1941
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Life Began In 1889---- Prof. J. D. Stranathan Reveals Life History
Who—J. D. Stranathan, professor physics.
When and where born—Kansas City, Missouri, 1889.
Schools attended—Graduated in electrical engineering, Kansas University, 1921. Master of Science in Physics, 1924. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1928. While at Chicago he studied under
A. A. Michelson and A. H. Compton, Nobel Prize winners.
Wife—Former teacher of English at Kansas State College.
Family-Two daughters: Mary, sixth grade; Fern, sophomore in the University.
Family diversion - Climbing mountains and fishing in mountain lakes. Spent three months visiting all the national parks of the West. Golf, ping-pong, and bridge while at home.
Family pet—Blue-persian cat.
Secret ambition—Fewer hours and better pay.
Joke was on him!-A number of years ago he noticed that one of his shoes was wearing out faster than the other. Taking it to the store from which he had purchased the shoes, he was informed that he was not wearing mates. He went home, dug out the mate, and laughed several weeks at his carelessness.
Were women fickle in his day,
too?"—"Always were and always will be."
A teacher's thought—"One of the biggest kicks I get out of teaching is to find a few students in a class with a curiosity. We don't just teach but look for someone with a desire to learn."
This is Prof. J. D. Stranathan, chairman of the department of physics, whose scientific career began when he received a few electrical toys from his parents as a gift.
$115 Netted For British Children
Philanthropic midweek dancers last night contributed $115 to the American branch of Save the Children Federation, Roy Edwards, student chairman of the dance, reported today.
Russ Chambers and Clayton Harbur, donating their services for the varsity, played from 7 to 8 o'clock and 8 to 9 o'clock respectively.
The money taken in will aid British children living in bombed areas
Trumpeteers, Baton Twirler to Perform For Lawrence Club
The Jayhawk Trumpeteers, who are Herbert Mueller, Robert Cater, and Wally Kunkel, will play at the meeting of the Lawrence Co-op Club tonight at the Eldridge hotel.
Billy Sears, member of the twirling staff of the University band, will give a demonstration of baton technique. This performance will use single and double field batons and single and double electric batons. Sears is a national winner and one of the outstanding twirlers of the band.
Old East, the single building that comprised the University of North Carolina's physical plant when it opened in 1795, is still in use.
Initiate Twelve Quacks
Twelve new members were initiated into Quack club at that group's picnic, Wednesday evening. They were Pat Arnall, Peggy Ballard, Jean Boardman, Lucille Comley, Phyllis Collier, Shirley Davis, Cynthia Gilmer, Gladys Hawkins, Helen Herrick, Harriet Hutchison, Mary B. Todd, and Betty Gsell.
Margaret Whitehead, president, was in charge of the initiation ceremony, which followed the picnic. Nada Clifton, Teddy Comley, and Jean Ott were on the food committee.
15 Schools Sign for Conference
Advanced registrations for the first annual conference for English teachers of Kansas high schools to be held at the University Oct. 17 and 18 are coming in rapidly. Registrations from the following cities were announced today: Abilene, Holton, Concordia, Ottawa, Fairview, Leavenworth, Clay Center, Parsons, Whiting, Humboldt, Topeka, Osawatomie, Kansas City, Winfield and Lawrence.
Clinics and group conferences and an address by Clarence R. Decker, president of the University of Kansas City, will comprise the meeting. The address is open to the public.
Representative of Parke, Davis Co. To Speak Here
"Vitamin Preparations" will be the subject of a talk by H. R. Allee of Parke, Davis and Company, Kansas City, Mo., to the students in the School of Pharmacy at 11:30 Friday morning.
It was this Detroit plant which was visited by the senior students of the School of Pharmacy last year when they took their two-day inspection trip.
The Lawrence Police department last night received a call from a women's rooming house at 1244 Ohio street saying that someone had shot through a second floor window. The investigation which followed proved the culprit not to be a gangster with a "tommy gun," but some boy with an air rifle promiscuously "shooting the works."
Air Rifle Blitz
False Alarm
Dr. R. F. Boyd To Address Health Class
Average expenses of students at Yale University are estimated at $1,800.
Dr. Richard F. Boyd, divisional director of the local health services of the Kansas State Board of Health at Topeka, will speak to the class in school hygiene of A. H. Turney, professor of education, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in 306 Fraser.
Dr. Boyd's speech will concern the work of the county health units. He will present some data and slides on county health projects in Kansas.
"All but one member of the hygiene class will be out in public schools next year," Professor Turney said. The information Dr. Boyd presents will help to acquaint the prospective teacher with sources of medical aid available to her for her students.
First County Unit in 1917
The first county health unit was organized in 1917 in Washington. There are 3,000 counties in the United States,a considerable number of which have health units. There are approximately seven county units in the state of Kansas. The work is done through the regular physicians.
The Kansas State Board of Health checks the extent of nursing service, needs of school health examinations, tries to control epidemics and provides literature on any medical subject of interest to the people of the state.
Professor Turney invites anyone outside the hygiene class who is interested to hear Dr. Boyd. Throughout the year lectures will be given by other medical men.
Student loan funds totaling $19,- 960 are available at the University of Louisville.
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T. D. Martin, director of membership for the National Education Association of the United States, and C. O. Wright, executive secretary of the Kansas State Teachers Association, will speak to students in education classes and to teachers from the surrounding area at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow in Fraser theater. Mr. Martin's discussion, which is especially for beginning teachers, will include the phases of the National Education Association program. Mr. Wright will present the program of the Kansas State Teachers' Association.
All students in education classes are being urged by the department to attend the discussions to obtain information on professional activities in groups with whom they will be associated after graduation.
Sorority To Sponsor Music Movie
Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music sorority, will sponsor the picture, "Smilin' Through," starting Sunday at the Jayhawker. The proceeds of the show will be used to send sorority delegates to the national convention in Denver next summer.
Jeanette McDonald and Gene Raymond are co-starred in the technicolor film. The picture is a musical story combined with the same play which has been filmed twice before with Norma Tadmudge and Norma Shearer in the leads. The engagement will last four days.
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