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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, NOV. 21, 1949
Bandits Rob Students Of $42 At Tonganoxie
Two bandits, one wearing a hearing device, robbed six students of $42 in a holdup three miles west of Tonganoxie Saturday night as the students were returning from Kansas City, Mo. The holdup men used a 12-guage shotgun, the students said.
The students were William W. Howard, engineering junior; Richard S. Harper, fine arts junior; Tom W Welsh, College sophomore; Nita A. Brewster, College junior and daughter of R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry; Marie A. Allen, College junior; and Pattye Allison, freshman at Washburn college, Topeka.
The students were driving along the Lewynworth county highway when they noticed a car following them closely. The car, a black 1940 standard Ford coupe, made several attempts to pass before it pulled alongside of the students' automobile and forced them off the road.
Two men, one masked, got out of the coupe and leveled a 12-guage shotgun at the students. The bandits ordered the students to throw their bilffolds out on the ground. The students managed to save $2.
The students described the hold-up men as being between 25 and 28 years old. The masked robber was wearing a hearing aid, a leather jacket and was rather tall. The shorter bandit was described as stocky and dark, wearing army coveralls. The students were unable to read the license number of the bandits' automobile.
Pi Tau Sigma Initiates 14
Fourteen members were initiated into Kansas Psi chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering fraternity, at the fall initiation and banquet held at the Union Nov. 17.
H. H. Lanning, mechanical engineer of the Santa Fe railway system at Topeka, was the guest speaker. He traced the evolution of steam and diesel power on American railroads and discussed technical problems in locomotive construction.
The new members of Pi Tau Sigma are Frank E. Breedleow, Wilbur B. Evans, Leslie Holdeman, John D. Holmes, John W. Hoover, Arnold Hudnall, Robert C. Umholtz and John F. Weingart, engineering seniors. Duane M. Crowl, John L. Halstead, Wayne E. Kohman, Leonard E. Kuhn, Robert V. Strobel, and Russell N. Taylor, engineering juniors.
Dormitory Women To Sing Dec.12
Dormitory women will go caroling on Monday, Dec. 12. Jeanne Mannon, in charge of the serenade, said the women will meet at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Union.
They will visit the Lawrence Memorial hospital, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, Miss Margaret Habein, and men's dormitories.
The women will meet at Corbin hall afterward for refreshments and a skirt will be given.
Health Plan Gets Start
Gov. Frank Carlson and Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, dean of the University of Kansas Medical center at Kansas City, Kan., were guests Nov. 17 at a dinner at Mankato. The dinner was in celebration of the construction of a clinic and medical office under the Kansas Health plan.
The Kansas Health plan, inaugurated by Dr. Murphy sets up a three-point system:
1. The number of doctors graduated each year could be increased by 30 per cent and there would be twice as many nurses and technicians, if medical schools were expanded.
2. To attract doctors, small towns must collect by popular subscription enough funds to build and equip a combined clinic and residence. This office-home then could either be bought by the doctor from his earnings or remain community property.
3. Intensive post-graduate training and refresher courses should be set up to keep the rural doctor informed on medical progress.
Mankato is the first town in Kansas under the new plan to start construction of a clinic and medical office. When Mankato started a drive, money was collected from businessmen, farmers, housewives, mechanics, and merchants until $13,000 had been subscribed.
"The successful management of anxiety generated in daily life seems possible only through the process of sharing and communication," they said.
Scott Speaks To Sigma Xi
In two-contestant games such as checkers, players can only tie if they use the correct strategy. William R. Scott, assistant professor of mathematics, told a meeting of Sigma Xi honorary scientific society. Nov. 17.
Tell Troubles To Friends Doctors Advise Worriers
Mr. Scott said that there is a "perfect way of playing every card game." The theory of games is easier to apply to games that do not involve chance and the hiding of materials such as cards.
Chicago—(U.P.)-Two psychiatrists have reported the best way to get rid of worry is to tell your troubles to your friends.
Drs. Jurgen Ruesch and A. Rodney Prestwood of the University of California Medical school reached this conclusion in a 23-page report on their research on worry and anxiety.
"Alleviation of anxiety through
The report was published in the American Medical association's "Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry." The psychiatrists said some people try to compensate for anxiety by overeating, smoking or drinking too much, or by indulging in sexual promiscuity.
