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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
MONDAY, MAY 1. 192
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Capt, and Mrs. Arthur Logiest, Belgium, Major T. Mayalarp, Thialand; Ruth Crow, College freshman; Nehemiah Kronenberg, 3rd year law student, and Miss Virginia Walker, College freshman, are shown at the International club party for 37 foreign officers attending the Command and General Staff school at Ft. Leavenworth. The officers were guests of the club at a dance April 28.
Siamese majors and Belgian captains were among the 37 foreign officers on the University campus April 28 as guests of the International club. Twenty-six of the officers, students at the Command and General Staff school, Ft. Leavenworth, were accompanied by their wives.
Foreign Officers Welcomed To KU By International Club
A full evenings schedule began with a reception at 7 in the Union where members of the club were appointed to act as hosts for each officer. The guests toured the campus following the reception, visiting the museum of Art, Watson library, Strong hall, three organized houses, and the Military Science department where a special reception was held for them.
Donald K. Alderson, faculty adviser to foreign students at the University,
Dean Alderson invited the officers to "come visit K.U. whenever you are in the area."
Following the tour they returned to the Union and were welcomed officially by Nehemiah Kronenberg, international club president, and
A dance from 9 p.m. to midnight followed the reception. Rumbas and sambas appeared on the dance floor along with the dominant fox trots.
Intermission entertainment included songs by Dagmar Hasalova, fine arts senior, and South American and Hawaiian dances forformed by costumed club members.
Romans Had Highest Technology Professor Tells History Group
The culmination of ancient technology came in the Roman world, James E. Seaver, assistant professor of history, told members of the Classical association of Kansas and western Missouri at their 43rd annual meeting April 29 in Fraser hall.
"Technology is the way people do things." Dr. Seaver told his audience. "Probably the greatest contribution of Greek technology was the invention of the art of glass blowing. However their knowledge and advancement in the field of architecture cannot be denied.
Latin students from Liberty Memorial High school provided entertainment at a luncheon in the Castle tea room.
According to Dr. Seaver the Romans borrowed and modified, but seldom invented. However in the field of mechanics their ingenuity and advanced ideas still must be regarded with awe. They had five great inventions which were of extreme importance to mankind. These were the wheel and axle, lever, pulley, wedge, and endless screw. However, their greatest achievements were in the field of surveying and leveling.
"The lack of sufficient amounts of iron to make precision instruments," was stressed by Dr. Seaver as the greatest weakness of the Greeko-Roman classical age.
Among the schools represented were Marymount college, Salina Kansas State Teachers college, Emporia; University High school; Liberty Memorial High school; William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo.; Kingman high school, Kingman; Rockburst college, Kansas City, Mo.; University of Kansas.
Business Group To Hear English Professor Tonight
Karl F. Limbacher, assistant professor of English, will speak on "Business, English, and Engineering" at 8 p.m. today in Streng auditorium. Everyone is invited. His speech is sponsored by the business communications group in the School of Business.
Kenneth Anderson, assistant professor of education will attend the annual spring conference of faculty, students, and patrons at Hutchinson High school, Hutchinson, Wednesday.
Anderson To Advise Panel
At Hutchinson Conference
Problems of the day will be discussed in a panel. The topic for the discussion this year is "Extra Cpricular Activities."
Photo Deadline Is Tuesday Noon
An Inter-fraternity council "allfraternity sweetheart" will be chosen from photographs submitted by campus and sorority houses. Photos must be submitted to Joseph Wimsatt, College sophomores, at the Phi Kappa house by Tuesday noon.
The winner will be awarded a 24-inch bronze trophy with her name and affiliation engraved upon it. The trophy will circulate annually.
The name of the winner will be announced at the Inter-fraternity council spring formal which will be held at the Lawrence Country club Friday, May 19.
More than 500 persons are expected to attend the annual law school day activities and dinner Wednesday, May 10. More than 1,000 alumni of the School of Law have been invited as well as the Supreme Court judges of Kansas and Gov. Frank Carlson.
