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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Dec. 4, 1958
KU Tropical Setting Yields Banana Plants
Hungry for some fresh tropical fruit? Stop by the Buildings and Grounds greenhouses and maybe you will be given a home-grown banana.
KU has a tropical greenhouse among the three houses behind the power plant. One house is for flowers and cactus, another for decorative plants and the third for tropical plants.
Recently, one of the dozen or more banana plants in the greenhouse was cut down after its ripe fruit was harvested and sampled by the greenhouse workers.
After a plant has grown for 10-18 months, a bunch of bananas forms and then ripens in 2 to 3 months.
Edwin W. Howe, greenhouse operator, said the temperature in the tropical greenhouse is kept at 68 degrees for the tropical plants. This is actually cool for banana plants, he said.
He said the tropical greenhouse includes orchids and other plants to create a tropical background and a beauty spot. A pond with goldfish is also maintained.
Visitor are always welcome at the greenhouses, Mr. Howe said.
The greenhouse workers prepare plants for buildings and offices on the campus and put out many plants to beautify the grounds.
Is It a Helicopter or Airplane?
An aerodynamics engineer with an M.S. degree from KU will tell about the convertiplane which takes off like a helicopter and flies like an airplane.
He will speak to the student chapter of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Aero Hut south of Marvin Hall. Hall.
Duane Carpenter received his M.S. degree in 1950 and is presently the senior engineer in the helicopter engineering division of the McDonell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. Carpenter works with the convertiplane which is equipped with a rotor for raising it off the ground and with propellers for propelling it through the air. The machine is still in the experimental stage.
Planning Meeting to Be Here
More than 75 persons from across the state are expected to attend the fifth Kansas Planning Conference at KU Tuesday. The conference is held in order to develop closer cooperation and coordination of planning at state, county, and city levels, and to illustrate the work of the planning commission and related civic agencies in the solving of mutual problems.
Official Bulletin
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The Undergraduate Psychology Club
the Trip to Menninger's has been postponed.
TODAY
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Wanderung. Jadet zuelnem für die
Dernasterung um 5 Uhr in Zimmer C Blake
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halten. Spiele und Erfrischungen
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Undergraduate Psychology Club, 7:30 p.m., Kansas Union Oread Room, Psy-
for informal discussion on interests and psychology work. Everyone welcome.
Christian Science Campus Organization, 7.30 p.m., Danforth Chapel.
MEI-EF, Joint Student Branch. 7:30 p.m., 232 Mallet. Business meeting. Election of officers, discussion and voting on new constitution, and refreshments.
In early Kansas days, free-staters who came to settle in Kansas were unceremoniously hauled off the boats and sent back home.
You Haven't Begun
Nor will you finish your Christmas shopping until you visit George's to see his $2,000 Kaywoodie Pipe Selector Case and a host of other smokers' gift items.
George's Pipe Shop
727 Mass. VI 3-7164
French Priest To Present 3rd Humanities Talk
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Father de Bertier has taught at the College of Saint Jean and at the Catholic University of Lyon and has been visiting professor at the University of Ottawa and at the University of Notre Dame.
During his two-day visit here, he will also speak to classes in French, political science, history, and education.
The third Humanities Series lecture this year will be given Thursday evening, Jan. 8, by the Rev. Dr Guillaume d Bertier de Sauvigny, professor of history at the Catholic Institute of Paris, France.
the town shop Downtown
the university shop On The Hill
He received the doctor of letters degree at the Sorbonne in 1949. He is a native of Boulogne, France, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1936. Among his academic honors are the Thiers Prize and the Gobert Prize from the French Academy.
His newest book, "France and the European Alliance, 1816-21: The Private Correspondence Between Metternich and Richelieu," has just been published; another work, "Metternich and His Times," will be out in 1959. He has done research in archival collections in Paris, Vienna, London, and Washington.
'Treasure Island Starts Monday
Around the Campus
Three-fourths of the $220,000 required to build the new Mammalian Genetics Center, under construction north of Snow Hall, was a gift of an anonymous donor.
Library Completes Asian Book Drive
The University Library has completed its collection of "Books for Asian Students" for the Asia Foundation.
The article traces the development of the college credit work KU initiated at the penitentiary through University Extension in the fall of 1953. Since then, 76 courses have been offered.
Several hundred volumes, ranging from "Money and Banking" and "Swimming Instructions" to "The Caine Mutiny" and "Mein Kampi," were donated by the University community.
Through the spring semester of 1958, total enrollment was 1,561. The program is supported by the regular Extension class fees.
Robert L. Quinsey, assistant director of libraries, said the books will be packed and shipped to the Asia Foundation in San Francisco this week. From there they will be forwarded to libraries and scholars in the Far East.
Robert Louis Stevenson's adventurous tale of "Treasure Island" will be presented for Lawrence children Monday through Dec. 12, at 4:15 p.m. and on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
The choir is directed by Clayton Krehbiel, associate professor of choral music.
Stockton Writes of Prison Courses
Adult admission is 50 cents, and children's 25 cents.
The small size of the Experimental Theatre will enable each child to see his favorite hero or villain at close range. Since the seating capacity of the theater is limited, adults are asked not to attend unless accompanied by a child.
Director Bee Harvey has announced that "Treasure Island" will best suit the tastes of youngsters from the ages of 9 to 14.
Frank T. Stockton, dean emeritus of the School of Business and of University Extension, is the author of an article, "College Credit Courses in the U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas," which appeared in the fall issue of the Journal of Correctional Education.
The University Concert Choir will present its annual winter concert Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the University Theatre of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. The event is open to the public.
KU Concert Choir Program Is Sunday
The program will include "The Seasons" by Ernst Kreenk, "Friede Auf Erden" by Arnold Schonberg, and "A Boy Was Born" by Benjamin Britten.
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