Page 8 University Daily Kansan Monday, May 14, 1956
Don't Water Steam, Please It Makes Whistle Wheeze
If you've noticed that the whistle has sounded less intense lately, Eldon Ulrich, assistant chief engineer at the power plant on the Hill thinks "wet" steam causes it.
"Wet" steam is a mixture of steam and free water particles. Dry steam is steam just out of a boiler, Mr. Ulrich said.
"If we had a steam line circulating through a return line to the boiler so that the whistle valve is directly off the circulating line, the whistle probably wouldn't sound the way it does," Mr. Ulrich said.
A steam pipe rises about 30 feet to the whistle above a circulating pipe.
"We're operating with a 300 horsepower load right now, and steam pressure is normal at 175 pounds per square inch. The load is nearly double over last year at
this time." Mr. Ulrich said. "Temperature accounts for the variation from our normal load of 1,800 horsepower."
The whistle blast is controlled by a time clock which sends an electric current through a relay to a five-horsepower motor which operates an arm that opens the whistle valve. The length of the blast is controlled by the clock, also.
"We never blow the whistle except for convocation or when the clock-motor control fails". W. E. Nelson, maintenance foreman, said. "When the relay fails to click, we know something's gone wrong."
For convocations, Mr. Ulrich said the electricians open the clock switch and prescribe the times for blowing the whistle. A manually operated switch starts the motor which causes the whistle valve to open.
May Was Month Of Duels In Early KU History
The arrival of May in 1956 virtually went unheeded at the University. However, the arrival of May at the University of Kansas in the late 1800's and early 1900's did not go unheeded. In fact, the first of May was the time of much enthusiastic celebration.
On May 1, in 1891, junior men erected a flag bearing the numerals of their class year on a 40 foot pole. Sophomores and seniors combined forces to tear the flag down so freshmen joined the juniors in defense of their flag. The fight progressed the whole day with the junior men at last emerging victorious.
As the University expanded, class spirit developed into a series of duels between freshmen and sophomores and was not conflated to May Day alone. Finally, in the fall of 1904, the faculty and Chancellor Frank Strong voiced strenuous disapproval of the custom and on May Day of 1905, no class flag was flown.
In 1908, the May Fete was initiated by faculty members who were concerned with student life and interests since the cessation of the May fight. The change from a May fight to a May fete was a remarkable one but it proved to be as successful as it was colorful. The scene was on the lawn in front of Fraser and Blake halls where girls in white gowns wound tall Maypoles, which appeared that year for the first time.
Today, we no longer wind Maypoles on the lawn in front of Fraser but the first signs of spring do send us to our automobiles for long drives in the country. The automobile did not fade into the dimness of yesterday along with May fights and May fetes but has become instead our instrument for expressing our enthusiasm for spring weather.
'Enthusiastic' 62 Hear Cellist Give Senior Recital Sunday
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Ev JIM TICE
an enthusiastic audience of 62 persons heard Wanda Ashley, Lawrence, cellist, present her senior recital Sunday afternoon in Strong Auditorium.
Mrs. Ashley's program consisted of works ranging from the 17th to the 20th century, including the "Sonata in A Minor" by Vivaldi, "Concerto in D Major" by Haydn, "Sonata in E Minor" by Brahms, and "Sonatina" by Berard Wage-naar. A program of sonatas and a concerto might be regarded as heavy, but considering the works
Auburn-haired Mrs. Ashley has an attractive silhouette, but it would have been better if more light had illuminated the subject and the audience could see her plainly.
written for cello, Mrs. Ashley's was a well-planned program.
Brahm's sonata for cello and piano showed Mrs. Ashley's spirit and sensitivity in several passages and also displayed the artistic ability of her accompanist, Sara Jane Hopkins, Boonville, Mo. freshman.
19 To Speak At Graduations
At least 19 members of the University staff will give 89 commencement addresses and baccalaureate mermons in public schools this month.
The figures include only those engagements which have been registered in the office of Guy M. Keeler, director of the lecture course bureau.
The 19 who will speak are Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, professor of physical education and basketball coach; Dean Kenneth E. Anderson of the School of Education; Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism; Ray Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry; E.C. Buehler, professor of speech; Karl Edwards, associate professor of education; E.R. Elbel, professor of physical education; Oscar M. Haugh, associate professor of education.
Kim Giffin, associate professor of speech; Mr. Keelen, Charles B. Mather, football coach; Fred Montgomery, director of the bureau of visual instruction; Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy; Gerald Pearl, director of extension classes; Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism; Henry Shenk, associate professor of physical education; the Rev. Dale E. Turner, professor of religion; Dean Frederick J. Moreau of the School of Law; Richard Schiefelbusch, associate professor of speech.
Junior Wins Award For English Paper
Miss Sydney Statley, Mission junior, is the winner of the Helen Rhoda Hoopes-Gamma Phi Beta Award of $25, according to Prof. John Hankins, chairman of the English department. Her subject was the "Basic Problem of Hamlet's Nature as Revealed in Five Soliloquies."
The award is given to the sophomore, junior, or senior girl who writes the best English paper during the school year.
Miss Bernice L. Schear was the second place winner with her selection "Hidden Word," which is about Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter."
The judges were Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor, Edward F. Grier, assistant professor, and Albert R. Kitzhaber, all of the English department.
Official Bulletin
Application for director and business manager of Rock Chalk Revenue will be due at 10 a.m. p.m. Monday. The Interviews will be Tuesday evening in the Student Union.
Tomorrow
Psi Chi, national honorary society in psychology, 8 p.m., Room 305B, Student Room, Speaker Dr. Anthony Smith, "Pressure Department Psychology," Any interested is invited.
Alpha Phi Omega executive committee
officers, and children attend.
Book review, 4 p.m., Music Room, Student Union, John Malcolm Brimin, "Dinny Thomas in America." Reviewer, George Worth.
Baptist Student Union, 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Danforth Chapel. Devotions and prayer.
Russian Club, 4 p.m., Museum of Art
London. Illustrated talk, "Russian Painting."
Canterbury Association, 6:45 a.m. Danforth Chapel. Morning prayer. Holy
Years' Day.
Le Cercle Francais son fai poncue ilaque annuel mercredi le 16 mai a cinq heures chez Mille Crumine, 920 Missou. Ceux qui veulent y assister sont inscrites en lire dans le bureau, 115 Strong, et de payer soixante "cents" a la secretaire.
Wednesday
Poetry Hour, 4 p.m., Student Union Music Room. T. S. Eliot, "Murder in the Cathedral." Reader; Charles Holt and others.
Thursdav
Gets Fulbright Scholarship
George Louis Duerksen, who will receive the master's degree from the University in June, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for study at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Duerkens, from Bartlesville, Okla,
received a bachelor of music education degree from KU in 1955. He attended Hillsboro High School and one year at Tabor College, Hillsboro. He is writing his master's thesis on the history and acoustics of the trombone, which he plays.
During this undergraduate days he was a member of the band. He belongs to Phi Delta Kappa, honorary education fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha, honorary music fraternity.
2 Get Summer Stock Awards
2. Get Summa
Two juniors have received $200 scholarships through the Greater University Fund to assist in the organization of the University's first summer stock company. The scholarships were awarded to Lee Mac-Morris, Hutchinson, and Glenn Pierce, Lawrence, who will be student managers of the summer dramatic productions.
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