, 1948
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1948
UNIVERSITY·DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Socially Speaking
Delta Chi Initiates
Delta Chi announces the initiation of James Underwood, Carl Brown, William Straight, Dwayna Tarver, John Wesley, Fletcher Abbey, Marshall Braily, John Neal, James Vaughan, Charles Burclek, Vic Nalley, Phil Savory, Dan Reillev, and Robert Bramfield.
William Straight was honor initiate.
Delta Chi
Delta Chi announces the reaffiliation of Larry Channell, who has recently been serving in the armed forces.
Corbin Open House
Corbin hall will have an open house dance from 9 p. m. to midnight Friday.
Pi Kappa Alpha announces the initiation of James Bennett, James Townsend, Quentin Long, Robert Miller, Eric Ericsson, Jere Kimmel, Channing Hiebert, William Howard, James Small, Harold Koch, Richard Harper, Richard Tatum, Edward Eagle, William Burkhalter and Jack Crawford.
KU Magazine Has Big Role
Dr. E. H. Taylor, professor of zoofrya, was a guest at the initiation ceremony.
Pi K A Initiates
The functions of the K. U. Graduate magazine were explained by Ken Postlethwaite, associate editor, at the weekly meeting of Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity, Tuesday.
"The Graduate magazine plays the role of the country newspaper among the 35,000 University graduates," he said.
He further emphasized that the activities of the little-known graduates were stressed as well as the outstanding ones.
Before coming to the University,
Mr. Postlethwaite was editor and
publisher of the Leavenworth Chronicle and worked for the Kansas City Star.
John Bergstrom, former vice-president of the fraternity, gave a report on the national Alpha Delta Sigma convention, held in Chicago the past summer. He also announced that Oregon has been chosen as the site of the 1949 convention.
Managers To Hear Stockton
Dean Frank H. Stockton of University Extention will speak tonight at the meeting of the Wichita chapter of the National Office Manager's association. His subject will be "Office Management in the Business Curriculum."
In Spite Of Everything The Whistle Blows On
"Old Faithful" blows every hour at the University, but it's not a geyser. It's the class whistle which has been heard by students for 36 years. Twice the whistle has been replaced and twice it has made a comeback.
A few years after its first installation atop the boiler building of the University heating plant in 1512, it "blew off." Another whistle was used for a few months, but the plant engineers couldn't stand this screeching monstrosity, so they welded the old one and put it back in place.
Number Three A Souvenir
There it remained until whistle number three made its short-lived appearance in May 1946. This one was a war souvenir donated by Capt. Robert A. Haggard of the United States maritime service, a former student. He got it from a German transport ship which had been scuttled in Leghorn bay, Italy.
This second replacement wasn't loud enough and caused classes to be held overtime. So, after three weeks, down it came and back went old faithful. It can be heard as far as Lone Star lake, nearly 16 miles away.
The whistle is now blown automatically by an electric motor attached to a clock, except on special occasions. Following a convocation, the whistle is blown by hand after a telephone call from Hech auditorium is received. The steam comes from the same boilers which provide heat for University buildings. Formerly A Fire Alarm
Formerly it was the custom to blow the whistle when there was a fire on the campus, but this practice has been discontinued. Townspeople used to flood the plant with telephone calls asking "where is the fire?" Workmen were kept from their jobs of getting the water pumps into operation because of the calls.
Dual Citizenship Doesn't Hinder Allan, He Has His Cake And Eats It Too'
Besides serving as a fire alarm, the whistle has also performed the duty of a church bell. In 1914 it was blown 30 minutes before the first hour class to announce chapel. These services are no longer held, but the whistle is still hear at 7:30 a.m.
A third attempt to replace "Old Faithful" will be made soon. The 53 carillon bells of the World War II Memorial tower are to be used to announce classes, but, if history repeats itself, the whistle will be back.
A citizen of two foreign countries taking advantage of the American G.I. bill of rights is Robert M. Allan, 29-year old graduate student.
The tall, sandy-haired citizen of Great Britain and Columbia recently and his paradoxical status to a University Daily Kansan report
"While attending Wheaton college in Illinois, I was drafted into the United States army, my status being that of a 'friendly alien.' After my discharge, I was entitled to full American citizenship under the provisions of the G. i. bill of rights. Because no one else would use me, I would lose my citizenship with Columbia and Great Britain."
Has Dual Citizenship
He wants to retain his Colombian citizenship so that upon completion of his graduate work in Spanish he may return to Columbia to do bilingual broadcasting.
Allan has a dual citizenship because his parents, British missionaries in Bogota, filed his birth certificate with the British legation in order to give him British citizenship.
This plus his Colombian citizenship by birth gave him two native countries.
