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ON THE AIR—Chuck Yaeger, Columbus senior, starts a tape in the KANU master control room, now in use after a week of cleaning-up following a chemical fire in the Mud Hut. The fire originated in a nearby laboratory.
Fund Authorizes Algae Research
Research to expand the knowledge of the life history of green algae, common fresh water plants, has begun at the University under the direction of Dr. Rufus Thompson, professor of botany.
Summer Session Kansan
The National Science Foundation has granted $12,600 for a two-year study to help fill wide gaps in current knowledge about the algae
"Information shows that we are ignorant of the life-history of 80 per cent of the 6,500 species of green algae." Dr. Thompson said.
"Our aim is to fill in the gaps in our knowledge that presently hinder sound systematic treatment of the algae, to clear up inconsistencies in taxonomy and reinvestigate cases that are in great need of substantiation." he said.
On the phase of the research devoted to cytology, cell development, Dr. Raymond Jackson, assistant professor of botany, will be associated with Dr. Thompson, Maf Faridi, a graduate student from Pakistan, will be the assistant on the project.
Specimens for the research will be collected mostly from ponds in the Douglas County area.
Lloyd, Gromyko Hold Secret Lunch Talk
GENEVA —(UPI)— Russia lifted partially her cold war veto on secret talks yesterday. At the same time she threatened a critical East-West showdown on her Berlin demands which the West fears would surrender all Germany to Communist rule.
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd conferred privately for two hours over lunch with Russia's Andrei A. Gromyko at the Soviet villa.
Friday, July 17, 1959
New York Papers Praise Piano Professor's Recital
"A consistent ideal of piano sound and technique" and "His playing gave an impression of technical ability and also of interpretative intelligence" were the evaluations of music critics of the New York Times and the New York Herald-Tribune following a recent recital of Roy Hamlin Johnson, assistant professor of piano at KU.
Prof. Johnson, who made his New York debut in the Carnegie Recital Hall, has been a member of the University faculty since 1954.
Eric Salzman of the Times wrote: "He chose a difficult program which included Ravel, Balakireff, Beethoven, and the Piano Sonata of Samuel Barer."
"The impressionist work of Ravel." Salzman said, "was the most elegant
item on the program. This work, much performed this season did not look bad under the sharp, clear light."
Francis D. Perkins of the Herald-Tribune said: "The performance of the Barber work was convincing in his projection both of its notes and of its atmosphere, while the rapid movements of Beethoven's 'Walldstein' Sonata were played with ample spirit and momentum and lucidity. Dynamic shading was judicious."
"The zest and vigorous momentum with which Mr. Johnson began 'Islamey' showed that he was thoroughly at home in that music, besides giving a persuasive account of his capacity for speed," Perkins concluded.
He Said: Let's Have a Coke at DIXON'S
She Said: You'll Do!
The Drive-In at 2500 W. 6th The Place with Individual Patios
Campers Take 108-Mile Jaunt
The 85 high school students attending the second session of the 1959 Science and Mathematics Camp at KU traveled to Wyandotte County Lake, north of Kansas City, and back yesterday for outdoor lessons in earth science.
The field trip, conducted by the State Geological Survey, was directed by Dr. J. M. Jewett. Other geologists who participated include Stanton Ball, Dr. W. W. Hambleton, A. L. Hornbaker, Herbert Mendoza, and Dr. Ada Swineford of the Geological Survey, and George Coleman of the department of geology.
Arrangements for the trip were made by Dr. Robert Baxter, associate professor of botany and director of the camp, and Dr. Henry Horak, associate professor of astronomy and associate director.
The field-trip route of about 108 miles included these stops:
Dightman Crossing on the Wakarusa River, near Eudora, Douglas County, to observe cross-bedded sandstone and to learn that such rocks, when buried, can be excellent ground-water reservoirs.
The limestone quarries near Sunflower Ordnance Works, near De Soto, Johnson County, to study rock formations and conditions of their deposition, to collect fossils and to learn about fossils as a key to the past.
A sand and gravel pit near Holli-
day, Johnson County, to examine glacial deposits and to hear a story on the Great Ice Age, to collect calcite and other mineral specimens.
Wyandotte County Park, to observe landscape and to eat lunch.
Wyandotte County Park dam site to study engineering geology and river geology.
Peerless Quarries, Inc., near Turner. Wyandotte County, to see limestone being mined underground and to receive instruction in economic geology.
A road cut near Turner, Wvandotte County, to observe rock strata and get a lesson in stratigraphy.
All along the route geologic features were pointed out.
Zebus are never used in milking machine demonstrations.
Open invitation to excitement, the Impala Convertible . . . and America's only authentic sports car, the Corvette.
You've got more to go on than our say-so: *Every motor magazine has given Chevy's* standard passenger car and Corvette V8's unstinted praise. SPORTS CARS ILLUS-TRATED says it this way: "... surely the most wonderfully responsive engine available today at any price." And if you want the thrift of a six, you still get the best of it in a Chevy.
BEST ECONOMY No doubt about this:
a pair of Chevy sixes with Powerglide came in first and second in their class in this year's Mobilgas Economy Run—getting the best mileage of any full-size car,
22.38 miles per gallon.
BEST BRAKES Not only bigger, but built with bonded linings for up to 66%
longer life. Just to prove what's what,
Chevy out-stopped both of the "other two"
in a NASCAR*-conducted test of repeated
stops from highway speeds.
*National Association for Stock Car Adve
*National Automobile Designers Association
*National Association for Stock Car Advancement and Research
BEST RIDE A few minutes behind the wheel will leave no doubt about this. MOTOR TREND magazine sums it up this way: "... the smoothest, most quiet, softest riding car in its price class."
BEST TRADE-IN Check the figures in any N.A.D.A.* Guide Book. You'll find that Chevy used car prices last year averaged up to $128 higher than comparable models of the "other two."
*National Automobile Dealers Association
BEST ROOM Official dimensions reported to the Automobile Manufacturers Association make it clear. Chevy's front seat hip room, for example, is up to 5.9 inches wider than comparable cars.
BEST STYLE It's the only car of the leading low-priced 3 that's unmistakably modern in every line. "In its price class," says POPULAR SCIENCE magazine, "a new high in daring styling."
NO WONDER MORE
PEOPLE ARE BUYING
CHEVROLET'S in '59
THAN ANY OTHER CAR!
Try the hot one—visit your local authorized Chevrolet dealer!