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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1851
Kansas Clays Essential In Ceramic Plants
Kansas' newest ceramics establishment, the Pamona Tile plant at Strother field near Arkansas City, is equipped to turn out daily 10,000 square feet of glazed floor and wall tile, of which Kansas clays are to be an important ingredient.
Norman Plummer of the ceramics division of the State Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, who located the clays to be used in the manufacture of the tile, said that the plant has modern, rapid-firing tunnel kilns and an automatic glazing machine capable of turning out tile in several different colors. R. J. Schroeder is president of the plant and Al Schuppner is manager. Approximately 150 persons will be employed at the plant when full production is under way.
During the past five years at least 17 ceramic industries in Kansas have been initiated as a direct result of or have been aided by research conducted by the State Geological survey. Investigations and laboratory tests to determine ceramic uses of various Kansas clays have been responsible for adding approximately one million dollars annually to the state's economy.
Officer Candidate Enlistments Open
Enlistments are now being accepted for the Marine Corps officer candidate course, Capt. W. R Terrell, professor of naval science, said Tuesday.
College graduates or regularly enrolled seniors in good standing who are not working toward degrees in medicine, dentistry, or theology may apply for the course. College seniors, to be eligible, must expect to graduate in the spring of 1951.
Candidates will be enlisted in the Marine Corps reserve and given a 10-week training course at Parris Island, S.C. The second phase of training will be at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., where candidates will take a five-month basic officer's course.
Interested students should contact Maj. H. Hogemeyer, U.S.M.C., at the N.R.O.T.C. unit in the Military Science building.
Candidates who fail to qualify for a commission will be given the choice of being discharged or assigned to active duty as enlisted
Deadline Set For Award Candidates
Abstracts of research work in biological sciences must be submitted by Tuesday, March 6, to be eligible for the FhI Sigma award.
Seniors who have a "B" average in biological sciences, are in the upper 25 per cent of their class and have been actively engaged in biological research at the University are eligible for the award.
Graduate students in good standing who have been actively engaged in biological research are also eligible.
Announcement of the award winners will be made at the honors convocation.
Four KU Graduates To Active Duty
Four men who were graduated from the University in January have received their commissions and orders to report for active duty. All were members of the N.R.O.T.C. unit at K.U.
Ensign Thomas C. Fuller was assigned to the destroyer U.S.S. Stribling. Ensign Lawrence G. Mische to the destroyer U.S.S. O'Hare, and Ensign Herbert H. Wheedausen to the destroyer U.S.S. Brownson. Ensign Marvin P. Watkins was assigned to a light carrier, the U.S.S. Bataan.
'Kansas Engineer Staff Is Wanted
Positions as editor, associate editor; business manager, and advertising manager are open on the "Kansas Engineer," magazine published by engineering students. Any engineering student is eligible. Applications should be made by letter to the engineering council not later than Saturday, Feb. 17.
Three recent electronic inventions were demonstrated before 80 persons Lindley auditorium Tuesday.
Displays New Inventions
Dr. Cyril N. Hoyler, administrative assistant at the R.C.A. labora-
tor in Princeton, N.J., displayed an electronic mirror, aphosphors, and equation solver.
The equation solver was developed by Dr. Holler and another scientist. It is about a yard and a half long. Numerous dials are manipulated in order to receive the solution, which appears on a miniature, TV-like screen at the top of the instrument.
Dr. Hoyler presented slides illustrating the demonstration. He will remain on the campus today to interview students with master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees.
Father And Son Join Society
Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Sr., professor emeritus of the department of dermatology, and his son, Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., professor and present chairman of the department of dermatology of the School of Medicine were recently elected corresponding members of the Swedish Dermatological society. They are already fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Dr. Sutton, Sr., retired from chairmanship of the department of dermatology of the School of Medicine in 1939. He became a professor emeritus in 1942, and moved to McAllen, Texas, in 1946.
Dr. Sutton, Jr., was appointed chairman of the dermatology department in 1949. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1929. After his internship in the Cleveland City hospital, he spent one year doing graduate work at Edinburgh and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Dr. Sutton joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1932. He was appointed associate professor of dermatology in 1943.
Actor's Family Is Miffed At Hollywood Film Debut
Hollywood—(U.P.)—Robert Young let his wife and four daughters crash the movies the other day and life in the Young mansion, he reports, hasn't been the same since.
The "Harem," as he calls it, is ful of frustrated and disillusioned actresses.
He had to do same talkin' with the missus, too.
The young Youngs and their mother made their movie debut with pop in the "March of Dimes" film—and their reactions varied from disbelief to tearful terror.
"Cathy, she's five, burst into sobs when she saw herself." Young said. "She thought one of the polio-struck kids in the film was her.
"She graduated from college with a degree in dramatics." Young said. "And she was all hopped up about the 'March of Dimes' film. Said after 20 years she was finally going to get some good out of her sheepkin."
"She kept accusing me of pushing her off her tricycle and injuring her legs. I had a terrible time explaining that to her."
Seventeen-year-old Carol A n n isn't very happy with her debut, either.
Well, Mrs. Young got her pretty face on the screen, all right, but all her dialogue wound up on the cutting room floor.
"She gave it every inflection in the book—but when it came out her voice was coming out of nowhere
All five of the female Youngs spent hours in the beauty parlor, getting duded up for the big event, and wound up on the screen for a fast 58 seconds. They're still trying to figure out when it took 'em a whole day to shoot the scene.
