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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23,1950
Comments Flow Over I-D Card Battle
By DOROTHY OGLESBEE
Every year students of the University fight the battle of the I-I card. Opinion upon the subject is divided. Some students think the tickets should be transferable. Other students and the administration think such a policy would be impractical.
The question "Do you think student indentification cards should be transferable for football games?" was asked of six University students. These are their answers.
Pattyne Patterson, College junior; "I believe that someone should benefit from the money already paid by the students for the I-D card. If one is unable to attend a game I see no reason why he could not loan the card to an out of town friend, since he has no choice but to purchase a ticket when he pays registration fees."
Gene Fentiman, College sophomore:
"It is undemocratic for the University to force a student who can see but a few games to buy a ticket and not give him the privilege of letting his home town buddy or sweetheart use the ticket. If these I-D cards cause the University to lose money
when students transfer them, at least make it optional whether we have to buy one."
Mary Ann Woods, College junior:
"As long as a student is not using his I-D card, I think it is only fair that he have the right to loan his card to a friend. That card constitutes a ticket paid for and as such is to be used. Why not use them every game day?"
Frank C. Boucher, engineering senior: "Exceptions sometimes might seem justifiable but it could lead to students selling their tickets at high prices for big gains. Also, the benefit given by the University to the student in not having to pay tax on his ticket would thereby be given to an outsider."
Joan Shuler, fine arts sophomore:
New Field Of Study Opens With Shipment Of African Mammals
A new field of study and research has been opened for zoology students by a recent shipment of 40 mammal skins and skeletons from Bechuanaland, South Africa, to the Museum of Natural History.
These specimens are the first their kind to be brought to the museum. "This shipment of African mammals is the second of a series which is expected to give the museum a wide representation of world vertebrates," said Frank E. Peabody, assistant professor of zoology.
From July 1947 to July of 1948, Dr. Peabody collected fossils from cave deposits in the Union of South Africa with an expedition sponsored by the University of California. He traveled with Tom Larsen who hunted mammals and reptiles.
The recent shipment of mammals to the museum was sent by Mr. Larsen who is still in Africa and finances his hunting by sending animal specimens to the United States. Mr. Larsen is working for a degree in anthropology at Cape Town university. He gathers his information directly from the natives as he travels with his dog and suitcase through the African wilds.
In the shipment are long-nosed elephant shrews; a variety of mongoose-like carnivores which look like a skunk; bushbabies which are small lemurs or relatives of primitive monkeys; Cape jumping hares resembling a long tailed jack-rabbit which jumps like a kangaroo squirrels which are distantly related to American squirrels; and other unusual rodents.
Religious Council To Ship Japan Books
Plans for shipping 25 boxes of used text books to Japan were discussed at a recent meeting of the Student Religious council.
The skins and skeletons will provide K.U. students with many study problems dealing with modern animals and animals of the past. A museum with a world-wide collection is comparable to a large library with many volumes for study and research. The jungles of Africa are teeming with small animal life which offers a wide field of untouched study. Dr. Peabody said.
This year the council plans to hold Sunday evening services during all vacations for students who ordinarily attend groups that don't meet during vacations.
The books were those that were not sold to a Chicago dealer after the council collected them from the students last spring.
Chain Reaction On Wheels
Such additions to the museum are made possible by research grants from the Kansas University Endowment association.
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Henderson, Ky.—(U,P)—Max Sauer was riding along the highway when a wheel of his car rolled off. Then the gas tank cap popped off, gasoline spilled on the pavement, and sparks from the axle set fire to the car. Sauer escaped unhurt.
"Many weekend visitors of students will not go to the games unless they may in the student section with their friends. I do not think that not allowing the transfer of I-D cards will help ticket sales because some of the younger people just won't go to the games in that case."
Wilmer Goering, 3rd year Law student; "Inasmuch as the assessment for I-D cards is included in the initial payment of fees, in effect making the purchase mandatory, every student should possess an I-D card. Then, to whom are they to be made transferable? Jayhawkers, by birth or by choice, want to see KU. have a winning team. It would be naive to suppose that this could be accomplished without money or from the proceeds from the sales of I-D cards alone. With the students giving the team moral support, let the bulk of the monetary burden fall elsewhere, and not defeated by making I-D cards transferable."
Woodruff To Attend College Day Meet
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men, will represent the University at a College Day program Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Phillipsburg High school. Delegates from all high schools in Phillips county will attend.
Dean Woodruff will stop at several other high schools on the trip. He will be out of his office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
College Looses Chickens
Helena, Mont. (U.P.)—Helena's Carroll College must be too close to the hobo jungles. College officials reported they missed 26 chickens in two days.
Cancer Society Will Put Electron Microscope Here
The Kansas division of the American Cancer Society will put the second electron microscope in the state into use at the University of Kansas, said Harry Dawdy, Topeka, executive director of the society.
The "super" microscope will be placed on the second floor of Blake hall in the department of physics, where it will be used by any of the physical and biological science faculty for work concerned with cancer research.
The other electron microscope is at the K.U. Medical center in Kansas City. It was purchased with a $25,000 grant from the Damon Runyon fund.
Ine "super" eye utilizes X-ray beams whereas the conventional device uses ordinary light. In place of glass lens there are high magnetic fields produced by magnets. The specimen being observed in an electron microscope must be placed in a high vacuum, Dr. Roofe said.
Dr. Karl E. Voiding of the Hatcher clinic in Wellington was of great assistance in obtaining use of the machine for K.U., Dr. Roofe emphasized.
An electron microscope will give magnification up to 20,000 times as compared to about 4,000 times for the best conventional type microscope, according to Dr. Paul Roofe, chairman of the anatomy department. By combining photographic techniques with the electron microscope as much as 100,000-power magnification may be achieved.
Four cancer research projects are now in progress on the campus. Dr. Roofe is directing, under sponsorship by the U.S. Army, a study of the effects of radiation upon blood-forming tissues. He and Dr. Russell C. Mills, head of the biochemistry department, are jointly studying the effects of protein deficiency on blood forming organs. This work is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.
Under a grant from the Atomic Energy commission, Dr. Frank Hoecker, professor of physics, and Dr. Roofe are studying the effects of radiation on bone structures. Dr. Samuel Lesher of the anatomy department is doing research on the development of nucleic acids in certain cells of fruit flies. The nucleic acids are believed to be important in cancer.
Former Student Receives "Wings"
A former University of Kansas student, Ensign Danniel N. Aldrich of Cleveland, Ohio, received his "wings" at the Corpus Christi, Tex. Naval Air station.
Aldrich attended the University in 1947 and then entered the Navy in 1948. As part of his Navy training he attended Compton Junior College in Compton, Calif.
After a short leave he will report to the Pacific fleet for active duty.
Drugs Are Free; Water Costs
Sydney, Australia—(U.P.) A few kinks remain to be ironed out in Australia's new free-drugs scheme. Penicillin is on the free list of 135 essential drugs—but you have to pay for the distilled water with which it mixed.