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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1948
Red Cross Drive Starts Today For $820 Goal
The annual Red Cross drive starts on the campus today with a goal of $820.
Henry Shenk, associate professor of physical education and director of the drive, today expressed hope that the University quota would be surpassed before the end of the two-week drive.
Students, faculty members, and University employees will be asked for donations throughout the week by the Jay Janes, who will be Red Cross collectors for the University campaign.
The Jay James will collect money at the basketball game with Kansas State tonight, and at the Iowa State game March 12. Collection points will be set up around the campus and organized houses will be asked to contribute individually.
to contribute to the national goal this year is 75 million dollars. The goal for Douglas county is $18,891, and of this amount $12,556 will stay in the county.
The 6,000 veterans on the campus will receive 54 per cent of the local fund. Mr.Shenk said today that the amount spend on veterans last year amounted to about twice the $820 quota set for the University this year.
Kansas Clay Has New Use
The possibility of a new fire brick industry for Kansas has been reported by Norman Plummer and W.B.Hladik of the state Geological Survey.
Survey. They have found clay in Ellsworth county that can be used for fire brick. Kansas clay has been used only for building brick while fire brick has been imported from Missouri and other sources, Mr. Plummer said.
"The time is coming when there will be a great need for fire brick in this part of the country," he added.
Fire brick can stand higher temperatures than building brick without crumbling. It is used in industry to line boilers, kilns, and in other places where high temperatures are used. This new clay can also be used to make tile.
Fourteen thousand samples have been collected from all over Kansas. Twenty of these have been tested. The sample from Ellsworth county was the only one to pass the tests. Testing has been hampered by the lack of a kiln to check heat resistance and other factors. Mr. Plummer and Mr. Hladik are now building a new kiln in the basement of Lindley hall.
'Control Ourselves To Control Safety'
"If we can control ourselves, we can control safety." William C. Boardman, safety director for the Kansas Electric Power company, told a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Feb. 26.
Mr. Boardman said that many careless habits are formed in our everyday lives that cause unnecessary accidents to ourselves and our friends.
"We have to think of ourselves in relationship to someone else," he pointed out. "This means that we will have to practice self-discipline."
The engineer's job is to construct safe equipment, he added.
Laudon Shows Travel Slides
Dr. L. R. Laudon, professor of geology, recently showed slides and movies of his travels throughout the United States and Canada to the Camera club.
The next meeting of the Camera club will be at 7:30 March 9. The club will exhibit photographic prints.
MITZE REGINA OF KANSU
This Student Shares Home With Prize Siamese Cats
Herbert J. O'Bryan, engineering sophomore, shares a home at 1332 Tennessee with a litter of cats. These Siamese kittens that his mother, Mrs. C. F. O'Bryan, raises and sells aren't ordinary cats, however. They are not only blue-eyed, but blue-blooded, and their ancestry can be traced beyond the reign of Queen Victoria.
In 1885 the king of Siam gave Queen Victoria a pair of his "royal" cats and two more were taken to London by a British naval officer at about the same time. All Siamese cats found outside their native country are descended from these four.
Mrs. O'Bryan bought male and female adult cats three years ago and began raising kittens as a hobby. A very profitable hobby too, since the kittens sell for $25 to $50 each. Stud service is $25. She has now sold four litters averaging five kittens each, which proves that she gets results from the classified ad columns of the University Daily Kansan.
"Kitty" is far too common a name for these pedigreed pussies. The male adult goes by the title Kansu's Tu Shan of Khyber and was brought to Lawrence from New York. He has been the father of kittens whose mothers have been sent all the way from England. The female adults are known as Mitze Regina of Kansu and Kansu's Ban Jee.
Engineers To Read Contest Papers
Members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will read 15 minute papers on topics related to mechanical engineering at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Lindley auditorium.
The first prize winner will have one year's dues paid in the professional society. The writer of the second best paper will, if he is a senior, receive a lapel emblem of the society. If he is an underclassman he will have one year's dues paid in the student branch of the society.
The most striking characteristic of this breed is their big, baby-blue eyes which turn bright red when they become angered or excited. These scarlet eyes peering out of their black mask make them look fierce enough to paralyze any unsuspecting mouse with fright. They are very good hunters and can be taught to retrieve.
Three faculty members will judge papers, and the Kansas City chapter will give prizes to the two best entries, Harry L. Doosch, head of the mechanical engineering department, said.
Both professional breeders and pet lovers buy kittens from Mrs. O'Bryan. She raises the type know as "seal point," which have lightcream-colored bodies and legs, and tail and ears of deep seal brown. The face carries a "mask" of almost black seal brown. The hind legs of the seal point Siamese are longer than the front, and they always appear to be walking downhill.
Students and faculty members of the A.S.M.E. will be guests of the Kansas City, Mo., chapter March 8. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the University club, followed by a meeting. Guests of honor will be the students whose papers won first and second prizes.
Students for the first year law class held a mixer in Green hall recently. The fall semester class entertained the new students.
They are also very "camera conscious" and Mrs. O'Bryan has taken many pictures of her pets. Because of their high photographic qualities Slamese cats have often been used in pictorial advertising by a distilling company.
Law Class Holds Mixer
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hood, and Danny Bachman, social chairman, were hosts. Wood is president of the first year law class.
Colored slides of campanile towers on other college campuses will be shown by Roy Shoaf, College senior, at the convocation in Fraser theater at 4 p.m. Thursday. This convocation, sponsored by the student committee of the memorial association, is to explain the war memorial to new students.
Students To See Campanile Slides
The association has started a new drive for funds and hopes to hold ground-breaking ceremonies during commencement week this spring. The main speaker for the convocation Thursday has not been announced.
