THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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Future Aces Get Rugged C.A.A. Exam
By CHARLES SKIDMORE
When Uncle Sam puts his name on the dotted line and agrees to finance a student through his C.A.A. flight program and make a pilot of him, he wants only young men who are physically fit. That is the reason why the physical examination required for entrance to the course is so rigid.
Have you ever wondered just what the C.A.A. physical exam consists of? If you have, here's the answer: The first requirement is $6, cash on the barrel head. After that you are ready for the "works."
Color Test First
The first step is to pass the color blindness test. You read the red letters in the green background of circles. Then you pick out the red dots from a maze of green dots. Lastly you place your fingers on a red line of dots, and trace the zig-zag lines through the green background. If you can't do this you're washed out practically Before you're started.
Evidently the government thinks it is important that you should be able to distinguish a flat green field from a plowed field.
Then come the eye-tests proper You must read the rows of letters, letters much smaller than those you read when you took your physical exam when entering the University. If you can do this, you then are shown a small spot of light across the room.
Eyes Must Be Shifty
A thin beam of light appears in the vicinity of the spot and at the second these intersect, you must be able to see the resulting spot. Following this, the spot of light changes quickly from one to two spots, and you must signal the changes as you see them—but quickly. If your eyes can't shift quickly, you can't pilot a government plane.
If your eyes are all right, you receive the test which you have undoubtedly read about in the papers or magazines. It is the depth perception test. A small black box is placed twenty feet from you. In this
look are two small wooden pegs which slide back and forth on tracks. A string runs from each peg to each of your hands. Then to test your depth perception, you must bring the two pegs together, side by side.
If, in five tries, you can't do a fair job of lining up the two pegs, you might not be able to judge distances from the ground, and the government doesn't want you to crack its airplanes or your neck.
Examine Ears Too
After the doctor examines your teeth, tonsils, and nose, he is ready for the important ear test. With one ear turned away from the doctor, you should be able to hear a number which he whispers, while he is at the same time, brushing his hand briskly across the ear which is next to him.
Providence help the poor pilot who couldn't hear a German in a Messerschmidt slipping upon him from behind a cloud!
Lastly is the examination of the body itself. Of course, you must be in perfect health. One part of this test, the heart pressure, washes out more prospective pilots than any other cause. If the doctor thinks your pressure is high because you are nervous, he will probably tell you to come back the next day and try it once more.
Then there are little things like standing on one bare foot with your eyes closed, and lifting the other
leg out in front at a right angle, your hands extended in front all the time. If you think that's easy, try it sometime. If you can pass all these tests, you'll be eligible to fly in the C.A.A. course.
KFKU
The following is a detailed program schedule for station KFKU from Feb. 6 to Feb. 16;
3:00 Elementary French Lesson .
2:14 France New York, Puzzel.
Thursday, Feb. 6
3:17 Elementary Spanish Lesson.
6:00 Your Health,"Fads in Medicine," sponsored by the School of Medicine—Dr. Hugh L Dwyer, chairman of the radio committee.
Friday, Feb. 7
9:30:10:00 University of Kansas Roundtable, "Trends and Traditions of the University of Kansas," W. E. Sandelius, dept. of political science, chairman; E. M. Hopkins, dept. of English; E. B. Stouffer, dean of the Graduate School.
3:00-3:30 Symphonic Hour, "Symphony in D minor," Caesar Franck.
6:00-6:30 Piano Trio, Voice and
Piano. Donna Hughes, soprano,
Marvin Wadley, tenor.
Monday, Feb 19
3:00 Elementary French Lesson.
3:14 Kansas News Briefs.
3:17 Elementary Spanish Lesson.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
6:00 Public Opinion and the News.
Siegfried Mickelson.
Tuesday, Feb 11
3:00 Story-Book Lady, "A Valentine Story" (story for primary grades.)
3:15 Book-Club Program. "For Whom the Bell Tolls,"—Ernest Hemingway.
6:00 Excursions in Science.
6:15 Boy Scout Program, presented by Alpha Phi Omega.
Wednesday, Feb. 18
3:00 On the Flying-Carpet, "Stories About Lincoln" (for intermediate grades).
Wednesday, Feb. 12
3:15 Kansas News Briefs.
6:00-6:30 Women's Glee Club, directed by Irene Peabody and Piano Duo, studio Allie Merle Conger.
3:17 Elementary Spanish Lesson.
