WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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No Discussion On Dance Passes
Dance passes will get the cold shoulder from the W.S.G.A. when it meets this evening in the Pine room of the Memorial building, Velma Wilson, c'40, said today.
"Dance passes will not be discussed on the floor tonight nor were they ever intended to be," Wilson said. The Council will hear a report on the vocational guidance program by its committee. Action is expected on the K-book bill which was discussed at the last meeting.
Education Meeting To Draw Fourteen
Fourteen members of the University staff will attend the meeting of the American Association of School Administrators to be held in St. Louis Feb. 25. Between 10,000 and 20,000 educators are expected to attend, according to R. A. Schwegel, dean of the School of Education.
The following will represent the University; F. P. O'Brien, F. O. Russell, Gilbert Ulmer, A. L. Fleming, O. Garrison, C. B. Althaus, E. E. Bayles, C. H. Brown, L. P. Elliott, F. S. Montgomery, J. W. Twente, R. A. Schwegler, B. A. Nash, and G. W. Nunn.
Preceding the Association meetdaying, Dean Schweegler will leave Thursday to attend a meeting of the National Association of Heads of Departments of Education in State Universities and Land-grant Colleges.
Grad to Head Iowa Home Ec Department
Miss Sybil Woodruff, '16, professor of foods in the University of Illinois' home economics department will go to the University of Iowa to head the home economics departments there.
Professor Woodruff was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1916 with a bachelor of arts degree and in 1919 she received a master of science degree. She was given a Ph.D. by the University of Chicago in 1926. Miss Woodruff was on the University faculty from 1920-28.
Newman Club Elects
New officers were elected at the meeting of the Newman club Sunday, Feb. 18. Those chosen were: president, Stephen Karnowski, e'42; vice-president, Joseph A. Zishka, e'40; secretary, Mary Frances McAnaw, c'42; and treasurer, Edward Montgomery, c'42.
The John Henry Newman honorary award, given by the National Foundation of Newman clubs for outstanding work in the University of Kansas unit, was voted to Virginia Rodriguez, c'40, and Ivan May, b'40.
Show Interest in Summer Session
Advance inquiries for summer school exceed those of any recent year and point toward a definite increase in summer school enrollment, R. A. Schwegler, dean of the School of Education, reported yesterday.
WEATHER
Cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; might reach 40.
Pair of Telephone Wires Enables 960 to Chat
Coaxing Line Does It--the meeting showed motion pictures and explained how his company had met the problem of "Dancing Cables" on their east and west line out of Wichita.
Imagine 480 conversations going on over one pair of telephone wires at the same time—all without a nightmare of mix-ups, threats of violence, and fits of apoplexy. One conversation will somehow be able to elbow its way through the 479 others in a very orderly fashion.
This phenomenon was explained by a representative of the American Telegraph and Telephone company at a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at the Kansas City University auditorium last Friday night.
Professors V. P. Hessler, R. Koopman, R. P. Stringham, and 7 students of the department of electrical engineering attended the meeting.
The speaker went on to explain that the invention is called a coaxial cable. According to Professor Koopman it is simply one wire inside another. The advantage in the new cable is in saving on materials, since one pair of wires will do the work of 480.
The company has recently constructed a commercial line from Minneapolis to Stevens Point, Wis. A test line has been in operation between New York and Philadelphia for several years.
A representative of the Southwestern Bell Telephone company at
Oil Company Calls for 13 Applicants
The Shell Oil company, of Tulsa, has sent a request for applications from 13 spring semester graduates who are qualified to fill positions with them, announced Dr. Eugene A. Stephenson, professor of petroleum engineering, recently.
The request was for six mining or petroleum engineers, two mechanical engineers, two chemical engineers, a geologist, a law graduate, and a graduate in business administration. It amounts to the largest request received from one company in several years, Professor Stephenson said.
The technical applicants will be expected to take a two-year training course, and the non-technical graduates would undergo a shorter training period. The starting salary for all the positions would be $135 a month, according to the company's request.
The Robinson gymnasium has been reserved exclusively for use of the faculty of the University on Tuesday and Friday afternoon, Dr. Forrest C. Allen, professor of physical education, announced Monday.
Faculty To Have Gymnasium Tuesday-Friday Afternoon
Members of the faculty may engage in individual sports from 4:15 to 5 p.m., also in group sports from 5 to 6 p.m. on these afternoons.
Kappa Psi, pharmaceutical fraternity, held initiation Friday evening for the following: Lloyd Roser, ph'42; Dean Rogers, ph'42; Russell Mount, ph'43; Virgil Allison, ph'42; Don Baumhardt, ph'43; and Ardon Butel, ph'43.
Cables are set to "dancing", not by the "thrills" that must pass through them, but by vibrations started up from the pressure of high winds. This is a source of much trouble on some lines since the cables are often snapped by the intense vibration.
Radio Static Soon To Be Eliminated Says Clements
Disturbing static in your favorite radio program will soon be a thing of the past according to Prof. S. E. Clements of the department of electrical engineering. Professor Clements has recently returned from a broadcasting engineers conference at Ohio State University where the new "Frequency Modulator" was discussed.
Aside from giving static-free reception, this new short wave transmitter operates at much less expense than the transmitters now in use. The fact that the Federal Communications Commission is swamped with applications for operating licenses gives some indication of what inventors think of the new equipment.
Three commercial stations are already in operation in New Jersey Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Receive Calls for Prospective Teachers To Mail Credentials
According to H. E. Chandler, director of the teacher's appointment bureau, the bureau is beginning to get calls for instructors. Twelve to 15 calls have been received in the past three days in answer to the circular which was sent out last week.
However, Professor Chandler pointed out, few of the prospective teachers have turned in their credential blanks. This should be done at once, he said.
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Viceroy of India Is Host to Lindleys
Dr. E. H. Lindley, chancellor emeritus of the University, and Mrs. Lindley were entertained by Lord Linlithgow, vicecerio of India, at a luncheon Tuesday.
The Lindley's have been in New Delhi, India, and are leaving for Allahabad soon.
Abstract Design Exhibition Showing in Frank Strong
An exhibition of modern design in abstract from the Chicago studios of Mr. Maholy-Nagy was put on display yesterday in room 320 Frank Strong hall by the University department of design. The exhibition, which has been shown in Beloit, Wisc., Toledo, Ohio, and Washburn College of Topeka, will remain on display for 10 days.
Another exhibition, received during the past few days from the Chouinard Institute of Art in Los Angeles, is being shown in room 316 of Frank Strong hall. These works are, for the most part, of an illustrative nature, although a few are water colors, drawings, and textile designs.
To Hold First Red Cross Lifesaving Meeting Tomorrow
Announcement of the first meeting of the newly created pre-training lifesaving school at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in room 202 of Robinson gymnasium was made recently by Herbert G. Allphin, instructor of physical education.
All old Red Cross examiners and new Water Safety seniors are eligible for the pre-training work. Those who attend the school will be reviewed by William T. Raney, field representative of the water safety division of the American Red Cross, who will visit Lawrence during the first week in April.
Flying Field Now Open
The flying field is now open and ready for use by students in the aviation courses, Bill Ascraft, manager of the Lawrence airport, announced yesterday.
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