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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Dec. 19, 1955.
You Think It's Cold Now; Just Wait Until January
If you don't like the cold temperatures and snow we've had so far, then don't read any farther. It will probably be colder in January and February.
Harold A. Pontius, an accountant in the dormitory office, reports that January and February are the coldest months on the Hill. Mr. Pontius is in charge of the ledgers which show the cost of heating University dorms.
A sample check of the dormitories shows that there is a big range between the bills of the highest month and the lowest month. The figures include only the high and low for the nine-month school year.
At North College and Corbin Halls, which are connected on the same central heating unit, the bills for January and February this year were $1,261.99 and $1,240.26, respectively. The low was $273.75 for September.
Oread Hall, the largest dormitory for men in operation last winter, is heated by a combination oil and gas system. The peak month at Oread last winter was December with a $746.84 bill, but Mr. Pontius said this was not a true indication of the cost. The large oil tank was filled that month raising the bill. The winter month bills normally average around $475, he said.
Representative of the smaller scholarship halls is Stephenson Hall. Its combination gas and steam heating system built up the biggest bill in February. The bill was $109.25 against a $53.48 bill in November.
Two of the larger heating units now in operation in the dorm system, one at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall, women's residence, and the other at Carruth and O'Leary Halls, men's residences began operating this fall. They haven't had time to
University Gets 2 DuPont Awards
The E. I. DuFont de Nemours company has made two awards to the chemistry department at the University for the coming school year, Dr. Ray Q. Brewster, department chairman, said Friday.
A teaching fellowship will be provided for a graduate student studying for the Ph. D. degree. It will pay $2,400 to a single student and $3,000 for a married man. Fees also will be paid and the University will receive $500.
Billy Doyle Simpson of Morris, Okla., currently holds the DuPont teaching fellowship, which is a new plan to hold promising teachers in that work. While most doctoral degree candidates do some teaching, they have a tendency to concentrate their part-time employment on research projects. The DuPont award is an attempt to make teaching assignments equally or more attractive.
The KU department also will receive $1.500 to support summer research by a younger member of the faculty. Last summer the grant was used by Prof. Jacob Kleinberg.
Professor Receives $3,500 Grant
An unsolicited $3,500 grant has been received by the University to support the basic research of Dr. Harold W. Barrett, associate professor of biochemistry.
The donor is the Smith, Kline, and French Foundation, established by the pharmaceutical house of that name in Philadelphia to provide financial support for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including basic research. Dr. Barrett's work with derivatives of thiouracio, a substance developed several years ago to combat hyperthyroid conditions, came to the Foundation's attention through scientific publications.
Carrith and O'Leary are connected with the University steam line and GSP is heated by a gas plant with an oil standby.
provide any indicative records yet,
Mr. Pontius said.
The North College, Corbina unit along with Oread Hall are hooked in with a city gas main. Stephenson, Battenfeld, Pearson, Miller, and Watkins Halls, each have connections with the University stearn line.
BALTIMORE, Md. (U.P.)—Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina will receive $100,000 under the will of the late Glenn L. Martin, pioneer aviator and aircraft builder who died Dec. 4.
Kansas Wesleyan Receives $100,000
Martin's will was probated in orphan's court at Baltimore yesterday. He left a total of about 13,635,000 to various institutions including Kansas Wesleyan.
DETROIT (U.R.)-Police searched today for a "strongarmed" thief who robbed a theatre of $2,500. They said $2,300 of the stolen money was in coin.
Detroit Police Get Big Job
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It is only a matter of time until jet transports are
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