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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 28, 195
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Tornado Time Is Here Weather Bureau Says
It's open season for tornadoes again.
March marks the beginning of another three or four months of sky watching, barometer gazing, and weather warnings, the U. S. Weather Bureau in Kansas City reported. This is the season when the second television set is purchased for the storm cellar.
The bureau reported that March, April. May, and June are the Months when Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska are most susceptible to tornadoes.
"Tornadoes strike anywhere," a bureau meteorologist said in a phone conversation. "They are caused by low level moisture moving with southerly winds from the Gulf of Mexico. This is met by strong westerly winds from the Rocky Mountains, creating an unstable weather pattern, low pressure and lines of thunder storms.
No Towns Immune
"Rumors that some Kansas towns are immune to tornadoes are silly," the metorologist commented. "They are a lot like lightning, you never know where they will hit."
There is no way of predicting a tornado and adequate forewarnings to a certain city are almost impossible, he added.
"The most severe tornado lasts only 15-20 minutes and travels a maximum of 40 miles per hour. When we receive reports of a funnel moving toward a town, the chances of a warning reaching the town before the tornado is very slight."
Junior Panhellenic Names Pledge Adviser
Sally C. Rice, Abilene junior has been named adviser to Junior Panhellenic.
Junior Panhellenic consists of two representatives from each sorority pledge class. Working closely with Senior Panhellenic, they meet every two weeks to plan projects that will be of service to the University and the community.
Mayonnaise, a variant of the original term mahonnaise, refers to Mahon, a port on the island of Minorca, where the salad dressing was first whipped up by an inspired chef.
The most effective way to keep the public on the lookout is to issue frequent weather warnings on television and radio, he said.
"Tornadoes strike in such isolated areas that they are hard to forecast. We keep an area posted cn funnel reports where there might be heavy thunderstorms with the possibilities of tornadoes. That's all we can do," the meteorologist said.
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"The wind speed of tornadoes has never been determined, although estimates put the wind velocity at between 300-500 miles per hour" the meteorologist said. The barometric pressure dips to some of the lowest readings in areas of tornadic winds and storms, but again no one has been able to record the pressure during a tornado. Pressure above 29.92 inches is considered high pressure and low pressure exists below 29.92 inches.
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the tornado is not limited to any season in the U.S., "the meteorologist said. "Funnels are reported the year around in areas of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana and gradually work their way north, stopping usually in Michigan."
The first Petroleum Marketers Management Institute offered at KU will begin a three-day session Tuesday.
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The best precautions against tornadoes are to keep informed and build storm cellars, he said.
830 Mass.
Petroleum Marketers Will Meet Tuesday
Three faculty members of the department of sociology and anthropology will present papers at the meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society.
3 Sociologists To Read Papers
Dr. E. Jackson Baur, associate professor, will tell of research on "An Index of Urbanization in the West North Central Region." Dr. John Gullahorn, visiting assistant professor, will give a paper on "American Students Abroad: a French Viewpoint."
E. Gordon Ericksen, associate professor, will present a paper entitled "Cincubinage and Infanticide in the West Indies — a Skeptical Note on Population Control and the Hypothesis of Social Choice."
Dr. Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology, will be chairman of the section on social psychology. Daniel Kubat, Lawrence graduate student, will give a paper in the social theory section, "The Oxford Movement: a Sociological Analysis."
The program is designed to give jobbcers and key personnel in the Kansas Oil Men's Association training in management and supervision. Topics include marketing, money and the agricultural market, manpower, methods and merchandise. Enrollment is limited to 40 persons.
Claude E. Kean, Olathe junior,
won $25 and a certificate of achievement
in the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs state singing auditions Saturday at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan.
KU Singer Wins $25, Certificate
Architects Show Design Work
An exhibit of design work by architectural students will be in the lobby of the Student Union until April 8.
The exhibit is being sponsored by the KU chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The theme of the exhibit is "Meet Your Future Architects."
Exhibits from all design classes will show various types of buildings, including houses, commercial and educational buildings.
The student chapter of AIA will also sponsor an art show, "Architects as Artists" to be held in the Student Union at a future date.
At Tinsley Green, England, oldsters have been playing marbles as a community sport since the Elizabethan Age. A team captained by an 82-year-old man soundly beat six young American sailors stationed in London.
Sara Jo Pursley, Coffeyville junior, tied for second place in the women's division, and Bruce E. Voran, Kinsley sophomore, -was a regional winner.
Kean Voran and Miss Pursley were accompanied at the piano by Marva Lou Powell, Topeka sophomore.
All contestants in the state finals must have been regional winners for three years.
This edition, containing information on the types of rocks and minerals found in Kansas and the possible economic uses of these materials, may be obtained free at the survey office in 206 Lindley Hall.
The third edition of "Kansas Rocks and Minerals" has been issued by the State Geological Survey at KU.
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