"She had one line," Young grinned. "and she practiced it for hours. All she had to say was: 'I don't get it'
"One of the girls, I forget which one," Young said, "was pretty disgusted with the way her chin came out. In fact, they were very critical of the whole thing—with me on the wrong end of the deal."
He was a little miffed at first, Young said, but then he got to thinking.
'And I decided it was time they found out this movie business isn't all glamour and thrills,' he said. 'One of the kids, 7-year-old Barbara, really has the acting bug. But I think we cured her this time!"
US Protection For Japan But No Indefinite Free Ride
Tokyo—(U.P.)—State department envoy John Foster Dulles said today that the U.S. will continue to protect Japan after a peace treaty is signed but "she will not get a free ride indefinitely."
The State department adviser said that if Japan is left without protection after a peace treaty is signed, "she would be in danger of Russian Communists, Chinese Communists and even possibly North Korean Communists."
Dulles, here to discuss a treaty with Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Japanese leaders, told the United Press that a "vacuum of power" would exist if all occupation troops were withdrawn.
He said that if Japan asks for protection, and it is strictly up to her, the U.S. would supply it but it would not be "permanent protection" and would be valid only as long as the U.S. wanted to contribute it.
"If a screening force of American soldiers were here Communists would not attack because of their fear of retribution from America's
Enrollment in a beginning welding class may be made between 7 and 9 p.m. today and Thursday at Liberty Memorial high school, James Tucker, University Extension representative said.
Will Train Welders For Defense Work
The course which will begin Tuesday, Feb. 13, is the first in a proposed series of defense training courses. The class will meet for two hours on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Fowler shops for 10 weeks.
military might," he said, including our strategic air force."
This course is open to everyone and is approved by the Veterans administration. It is sensored by Fowler shops, the Lawrence Adult Education program, and University Extension.
MRS AUDREY DRAWBAUGH, secretary in the geology department, is shown viewing the recording section of K.U.'s new seismograph.
University's Seismograph Can Pick Up Atomic Blasts
Students who are enrolled in Western Civilization but have not arranged for proctorial appointments must do so by Friday.
Make Proctor Appointments Now
—Kansan Photo By Ed Chaplin
Earthquakes and atomic explosions occurring anywhere in the world can be located within 10 miles of their origin by the geology department's new seismograph, an instrument which records the earth's tremors.
Proctorial appointments may be made in the Western Civilization office, Strong hall annex C.
Miss Wilma Garrett, recruiting sergeant for the Women's Army Corps and Air Force will be at the Lawrence recruiting station, 609 Massachusetts street, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.
WAC Recruiter Here Thursday
Women between the ages of 15 and 34 who have graduate from high school are eligible for enlistment. Those under 21 must have their parents' consent. Women with college degrees are eligible for reserve commissions.
It will include two panel discussions in the morning and speeches by safety directors from several large industrial concerns in the afternoon. Two safety films will also be shown.
Frank T. Stockton, dean of University Extension, will be general chairman of the meeting.
Sue Creel Wins Judging Contest
University Extension will conduct an industrial safety institute Friday at Hutchinson. Special emphasis will be given to the supervisor's safety responsibility.
Sue Creel, College senior, was the only University student to win in the annual Time magazine letter-judging contest. Sponsored by the business communication staff of the School of Business, Miss Creel won over about 150 other students entered in the contest.
Industrial Safety Will Be Studied
In previous years there have always been two or more winners from K.U. A number of students came very close to winning this year by correctly predicting the "pulling power" of several of the letters time magazine used in its recent promotional campaign. Miss Creel correctly predicted the effectiveness of the four most powerful letters. It was necessary only to predict the first three to win.
A delicate and elaborate instrument, the seismograph cost the University of Kansas several thousand dollars. It is kept in 108 Lindley hall, which is now open to the public. There, through a plate glass window, you can see the seismograph in operation under red photographic lights.
Sanborn Partridge, instructor in geology, is in charge of the instrument. An alarm in his office is set off whenever a large earth tremor is recorded on the seismograph. Mr. Partridge said markings have been recorded which may indicate the recent atomic blasts in Nevada.
K. U. has the only seismological station between St. Louis and Reno, Nev. Reports of earthquakes picked up here are sent to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The University also furnishes the University Daily Kansan, Lawrence Daily Journal-World, and Kansas City Star with reports of quakes.
The principle under which the seismograph operates, as explained by Prof. R. M. Dreyer, head of the geology department, is the time lapse between the two types of waves generated when the earth shakes. The longitudinal earthquake waves travel faster than the transverse waves. By measuring the time between the arrivals of the two waves, the distance of the quake can be determined.
The seismograph consists of three instruments which rest upon a pier separated by insulation from the seabed. The pier has a cement foundation anchored in bedrock. When waves pass through the earth and hit the pier, instruments upon it send an electric current into three galvanometers.
The galvonometers transmit lights by mirrors through a slit onto a moving drum covered with photographic paper. In this way the "squiggles" which indicate, the earth's motions are recorded.
The biggest earthquake recorded to date on K.U.'s seismograph was on Dec. 14, when a strong earthquake shook Mexico.
To find the exact spot of the treenor, the reports of three seismograph stations are triangulated.
A special clock connected to a radio pulse from Washington, D.C., regulates the time markings that are put on the photo paper every half-minute.
Military Engineers To See War Movie At 7:30 Tonight
The Society of American Military engineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the lounge of the Military Science building. Junior and senior students in R.O.T.C., N.R.O.T.C., and A.R.O.T.C. who are enrolled in engineering have been invited to attend. A war movie will be shown.