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University.Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1957
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GOODBYE FLY — Dr. Robert Sokal (standing) director of a University study on resistance of flies to DDT checks a slide prepared for use in the project by Dr. Robert Sullivan, research associate. They hope to find the right combination of chemicals that will control the pests more efficiently.
They Have An Important Job Raising Flies For Science
By LEROY LORD
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff) Fly raising is an important job carried on by four persons in the basement of Hoch Auditorium.
Dr. Robert L. Sullivan, research associate, Sandra Cloe, research assistant, and Stella Pearce, Lawrence graduate student, are studying the effects of DDT when it is sprayed on flies.
Dr. Robert R. Sckal, assistant professor of entomology, is directing the project, which is being sponsored by the United States Army Medical Corps. The laboratory is the only one in the U.S. where scientists work on the problem of how resistance is passed on from one generation to the next. Dr. Sckal said.
Build Up Resistance
Dr. Sokal and his associates have found out that many houseflies have built up a resistance to DDT by changing it to a non-toxic form by the use of enzymes. This resistance is probably passed down from one generation to the next through genes Dr. Sokal said.
Along with the work being done with DDT, new generations of flies have produced regularly and a close tabulation on their background kept to trace different characteristics.
To do this a male and female fly are placed in pint ice cream containers, where they lay their eggs. The eggs hatch out in a bottle, partly filled with a mixture of alfalfa, wheat and oat hulls, and ground corn, moistened with water. The eggs hatch in about 24 hours, and the larvae live off the grain mixture.
After the fly emerges from the pupa stage it is fed milk. During the pupa stage the flies may be transferred to a box covered with fine
Italy Offers Six Student Grants
Six fellowships for advanced study or research are offered to American graduate students by the Italian government for the coming year. Each grant provides 600,000 lira (roughly $1,000) and free tuition.
The minimum period of study is six months. A grantee may extend the duration of study if he has the funds.
Fulbright travel grants may be applied for in addition to the scholarships.
Applications may be secured from the Institute of International Education in New York, City or regional offices, in Chicago, Denver, Houston, San Francisco, or Washington, D. C.
screen, where they will be tested under certain conditions.
Die Easily From DDT
Dr. Sokal and his associates have developed a strain of houseflies which die easily when sprayed with DDT. This strain was developed by breeding brothers and sisters of flies susceptible to DDT.
Another strain is being developed by treating certain flies with X-rays and forming mutations. These mutations are bred over and over again until none of the young shows characteristics of the original strain before it was treated with the X-rays.
Under these conditions it might be possible to develop a new strain, Dr. Sullivan said.
Only DDT is being used in the experiments now. Other sprays may be introduced later, Dr. Sullivan said.
Service Groups Aids Scouts
Thirty members of the KU chapter of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, will conduct a junior leader training conference at Wyandotte High School, Saturday, March 9. The conference was planned, at the Tuesday meeting of the fraternity.
The purpose of the conference is to help train Boy Scout patrol and troop leaders in the Wvandotte county area. Helping the KU chapter with the conference will be members of the Kansas state chapter.
to improve your financial position by sending money on ahead to meet future needs. It is both logical and necessary...
IT MAKES SENSE
TO PLAN a life insurance program just as carefully as you would any other step of great consequence. Let me draw up the plan for you. If it looks good to you we can put it to work.
TOM DOWNS
Eleven KU students pledged at the meeting. They are: James F. Branden, Kingman freshman; Tim T. Templin, Minneapolis sophomore; Robert A. Nebrig, Leavenworth freshman; Robert L. Luce, Ottawa freshman; Peter A. Lons, Stafford, Conn.; senior; Raleigh F. Saigman, Russell freshman; Kenneth M. Kreutziger, Wichita freshman; William R. Alward, Herington freshman; Neal J. Logan, Garden City sohomore; Kenneth O. McDowell, Mission freshman, and John B. Nowlin, Holton freshman.
Many of New Mexico's Pueblo Indian women still bake bread in beehive-shade outdoor ovens, called "hornos." Heated rocks are first placed inside the ovens, and when the interior reaches the right temperature, the rocks are removed and the dough put in to bake.
Greek Week Dance Tickets On Sale Friday In Houses
Tickets will go on sale Friday in organized houses and the Student Union for the Greek Week dance Saturday, March 9.
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra will play. Tickets will also be available during Greek Week at the information booth on Jayhawk Boulevard.
"We have received no report from the booking agency about Jimmy Dorsey's health, and as far as we know he will appear with his band at the dance," said John Downing, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and舞 chairman. Mr. Dorsey was reported stricken ill while playing for a dance in Wichita recently.
An audition to cut from 10 to 4 the number of small ensemble entries in the inter-fraternity sing has been announced for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Strong Hall auditorium bv Ed Dittemore, Robinson junior, chairman.
Dittemore said the object is to
Supplement To Library Cookbook
An international flavor dominates the new supplement to "The Watson Gourmet," the Watson Libraryv cookbook which is now being sold.
The supplement includes recipes from England, Germany, Russia, Israel, Poland, Sweden, China, and France said Mrs. Werner Winter, head of preparations. The recipes were contributed by staff members.
cut the length of the program. Up to Tuesday 10 small ensembles and 26 choruses had entered. The sing will be March 6 in the Student Union Ballroom.
"The audition is not to select a winner, but to pick four groups which will compete for first prize in the sing," Dittimore said.
Judges for the audition are Austin Ledwith, assistant professor of music theory; Miss Elin K. Jorgensen, professor of music education, and Mrs. Floyd Strong, director of the youth choir at the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka.
Food, Drug Chemist Here Thursday
"What a Chemist Does for the Food and Drug Administration" will be the subject of Dr. Andrew Allison's speech at the Chemistry Club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 233 Malott. Dr. Allison is the chief chemist of the Food and Drug Administration in Kansas City, Mo. He will also describe the opportunities for chemists in this field.
A colorful character in the early territorial history of New Mexico was Lucien B. Maxwell, a hunter and trapper who became the sole owner of 1,714,765 acres of land near Taos. In 1870, he organized a bank in Santa Fe and issued stock certificates bearing a picture of himself smoking a large cigar.
Some folks are just natural born sour pusses. Getting one to smile is like chipping a crease in a concrete slab - against the grain.
It's a bright day when a down-at-the-mouth pessimist like Clifford sees fit to make the effort—like the day Clifford drove out of Motor In after the cheerful Motor In folks had gone over his car - greased, oiled, filled the gas tank, checked the spark plugs, and the tires. They'd cleaned that car 'til it shone like the elbows of Clifford's navy blue suit.
And then, when Clifford started the motor and could barely feel the smooth-purring action, why it was more than he could take. Almost unconsciously, he began to smile - that hesitating, try-it-on-for-size type of smile that sorts brings tears to the eyes.
Take your car to be serviced at Motor In and you'll smile too (though we'll hope it's with less effort than our afore mentioned friend.)
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