THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"Who'd you say your new social chairman was??!"
Pegnose Pete With A Bamboo Snoot Is No Longer Shunned By The Ladies
San Diego—(UP)—A rare old bird is the pelican, but the rarest of all is Pegnose Pete, the Mexican pelican with the bamboo beak.
Only a few week ago, Pete was just another pelican around the Todos Santos islands in Mexican waters south of San Diego. Then somebody took a shot at the friendly old bird, almost severing his upper bill near the middle.
But along came the tuna clipper, Resolute, skippered by Richard Strumpf of San Diego.
Poor Pete could no longer dive for fish. His profile was ruined. Lady pelicans shunned him. He grew wan and thin. He was sick.
For a week Pete came alongside the Resolute every morning to be fed smelt caught for him by members of the crew. Then Captain Strumpf brought Pete aboard. He fashioned a splint from a length of bamboo fishpole, drilled holes in both halves of the bill and wired Pete's profile firmly back in place.
Pete made the return trip to San Diego with the Resolute, but not without trouble. Humiliating as it may seem, old Pegnose Pete was seasick.
Today, however, he is well and chipper, the pride of the San Diego zoo's seabird pool, which has brown, white, Peruvian and Mediterranean pelicans—but only one with a bamboo peak.
Announce Donation To Cancer Fund
Mrs. Rogers, who died Sept. 20, was for 25 years teacher of the Philathea class of the Immanuel Baptist church in Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. R. D. Hoyt, 1701 Cleveland, Kansas City, Kan., was chairman of a committee that obtained donations to the fund in lieu of flowers for the funeral of Mrs. Rogers.
Friends of the late Mrs. J. B. Rogers of Kansas City, Kan., have given $175 in her memory to the cancer relief fund of the University of Kansas Medical center, Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the KU. Endowment association, said today.
The money will be used preferably for cancer patients who would otherwise be unable to pay for their own medical care.
He Didn't Lose His Head
Fort Worth—(UP)—Herman J. Cobb was called to testify in a theft case in Judge Willis McGregor's criminal district court.
While he was testifying, his hat was stolen.
In accordance with court etiquette, Detective Cobb removed his hat, and put it on a bench.
Turbine Produces KU Power Supply
A 2000 kilowatt steam turbines, expected to be put into operation next spring, will generate the University's entire electricity supply, C. G. Bayles, superintendent of buildings and grounds, said today.
A cooling tower for the turbine is nearing completion east of the University power plant. Mr. Bayles added that a new boiler has been placed in operation in the plant. The boiler, with the exhauts from the turbine, will eventually provide enough heat for all buildings on the campus.
Temporary buildings, Sunsyside, and Frank Strong and Lindley hall annexes are gas heated by the Kansas Electric power company. Heat pipes are now being constructed north of Frank Restall hall to supply steam heat to temporary buildings in that area. Mr. Bayles said he did not know when the project would completed.
Colonel Shumate held an informal inspection in the class rooms and the offices during the day to observe class room and administrative procedure, Col John Alfrey, commandant of the R.O.T.C. unit at the University said.
The University Reserve Officers Training corps was inspected Tuesday by Col. John P. Shumate, executive officer of the Kansas Military district.
Other projects now being completed by the buildings and grounds department are roof repairs to Frank Strong hall and Hoch auditorium.
Executive Officer Inspects University ROTC Tuesday
There is one R.O.T.C. student who made "reverse points" recently.
Ignorance Was Bliss For 'Rotcy'
It seems that this "Rotey" student had just been pledged to Scabbard and Blade. After attending his first meeting, the pledge was offered a ride home by the colonel.
On the way home, this new member was carrying on a bright conversation designed to make "points like mad." But as he stepped out of the car, he quipped, "carry on," and jauntily marched into the house.
The colonel drove away with a perplexed look on his face.
Said the new member, "I can't understand why I'm not making a B in his courses."
Traffic Deaths Take Jump
Chicago —(UP)— Traffic fatalities across the nation jumped 8 per cent in October, virtually wiping out gains made in the first three quarters of the year, the national safety council reported today.
Rural highways and small towns under 10,000 population were chiefly to blame for the bad October record, council figures showed. The large cities actually reduced traffic deaths 8 per cent during the month.
The October death total was 3,290,
as compared to 3,050 in the same
month last year, and boosted to
25,720 the total number of traffic
fatalities so far this year.
The October increase threatened hopes for an improved safety record for the year. The council said the Christmas-New Year's holiday period would determine whether the 1948 record is better than 1947.
The leading cities by population groups for the 10 months of 1948, ranked according to the number of deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles, include:
Over 500.000 population: Milwaukee, 2.8; Buffalo, N.Y., 3.2; Cleveland, 3.8.
Cleveland,
200, 000; -500, 000; Syracuse, N.Y.
2.1; Rochester, N.Y., 2.2; Oklahoma
City, Okla., 2.7.
City,
100,000-200,000: Berkeley, Calif.
1.0: Wichita, 1.0: Hartford, Conn.
1.5.
'Hot Ice' Proves To Be Air Cooled
Chicago—(UP)—Three weeks after he had lost a $650 diamond ring, Willard Rutzen, assistant general manager of the Morrison hotel, remembered he had had an office boy at the time of the loss.
Rutzen called the police and told them of his loss. The office boy no longer worked for him.
Police picked up the boy and brought him to Rutzen's office for questioning.
"Ah, the ring," the boy said. "Yes, I dusted the desk and it fell into the air conditioning unit."
Police fished out the ring with a long stick.
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