when but 19 years old.
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Scientists to Seek Birds
Will Go to Trinidad to Make Collection for Academy
Philadelphia—To make a collection of the birds of Trinidad for the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, H. Radcliffe Roberts, George R. Clark, and W. Wedgwood Bowen have sailed for that interesting island off the northeast tip of South America. They expect to be in the field for three months, and will make a special study of one of the strangest of all tropical fowls, the "oilbird." The young of this bird are so fat that they are used as a regular source of food oil by the natives, who call them "guacharos."
"The young are loaded with fat, a layer forming a kind of cushion between the legs. The fat is half liquid, transparent, without smell, and so pure that it may be kept above a year without becoming rancid. At the convent of Caripe no other oil is used in the kitchen of the monks but that of the cavern; and we never observed that it gave the ailments a disagreeable taste or smell."
In the caves at Trinidad the Academy expedition also will seek curious white bats. Above ground the Philadelphiaans hope to secure specimens of such interesting birds as the umbrella-bird, which has a note like a fife; the bell-bird, which utterts a bell-like sound, and toucans, humming birds, parrots, macaws, herons, flamingos and vultures.
GREAT SUPPLY OFLOCUSTS
EXPECTED IN EAST AFRICA
Cape Town, S.A.—The Kenya Agricultural Department reports that locusts are hatching over an area of seven million acres in the Kenya district of East Africa alone. In addition to this the laying of locust eggs is proceeding over
hundreds of miles of dense tropical vegetation in Uganda. The town of Masindi was recently inundated by locusts, forcing all shops to close.
In the Kenya district the Agricultural Department is effectively combatting the locusts by means of bags of poisoned bait, issued daily, spraying and trench trapping. In the Uganda district there is no adequate policy of destruction, and great fears are expressed by the neighboring districts regarding the damages anticipated when the eggs mature. Fortunately for Kenya, the crop damage will be comparatively small since a greater part of the infested seven million acres is not under cultivation.
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