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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 19. 1963
University, Government Join For Helium Research Project
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe announced yesterday that the University and the Helium Activity section of the United States Bureau of Mines have entered into a cooperative agreement for the exchange of information and joint effort in helium research.
Dr. Wescoe stated that the contract formalized what could become a most productive relationship for both the Bureau of Mines and the University.
THE GOVERNMENT'S Helium Research Center in Amarillo, Tex., will supply pure helium for research work at KU, and will make all its research data and library resources available to the University. It will also provide fellowships for KU students while they do research and work on their doctorates at the Center.
In line with the agreement, the University will also supply the government with any new information on helium that they discover.
The agreement resulted from a tradition of helium research begun at KU when the late Prof. H. P. Cady became the first person to isolate the gaseous element helium.
The helium research program is carried on today by Dr. Fred Kurata, chemical engineering professor who is the head of one of the nation's largest research programs in helium.
HELIUM IS ONE of Kansas' great natural resources, and as a result, three multi-million dollar helium extraction plants have been constructed throughout the state.
The world's largest helium extraction plant, of the National Helium Corporation, will be dedicated Sept. 24, at Liberal. The other two plants
are located in Bushton and Ulysses,
but as yet are not in full operation.
"We already have supplied the
government with considerable new
information on helium" he said.
WHILE NO FELLOWSHIPS have been appointed to the Helium Research Center, Dr. Kurata, a member of KU's Center for Research in Engineering Science, has 13 graduate students, the majority of them candidates for Ph.D. degrees.
Dr. Kurata's research with helium has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and began approximately four years ago.
The agreement with the Bureau of Mines is described as being for the purpose of preventing waste of resources, increasing efficiency, and otherwise contributing to the advancement of technological and scientific knowledge and information.
NEW YORK—(UPI)—The question that many of the 4.2 million students entering college this fall asked themselves is, where am I going to get the money?
College Loans Run In to Millions
while the cost of living has nearly doubled since 1940, the cost of going to college has more than tripled during the same period. Many fathers who are college graduates are shocked to learn the price of giving their children the same opportunity.
A freshman who entered a private college in the fall of 1962, faces four-year total costs averaging $11,200, according to current estimates. This compares with $3,700 in 1940 and $6,300 in 1950.
Similarly, a student who started classes at a state college at the same time will pay about $8,300 for his four years of education compared with $2,600 in 1940 and $6,200 in 1950.
The obvious solution, and the only one for many, has been to borrow money, hoping that the advantages of his education will compensate for the cost of the loan.
Americans borrowed close to $600 million in the 1962-63 academic year for tuition and other college expenses. This compared with $115 million in the 1957-58 academic year.
Careful investigation will show the college student that there are a number of ways he ay finance his college.
First, there is the federal loan program sponsored by congress. Under this, the government makes 90 per cent of the needed funds available to the university and the college supplies the 10 per cent balance.
The student is charged no interest on this money until he finishes school and begins to work. Interest is then paid back to the university at 3 per cent.
An interesting sidelight to this plan is that if the student borrowing the money goes into teaching for five years, he is forgiven 50 per cent of the loan.
Second—there is the New York State Higher Education Assistance Corp., a state-supported agency that guarantees and pays part of the interest on loans made by New York lending institutions.
GRIFF'S FAMILY FAVORITES
HAMBURGERS . . . 12c
100% PURE BEEF, GENEROUS SIZE, SIZZLE-
SUCCUELENT, ON A TOASTED BUNI
CHEESEBURGERS . 16c
GRIFF'S UNBEATABLE BURGER, TOPPED WITH TANGY CHEESE!
FRENCH FRIES . . . 11c
CRISPY, GOLDEN BROWN! EAT 'EM WITH YOUR PINKIES — WITH NO FEAR OF 'FLOP-OVERI
TRIPLE-THICK SHAKES . . 15¢
CREAMY-RICH, DAIRY-PURE or 20¢
ZESTY ROOT BEER 10¢
FRUITY ORANGE and
Refreshing COKES 15¢
COFFEE — MILK . . . . 10¢
WITH CHEESE only 16c
100% PURE U.S. INSPECTED BEEF