THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 4,1943
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Two Experiments . . .
Dr. Kenneth Moore Makes Hobby of Lab Psychology With Hot and Cold Bats
By RUTH TIPPIN
Laboratory experimenting may be a job to psychology students, but to Dr. Kenneth Moore, graduate student and assistant instructor of psychology, it is his principal hobby. He likes it
Recently completing the second of a series of experiments to determine the effect of temperature on behavior (using white rats as subjects), Dr. Moore reported his results to the psychology club at its regular meeting Tuesday.
The first of these experiments was performed by Leo Hellmer, assistant professor of psychology at the University two years ago, who discovered that rats in a cold room (about 55 degrees) learned more quickly than those in warmer rooms.
Mr. Moore checked Prof. Hellmer's results and proceeded further to determine whether changing the temperature in the room would change the rat's performance. Strangely enough, a rat who was changed from a hot room of approximately 95 degrees to a cold room relearned the simple maze with which they were tested in about half the time it took for a rat changing from cold to hot.
Also, the cold room rats were more healthy, and they learned more methodically, while the hot room rats tended to be sickly and erratic.
In checking Prof. Hellmer's results, Dr. Moore discovered that hot room rats learning the maze for the first time took from two to four times as long as those in the cold room.
All this may be applied to human beings as well as to more rodents. The belief that behavior changes with temperature has been held by Prof. R.H. Wheeler of the psychology department for a long time.In fact, Prof.Wheeler suggested the experiment himself.
Dr. Moore has been a graduate student at the University for five years, and is familiar to many students who have taken a psychology laboratory course under him. He received his doctor's degree at the University last spring.
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Hunters are expected to add 135 million pounds of meat to the nation's food supply in the next 12 months.
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University of Pittsburgh has adopted a physical training program to prepare women for the WAACS and the WAVES.
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B tournament. Phi Delt will play the Sig Alph's and ATO will play the Phi Gam's to see who plays for the B championship.
Forfeited games were: Ramblers to Blanks and Hopkins hall to Nu Sigma Nu.
Tuesday night, it was a battle between Coops in the first game with Jayhawk outpointing Rock Chalk 23-19. Both teams were cold, John Rebeer leading the winners with seven points and Joe and John Bossi pacing the losers with 11 points between them.
Hellhounds continued on the victory trail, edging out Allen SemiCoop 25-23. Hamry Whrerry led the Heller's attack with nine points. Gene Frazier of the losers was high scorer of the game with 11 points.
Admiral Land Defends Sailors Against Rumors
Washington, Feb. 3- (INS)—Defending the U. S. merchant marine against rumors and reports of personnel difficulties, OWI Chief Elmer Davis today disclosed that merchant marine casualties totaled more than 3,200 in the first year of the war and said the men of this branch have "delivered the goods" and shown "patriotism, courage and devotion to duty."
Davis made public a report from Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator, which he requested to clear up the situation.
Loyal and Efficient
"Admiral Land's report shows that American seamen are loyal and efficient," Davis said.
Highlights of Land's report included:
1. Merchant marine casualties (Dead and missing only) have totaled more than 3,200-3.8 per cent of their total number of 70,000 in one year of war. Casualties of the armed services in the same period amounted to less than one per cent of their total number.
2. About three-fourths of the offshore merchant scamen are always at sea—"in the front line."
Sailors Willing
3. Willingness of sailors to brave bombs and torpedoes was shown recently when 100,000 persons responded to WSA's call for experienced seamen.
4. Actual pay for the average able seaman or fireman, is about $57 a week, about what a second class rigger earns in a shipyard.
5. WSA's labor relations division, which investigates all reports of interaction of discipline, found practically all such incidents occurred in port and were the result of continued strain.
6. Despite an expected increase in enemy attacks on merchant shipping, a greater percentage of survivals is expected this year because of more escort vessels, better-armed ships, more and improved safety devices and more experienced crews.
More Survivals Expected
Land said that the examination or 302 log books, covering voyages from January to November, 1942, disclosed only 56 cases of infraction of discipline of which only 32 were deemed serious enough to warrant disciplinary action.
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Steel Shortage Causes Listed
Washington, (INS) — Placing the responsibility for the steel shortage on the armed forces, the big steel companies and the WPB, the Truman committee today said that it appears that barely enough steel will be produced this year and thereafter to satisfy major war necessities and there is no assurance that all the needs of essential civilian industries will be filled.
In a special report to the Senate, the committee termed steel the stumbling block of war production and listed these factors as responsible.
1. The armed forces because they underestimated the amount of steel they would need.
2. The big steel companies because of their desire "to prevent any expansion that might react unfavorably against their control of the steel industry after the war."
Pi Phi Wins Three Table Tennis Games
3. The War Production Board because of its delay in converting industry to a war basis.
Only three of the five table tennis matches scheduled for this week were played and the other two were forfeited.
Pi Beta Phi won three games from Alpha Chi Omega; Kappa Alpha Theta defeated Gamma Phi two games out of three played; and Corbin hall won two and lost one of its three matches with IWW.
ETC forfeited to Co-op, and Delta Gamma forfeited to Kappa Kappa Gamma.
University Receives Gift
Wayne University recently received a gift of $500 to aid in development of a branch of the Hooker Scientific library.
U S Bombers Attack Targets in Germany Following RAF Raid
London, (INS)—Heavy bombers of the US Army Air Force attacked targets in Northwest Germany today following a devastating RAF assault against Hamburg during the night.
The new raid, following several hours after giant RAF planes had blasted factories producing and equipping submarines at Hamburg was the second attack carried out by American bombers against German soil.
WAA Charts Routes For Group Hiking
Hiking was initiated as a method of gaining points at the February meeting of the Women's Athletic Association at Robinson gymnasium this afternoon. All University women interested in WAA membership were invited to this meeting. They were offered the hiking plan to gain a part of the 125 points necessary for membership in the association.
For those who plan to take advantage of hiking as a method of gaining points, there will be more organized hikes. All hikes must be taken in the company of at least one other person. Hiking routes have been charted.
Reich Bombed Again After Berlin Assault
London, Feb. 3 (INS) - Royal Air Force bombers attacked Germany during the night, it was announced today.
The raid was the first by the British against the Reich since the large port of Hamburg was battered Saturday night in the wake of two daring daylight assaults on Berlin which disrupted proceedings of the celebration marking the 10th anniversary of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor.
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ISA Elects Members Of Council at Dance
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Results of the ISA election held at the hour dance in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building Tuesday night have been announced by Mary Gene Hull, president of the organization.
District representatives on the Independent Student Association council will be Jack Doores, District 1; Hazel DeWald, District 2; and John Sells, District 3.
Those nominated for representatives-at-large are Elizabeth Baker, College freshman, Gerald Dick, College sophomore; Ruth Krehbiel, College sophomore; Bertha Cummins, College sophomore; Esther DeBord, College junior; Harry Johnson, freshman engineer; Donald Germann, College sophomore; Pat Foster, College sophomore; Harlan Cope, College junior; Virginia Markley, College sophomore; and Scott Tidswell, College sophomore.
Four representatives-at-large will be elected from this group at the ISA varsity Feb. 13.
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