OLD FRIENDS-Faculty of the mathematics department greet Dr. Solomon Lefschetz, chairman emeritus of the Princeton university mathematics department, who is back at KU after 29 years. Dr. Lefschutz, who is giving a series of lectures on the campus, taught here from 1913 to 1924. Pictured, left to right, front row, are Prof. Florence Black, Mrs. Lefschutz, Dr. Lefschutz, and Prof. E. B. Stouffor Left tg right, back row, are Prof. Guy Watson Smith, Prof. Wealthy Babcock, and Prof. G. Baley Price.
Washington's at War--With Starlings
Washington, —(U.P.)—Your government is gassing up for its annual war against the starling.
To be sure, the black-feathered critter with the yellow beak is a pest when it comes to spoiling a building or a Sunday bonnet. But one government agency has come to its defense, in a way.
Most people thought starlings in the Washington area and around the country were among the biggest gangsters via thievery in the grain fields.
The bird expert at the Smithsonian institution admits the birds do like to
Junior Panhellenic To Aid Chest Drive
Junior Panhellenic members will act as representatives of the Campus Chest at their respective sorority houses, it was decided at a meeting recently.
Jane Letton, college sophomore, was elected Senior Panhellenic representative.
It was announced that open house for freshman women will be held at all sororities Sunday, Nov. 1. Members of Junior Panhellenic will explain sorority scholarships and activities at the freshman women's dormitories on Thursday, Oct. 29.
make a meal out of a corn row or a field of oats. But grains, he says, do not comprise starling's main diet.
Mostly, he added, they feed on insects and wild fruit.
Another government official, John W. Batson, city superintendent of trees and buildings, would have us know that the starling is no dummy.
"You can fool the bird once," he said, "and after that he gives you the bird."
Mr. Batson mixed up some DDT some time back and then backed off to watch. One bird had himself a sample and crashed to the sidewalk from the top of the Treasury building. After that his playmates wouldn't touch the stuff.
Starlings are the biggest nuisance months of November through March.
The government has done a lot of things to scare away the starlings. A local police officer invented a mechanical owl which flapped its wings every few minutes. The birds ignored the phony owl.
The government once hired small boys to carry gas filled balloons along some of the buildings. On the balloons were painted pictures of dragons and other undesirables. The birds pecked the balloons until they popped.
Now the government has devised a new weapon. So far it's a secret to nobody except the starlings and they'll find out in due time.
The new weapon is called "operation sachet."
Mr. Batson, for $50, bought some foul-smelling sachets of stuff from a St. Paul, Minn., firm. The sachets, or bags, will be hung among trees along Pennsylvania avenue.
The St. Paul firm has its neck out. The bags are advertised to "repel" birds for 30 days or more. But Batson didn't say anything about an "or your money back guarantee."
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Miss Peterson Talks To State Delegates
Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women, spoke on "AWS and the National Deans' Meeting" at the annual conference of the Kansas Association of Deans of Women and Advisers of Girls, recently at Topeka.
Friday Oct, 23, 1953
Student counsellors Norma Lou Fallett, college senior; Margaret Black, education senior; and Marjorie Mackey, college sophomore, participated in a panel discussion. "These Things You Can Do."
Miss Mary Peg Hardman, assistant dean of women, vice president of the association; Louise Leonard of the guidance bureau; Lenore Thornton, head resident of North College hall, and Betty Hembrough, head resident of Corbin hall, also attended.
Cobalt, a strategic metal, derives its name from kobold, which means an evil or mischievous spirit.
Medical Center Gets Bust.
The University of Kansas Medical center at Kansas City received $80,000 from unexpected grants from the Kansas Hospital Advisory council in Topeka yesterday. The money came from unassigned funds to Kansas hospitals for the fiscal year ending June 30. The council also assigned 15,000 to the Menninger foundation in Topeka.
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