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SUMMER SESSION KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943
Official Publication of the Summer Session
SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Editor ... Dale Robinson
Business Mgr. ... Betty Lou Perkins
Editorial— By a Woman
Shortly after World War I there arose in Germany the National Socialist party. An ambitious, young politician grew up from that party and eventually decided to form one of his own. He was very fond of publicity and longed to have a page or so devoted to his prowess in the newspapers each day and in the history books forever. It all began when he grew a mustache, a neat little black patch on his upper lip, ing mustache was beginning to take a badge of the conqueror.
Just about the time that menaceform in a downy fuzz, as the funny man say who like to write about adolescent boys, there lived away across the ocean a big, fat, jolly man who belonged to the Republican party in the United States. He was president because that is what ambitious men like to be sometimes if there are no thrones available. By some inconvenient circumstance—now historical in character—presidents in the United States got only two terms, a very short time for ambiguous men. So this jolly man, just like the men in Germany decided to form a party of his own just to make sure. It didn't work because he didn't have any concentration camps or gestapo to take care of the people who still voted Republican and Democratic.
Even before he'd finished being a Republican this president had managed to do some remarkable things to get his name in the newspapers every day and in the history books forever. He decided that the United States should have a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans right through Panama instead of going clear down around South America. The only trouble was that Panama belonged to a stubborn, little nation called Colombia who didn't wish to sell it. To think a little nation could be that obstinate—that it would deliberately try to keep a big, fat, jolly man's name out of the history books. Well that big, fat, jolly man always prided himself on being a man of action—that how he grew up from a sickly, little boy who had to take cod liver oil into a rough rider and caused all the sickly, little boys in the United States to promise to eat their spinach and drink their milk if they could get to be presidents. So what did he do but send some soldiers and supplies down to Panama and have them start a revolution somewhat as the German minority did in Czechoslovakia. And just to show that stubborn little nation he sent the United States marines right down to Columbia to see that they didn't try to keep their territory. So he built a canal which is the pride of the nation, and boats go sailing through there quite a bit. In 1921 another president gave Colombia twenty-five million dollars. Of course that means they got the best of it in the end, doesn't it? If you've ever seen a picture of that big, fat, jolly president, you'll notice that he has a most magnificent mustache. Isn't that a coincidence?
Not so many years ago in that
little insular nation, England, which "mothers" half the earth there lived a most remarkable minister. He was
a Lord. Now England already owned a great deal of territory, and some of the stories concerning its acquisition are not any prettier than the Italian conquest of Ethiopia but because they happened so long ago and because early historians were romanticists at heart the sorridness has been erased and only high adventure and the lofty idea of the "white man's burden" remains. Mussolini, poor clean-shaver creature, professed no "white man's burden." The British Lord realized that England had a vast colonial empire. The sun never sets on the British Empire, he thought, but perhaps it does get somewhat eclipsed down there in South Africa We jolly well need to incorporate those Boers.
Now we got India by sending over a few bengal lancers, he mused, and Hongkong we took over because the Chinese were doing an awfully poor job there and pust ruining our trade. Of course it was absolutely necessary for us to establish a protectorate in Egypt. Besides, he concluded, we incorporate all these countries into the British Commonwealth of Nations. What more could they possibly desire? They can send a man or two to parliament if they behave. All this the Lord considered, licking his lips. So he soon started negotiating with ammunition. Consequently the Union of South Africa is colored pink on the map. This Lord was an extremely fastidious - sort of person, don't you know. His mustache was the essence of aristocracy and discretion.
Men are always casually mentioning in bold type how much more prominent figures they cut in the history books than women. And it is true. They think it is because of their superior qualities of leadership, scholarship, character and initiative—four attributes commonly associated with junior high self-grading slips—but they are all wrong. Man's role as conqueror and history-maker is not due to any inherent superiority at all. It's just that he can grow a mustache, and women can't.
Immune to cold,
Immune to heat,
With only air
Beneath their feet—
Preoccupied
They walk the street.
Two souls in love—
Fair cloudless skies—
Soul looks at soul
Through dreamy eyes,
Soul talks to soul—
Soul only sighs.
Headlines of strife
Strategic plays
Offensive drive
Communiques
Pass these two by
In red war days.
We criticize
The looks of it.
We ask, "What is
The sense of it?"
Yet who are we
To speak of it?
What seer is wise
Enough to say,
What judge supreme
Enough to lay
Down laws and rules
For love in May?
Pilots won't make good hunters after the war. They know how the birds feel.
—Kent College "Letter."
