THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
It Can't Cook, Sing, Or Fetch Slippers, But Can Get And Broadcast Weather News
Washington (U.P.)—It can't cook, sing, or fetch slippers, but it can collect and broadcast weather news and keep a flock of bombers on the beam to their target.
It has small explosive charges for muscles, thinks with an electric brain, has special sensory nerves, knows right from wrong, and is at home in the middle of nowhere.
The bureau of standards calls it "the grasshopper." It looks like a bomb but is a robot weather station. Dropped in enemy territory, it could serve as a radio beacon.
Parachuted into otherwise inaccessible territory, the grasshopper can function automatically for more than 15 days. If hurt in the drop or tired after days of operation, it can make its condition known to the receiving station for correction.
Here is how it works:
The grasshopper is loaded on an airplane bomb rack. The plane carries it over the desired location and lets it go. A built-in parachute opens and lifts the vehicle into a powerful electric clock, which controls subsequent operations, is turned on.
On hitting the ground, the grasshopper fires the first of three small explosives. This cuts the parachute loose to prevent dragging.
Explosion no. 2 operates a "leg" which raises the grasshopper to an upright position.
KU Student Wins Science Fellowship
Raymond Thorsteinson, graduate student, has won the Shell Oil fellowship in geology for the school year 1951-52.
The Shell Oil fellowship includes $1,200 and tuition fees, and provides for a $300 research fund, Dr. R. M. Dreyer, chairman of the geology department, said. It is awarded in only eight geology departments in the United States.
Thorsteinson was graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoom, Canada, and received a master's degree at the University of Toronto, Canada. He came to the University of Kansas in 1942.
Meredstinson is now writing a thesis on the geology of a portion of the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Under the terms of the fellowship, his fellowship work will be supervised by Dr. Dreyer.
Jay Janes Elect Maduros As Head
Helen-Maduros, education junior, was recently elected president of Jav James.
Other officers are Chloe Warner, vice-president; Blanche Pierson, secretary; Grace Endacott, social chairman; Mary Ceddalwalader, historian; Jean Almon and Jean Proudfifth, notifications; Nancy F. Anderson, publicity; and Jeannine Neihart, song leader.
Miss Endacott was elected national vice-president of Phi Sigma Chi, national polen organization, at the national convention in Topeka during Easter vacation. She gave a report of the convention.
Methodist Student Group Gives Galloping Party
After a brief meeting in Danforth chapel April 6, Kappa Phi, Methodist student organization for girls, went on a Galloping party.
There were eight groups who made a 20 minute visit at 24 Methodist homes. The purpose of these visits was to better acquaint the members of the church with the students.
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At certain intervals the clock turns on the radio transmitter, connecting it first to one of the observing mechanisms and then to the other.
The monitoring station back at the base reads the transmitted signal as temperature, pressure or humidity, depending on the phase of the clockwork cycle.
Offer Grants In Education
Something called a "reference resistor" warns the receiving station that damaged or aging components in the transmitter" need correction.
The Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers will award two $300 scholarships to University students majoring in education who have completed their first two years of college training.
To be eligible a student must show need for assistance, have high moral and social standards, achieve a high scholastic record, show special aptitude for teaching, possess a pleasing personality, and be a Kansas resident.
The scholarship will be $150 for each of two years. It will be paid in two $75 installments each year.
Anyone interested must make application in the office of the School of Education before Saturday, April 21.
Students receiving the scholarship must teach in Kansas for as many years as they receive the award. Otherwise the scholarship will be considered a loan, and must be repaid with interest at 5 per cent a year.
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Something else called an "identification resistor" produces a pulse characteristic of the particular station. Thus the receiver knows which robot station he is monitoring.
If the robot were broadcasting from an enemy target, it would also keep attacking bombers on the beam
Museum Buys Prof's Work
"Basement," a color etching by John Parks, instructor in design, has been purchased by the Busch-Reisinger museum of Harvard university. It will be included in a traveling show with other selected items.
The etching and five others by Mr. Parks will be displayed on the third floor of Strong hall until Sunday, April 15. The other works are titled "Island," "Corduroy Jacket," "Fish," "Girl With Net." and "Cows."
Mr. Parks said his idea for the etching came while he was living in Chicago. For his studio he had rented a rather run-down basement which formerly seemed to be a catch-all place for the landlord to store unused objects.
"It is an abstract of first impression," he said, in commenting on his work. The etching was done about a year ago and took about three months to complete.
"Cows" was made from a sketch while he was visiting the Wichita stockyards. The etching is a top, fore-shortened view of the animals, showing them as they were eating and drinking.
Mr. Parks is from Wichita. He was graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago and came to the University as an instructor this fall,
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