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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1948
If This Winter Gripes You Read About 1912 or 1926
If you want to know about record snowstorms, rainfalls, or heat waves just call C. J. Posey, professor emeritus of geography, who lives at 1315 New Hampshire street.
new Hampshire street. He'll know, because he's the volunteer weather observer for Lawrence records show, for example, that in 1926 the biggest snow storm hit
Biggest Snowfall In 1912
the campus. It lasted for three days from March 30 to April 1, and Mr. Oread was buried beneath 19 inches of snow. Four years later, on Jan. 9, 1939, a total of 12 inches fell for runnerup honors.
The year of the big snow was 1912, when a total fall of 47.6 inches was recorded. But 1928 must have been a sad year for the kids who received sleds for Christmas presents, because only 6.5 inches fell that year.
that in 1937 four inches of steel glassed the campus for a record sleet storm which lasted from 8:30 am. Jan. 7 to the night of Jan. 8.
The record year for rain was 1945, when 43.43 inches drenched the campus. On Aug.6, 1921, the bottom fell out of the skies between 4 and 6 a.m., and 5.3 inches of rain poured down, a record of 2.65 inches an hour. The year before, on July 11, 1920, 892 inches fell in a heavy storm, but it lasted $7 \frac{1}{2}$ hours. That's a piddling average of only .92 inches an hour.
an hour.
Only 21.59 inches of rain fell during the dry year of 1931.
Berean Observations In 1920
Began Ouse-Peterson
Professor Posse' began his weather observations at the University in 1820, and in 1932 he had the equipment moved to his home. The equipment consists of a kiosk or weather box for measuring the maximum and minimum temperatures, and a rain guage which catchs rain or snow. The depth of the fall is measured with a graduated measuring stick.
Once a month Professor Posey sends reports to Topeka on the amount of rain and snow, the cloudiness, and the wind direction. Weather Isn't Changing
His 28 years as a weather observer has convinced Professor Posey that there is no evidence that the weather is changing over the long run.
is changing," he explained. "People use the word 'climate' when they mean 'weather.'"
Chancellor Snow first started weather observations at the University in 1883, which beats the United States weather bureau by about three years.
Plastics Lab Course Offered Next Fall
Plastics will be taught in a new laboratory course to be added to the engineering curriculum for the fall semester, Paul G. Hausman, director of the engineering shops, announced today. The course will be for architectural engineering students, but others may enroll.
others they may want. "We intend to give architectural engineering majors a knowledge of costs of plastics, the many purposes to which they can be used, and their limitations," Professor Hausman said.
He explained that new building uses are continually being found, making it necessary for architects to know plastics. They are many types of plastics, just as there are many alloys of steel, and architects have to know the right kind of plastic to use for each job.
to get an understanding of the methods used in industry, students will process plastics in the laboratory. Processes used in forming pliable and permanent plastics will be taught." Professor Hausman said.
The course will be taught in combination with the woodworking laboratory in Fowler shops.
Additional machinery worth 10 thousand dollars has been purchased. The course will be fore one hour of credit. ___
Cackle Over This One
Pittsburgh, Pa.—(UP)—William Brent, arrested for stealing chickens, told police he located henhouses by crowing and listening for the hens' reply. Brent said his crowing was so realistic that chickens for blocks around answered his call.
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Bell Tower To Be Topic.
Carl I. "Sandy" Winsor, '22, all-time great cheerleader as a student, will explain to new students how the War Memorial will effect their future as students and alumni at a convocation in Fraser theater at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The convexion is being sponsored by the Student Memorial committee to explain the memorial to all new students, Mr. Winson, former president of the Alumni association, now practices law in Wichita.
Colored slides of campanile towers on other campuses will be shown by Roy Shoaf. College senior so students can compare them with pictures of the tower to be built here. The War Memorial tower to be built north of Frank Strong hall will be 175 feet high and have 51 bells to play music and give time signals.
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Official Bulletin
Independent students interested in I.S.A. scholarship award apply at 227 Frank Strong.
Missions study group, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 5 today, Danforth Chapel, David Sommerville, leader.
Tau Sigma, Balanese dance group,
4-415 p.m. today, small mirror gym.
Wednesday, 12-1 p.m., Russian
dance; A-5 p.m. Primitive; and 7-8
p.m. Waltz.