Prizes
The following prizes were awarded in University of Kansas Reprinted from the Comm.
Prizes have been awarded as follows to students of the University of Kansas during the academic year:
The University Honor Award for 1942 to the senior man whose influence on University student life was adjudged most wholesome and helpful to JOHN ROBERT FLUKER of Clay Center.
The Award for Excellence in Acting to THE ENTIRE CAST of "Distinguished Service."
The Alpha Chi Sigma Award for outstanding achievement in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering to PAUL GILLES, a Senior in the College from Kansas City, Kansas.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Medallion, awarded to the highest ranking student in the School of Business at the end of the Junior year, to PAUL GLENN WOOLFERT, from Topeka.
The Alpha Rho Chi Medal to the graduating senior in Architecture for leadership, service, and promise of real professional merit through his attitude and personality to CONRAD J. CURTIS, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Kansas City, Missouri.
The American Institute of Architects Medal for excellence in architectural work throughout the entire course to RICHARD H. Honess, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Topeka.
The Kansas State Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers award to the civil engineering graduate having the highest scholastic standing for four years to THIODORE H. MOSER, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Topeka.
The William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Prizes:
First Prize: NONE.
Second and Third Prizes, Jointly to: PHYLLIS JONES, a Senior in the College from Sedan, and to MARK VIESSELMAN, a Junior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence.
The Carter Stationery Store Prize in Design to HELEN PEPPERELL, a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Wichita.
The Carter Stationery Store Prize in Watercolor to JOYCE HART-WELL, a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Wichita.
The Lambda Chapter of Chi Omega Prize for the ranking woman in the Department of Economics in the College, or in the School of Business to SHIRLEY MAE SNYDER, Senior in Business, from Mission.
The Alice Chittenden Prize for excellence in freshman architectural subjects to LEE F. HOODGEN, a Freshman in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence.
The Delta Sigma Rho Medal for excellence in debate to JAMES GILLIE, a Senior in the School of Business, from Joplin, Missouri.
The Morris A. Ginsberg Prize in Medicine for 1941-1942 to the
The following prizes were awarded at the Seventy-first Annual Commencement at the University of Kansas. Reprinted from the Commencement Program:
Prizes have been awarded as follows to students of the University of Kansas during the academic year:
The University Honor Award for 1942 to the senior man whose influence on University student life was adjudged most wholesome and helpful to John Robert Fluker of Clay Center.
The Award for Excellence in Acting to THE ENTIRE CAST of "Distinguished Service."
The Alpha Chi Sigma Award for outstanding achievement in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering to PAUL GILLES, a Senior in the College from Kansas City, Kansas.
The Kansas State Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Award to the civil engineering graduate having the highest scholastic standing for four years to THEODORE H. MOSER, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Topeka.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Medallion, awarded to the highest ranking student in the School of Business at the end of the Junior year, to PAUL GLENN WOOLFERT, from Topcka.
The William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Prizes:
The Alpha Rho Chi Medal to the graduating senior in Architecture for leadership, service, and promise of real professional merit through his attitude and personality to CONKAD J. Cuneyman at University of Engineering and Architecture, from Kansas City, Missouri.
The American Institute of Architects Medal for excellence in architectural work throughout the entire course to RICHARD H. Hoocss, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Toneka.
The Winnfield Herbert Carroll Memorial Poetry Prizes
First Prize: NONE
Second and Third Prides, Jointly to: PHYLLIS JONES, a Senior in the College from Sedan, and to MARK VIESELMAN, a Junior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence.
The Carter Stationery Store Prize in Design to HELEN PEPPERELL, a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Wichita.
The Carter Stationery Store Prize in Watercolor to JOCE HARTWELL, a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Wichita.
The Lambda Chapter of Chi Omega Prize for the ranking woman in the Department of Economics in the College, or in the School of Business to SHIRLEY MAE SNYDER, Senior in Business, from Mission.
The Delta Sigma Rho Medal for excellence in debate to JAMES GILLIE, a Senior in the School of Business, from Joplin, Missouri.
The Alice Chittenden Prize for excellence in freshman architectural subjects to LEE F. HODGEDEN, a Freshman in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence.
The Morris A. Ginsberg Prize in Medicine for 1941-1942 to the junior student who has done the best work in the Department of Medicine, to ROBERT E. BOLINGER, a Junior in the School of Medicine, from Merriam.
The Honor Graduates of the Reserve Officers Training Corps for the highest scholarship and proficiency in military training to FREDERICK BOHANNON, a Senior in the College, from Kansas City; Missouri; GEORGE L. JOHNSON, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence; WILLIAM A. KELLY, a Senior in the College, from Leavenworth; VERNON J. MKALE, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Garnett; ROBERT G. WHITE, a Senior in the College, from Norton.
