UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1950
Union Activities Clears $300 On Big Dance
The Student Union Activities cleared $300 on the Harry James dance Oct. 13, James Burgoyne, activities director, announced today.
After paying James his $1,750 fee and taxes of $520, about $300 will be left, Burgoyne said.
James said the crowd of 1500 was one of the most appreciative and orderly his band has played for on this year's tour.
"Usually there is a lot of drinking and rowdiness at dances we play for, but the students apparently came to enjoy the music. I wish we could play more engagements like this one." James said.
The James band didn't arrive at Hoch auditorium until 8 p.m., giving Al Monte, James' stage manager, only 30 minutes to set up the band stand. Monte said James had never failed to start on time.
A broken cable on the huge curtain held up the program for a few moments, but James pleased the crowd by having his band crawl under the curtain and play in front until the curtain could be repaired.
Photographic Bureau: Bob Rose
DRUMMER LOUIS BELSEN and bass player Norman Selig boat out a rapid rhythm as Harry James plays a solo for an appreciative crowd of 1,500 in Hoch auditorium Friday.
World Wide News
French Retreat From Reds
Saigon, Indo-China, Oct. 16—(U.P.)—Communist troops occupied the frontier fortress of Nacham today and the French army ordered all civilians to evacuate Langson, the biggest fortress on the border of Communist China still in French hands.
The well-trained black-uniformed Viet Minh rebels were reported regrouping at Nacham and preparing to push southward past a string of blockhouses and watchposts evacuated by outnumbered and faltering French Legionnaires and Moroccans.
The retreat from Nacham 27 miles southeast of Thatke fortress which was deserted last week, opened more miles of jungles and mountains to the rebels.
The French high command said it had ordered the civilian evacuation of Langson for security reasons and to free the threatened town of non-military responsibilities.
The latest retreat left the outnumbered French troops defending a new line just above the Red river delta, Indo-China's "rice bowl."
Senate Crime Committee Resumes Hearings Tuesday
Chicago, Oct. 16—(U.P.)-Sen. Estes Kefauver (D., Tenn.) returned to Chicago today to renew a senate investigation into the operations of an alleged national crime syndicate.
Senator Kefauver will resume hearings tomorrow. It was reported that Rudolph Halley, chief counsel of the senate crime investigating committee, would concentrate largely on wire services which provide handbooks with race results.
It was said that Halley planned to question Thomas F. Kelly, manager of the Continental Press service, concerning any possible inroads made by gangsters.
Reds 'Win' Election
Berlin, Oct. 16—U.R.)—The East German government reported today that returns from general elections in the Soviet zone of Germany yesterday showed it to be 98.44 per cent Communist.
Despite the hazard, 35,544 voted no, the government reported. The voting was for a permanent national assembly and state and municipal councils.
The voters had only to choose between the single state of Communist candidates or register disapproval. Those voting no had to enter a booth marked "against peace."
An official announcement by the government said:
There were 12,331,950 eligible voters.
Of these, 12,088,745 voted for the Communist ticket.
There were 18584 invalid votes, against the Communist ticket.
There were 15.634 invalid votes.
In Soviet zone elections last year for a provisional people's congress, one third of the people voted against the single slate.
Yongshung, North Korea, Oct. 18 —(U.P.)—An American-led task force was driving West toward Pyongyang tonight, hoping to rescue an estimated 1,000 American prisoners from possible slaughter by their Red captors.
American-Led Task Force Rushes To Save Prisoners
Miller Women Called To Sea Duty
A minor flood at Miller hall, women's residence hall, early Sunday disturbed the sleep of its members but caused little damage to the house. Water seeped through the floors and freshly painted walls of the first and second floor baths, and the general kitchen, kitchens no. 1.2.3. and 4 and the recreation room of the basement.
Water had been turned off at the hall at 11 p.m. Saturday to allow workmen to switch the line from the campus to the city water system. It was supposed to be turned on at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Engineers for the campus water system turned the water on at 4 a.m. At 5:43 a.m. Mary Van Houten, education senior, discovered that two third floor bathtub faucets, which had been left open when the
Miss Van Houten notified Mrs. G. R. Roche, housemother, and soon a "mop brigade" of women in pajamas, shower caps, and rubber boots was at work. An hour later the hall was clean, if somewhat damp, and many of the residents had gone back to bed.
water was turned off, were filling the tubes and causing them to overflow.
Official Bulletin
All Ward meeting, 7:30 p.m. today West ballroom, Memorial Union. Al unorganized men urged to attend.
Monday
I. S.A. Representative council, 7:15 p.m. today, Pine room, Memorial Union.
Mathematical colloquium, 5 p.m today, 203 Strong hall. Prof. G. Baley Price, "Two Hilbert Spaces."
Interested persons and organization heads should attend meeting to plan campus activities for U.N. week, 8 p.m. today, Hawks Nest, Memorial Union.
Y. W.C.A. Executive board will not meet today.
Phi Sigma, 8 p.m. Tuesday, 417 Snow, Dr. C. S. Smith, speaker.
Fulbright Scholarship applications for 1951-52 due Oct. 31. See Dr. J. A. Burzle, 304 Fraser, for details.
Theta Sigma Phi coke party, 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, English Room, Memorial Union. All women interested in journalism invited.
Sigma Xi business meeting, 7:30 pm. Thursday, Memorial Union ballroom. Public lecture to follow at 8 pm. Prof. J. H. Burckhalter, sneaker.
Homecoming Plans Will Be Discussed
All Freshman women not living in dormitories, interested in becoming Freshman representatives to A.W.S. Senate, are invited to coke party, 5 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Union ballroom.
