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University Daily Kansan
GET OFF AND PUSH—The streets leading up Mount Oread all end with an extremely steep stretch near the top. Lee Ann Urban, Lincoln senior, shows that even the English bicycles with their three-speed gear shift, sometimes have to be pushed up that last stretch.
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Tiens! The Language Those French Bus Drivers Used!
Bv LEE ANN URBAN
Someone suggested the other day that if everyone on the campus started riding bicycles the traffic problems would be solved.
Bicycles. The word makes me cringe. I used to think of a bicycle as something I wanted for Christmas when I was in the fourth grade.
Webster says it is "a light vehicle having two wheels, one behind the other, a seat or seats, and pedals by which it is propelled."
Webster's definition isn't complete. A bicycle is a light monster having two wheels one behind the other, a seat that is terribly hard to sit on all day, and pedals which are almost impossible to move when propelling the vehicle up hill at a 90 degree angle.
An Authority's Definition That's the definition by an authority who has struggled with a bicycle through too many miles in England, France, and Germany.
My English bicycle had added detractions. Part of the time only one of the three gears worked. The one that worked all the time happened to be high which is the hardest to pedal. Because of this I pushed the bicycle up about 16 miles of hill one day. Keep in mind when you think of pedaling up 14th Street.
Coasting down hill is great— unless the brakes don't work. The
day my brakes went out, I almost crashed into an ox cart. It wouldn't be too neat to slam in to a Rapid Transit bus.
Bicycles aren't immune to traffic jams either. I don't understand French profanity, but I knew that was what was being yelled at me the day two busses going in opposite directions had to stop because my bike couldn't decide which way to go.
Drivers Weren't Happy, Either
Drivers honking behind me the time I got stuck in the street car tracks weren't too happy either.
This fall weather is just great for bicycle riding, but it might be a little difficult this winter when the streets are icy.
Pedaling in a long winter coat would be rather awkward. Watkins Hospital could really do a good business with the students and professors who got dumped on their heads when coattails got caught in the snokes.
No doubt the parking problem would be alleviated, but then what would the campus cops do?
I hope my friend was only joking when she suggested that everyone start riding bicycles. When it gets down to that, I'd rather hike than bike.
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Moses, It Seems Wasn't Bald
Was Moses bald? Should he be kneeling or standing?
Carlyle H. Smith, associate professor of design, and Eldon C. Tefft, assistant professor of design, have been worrying about these problems since they began a relatively minor task of reproducing two bronze copies of the University seal to hang in the KU medical center in Kansas City, Kan
Work Began in 1953
The two professors began the task of reproducing the seal over a year and a half ago, and the time of completion is still in doubt because of numerous technical difficulties encountered.
It all started when it was noticed that Moses appeared bald on the present seal. After intensive research with Dean Harold Barr, of the school of religion, the artists decided that Moses couldn't have lost his hair at the time the scene was depicted.
They also decided that since Moses was a dignified, stately person, he should bow on the seal instead of leaning over, "as a peasant would."
After checking with Ronald McGregor, assistant professor of botany, who has studied shrubs near Jerusalem where the scene is supposed to take place, the background of the seal was changed. Mr. McGregor said a mountain and an acacia bush would better typify the locale.
New lettering "gives the seal better design," the two say. The wording at the bottom of the seal remains the same, except that the
Thursday, Oct. 27, 1955.
Expert Opinion Sought
TOPEKA —(U.P.)—John L. (Jack)
Melody, 20-year-old Lawrence junior,
was free on $5,000 bond today
after being arraigned on a first
degree robbery charge.
Lawrence Junior Free On Bond
The youth, who admitted holding up a Topeka drug store got to keep the $28.73 just 22 minutes.
Melody, adopted son of a retired Lawrence mail carrier, probably will be tried during the January term of Shawnee County District Court.
words "established in 1865," replace two lines previously shown which gave the date of the opening of the school and when it was actually organized as a university. University officials aren't sure when the bronze seals will be completed. So far only a plaster and aluminum cast have been finished.
Pigeons Only Communication PORTSMOUTH, N. H.—(U.P.)—Homing pigeons are used to maintain communication between Star Island, 10 miles off the coast, and the mainland. The island has no wireless or telephone facilities.
Detroit Architect Stresses Beauty
Architecture was described as more than a mere function of building yesterday by Minoru Yamasaki, Detroit architect, in a lecture on "Visual Delight In Architecture" held in Strong Hall Auditorium.
Mr. aYmasaki is a member of the Yamasaki, Lein Weber and Associates. Architecture and Engineering Company of Detroit.
He said architecture is the delight of man's thoughts through beauty and color.
Mr. Yamasaki is a member of the recent work done by his company. He also showed slides of his recent trip around the world, including points of interest in the Near and Far East.
Bad Place To 'Get The Urge'
NORWALK, Calif. —(U.P.) William J. Pivar, 39, a brewer, realized today he was in the wrong place when he "got the urge" to toss a heavy glass ash tray through a window last night. The window he chose was in the sheriff's substation. Pivar landed in jail on a malicious mischief and assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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