9:30-10:00 University of Kansas Roundtable, "Cultural Relations with Other Countries." Marston McCluggage and Harvey E. Steiger, dept. of sociology; Royal Humbert from the School of Religion.
6:00 Your Health, "Cancer—the Disease."
3:00 Elementary French Lesson.
3.14 Hour
Thursday, Feb. 15
3:00 Elementary French Lesson
3:14 Kansas News Briefs.
3:17 Books and Reading.
Fridav. Feb. 14
6. 00-6.50 Piano Trio, Voice and Flano, presented by the School of Fine Arts.
3:00-3:30 Symphonic Hour, "Eighth Symphony" by Beethoven.
Sundav. Feb. 16
4:00-5:00 School of Fine Arts Vesper.
6:00-6:30 Piano Trio, Voice and Flute
Donna Hughes Opens Senior Recitals
Opening a series of senior and graduate recitals was Donna Hughes' recital in voice last night in Frank Strong auditorium.
Miss Hughes' program included: Batti Batti from "Don Giovanni" (Mozart); Depuis Le Jour from "Louise" (Charpentier); and "Ombra Leggiera from "Dinorah" (Meyerbeer).
Jack Stephenson assisted during the program with two cello numbers.
Other recitals in the series to be presented this spring are as follows:
Feb. 19—Rosalys McCreyer Rieger, pianist; Feb. 26—Agnes Romary, pianist; March 5—Zaida Pratt, pianist; Hortense Harris, soprano; April 7—Helen Van Dyke, pianist; Marvin Wadley, tenor; April 16—Loren Withers, pianist; April 20—Sarai Mohler, cellist; DeLloyd Tibbs, tenor
April 28—Ruth Gibson, pianist; April 30—Billy Henderson, baritone; May 4—Lorenzo Fuller, baritone; May 6—Winifred Hill, pianist; May 18—Arnold Lynch, organist; May 26—(Graduate recital) Helen Bronson, pianist.
Who Is Ferdinand?
Philadelphia (UP) — Germantown Friends School conducts an information test every year to determine students' knowledge of the outside world. This year's examination revealed some interesting definitions. They were:
Ivory Tower—when a person is in love; also, a woman's neck.
Blitzkrieg—a dachshund.
Ideology—the study of idiots and the worship of idols to another.
Ann Sheridan received two votes and Hedy Lamarr one as America's most prominent woman.
Author of Kitty Foyle-Darwin.
Ferdinand the Bull—Don Quixote. Skoda—Japanese building.
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Now Is Time To Try For Place In Orchestra
"ANDY HARDY MEETS DEBUTANTE"
Tryouts for new members of the University Symphony orchestra will be held all this week, according to Karl Kuersteiner director of the University Symphony orchestra.
Musicians interested in trying out for the orchestra should see Director Kuersteiner or officers of the orchestra. Officers are Jack Stephenson, president, fine arts junior; Lois Worrel, vicepresident, fine arts junior; and Leora Adams, secretary, fine arts sophomore.
The first rehearsal will be held at 7:30 Thursday evening in Hoch auditorium where practice will start on numbers for the spring concert.
The orchestra will play "New World Symphony" by Dvorak, an
The orchestra will be assisted by the Modern Choir and a number of soloists.
overture by Dr. Skilton of the School of Fine Arts, and the "Ballad for Americans" assisted by the choir and Lorenzo Fuller, baritone.
The spring concert will be given in Hoch auditorium on March 13. The program will be made up entirely of music either written by Americans or written in America about America.
Novelties will be a clog dance by Percy Grainger, played by two piano soloists accompanied by the string section. Two dancers from Tau Sigma, dancing fraternity, will dance to this number in costume. A Negro male quartet will sing "The Walls of Jericho."
Mr. Fuller will also sing "Glory Road" accompanied by the orchestra.
NYA Workers There Occupy Old ATO House Laborers On Eng Lab
Laborers On Eng. Lab
The old Victorian mansion, one of the oldest in Lawrence, has been leased by the procurement division
Since Jan. 19, the old A.T.O. fraternity house at the north edge of the city has been occupied by a group of NYA workers who are employed in the construction of the University's new engineering laboratory building which will be located behind Marvin hall.
of the treasury department in Washington.
Special attractions have been added in order to draw workers from adjoining counties, including instruction in several University courses and meals served in the Memorial Union cafeteria.
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