500 To Attend Law School Day
Judge William L. Vandkventer, of the Missouri Court of Appeals, will be the main speaker at the dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. The dinner will honor the late William L. Burdick, former dean of the School of Law.
Members of the executive committee who will head committees for the day are: tickets, Robert Green and Robert Pennington; invitations, Robert Meyer; decorations and coffee, Barbara Maxwell; refreshments, Emerson Shields and Douglas Myers; skit, Robert Bingham; music, Earl Brehmer; program, Lee Turner; and treasurer, Willard Burton.
Preceding the address, the Bar Journal and Moot Court certificates will be awarded to outstanding students. Toastmaster for the dinner will be Paul Nye, president of the senior law class.
Abigail Doesn't Live In Snow
The search for "Abigail," a mysterious something somewhere on the campus, is still on. Here's the third clue to her identity. "Abigail" is the prize-winning objective in a treasure hunt sponsored by the Inter-ward council of Wards T and P-Z, social organization for independent men. Any student may join in the search which ends Friday.
The professors in Snow
Know me quite well.
Put don't look for me there
Because there I don't dwell.
Cosmic Cloud Formed Earth, Chemist Says
The earth was formed from a cold cosmic cloud which condense because it was unstable, Wendell L. Latimer, told chemistry pharmacy students, faculty and alumni members April 28.
Dr. Latimer maintained that the earth is of the same composition as the cosmic cloud, but that when it was first molded, its surface was cold, preventing the growth of any vegetation or existence of any water. Silicates of the earth, water and the atmosphere, were formed from heat generated by various radio-active substances located at the core of the earth.
"The cosmic cloud" theory explained Dr. Latimer is a recent acceptance by many scientists that matter is constantly being created and that the universe is expanding in proportion to the production of this matter.
Dr. Latimer, a graduate of the K.U. department of chemistry in 1915 and chairman of the school of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke before a group of about 250. His talk, "Astro-Chemical Problems in the formation of the Earth," was part of the Golden Anniversary celebration of 50 years occupancy in Bailey Chemical laboratories.
Dr. Latimer is one of the leading chemical consultants on atomic energy to the national government.
a banquet attended by about 110 persons was held in the Union building. Short talks were given by Mrs. H. P. Cady, wife of the late Professor Cady; Dr. Alexander Silverman, instructor at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Ralph Silker from Kansas State college, Manhattan; and J. O. Jones, professor of applied mechanics at the University.
Guests of the department of chemistry and School of Pharmacy toured Bailey Chemical laboratories during the day and observed antiquated laboratory equipment used in earlier years. Also open for inspection were some of the first books acquired for the chemical library by E. H. S. Bailey, after whom the building was named.
Bach Concert Set Tuesday
Phi Mu Alpha, professional music fraternity, will present an all-Bach concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Hoch auditorium. The program was originally scheduled for Sunday but was changed to replace the cancellation of Frances Magnes, violinist.
A student-faculty orchestra will present the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with solo parts for piano, violin and flute. Raymond Zepp, assistant conductor of the K.U. band, will direct. Professor Jan Chiapusso, piano; Professor Raymond Cerf, violin; and Marcus Hahn of the Music education faculty, flute, will be soloists.
Auto Strike Nearing End
Detroit. May 1—(U.P.) A big company official said today that verbal agreement has been reached o all points to settle the Chrysle strike, but the CIO United Aut Workers declared issues still wer in dispute.
Herman L. Weekler, Chrysler's president and general manager, said only contract "language" was preventing a return to work of the 89,000 strikers. UAW President Walter P. Reuther promptly denied this "There still are unresolved issues the tired union leader declared." The union prefers to work for a solitary of these issues rather than engage in a propaganda war with Mr Weekler."
