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A who's who among the canned fruits, vegetables, salmon and ma has been completed by the Union.
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amark's brands of the foods in testion were carefully checked in cutting (blind testing of canned foods) which Mrs. Ruth Monroe, nutrition food director, conducted this onth.
To begin the cutting, companies are asked for two cans each of a number of vegetables, fruits, salmon and tuna.
One can of each food was opened the cutting. The other was saved be compared with the first actual shipment of canned goods in order at the University would be certain receive the same quality of product selected in the cutting.
to four persons.
Scorers were Miss Ruth Hopkins,
ietitian for Corbin and North College halls, Miss Mary June Carter,
ietitian for Watkins hospital, B. L. Omlinson, food production manager
and Mrs. Ruth Monroe, Union food director.
The Bit and Spur club might be just the tonic for a mid-semester slump.
The first day of the cutting 93
ans, representing 14 vegetables, 9
uits, 4 juices, salmon and tuna,
ere delabeled and coded—that is,
ven a number or letter designation.
The second day each can was
gained, the contents weighed and
Bit And Spur Club To Sponsor Rides
In scoring a maximum of 35 points was allowed for maturity of the fruit or vegetable, 25 for flavor, 15 or absence of defects, 15 for the
h carefully recorded. The third day scoring cards were given out to four persons.
The riding club is planning activities like card chase rides, picnics, cross-country jaunts, basketball on horseback, fox hunts and later on, leigh rides. Moonlight rides and early Sunday morning breakfasts will also be included in this year's program.
Beginning or advanced riders interested in Bit and Spur, may attend the club's first meeting 4 p.m. Monday. Nov. 12, in 204 Robinson.
Free pony rides for every child at
Pinckney grade school is one of the club's yearly projects. The
group sponsored a benefit last year and contributed $200 to Ronny
Ewert's KU Scholarship fund.
Gayle Mott will furnish horses for the club and can accommodate a fairly large number of riders.
Radio Club Will Train Amateurs
The University Amateur Radio club will conduct two practice classes for amateur operators beginning at the next club meeting.
Richard Shackelford, president,
said a weekly program of code
practice will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday, Nov. 14, in the electrical
engineering building. A 15 minute
class in radio theory will also be
given.
The courses are designed "to walk up experience in radio for assuming an operator's lisense," Louis Breyfogle, treasurer, said. The club will enter the American Radio Relay League Sweepstakes contest starting Saturday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 18.
Professor Talks On Air Warfare
Air warfare, from the time it was first used in the form of observation balloons in the Civil War to the faster-than-sound machines of today, was explained Wednesday by Lt. Col. Lynn R. Moore, professor of air science and tactics.
historic science and medicine.
Colonel Moore spoke to 250 persons at the fifth lecture on military policy. The lectures are sponsored by Scabbard and Blade, senior honorary military society.
Lattmouth, Neb.—(U.R.) J ame s Boswell, a painter from Tennessee went to jail on the complaint of a Nebraska farmer. The farmer paid Boswell $600 for painting a barn. A week later it rained and the barn returned to its original color.
Rain Erases New Paint Job
character of the liquid in which the food is canned and 10 for the uniformity of size.
After the sampling was finished the scores were added and averaged and a score given to each sample. These scores were then recorded along with the price per ounce of each sample. Then the samples were given final ratings. The best canned peach, for example, being the one with both the best quality and best price as compared to other samples.
Statistics compiled from the cutting will b eused in purchasing canned foods for Corbin, and North College halls, Watkins hospital and
This honor places him among 150 persons who have received membership for outstanding achievement in ornithology. The union is the official society of professional ornithologists in North America.
Harrison B. Tordoff, instructor in zoology and assistant curator of birds in the Museum of Natural History, has received notice of his election to full membership in the American Ornithological union.
Ornithology Prof Elected
the Union. Other institutions which buy in large quantities are welcome to inquire about the results of the cutting, Mrs. Monroe said.
