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University Daily Kansan
Fridav. Dec. 21, 1951
Corbin Orphan Moves To Snow Hall
By JOHNNY HERRINGTON
The University biology department has taken on a new function. It is now the official home for all orphaned alligators.
About a week ago, Sandra Dunlop, College freshman, received such a "critter" from a friend. He—or site as the case may be—became a problem.
Friend alligator—affectionately named "Herman"—became increasingly hard to feed and care for. And besides, alligators—especially alligators named "Herman"—have no place in Corbin hall.
So Miss Dunlap carted Herman over to Snow hall. There the biology department agreed to take care of him—we mean "it."
Now Herman occupies a part of a tank along with some moss and fern—better known as bryophytes and pteridophytes to all connoisseurs of plant life.
Herman is believed to be about one year old. It is 11 inches long. Alligators are said to increase their length one foot with each year of life during their early years.
It's impossible to tell whether Herman is male or female—though the name would seem to prejudice an opinion. The sex of young alligators can be determined only by dissection.
Alligators are meat-eating or carnivorous animals. Herman is fed meat scraps by his "caretakers" and every now and then feasts on a "chunk" of hamburger.
Though some 'gators live up to 40 years, most "pets" seldom survive more than three or four years of life. This is due to lack of care by the owners according to biology officials.
There are marked differences between Herman and his crocodile brothers. The alligator has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile. And the teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits instead of into marginal notches.
Plans Made For Institute
Plans for the state's first institute for public relations personnel were announced today by Dean Frank T. Stockton, of University Extension.
A planning committee of public relations directors met Tuesday with KU representatives to outline the problems with which the institute should deal.
"The consensus was that both veterans and newcomers to the field would benefit most in a short institute from an analysis of the real functions of public relations," Dean Stockton said.
Dates in February and early March are being considered.
Dean Stockton said invitations will be sent not only to full time public relations workers in business, education, and government, but also to plant managers and association directors whose duties have many public relations aspects.
KU members of the committee Dean Stockton, E. A. McFarland and David Bridethalid of KU Extention; Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, and Tom Yoe of the University public relations office.
"HERMAN." a one-year-old alligator, turned out to be a problem child at Corbin hall and was deported to Snow hall, where he has a tank by himself with no girls around to bother him.
Work For 126 KU Students Available In Tool-Designing
Part-time work for 126 students at a pay-scale ranging from .90 to $1.50 an hour will be available in Lawrence after Wednesday, Dec. 26, according to Pete Chiarle, branch manager for LaSalle Engineering corporation.
"We'll have 65 tables going fullblast by the first of the year," Mr Chiarle said.
The firm is engaged in a tool-designing program for large and small aircraft companies over the United States.
At present all work is handled by 11 full-time draftsmen, four of whom are women. One draftsman is Lawrence Allison, a 1914 KU graduate.
When Mr. Allison was asked what he thought of this program whereby students can work less hours and maintain a modest standard of living, he said, "it's an excellent opportunity for students to receive practical on-the-job training."
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering, and Al Conn, president of LaSalle Engineering worked out details concerning the establishment of a branch-office here.
Dean Carr said he explained to the LaSalle president the many benefits both parties could receive by letting students work part-time for the firm which is swamped with work. This discussion took place "around Sept. 15," Dean Carr said, "and by Oct. 1, LaSalle had an office here."
All students may apply for fulltime employment with LaSalle Engineering upon graduation from KU. At the same time, stress was applied to the fact that "anyone who has a mechanical background of any kind is eligible for work."
"We'll take the greenerest of the green and start them out at 90 cents an hour," Mr. Chiarle said. "An ability to print neatly is a great asset."
The branch manager said that students are expected to work a minimum of 20 hours a week and
that this summer "we'll be_working 10 hours a day."
Interviews for the three main positions of director, producer and business manager will be continued at the committee's meeting Wednesday, Jan. 9.
At present there are 45 KU students participating in the program. Mr. Chiarle expressed pleasure at the caliber of work turned out by the students and indicated that this experiment to "evaluate the student" is proving highly beneficial, both to his company and the University.
College Daze Script Chosen
The script for College Daze, 1552, has been chosen and the show will be given four nights, April 29 through May 2, Jack Campbell, College sophomore and the show's co-ordinator, announced today.
"Love is Here to Stay" by Robert Longstaff, journalism junior; Rodger Vaughan, fine arts junior, and Dale Moore, fine arts sophomore, is the winning script for the all-student musical revue sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Three faculty judges, Allen Crafton, professor of speech; Bertram Vogel, assistant professor of English, and Clayton Krehbiel, instructor of music education, and the Union board of directors made the final decision at a meeting Wednesday.