The Keeler Prize in Painting to NANCY TEICHGRAEBER, Sophomore in the School of Fine Arts, from Emporia.
The Lehn and Fink Gold Medal for general excellence in pharmacy to BILL B. Bass, a Senior in the School of Pharmacy, from Wathena.
The Merck Award to the student with the highest standing in Materia Medica in the School of Pharmacy to L. RAY GARRETT, a Senior in the School of Pharmacy, from Neodesha.
The Merck Award to the student with the highest standing in Dispensing Pharmacy to WAYNE J. DEWEY, a Senior in the School of Pharmacy, from Garden City.
The Pi Kappa Lambda Proficiency Awards to SUZANNE SCHMIDT, a junior in the School of Fine Arts, from Freeport; MARGARET LOUSE KAY, a Sophomore in the School of Fine Arts, from Dodge City; JAMES LERCH, a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Kansas City, Missouri.
The Phi Chi Theta Scholarship Key to the woman in the School of Business ranking highest in scholarship, activities, and leadership to SHIRLEY MAE SNYDER, a Senior in the School of Business, from Mission.
The Scarab Medal for excellence in Sophonore Architectural Design to Richard C. DEARING, a Junior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Kansas City, Missouri.
The Sigma Delta Chi National Scholarship Awards in Journalism to John CONARD, a Senior in the College, from Coolidge; MIRIAM ABLEE, a Senior in the College from Lawrence; and to J. DUM KOWN, a Senior in the College, from Caldwell.
The Henry Schott Memorial Prizes in Journalism to JAMES GUNN, a Junior in the College, from Kansas City, Kansas and WILLIAM HAGE, a Junior in the College, from Garden City.
The Sigma Delta Chi Citation for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism to JOHN CONARD, a Senior in the College, from Coolidge.
The Thayer Medal for excellence in architectural design to FRANK E. GODDING, a Senior in the School of Engineering and Architecture, from Lawrence.
The Vernon Hardware Store Prize in Design to DOROTHY PURDY,
a Freshman in the School of Fine Arts, from Langdon.
Helium Found Through Chance
A celebration at Dexter, Kansas, in 1903 that failed to go off as scheduled was indirectly responsible for an event of momentous importance in the career of the late Dr. H. P. Cady, then assistant professor of chemistry at the University. A wildcat well drilled near Dexter in that year found natural gas at a depth of 500 feet, and a holiday was proclaimed to celebrate the event.
To the amazement of the celebrants, however, the torch was blown out by the gas. The torch was lighted again and the attempt to light the well was repeated, but with the same results. Finally a huge bonfire was built and the gas turned into it. But the bonfire also was extinguished.
With the first World War, the need became pressing for a non-inflammable gas, and the War department asked Dr. Cady to find a natural gas supply with sufficient helium to make extraction feasible
Following this, a sample of the gas was sent to Dr. Cady's laboratory for analysis. The University chemist found that the gas would not burn because of the high nitrogen content, and further analysis showed that the gas contained almost two per cent helium.
Everything went well until the climax of the program, when a workman attempted to light the well with a torch as a symbol of the availability of cheap fuel.
The Germans, who suffered because they could not use helium in the ill-fated "Hindenburg," were, strangely enough, the cause of its commercialization and development. Their use of tracer bullets to set fire to American balloons made the hydrogen bags so unsafe that the government was forced to find a substitute gas. A helium-filled balloon, it was found, although filled with bullet holes, would sink slowly to the ground without bursting into flame.
The first cubic foot of helium produced by Dr. Cady cost $2,500. Before the war, the federal government, which operates helium plants is a monopoly, sold the gas to private companies and individuals at about one-half cent a cubic foot.
for use as a substitute for the dangerous hydrogen gas which was used in airships at the time.
In 1938, shortly after the burning of the "Hindenburg," the German government sought to buy helium of the United States government. Dr. Cady at that time stated that he was "unalterably opposed" to the sale because he was certain that the Germans planned to use the gas for warfare.
Before the present war, Dr. C. W. Seibel, of the United States Bureau of Mines, predicted that helium had unlimited possibilities.
"The commercial uses are now being developed to a point where helium is being tried in deep sea diving, caisson work under compressed air for tunnel construction, cooling of electrical equipment, food preservation, and many matallurgical processes."
A "secretarial minor" for bachelor of arts students is being introduced into the curriculum of Moravian College for Women, Pa.
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