Others try to suppress worry by concealing it, they say, while some try to overcome it by making social contacts, ranging from discussions about the weather to joining clubs. Still others react by trying to dictate to their friends. But none of these methods work, they said.
The psychiatrist confirmed the popular notion that anxiety is contagious, even among animals. When the body is stimulated to prepare for action, the psychiatrists said, an unusual condition of blood vessels and muscles results. But when the action is prevented, anxiety and tension result.
personal contact is the process that is basic to all interpersonal relations from babyhood to old age."
In the animal world the lion communicates his anxiety when he "spreads his mane and waves his tail." Human beings do it with tone of voice and gesture and other persons become infected, the doctors concluded.
Editorials Need Thought, Time, Binder Says
A newspaper editorial should be worthwhile to the reader because it combines clear, thoughtful material and an attractive style, Carroll Binder, editorial editor of the Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune, said today.
Speaking before members of the editorial writing class of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, Mr Binder emphasized that an editorial should be the product of much thought and time.
He explained that the late Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News and former secretary of the navy, argued that unless a day was given to the preparation of an editorial, it wasn't worth the space it occupied in the paper.
occupied in the school.
"I happen to belong to the school which believes that an editorial should contain so much substance and be of such interest for thought, and attractive style that the public will want to read it." Mr. Binder said.
Mr. Binder pointed out that although he is responsible for the editorial page of the Minneapolis Tribune, he knows little about city affairs. He tries only to know the trends of all news and centers his attention on national and international policies.
His colleagues on the editorial staff handle municipal, state, and agricultural affairs.
The Minnesota Tribune, a morning daily, has three full-time editorial writers, one full-time cartoonist, and one columnist who features a weekly roundup of Minnesota editorial trends, Mr. Binder said. He accepted the position of editorial editor for the Tribune four and one-half years ago and proceeded to revamp the editorial page of that paper.
"I wanted to reach out into the smaller outlying towns and contact the bankers and other businessmen whom I felt weren't reached by the Minneapolis Star, the evening paper." Mr. Binder said.
Mr. Binder was formerly director of the Chicago Daily News foreign service for 10 years and was a foreign correspondent for that service for some 15 years prior to becoming director. He was named in 1948 as U. S. delegate to the United Nations, Subcommission of Freedom of Information and the Press.
Tri-Delts Win Contest
Delta Delta Delta won first place in the sorority division. Their display was 11 tiger lillies being surveyed by a proud Jayhawker dressed as a farmer.
The winners in the four divisions of house decorations for Homecoming were announced preceding the game Saturday, Nov. 19.
Templin hall won first place in the independent women's division with their "Adventures of Superbird" which showed different phases of the K.U. football season and the triumph of the Jayhawk over the Tiger.
First place in the division which included independent men and professional fraternities went to Phi Chi, medical fraternity. The Phi Chi's showed the "Unlucky Tiger Bottling Works," with a Jayhawk feeding the tiger in attack tiger. Jayhawk feeding tiger, grinding the tiger's tail and pouring it into a bottle labeled "ground attack."
Delta Tau Delta, first place winner among the fraternities, displayed a bleacher sections in fans with re-enacted battles being the Tiger; and "Welcome Grads."
Second place awards wen toGamma Phi Beta, sorority, Carruthhall, Oliver hall, and SigmaPhiepsilon fraternity. Honorable mention was Kappa Kappa Gamma andPiet Beta Phi sororities, Lynch andMiller halls, and Alpha KappaLambda fraternities.
Sometimes Pumpkin Pies Not Made From Pumpkin
When is pumpkin pie not pumpkin pie? Victor R. Boswell, principal horticulturist of the department of agriculture, answered this question recently in the National Geographic magazine.
Engineering Show Needs Chairmen
Applications for the positions of general chairman and publicity chairman of the Engineering exposition are being accepted by the Engineering council.
The applications must be turned in at 111 Marvin hall before Wednesday, Dec. 7, said Glenn W. Anschutz, council president.
Speaker Gives Goal Of ADA
The goal of the Americans for Democratic Action is to liberalize the platforms of the two major parties, John Gunther, legislative representative of the A.D.A. told a meeting of the Young Democrats Nov. 17.
"The A.D.A. is not trying to do away with the two party system in the United States," he said. "The purpose of her organization is to act as a pressure group for liberal legislation, and as a study and promotion group for the fair deal program."