Members of the student executive committee are Patrick Thiessen, chairman; Robert Malott, vice-chairman; James Clements Sanders, chairman of the new-student convocation; Harriet Harlow, Ruth Brown, Matthew Zimmerman, and Ralph E Kiene.
Seminar To Meet Today
"Predator and Rodent Ecology on Western Range Lands" is the topic of the speech to be given by Dr. Henry S. Fitch, biologist, at a zoology seminar at 4 p.m. today in 206 Snow hall.
Dr. Fitch is from the division of wildlife research of the United States fish and wildlife service in Leesville, La.
Veterans To File For Dependents
Evidence of dependents must be filed by student-veterans to receive subsistence increases of $105.
This includes actual evidence of dependents such as parents. Photostats or certified copies of birth certificates of children are required.
Veterans eligible for new rates of subsistence of $75 and $105 need not apply. Their increases will be automatic.
If evidence is filed before July 1, veterans will receive retroactive payments at the increased level back to April 1.
Truman Lashes Election Politics
Key West, Fla. March 1-(UP)-President Trumpian today said presidential election year politics is having a very "bad" effect on the affairs of government in both domestic and international fields.
The president met with reporters here in his first news conference in more than two weeks.
In his comment on politics the president said he was not being critical of any one in particular, but that it was impossible for certain candidates in the senate to approach issues of the day without bias. He named no names.
Mr. Truman took a guarded viewpoint in discussing the recent revolt of Southern Democrats against his civil rights program. He would not comment directly on the revolt, but expressed the opinion that every state has a perfect right to decide how to conduct its elections.
Southern rebellion against President Truman's leadership spread today, causing dejected congressional Democrats to fear the election already is lost.
South Carolina is today's hot spot. The Democratic executive committee there is meeting to consider means of withholding the state's electoral votes from Mr. Truman, assuming he is nominated on a civil rights platform. Some angry Democrats believe the nomination should be refused him.
Two hundred and fifty person watched the ground breaking ceremony Sunday for the new $100,000 Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house.
Sig Ep's Start New House
The first spadeful of earth was turned by W. E. Roogers, McCredie, Mo., national district governor of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Chancellor Deane W. Malott turned the second shovelful.
The new house will be at 17th anne Tennessee streets. Construction will begin March 15 and will be completed Sept. 1.
The house has been designed by Thomas Williamson, Topeka, and will be built by the Constant Construction company of Lawrence.
Plans call for a two-story L-shaped building of monolithic reinforced concrete. The design is modern ranch style. The building will have an 81-foot frontage on Tennessee street and a 104-foot wing along 17th street. It will house 50 men.
Men's Glee Club Presents Concert In Kansas City
The Men's Glee club, directed by Prof. Joseph F. Wilkins, presented a concert at church services in Grand Avenue temple, Kansas City, Mo., Sunday.
Approximately 50 members made the trip and were guests of the Grand Avenue Methodist church at dinner.
The program included folk songs, Negro spirituals, and religious numbers. Soloists were Clarence Hooper, education junior; John Mowers, business junior; and DuMont Reed, education senior.
New Party Will Meet At 7:30 Wednesday
The Alliance of Student Voters, a new campus political party, will hold its first meeting at 7:30 p. m. w. Wednesday in the Union ballroom.
"The party is designed to fill the widening gap in Independent ranks caused by the recent dissolution of the Progressive party," explained Robert Morris, engineering sophomore.
He said that the A.S.V. proposes to bring responsibility into student government and to assure independent students of "at least their proportional share of representation in student government."
The new party is headed by a committee composed of Morris and Robert Bock, first year law student Terryl Francis, College freshman; and Delbert Miller, engineering freshman.
Membership in the A. S. V. will be open to all men and women on the campus, regardless of former political status, Morris said. An attempt will be made to reach all University students, and they will be classified according to their Lawrence addresses.
All interested students are invited to attend the Wednesday meeting, Morris said.
Will Vote On Constitution
The proposed changes in the constitution will concern the duties of the officers and the date when they are installed.
A special all-membership meeting has been called by Emmaloise Britton, president, for the Kansas room of the Union.
Changes in the Constitution of the Y.W.C.A. will be voted on at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Two members will also be elected for the nominating committee for next year's officers.
Patricia Graham Fuller and Betsey Sheidley were chosen as cabinet representatives to the nominating committee at a cabinet meeting Friday.
Miss Sheidley, chairman, Helen Louise Piller and Betty van der Smissen are on the revision committee.
Summer Camps Need Counselors
Students who want work as summer camp counselors should apply to the Y. M. C. A.
Summer camps need men and women to serve as life guards, group counselors, handcraft teachers, and a few junior counselors. The Y. M. C.A. will sponsor a camp counselor's training course in March for those interested.
Inquiries have been received from Camp Chief Ouray, Denver; from Cheley Camp, Colorado, and from Mr. L. B. Sharp, director of the national camp of Life Camps, Inc.
Business Executive Speaks To Sigma Pi
"Learn to think, even if it is cockeyed," James H. Hatch, vice-president and production manager of the Union Wire Rope company, Kansas City, Mo., recently told Delta Sigma Pi, business fraternity.
"Exercise your natural abilities instead of following someone else's thinking. It will help you to straighten our difficulties between labor and management," he advised.
Mr. Hatch attended a dinner given by officers of Delta Sigma Pi. Guests were Dean F. T. Stockton, Prof. D. Gagliario, and Prof. Lesi Waters.
Mr. Hatch brought as his guest Maurice B. Hansell, Jr., and Stewart S. Gray, 1940 graduates of the University School of Engineering.