Weckler's statement that the low and costly strike was nearing an end came after more than 46 hours of grueling "do or die" bargaining and the 97-day strike. The agreement, when in final form, will include $100 a month pensions for the 89,000 striking workers and a hospital-medical insurance program be lieved the best in the automotive in dustry.
The strike, second longest in automotive history, has idled more than 144,000 persons, including the strikers, across the nation. It has constricted production of more than 450,000 cars and trucks.
Representatives of Braniff International Airways and Luzier's job is a cosmetics and perfume concern will be at the University this week to interview women students looking for jobs.
Air Hostess Jobs Are Available
Miss Pamela Archer, representative for Braniff, will be on the campus Thursday to interview Jun graduates who are interested in applying for positions as air hostesses.
Miss Gloria G. Larrabe, district organizer for Luzier's, will be here Friday afternoon to interview undergraduate women and those graduating in June who are interested in selling cosmetics and perfume.
All women who wish to see either of the representatives should make appointments at 214 Strong hall as soon as possible.
Must End National States To Avoid War
By JOHN A. BANNIGAN
Our present system of sovereign national states cannot be preserved if atomic war is to be avoided, Dr. Carlyle S. Smith, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, told the audience at the last lecture of the "Atomic Energy and Man" series April 27.
"Thinking in the United States' today still rests on the false premise that Western civilization is the hub of the cultural universe," he continued. "The same criticism may be leveled at Russia.
"The rest of the world is ignored in both the United States and the U.S.S.R., and if we are to make the transition into the atomic age with ease, these viewpoints must go."
Dr. Smith traced the cultural development of man from prehistoric times up to the present, pointing out the revolutionary effects of various inventions and discoveries on culture.
"Fire was the first revolution in man's way of life, and the most important discovery or adaptation man made or probably ever will make," he explained. "Man must have feared fire at least for as long a time as he has used it. His reactions to forest fires and volcanic eruptions
Dr. Smith then pointed out the important cultural influences that fire has had on our civilization. He showed how it created the hearth, the symbol of the home, its great socializing force, its use as a weapon, and how it formed the basis for later industrial development.
arms mainly for prestige since they must have approximated contemporary reactions to the atomic bomb."
"When the first firearms appeared they inspired great fear and did little damage until they underwent improvements. The fear of receiving gunshot wounds at that time equalled the fear of exposure to radioactivity today.
"The American Indians used fire-
The inventions of the bow and arrow, the wheel, the sail, and gunpowder were all set forth in their historical significance.
were less effective than the bow and arrow."
Dr. Smith then explained that he was not going into any detail about atomic energy because he felt that it had been adequately discussed in previous lectures. However he did tell how a radioactive isotope of carbon, carbon 14, produced in nature by the cosmic ray bombardment of nitrogen in the atmosphere, is being used to date the remains of past societies.
"The degree of cultural development varies directly as the efficiency of the means with which hard energy is put to work. However, we know that peoples often resolute oppose technological advances with a passionate devotion to the past.
"The carbon 14 method is based on the fact that all living matter contains this radioactive isotope. It is taken in by plants and animals from the atmosphere and becomes incorporated in the organism. Then when the organism dies, no more of this isotope is absorbed. Since the theoretical half-life is known, and since the rate of production equals the rate of disintegration, the age of a specimen can be determined to within 200 years."
The importance of energy and its utilization in a culture was then emphasized by Dr. Smith.
"The record of the past does not tell us what changes the harnessing of atomic energy will bring. It does tell us that there will be profuse changes, and that rational men should turn all their knowledge of society and culture to making the cultural changes as quickly as possible when the need arises.
"The anthropologist prefers evolution to revolution because he finds that every way of life that man has created has some good in it."
In warning Americans of a feeling of superiority, Dr. Smith said, "We cannot expect to force other people to take over our own imperfece culture. In terms of their own culture ours is strange and even idiotic.
"The world should be kept safe for differences in cultures not b mere tolerance, but by understanding."