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CLOWNING AROUND—Eleven part-time clowns advertise the Student Union Activities Carnival that Opens at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Student Union. The students are Linda Compton, Topeka, Liz Langel, Salina, Janice Cornwell, Salina, and Karen Pollak, Salina, and Martha Litrell, Sharon Edgar, Cynthia Kobett, Jean Rogers, Janet Magon, and Janie Dean, all Kansas City, Kan, students.
Old and new problems in physics and the methods by which they were and are solved was wittily and entertainingly discussed by Dr. Max Dresden, professor of physics, in Strong Auditorium Thursday night. It was the opening lecture of the International Geophysical Year series at the University.
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Cites Old, New Physics Problems
Dr. Dresden compared the problems that faced physicists and scientists in the first Geophysical Year in 1882-83, with those scientists, in particular physicists, face today.
Dr. Dresden said the 19th century physicists depended on the theory that problems could be solved, theories evolved and conclusions drawn on the basis of a mechanical approach. They believed a problem could be solved if one knew the nature and extent of forces acting upon factors concerning that problem, he explained.
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Fallacy Exposed
The fallacy in this concept became apparent when the study of thermodynamics, the science which treats mechanical energy as heat, began.
Thermodynamics, Dr. Dresden said, is a science that can be applied and studied without worrying about its mechanical basis. He explained that this particular science was widely applied by physicists, civil engineers, chemists and "other lower forms of animals," which brought chuckles from the audience.
"There is today a different approach to physics," Dr. Dresden said. "The mechanical interpretation has been replaced by the mathematical interpretation."
An explanation of a physical problem is now on the basis of a mathematical formula, Dr. Dresden explained.
Dr. Dresden cited the impudence
of man, seemingly in opposition to nature, in "setting down a formula, then going about to prove it." He said, "physicists, after finding new particles, were quick to give it a baffling Greek or Latin name," something learned from the biologists."
Dr. Dresden dwelt briefly on the proposed space satellite, treating it not as a new but as an old problem which "merely requires the technique before it becomes a reality"
Satellite Old Problem
Physicists as far back as Sir Isaac Newton had the idea," he said, "but it remains for present day scientists to develop the technique of how the satellite is to be established."
"The satellite, therefore, "is not a frontier problem . . . it is the type of problem which should be dealt with more."
Friday, Oct. 19, 1956
A group of college women were huddled around a television set in the living room of one of the women's houses. Their faces were veiled with seriousness as they focused their entire attention on the screen.
What's All This — Mickey Mouse?
As a newcomer entered the room, she gazed about her in amazement. What had happened to cause this unbroken silence? Had the President suddenly had another illness? Had a plane crashed, a boat sunk, or a train wrecked? Were the KU
Jayhawkers Orange Bowl aspirations completely deflated? Had Wilt the Stilt broken his leg?
"What has happened?" she cried.
"Why are you all peering at the television set so intensely?"
More than 20 heads turned to glare at her "Shhh! We're watching Mickey Mouse!"
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