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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1951
K.U. To Hold Conference On Sewage Disposal
The first annual conference on sanitary engineering, sponsored by the University of Kansas department of civil engineering and the Kansas State Board of Health, will be held in Fraser theater. Thursday.
This one day conference is designed especially for consulting sanitary engineers, city engineers, equipment representatives and contractors engaged in designing or building sewer systems and sewage disposal and sewage treatment works. Other persons who are interested in the subject are cordially invited to attend.
Prof. G. W. Bradshaw, chairman of the department of civil engineering, will give a welcoming address and the business meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Dwight F. Metzler, chief engineer for the Kansas State Board of Health, will preside.
The conference will open with registration at 9 a.m. and convene until 4 p.m. The enrollment fee is $3 which includes the cost of a luncheon to be held in the Kansas room in the Union.
During the morning session, two discussions, "The Theory of Sewage Treatment," and "Calculating Steam Loadings," will be led by Charles A. Haskins, consulting engineer of Kansas City, Mo., and Gordon E. Mau of the Kansas State Board of Health.
At the afternoon session, Roger D. Lee of the Kansas State Board of Health will lead a discussion on "Sedimentation Theory and Practices." F. M. Veach of the firm of Black and Veach, consulting engineers of Kansas City, Mo., will preside at a discussion of "The Design of Trickling Filters." Each discussion period will last about two hours.
Because many Kansas cities will have to construct sewage treatment and disposal plants within a few years, the conference is aimed at clarifying the technical problems arising from the new and higher standards limiting stream pollution.
Just Call Him 'Ike'—
Paris—(U.P.) A name plate was placed on a big mahogany desk in the Hotel Astoria. It read:
"General of the Army
"Dwight G. Eisenhower."
A colonel walked in and said to the beaming second lieutenant who made the sign: "Get that damned out of thing out, Quick."
"Why?" asked the lieutenant.
Why? asked the
"Why?" the colonel yelled. "Because his middle initial is 'D', that's why."
Civil Service Jobs Open To Applicants
The United States Civil Service commission has announced position openings as Intelligence Research specialist, Military Intelligence Research specialist, and Foreign Affairs officer.
Information and applications can be obtained from the post office or by writing to the United States Civil Service commission in Washington. The Washington office will accept applications until further notice.
To qualify, the applicant must have completed appropriate education or had experience in the field desired. No written exam is required, but knowledge of one or more foreign countries or geographic areas is necessary.
Taft's Advice Offer Refused
Washington—(U.P.) —Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today he is always ready to confer with Senator Robert A. Taft, Rep. Ohio, and other congressional Republicans on foreign policy, but that he has no specific plans to call such a meeting.
Mr. Acheson made the statement in response to news conference questions about yesterday's offer by Mr. Taft to sit down with President Truman or other members of the Democratic party to work out a foreign policy program that would command the united support of the American people.
Mr. Acheson said he had discussed foreign policy with Republican leaders last year and that he is always ready to do that.
No Mr. Acheson replied, adding that he didn't have anything specific in mind.
"Do you have any plans now in the way of calling him (Taft) in?" a reporter asked.
But Mr. Acheson rejected Mr. Raft's view that the United Nations was a debating society and should be written off so far as military policies are concerned. He said the United Nations, like any other international forum, is a debating society with the hope of establishing peace and security.
Mr. Acheson pointed out that the administration has been discussing foreign policy with the people selected by the Republicans. He said these individuals generally were members of the Senate foreign relations committee and that this was the normal procedure for administration-senate consultations. Mr. Paft is not a member of the senate foreign relations committee.
Senate Democratic leaders said meanwhile, that the administration's basic foreign policy principle must not be "sacrified" to meet Mr Taft's offer.
Music, Art Progress Clinic To Be Held In Hutchinson
A "professional progress" clinic for music and art teachers in central and south central Kansas will be presented Friday and Saturday in Hutchinson by the public schools there and the University schools of education and fine arts.
The program is divided into two parts, one of art activities, and the other of music activities.
The band and 19 faculty members will attend from the University.
George B. Smith, dean of the
Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will speak on "Improving Piano Accompaniments" and "Piano Solos." Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, will talk of "Band Rehearsal and Concert Techniques," "Orchestra Rehearsal and Concert Techniques," and will direct the band in a concert Friday evening.
