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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Oct. 26, 1956
-(Dally Kansan photo)
IT DOES TRICKS—Rubber balls that break and hotdogs frozen in 20 seconds are two of the oddities made possible by KU's helium cryostat. Temperatures of 459 degrees below zero are possible by liquefying helium in the cryostat. The 1,000 high school science students attending Mathematics and Science Day Saturday will see it in operation. Shown above are Jerry D. Wackerle, Chetopa, who received his Ph. D. in physics last month, and Gordon C. Wiseman, associate professor of physics.
wiseman, associate professor of physics.
Youngquist To Stress Study In Outdoor Lab
Because it is difficult to bring a mountain range into the classroom, Walter L. Youngquist, professor of geology, will tell 1,000 high school students and instructors that a geologist must spend much of his time in nature's laboratory, the outdoors.
The students and teachers will be on campus Friday and Saturday for the fifth annual Science and Mathematics Day. Prof. Youngquist will speak on geography and geology.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, head of the satellite tracking program and associate director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will speak on the problems and reasons for building an artificial satellite. Dr Hynek will lecture on the satellite program at 4 p.m. Friday in Bailey Auditorium.
In Hoch Auditorium Saturday morning Carlyle Smith, associate professor of anthropology, will lecture on films taken on a recent yearlong expedition to the South Pacific led by Thor Heyerdahl, author of "Kon-Tki."
Prof. Smith will show scenes of Easter, Rapa, Pitcairn (where the Bounty mutineers settled) and the Marquesas group of islands.
Crystals To Be Discussed
Crystals To Be Discussed Max Dresden, professor of physics, will discuss the work of Robert Friauf, assistant professor of physics, in determining electricity-carrying abilities of certain crystals. He will also discuss the mathematical research being carried on at the University and the relationship of automation and mathematical research.
Prof. Youngquist will tell the high school students of the University's training in the earth sciences. He will emphasize the importance of geology in today's quest for natural resources, especially oil, tungsten, copper and iron.
The visiting students will be told that during nine months of the year the work is done in the classrooms and laboratory but three months are devoted to actual study of geological and geographic earth features.
He will discuss some of the activities of the geology department during the past five months. These include underwater surveying of the Florida Keys; leading a geological team in the Yukon territory, leading a field trip to the Mexican-Guatemalan border in connection with the International Geological Congress, the geological mapping of Leavenworth County, and consultant work for a major oil company in South America, a job requiring a dugout canoe trip along the northern coast of the continent.
Ford Foundation Study
Ford Foundation Study Prof. Youngquist will also explain how the geography department will study the Kansas River basin for Resources for the Future Inc., a division of the Ford Foundation.
The study will include soil erosion, climate, water supply and industries, and will integrate all information in a report on what should be done to maintain and improve the usefulness of the Kansas River basin in the future.
Some Students Too Smart?
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—(IP)—Some college students are too smart and efficient for their own good, according to Edward R. Quinn, head of the department of testing and guidance at the University of Notre Dame. Students with superior mentalities sometimes become frustrated in choosing a college course and career, Mr. Quinn said, "because of their intense interest and outstanding aptitude in several fields of learning." He cited the case of one student who wants to become a doctor, a mathematician and a high school teacher.
"This is a more serious problem than it seems and a student in such a predicament requires patient and careful direction,"Mr. Quinn pointed out.
He explained that superior students undecided as to their course and career are given a variety of readings dealing with their several areas of interest. After completing the readings, the student's reaction is tested by a skilled counselor. Generally, the student himself will gradually eliminate the alternatives and settle on one career or field of endeavor. Mr. Quinn said.
Mr. Quinn emphasized that a counselor should never indulge in crystal gazing and pick out a specific occupation or courses of study for a student to follow. The department of testing and guidance, he explained, never tries to place a boy in a particular position but rather in the "job family" where he has the most interest and aptitude.
Two Words A State Issue
TOPEKA—(UP)—The proposed insertion of two words into the Kansas constitution has created a battle separate from the main political issues in the Nov. 6 general election. The two words, "motor vehicle," would amend the basic law of the state and make it possible to tax motor vehicles separately from other general property.
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