Page 5
April Fool's Day May Bring TV Station To University
By ALAN MARSHALL
Today, while also April Fool's day, is the day of reckoning for KU's proposed television station. Or at least apparently so.
The Federal Communications commission, controlling body of all TV stations in the United States, appears to be ready to lift its "freeze" on that date. But it isn't certain; the FCC has been sliding back its "thawing" date periodically. From all indications, however, April 1 will bring the news, good or bad.
On that day the University TV committee hopes to know if disputed Channel 11 has been permanently allocated to Lawrence. Three Kansas City radio stations, WHB, KCMO, and KMBC, have petitioned the commission to re-allocate the channel there.
According to the FCC's original tentative table of channel allocations for the entire nation, three very-high-frequency channels were to be located in Kansas City, and one in Lawrence. Of Kansas City's three, one was designated for non-commercial educational use. That means a shortage of one channel for the stations, since WDAF-TV already is using Channel 4. So the three stations decided they wanted the Lawrence share and petitioned the FCC for it.
The Kansas City stations suggested to the FCC that ultra-high frequency Channel 64 be reserved for Lawrence, while transferring VHF Channel 11 to Kansas City. The University has opposed this, both because of the scarcity of receiving sets and the additional power required for transmission.
And so, on April Fool's day, KU hopes to know whether the FCC has moved Channel 11 to Kansas City, whether the channel will remain in Lawrence as originally planned, or whether the FCC will allocate some other channel to one of the two cities.
In a sworn statement filed with the FCC, the University promises that "as soon as practicable after the FCC rescinds its request to postpone the filing of applications, the University expects to file application with the FCC to operate a television station on Channel 11."
What it amounts to is this: KU has NOT actually applied for a TV channel, but has promised to do so as soon as such channel is available. Application and approval of a construction permit is tantamount to receiving a license.
The booklet containing KU's statement and exhibits was prepared by the television committee. the chairman of which is R. Edwin Browne, director of radio. It received favorable comment from FCC authorities.
Aside from the sworn statement, the booklet went into some detail
Wanted
Shoe
Salesman
The only TV station now operated by an educational institution is in Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa. It is the first of what promises to be a nation-wide chain of stations devoted solely to educational purposes.
For New SHOE STORE Regular or Part Time MUST BE EXPERIENCED
to explain how the University is equipped to handle a TV station, and how it would be used.
While that cost would perhaps seem prohibitive at first, Mr. Browne is quick to point out that "it is acceptable to be inexpensive, 'in-expei-vesive, educational method'."
According to Mr. Browne, the KU station would eventually operate on the same schedule as a commercial station. The exact number of hours would be determined by (1) the FCC, (2) what KU wants to give the state, and (3) obvious economic factors involved.
He compares it with a giant classroom holding 50,000 students, all in a front row seat.
"That, of course, is impossible, but TV makes it a reality. I don't think people in general realize the tremendous educational possibilities available in television. It changes our whole concept of how people are to be educated."
Actually, though, these would only be a beginning. With the vast resources of the University, the field is almost unlimited.
A small sampling of television programs which KU is qualified to develop are in such fields as medicine and public health, science music and art education, home economics, dramas, and political discussions.
Woodruff To Attend Meeting In Colorado
Apply At 815 Mass.
Laurence C. Wooddruff, dean of men, will leave today for Colorado Springs to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
Tuesday, April 1, 1952 University Daily Kansan
Dean Woodruff is a member of the executive committee of the association. He will return Sunday.
A new display titled "The Family Tree of Man" showing the evolution of man and greater apes from simpler forms is being prepared by the Museum of Natural History.
Man's Evolution To Be Displayed
C. S. Smith, assistant professor of sociology and assistant curator of anthropology, is planning the display. It will consist of 17 casts of representative skulls of men and apes. He said the skulls cover man's development from the Paleocene age, or 75 million years ago, to the present.
The display is not altogether new, he explained, but rather a revision of an older one that used to be located in the museum. The display has been revised in terms of the latest information, he said.
Professor Smith estimated that it would be about a month before the display would be completed. It will be seen on the mezzanine floor when finished.
The project will be used as part of the class study for a course in Prehistoric Man taught by Rupert Murrill, instructor in sociology.
