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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 29,1946
Schoeppel Discusses Veterans' Program
Gov. Andrew J. Sheppel of Kansas is shown (far left) at the recent governors' conference in Oklahoma City discussing the National Veterans' program with (left to right) Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Gov. Maurice J. Tobin, Mass., and Gov. Edward Martin, Pa. (NEA Telephoto).
Western Kansas Hunts Rain-Bearing Snakes
Liberal—Western Kansas citizens are trying a new way to get rain—they're collecting snakes.
The Koshare Indians, appearing in Garden City and Liberal this week, have asked Kansans to help them find the live bullsnakes they hold in their mouths for the authentic rain dance.
The tribe is a scout troop from La Junta, Colo. Under the direction of their leader, "Buck" Burshears, the boys have studied Indian lore and constructed authentic costumes for their dances.
South Pass in the Continental Divide in Wyoming was considered the halfway mark on the Oregon Trail.
Eisenhower, Nimitz Ask To Train Nations
Washington. (UP)—The two top leaders of the nation's armed forces, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, appeared before the house foreign affairs committee in support of President Truman's proposal to let the U.S. train and equip the armies of other western hemisphere nations.
Eisenhower said that before World War II many Latin-American nations were militarily equipped by foreign nations and that foreign military and naval missions were present, including "some from Axis powers."
Champ Sheep Shearer
Navy Has Program To Keep Reserve Pilots in Training
Craig, Col. (UP)—Obra Meyers, 41-year-old Mi nnersville, Utah, farmer, sheared five sheep in 12 minutes, 31 and four-tenths seconds to win the world's sheep shearing championship here.
The Navy does not want to let its hot pilots cool off, Lt. Comdr. R.W. Fleck told about 50 reserve officers at a meeting in Fraser theater Thursday.
For this reason a two-phase program has been approved by Congress, he said. Between now and July 1 reserve officers on inactive duty may report to the naval air Reserve station nearest their home to fly at least two hours pilot time a month. Beginning with the new fiscal year, July 1, the newly completed Naval Air Reserve program will provide 100 hours flying time annually for pilots in the ready reserve, those who have had sea duty, and 50 hours a year for standby reserve aviators, he stated.
This long-range program will help keep the naval air arm prepared for any national emergency, he said. In addition it will enable pilots who have returned to civilian life to do some flying with modern naval craft at regular navy pay. Flying days will continue also for aircrewmen, and ground personnel will be able to keep abreast of the latest developments in postwar naval aviation, he said.
Two weeks training duty at sea will be offered each year, during the summer vacation period, to all reservists who have flown eight hours a month during four drill periods to maintain their fleet proficiency, he said. Non-flying officers and enlisted personnel will attend 48 drill periods a year.
The reserve Marine squadron will be organized separately, he said.
Show Fever Films
Films or, the control of yellow fever, dengue fever, and malaria, through the control of the mosquito, were shown by Dr. H. B. Hungerford to his medical and entomology classes Thursday in Snow hall. Seventeen students were present.
K.U. Chapel's Vesper Hour Has Varied Audience
Danforth chapel, spiritual haven of the University, appeals to both students and townpeople, according to Mrs. Donald Brodie, organist for the chapel's vesper hour.
The organ vesper hour begins at 4:15 p.m. every day. Attendance is lighter on weekdays than on Sundays, Mrs. Brodie said.
During a typical vesper hour Wednesday, a professor, three elderly women, and a student strolled in to look at the stained glass windows and at the furnishings. A sailor and a woman student listened to the organ music.
"To aspire nobly, adventure daringly, and serve humbly," as stated in its dedication, is the chapel's reason for being.
County Correspondents'
String Books Due Monday
County correspondents of State Wide Activities must turn in their string books to the Alumni office by Monday to be eligible for the annual writing prizes, Elizabeth Evans, chairman of the county correspondents, announced today.
First prize will be $25, second $10,
third $5, and fourth, 10 prizes of $1
each. Awards will be made before
June 12, she said.
"Judging will be on a basis of quantity and quality of material written during the year," Miss Evans explained. "The size of the correspondent's town also will be taken into consideration."
Truman Will Seek Re-election,
Wallace Tells Reporters
New York. (UP) — Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace stated flatly recently that President Truman will run for reelection in 1948.
"And I am going to support him." Wallace told reporters at LaGuardia field who asked him if he would be a candidate for the presidential nomination.
Storer Tells Chemists Stars, Earth, Sun Are Of Same Composition
The stars, the earth, and the sun all have the same chemical composition, Prof. N. W. Storer, of the astronomy department, explained at a recent meeting of the Chemistry club
Professor Storer spoke on "The Chemistry of the Stars." Slides illustrating galaxies of stars, spectrums, and graphs were shown.
The elements of the stars are determined with a spectroscope which records the spectrums of the different elements by producing sets of colored lines. No two elements have the same set of lines in the spectrum.
The earth is situated near the center of a galaxy, a group of stars, that is so large it would take 100,000 light years for a ray of light to go from one side to the other.
The sun is a star although it is below average in size and temperature as compared with other stars. The earth is so distant from other stars, however, that if the hottest star were to shine on a telescope on the earth for a year it would produce only two calories of heat, he said.
Those nearest the earth appear to be travelling away from the earth but in reality they are not. According to Professor Storer, the illusion is caused by the universe's expansion.
He illustrated the expanding universe by explaining the action was like blowing up a balloon with ink spots on it. The spots would get farther apart, not by traveling away from any one spot but by expanding. If one were on one of the spots, however, it would seem the rest were traveling away from it.
Pulp Waste Tests
Corvallis, Orc. (UP)—The Oregon State college has undertaken experiments to convert wood pulp waste into high protein cattle food, based on methods used in Germany during the war.
SPRING'S SODA SIPPIN' TIME!
After a hot game of tennis or softballmaybe just after classesanytime is the time for one of those delicious sodas,sundaes,or malts served at the Union Fountain.
OPEN—8:30-5:30 P.M.
Union Fountain
It's Yours — Visit It Often
Two floors below the main lobby.
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