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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941.
Jakosky Brings Plea For Zinc
The federal government has appealed to the headquarters of the Kansas State Geological Survey located here for assistance in prospecting for new fields of zine, it was announced yesterday by Dr. R.M.Dreyer, head of the survey.
There is an acute shortage of zinc in the United States and this shortage is becoming of growing concern to the Army and Navy.
The appeal for assistance was brought directly from Washington by J. J. Jakosky, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
The tri-state area of southeastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri, is the most important zinc deposit in the United States, and according to officials of the Geological Survey there is a large amount of territory in Kansas to be prospected.
On April 8 there will be a meeting of the Zinc and Lead Producers Association together with the Geological Survey- and members of the University School of Engineering and Architecture to launch the project.
The project is of such great importance that it is possible that material assistance from the government may be forthcoming, according to a recent statement by J. C. Nichols, former Kansas City realtor now associated with federal war industries promotion in Washington.
Haul Dirt
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For Shrubs
Are you wondering about those piles of dirt in front of the Union building?
George M. Fisher, landscape gardener of the University, says the dirt will be used to replace soil which will be removed from around the Union building. The thin top soil on Mount Oread, he explained, is not suitable for shrubs to grow in. Hence rich dirt must be brought in.
This is but one part of a large-scale program to landscape the campus.
The same thing was done before the circle at the west end of Campus drive was planted. Also work has been started on the lawn in front of Frank Strong hall and around the new steps south of Spooner-Thayer museum.
In the past, rich soil has been hauled from the Robinson farm, a distance of five miles; but the dirt which has been deposited in front of the Union, and that which will be used in front of Frank Strong, is being obtained from the excavation on the site of the new R.O. T.C. building on the south slope of the campus.
Plans for the Union landscaping call for 28 different varieties of shrub. At present, the planting will be in the front and on the south side of the Union building, because of the possibility that an extension will be built onto the north side of the building.
NOTICE
J. J. Jakosky, dean of the School of Engineering, asks that engineering seniors who expect to be graduated in June report to his office to check transcripts.
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CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION---
CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION---
the project, estimates that the
tellers will turn out around 6,500 feet
of face rock. Algire added that the
cut stone would be supplemented
by nearly 800 tons of ruble rock
recently exposed near the planned site
for the building.
Algire said that he was well satisfied with the progress of the project so far, and that he was sure that the building would easily be completed within the previously estimated twelve months.
Most recent advances made to- ward the completion of the job are a new supply house, and the extension of water service to the location of the work.
Algire said that the main difficulty confronting the project at present are production bottlenecks in vital building materials. However, he is confident that such scarcities could be overcome without too much loss in time.
WORLD FAMOUS—
Stradivarius and an almost equally valuable Guadagnini has at times been a difficult task. Some time ago while playing in a Los Angeles concert hall, his Guadagnini was stolen. As Zimbalist was scheduled for an Oriental tour he had to sail without the violin. A short time later the Guadagnini was offered for sale to the Chicago representative of Rudolph Wurlitzer who had himself sold it to Zimbalist.
But Rudolph Wurlitzer recognized the violin as Zimbalist's, called the police and cabled Zimbalist who was in Australia, that his violin had been recovered.
Zimbalist cabled back his thanks and asked to have the precious instrument shipped to him. However the courts of Los Angeles wanted it for evidence and by the time it reached Australia the violinist was on his way to Japan. After much cable consultation and custom house red tape, it was packed off to Tokyo. From then on the Guadagnini followed Zimbalist much as Evangeline pursued the trail of her lost lover. It missed him in Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Manila, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and again at Sidney.
At this point Zimbaliist ordered the violin sent to his home. Several weeks later Zimbalist on his return from Europe found the violin at his home none the worse for its travels. Zimbalists' program for Monday is:
"Chaccone" (Vitali); "Concerto in D Minor" (Bruch), in three movements; "Poeme" Chausson); and "Sarasatean" (Zimbalist), a group of six Spanish dances.
Vladimir Sokoleff will accompany Zimbalist at the piano.
TEXAS WINS----
State and Wichita University. Ten teams were entered in the contests.
State and Wichita University. Ten teams were entered in the contests. John Meredith, college senior, placed sixth in the extemporaneous speaking contest which was held Friday. His subject was "Colonel Lindbergh and the wave of the future." David Wood, Oklahoma junior, won first place, speaking on the subject "An appraisal of Wendell Willkie." Second place winner was Jerry Hudson, Louisiana State sophomore, who spoke on "The political future of the isolationists in Congress." Harold Alberts, second year law student at Texas University, took third place with the subject. "Are we going away from our social New Deal."
Two degrees of Bachelor of Science and five University Teachers diplomas will be conferred upon liv University students, Raymond A Dean of the School of Education announced yesterday.
Five Will Receive Teachers' Diploma
It was voted by the faculty of the School of Education Tuesday to invite Chancellor Deane W. Malott, the Board of Regents to join them in coferring these degrees and diplomas.
John William Crutcher and Margaret Murlee Shaw will receive both the degree of B. S. in Education and the University Teachers' diploma. Sara Jane Graham, Ruth Louise Mercer and Maxine Patterson will receive the University Teachers' diploma.
The other debaters for the University were Emmett Park, college senior, and Crier Stewart, college junior.
This is the first year that the University has failed to place among the top three in the debating contest, said Prof. E. C. Buehler of the speech department.
CHINESE STUDENT--heart of the plains on district.
Boarding house slang like "shoot me the staff of life" utterly confuses Pan, or although he studied the English language and used English textbooks in Peking University fore he was graduated, he was not acquainted with American slang. "Bull session" and "O.K." are now part of his working vocabulary, but beyond that—
(continued from, page six) study petroleum geology," Pan's greatest interest, and that it was "conveniently located close to the
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Americans Are "O. K."
Cool tap water was another great mystery to Pan, for in China he never drank water except immediately after it had been boiled. In that country, tap water is safe only in the large cities. Coffee and milk are practically unknown to the average man there, but hot tea provides the pause that refreshes at ten o'clock, two, and four.
heart of the plains oil district."
Asked what he thought about our food, Pan cast his first vote for the American dessert. In China, the ordinary meal consists of meat and potatoes, or some other vegetable, boiled together, and a coarse bread. In the southern part of the country, however, rice replaces bread in the diet and provides the major portion of the daily fare.
"Americans are O. K. with me," said Pan. smiling at his successful use of the phrase, "but I don't think they should have sent scrap metal to Japan."
JAYHAWKERTODAY
Pan plans to study here for two years and then return to his native country to work in the Chinese Geological Survey.
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