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Botany Display Features Fossils
Spring has sprung,
The grass is riz;
I wonder where
the flowers is?
If anybody else is interested, the answer to this unknown author's ditty may be found on the fourth floor of Snow hall.
Dr. Robert W, Baxter, assistant professor of botany, recently announced the completion of eight museum type exhibits that include:
A display of thin wood sections of 6 common trees: dogwood, sycamore, cherry, baldcypress, sassafras, and silky oak showing their different "grain" patterns and explaining their economic uses.
A display of the Actinomycete fungi which are the sources of Vitamin B. and the antibiotic wonder drugs: Streptomycin, Aureomycin, Chloromycetin, Terramycin and Neomycin. The fungi which produce brilliantly colored molds are shown as well as the various drugs produced from them.
A display of plant fossils from the upper Cretaceous period of Central Kansas. Beautifully preserved leaves from trees which grew 80-90 million years ago and formed much of the vegetation during the age of the dinosaurs are shown with a Kansas map indicating the area in which they grew.
A display showing the surface features of the stems, roots, leaves and reproductive parts of two of the dominant trees of the coal-age period which grew in Kansas around 270 million years ago. Reconstructions of the extinct plants are illustrated along with actual specimens of some of the living descendants.
A display of the fossil plants which comprise our coal deposits. Coal-age plant petrifactions of their remains are examples of mines of bouldering fossil plant material.
A display of various specimens of the Chlorophyceae or Green Algae.
A display of plants of the Rhodophyceae or Red Algae with information regarding their varied economic uses by man.
A display of plants of the Phaeophyceae or Brown Algae which includes many of the larger marine seaweeds. Explanations are given of the numerous important economic aspects of this group.
On April 17 and 18 temporary displays with living specimens of native Kansas wild flowers in full bloom will add to the exhibit.
British Summer Grants Available
Eligible to apply are teachers, graduate students, and exceptionally qualified undergraduates. Low-cost travel will be arranged for all applicants.
Scholarships covering part of the fees at British summer schools are now available in a limited number, the dean of men's office reports.
The participating universities and the courses they will offer are University of Birmingham, Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama (at Stratford); University of London, Britain's economy in the Atlantic community; University of Oxford, literature and politics in the twentieth century, and the University of Edinburgh, the development of modern Western civilization.
Through prior arrangements with a university in this country, up to eight semester credit hours can be received. The deadline for applications is April 10.
For further information write the Institute of International Education, 1605 Pennsylvania st., Denver, Colo.
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LOOK OUT BELOW!-Mary Helen Robinson, college senior, descends "Mt. Memorial stadium," demonstrating a Swiss seat rapple, a technique used by mountain climbers to descend steep cliffs. The descent was part of a training session held Sunday afternoon by the Mountainering club in preparation for its Easter vacation in Estes Park, Colo.
Mountaineering Club Practices for Jaunt
Wednesday, March 25, 1953 University Daily Kansan
Mountaineering club members are already practicing at Memorial stadium for their Easter excursion to Estes Park, Colo.
Main things practiced are the Swiss seat rappelle, a technique used by climbers to descend steep cliffs, and the dynamic belay, a method whereby a climber may be prevented from falling by another climber if he should slip.
The nine-day trip, from April 4 to 12, will include a number of climbs and possibly some skiing. An attempt will be made by the advanced climbers to scale 14,255-foot Long's peak.
party's breakfasts. Sack lunches will be the noon meals and dinners will be eaten at local restaurants.
Four girls are among the eleven who have indicated they are going on the trip. The girls will cook the
The 11 who will make the trip are Mary Helen Robinson, college senior; Joan Carter, education junior; Barbara Becker, college sophomore; Ray Hopponen, assistant professor of pharmacy; Bill McManus, assistant professor of geology; Chapin Clark, first year law; Bob Boston, education junior; Bob Newton, college sophomore; Jerry Clark, engineering freshman; Dorothy Clark, and Lt. John Taylor.
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Leavenworth —(U.P.)—Gen. James A. Van Fleet, former Eighth Army commander in Korea, said at a news conference the Republic of Korea troops never could bear the full brunt of war.
Gen. Van Fleet said, however, that ROK troops would defend themselves "without aid" once a victory was won in Korea.
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General Says ROK Army Needs Aid YWCA to Hold Spring Election
The former Eighth Army commander visited yesterday at Fort Leavenworth, where he lectured before Command and Staff college classes, visited with his former chief of staff, Gen. Henry I. Hodes.
Gen. Van Fleet said there was "no question" but that an American offense in Korea would be successful. But questioned if he advocated maximum effort in the war, he answered, "this is in the hands of the policy department and is definitely out of the hands of even the highest military authority."
Army Engineers Job Explained by Kumpe
"The contributions of the army engineers have been instrumental in waging successful wars," Col. Edward F. Kumpe, head of the Army ROTC unit said Tuesday night at a combined smoker of the Sigma Tau and Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternities.
His talk was concerned with the development of engineering with the army since its beginning. He stressed the need for more research along scientific lines.
The YWCA election will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow at the information booth and the YWCA office in the Union.
Candidates for president are Martha Prudy Harper, education junior, and Vernie Theden, business junior.
Candidates for other offices are vice president, Barbara Becker and Jan Duchossoff, college sophomores; secretary, Jo Ann Heller, college sophomore, and Jeanette Ewy, college freshman; treasurer, Lucy Janousek, and Jerry Ann Street, college sophomores.
Student Religious council representatives, Dorothy Ann Smith, Mary Ellen Stewart, and Elizabeth Wohlgemuth, college sophomores; ASC representative, Marilyn Eyler, college sophomore, and Jean Latteer, college junior; district representative, Peggy Whitney, college freshman, and Norma Fenn, college sophomore.
Election returns will be announced at the intermission of the barbershop quartet contest Thursday evening.
Scholarship Deadline Set
Applications for men's and women's residence hall scholarships and undergraduate tuition scholarships must be made by April 1. Application blanks are available in the office of the dean of women, 220 Strong.
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