Monday, Sept. 14. 1953
University Daily Kansan
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Undergraduate Library Opens Doors Thursday
A summer-long project will be completed when the new undergraduate library opens its doors Thursday.
Formerly the reserve room of Watson library, the room has been enlarged to house open undergraduat- er programs and Western Civilization references.
The Green room, which originally held Western Civilization materials, will be a reading room only and smoking will be permitted.
A new vinyl plastic-tile floor, new furniture, fluorescent lighting, and a different color scheme have been added to the old reserve room, as well as 25,000 books which will be available in the new open stacks. Walls have been removed, enlarging the room to one and one-half its former size.
or the direction of Kate Katharwatt, former reserve library and undergraduate library has as its aim to provide more accessible to the student.
"It if it is easier to get the books, it is easier for the student to do his work. We don't believe in the idea of putting the books back in the stacks and then keeping out as many people as we can." Robert L. Quinsey, chief of readers services, said.
A total of $25,000 worth of new equipment has been purchased for the room including 24 birch library tables, 260 library chairs with red, yellow, and green leather padded backs, six easy chairs, birch book-cases, a sectional desk, and new card cataloging facilities.
The walls of the room have been painted blue-green, light green, gray, and light rose. Five thousand dollars' worth of new books have been purchased and an additional $5,000 worth will be added in the coming fiscal year on recommendation of both faculty and students.
Other changes include a new office for the undergraduate library personnel occupying the space formerly used for the desk in the Green room, and biology desk now in the East alcove of the reference room.
110 Won Degrees In Summer Session
Names of 110 persons who completed work for degrees during the summer session at the University were listed for graduation by the registrar's office following the end of the eight-week term.
Each graduating senior finished his work either by attendance in the summer session or by correspondence since the June commencement.
Since the University has but one commencement a year, most persons on the list participated in the June ceremonies. Their diplomas are to be mailed to them this fall and their names listed in the official program next June.
The Graduate School will award degrees in October and the Schools in Medicine and Pharmacy had no candidates this summer, so the number included graduates of only seven of KU's 10 schools.
Five Professors Receive Grants
Five University of Kansas professors have received research grants from the United States Public Health service.
Dr. Harold W. Barrett, associate professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a two-year grant of $8,638 for research on the synthesis and testing of anti-thyroid compounds. Radioactive sulfur will be used as a component in much of the work will be done in the radioactive isotopes laboratory.
Dr. Barrett will be assisted by Edward Sarcione, graduate, who has completed a course at the Oak Ridge University to learn radioactive tracer techniques.
Dr. Charles D. Michner, chairman of the department of entomology, has received a one-year grant of $6,156 for research on the chigger mites of the midwest, and is the recipient of another grant for $$,022 along with Dr. David Paretsky, assistant professor of bacteriology.
Dr. Paretsky and Dr. Michner will study the common housefly and its disease transmitting characteristics. They will be assisted by Bernard Greenberg, candidate for the Ph.D. degree in bacteriology, in this project which cuts across departmental lines.
The tiger salamander is the laboratory animal for this project of fundamental research. Dr. Roofe said. Assisting in the study are Dr. Eleanor Wenger and Leland Keller, graduate.
A $12,248 grant has been made to Dr. Paul G. Roope, professor and chairman of the department of anatomy, for enlargement of his research on the chemistry of the central nervous system.
Basic research on nutrition will be carried on by Dr. Dwight J. Mulford, associate professor of biochemistry, Dr. Mulford's grant is for $4,500.
The study concerns the metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids in rats on a low chlorine diet. A chlorine deficiency produces liver and kidney degeneration but the mechanism producing the results are not understood. Dr. Mulford said, "The KU study is aimed at throwing light on this and why certain proteins are needed."
Ex-Met Baritone Dies
Plattsburg, N. Y.—(U.P.)—Reinald Werrenrath, 70, former baritone star of the Metropolitan Opera, died of a heart ailment Saturday after a three weeks' illness.
Eighty percent of the wooden cigar store Indians once popular in this country were squaws.
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In the event of rain Thursday auction will be held Friday and Saturday. If it rains Thursday and Friday auction will be held September 24, 25, and 26.
Plans Shape Up For New Dorm
Final plans are being made for construction of a 200-man dormitory on the west end of the campus, Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to Chancellor Murphy, said today.
The three-story structure will be built on West Campus road, opposite the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Chi houses.
Bids on the dorm—probably to be ready for the 1955-56 school year—will be sent out in October, he said. The board of regents appropriated $800,000 in revenue bonds to finance its construction in June.
The bonds will be sold to private investors with rentals from students to retire the issue.
Razing of 65-year-old Carruth hall is expected to be finished in two or three weeks, he said. A new woodworker, Douthart, will be built on its site.
It will accommodate 48 women and perhaps will be available by the fall of 1954.
"We hope to proceed with the contracts within the next few weeks," he said. Bids were submitted to the endowment board Aug. 26.
Ice, the solid form of water, is lighter than water, while steam, the vapor form, is heavier—because both trap air in the change.
Douthart hall will be the ninth residence hall at the University and the fourth for women students.
The top 50 coal companies accounted for one-half of total bituminous coal production in 1952.
7 $500 Scholarships Given To Engineering Students
Seven $500 scholarships have been awarded to engineering students, it has been announced by Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
John B. Wallace, Topeka, a student of mining engineering, has been awarded a grant from the Kenneth Copper corporation. He was graduated from the University in 1949 with a degree in industrial management and later obtained a job as study mining. Wallace was part-time instructor in descriptive geometry and compiled a 2.33 grade point average.
Three $500 Boeing Airplane company awards have been made to three seniors, one each in aeronautical, electrical, and civil engineering. Two of the three selected are former Boeing employees.
Selected were Marvin A. Carter, aeronautical engineering, Joseph B. Fugate, electrical engineering, and Lawrence J. Merrigan, civil engineering.
Fugate, also of Wichita, is a former student of Wichita university and also has a grade point average of 2.7. A former draftsman for Boeing, he has been on the dean's honor roll three semesters.
Carter, of Wichita, has a grade point average of 2.7. He attended Wichita university before coming to KU and has been employed by Boeing first as a sheet metal worker and then as a test engineer.
Merrigan is from Kansas City, Mo. He has a 2.7 grade point average and is a member of Sigma Tau, national honorary engineering fraternity. He
is a former student of Kansas City Junior college. Merrigan has been on the dean's honor roll.
The Muchnic foundation of Atchilson has awarded $500 each to two seniors and a junior in the engineering school.
Jack Jester, Muncie senior, has a grade point average of 2.37 and has been on the dean's honor roll four times. The electrical engineer has been elected to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, national honorary engineering fraternities.
Richard H. Beam is a geological senior from Lawrence. The member of Sigma Tau has a 2.3 grade point average.
Ben A. Dalton, El Dorado junior in petroleum engineering, has a grade point average of 2.57 and has been named to the dean's honor roll for three semesters. His extra-curricular activities include both varsity and intramural football and basketball.
The Union of South Africa has a separate capital for each of its three branches of government. Pretoria is the administrative capital afd residence of the governor general. Cape Town is the seat of the legislature, while Bloemfontein is the headquarters of the national judiciary.
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