UNIVERSITY DAILY KANS AN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1947
PAGE EIGHT
US Prepares For Atom War
Oak Ridge, Tenn.—(UP)—If a "push-button" war ever comes, the United States intends to have as many scientists as possible trained to handle atomic energy.
The idea of the harnessed atom as a military weapon still overshadows its use for peaceful purposes.
The training of more scientists in the war-born field will be assured by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, a sort of atomic colli-. The institute is actually a non-profit Tennessee corporation.
The institute has just moved into a building provided by the Atomic Energy commission. Its graduate training program in nuclear reseARCH began only last month. Open To Any School
No degrees will be granted by the corporation. Therefore it is not competing with universities. The program is open to any approved graduate school in the nation granting the Ph.D. or equal degree in any one of the fields of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology or engineering.
Only 48 graduate students a year can be accepted. Every applicant is investigated for the institute by the FBI for several months before being passed on.
The program is limited to the performance of thesis research leading to the Ph. D.
Members Already
The universities already members of the institute are Duke, Emory, Alabama Polytechnic institute, Catholic university of America, Georgia Tech, Louisiana State university, Tulane, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Virginia and Vanderbilt.
The location of a nuclear research in the southeast is considered vital to the national interest. Recruiting of manpower for such work in the past has been mostly in the northeast and far west.
The institute's acting executive director is Dr. William G. Pollard, young scientist from the University of Tennessee.
Beat the Heck out of Georgia Tech
FOUND a Christmas Gift For HER --
Give her a PRINCESS GARDNER REGISTRAR RILLEFOLD
REGISTRAR BILLFOLD
Smart because its beautifully styled in this season's brightest colors. Smart because it carries everything from card to licenses, in its photo-card case! Here's the billfold she'll be proud to carry tucked in her hand bag—
Priced $3.50 to $7.50
To make it a more personalized gift we will INITIAL the billfold with 23k gold leaf
FREE OF CHARGE
We're Glad To Show You
Mice, Fleas, Worms-All Are Under Scrutiny Of Many Neophyte Biologists
Scratching notes with half-frozen fingers and braving the oncoming winter winds while their noses and cheeks redden like luscious apples, many students are poking around the campus shrubbery and trees.
Some appear to be locating buried gold, others squint from prolonged looks at the sky, and others just sit, Hindue fashion, muttering and rubbing leaves and twigs.
Not A New Sect
They are not explorers,weathermen, or a new mysterious sect; they are biology students.
The "science of life" students are noted for their butterfly chases and arthropoda excursions, but recently, more and more for the nature lovers swarming the campus. The reason is that biology field reports are due next week.
Even Mice Are Molested
Topics range from field mice runways to the tree fleas and worms. Pictures, diagrams, and specimens are included with the reports. A glance into the office of Mrs. Ruth K. McNair, instructor in biology, reveals that the instructors apparently are doing a lot of good, hard work on the reports too.
The worst is yet to come the biology department fears. Like Christmas shopping, most of the reports are put off to the last minute.
It Would Be Tough To 'Roll' These Bones
San Francisco—(UF)—Bones of a seven-foot-long animal, believed to have been a prehistoric bison, were discovered in the Tomales Bay area north of here by a Marine Junior College geology field party. Stephen C. Bruff, leader of the party, said the bones were at least 25,000 years old, dating back to the pleistocene period.
Call K.U. 251 With Your News.
That the student U. N. association is reaching world-wide prestige was noted by the fact that Jean Moore, national chairman, had been notified by the universities of Beyrouth and Lebanon, Syria, requesting membership.
Syrien Universities Ask
To Belong to Student UND
Although the organization is unable to take foreign members this year they plan to next year.
At a meeting held Tuesday night Moore announced that this all school organization would close its KU membership roster sometime this month. Anyone wishing to join must attend the next meeting, in Green hall at 7:30 p. m.
Dec. 16.
Ft. Meyers, Fla. — (UF) — Johnny Chipley of Ft. Myers is 4 months old, and already can do a few turns on the trapeze. Just to make it harder. Johnny performs with a three and one-half pound coconut tied to his 14-pound self.
Young Man On The Trapeze
Ordinance Proposes One Way Streets
The streets considered in the ordinance are Tennessee, Kentucky, North Park,and 14th street. The directions and portion of the streets to become one way have not been definitely decided.
An ordinance to make four Lawrence streets one way thoroughfares is currently being discussed by the city council and will probably become a law before Jan. 1, according to Clarence Bliesner, police chief.
The plan is to alleviate the heavy flow of traffic on Tennessee street and will be initiated as a temporary measure pending its success in operation.
River beds and spoil banks in Pennsylvania yielded 10,000,000 tons of anthracite in 1945.
7th & Ark. Open till 11
GOOD WAFFLES
FINE
SERVICE
GREAT
CARS.
SQUARE
DEAL
RESERVE EARLY ...FLY BRANIFF
Enjoy more of your Christmas holiday at home this year. Luxurious time-saving Braniff flights get you home and back faster-give you a full, happy vacation. Ask the Braniff representative to help you make your advance reservations-to any point in the United States.
THE BRANIFF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. Tom Parrington will be at K.U.Dec.9 and 10 Union Building 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
☆
Also ask Mr. Parrington about Braniff Gift Flites.
NOW Ends tomorrow -
- NOW Ends tomorrow
Lena TURNER
Ven HEFLIN
"Green Dolphin Street"
WED. ONE WEEK She Thought It Was All A Dream until he came down to breakfast
GINGER
ROGERS
CORNEL
WILDE
QUIZ For Cash
TONITE at 9:00
NOW ENDS WED.
GRANADA
The Below Zero
Movie Hero---
In the Top Laugh
Riot of the Year!
"Red" SKELTON
in
"Merton of
The Movies"
VARSITY QUIZ FOR CASH
Added: World News Color Cartoon
Ends Tonight
FRANCHOT ANNE
TONE RICHARDS
"Lost
Honeymoon"
P L U S
F U N PROGRAM
QUIZ FOR CASH
9:00 p.m.