E. Thayer Gaston, head of the department of music education, will speak on the "Improvement of Performance on Brass Instruments, Trombone, Baritone," and will give a demonstration on "Influence of Music on Behavior."
Other faculty members appearing on the program are: Reinhold Schmidt, Maud Ellsworth, Elin K Jorgensen, James F. Nickerson, Raymond Stuhl, J. Sheldon Carey, Gerald M. Carney, Arvid Jacobson, Karel Blaas, Carly* H. Smith, Marcus E. Hahn, Leo Horaceck, Clayton Krehbiel, William Sears, and Raymond Zepp.
School of Education, will also attend the conference.
Nine persons from the Hutchinson schools will attend the conference which is sponsored by the departments of music and art of the Hutchinson schools and by the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, School of Education, department of music education, and department of art education.
Graduate Found Dead At Aspen
The body of Ralph Williamson Smith, '48, was found hanging in a second story doorway of an abandoned building in Aspen, Colo.. Monday.
Mr. Smith who received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering at the University, was engaged in research work for the navy. He was an expert on guided missiles.
Mr. Smith and a fellow research worker, Gordon Bangs, were on a skiing vacation from the naval test station at China Lake, Calif. The young scientist disappeared from his mountain ski resort hotel at Aspen, Jan. 5.
The Navy and F.B.I. were notified of Smith's disappearance by Sheriff Leonard Johnson, who believed that "Smith had met with foul play."
Sheriff Johnson said that "the body was clothed in trousers, shirt, and lumber jacket, and was frozen at the time of discovery."
Club To Pick Queen
The queen of the University company of Pershing Rifles will be announced at a tea for candidates Sunday. She will be chosen from photographs which were submitted by organized women's houses before Christmas.
Tony Vandergriff, president of Pershing Rifles, said the queen who is announced Sunday will have her picture sent in to the national Pershing Rifle society as this company's candidate for "Honorary Brigadier General."
Roses will be given the queen at the tea, to be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Military Science lounge. Judges for the contest are Capt. Virgil E. Phillips, instructor in Army R.O.T.C. and Major Charles G. Whitley, assistant professor of air science. They will pick the queen from her photograph with the advice of Lawrenr photographers.
KU Senior Sworn In As Constable
Eddie Bales, 23, College senior was sworn in as a Lawrence constable Monday afternoon.
Baies was elected constable in the Nov. 7 elections, receiving 20 votes as a write-in candidate. He was elected for a term of two years There are two constables in Lawrence township.
The new constable said that he had held no previous political office, but "if there is anything to do I will do it." The duties of a constable are to serve papers issued from the office of the justice of the peace.
Bales is a political science major and will be graduated in June. He plans to work on the Rock Island railroad as a fireman after graduation.
R. F. Kunz, representative of the Beech Aircraft company of Wichita, will be in 111 Marvin hall, Thursday and Friday, to interview February and June graduates in mechanical, electrical, and aeronautical engineering.
Students who plan to attend summer school and expect to receive their degrees in August are also invited to sign the interview schedule. Further information regarding the company and the interview may be obtained in the dean's office.
Engineering Grads To Be Interviewed
Way To Relax
Cornish, Miss—(U.P.)—T. O. Timmons says he hasn't taken in some 3,100 motion picture shows during the past 10 years because he likes movies. It's just the best way he's found to relax.
Society Disrupted By Communism,Lindemait
Communism, the welfare state, and race relations are the basic issues causing confusion in our society, Prof. E. C. Lindeman said Tuesday at a special convolution in Fraser theater.
Professor Lindeman, who is a visiting professor of sociology at the University of Kansas City, said that much of the existing confusion is due to the necessity of making decisions on those and other issues.
"People acquainted with the scientific method feel that they must make decisions when the relative facts are not available." Professor Lindeman said. "With others, confusion is due to mistrust of the facts as given. More sensitive people are confused because they cannot find a sense of values on which to base decisions."
Communism is the most formidable threat to democracy, he said.
"I am opposed to Communism principally because in the Communist philosophy the ends justify the means." Professor Lindeman explained. "It is basic in a democratic theory that the end must be subordinated to the means."
Professor Lindeman suggested that American propaganda place more emphasis on explanation of the American way of life and standard of living.