Allan took most of his elementary schooling in Bogota, learning to speak both English and Spanish fluently. Conning to the United States in 1938, he completed his high schooling at Wheaton academy in two years. He attended Wheaton college from 1938 to 1942, concentrating on radio dramas and romance languages.
Likes Radio Work
After his discharge from the army, he roughnecked in the Texas oil fields, worked as a longshore-
Collecting Barbed Wire Is Pastime Of Grad Student And History Professor
Collecting barbed wire is the unusual hobby of Luther Buchele, graduate student, and James C. Mallin, professor of history.
Professor Malin became interested in barbed wire 20 years ago because of its importance of fencing in the grass country in Kansas. Earled wire became the cheapest kind of fencing in the last part of the 19th century and remains one of the cheapest today.
Although the basic principle of making barbed wire has remained the same, the competition for patients has caused variations of it to be manufacturer. The first official patent was obtained in 1867, the last in 1891.
Buchele's interest in barbed wire was aroused when he was plowing one day, and accidentally unearthed some of the material. He began noticing the different kinds of barbed wire and soon began making a collection. After ten years, Buchle's collection has reached 30 pieces. Most of them have come from Chautaqua and Douglas counties, Kansas.
The first kind contained but one were twisted. Today the barbs straight wire on which the barbs are on wries which are also twisted. This prevents the barbs from sliding.
Professor Malin's collection consists of 10 pieces which he collected from within a 50-mile radius of Lawrence. However, he has' not collected any pieces since about 12 years ago. The professor will display his collection on the first floor bulletin board in the west wing of Frank Strong hall this week.
According to Professor Malin barbed wire, like anything else, has gone through stages of development. Iron was the first metal used.
Because of its brittleness, however, another metal was sought which wouldn't break so easily and which could be obtained more cheaply.
man in Galveston, and played in stock and radio shows around the country.
A radio announcing job took him to Pittsburgh, Penn. After a few months he resumed his schooling at Washington and Jefferson college, Washington, Penn., and received his bachelor of arts degree in August 1847.
After two semesters of graduate study, Allan intends to enter the radio field in Colombia.
Degrees In Nursing Awarded To Six
Six students were awarded the degree of bachelor of science in nursing at the University hospitals in Kansas City, Kan., Tuesday. F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, gave the commencement address.
Students receiving degrees were Marie Baum, Kansas City, Kan.; Audrey Chew, St. Joseph, Mo.; Helen Gilmore, Highland; Elinor Kline, Salina; Joyce McCoy, Kansas City, Mo.; and Margret K. Goertz, Hillsboro.
Sunflower Statesmen
Elect Browne, Raise Dues
Club dues will be raised and meetings will be bi-monthly, on Thursdays, instead of once a month as they have been.
Allyn Campbell Browne, College freshman, was elected vice-president of the Sunflower Statesmen club Tuesday night.
Members are former Boy Staters attending the University.
Miss Lilyn Warner, instructor in physiotherapy, will speak on the Warm Springs foundation in Warm Springs, Ga., at a meeting of the Speech Therapy seminar at 4 p. m. tomorrow in 8 Green hall.
Speech Therapy Seminar
Instructors, graduate students, and speech correction majors are invited to attend.
The Jay Janes will give a rush tea from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today at Walkins hall. New members will be directed to fill the places still vacant.
Jav Janes To Give Tea
The houses which have vacancies are Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Delta Delta.
YD Club To Hear Briman
Ray Briman, Topeka lawyer, will address the University Young Democrats' club at 7 p.m. today in the recreation room of the Union.
The field of endocrinology still has many problems unsolved, and it affords many opportunities to anyone interested, Oscar Resnick, graduate student in anatomy, told members of Phi Sigma Monday. Phi Sigma' is the honorary biology fraternity.
Phi Sigma Hears Of Gland Studies
Resnick said that some hormones found in other animals are related to those found in the human body. He outlined the principles of endocrine function in the human body.
Resnick took his master's degree in physiology at Harvard university. He came to the University from the University of Iowa.
Union Broadcasts
Thursday. Feb. 19.
12 N-12:15. Records and announcements
12:15-12:30 "Noon Time Melodies" (WDAF).
12:30-1; Records and announcements.
5:30-5:45: "Afternoon Melodies" WDAF.)
5:45-6: Records and announcements.
6-6:30: "Dance With America" (KCKN).
Friday, Feb. 20.
12 N-1: "Noon Hour Clock" (KCKN)
5:30-5:45: Tip top tunes (KCKN).
5:45-6: Records and announcements.
6-8.15: "Supper Club" (WDAF). 6:15-6:30: Records and announcements.
Among points of historical interest in Virginia are Mount Vernon, Monticello and Richmond.
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