JANUARY 10, 1947 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS PAGE FIVE the in- ayed B. A., Business Researcher Challenges Track Men To One-Hour Run Walter Bowers, 48-year-old research associate for the School of Business has issued a challenge to the entire Kansas track squad for a one not only does Mr. Bowers want to see a revival of long distance running at K.U., but he's willing to put on a track suit and match strides with student, thinlade. The business researcher was a track star at the University of Chicago under Amos Alonzo Stagg back in the 1920's, specializing in the one-mile, two-mile, and cross-country runs. Although he never represented the U.S. in the Olympic games, he did complete in final 1520 and 1524 Olympic tryouts in distance runs and the decathlon. Now he wishes to establish the one-hour run as an annual track feature. He has the track squad who appointed the chorege, although no date has been set. "I'd like to prove to the track men that they can run 10 miles an hour," Mr. Bowers said today. "At that rate, a man can just about outrun a horse, at least after the first hour." Student runners tried out the distance recently in the indoor track under the stadium. Hal Moore traveled 9.8 miles during the 60-minute period. Ross Morrison went 9.2 miles to place second. Other runners were Dick Ruggles and Harry Kirk. They had no previous practice. The team now is continuing conditioning exercises for the grueling distance. Official world record for the now nearly obsolete race is 11.9355 miles, set by Finland's Paavo Nurmi in 1928. Chinese Burial Custom Makes A 'City of Dead' Shanghai. (UP)—Within Shanghai—virtually unknown to its foreign residents—is a city of the dead. Between now and the end of the year, Shanghai's health authorities have decreed that these dead, numbering 100,000, must be buried. The presence in Shanghai of 100,000 unburied dead reflects a tradition and a business uniquely Chinese. It is the coffin repository, which has grown out of the deep-rooted Chinese belief that one should be buried at his native place. And to the Chinese that means, not the place of one's birth, but the ancestral home. There is an old saying that "a tree, may be 10,000 feet tall, but its leaves still fall to the earth," and thus a man may live thousands of miles away, but he still should be buried near his ancestors. Thus a family may have lived for several generations in Shanghai, but it still regards the town where its clan temple is located as its "native place." Because of that philosophy, most Chinese keep the coffins of their loved ones in temporary repositories, until finances, and the ebb and flow of China's almost continuous wars, make possible their removal to the native place. During the war, when the Japanese usually insisted on investigating the contents of every coffin on suspicion of smuggling activities, an estimated 100,000 coffins accumulated in Shanghai. Municipal authorities set the time limit for their removal and burial by the late December winter solstice — traditionally one of the most favored periods of the year for such important ceremonies as funerals. Jet Auto Makes Test Run, Jet Needs Few Changes Rosamond, Cal. (UP)—A jet car, utilizing a regular chassis and a 15-foot power tube like a stovepipe down its middle, moved along the surface of Rosamond dry lake at 30 miles an hour in initial test runs. "Now we'll need to make a few changes to keep the driver from being burned, and then we can really open her up," one of its designers said. Cleveland. (UP)—Within five to 10 years the helicopter will be sufficiently inexpensive, simple and safe for popular use, according to Igor Sikorsky, pioneer in the wingless aircraft field. Helicopters Will Be Simple, Safe Soon Sikorsky said that when the time comes, it may be the greatest factor since development of the automobile and commuter train in spreading out cities and speeding suburban business development. "Individually owned and operated helicopters will permit commutation from points as far distant as 50 miles with the case with which one now comes into a city from its suburban areas," Sikorsky said. Sikorsky, first aircraft engineer to develop and fly a helicopter, acknowledged that the plane has not been developed sufficiently to permit its operation by anyone but an expert, and that the price is well beyond mass ability-to-nav. "With the present speed of development, the day when it will be available for popular use is definitely less than a decade away," he said, adding that "it will never replace the regular plane or the automobile, but will serve a definite need for quick transportation that is not dependent on availability of airfields." Unrelated Herberts Confuse Ohio Voters Columbus, O. (UP)—The Ohio electorate has voted itself into a confusing situation. Confusing to many Ohioans is the similarity in names of Thomas J. Herbert and Paul M. Herbert, both winners in the recent elections. Thomas J. Herbert of Cleveland is the governor-elect and Paul M. Herbert, Columbus attorney, is the lieutenant-governor-elect. They are not related. Long Beach, Cali. (UP)—Jet planes capable of 4,000 miles an hour will ultimately be able to circle the earth in six hours, Col. Leon W. Gray, winner of the jet division in last summer's Bendix race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, said here. Jets Can Circle Earth In Six Hours The University High School Eagles will go after their second conference victory of the season at 4 p.m. today when they meet Basehor High school in the community building. Colonel Gray, who has 1,600 hours in jet-propelled planes, said they are the safest airplanes in the sky. Basehor holds league victories over Linwood and Tonganoxie, and dropped one decision to Lansing. University High Plays Conference Tilt Today Probable starters for the Eagles are Gene Riling and Don Cochran at forwards, Powers at center, and Richard O'Neill and C. J. Elliott at guards. University High was decisively defeated by Tonganoxia, edged by Linwood in the season opener, and hung in the win by swamping Lansing Tuesday. The Eagles have a record of five and one with the varsity this year, and the seconds have suffered six straight defeats. The second team game was scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. The archery club competed in a weekly recording shoot in the Military Science building Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. Archery Club Competes In Weekly Recording Shoot LeVaughn Hodgson is in charge of the tournament and classification of each contestant into group rankings. Eight "ends" of six arrows each were tabulated for this week's record. New York. 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