Le Cercle Français, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 113 Strong. Tous ceux qui s'interessent au français sont cordialement invites.
Art Education club coffee, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, 332 Strong hall.
Members of the various Home-
coming committees will attend a
dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the Hawk's Nest of the Union
building. Committee reports will
be given following the dinner.
New Teacher For Army Unit
Capt. Virgil E. Phillips recently assumed duties as assistant professor of military science in the army R.O.T.C. unit at the University. He came here from Olive Hill, Ky., where he was an insurance salesman.
Captain Phillips is a graduate of Morehead State Teachers college. Morehead, Ky. He served in the European theater for 44 months during World War II.
He succeeds Capt, William E. Hensel, who was transferred to Korea Sept. 16 and now commands a company in the 1st cavalry division.
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Add French Test To PhD Exams
Other examinations in French will be held Feb. 17 and May 5. German tests will be given Feb. 10 and May 12.
A French test has been added to scheduled language examinations for the doctor of philosophy degree. It will be given Saturday, Nov. 12.
The tests will consist of two parts: translation, without a dictionary, of a passage selected from material previously prepared by the candidate; a translation, with the aid of a dictionary if desired, of a passage with which the candidate is unfamiliar. For the first section the student should present at the time of the examination 150 to 200 pages which he has prepared from works in his field of specialization. The examiner will choose a passage of passages from the material submitted.
The candidate obtain from the Graduate office a card authorizing the examiner to test him. This card must be in the hands of the examiner several days before the examination.
For approval of the material which the student is to translate, J. Neale Carman, professor of Romance languages, and J. A. Burzle, associate professor of G er m a n , should be consulted.
Dog Brings Home Bacon
Portland, Me. (U.P.)—When Carroll A. Holmes needs something from the grocery store, he writes a note and hands it to his 7-year old German shepherd dog, Tony. The dog trots to the store with the message between his teeth and returns home carrying the merchandise in the same manner.
Propose Areas For Lawrence Industrial Sites
Specific plans for proposed development sites in Lawrence were explained by E. R. Zook, manager of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Oct. 13, to 35 representatives from 12 northeastern Kansas communities.
He explained how the section east of town and the proposed site for the Westvaco plant near the Union Pacific station had been picked. Mr. Zook said that Lawrence had a significant blueprint for the planning these sites. The representatives were then taken on a tour of the areas for development.
Laurize Fager, director of the Kansas Industrial Development commission, reported on the different activities of the commission since the beginning of the Korean War. Some 15 million dollars in contracts have been awarded to Kansas manufacturers exclusive of those made to national companies with branches in Kansas since the start of the war.
"Certain types of industry, especially those employing professional people or concerned with scientific matters want a close tie-in with university facilities and are going to be increasingly interested in locating near universities," Frank T. Stockton, dean of University Extension, said in speaking of Lawrence as possible site for industrial development.
Kansas is in a good position for getting many new industries because the security situation requiring decentralization, has had the tendency of moving industry to smaller cities.
George Weeks, representatives of the K.I.D.C., and two local chambers representatives discussed methods of obtaining closer cooperation between state and local agencies. They explained how the K.I.D.C. operates and pointed out that the commission is to have a full-time man in Washington to keep the commission informed on industrial matters.
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More than 30 years ago, Dix Teachonor, a student who is now an insurance man in Kansas City, Mo., sought to protect some bird specimens from damage by black carpet betles by putting them in a sealed can.
'Bughouse' Carcasses Have Plenty Of Cleaning Bugs
What was once a museum pest resulted in a discovery at the University Museum of Natural History that has led to the worldwide use of the dermestid method for cleaning animal skeletons.
C. D. Bunker, who was curator of birds and mammals at that time, later found these delicate skeletons thoroughly cleaned and completely intact. Dermestid eggs sealed with the birds had hatched and eaten away all of the fleshy material.
Today the "bughouse," as the dermestid colony is called, is an active division of the Museum of Natural History. It is not located in Dyche, but in the building which houses live animals.
Dermestids do not damage even the most delicate bones. Usually the only curatorial work required to complete the specimens for installation in the collection is to soak them in a solution of ammonia to remove grease. A specially designed "kitchen" in the museum with built-
George Young, museum taxidermist said that the room housing the colony is kept at an even temperature between 86 and 88 degrees so that the dermestids will clean bones at maximum speed.
"Cleaned skeletons brought from the 'bughouse' to the museum are carefully fumigated to prevent any infestation in the museum," said Robert Finley, assistant curator of the museum.
in drying racks is used to speed this work.
Absolute darkness and a little moisture are required for the operation of a colony. Occasionally it is necessary to start a colony in cotton. The activity of the dermestids is marked by a peculiar noise.
the brownish-grey beetles quite an inch long reproduce in a 45-day cycle. The egg stage lasts three days and the larvae stage 30 days. All the feeding on dead flesh takes place in the larvae stage.
Before specimens are brought to the bughouse, they are fumigated and catalogued. In the "bughouse" the carcasses are placed on trays measuring 28 by 30 inches. An active colony can clean a skeleton the size of a rabbit in 24 to 48 hours. It would take two or three man-hours to do the same job.
Usually each person who has worked at the museum has had an opportunity to clean the "bughouse." It is occasionally necessary to kill spiders in the colony since they prey on the dermestids and can exterminate a colony.
Rollin H. Baker, acting director of the museum, said that each year several requests come from other museums for a supply of dermosal.
"Occasionally when there is a new skeletal material for the dermosucc to clean, it is necessary to supplement their diet with a little prepared horse meat in order to keep them going," Baker said.