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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. 1950
YWCA Officer To Assist In University 'Y'
Y. W.C.A. members will talk with Miss Fern Babcock, program coordinator of the national Y.W.C.A./about campus problems and the development of a program for the University Y.W.C.A. today.
Miss Babcock had dinner with the Y.W.C.A. advisory board Tuesday, and she will have dinner with the cabinet at 6 p.m. today in the Union. She will also meet with Chancellor Deane W. Malot during her
visit. All Y.W.C.A. members will hear Miss Babcock at 4 p.m. today in the Pine room. She will also speak to the junior cabinet at 5 p.m. at Henley house.
Miss Fern Babcock
Miss Babcock is secretary of the program commission of the student Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. The commission helps develop programs for student groups in 706 colleges of the United States.
"A Program Book for Student Christian Associations" and "From Campus to Capital," a program paper telling how students can become effective politically, were written by Miss Babcock. She is also a contributing editor on the editorial board of the Intercollegian, publication of the National Student Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
A graduate of Kansas State Teachers college. Miss Babcock received an M.A. at Teachers college, New York city, which is a part of Columbia university. The past summer she directed the European Work Study seminar of the National Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., in which 90 American students visited student Christian movements in 10 European countries.
Medicine Course At KC Cancelled
A postgraduate short course in psychosomatic medicine scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, April 24 to 26, at the University Medical center in Kansas City has been cancelled. H.G. Ingham, director of the extension program in medicine, announced today.
Because of the progress of the building program, at the Medical center, there is no satisfactory place temporarily in which to hold the school, Ingham said. It was to be the 12th and final short course of the school year.
Psychosomatic medicine will definitely be given next year, possibly in the fall, Ingham said.
Mrs. George Beal was elected president and Mrs. Donald Wilson, secretary-treasurer, of the Engineers Wives club Tuesday. Following the election members of the club played bridge. Mrs. James Wolf was chairman.
Mrs. George Beat Elected To Head Engineers Wives
A picnic for members and their families will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, at Potter lake.
Banquet Tickets Now Obtainable
Tickets are now available for the "I Am An American" day banquet Saturday, April 29. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York will be the featured speaker.
Cardinal Spellman is archbishop of the New York diocese and the top-ranking Catholic clergyman in the United States.
The banquet will be held in the Community building and attendance is limited to 800 persons. Tickets are $2.50 each and may be obtained by calling Nicolas Lopes, 906 Massachusetts street, at 137.
The deadline for ticket purchases is Monday, April 24.
Lecture Series To Be Resumed
The geological occurrence of fissionable materials will be the subject as the Sigma Xi "Atomic Energy and Man" lecture series is resumed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium. Dr. Robert M. Dreyer, chairman of the department of geology, will give the illustrated lecture. The public is welcome and there is no charge.
Dr. Dreyer will discuss the natural deposits and probable reserves of uranium and thorium ores. Such deposits of ores are the starting point in the process of utilizing atomic energy.
Thorium deposits occur in India, Brazil and the United States. Uranium ores are found in Czechoslovakia, the United States, Canada and the Belgian Congo. Dr. Dreyer will present for the layman an appraisal of these deposits and make such inferences as a scientist today may draw regarding reserves and mining of uranium in Russia.
Dr. Dreyer will give the ninth and next to last lecture of the series. Dr. Carlyle S. Smith, assistant professor of sociology, will conclude the series April 27.
Geologist To Speak Today
A. R. Denison, chief geologist of the Amerada Petroleum company, will speak at the Geology club at 7:30 p.m. today in 426 Lindley
Mr. Denison will speak on "Prospects of Employment in the Petroleum Industry."
KU Engineers Will Appear On WDAF-TV
Faculty members and students from the School of Engineering and Architecture will appear of WDAF-TV from 7 to 7:30 p.m. today to publicize the 1950 Engineering Exposition to be held Friday through Sunday.
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture; Dwane M. Crowl, general chairman; Keith Smith, publicity chairman, and Maurice M. Mandelkehr, graduate student, will make the trip to Kansas City, Mo., to appear on the show.
The delegation will present information concerning the 30th annual students' project. Mandelkehr will give a demonstration of the Tit-Tat-Toe robot which he designed. A man plays the game commonly known as cat with the robot. If the contestant moves first, the robot will tie or defeat him. If the robot moves first, it will win.
During the Exposition the robot will be exhibited in the electrical engineering laboratory behind Marvin hall.
The Exposition, in the past held for two days, will be open an extra day this year. The hours are: Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Sunday, 2 to 6 p.m.
Members of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, will conduct visitors through the exhibit. Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, will present a trophy to the department with the most outstanding exhibit.
Boy Scout Meeting To Be Held Here
Approximately 500 senior Boy Scouts are expected to attend the Scout visitation day at the University Saturday. The scouts, from Kansas and western Missouri, will be the guests of Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity. They will attend the Engineering exposition Saturday morning and will be guests of the athletic department at the relays in the afternoon.
An election of officers of Alpha Phi Omega will be held Tuesday, May 16.
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Scholarships Will Enable Students To Study Abroad
Two scholarships of $600 each will be awarded qualified graduates who wish to attend the American Graduate school in Denmark during 1950-51.
The grants also stipulate that the successful candidates must attend the Oslo Summer school.
The scholarships are awarded by the Nansen fund which was established recently in Houston, Texas, by Jesse Jones, former secretary of commerce, and a group of Texas business men. The purpose of the fund is to promote more understanding between peoples of different nations by exchange of students.
Twenty-eight students,representing 17 states, are currently enrolled in the American Graduate school
Classes are held in the University of Copenhagen until the middle of March when they are moved to the University of Aarhus for the remainder of the term.
Lectures are given in English by Danish professors, officials of the public administration, and other experts in specialized fields.
Former Professor Appointed Dean
Gordon Sabine, assistant professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information in 1847, has been appointed dean of the journalism school of the University of Oregon.
After leaving K.U., Mr. Sabine taught at the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching at the University of Oregon for two years.
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