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Campus Carpenters Face Variety Of Construction Jobs
General repairs, mending obsolete interior decoration and new construction jobs face the carpenters who currently are remodeling and maintaining the woodwork for several buildings on the campus.
O. B. Imel, assistant carpentry foreman, said current operations include the constructing of a glass-enclosed bulletin board for the engineering department, a compelte remodeling of rooms for Elden Teft, assistant professor of design, and a complete remodeling of rooms in the north basement of Fraser.
Mr. Imel said the department will construct additional fixtures made of mahogany for Bailey which houses the School of Education and the department of visual instruction.
Graduation Plateau
"Each year we construct the platforms," said Mr. Memorial Stadium, said Mr. Imlah who has worked at KU for 15 years.
Graduation Platforms
"We have a man who takes care of all glass and window panes. When we have a hard wind, 12 to 15 panes are blown out and often doors are slammed shut and the glass is broken." Mr. Imel said.
"The same man repairs all the hydraulic door checks, too. When the oil gets dirty and hardens, it has to be replaced," he said.
Various types of construction material used are white, pine, oak walnut, and quarter-inch plywood plus sheet cork and plastic board material.
No Accidents
Machines used in construction, include plainers, joinders, morticing machines, and drill presses.
"We haven't had an accident on machines in two or three years," Mr. Imel said. "The worst accident was in the old journalism building when a man fell through the skylight and broke his back.
"We are planning to construct table tops along the wall in the new music and dramatic arts building to support sound and recording equipment," Mr. Imel said.
Mr. Imel classified himself as a cabinet maker and said, "cabinet-making takes in some of the finer work on the campus. We worked on the hostess desk in Dyche Museum for six weeks. It's made of birch and has a disappearing top to protect drawing instruments during the absence of the hostess."
Northwestern Prof To Speak Monday
Charles Hyneman, professor of political science at Northwestern University, will speak on "Intellectual Conflicts in Political Science" at a public lecture at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14, in 233 Malot.
Prof. Hyneman was previously chairman of the department of government at the University of Louisiana and was with the U.S. Bureau of Budget and the Federal Communications Commission during World War II.
He is the author of "Bureaucracy in a Democracy."
Geology Professor On Council
Geology Professor On Council Dr. H, T. U. Summ, associate professor of geology, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the National Research Council, earth science division, as the representative from the American Society of Photogrammetry. Dr. Smith has been associated with the National Research Council since 1947, serving several years as chairman of one of its committees.
Engineering Council Officers
Tommy F. Griffith, Pratt junior,
has been elected president of the
Engineering Council. Other officers
are Robert M. Hanna, Winfield juni-
rior, vice president; Robert R. Johnson,
Kansas city, Mo., sophomore,
secretary-treasurer; Ted K. Pendleman,
Wellington junior, senior represen-
tative; William E. Benso, Gorham
sophomore, junior representative,
and Bobby Dale Griffith, Pratt fresh-
man, sophomore representative.
Miss Peterson To Be Honored
Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women, will be honored at a tea given by the Senior Panhellenic Council at 7:15 p.m. at the Chi Omega house on Wednesday, May 16.
Ocean water is one of the best sources for producing the element magnesium.
Heads Of ROTC Units To Leave
Capt. Virgil F. Gordinier, commander of the Naval ROTC program, will leave the University in June after three years here. He will be promoted to rear admiral upon retiring, after 30 years in the Navy on June 30.
Col. Thomas B. Summers, commander of the Air Force unit, and Lt. Col. Justice R. Neale, commander of the Army unit, will be transferred to new posts this summer. Col. Summers will join headquarters AFROTIC at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., and Lt. Col. Neale will be stationed in Germany.
Capt. Gordinier will be succeeded by Capt. Keith M. Krieger, who is now commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N.J. Replacements for the other officers have not been announced.
Valuable Greek Vase On Display
A Greek vase found in the Etruscan city of Vulci, Italy, has been put on display at Wilcox Museum in Fraser by Miss Mary Grant, curator of the museum.
Miss Grant brought the vase from Italy in the spring of 1954 when she returned from a visit.
"The Greek vase is the most valuable single piece we have in the museum," Miss Grant said. "I carried it in my arms all the way back from Italy, never letting it out of my sight," she added.
The Greek vase dating back to the 400's B.C. was imported by the Etruscans from Greece. It is a red-figured Greek drinking cup. The vase is made of red clay with the scene in the center of the bowl left in the original color with a background.
Thursday, May 10, 1956. University Daily Kansan
The scene displays two wrestlers after they have finished exercising. It was taken from Palaestra, a wrestling school of that time, Miss Grant said.
The University of Kansas was the third university to go coeducational in the United States.
Engineering Fraternity Elects Officers, Initiates 22 Men
Twenty-two men were initiated into Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity at a banquet Wednesday night. Election of officers for the 1956-57 school year was also held.
New officers are Max Mardick, Iola junior, president; John Dealy, Topea sophomore, vice president; Phil Rein, Hillsboro, recording secretary; Harold DeMoss, Lawrence, corresponding secretary, Roger Lembke, Prairie Village, treasurer, Martin Hanna, Winfield, historian, all juniors.
Initiates were Francis Brinkmeye, Independence, Joseph Hopkins, Lawrence, Donald Barnes, El Dorado, Harry Janssen, Lyons, Paul Wilson, Lawrence, Robert Boyd, Overland Park, Otis Gotty, Kansas City, Mo, Lowell Janzen, York Neb, Merrill Jones, Milford, Richard Lee, Mission, Lembke, DeMoss, Hanna, Rein, Dave Schwartz, Russell, Leonard Suelter, Manhattan, Kenn et h Vadghn, Yates Center, Richard Schroff, Hiawatha, Harvey Wertz, Muskogee, Okla., all juniors.
Paul Taylor Topeka, Dealy, and Cletus Isbell, Alamo, Tenn., all sonhomores.
Air Force Reserve Unit Scheduled
A United States Air Force Reserve unit soon will be organized in Lawrence, Lt. Col. William D. Green, commandant of the Kansas City Air Reserve Center, announced today after evaluating a survey of interest in forming such a unit.
A meeting to organize an Air Reserve unit here will be held at 7:30 p.m., May 16 at the Chamber of Commerce, seventh and Vermont. Further information can be obtained from Maj. Maurice E. Barker, by calling KU 340.
All former, service men in the Lawrence area are invited to attend this meeting, Colonel Green emphasized. "It isn't necessary that you be a member of the Air Force Reserve or a former member of the Air Force to participate," he said. "All former servicemen can become Air Force Reservists."
Gene Conley, Milwaukee pitcher,
is the tallest man in the major
leagues at 6 feet 8 inches.