"In order to make College Daze a truly all-student production, the board is extremely anxious to have more applications for these positions," James M. Burgoyne, SUA director, said. Interested persons are urged to call Campbell or Mr. Burgoyne before Jan. 9.
You May Have Only One Day To Live
"Victim X" went shopping today for Christmas. But he won't live that long.
"Victim X" has only one more day to live. About noon on Saturday he will be killed in a traffic accident.
The county morgue will list his death as a matter of routine, just like almost a million others. But "Victim X" will have one distinction.
His will be the one-millionth traffic death in the United States since the first wheezing automobile marked finis to a horse-drawn era of comparative safety. It will be one of an expected record-breaking 600 traffic deaths during the Christmas holidays.
As of midnight last night, the National Safety council estimated the nation's overall motor vehicle deaths
The millionth victim could be almost anyone—a child darting across a street, a husband driving home from his day's work, a housewife doing the family shopping, or a college student driving home.
since the turn of the century at 999,
750.
It is estimated that 600 persons will die from 6 p.m. today until midnight Tuesday, Dec. 25, for the biggest holiday death toll in history.
The million victim's death will occur just 51 years, three months, and eight days after a horseless carriage claimed the first traffic victim in New York City in 1899.
He could be you.
In that accident a man named H. H. Bliss stepped on a trollie and turned to help a woman step down. An automobile struck him and he
died in Roosevelt hospital the next dav.
"It has taken a little more than 50 years to kill the first million," said Ned H. Dearborn, safety council president. "But if traffic deaths continue at the present rate, it will take only 30 years to kill the second million."
By way of comparison, the number of Americans killed in action and those who died of wounds in all the nation's wars since Paul Revere mustered the Minute Man in 1775 totals only about 520.460.
However, the overall total of American military deaths, including those from causes other than enemy action, passed the million mark early the past September. Even so, it took 176 years to reach that total.
-News Roundup
UN Displays Skepticism On Red's Ability To Count
Panmunjom, Korea—(U.P.)—The United Nations hinted today that the Communists may hold hundreds of American war prisoners in addition to the 3.198 they reported to the Allies.
The U.N. demanded that the Reds explain why more than 1,000 UN officers and men—mostly Americans—announced previously by them as war prisoners were missing from the list submitted by the Communists three days ago.
A sharp note from Rear Admiral R. E. Libby, UN member of the prisoner subcommittee, charged that the Communist list of 11,559 prisoners was full of "wide discrepancies" and was "wholly unbelievable."
UN Offers Islands As Aid To Talks
Pammunjom, Korea—U.R.P.)—The United Nations agreed today to give up all the islands it holds off the East and West coasts of Communist North Korea in a major concession to speed up an armistice.
UN staff officers attached no strings to the offer, but a spokesman said it was made in anticipation that the Reds would yield later to other Allied demands—perhaps on the key issue of rotection of troops during a truce.
Kansas City, Mo.—(U.R.)Two men shot and killed one policeman and wounded another here last night and officers have issued a general alarm for the slayers, one of whom they believe might be an 18-year-old double-murder suspect with an "uncontrollable temper."
Kansas City Cop Killed--Maurer Suspect
Patrolman Clyde Harrison, 47, was shot in the head and died en route to a hospital when he and his partner, Patrolman Richard Staab. 37, stopped a car after it made an illegal left turn.
Detroit authorities informed local police who the car belonged to but they said the car may have been stolen or sold. It is suspected that one of last night's occupants was Kenneth Maurer, wanted in Michigan for the hatchet murder of his mother and 11-year-old sister. Maurer disappeared last Nov. 26 after the slaying.
Rome—(U.P.)—Italy, with the blessing of the Western powers, proclaimed null and void today the provisions of its World War II peace treaty limiting its armed forces and forbidding it to produce atomic weapons.
Italy Asks Revision Of Peace Treaty
Eight nations—the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium. The Netherlands, Greece, Nationalist China and New Zealand-first announced their "full acceptance" of Italy's request for revision the treaty.
The department's apology, it was learned, was made to a Soviet embassy official who called at the department Thursday to protest that the fancy seal near the embassy's main door on fashion 16th street had been stolen Wednesday night.
Washington— (U.P.) —The state department has expressed "regrets" to the Russian embassy over two incidents of vandalism now under investigation by District of Columbia police.
Russian Embassy Protests'Vandalism'
The protest followed delivery of a Soviet note Monday wl called on the United States to "apprehend and punish . . . unknow hooligans" who removed a sign Sunday night from the Embass Chancery building attached to the embassy.
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