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Modern Greek Carving, Pottery Shown, In Wilcox
Modern Greek art is now on display at Wilcox Museum in Frase Hall. "Most of the pieces on display are imitations of ancient Greeel art." Miss Mary Grant, curator of the museum said.
Pottery imitating ancient Greek vases in design, embroidery on raw silk from the Island of Crete, a wooden paper knife from Mt. Athos, and a mountaineer's dagger with a horn handle and a "sardine can" sheath, are among the articles on display.
The wooden paper knife is from a monastery on Mt. Athos she added, and was carved by the Monks on Mt. Athos. It has an inscription of "The Holy Mount" carved in its blade in Greek.
These articles were collected on a trip to Greece several years ago Miss Grant said, with most of them coming from Athens.
Females are unable to go into this section Miss Grant stated, and the knife was obtained by male members on the ship she was on at the time of her visit to the Mount.
"The modern Greek art is a product of the modern craftsmans of Greece." Miss Grant added, and much of it is imitation. This can be seen most easily in the pottery, made of red clay, with scenes on the vases left in the original red clay and the background painted black, a custom used in ancient days.
Final Faculty Recital At 8
Miss Elizabeth Townsley, assistant professor of voice, will present the final concert of the Faculty Recital Series at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium.
Miss Townsley has been on the faculty since 1952. She received a bachelor of music degree from the University of Texas, and studied in Milan, Italy in 1951-52.
She has appeared in leading roles in "The Secret of Suzanne" and "An American in Boston" at the University, and has appeared as soloist with the University Chorus.
Marian Jersild, assistant professor of piano, will accompany Miss Townsley. The concert is open to the public without charge.
Bridgeport U. Forms Activities Point Plan
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (IP)—Demand on the student's time in hours per week will be a big factor in formulating the proposed activities point system at the University of Bridgeport, said Floyd L. Brewer, director of student activities and originator of the plan.
Five groupings have been tentatively set by the Student Activities Office. Positions similar to president of student council, president of other organizations, other group officers, members of any organization and occasional participants in campus organizations or activity will carry ratings used in limiting the activities.
University Daily Kansan
Humans would become confused if they "saw" only with their eyes, because the image on the retina always is upside-down. The brain translates the images and conscious vision takes place in the mind. The eye merely records light stimuli and sets off a pattern of nervous impulses.
PHONE VI 3.4916
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Before you leave school have those songs you sing at dinner put on records. We have the finest portable recording equipment to do it at your house.
K-Book Listings Due
Formerly University Recording Studio
Organizations which want to appear in the K-Book must give the name of the organization and its president to Laurence C. Wood-ruff, dean of students, 228 Strong Hall, before Thursday, May 31.
A watch ticks 18,000 times a day and nearly 160 million ticks a year.
The review of "This Fortress World," a science-fiction novel by James E. Gunn, managing editor of alumni publications, will be read by George M. Herman, instructor of English, at 4 p. m. Tuesday in the Music Room of the Student Union. The review was written by Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism, who cannot give it in person because of another engagement. The review will be the last in the series sponsored by the Student Union Activities.
Final Book Review Slated For Tuesday
The president of the National Goat Association is from Admire, Kan.
Monday, May 21, 1956.
Don Davis, class of 1918 and vice president of KMBC, spoke at the second annual Radio-TV banquet in the Student Union May 18. He spoke on "Everything You Do. Leads to What You Do Later."
Davis Addresses Radio-TV Dinner
Mr. Davis said persons with any kind of college degrees are better qualified to work in the broadcasting business than persons with no degrees at all.
College Has English Workshop
The toastmaster was Ralph Butler. Leavenworth junior.
WAUKESHA, Wis. (IP) — Carroll College has instituted a communications workshop for students deficient in standard English usage. The workshop will fulfill the previous plan of referring students to the English department for proficiency tests and special help.
A parody on "a well-known, successful commercial station" was given by Bill Harmon, Topeka junior, and Butler.
The American Meat Institute says Americans will eat 8,500.000.- 000 hot dogs this year. That's 800.- 000 miles of them.
Alpena, Mich., leads the world in production of Portland cement.
What's doing at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Today's leadership . . a reflection of policies established in aviation's infancy
Back in The Roaring Twenties, the magic dream pictured American families someday using the light personal airplane as freely as the family car. Among the realists, however, was a handful of men who were unshakable in their conviction that the real future of aviation lay with bigger aircraft, higher speeds, greater ranges all possible only through engines of higher power and more reliability than those of that era.
In the spring of 1925, six of these men of vision founded a company in Hartford to undertake the development of a new aircraft engine—an air-cooled type. The year's end heralded their first success — Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's "Wasp".
This talented group of men continued to improve their powerplant designs, developing engines of steadily mounting power that operated efficiently and dependably. They contributed much to aviation's progress—so much so that currently three-quarters of the world's commercial airliners and many of our nation's first line military aircraft are P & W A-powered.
Today's P & W A powerplant designs are supported by the very finest research facilities and equipment, and a technical staff that is continually being strengthened. That nucleus of six men has grown into one of the world's leading engineering organizations. Yet to this very day, engineering achievement at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft is guided by its founders' simple policy . . . the best airplanes can be designed only around the best engines.
World's foremost designer and builder of aircraft engines
PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT
DIVISION OF UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
EAST HARTFORD 8, CONNECTICUT
The Original Wasp, the first P & W A engine — designed, fabricated and assembled in less than seven months. Weighing under 650 pounds and officially rated at 410 horsepower, this lightweight, air-cooled radial engine was a milestone in aviation history and set the pattern for almost three decades of record-breaking advances.
The Double Wasp, an 18-cylinder, two-row piston engine rated at 2400 horsepower for basic use. Its rating increased by water injection to 3400 horsepower, the Double Wasp was instrumental in turning many a military crisis into an aerial victory in the decisive battles of World War II.
The Wasp Major, a 28-cylinder engine with pistons arranged in four rows of seven each and a 3800-horsepower rating. Its power and performance have never been equalled, the Wasp Major represents the apex of the art of building reciprocating engines.
The J-57 Turbajet, first jet engine in history to be officially rated in the 10,000-pound-thrust class. In quantity production since early 1953, the J-57 has continuously undergone progressive development. It gives every indication of having almost unlimited growth possibilities.
The Engines of Tomorrow, advanced jet, turboprop, and nuclear. Already in various stages of development, these aircraft engines of the future will further contribute to the long history of leadership that Pratt & Whitney Aircraft has established in the field of aviation.