The decision facing Americans is not whether to fight Communism, but how to fight it, he said.
"Our present propaganda is not successful in Asia," he said. "We talk about abstract philosophies of liberty and equality. The Russians talk about food."
We cannot defeat Communism merely by arguing against everything the Russians claim, Professor Lindeman said.
"If you think you can fight the Communists by reaction, you are thinking exactly what they want you to think," he said.
Dr. Lindeman gave the welfare state as the second basic problem. It is not a new idea in America, he said, but began with Theodore Roosevelt's administration.
The welfare state conception says the government is not going to allow people to drop below a certain standard of living," he explained.
Racial relations form a third important problem, even though our religion, science, and democratic background all deny the validity of racial prejudice, Professor Lindeman said.
He mentioned the Fair Employment Practices law of New York, and pointed out its effectiveness.
"We cannot legislate against prejudice itself, but we canset up laws against discriminatory behavior," he said. "When behavior changes, prejudices melt away."
Science Training Program Offered
Women who have completed their junior year and have concentrated on science courses are eligible for the Radcliffe college Summer Science Training program.
Operated in cooperation with industrial and medical laboratories in the Boston area, the course offers practical training in laboratory work. Beginning June 25, students work eight weeks, without pay, in hospitals, industrial companies and universities.
Deadline for applications is Feb.
15. Inquiries may be sent to Mrs.
Mary P. Feiser, Converse Memorial
laboratory, Harvard university; and
Miss Ina M. Granara, Department of
Chemistry, Simmons college.
Salesmanship School Begins In Seneca
A school in retail salesmanship will be conducted by Fred Sharpe, extension lecturer, today through Friday at Seneca.
Mr. Sharpe's lectures will deal with the practical aspects of salesmanship. A similar sales school was conducted by Sharpe Monday and Tuesday at Wamego. The schools are sponsored by University Extension in cooperation with the Chambers of Commerce.
Police Check KU Burglaries
Lawrence police today were checking recent burglaries in two University houses.
Sigma Nu social fraternity at West 10th street reported that dresser drawers had been ransacked, and such items as a wrist watch, two electric razors, a radio, a suit case, jewel case and lamp were taken.
Delta Gamma housemother, Mrs. W. S. Shaw, 1001 West Hills, reported that a number of "unusual things were stolen." Such things as perfume and jewelry were taken. A portable typewriter, an alarm clock and $6 in cash were stolen. All the stolen articles were taken from the second floor.
Guild Builds Operetta Set
The first set ever constructed at the University for a Light Opera. Guild production is already under the direction of Jim Claussen, stage manager. In spite of difficulties construction of the set began during the Christmas holidays under the supervision of Don Dixon, Assistant Professor of Speech and Drama, and director of The Pink Lady.
Colorful backgrounds for Tine Pink Lady will include a ballroom scene, the interior of an antique shop, a cafe scene, and a garden exterior. Sets were designed by Kav Peters, junior in Fine Arts.
The Guild decided to build, said Professor Dixon, because of the high expenses of rental and transportation, and also because of the difficulty of finding rented scenery appropriate for the production.
The operetta will be presented February 5 through 7 and February 9. Tickets will go on sale Thursday, February 1, at Bell's music store and at the ticket office in Green hall.
The paper concluded: "A method is reported for obtaining blood from blood vessels using silicon-coated needles. Using this method, no significant differences could be demonstrated in the number of circulating cells of dogs in either periphery, venous or heart blood."
Differences in the number of cells, in either the periphery or heart blood of the dog, a controversial point in anatomy circles, do not exist, Thomas V. Batty, Assistant Instructor of Anatomy, told 40 members of Phi Sigma, biology society, in Snow hall Tuesday.
The experiments, the results of which have been accepted for publication by Science magazine, where done in accordance with a contract between the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army and the University of Kansas.
The society listened to the reading of a paper, prepared by Mr. Batty and Daniel L. Azarnoff, graduate student, which contained the results of experiments by the two on the subject.
Speaker Describes Dog's Blood Cells
Annual Band Concert At 8 p.m. Today
The University band will present its annual Winter concert at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium. The 125-member band is under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra.
Featured soloists will be Tom Love it, education junior, cornetist; and Dale Moore, fine arts freshman, baritone.
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