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University Daily Kansan
Friday, February 6, 1953
Feb. 20 Deadline Set For Navy Applications
Feb. 20 is the deadline for applications for the 1953 Naval Reserve Officer Candidate program, Capt. W. R. Terrell, professor of naval science, said today.
One thousand two hundred fifty men and 160 women have been authorized for enrollment in the basic course for the summer of 1953. The Ninth naval district quota for male candidates is 816. Capt. Terrell said that the program should be of particular interest to University men who are not affiliated with any officer candidate program or reserve unit.
The ROC program permits college students to enlist in the Naval Reserve, attend two six-week summer training sessions and receive a reserve officer's commission upon graduation.
Candidates accepted for the ROC program are entitled to a reserve deferment (1-D) from local boards.
All physically qualified applicants are obligated to enlist in the Naval Reserve before requesting enrollment in the ROC program. Male recruits must complete the remainder of their enlistment if not selected.
Any individual who has not received orders for draft induction, regardless of Selective Service classification, is eligible to enlist in the Naval Reserve in order to make application to the ROC program.
Applications may be made through
Aviation Spokesman To Hold Interviews
A representative of North American Aviation, Inc., will be on the campus Tuesday, Feb. 17, to interview spring and summer graduates for positions at the company's Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio plants.
North American specializes in building military aircraft for the government, D. L. Butler, company representative, said. Junior engineering positions are available.
Further details are available at the office of the School of Engineering. 111 Marvin hall.
the inspector-instructor of the nearest Naval Reserve Training center or through commanding officers of Naval Reserve Training centers.
The NROTC unit at KU will assist applicants in preparing and completing applications. The Navy ROTC office is in 115 Military Science building.
Engineering Job Offers Degree
Outstanding graduates in electrical engineering, physics or mechanical engineering may obtain M.S. degrees while employed in industry under a new plan.
Under the plan candidates will spend half their time in study to complete their degrees and the remaining time in working at the Hughes Research and Development laboratories in southern California.
Candidates should be June 1953 college graduates and members of the armed services honorably discharged before September 1953. They should be from the upper portion of their classes and must be United States citizens.
Approximately 100 awards will be given if enough candidates apply, the announcement said.
Applications may be obtained from the Committee for Graduate Study, Hughes Research and Development laboratories, Culver City, Calif. Final date for applications is Feb. 28, 1953.
3-Dimensional to Spread
New York — (U,P) — Up to 3,000 theaters around the world will be equipped to show movies on three dimensional cinemascope screens by October. President Spyros P. Skouras of 20th Century-Fox predicted today.
AF Graduates Offered Study
AFROTC June graduates who have credits for one year of college physics and mathematics through integral calculus may apply immediately for a year of government-paid graduate training in meteorology. Col Lynn Moore, professor of air science and tactics, said today.
Col. Moore said that interested AFROTC students should apply through AFROTC channels. He said that upon completion of the training, graduates would receive assignments as weather officers in the USAF weather service.
Seniors with academic requirements who are accepted for the meteorology training will enter one of eight colleges and universities as second lieutenants and will receive full pay and allowances while on service. Students must be enrolled for three years as weather officers when they finish the course.
Graduate schools participating in the weather program include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York university, UCLA, and the University of Washington.
June graduates will be entered in a September class and mid-term graduates will be considered for a special class beginning in June 1953. Applicants will be asked to indicate the schools they prefer.
Credits received during the one-year course may be applied to a master's degree. After a certain period of field experience, weather officers are eligible for advanced study, also at government expense.
Assignments for weather officers are varied in the Air Force and include such jobs as briefing pilots and navigators on weather conditions, assisting in tests of rockets and guided missiles, and helping develop new aircraft.
April Draft Call 53.000
Washington — (U.P.)— The defense department today ordered the draft of 53,000 young men for the Army in April.
No fewer than 40,000 separate parts are used to make up one unit of a diesel-electric locomotive.
Professor's Idea Aids Department
By ROGER YARRINGTON
An entomologist is not necessarily a mechanically inclined person but the mechanical ingenuity of Dr. Raymond Beamer, professor of entomology has certainly helped his department.
About 30 years ago—Dr. Beamer does not remember exactly—the converted a small hand press into a press for printing scientific labels to be attached to specimens for the department's museum. Since that time, the press has turned out literally millions of labels.
The press is a 3x5 Kelsey card press. To it, Dr. Beamer has added several innovations.
Three and a half-point type is used in the press to print the labels. Labels vary in size with a one-
inch square the maximum. The press prints one label at a time on a narrow strip of paper.
Originally hand powered, the press is now powered by electricity at a rate to produce 60 labels a minute.
An ordinary hand counter has been set in the machine to keep tab on the number of labels printed. After printing, the labels are easily cut from the strips and filed in an elaborate envelope system.
Copies of the press have been made at the University of California, the University of Hawaii, the University of Minnesota, and Iowa State college.
Dr. Beamer has taken the press to conventions as far away as Philadelphia.
Dr. Beamer originally paid $$ for the press and has made, by hand all of the accessories that have been added to it.
Some schools and museums use either zinc cuts of typewritten labels or photographs, Dr. Beamer said, but the department of entomology at Kansas has found the small press's labels are more satisfactory because they can be made and mounted easier, will last longer, and are easier to read.
ENGINEERING SENIORS...
North American Aviation Los Angeles will interview here
February 17
March of Dimes Tops $750 Mark
Over $750 has been collected to date in the March of Dimes drive among University faculty and employees, according to M. Carl Slough, associate professor of law, chairman of the university division.
"We were encouraged by the size of the contributions, although only a small number of persons have participated," Prof. Slough said. He said he is holding the University division of the drive open until Feb. 15 so many people will have an opportunity to make contributions.
The overall Douglas county picture looks good with the total standing at $9,250 - $250 over the quota.
"I expect we will be well over the $10,000 mark when all the returns are in," J. F. Schubert, county drive chairman, said last night.
The largest single division return of the county campaign was the $3,500 collected by the Mothers' March, in which block workers covered the residential areas of Lawrence.
Baptist Group to Meet
Roger Williams fellowship will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist church, 8th and Kentucky streets. After supper and a program, the group will go to the First Methodist church to attend the World Day of Prayer service.
Study In Cuba Offered Women
A scholarship open to women students who are interested in perfecting Spanish through residence in Cuba is being offered by the board of national missions of the Presbyterian church.
The scholarship is at La Progresiva, Cardenas, Cuba. It provides round trip transportation, board and room, and $900 in cash for general expenses.
A candidate for the scholarship must be a good stenographer with some knowledge of bookkeeping. She must be a member of a Protestant church. She must be willing to refrain from dancing and using tobacco or alcoholic beverages and to set an example for Cuban girl students.
The student will be expected to assist in the school office by writing letters in English and helping with the simple bookkeeping.
A two-year scholarship is preferred, although one-year candidate will be considered. Applications should be filed by March 1 to Miss Frances F. Ball, Department of Missionary Personnel, Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., 156 5th ave., New York, 10, N.Y.
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