KU Campus Chest Is Filling Rapidly
KU's Campus Chest is rapidly being filled.
Ralph Varnum, Kansas City, Mo. junior and chairman of the Campus Chest drive, said the drive is progressing very well and KU students have proven to be a charitable group.
Many Theories On Earth's Age Baffle Geologists
Friday, March 22, 1957
This subject was discussed Thursday night in Bailey Auditorium by Raymond C. Moore, professor of geology and principal geologist, State Geological Survey, the eighth International Geophysical Year lecture.
Different theories on the age of the earth's crust have plunged geologists into a state of confusion, but they agree that time is the most important single factor.
"When geologists," Prof. Moore said, "began an orderly analysis of the earth's crust they arrived at a geologic time greater than that needed by the Biblical account—about 6,000 years."
Early geologists thought a million years was needed for the earth to reach its present state. Their estimates, however, were based on such theories as determining the amount of salt in the seas. By computing the rate at which the salts were deposited, they arrived at the earth's age. This method showed the earth's age to be about 100 million years old.
Another method of arriving at the geologic age of the earth, according to Prof. Moore, was by determining the rate at which sedimentary rocks accumulate. The time arrived at by this method was 200 million years.
Sedimentation Rate Used
Radioactivity was discovered in 1876 nad geologists were able to compute accurately the geologic age of the earth by measuring the radioactive minerals in rocks.
"Everyone is willing to contribute to the drive," Varnum said, "However, independent-unorganized students are hard to contact and therefore we are going to send two solicitors dressed as Mr. Campus Chest to solicit donations at the Student Union cafeteria Monday during lunch and on Tuesday at suppertime," he added.
If you have any Student Union rebate tickets laying around you don't want they will be accepted in lieu of cash as a donation to the campus chest.
Astronomers, however, said it couldn't be so. In 1937, according to Prof. Moore, astronomers said the universe was steadily expanding and by reversing their theory they calculated th maximum possible age of the earth to be about 1850 million years.
"Geologists then placed the geologic age of the earth at somewhere between four and five billion years," Prof. Moore said.
Varnum said that personal contact with each student by solicitors will be impossible due to certain discrepancies in the Student Directory. He urged that personal contributions be made at the All Student Council office in the Student Union building. The office will be open from 8 to 10 a.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
Theory Revised
This method was greatly improved in 1936 when isotopes were discovered. Geologists could then compute time more accurately by using the ratio of different isotopes.
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Since 1950, however, the expanding universe theory has been recomputed and the maximum age fixed at about 5,000 million years, "plenty of time for the geologists to work in," Prof. Moroe said.
"The Evolution of the Planet Earth," will be the topic of the next International Geophysical Year lecture on Thursday, April 18, by Gerald Kyper of the University of Chicago.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
POGO Outlines Policy On ASC Constitution Change
City Pushes For Buses
"Every effort will be made by the city to continue bus service. Lawrence Mayor John Crown said in an interview today.
Mayor Crown told about the committee set up by the city commission to study the financial problem of discontinuing the Rapid Transit, Inc., bus service. The committee will do extensive research and present a sound solution at their first meeting.
"An average of 2,000 persons use the bus service daily. The problem rests in what these people will do if bus service is not continued," he said. Of the 2,000, an estimated 650 KU students will be affected.
He said the problem is not only facing Lawrence, but also Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan.
"A bill in the state Legislature will doubtlessly have some effect on the situation, if it is passed," Mayor Crown commented. "The bill would do away with the 5-cent a gallon gas tax that bus lines pay for using state highways."
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Asked whether the city might consider subsidizing the local service, Mayor Crown said, "Personally I hope a better solution is found."
In an earlier statement, C. R. Shaffer, general manager of Rapid Transit, pointed out that one of the problems is that of patronization of the service.
"It would definitely help if the city would increase its use of the lines. Maybe what Lawrence needs is a 'ride the bus' campaign." Mayor Crown said.
"If it is at all possible, we must keep this service open for Lawrence citizens and the University students," he said.
pike interchange. Chamberlain and Loneski, preceding other team members, are greeted by students as the team prepared to board the bus.
