TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1948 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS PAGE NINE Indiana Farmer Has Bulges In Land, Corn Crib, Bankroll Cedar Lake, Ind.—(UP)—Henry Huppenthal's farmland is bullying up feet in what soil experts describe as an "agricultural phenomenon." About 25,000 square yards of earth has bulged 15 feet higher than the surrounding land. Mr. Huppenthal, himself, described it as "an eruption of the earth's core." He said he was nuzzled, but4 core. He said he was puzzled, but not annoyed, because the erupting soil is richer and produces bumpe errors. He said the land began to swell 10 years ago. Rich, black earth has been thrown atop the clay by the phenomenon, and Mr. Huppenthal has been able to produce more than 110 bushels of corn to the acre. The soil texture was described by experts as "excellent" to a depth of six feet. Chemical analysis showed that the raised earth is silt loam with excellent content of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorous and hydrogen. Mr. Huppenthal said the richness of the loam was shown when he tried to grow oats. The experiment was a failure, because the stem of the plant could not support the heavy yield. A "baby eruption" occurred about 100 yards northwest of the large, bulged section, with the same type of soil coming to the top. Mr. Huppenthal said geologist told him that the ground is being pushed upward, by an underground stream, or spring. The area con- comes to swell actively, and large rises in the ocean frequently along the earth's surface. The underground stream theory is supported by the fact that snails, usually found near bodies of water, populate the Huppenthal farm, although the nearest lake is four miles away. "What a farm," Mr. Huppenthal says. Name Of "Duke" Causes Confusion The name of Duke D'Ambra, Lawrence photographer for a quarter century, has caused much confusion. Many have wondered if the native of the island of Capri really was representative of unemployed Italian royalty. The given name "Duke" also has cost the University some publicity. The October issue of the Intercollegian, a magazine of Christian student life, used a picture of K.U.'s Memorial stadium for its cover photo. However, the caption labeled it the stadium of Duke university in North Carolina. The editor has apologetically explained that D'Ambra's credit line on the back of the picture threw him for a loss clear to North Carolina. Selling Of Store's Name Not Issue In Salt Lake Salt Lake City - (UP)—The spelling, Sugar House or Sugarhouse (take your choice), is a hot issue in Utah's largest suburban shopping center near Salt Lake City. The post office sub-station stamps its mail with one-worded Sugarhouse. Ten per cent of the merchants spell it that way. But the chamber of commerce and 90 per cent of the merchants use the two-worded Sugar House. Turkey And Radios Aid Hospital Stay Students confined to Watkins hospital over the Thanksgiving vacation made the best of it with turkey and football. Eight students, half of them surgery cases, listened to the K.U.-M.U. football game over radios donated to the hospital by the Union bookstore. Because students postponed operations until vacation time, in order to miss a minimum of classwork, the number of surgery cases was unusually large. Parlavs Remain—To Amuse Law enforcement may stop betting, but it does not stop parliaments. Not to be stymied by petty regulation, at least one company has made a decisive change of policy. Across the top of the card now appears "For Amusement Only." Call K. U. 251 With Your News Small Classes In Majority For every large class a student attends at the University, he has three small ones, Dean Paul B. Lawson of the College said recently. Dean Lawson said that many students think classes at the University are too large, but the large class is the exception, rather than the rule. The largest class is the biology lecture, attended by 330 students. To enable the student to get individual attention, laboratories have been arranged. These are limited to 26 students, with two instructors at each meeting of the class. Foreign languages are handled in the same manner. The average class consists of 24 students, but the labs average 11. Perhaps the smallest class is one in English for foreign students. Four students attend to learn to read and speak English. Dean Lawson said that as a student advances in his field, the classes become smaller. Many of the classes for upperclassmen average only six or eight members. There are about 6,000 juniors, seniors, and graduate students at the University. Postoffice "Handed Down" Malone, Texas—(UP) The postoffice here was still "in the family" even with the resignation of Mrs. Ida Worley, 72, who ended 41 years' service as postmaster. Guy Mann, Jr., 27, husband of Mrs. Worley's grand-daughter, succeeded her. Chemistry Takes Over In The Laundry As Ersatz Soap Proves Efficient Washington—(UP)—The housewife's old ally, soap, may have to surrender a large share of its popularity to other chemical compounds, agriculture department experiments show. The department's textile chemists have been trying to find out what kind of laundering job various kinds of soap will do compared with synthetic detergents. Comparatively $ ^{\textcircled{2}} $ new on the market; synthetic deter- compounds that remove dirt in the same way soap does. About half have a petroleum base. Miss Margaret Furry of the bureau of human nutrition and home economics, directed the experiments. Fifty-one different granulated and bar soaps and synthetic detergents were used on white cotton fabric soiled with an oil-grease-dirt combination. Miss Furry reported that soap was more efficient than all but one type of synthetic detergent when soft water was used. But when the laundry was done in hard water, some of the synthetic detergents were twice as good at routing the dirt as most of the soaps. The testing will be continued on colored cottons and on woolen and rayon materials. Officials said soap manufacturers are now producing synthetic detergents at the rate of about 400,000,000 pounds a year. Other manufacturers, particularly chemical companies, also produce substantial quantities, figures for which were not available. About 2,284,000,000 pounds of soap was used in the United States last year, the largest amount since 1941. Reports for the first third of this year indicated an annual consumption of 2,448,000 pounds. HURRY! RACHELLE STUDIOS in time? 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