Mr. Gunther said that the civil rights plank in the Democratic platform was adopted from the A.D.A. platform, and through the pressure of A.D.A. members.
"In the past national election the platforms of the Democratic party and A.D.A. were fundamentally the same, so A.D.A. swung behind the Democrats and the fair deal program," Mr. Gunther said.
Engineering Group Hears Dr. Faragher
Aluminum alloys as they are used in aircraft construction were discussed recently by Dr. Paul V. Faragher, head of the specification department of the Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. He spoke to the student chapter of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, national professional aeronautical engineering society.
Dr. Faragher, a graduate of the University in 1909 with a degree in chemistry, and later a teacher in the chemistry department, told the group about the hardening process of aluminum and methods of classifying the allowable stress of aluminum alloys.
Pumpkin pie is not pumpkin pie when it is made from squash, writes Mr. Boswell. Squash and pumpkin are both members of the same biological classification, the genus Cucurbita. The squash, Cucurbita maxima, and the field pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, are often confused. Squash, says Mr. Boswell, makes the best "pumpkin" pies and commercially canned. "pumpkin" for it is richer and more nutritious than field pumpkin.
The field pumpkin, growing on long vines and maturing after frost, belongs to the species Cucurbita pepo as do the summer squashes such as Cymling and Summer Crookneck, continues. Mr. Boswell. The latter are harvested for food while tender and immature before seeds or rind have become tough. They are easily cooked requiring little preparation.
All species of pumpkins and squashes are of western hemisphere origin, writes Mr. Boswell. The squashes, Cucurbita maxima, originated close to the Andes in northern Argentina. The field pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, belongs to Central America, where it ranks after maize and beans among all food plants.
The word pumpkin, pronounced "punkin" by most Americans, is derived from the old French term pompion, meaning eaten when cooked by the sun or ripe. In modern French pumpkin is called postion. The word squash comes from a Massachusetts Indian word, asktasquash, meaning eaten raw or uncooked.
Mr. Boswell tells us that Riley, Whittier, Irving, Thoreau, and many others have written about pumpkins and pumpkin pies. So established is the usage of "pumpkinhead" and "some pumpkins" that dictionary recognize and define both colloquialisms.
Pumpkin Centre is a Missouri postoffice. Elwood Haynes in 1894 launched one of America's first "horseless carriages" on Pumpkin-invine Pike, Indiana.
The geology class in Invertebrate Paleontology will spend Thanksgiving vacation studying in the Arbuckle mountains of Oklahoma.
Harold Edmondson, engineering junior, has been appointed by Pat acamac, Greek political party, to all the All Student Council vacancy in district III created by the resignation of Pat Dunne, pharmacy senior.
Geology Class To Study In Arbuckle Mountains
The principal-freshman conferences will be held at the University, Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, an emeritus professor at the university to bring a better correlation between high schools and the University.
Edmondson Appointed To ASC
Freshmen will receive forms to fill out and bring to the principal at the time of the appointment. Each student will be asked to state the amount of outside work he does, whether or not his boarding place is satisfactory, and to indicate what serious difficulties he is facing, if any.
In an attempt to make the transfer from high school to college easier, the University has arranged for 600 freshmen to meet their former principals from 77 Kansas high schools on Thursday, Dec. 1.
"They will also be asked to consider what can be done in the University and high schools to make transition, easier," Dean Lawson said. "We believe that the principals are in a position to receive freer statements from the students than University officials."
Arrange Principal-Freshman Day To Help Students Adjust To College
The statements will be regarded as confidential information and principals will report what they have learned by making specific suggestions after they have returned home and have had a chance to study the questionaires.
Conferences will be held between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
At 1 p.m. the group will be guests of Chancellor Deane W. Malott in the Palm room of the Union.
The luncheon will be followed by an explanation of the University's advisory system by Chancellor Malott.
More conferences and trips around the campus will continue until 3:30 p.m. At that time a general discussion will be held in the Kansas room of the Union.
Members of the committee on the principal freshmen day are:
James K. Hitt, registrar; Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women; L. C. Woodruff, dean of men; Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College; D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts; J. Ailen Reese, dean of the School of Pharmacy; Albert S. Palmerlee, associate professor of engineering; and Dean Lawson.
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