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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Watch That Alley
Pedestrians in Lawrence must constantly live in fear. If they do not get hit by a car at an intersection, they may get struck when they start to cross at an alley.
The alleys running parallel to Massachusetts street between Massachusetts and Vermont streets and Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets are traffic hazards. The view is entirely obscured and there are no traffic signals to warn either the pedestrian or the motorist. Neither can see the other when approaching the alley entrance.
Nearly all the cars and trucks using the alleys must run completely into the pedestrian lane before the driver can see anyone walking along the sidewalk or traffic in the street. It may be too late then.
later then.
The lack of traffic signals devised to aid both the pedestrian and the motorist make it bad enough. Motorists make it worse. They could ease the problem somewhat by merely sounding their horn so that the pedestrian would be warned that a car or truck is approaching the entrance. Very few do this.
There is no law that requires a motorist to sound his horn at an alley entrance. Whenever there is no law, the public will not do it, strictly out of sheer cussness. At present whenever a motorist honks at the entrance to an alley, he deserves a medal for performance beyond the line of duty.
The blame can always be placed on the city though because it does not enact any laws that govern alley entrances or set up some system of traffic signals.
There is no recorded fatality as yet. Who can say that there won't be in the future? Why take chances? —Leaford D. Miller.
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Bouquet
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend the retiring staff of the University Daily Kansan for their excellent work the past eight weeks.
In merit, the editorials ranked well above those of the past; may the new staff keep up the good work.
Charles Snider
College junior
Editors note: Our predecessors thank you. Mr. Snider. The present staff adds a fervent amen to your last statement.
Blade Society Initiates Fifteen
Fifteen pledges were initiated into Scabbard and Blade, honorary R.O.T.C. and N.R.O.T.C. society, during a banquet Tuesday in the Castle Tea room.
Col. Henry H. Rogers, of the Staff Command school at Ft. Leavenworth, talked to the group on "Science in the World of Today."
Pledges initiated were Robert E. Kroesch, education senior; John R. Gillis, business junior; John G. Atherton, Arthur C. Ford, Max F. Pachl, and John H. Scrivner, Jr., College juniors; Joseph H. Mendenhall, and Paul J. Uhlig, College sophomores; Robert C. Bransfield, Theodore C. Finkemier, and Myron M. Thomason, engineering juniors; and Russell J. Oleson, journalism junior.
YMCA Will Hold Lenten Seminar
The fourth in a series of Lenten seminars sponsored by the University Y.M.C.A. will feature Dr. John Patton, director of the Westminster foundation, who will discuss "Jesus—the Christ."
The seminar will be held in Danforth chapel at 4 p.m. today.
The Rev. C. Fosberg Hughes, minister of the Colonial church in Prairie Village, will conclude the series of seminars Thursday, April 7. He will discuss "Immortality" in Danforth catal at 4 p.m.
Sand Stuns Amphibians
Shooting a handful of sand in slingshot to capture a cold blooded animal was one of the things explained by Wayne L. Reeve, graduate student in bacteriology, to Phi Sigma, honorary biological science group, recently.
The talk was on collecting and preserving amphibians and reptiles. Various ways of capturing the animals were given and the slingshot method was described as only stunning the specimen and not tearing the skin.
"The best way to kill a specimen is to drown it. Drop the sack with the reptiles collected into a tank of water or alcohol and wait until the animal dies."
"A sack is the best container for snakes and lizards." Reeve said. "Amphibians should be carried in a can with holes punched in the top. Most snakes are harmless and those that are poisonous will run away if given the opportunity.
Specimens may be preserved in alcohol or formulin. They must be kept in a strong solution for 24 hours and then transferred to a weaker solution.
Miss Laureneelle explained the divisions and curriculum of occupational therapy, and took the students on a tour of the department showing the various crafts and students at work.
"Occupational therapy is anything applied to improve a handicapped person," Miss Patricia Laurenceille, head of the occupational therapy department, told the speech therapy seminar Tuesday.
Speaker Explains OT At Seminar
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