University Daily Kansan Monday. April 27, 1959
Largest KU Grant Comes From AEC
The largest research grant ever received by the University was announced Saturday by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
The contract-for $156,800-is a renewal for a year to continue high-temperature chemistry research Paul W. Gilles, professor of chemistry, will direct the research. It is from the Atomic Energy Commission.
The Atomic Energy Commission has been supporting the research since Prof. Gilles began in 1950.
Included in the contract is $85,000 for the purchase of a mass spectrometer, a huge machine which shows the molecular weight of gaseous molecules. There are about 12 of these machines in the world according to Prof. Gilles.
"Man has been using high-temperature processes for millions of years, but only recently in a controlled fashion. It is a young and dynamic field with tremendous interest." Prof. Gilles explained.
In the project Prof. Gilles and his assistants work with high temperatures ranging up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit. They are interested in kinds of chemical compounds, their structures, melting
Strong Elevator Gets Student OK
Sidewalk superintendents and hallway foremen have been enjoying themselves at Strong Hall the past few weeks.
Students burrying to their classes have found time to stop and watch construction workers who are building a balcony for Strong Auditorium and installing an elevator in the building.
Last week a crane was used to left heavy I-beams to a west window in the third floor of Strong. The beams were pushed in the window, mounted on dolls and rolled into the auditorium. The two main support beams each weigh a ton and a half.
"We didn't have any trouble moving them," Bob (Red) Kile of the Kile Construction Co. of Ottawa, said. "This is just a part of our routine work."
Last week students using the stairway just west of the rotunda dodged two-by-fours being carried upstairs by workmen and "gritted their teeth" as loud pounding noises came from the new elevator shaft
The balcony is expected to be finished in two months. The completion date for the elevator has not been set.
Official Bulletin
Home town Correspondents: Deadline for turning in stranger: 3 PM at Forrump stranger: 222 Strong
Ph.D. French Reading Exams: 9 a.m.
Saturday, Fraser 11. Leave books with
Mr. De Coster in Fraser 5-B by Thursday.
Cheerleader Tryouts, tomorrow and Thursday. 7:30 p.m. in 101 Robinson.
Employment Opportunities available for men. Contact office of Aids and Awards, 222 Strong. Summer Job—Schilling AF Base, Salma.
Ph.D. Reading Examination in German.
May 9. Candidates planning to take the exam must register by noon Friday in
306 Fraser.
TODAV
International Folk Dance Club, 7-9 p.m.; Jayhawk Room. Everyone Enjoyed. Faculty Club. Duplicate Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Host: Host and Mrs. R. L. Schielebusch IV, 3-5869
TOMORROW
Newman Club Mass., 6:30 a.m., St John's Church, 11th and Kentucky.
Epicopia C Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m.
breakfast following, Canterbury House.
Le cercle français, marqui a quatre
caractères, le point d'un de l'union
Conference de M. Morot-Sin
Newman Club Mass., 6:30 a.m. St John's Church, 11th and Kentucky.
Episcopal Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m.
Holy Communion breakfast,
early October at Silverbury. House
Faculty Forum. Mr. Dolph Simons, Jr. speaks about his recent visit to South Africa. Noon in the English Room of the Union.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
Inter-Chapel. Speaker, prayer. 12:15-
12:30 p.m.
Lutheran Gamma Delta, Paston Britton,
chapel services. Danforth, 5-5 20 p.m.
University Theatre, 8 p.m. "Winter's
Tale."
and boiling points and reactions at high temperatures.
Assisting Prof. Gilles in the project this year are Phillip G. Wahlbeck and John G. L. Wall, both research associates in chemistry; Ernest Plante, Hinesburg, Vt., Warren Knarw, Parsons, Stanley Killingbeck, Blackburn, England, Hugo Franzen, Lawrence, P. Kent Smith, Penns Grove, N. J., and Kenneth Beck. Lawrence graduate students.
Also aiding are Robert Barnhill, Lawrence sophomore; Gary Burgess, Pomona junior; Patricia Smith, Shawnee sophomore; Roy Hartley, Lawrence senior; and Mrs. Gladys Loofbourrow, research technician.
The KU researchers are concerned only with the basic research but think that it may be important in the nuclear reactor field where there is a demand for material that will withstand high temperatures.
Debaters Lose In Semi-Finals
The KU debate team was defeated by Wisconsin State University at West Point, N. Y., Saturday.
Ray Nichols, Lawrence junior, and Don Bowen, Salina senior, lost in the semi-final round of the national debate tournament.
Summer Music Clinic to Be Unique for Area
Nichols received a gold watch Friday night for being voted runner-up in total speaker points in their preliminary round of the tournament.
Northwestern University won the tournament.
The first Midwestern Music Clinic here July 9-13 will be the only one of its kind in this region—with orchestra, band, chorus, marching band and all instruments.
The heaviest attendance will be from 12 midwest and southwest states, but music teachers from as many as 40 states are expected to attend.
Co-sponsors of this pioneer clinic are the School of Fine Arts and the Midwestern Music and Art Camp. Russell L. Wiley, KU professor of band is clinic director.
Evening events, which will be
open to the public, include a concert by the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet, concerts by the Midwestern Music Camp organizations, a recital by several clinicians, and the marching band demonstration in Haskell Stadium.
The orchestra, band, and chorus of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp will be integrated into the clinic program, both for rehearsals and concerts. There also will be a Supervisors' Clinic band, marching band and chorus.
Lucien Cailliet, formerly of the Philadelphia Symphony, will lead the Clinic band and be guest conductor of the Camp band. Daniel Moe of Denver University will lead the Clinic chorus and be guest conductor of the Camp chorus. Drilling the Clinic marching band will be Jack Lee of the University of Arizona. Guy Fraser Harrison of the Oklahoma City Symphony will be guest conductor of the Camp orchestra.
Instrument makers, music publishers and uniform suppliers will provide a 400-foot display gallery. Other features will include forums on repairs of stringed and wind instruments.
Interested Students, Apathetics, Complainers
If you are among the loyal supporters of the ASC, then this opportunity is extended especially to you.
If you are one of the many apathetical students who have been criticizing student government over the last year, now is your chance to do something about it.
ASC committee appointments are now being accepted in the Dean of Students Office.
Committees:
PUBLIC RELATIONS — HOUSING — PUBLICATIONS LABOR — SOCIAL — MANY OTHERS
Students interested in working in one of these committees during the next year, apply immediately. Applications due Thursday, April 30.
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