University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 7, 1957
Engineers To Honor Prof. Brown Friday
Hyperbolic parabolic! Tangent to a helicoid! Round ellipsoids!
Prolate spheres! We're the KU Engineers!
That rousing yell will be heard Friday in the Wishbone Restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., when about 100 KU alumni and faculty pay tribute to its originator, Frank L. Brown, professor of applied mechanics, who has been on the engineering faculty for 44 years.
FRANK L. BROWN
Prof. Brown, who will retire to emeritus status in June, will be given a sendoff by his students. And his students include just about every engineer graduated from KU from 1913 until after World War II when the enrollment boom made it impossible for him to have every student for at least one course.
Dr. John S. McNown, professor at the University of Michigan, and dean-elect of engineering will be one of the students honoring his former teacher.
Prof. Brown is well-known for his carefully drawn blackboard designs on statements of problems. Many students have been impressed by Brown's semi-official work as curator of Marvin Hall's "Who's Who in Engineering" gallery.
Navy Grants $4,242 For Fruit Fly Study
The Office of Naval Research has granted $4,242 to the University department of ontology to study the reactions of fruit flies under different environmental conditions. Dr. Robert S. Sokal, assistant professor of ontology, will direct the project.
Gunther Schlager, Woodside,
N. Y., and Saul Frommer, New
York, N. Y., graduate students, will
ask Dr. Sokal.
Pharmacy Interviews Fridav
Job interviews for seniors in pharmacy are scheduled for Friday. Interviews will be given in 318 Mahlott Hall by Dale C. Reynolds, manager of the Kansas City District for Eli Lilly & Co.
The entomology department at KU has approximately 2 million specimens. It is one of the largest in the nation.
Foreign Service Interviews April 8
A representative of the Department of State will be at the University on April 8 to interview persons interested in foreign service.
Time and place of the interviews will be announced later, Clifford Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, said. The interviews are to be held in group sessions due to the limited time of the representative.
A new foreign service officer entrance examination will be given on June 24. Previously, the examination had been given only once a year in December. Pamphlets concerning the foreign service will be available in Mr. Ketzel's office.
Firms Schedule Job Interviews
Job interviews with national business firms will be held in 216 Strong next week according to the following schedule:
Monday—Washington National Insurance Co.; Hallmark Cards, men only.
Tuesday—Shell Oil Co., accounting only.
Wednesday—Pan American Oil Co.: Ford Motor Co.
Thursday-American Telephone and Telegraph. Long Lines, women only; Kansas Power and Light Co.
Friday-Stix, Baer, and Fuller.
The first Greek letter sorority was Kappa Alpha Theta, founded at Depauw University in January, 1870, although other non-Greek letter sororities preceded it.
A program presented by the Scandinavian students Saturday was marred by the loss of three long playing records which disappeared from the main lounge of the Student Union.
Lost Records Mar Program
Anyone knowing where these records are should call Karl Kohler. Lund, Sweden graduate student and president of the Scandinavian Club at 3-3944.
About 250 persons attended the program.
Karl Reichelt, Oslo, Norway graduate student, led students from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in folk songs typical of their countries.
"Welcome to Scandinavia," a tourist film in color, was shown officially for the first time. Folk dances ended the evening's entertainment.
Representatives from the Scandinavian clubs of the University of Arkansas, Stephens College, and the Kansas City were special guests.
Fashion Show Set For March 13
Rehearsals are underway for the third annual Newcomers University Womens' Club fashion show to be presented at 7:30 p.m., March 13 in the Student Union ballroom.
Tickets are available from members and from the ticket committee. Members of that committee are Mrs. Laurence Woodruff, Mrs. A. C. Lonborg, Mrs. Edward Masters and Mrs. L. W. Shankel.
K-State Group Here Sunday
The Kansas State College Lutheran Student Assn. will visit the KU group Sunday evening. The two groups will hold a dinner at 5:30 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Following the meal the Kansas State group will present a program.
Charles Robinson was the first governor of Kansas and James H. Land, "the liberator of Kansas" was one of the U. S. senators.
VAVital To1500 At KU
To the 1500 veterans enrolled at KU who receive monthly payments under the GI Bill, 116 Strong is an important room.
At one time, 5500 World War II veterans were enrolled on the campus, but that number has dwindled to only two at the present time. However, enrollment of veterans under PL 550 (Korean Conflict) is now at its peak, with slightly over 1500 enrolled. This includes some 25 disabled veterans and nine war orphans.
Dr. Edwin Elbel, professor of physical education, and director of the Veterans Bureau since November 1945, describes the office's function as "acting as a go-between between the veteran and the university, and the government."
It is occupied by the Veterans Bureau and is the spot upon which all the veterans converge during the first five days of each month to sign for that welcome monthly check.
Expects Decline
A veteran,may wait up to eight years following his discharge before using his allowance. If he hasn't used it by then,he becomes ineligible.
A 'Go-Between'
The department's chief responsibility is to see that each veteran follows and maintains the curriculum and course which qualifies him for payment, and to notify the district VA offices in Kansas City of any deviation by a veteran from his prescribed course.
Dr. Elbel expects a gradual decline in veteran enrollment under the GI Bill to begin next year, since servicemen who have entered the armed forces since Jan. 30, 1955 are ineligible for government training.
"The VA is a tremendously cooperative organization to work with but is hampered by strict governmental regulations which it must enforce." Dr. Elbel said.
"Any change in a veteran's academic load or degree choice can
cause a delay in his payment," Dr. Elbel emphasized, adding that the biggest delay occurs when a student fails to register on time each month. A change of major also necessitates a reapplication by the veteran if an additional "appreciable amount" of time is required.
Not Too Easy
"Many of the veterans seem to think we are too busy to talk to." Dr. Elbel said, "but we do encourage them to come in for help with problems or questions on their programs."
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