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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
KU Physicist Helps Build Atom Bomb Yet Agrees It Is A Necessary Evil Now
One of the physicists who helped to make the atom bomb at Los Alamos, N.M., was L: Worth Seagondollar, assistant professor in the department of physics.
When asked his idea about the atom bomb, he said it is a necessary evil. "We knew that the United States would have to learn the secret first. That is why everyone worked so hard on the project."
In March 1944, Professor Seagandollar accepted a government research job, of which he was told nothing. He was sent to Los Alamos and was assigned experiments with uranium 235 and plutonium. He said he was fortunate in meeting some of the world's greatest physicists, among them, Dr. Niels Bohr (Nobel prize, 1913) and Dr. Enrico Fermi (Nobel prize, 1934).
"When the first bomb was tested at Alamogordo air base, we were stationed 9 miles away." Professor Seagondollar added. "But when it exploded we certainly started digging in."
Professor Seagondollar was graduated at Emporia State college in 1941, and then went to the University of Wisconsin to complete his master's degree.
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Professor Seagondollar came to the University in 1947.
Jewish Students To Have Skating Party In March
A roller skating party will be held March 4 by the Jewish Student union. Postcards with the time and place for meeting will be mailed to members.
A special meeting to discuss Palestine will be held at 7 p.m. March 1 in Myers hall.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1948
Bridge Club Offers Weekly Tournaments
James Edward Spreitzer, engineering sophomore, was elected president of the Four No bridge club. Other officers elected were Ernest Raymond Schlacher, College junior, vice-president; William Howard Edmunds, sophomore, treasurer; and Mrs. Dee Bergstrom, secretary.
The Four No club plans to join the national bridge club so the first and second place winners at each tournament here can earn master points in the national club.
Bridge tournaments will be held at 7:30 p. m. every Thursday in the Union ballroom. Membership is open to all students in the University. The club plans to have 15 tables for each tournament.
Results of the tournaments can be posted within 15 minutes after play is over, on the new recapitulation sheets the club purchased.
University Daily Kansan
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Vets' Allowances Tax Exempt In '47
All subsistance allowances received during the past year are exempt in filing 1947 income tax returns, E. R. Elbel, director of the veteran's bureau, said today.
Mr. Elibel also stated that all pensions and allowances paid veterans under Public Law 16 are tax-exempt and should not be included in the return. Mustering-out payments received during 1947 should be excluded as well.
In the case of enlisted men still in regular service and attending the University, all pay received from the government is exempt from taxation. Officers on a regular status, studying at the University, are tax exempt up to $1600 per year.
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Mr. Elbel advised all veterans with questions concerning their individual returns to contact the Internal Revenue department representative, located in the Lawrence Post Office building. Tax forms may also be obtained at any bank or post office.
Diseases Discussed By Dr. Karl Dittmer
Experimental work in combating diseases such as tuberculosis and those caused by viruses was explained by Dr. Karl Dittmer of the University of Colorado chemistry department in an address to the chemistry colloquium Wednesday.
Dr. Dittmer discussed the work which is being carried on by his department in studying the relationship between structures of anti-vitamins and anti-amino acids.
E. Lendell Cockrum, assistant curator at the Dyce museum, will speak on "Summer Collecting in Wyoming" at a zoology club meeting at 7:30 p. m. today in 206 Snow hall.
Zoology Club To Hear Story Of Wyoming Survev
Motion pictures will be shown to illustrate how the collection of vertebrate animals was obtained for a biological survey of Wyoming.
The present farm population of the United States is nearly 20 per cent of the total population.
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