Dr. Paul G. Roofe, professor of anatomy, finished presenting a research paper to the American Association of Anatomists at 10:30 a.m., was in Providence, Indiana Island at 17:45 in Lawrence and half an hour later was viewing a Spanish-made movie in Hoch auditorium.
Time, Miles Move Rapidly In Air Age
Time and miles move rapidly in the air age.
Good weather and luck helped. Dr. Roofe left Providence by plane at 11:35 a.m. In New York he cancelled a reservation and managed to board the next westward plane after only 10 minutes. In Chicago his luck was even better and he lost only six minutes. On the plane to Kansas City was a Topekan who had a car waiting at the airport and who kindly drove Dr. Roofe on to Lawrence.
Good weather and luck helped.
"But in a few years I'll tell somebody about this trip and they'll probably wonder why I took so long!" Dr. Roofe comments.
--various types of machine-guns. Midshipmen will be on hand to explain the purposes and operation of all the equipment.
J. Paul Sheedy\* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test
PAULI was having a sand-wich at the Dromedary-Bar when his roommate said:"Sheedy, every co-ed sphinx your hair is ugly! Your camel's hair coat won't pass the Finger-Nail Test! Therefore, if you fig-ger to get any dates, I humphly beseach you to try Wildroof Cream-Oil! Contains soothing Lanolin. Non-alcoholic. Relieves annoying dryness. Removes loose, ugly dandruff. Groomes hair neatly and naturally all day long. It's your hair's best friend!" Sheedy got Wildroof Cream-Oil and now his Sahair-a looks terrified Better desert water, pyramid your savings up to 29¢ and dry-ve to any drug or toilet goods counter for a bottle or tube of Wildroof Cream-Oil, America's biggest-selling hair tonic! Ask for it on your hair at the barber shop, too. You'll really be done yourself a favor!
- of131So. Harris HillRd.,Williamsville, N.Y.
Wildroot Company, Inc., Buffalo 11, N. Y.
WILDROOT CREAM-OIL
MOUNTAIN
A hint Taste
Naval Display At Exposition To Show State's Largest Gun
The University's Naval ROTC unit will put on a display for the 32nd annual Engineering Exposition including everything from the largest gun in the state of Kansas to recruiting posters.
The big gun is the ROTC unit's 5-inch-38 caliber anti-aircraft gun. The weapon is located in the Navy lab in the Military Science building and is used for training midshipmen in naval gunnery and ordnance.
Other ordnance equipment on display will be mines, torpedoes, fire control equipment, loading machines, depth charges, rockets, ammunition, and working models of
Student Reaction Favors Sour Owl
Student reaction to the current Sour Owl and the parody, "Sick—Pocket News Meekly," generally seemed to favor the campus humor magazine.
But almost all the students were of the opinion that the jokes were better in this issue. One college sophomore said she couldn't "get" some of the jokes for a long time. "But when I did get them, they were funny," she said.
Opinions ranged from "Oh, it's the funniest thing that's ever been printed," to "Well, it isn't as bad as the first one."
Most students felt that the parody "definitely adds something." Not one of the students polled wanted the parody eliminated.
"Sick—Pocket News Meekly" is a satirization of the pocket news magazines which have reached popularity within the last few years. It was printed separately from the Sour Owl.
Navigation equipment featuring electronic aids to the navigator also will be displayed. Actual receivers and transmitters of radar and loran equipment will be shown along with sample Radar scope presentations, navigation equipment for detection And Ranging, and Loran which stands for Long Range Navigation, are two of the Navy's latest electronic aids to the navigator.
The unit's amateur radio transmitter, station KONBI, also will be on display.
An exhibit of Naval engineering equipment, damage control equipment and ship stability demonstrations will be other features of the Navy exhibit.
Ground Controlled Approach, or GCA, equipment may be brought from the Naval Air station at Olathe for the exposition. This equipment is used for directing planes in to a safe landing on an obscured or weathered in field. By means of this electronic equipment a pilot may be guided to a safe landing from 10 miles away without ever seeing the field.
OPEN THURSDAYS 9:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
no summer formals are as
OTHER DAYS 9:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.