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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1952
1931 FIELD TRIP—The Green Hornet, a 1928 Model A delivery truck, still used by the buildings and grounds crew, is shown in its early days. The group is a KU field party from the entomology department doing research in western Kansas.
search in western Kansas.
Retirement for the 'Green Hornet'
The "Green Hornet" may go into retirement soon.
It is a 1928 Model A delivery truck owned by the University. It received its nickname many years ago.
The little half-ton truck began its service to the University, all shiny and new, 24 years ago. Since then it has served many purposes. It has taken scientists from the entomology department on long trips to the West, has been used by the physical education department and is even reported to have been a campus dog catching vehicle at one time.
The "Green Hornet" is expected to be replaced soon by a new 1952 panel truck. Elmer Husted, service manager at the KU garage, reports bids will be asked for soon from nearby dealers.
"We've not bad very much trouble with it lately." Mr. Husted said, "but the old truck is not working well. It is too old and we need a new one badly."
The truck was bought by the entomology department in 1928 for field trips. Dr. Raymond Beamer, professor of entomology, remembers the field party traveled to Texas that summer in the new truck.
Dr. Beamer's picture record shows
KU Professor Named To Medical Group
Dwight J. Metzler, chief engineer for the State Board of Health and associate professor at the University, has been elected vice-chairman of the engineering section of the American Public Health association. He had previously been secretary of the section for three years.
He and Ivan Shull, chief of the sanitation section for the State Board, attended the association's annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, last week. Shull also laid plans for a new campus in the Middle States Public Health association, for which he is chief of the sanitation section.
The national association has a membership of 13,000 physicians, engineers, nurses and other professional persons engaged in public health work.
the truck was used for five years by the department for such trips before being turned over to the buildings and grounds department.
The truck has been used for odd jobs around the campus since then and has spent most of its time just sitting in the KU garage. It was used by the physical education department for awhile to service its outdoor courts and playing fields.
Garageman Husted said he has often heard that the truck was used for dog catching at one time. He added, however, that there were no records to show this. It is just a legend that goes with the truck.
Dr. Beamer said the truck's wire screening, which gives it the appearance of a dog catching truck, was on the truck when it was first purchased. The truck had been made to be a grocery delivery truck.
Today the "Green Hornet" has lost its luster but still bears the University sign on its side. It is used by H. C. Dunnie, campus surveyor,
Applications Due For Scholarships
Students interested in applying for Rhodes scholarships have until Nov. 1 to submit applications to the secretary of state selection committee.
Candidates must first receive a written endorsement from the University committee headed by John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School, stating that the applicant is qualified for a Rhodes scholarship. Those selected by the committee may then make applications to W.D.P. Carey, Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas selection committee.
To be eligible candidates must be male citizens of the United States, unmarried, between 19 and 25 years of age, and have junior standing by the time of application.
The scholarships are tenable at the University of Oxford with appointments being made for two years. The value is 50 pounds or approximately $2,000 a year.
to haul surveying equipment around the campus.
Soon the "Green Hornet" will leave the line of shiny cars and trucks owned by the University and a new truck will take its place. The old Model A will not be forgotten soon though, for it has been here many years and has served many people.
18 Students Join English Groups
Eighteen education students have been accepted as junior members of the National Council of Teachers of English and the Kansas Association of Teachers of English.
Dr. Oscar M. Haugh, supervisor of the language arts trainees program, said the students, majors in language arts or speech correction, are Flaine Pownall, junior; Olga Nichols, senior; Bobbie West, senior; Shirley Jarrett, senior; and Karolyn Holm, senior.
Christine Johnson, senior; Curt Harris, special student; Marjorie Deiter, graduate; Julianne Levi, senior; Max Whitson, senior; Charles Snetheen, senior; Milo Farnham, senior; Ann Wagner, senior; Patricia Williams, senior; Patricia Blanks, senior; Jane Rawlings, special student; and Robert Brooks, freshman.
Membership in the two organizations enables the students to purchase association publications at half-price. It will, Dr. Haugh said, give the students "professional acquaintance with the most recent thinking and research in the field of language arts."
Chest X-Rays Scheduled
Faculty members and university employees began taking chest X-ray examinations at Watkins hospital Monday, according to Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the University health service. The annual examinations will run through Nov. 8.
Prof. Berger Publishes Book About 19th Century Painter*
Klaus Berger, associate professor of art history, announced the publication of his book "Gericault und sein Werk" by Anton Schroll & Co., of Vienna, one of the foremost European publishers of art books, today.
The book is the most inclusive study ever made on Gericault, an important but little known painter of the early 19th century, who recorded the greatness and disasters of Napoleon's era, portrayed sickness, insanity, and death as well as gay and vivid sporting events.
Gericault's straightforward realism and interest in contemporary scenes anticipated many artistic features later developed by Courbet, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
The book, written in German, contains about 200 pages which are divided into four chapters—the life
2 KU Students Win Composers' Awards
Two University students have won three of the four prizes in the collegiate division of the Kansas Young Composers Radio awards competition for 1952.
Rodger Vaughan, fine arts senior, won first in the vocal music composition section and second in the instrumental division. Roy Sudlow, fine arts senior, won first place in the instrumental composition competition. Their compositions have been forwarded to the national contest.
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his important role in the research tor "Gericault and sein Werk" took Prof. Berger 10 years, during which time the author found his unpublished material in 47 museums and collections of nine different countries—United States, France, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Prof. Berger joined the KU faculty in 1950. He previously taught at Northwestern and Kansas City universities.
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