After a short rally Thursday noon in front of the Student Union, students formed a noisy caravan and yelled their way to the east Turn-
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Weather
Kansas—Heavy snow and blowing snow warning northwest and extreme west this afternoon and tonight. Mostly cloudy and a little warmer elsewhere this afternoon and warmer with showers or thunderstorms southeast and extreme east tonight. Low tonight 15 to 25 northwest and extreme west to 40s east. High Saturday 25 extreme northwest to 50 extreme east.
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Not Quite Like The Waldorf Astoria
Leftovers are never wasted in a scholarship hall. Sometimes they appear on the table in their original form, but usually are mixed with other leftovers.
Recently, one cook outdid himself. Confronted by three bowls of leftovers, he dumped them all together-peas, corn, and chicken and noodles.
House Passes Sales Tax Hike
TOPEKA — (UP) — The Kansas House today passed a revenue bill to raise the Kansas sales tax one-half per cent after a tense roll call vote.
The House also passed 82-17 a measure increasing the individual state income tax 50 per cent and the corporate income tax one and one-half percent to bring total new revenue estimated at 10 million dollars a year.
The bill now goes back to the Senate for concurrence of House amendments.
The one-half per cent raise on the present two per cent sales tax should bring in an estimated $12.5 million. Gov. George Docking has said he will veto any form of sales tax increase. It takes two-thirds or 84 vote to override a veto.
The same bill also carried an amendment placing a two and one-half per cent tax on all sales of advertising to Kansas newspapers, radio and television stations, to bring in an estimated $5 million.
The Party of Greek Organizations (POGO) became the first political group to outline a definite policy on revision of the All-Student Council constitution Thursday.
Speaking for the party was president Bill Jackson, Florence junior. The proposed changes are in a special committee and are to come before the council in April.
The POGO stand, outlined by Jackson, follows:
"The constitutional changes are supposed to come up before the spring elections because a student referendum must be held one week before the primary for it to be in effect for this year's election," Jackson said. He pointed out that time is growing short as only four weeks remain before the primary election.
1. Divide the office of president into two offices—the student body president and a student council president, the student body president will be elected in a general election.
The student council president will be elected by members of the council at their first meeting after the general election.
The student council president will be responsible for council meetings, the Senate when the council meets as two separate bodies, and the legislative program.
Serve On Committees
The student body president will serve on various University committees, be host to guests of the University, and take part in publicity functions.
2. The vice president would be put in charge of non-legislative committees, such as social and publicity, in addition to his present duties.
3. The council would be made up of House of Representative and Senate members. These two would meet as one body except when voting on legislation. A quorum of the two bodies together would be necessary for a meeting of the council.
One-third of the members of either house may at any time call for a separate meeting of the two bodies.
4. Complete revision of ASC committees to make them more effective.
Art History Professor Ouits For Columbia
Robert Branner, assistant professor of history of art, has resigned to accept a position as an assistant professor on the faculty of philosophy at Columbia University.
Mr. Branner said he was extremely happy at the University but felt he could not turn down an offer to teach in his specialty, gothic arts.
Teen-age Artists On Campus
Some 1,066 students from 29 Kansas junior high and high schools are visiting the campus for the seventeenth annual High School Art Conference today and Saturday. Strong Hall was converted into an art gallery with paintings and craft-work from 54 schools decorating walls and filling display cases.
To Show Hoch Film at 7
"The House of Rothschild" will be shown at 7 p. m. in Hoch Auditorium. This film, a story of a famous banking family of 17th century Europe, is an addition to the regularly scheduled Hoch Film Series.
Union Party, Rally Planned
A celebration in honor of the basketball team will be held Saturday night in the Student Union.
The schedule of events:
9-11 p. m.-television party
11-12-30-Celebration dance
1:30-2 a. m. Sunday—Team arrives at the Union. There will be a rally in the Ballroom.
Closing hours for those attending the celebration will be announced at the Union 30 minutes prior to closing hours.
If KU does not play in the final game Saturday night, all plans for the 11 p. m. celebration will be cancelled.
Closing hours will be at one o'clock.
The reception honoring the returning team will be broadcast Saturday by radio.