THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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White Rats Teach Lesson
Sit in the Snow
BY DEAN SIMS
Dire consequences are apt to develop if you house yourself in an overly heated room. For proof, take a peek into the psychology experimental laboratories in the basement of Frank Strong hall. It's bound to make a believer out of you; that is, it's bound to if you just keep in mind that whatever can happen to a white rat, can happen to you.
The big experiment, which is still in progress, began when a certain Leo Hellmer was working on his doctor's degree in psychology up here last year. He began with three groups of
group he put in cages in a room maintaining a constant temperature of 90 degrees; the second group were put into a room with a constant temperature of the average heated room, about 70 degrees; and he put the last group into a refrigerated room of 55 degrees. All these rats lived under exactly the same conditions, except for the altered temperatures. Had 'Control Group'
The reason for putting the one group of rates into the room with normal temperature was to form a "control group" or a group with which to compare the other two groups as to the various changes brought about by their living under different temperatures. This "control group" might be said to be the normal group.
When the rats reached the ripe age of 90 days, they were all put in mazes (long boxes with blind alleys, with only one passage Leading to food) and their learning abilities tested. All the differences resulting in the three groups could be attributed to the different temperatures of the habitats.
It was proved that the white rats living in the cooler climated room could learn much more rapidly than could either of the other two groups. It took the rats from the 55 degree room only 12 or 15 trials to solve the riddle of finding the way to the hidden food. It took about 25 attempts for the rats from the normally tempered room to accomplish this, and the ones from the hot room had a hard time doing it in 50 attempts.
Rats Vary in Size
There were some physical differences that developed along with the mental by the rats living in the vari-temperature rooms. The rats from the hotter room all grew long tails, big ears, and a long and thin body.
The rodents living in the normally heated room looked exactly the same as all rats look—not too fat, not too thin, fair-sized ears and medium-sized tails.
The ones from the cold room (exactly opposite of those from the 90 degree climate) grew short tails, small ears, and a short and fat body.
The moral, students, is simply this—don't stay in a nice warm room when you can go outside and sit in the snow and be cold. No doubt it'll be as hard as the very dickens to get used to but just keep in mind what happened to the little white rats who sat cooped up in an over-heated room.
The Fireside Forum will meet at 7 o'clock Sunday night at the Plymouth Congregational church, Bill Harris, forum president, announced today.
Red Cross Calls For Knitting Projects
Mrs. Paul B. Lawson and Mrs. A. T. Walker, co-chairman of the University's Red Cross sewing project, today asked those girls who were knitting garments for the Red Cross to bring them to the sewing room in Fraser hall, room 116, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow. There the garments will be checked by Miss M. Elliott, assistant professor of romance languages, and Miss May Gardner, professor of romance languages, who are faculty supervisors for the project.
At their meeting last evening the W.S.G.A. council agreed to continue its cooperation with the national Red Cross by promoting sewing and knitting for men in service and civilians in war zones.
The sewing room is open Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 12, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons from 2 until 5 o'clock.
Sandelius Speaks In Fourth Meeting Of "World-at-War"
Prof. W. E. Sandelius, acting chairman of the department of political science, will present the fourth lecture in the World-at-War series in Fraser theatre tonight at 7.30.
K.U. Alumnus Is Supervising Nation's Budget
Professor Sandelius will speak on the subject, "Old Order and New; Conflict of Ideologies," a comparative study of totalitarianism and democracy.
Supervising the 56-billion-dollar budget in Washington this year is Harold Dewey Smith, who was graduated from the University in 1922.
Smith, born at Haven, started work when he was in high school. He helped put himself through the University by helping build homes for his professors.
Although Smith took an electrical engineering course here, he is a student of government and has made it his career. He received his master's degree in public administration at the University of Michigan.
Staff member of the Detroit bureau of governmental research was Smith's first job. He has been in administrative work ever since, playing active roles in Kansas and Michigan municipal leagues. Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan made him his administrative assistant in 1937 and later budget director.
Raymond Eastwood, associate professor of drawing and painting, is exhibiting a collection of his finest works in the Keith Gallery in Kansas City this week.
Eastwood Paintings Star This Week In Kansas City Exhibit
President Roosevelt appointed him federal budget director in 1939. The budget bureau's job is to help the President develop a suggested program of action and then facilitate its execution economically and effectively.
A portrait of Suzanne Wieder, college freshman, two figure studies, and a large number of Cape Cod landscapes complete the exhibit. "The Old Telegraph Station," which was shown at the last World's Fair, is also exhibited.
The Kansas City Star art reviewer wrote favorably of the exhibit, saying that he would back the landscapes "against any competition in their own field, both foreign and domestic."
Professor Eastwood will have an exhibition in Spooner-Thayer Museum in May.
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Construction of the Mineral Industries building is well under way, Eugene A. Stephenson, professor of petroleum engineering, said today.
Reinforced concrete flooring has been poured for the northeast portion and is being poured now for the remainder of the building. The cement is vibrated as it is being poured so as to give a smooth finish to the walls and floors, thus eliminating any expensive refinishing, Professor Stephenson said.
eral Industries building will be completed by December of this year. The University is pledged to use the building for such work in defense as the government requests, even before the departments can move in.
The wooden forms to be used in shaping the floors of the new building have been made, and the new road is completed for travel under ordinary weather conditions.
The University, obligated to build a new road after closing up the old county road, which was an extension of West Campus road, has built the new one from a point west of the New Military Science building north-west to where it joins Crescent road, west of the new Industries building. According to the contract, the Min-
As scheduled now, the new building will accommodate the geological survey, cooperative projects with the United States geological survey, geology and geography departments of the University, and the departments of chemical engineering, mining and metallurgy engineering, petroleum engineering, and astronomy.
Prof. Stephenson could make no statement concerning what Haworth Hall will be used for after its present occupants move to the Industries building, but he disclosed that the anatomy and physiology departments are hoping to get it. The present astronomy observatory, a small frame building, will be taken away and the new observatory will be on top of the Mineral Industries building.
Red Cross Twin Funds Near Goal
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The University faculty emergency Red Cross drive has exceeded the $800 goal, and the student fund is nearing the $500 quota, E. C. Buehler, director of the University drive, announced today.
Total receipts from the faculty Red Cross campaign amounted to $808. Although several student houses have not reported their total donations, the student fund now totals $472.30. Professor Buehler said he believed the student objective of $500 would be reached.
K-State Students Apply First Aid, Save a Life
Red Cross courses may be of practical value at any time, news received from Manhattan today indicated.
Quick action by two Kansas State was credited with saving the life of co-eds in applying first aid today Jack Schen, 18, who was injured when his car overturned.
The youth suffered a dangerous cut in the neck and was bleeding badly. The co-eds, Doris Schull, 19, of Kansas City, Kan., and Ellen Robertson, Wichita, applied pressure to Scheu's jugular vein, and checked the flow of blood.
The girls had recently studied first aid at a Red Cross course.
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