March 3,1948
Russian club, 4 p.m. today, 402 Fraser, Everyone welcome.
Sigma Delta Chi, 4 p.m. today, 107 Journalism building.
Inter- Varsity Christian Fellowship, 7 tonight, 113 Frank Strong, Missionary program, Plans for Manhattan trip.
Anonymous contributions totaling $500 have been received by the War Memorial association. These contributions will make it possible for five students to become "bellringers" without donating the required $100 to the fund themselves, by means of the new money-raising plan of Jack Warner, campaign director.
Leadership conference, 4 today.
Fine room, Union.
Campus Christian Missionary fellowship, 4 p.m. today, Myers hall.
Law Wives, 8 tonight, Green hall.
Joanne Taylor to speak on "Fashions" in Little theater. Public welcome.
in
K.U. Dames, 8 tonight, Frank
Strong auditorium___
American Veterans committee executive meeting, 4 p.m. today, 206 Frank Strong.
Memorial Receives Anonymous Gifts
All committees, Student Union Activities, 7 tonight, Fraser hall, following rooms: secretarial, 205; service, 206; entertainment, 209; announcements, 210; decorations, 213; publicity, 306; library, 307; public baison, 308; coffees and forums, 309; clubs and organizations, 310; intramurals, 311; poster, 305; social, 312
All presidents wishing recognition for their organizations in Student Union sponsored activity chart should turn in information to Bud Francis at Union Activities office by noon, March 10.
Archery club, 4-6 p.m. today.
Gold arrows for high score.
Slide rule section, 7 p.m. tomorrow,
101 Snow. ___
Morning devotions each day. 8:30-
8:50 a.m. during Lent at Danforth
chapel.
Under Mr. Warner's plan, a student's name will be placed on the permanent bellringer roll if he can get nine people to contribute $100 to the campaign. The contribution naming the student to the bellringer list will come from analogous gifts already received.
Addition To Green Will Cost $35,000
Gamma Alpha Chi, March 10 at 4 p.m. and March 11 at 5 p.m. 1023
Mall subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, (in Lawrence add $1.00 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays in the summertime. Entered as second class admission periods Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence 1910, under act of March 3, 1879.
University Daily Kansas
An addition to the School of Law library which will triple the present capacity may be started by the spring of 1949, Dean F. J. Moreau said. The addition will cost $35,000. I will be built north of Green hall and will extend toward Mississippi street. Dean Moreau said that Law school graduates will be asked to contribute the money. The library has more than 35,000 volumes valued at $500,000.
The state of Vermont leads all others in the production of maple syrup and maple sugar.
Journalism building. Attend either meeting. No meeting today.
Engineering Exposition committee, 510 p.m. tomorrow, 210 Marvin
Application letters for positions of editor and business manager of 1948-49 K-Book to Betsey Sheidley, Gower Place by March 8.
Quill club, 8:30 p.m. tomorrow.
208 Fraser.
General Semantics club 7:30 p.m tomorrow, 111 Frank. Strong
Mathematics club. 5 p.m. tomorrow, 211 Frank Strong.
Four-No Bridge club, duplicate bridge session, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, west wing, Union ballroom.
Sociology club, 4 p.m. tomorrow,
15 Fraser. Three movies.
Jewish Student Union roller skating party, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Roller rink.
Deutscher Verein wird sich Dona-
serstag um 4:30 versammlen.
International club. 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Henley house.
Quack club, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow,
Robinson gym. ___
A. S.M.E., 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 206 Frank Strong. Presentation of technical papers.
Alliance of Student Voters, new campus party, 7:30 tonight, Union ballroom. Everyone welcome.
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One Little Opossum Did All That?
Brecksville, Ohio—(UP)—An opossum tried to cross a highway near here and caused the following damage:
Interrupted telephone service in the entire village; destroyed a large tractor-trailer; started a gasoline fire, burned the truck's cargo of potato chips, injured driver Richard Glofelty; cut the main cable from radio station WTAM's transmitter, and knocked down two trees.
It all started when driver Glotfelty applied the brakes on his truck in order to miss the opossum. Glotfelty suffered head and face lacerations in addition to slight burns.
The oposom became opossom-
burger.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers will meet in 206 Frank Strong hall at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, instead of Lindley auditorium, as previously reported
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