THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE THREE
tonight.
initiation
day was
To Start Production of Earth Blocks For New Lab
Foreman and NYA Workers--in a shed a few feet west of the auditorium for storage. An occasional load is tested by W. C. McNown, professor of civil engineering, or his assistants, for water content. Water Must Be Drained
Foremen and NYA workers on the Engineering Research laboratory are making last-minute preparations for starting into the production of the earth blocks used in the new building.
A tentative production schedule has been set up, and work will probably begin by the end of this week or the beginning of the next.
The "block-factory" in the basement of Hoch auditorium will combine an age-old industry with modern theories and production techniques. The earth is brought in from a glacial deposit about three miles east of Lawrence. It is placed
A recent test showed that two yards of earth contained almost a barrel of water. All of this water must be drained out of the earth so the correct amount of water can be out in during the mixing process.
After being tested and taken to the basement room the earth, which is almost orange in color, is laid out on screened tables to a depth of about two inches to facilitate drying.
When dry enough, the earth drops through the screening to another bin. Then the proper amounts of earth, cement, and water are measured and blended in a small, electrically-operated mixer. Shaped in Wooden Forms.
The blocks will be shaped in wooden forms. After considerable experimentation for the most efficient type of form, one made of oak treated with parrafin was adopted. Each of these forms can turn out three blocks at a time, and eight will be used. Two men will operate each form.
As the face of the block will be of better quality material than the rest
of the block, it will be made first. Then the rest of the block will be made. When finished, the blocks will be carted into a curing room. This was the room formerly used to house the anti-aircraft gun, now placed in a shed east of the auditorium.
Placed in Rack For Day
A rack containing 23 compartments is set up in this room, and the blocks will be placed in this rack for a day. Then each day's production will be moved out and placed in separate piles on the floor, and a card with the date of production will be placed beside them.
--- End of the Week
A certain degree of moisture will be maintained in this room to prevent the blocks from drying and thus cracking or crumbling before they have a chance to harden. The blocks will be used in the building in the order of their production so that all blocks will be given enough curing.
Foremen on the project estimate that the production of blocks will be about 300 a day during the early days of production. As time goes on, however, better production methods may be found, and production may reach 500 a day. Approximately 40,000 blocks will be used in the work.
happenings on the hill
Ad Lindsey, former Jayhawk head football coach, is now in charge of men's athletics at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, near Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Lindsey and daughter Nancy have just returned from a visit with the ex-coach.
John H. Woods, Bonner Springs, who has been working at an aeronautical institute in Kansas City, has been appointed aircraft welding instructor in the Defense Training for Out-of-School Youth program.
Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, will speak to the Horton teachers at a dinner meeting tonight.
Shirley Johnson, college senior; will visit Saturday at Park College in Parkville, Mo., where she formerly attended school.
Art Wolf, freshman law student
last semester, left today for a two weeks trip to Kansas high schools in connection with the University extension bureau.
When Ben Petree, a former resident of Battenfeld hall from St. Joseph, paid the boys a visit yesterday, the lure of the kitchen sink was too much for him. Ben had been a dishwasher at the hall last semester and in a few moments he was drying dishes just for the fun of it.
Although it was unknown to most University students, Kansas officially was the host school at the Big Six indoor track meet held in Kansas City Saturday.
Miss Margaret Anderson, assistant professor of speech, spoke to the pharmacy colloquy class yesterday on "Our Everyday Speech."
Robert M. Davis, professor of law, spoke last night at a meeting of the Lawrence Business and Professional Women's club.
John Socolofsky, a senior in the department of chemistry, has received a job with Scony Vacuum Oil company.
Cole Leverenz, college senior, attended the Young Republicans convention in Topeka over the week end and returned to the campus Tuesday.
Stokowski Will Audition Two K.U. Students
Auditions before Stokowski and a chance for appointment to the All-American youth orchestra will be the lot of Eugene Ninger, fine arts junior, and Robert Forman, fine arts junior, when they go to Kansas City's Music hall tomorrow morning.
Nininger will play the violin for Stokowski, and Forman will play the oboe and English horn. These auditions, unlike last
year's Kansas City auditions will be for final selection. If Stokowski nods his head and says "Hm-m, not bad—" when he hears the two University boys, then the auditions are over and the all-American youth orchestra has gained a member or members from the state of Kansas.
BEAT OKLAHOMA!!
The All-American orchestra will tour the American continent next summer, and the musicians will receive union wages throughout the trip.
Shows: 2:30 - 7:00 - 9:00
Continuous Shows Sat. and Sun.
Admission 10c and 15c
Authorized Parties
10c to ALL
JACK HOLT
"Fugitive From a Prison Camp"
and No. 8 "Winners of West"
ENDS TONIGHT
Friday March 7,1941
Friday and Saturday Blazing Border Adventure! TIM HOLT
RAY WHITLEY
Also—Chap. 9 "Fu Manchu
Comedy - Cartoon - News
"Along The Rio Grande"
Inter-fraternity Council, Dance at Union Ballroom, 12:00 m.
FRIDAY NITE, 9:00
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SUNDAY — 3 Days
BING CROSBY
GLORIA JEAN
"If I Had My Way"
Saturday March 8,1941
Varsity, Union Ballroom, 12:00 m. Delta Chi, Dance at Chapter House, 12:00 m.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Adviser of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
For 200 G's
★★★
Alec Sues
Alec Templeton, blind concert pianist who is to appear on the University Concert Course next fall, has filed suit against his parents in the Chicago circuit court for an accounting of an estimated $200,000 in earnings. He also seeks an injunction to restrain his parents from using any power of attorney he may have signed.
Although Templeton has allegedly made $200,000 since he became 21 years old in 1930, he has received only $100 a month for living expenses with an additional $2,000 since last September.
The suit also charges that various accounts recently requested by Templeton from his parents are "inadequate" with respect to his income and earnings.
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Opera Star Carter Plays, Sings For Sigma Nu's
John Carter, New York City, of opera and radio fame, and Ensign Martin Flesher, U.S.N.R., Trenton, Mo., University graduate, were dinner guests last evening at the Sigma Nu house.
Carter, a tenor, has sung leading roles in several operas at the Metropolitan Opera house and recently appeared regularly on the radio program with Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen, and Charlie McCarthy. Acting as his own accompanist, he sang requests of the fraternity men last night until time for him to catch his train for Kansas City. He will sing on the Ford program Sunday evening.
Ensign Flesher recently was graduated from a 3-months course in the Naval Reserve in New York and is leaving next week for Honolulu for active duty aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise.
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