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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1947
'Missing' Link Is Old Stuff But Name For It Is Problem
New York—(UP)—The top chemists of the country were agreed today that the "missing link" in the world's makeup had been found. But there was disagreement on who discovered the "link" and what it should be named.
It is referred to as element 61 because it is the 61st on the list of the known 96 elements, with recently discovered curium at the top and hydrogen being No.1 at the bottom.
The "link" in this case is element 61, a rare substance—so rare that for years science couldn't find it in na- $ ^{4} $ ture, or make it artificially.
However, Prof. B. B. S. Hopkins, of the University of Illinois, has claimed to be, the discoverer of element 61. In 1926, he published a report of finding the element in nature and named it illinium.
The fifth claim was from the late Dr. Charles James, of the University of New Hampshire. He too said he had found the element in nature about the same time as Dr. Hopkins did.
The controversy over element 61 has been relatively quiet in recent years, but was revived at the I12th national meeting of the American Chemical society today following a report by scientists that they had made element 61 artificially in the uranium chain reacting pile at Oak-ridge. Tenn.
These scientists, J. A. Marinsky and L. E. Glendenin, believe the element should be known as prometheus, after the Greek word prometheus P.
Still a fourth claimant is the Italian scientist Rolla who also says he found the element in 1926, but did not make a public report.
Another group, headed by Drs. Lawrence Quill and M. L. Pool, now of Michigan State university, also has put in a claim.
Chemists attending the meeting disclosed that element 61 is still being made at the Clinton laboratories, Oakridge, Tenn. It can be bought for $21,000 a milligram. Such an amount is about the size of a grain of wheat.
Official Bulletin
Christian Science organization will meet in Danforth chapel at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Signa Alpha Iota meeting, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, room 32 Frank Strong.
Striking Students Return In Texas
Port Arthur, Tex.—(UP)—More than 750 students at the Stephen F. Austin school in Port Acres voted today to call off their protest strike which was brought on by drinking water they claimed was rusty and had a bad taste.
The students left their desks and classrooms yesterday in protest against the condition of the school's water which is pumped from wells.
Parents of the irate students held a mass meeting last night and urged the youngsters to end their strike. Most of the students in the elementary department were back this morning, but only about one-third of the high school pupils reported for classes.
School officials declared that the state department of health approved the drinking water.
William Penn Liked Solid Homes
Sunbury, Pa.—Pennsylvania's solid Quaker founder apparently was no advocate of temporary emergency housing.
A deed for one of the first land grants made by the William Penn family in this community, dated January, 1773, specified that a "substantial dwelling with brick or stone chimney, 25 feet square" must be built within three years.
Frederick Nagle, of Berks county, who rented the land for $5 to $10 a year in present money, complied with the deed. He built a log home so substantial that it lasted until this year.
Miss Katherine Reed, a schoolteacher who now owns the property, has the original grant made by Penn's heirs.
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Off And On Hotel Will Try It Again
Padve Island, Tex. — (UP)—The closed-again, open-again hotel on this 130-mile-long island is back in business this summer.
fore World War II, has known a spasmodic existence, sometimes offering rooms without meals, sometimes having meals, and sometimes closed altogether.
It is the only building on this barren island skirting the Texas coast from Mexico to Corpus Christi.
The hotel, originally erected be-
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