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Thursday. Feb. 5. 1959 University Daily Kansaas
FORWARD, MARCH — Members of the KU Army ROTC unit marched up the hill to Strong
Auditorium to see a movie Tuesday as bad weather kept them from holding regular drill.
The mathematics faculty will give a $20 prize to the freshman or sophomore with the highest score, and another $20 prize for the best score made by a junior or senior.
Intramural mathematics competition with cash prizes will be offered KU students Feb. 14.
Around the Campus Math Contest Scholarships Go To be Feb.14 To 13 Students
George Springer, professor of mathematics, said the four-hour test would be given in two parts, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m., in 213 Strong. Contestants should register in the mathematics department office, 215 Strong, by noon, Thursday, Feb. 12.
"Our goal is to discover the most promising mathematicians in the undergraduate student body." Prof. Springer said. "We won't be surprised if non-math majors are among the best scorers. The freshmen and sophomores will take the same test as the upperclassman. For them it will be a real 'power' test, but the difficulty will permit each contestant to discover how proficient he is."
Murphy Joins in Education Talks
Presidents of about eight Latin American universities and an equal number of North American university presidents will attend the 10-day conference.
Chancellor and Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy left Kansas City by plane today en route to Mexico City, where the Chancellor will attend a series of meetings sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation.
"The purpose of the meetings is to try to develop a practical program of bringing Latin American and North American higher education into a closer relationship in terms of faculty, students, research projects, libraries, and other phases," Chancellor Murphy said.
Mich. Archeologists To Speak at KU
Clark Hopkins, professor of classical art and archeology at the University of Michigan, will speak on "The Etruscan's Early Trade and Settlement" at a meeting tonight of the Kansas chapter of the Archeological Institute of America.
The illustrated lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union.
James B. Griffin, director and curator of archeology in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Pine Room of the Union. He will give an illustrated lecture on "The First Metal Users of the Western Hemisphere."
Lectures are open to the public.
Women are permitted to serve as jurors in 45 states, but in 20 of them they can get themselves excused on account of their sex.
Thirteen KU students have been awarded general scholarships for the spring semester, each scholarship for $103.
Scholarship winners are:
Scholarship winners are:
Seniors: Barbara Abegg, Colorado
Springs, Colo.; James Schwada;
Lawrence.
Juniors; Barbara Bullock, Wichita; Gail White, Wichita; Charles Reno, Eureka; John Meeks, Kansas City, Kan.
Sophomores: Sharon Hide, Prairie Village; George Mathey, Lyndon; Edward McMullan, Long Beach. N. Y.; Terry Watkins, El Dorado. Freshmen: Bonnie Jane Eaton.
Freshmen: Bonnie Jane Eaton,
Wichita; George Hoke, Pleasant Hill,
Mo.; Mary Nelson, Beattie.
KU Students Are In Big 8 Show
Three KU students will be featured in Big Eight Stars for 1989. a variety show composed of acts from five Big Eight schools.
Delano Lewis, Kansas City, Kan., junior, a dancer, James Mullan, Long Beach, N. Y., senior, a guitarist and balladeer, and Joann Watkins, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, a vocalist, will appear in the show. It will be seen at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the ballroom of the Kansas Union.
The acts were selected in auditions at the participating schools and the show will appear at each of the five schools.
The show will have acts from Kansas State College, KU, the University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska and Oklahoma State University.
Tickets will be on sale Monday through Wednesday for 75 cents at the Union ticket office, the information booth, and at the door.
Civil Service Exams This Month
Examinations for Account Clerks I and II and Switchboard Operator I will be given in Topeka Feb. 14, Chanute and Hays Feb. 21, Dodge City Feb. 28 and Kansas City May 7. Examinations for Engineers I and II will be given in Kansas City, Topeka, Manhattan, Salina, Hays, Colby, Chanute Hutchinson, and Garden City Feb. 28.
Marine Officer To Recruit Here
Application forms can be obtained from the State Personnel Division, 801 Harrison, Topeka. Completed applications should be returned to the Personnel Division eight days before the examination date.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce says prices were so high in the city during the Gold Rush that people sent their laundry to China by clipper ship to save money.
Students interested and qualified to earn a Marine Corps Reserve second lieutenant commission may see Capt. Robert P. Chaney, Marine Corps officer selection officer, Feb. 6, 9, 10 and 11 in the Kansas Union. A commission in the Marine Corps Reserve may be obtained through the platoon leaders class and the aviation platoon leaders class. Students attend two six-weeks summer training periods and are commissioned upon graduation.
Vacation Hunting?
The first Boy Scout troop in the U.S. was organized in Barre, Vt.
Students Handle Radiation Removal
Through a study of radioactive substances in bones of animals, a group of KU students is learning how radioactive material enters the body, and how to remove it.
The research project began in 1946. In 1950 the Atomic Energy Commission took over sponsorship of the research. This year the AEC has renewed its grant to $20,637.
Frank E. Hoecker, professor of radiobiophysics, directed the student research in the past. This year Edward I. Shaw, assistant professor of radiobiophysics, is directing the research while Prof. Hoecker is on leave to study new developments in this field.
The researchers have learned that one way to remove the radioactive material is through lactation. The formation of milk in mammals extracts the radioactive substances
Sigma Xi to Hear Bacteriologist
S. E. Luria, professor of bacteriology at the University of Illinois, will speak at the Sigma Xi meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Bailey Auditorium on "Genetic Mechanisms of Infective Heredity in Bacteria."
Prof. Luria is the author of a textbook on virology and has done extensive research in the fields of bacterial viruses and bacterial genetics with emphasis on studying the effect of viruses grown in tissue culture on animals and man.
from the bones. However, a mother can transmit them to her young through feeding.
Student research was the basis for a paper Prof. Hoecker presented at the International Conference for Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy, in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1955.
Students working on the project this year are Robert Freedlove, John Atchley, and Russell Comer, seniors; Mr. and Mrs. Kim Ong, graduate students, and John Carlisle freshman. All are from Lawrence.
State Legislators Will Be on Panel
Three members of the Kansas House of Representatives will take part in a panel discussion at a Democratic meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Dale Seffeld, Garden City; Richard Rock, Arkansas City, and James Mangan, Dodge City, are the panel members. They will discuss topics now before the Kansas legislature.
The meeting is sponsored jointly by Douglas County Young Democrats, KU Young Democrats, and the Douglas County Women's Democratic Club.
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