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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 11, 1960
Around the Campus
KU Gets 80 Grants Of $1,879,166
Eighty separate grants totaling $1,879.166 were received from September to February by KU faculty for research projects.
The grants provided funds for research in areas ranging from anatomy to zoology. Some of the projects financed by the grants were investigations of azoestrones as potential anti-cancer agents, completion of a treatise on invertebrate paleontology and a foreign language institute for elementary teachers of German and Spanish.
The United States Public Health Service made a grant of $5,629 available for a study of height and weight of college men and women. The Atomic Energy Commission provided $22,500 for a study of Biological Effects of Radiation — The Metabolism and Deposition of Long Lived Radioactive Substances in Bone.
The largest single grant was $252,300 awarded by the National Science Foundation to be used for an academic year institute for secondary teachers of mathematics.
The grants were contributed by 15 different agencies. The National Science Foundation gave the largest amount of any agency, 16 separate grants totaling $806,915. This was 43% of the total given this year.
Another $473,450 in 28 different grants came from the United States Public Health Service. Together the two agencies contributed slightly more than % of the total funds.
Columbus to Present Choir
The Columbus (Kansas) high school choir will present a recital Monday at 3:00 p.m. in Swarthout Hall, Music and Dramatic Arts building.
The recital is open to the general public free of charge.
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. - Henry Thoreau
Ecuadorians Will Visit KU
Twenty-two Ecuadorian student leaders will visit KU March 18-22 during their one-month U.S. trip, said Clark Coan, foreign student adviser.
KU is the medium-sized university on the travel agenda of the 18-man, 4-woman group of students of engineering, economics, and law. They will be co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the National Social Welfare Assembly. Mr. Coan will make local arrangements.
The delegation will have a variety of activities scheduled. They will visit some University classes, International Club meeting, the SUA Current Events Forum, the Rock Chalk Revue the Leonard Rose concert, Lawrence High School, Haskell Institute, and a luncheon given by the University
The ASC and SUA will give additional assistance on arrangements. Spanish-speaking student guides will be provided by ASC. The delegation will stay in Lewis and GSP halls.
And while truth is a condition of our nature, it is almost like a phantom, for the more we study the less we know. — Fulton J. Sheen.
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A large group of music enthusiasts with national and international affiliation has been organized in Lawrence.
Chamber Music Society Organized
The Lawrence Amateur Chamber Music Society is open to everyone interested in playing instruments or singing in groups. The groups are informal and members are not obligated to attend meetings.
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.—Will Durant
A group of about 36 Lawrence residents meets every Friday night in Fraser Hall to practice and play for enjoyment. One KU student, William Wahlin, Madison, Wis., graduate student, is a member of the group.
The group plays semi-classical and classical music.
Persons interested in the group may call Mrs. George Gareis, 940 Alabama St., VI 3-1827.
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