If You Missed Eclipse, Wait For Another One In 1960
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A total eclipse of the moon took place Sunday morning, and if you didn't see it, you'll have to wait until 1960 for another chance. An eclipse results when the earth moves between the moon and the sun.
The moon was in partial eclipse from 11:30 p.m. Saturday until 12:08 a.m. Sunday. From then until 2:33 a.m. Sunday the moon was in total eclipse.
The shadow of the earth on the moon was curved, an observation that 2.500 years ago led astronomers to believe that the earth is round.
Viewed Through Telescope The eclipse was viewed through the University's reflector telescope at the Lindley Hall observatory by N. W. Sferer, associate professor of astronomy. Pictures were taken every five or six minutes.
Viewed Through Telescope
Almost immediately after it went into partial eclipse the portion of the moon which was being blotted out turned a pale copper color and was still visible.
Light From Sun
This, according to Prof. Storer, was because light from the sun is bent around the earth by the atmosphere. If a person were on the moon during the eclipse, he would see the earth as a black blot with a red ring around it. The red ring would be the sun's rays as they were reflected by the atmosphere.
Prof. Storer said the observatory planned to take measurements of light coming from the moon during the eclipse. This would determine the ratio of light during the eclipse to light during a normal situation.
Clouds in this area made it impossible to get accurate readings from the instruments which were to have been used.
"The moon goes into eclipse about every six months, but these eclipses are visible only from different parts of the world," Prof. Storer said.
The contributions of Mark Twain and William Dean Howells to dramatic literature were discussed Sunday by Walter Meserve, assistant professor of English, in the second lecture of a series sponsored by the University Players. Modern dancing will be the subject of the next lecture, to be given by Toni Yadon, Lawrence junior, in December.
Discusses Twain, Howells
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Green walnuts are a basic source of vitamin C in Russia, but ripe walnuts contain none of the essential body-building vitamin.
U.S. Health Service Renews $6,000 Grant
William E. McEwen, associate professor of chemistry, heads the project, synthesis of potential medicinal compounds. Graduate students assigned to the project are Frank Popp and Lee Walters of Lawrence and Iyer Thanukrishna, Trivandrum, India.
A second-year renewal of a $6,000 research grant from the U.S. Public Health Service will enable KU chemists to continue preparing compounds which have potential use as medicines.
Students who plan to take the English Proficiency Test, Dec. 8, are reminded that help in writing skills is available in the Bailey writing clinic, open Monday through Friday from 3-5 p.m. Anyone who has any doubts about his ability to pass the test should visit the clinic at least once to brush up on grammar and punctuation.
Writing Aid Available In Bailey Clinic
Registration for the test will be held in the dean's office of the various schools Dec. 4, 5, and 6. Changes in the present testing system have been discussed by the English Proficiency Test Committee; and await faculty approval.
And he added, lest anyone doubt his vigor, that he always totes his own golf bag.
Dr. Allen approaches every new experience with vigor, and is beginning a new career at an age when most men are content to dwell on memories.
- Dr. Allen, whose foghorn 'voice and coaching ability kept himself and Kansas basketball on the map for 39 years celebrated the occassion by shooting 18 holes of golf
With his son, Milton Allen, a Lawrence attorney, he has acquired an office site which when completed will contain offices for both men. Since he reached the mandatory retirement age June 30, Dr. Allen has practiced his original profession, osteopathic physician, in his basement.
Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen observed his 71st birthday Sunday and the outspoken former KU basketball coach doesn't regret one minute of the time it took to attain that many candles.
Phog Allen Doesn't Regret One Minute' Of His 71 Years
Practices Osteopathy
His speaking engagements have kept him away from home a good deal of the time in recent months. He will speak at a high school football dinner in Alma, Neb., tonight and in Brookings, S. D., Tuesday night.
If he is "retired" it is news to the former basketball coach.
"I'm working harder than I ever was, making more money and enjoying life as much as I always have," he said.
Although Dr. Allen admits he is prone to forget birthdays a small group of relatives gathered at the Allen home Sunday afternoon. His wife, Mrs. Bess Allen, known to generations of KU basketball players and other students, baked a cake for the occasion. "It was not a fancy celebration," she explained.
Mrs. Allen's only regret about her husband's "retirement" is that his work and zest for living keep him so busy that he isn't home as much as she might wish.
Away From Home
Reiterating his definition of old age Allen chuckled on his 71st anniversary.
"You are beginning to get old when it takes you longer to get rested than it does to get tired." and he quickly added, "and I'm certainly not tired."
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A program for college recreational curricula was suggested at a conference in Washington last week sponsored by the Assn. for Higher Education, the National Commission for Teacher Education and Professional Standards, and the Assn. for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Among those attending was Lawrence J. Heeb, assistant professor of physical education, who returned Saturday.
Returns From Washington
During 1955, each person in the United States ate an average of almost four gallons of ice cream.
Monday, Nov. 19, 1956
The lectures, which will continue for five weeks, are designed to aid teachers to answer some of the many questions by students concerning the Geophysical Year.
More than 200 Kansas City teachers will hear Max Dresden, professor of physics, define the nature and content of geophysics, outline the present field of knowledge and the problems to be solved during the International Geophysical Year. He will speak Tuesday night at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Mo.
The teachers are enrolled in a lecture course sponsored by Science Pioneers Inc. in connection with the Geophysical Year.
Cooperating with the series is the Kansas City Astronomy Club which plans to set up a satellite tracking station on the roof on the Linda Hall Library.
Teachers To Hear Dresden
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TODAY
Statewide Activities hometown correspondents' meeting, 4 p.m., 206 Stu
FRIDAY
Museum of Art record concert, 13 a.m. and 3 p.m. Art Museum. Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffman" (the complete opera).
WEDNESDAY
Religious Emphasis Week, Courtf. 7 p.m., Union. Final Session on REW theme.
SUNDAY
congregate Council for the United Nations executive committee p.m.
4.50 a.m. Student, College, Union
Museum of Art record concert, 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m., Art Museum. Offenbach:
The Tales of Hoffman (the complete opera).
Museum of Art record concert. 2 p.m.
Art Museum. Leoncavallo. "Pagliaccel"
(the complete opera).
One oil field in Saudi Arabia—the Ghawar—is believed to contain as much oil as all the proved reserves of the North American continent.
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