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University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 15, 1952
11 Construction Jobs Under Way Most Of Them On Schedule
Eleven major construction projects are in progress or are being completed on the University campus with most jobs about on schedule, according to Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor.
"Our biggest concern now is the union building enlarging and re-modeling job." Mr. Lawton said. "We expect to open the cafeteria by Thursday." Mr. Lawton expressed hope that the whole building would be finished by Jan. 1 1953.
Indications at present are that the 2,500 tons of steel for the University's $21/2 million fieldhouse will not be available on the fieldhouse site until April, 1953. This was the opinion of a group of University officials which recently returned from Chicago after a visit to the Allied Steel company, which is to fabricate the huge metal beams for the building.
Nearly 90 days behind schedule as result of a mid-summer steel strike, the company's officials said the exact date when the steel for the new structure will be received is not known.
University officials said the project is not scheduled to be completed now before mid-1954.
A $135,000, seven-story library stack addition on the rear of Green hall will solve a long-standing space problem in the law building. Being built through a recent special legislative appropriation, the new section will be connected to the library building and hallways at third, fifth, and seventh floor levels. An elevator also is to be included in the new addition.
A 20 by 38 foot addition to the east side of Haworth hall costing around $15,000 will be used as a blood laboratory. The building, to be used by Dr. Dwight Mulford, associate professor of biochemistry, is to contain air conditioning units and blood processing equipment so that research in production of a stable modified human blood plasma can be carried on indefinitely.
Still tentatively scheduled to be completed sometime in 1954, the new science building, under construction south of Haworth hall, is "moving along well," according to Mr. Lawton. Damage to the steel framework in a windstorm March 12 apparently has not thrown construction of the building behind schedule.
Several new heat tunnels are being constructed—one from the power house to the new science building—and a new walk-in type heating tunnel running in front of Watson library replacing the old tunnel which was nearly 40 years old.
A general landscaping, terracing and addition of walks and retaining walls is to be begun soon in the scholarship hall area. Templel hall also will get a new parking service drive, according to Mr. Lawton.
A dormitory warehouse was recently completed on the University farm, approximately west of the campus. It is to contain a maintenance shop and workshop as well as storage space for dormitory supplies.
2 Geologists Attend Meeting in N. Africa
The 19th International Geological Congress at Algiers, North Africa, last week was attended by two University faculty members.
They are Dr. John C. Frye executive director of the State Geological survey and Dr. Raymond C. Moore, internationally known KU professor, who has been the Association of American Universities' visiting lecturer at the University of Utrecht the past year.
Dr. Moore and Dr. Frye participated in a pre-congress field trip starting from Marseilles, France. Later they examined the geology and mineral resources along the North African coast.
A travel grant from the KU Endowment Association made possible Dr. Frye's trip.
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New walks in several areas adjacent to Memorial stadium have recently been completed. One runs from the campanile to Oread hall across a new culvert offering access to the campus from Maine street for the first time. Another
A new, wide, paved apron from Mississippi street to the east side of the stadium fills a need for such a trafficway on days of football games.
begins at the east side of the stadium and runs to Illinois street.
Major reoofing jobs on Marvin and Fraser halls have just been started.
Biochemist Given $25,236 For Blood Plasma Research
A more usable blood plasma is the goal of a project soon to be started by a University biochemist.
Dr. Dwight J. Mulford, associate professor of biochemistry, has received a first-year grant of $25,236 from the U.S. Public Health service to begin the work. A tentative commitment of $18,000 was made for a second year.
Dr. Mulford is a member of the committee on medical policies and procedures of the American national Red Cross and formerly was a consultant for its blood collection program. Working at Harvard university before coming to KU he became one of the nation's authorities on the processing of plasma.
Although the use of blood plasma has saved many thousands of lives since its large scale use began in World War II, problems remain, Dr. Mufford explained.
Blood is sometimes taken from a person who unknowingly carries serum hepatitis—the jaundice virus, Ultra-violet treatment, the best vet
developed, does not always destroy the hepatitis. Thus it is possible that the person receiving a transfusion from such plasma will be infected
"Our aim is the production of a modified plasma which will not transmit laundure and which will be shocked and bursts." Dr. Mullford said.
Dr. Mulford hopes an effective blood pasteurization process can be developed. It will not be the layman's conception of pasteurization, however.
Elimination of the fibrin strands or clots that sometimes form in the final container of the plasma will be another objective. While the clots apparently do not reduce the plasma's clinical effectiveness, the unsightly appearance has caused it to be discarded at times by attending physicians, Dr. Mulford explained.
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Cottle Named As Examiner
Dr. William C. Cottle, professor of education, has been appointed a regional examiner for the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology.
This board grants the diplomas which are the highest certification of competence in three areas of professional psychology. These are clinical psychology, industrial psychology, and counseling and guidance psychology. Dr. Cottle and Dr. Austin H. Turney, also professor at KU, are the only diplomates in counseling and guidance in the state of Kansas.
and the American Catholic Psychological association.
Dr. William C. Cottle has just returned from Washington where he attended annual meetings of the American Psychological association
While there he also acted as a consultant to the Bureau of Employment Security of the Labor department.
Fellowship to Present Free Scientific Movie
Kansas University Christian fellowship, an interdenominational Christian youth organization, will present a free movie to all students and university personnel Tuesday and Wednesday.
The movie, "God of Creation",
will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Strong auditorium.
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