A college in Missouri has written and asked for a copy of the findings and a restaurant in Kansas City decided to initiate the process after hearing about the Union cutting.
listed in the same way. "Cuttings and other standardized purchasing procedures are advisable, for those who buy food in large quantities, as a means of holding down food costs and yet keeping up the quality of the food," Mrs Monroe said.
Contracts have been let for canned goods used in the Union cafeteria and Hawk's Nest. However, the contracts hold only so long as the company can supply the food at the same quality and same price as existed in the sample.
Six companies will have personnel representatives on the campus Monday, Nov. 12, and Tuesday, Nov. 13, to interview February and June graduating engineers.
Engineering Grads To Be Interviewed
Proctor & Gamble, Chemstrand and Pan American Refining company will be here Monday. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals company will interview Monday and Tuesday.
Boeing Airplane company and Gulf Oil corporation will interview Tuesday.
Tordott's selection for full membership is believed to result in part from recently published research concerning modern and fossil birds of Kansas and midwest states. Interviews will be held in Marvin hall. Interested persons should sign the schedule in the engineering office.
Old Earth Is Slowing Down Days Are Growing Longer
One theory is that the masses of the interior of the earth are shifting. If they shift closer to the axis of rotation, the earth spin is faster
Just what is causing this slow down in the rotation of the earth?
New Haven, Conn.-(U.P.)- New evidence that the rotation of the earth is slowing down and that the days are becoming longer has been reported at the annual fall meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
The rate of slow down, while it may seem insignificant, is important if man's clocks are to tell the right time and if radio, radar and electronic devices are to be kept in tune.
"Small as this may seem," he said, "an increase of each day in the 20th century by one-thousandth of a second as compared with the corresponding day of the 19th century makes the whole 20th century longer by 36.5 seconds than the 19th century, 73 seconds longer than the 16th century and so on. This builds up rapidly in the course of centuries."
The new report came from Prof. Dick Brouwer, Yale University astronomer, who said that the gradual slowing down of the speed of earth's rotation is equivalent to a gradual lengthening of the day by an amount of something over one-thousandth of a second.
The deadline for applications for the civil service junior professional assistant and junior management assistant examinations is Tuesday, Nov.13.
Civil Service Exam Deadline Tuesday
and if they shift farther from the axis of rotation, the spin would be slowed down. Thus, the scientists believe that the masses are shifting farther from the axis.
Anyone who wishes to apply should ask for card Form 5000-AB at the Lawrence post office.
The optional positions of bacteriologist, economist, geographer, geophysicist, social science analyst and statistician will be covered by the examinations.
These examinations are open to those persons who have completed or expect to complete by June 30, 1952, a 4-year college course leading to a bachelor's degree or higher in management or related fields.
the examinations are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8. Further information may be obtained from Lee Isaacson at the Guidance Bureau, Strong anx-B, or from the civil service representative at the Lawrence post office.
Lack Of Faith Is Stumbling Block In Korean Peace Talks, Writer Says
By PAULYNE PATTERSON
Lack of faith between the U.S. and Russia is the stumbling block in the Korean peace talks, said Hanson Baldwin, military editor of the New York Times, in an interview Thursday.
The Communists will not accept a proposal on terms other than their own and they will probably soon come out with a peace plan concerning Korea and disarmament, he added.
"We must not allow the Communists to take over Formosa." Mr. Baldwin said. "We have been slow about getting military and political order in Formosa. I believe that we should put into use some of the manpower in that country."
The meeting of foreign ministers may come as a result of the UN assembly but not a meeting of Truman and Stalin, he said. The editor said that it would be a downfall of the Kremlin to let down the iron
Curtain and permit the UN to come in.
Russia's intent for world domination will have no definite deadline; therefore, we should be prepared for a long conflict, he said. He added that the U.S. must guard against overtaxing its economic system in financing another war.
The main reason the Russians are continuing the peace talks is to cause other nations to believe that we are the aggressors, Mr. Baldwin said, adding that "they have partially succeeded."
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